That's the thing, with the reboot the CR teaser had to put a whole lot on the table: Craig, the casino, a something happening so it wasn't just an empty gun-pose. With QOS they just need to say, Bond is coming--we all know who he is and the immediate backstory, a simple image like this to kick things off is perfect IMO. In words it would be, "What happens next?" And enquiring minds want to know. {:)
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I dig it. Good subtle image that kinda states the point of the film without words. It says Bond is coming, and he's lookin' for revenge. Great "Teaser". B-)
Spot on, bro. Vengeance casts a shadow.
There were people, back in the run up to CR, who were also very 'blah' about that teaser: "It's too dark," blah blah blah. That's the fun of Bond season
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Creepy, ain't it?
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When my brother emailed this poster to me earlier today, my first thought was "fan-made", but when I saw the link I knew it was the real deal.
Oh well, I'll still see the film many times over, just like I'm sure we all do when a new Bond Film in the cinemas.
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I dig it. Good subtle image that kinda states the point of the film without words. It says Bond is coming, and he's lookin' for revenge. Great "Teaser". B-)
Agreed, it's really effective as a 'teaser'.
However, I find baffling that they effectively didn't bother with the title and their choice for terrain. What is this? A bed of a dried up lake, or of some sea? It's neither Bond-ian, nor does it recall the ending of CR.
The Shadow of Vengeance, in search of any peace it can find, embarking down a barren and unforgiving path where very little comfort can hope to be obtained...? REALLY dig it. B-) Yeah, Bond season is fun -{
Interesting that the emphasis is on "007." Could this be a sign that EON or Columbia (or both) have little confidence in the title at this stage?
I was thinking that. I do wonder if it is still subject to change, Licence Revoked style, if they don't get the response they want...
I like the poster, but I think you guys may have touched on something about the title and the emphasis on 007, which isn't likely to be mistaken for anything but a Bond film. But I've grown to like the title, and I hope the producers don't lose their nerve and change it. Next thing you know, there's all that "troubled production" stuff floating around.
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Yeah, IMHO, nothin' too "blah" with this one. Although, it could use Roger Moore's face somewhere on it. Right Loeffelholz?
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The Shadow of Vengeance, in search of any peace it can find, embarking down a barren and unforgiving path where very little comfort can hope to be obtained...?
...And one doesn't have to be TOO much of an art-cinema geek to note the colour choice---black and white---a metaphor for how Bond sees the task at hand. The psychological evaluation in 007's dossier, as posted on the official CR website a couple of years ago,* would seem to support this...
* Anyone who wants one can PM me for a PDF file of this MI6 dossier, which makes for great reading, IMO B-)
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That's the thing, with the reboot the CR teaser had to put a whole lot on the table: Craig, the casino, a something happening so it wasn't just an empty gun-pose. With QOS they just need to say, Bond is coming--we all know who he is and the immediate backstory, a simple image like this to kick things off is perfect IMO. In words it would be, "What happens next?" And enquiring minds want to know. {:)
Good point. It really does reference the ending of CR in a big way -- an image taken 10 minutes after the end of that film. That indicates to me a great deal of confidence by the filmmakers that their new Bond has firmly taken hold. I like it.
I just loved the "Aint It Cool" talkbacker who said this was a mistake and 007 had to be the original title! anyone know how to get a wenzles ham baguette out of a keyboard?
I just loved the "Aint It Cool" talkbacker who said this was a mistake and 007 had to be the original title! anyone know how to get a wenzles ham baguette out of a keyboard?
I collect the Bond US one sheets which used to be 27"x41" and which are now 27"x40". I have an original US one sheet from every Bond movie from Dr. No to the present day as well as other sizes and some foreign campaign material as well. I also collect other movie posters including a one sheet from Bogart's Action In The North Atlantic (a movie about the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II, significant to me because it's what I used to do for a living).
Movie posters were originally meant to advertise a flick and nothing more. They were never meant to be high art, but rather disposable material. With that in mind, the new teaser poster does it's job fairly well. Without the written word it manages to convey the fact that the Bond from Casino Royale is comming back to clean up some unfinished business.
From an artistic perspective, the poster is very sparing and void of a lot of color. Nevertheless, this spareness and economy of color manages to also convey the fact that this new Bond is also paired down, and self reliant and tough rather than reliant on gadgets and gizmos. I suspect too that the shadow was artfully created rather than using a real cast shadow.
It should be noted that the poster for Bogart's Casablanca is not the most coloful around. In fact it too is rather spare consistant with the way the Warner Brothers art department cheaply churned out campaign material. However, today, original Casablanca movie posters are highly coveted and pricey, not for the artwork but because the movie is a classic.
So, to me the teaser poster for QoS is successfull from an advertising point of view, but it is somewhat drab for those of us who like the high colored, stone lithoraphy from the golden age of the movie poster. But if QoS turns out to be a good movie like CR, then everybody will want it.
DG
So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
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I think ajb must've rubbed off on me a bit- not blown away by this poster. The Casino teaser was a fantastic bit of bold photography (I still love the way they cropped it so tight), whereas this is a quick bit of photoshoppery. It's bold and simple, which is good, and doesn't lean to cheesiness like the DAD or TLD ones, but it's not as satisfying as the last teaser.
Looking at those: I like the GE image, hate the ad line. Love the CR teaser, tells a great story. And I like the QOS teaser, a lot. The rest seem very blah to me, a guy with a gun, whatever (really hate the TWINE and DAD ones, look like bad ads for Bushmills or something, bottom of the barrel stuff IMO).
Which of these teasers do you like the most? I only used the ones from Dalton, Brosnan and Craig.
I love the one from LTK and the one from CR. The worst is the DAD teaser, IMO.
