Comments on: Second 10,000 BC Poster http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/ Because we all like pretty pictures Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:08:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Roshan http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-5105 Roshan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:17:55 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-5105 WHO IS tHIS SABER TOOTH I CARE A DAMN ABOUT sABER TOOTH WHO IS tHIS SABER TOOTH I CARE A DAMN ABOUT sABER TOOTH

]]> By: Dobie G http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3110 Dobie G Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:12:44 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3110 My big problem is that where are there cliffs in the Nile? If so, near the pyramids? If it's supposed to be a separate thought, it's not well thought out. The problem with domestic posters is that they are the engine running the train. With international posters and trailers, they have more liberties due to the fact that they (though there is day and date at times) are not nearly as pushed upon by filmmakers to carry the load so to speak. Also (at least at WB) they can use the reasoning that they have different territories that need different things. The Dark Knight poster is an example of that. My big problem is that where are there cliffs in the Nile? If so, near the pyramids? If it’s supposed to be a separate thought, it’s not well thought out.

The problem with domestic posters is that they are the engine running the train. With international posters and trailers, they have more liberties due to the fact that they (though there is day and date at times) are not nearly as pushed upon by filmmakers to carry the load so to speak. Also (at least at WB) they can use the reasoning that they have different territories that need different things. The Dark Knight poster is an example of that.

]]> By: Larking http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3084 Larking Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:53:53 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3084 "I find the vicious, clever, predatory saber-tooth cat much more menacing than a lumbering, vegetarian woolly mammoth." Hmmph. Bet you thought the velociraptors were much cooler than the T-Rex in Jurassic Park too. We will have to agree to disagree about the powerful, impervious, majestic mammoth. But I don't really disagree with the rest of what you say. It is a strong image. And yeah, much like Dobie I don't think that pesky facts are going to be much of a concern for the filmmakers. “I find the vicious, clever, predatory saber-tooth cat much more menacing than a lumbering, vegetarian woolly mammoth.”

Hmmph. Bet you thought the velociraptors were much cooler than the T-Rex in Jurassic Park too.

We will have to agree to disagree about the powerful, impervious, majestic mammoth. But I don’t really disagree with the rest of what you say. It is a strong image.

And yeah, much like Dobie I don’t think that pesky facts are going to be much of a concern for the filmmakers.

]]> By: Dobie G http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3056 Dobie G Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:13:55 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3056 "suggest that they’ll be playing fast and loose with the facts" LOL. From the people who brought us ID4 (where fire in a tunnel only goes straight forward?) you know that facts are NEVER a part of the scripts. That is supposed to be the Egyptian pyramids. Notice the slope in the foreground which seems to be the Sphinxs pre-built. “suggest that they’ll be playing fast and loose with the facts”

LOL. From the people who brought us ID4 (where fire in a tunnel only goes straight forward?) you know that facts are NEVER a part of the scripts.

That is supposed to be the Egyptian pyramids. Notice the slope in the foreground which seems to be the Sphinxs pre-built.

]]> By: andrewTee http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3024 andrewTee Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:08:43 +0000 http://www.movieposteraddict.com/2007/12/17/second-10000-bc-poster/#comment-3024 Beg to differ, Gus - I think this is working pretty well. I like the "damned if you do" dilemma of the trapped caveman. A good, strong, iconic image in the foreground. And I find the vicious, clever, predatory saber-tooth cat much more menacing than a lumbering, vegetarian woolly mammoth. Like you, I'm troubled by the background though. What's up with the pyramids?? Obviously they are not our own Egyptian ones - which were started about 2600 bc. This starts to suggest that they'll be playing fast and loose with the facts - man's intelligent enough to construct massive, elaborate structures - and make cool looking spear tips, but he's still running around in animal skins. Beg to differ, Gus - I think this is working pretty well. I like the “damned if you do” dilemma of the trapped caveman. A good, strong, iconic image in the foreground. And I find the vicious, clever, predatory saber-tooth cat much more menacing than a lumbering, vegetarian woolly mammoth.

Like you, I’m troubled by the background though. What’s up with the pyramids?? Obviously they are not our own Egyptian ones - which were started about 2600 bc. This starts to suggest that they’ll be playing fast and loose with the facts - man’s intelligent enough to construct massive, elaborate structures - and make cool looking spear tips, but he’s still running around in animal skins.

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