Ooh- good stuff. Of course there are an eve rarer breed of pre-teaser teasers which I think might be mostly trade or something- there's one for Daylights which had a close-up of a dinner suit and an Aston DB4, and I remember a red and black one for 'Bond 19' which had quite a stylish Pierce image.
Of those proper teasers there I'd say only the DAD one offends- it looks like a nasty Benson book cover. The Tims are inoffensive- can't really get upset by a Bond film having a pic of Bond with a gun, and the LTK one is a very nice shot. GoldenEye's is very cool; TND's is nice picture of James Bond (fine); TWINE's never really did much for me- as a composition it doesn't really work and Bond has a withered hand(!).
Casino's is easily the best- a great image with some actual intrigue to it (don't you just want to know what's in the blurred out background? Don't you want to see more of Bond? As a 'teaser' it's perfect); but Quantum's is different, which is about the best thing I can say about it. It's a load of concrete. Put that next to the Indiana Jones teaser poster in your cinema and what will you be looking at?
Interesting to note that three of them use the '007' as the main line on the teaser as well as QoS; it's not a new development because the producers are ashamed of the title or anything.
Well I'd say the Batman one is pretty original too- but it's not originality which makes an eye-catching image, necessarily. You're right about Iron Man; very done-before and I think I'd easily walk past it. But Indy's Indy and there haven't been many Indy posters for a while- that's a lovely image which you can look at for ages. The Bond one is a poster which advertises the fact a Bond film is coming; as functional as the concrete it's made of. I think that it thinks it's a little more stylish than it actually is.
I always liked the TLD teaser and the GE teaser. In fact, I have both of them framed. The TLD was an excellent teaser in the sense that it communicated exactly what needed to be said - that this is NOT Roger Moore. To me LTK was, like QOS and TND, uninventive. GE was great - the gold color hearkened to the title, and the hint of the gun barrel logo within the gun said "Bond!" Of all the Bond teasers VC posted, the QOS seems the least Bond-like to me, followed by DAD.
Actually he does do just fine there, surprisingly enough. Granted, my eyes are immediately drawn by the pink SEX (come on, you'd be lying to say it's not naturally eye catching) to the point that it became distracting and severely out of place. But I still think the Indy one looks cool. Batman, original yes, but eye catching, not so much.
Interesting how similar in concept/execution the TDK and QOS teasers are...same ad company doing them? Both are great teaser posters IMO, even if TDK doesn't say "Batman" on it anywhere(!) and QOS leaves off its title (but does have "OO7"). "Sex" is eye-catching but it's so obviously a chick flick so I move on to the next one. The Indy poster is blah IMO, the "Ironman" teaser is more effective IMO.
Interesting how similar in concept/execution the TDK and QOS teasers are...same ad company doing them? Both are great teaser posters IMO, even if TDK doesn't say "Batman" on it anywhere(!) and QOS leaves off its title (but does have "OO7"). "Sex" is eye-catching but it's so obviously a chick flick so I move on to the next one. The Indy poster is blah IMO, the "Ironman" teaser is more effective IMO.
The Indiana Jones one is a little weak...and I hate to say that because I'm a big fan of illustrator Drew Struzan. What it lacks in substance, though, it makes up for in a definitive and recognizable style.
The Batman one simply looks ugly to me. If I had to go by what the teaser alone was communicating to me about the movie, I would have to say that I have no interest in watching Batman wrestle some goon in a room of smeared feces.
This teaser poster is alright. I like how it has a shadow.
However, the shadow is obviously 007 about to interrogate Mr. White right where CR left off. So to me it is screaming "This is a direct sequel to Casino Royale! Ha Ha!"
One of my favorite teaser posters will always be the one for TWINE. You guys on here know which one I am talking about.
I think it's very effective, and probably sets the tone for the piece.
At any rate, it's convinced me. I'm going to see this one... :007)
Oh, come on, Loef. We know you're probably already waiting in line for tickets. No need to try to sell us on the idea that you've only now made your decision to see the next Bond flick
The movie title is really very secondary, here. In common parlance, nobody is going to ask someone else if they want to go see Quantum of Solace (or Diamonds Are Forever, or Goldeneye, or whatever). They're going to say, 'The new James Bond movie'.
The 007 logo sells itself far more easily than any title ever will.
And to address earlier comments about the CR poster - while I personally love the atmosphere it captured, doesn't anyone sort of mentally lash out at the unlikely scenario that Bond keeps his sidearm on the poker table?
Did he run out of chips or something, and has to put his Walther on the line?
Some of those earlier teasers are pretty horrible. Generic 'Bond actor holding pistol next to face in a tactically unsound fashion'.
The worst, however, is the tagline 'There Is No Substitute'.
As we all know, M was constantly threatening to pull 007 off the case and let 008 take over, so obviously, there is a substitute
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Spot on, bro. Vengeance casts a shadow.
There were people, back in the run up to CR, who were also very 'blah' about that teaser: "It's too dark," blah blah blah. That's the fun of Bond season
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Creepy, ain't it?
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Oh well, I'll still see the film many times over, just like I'm sure we all do when a new Bond Film in the cinemas.
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The Shadow of Vengeance, in search of any peace it can find, embarking down a barren and unforgiving path where very little comfort can hope to be obtained...?
I like the poster, but I think you guys may have touched on something about the title and the emphasis on 007, which isn't likely to be mistaken for anything but a Bond film. But I've grown to like the title, and I hope the producers don't lose their nerve and change it. Next thing you know, there's all that "troubled production" stuff floating around.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
...And one doesn't have to be TOO much of an art-cinema geek to note the colour choice---black and white---a metaphor for how Bond sees the task at hand. The psychological evaluation in 007's dossier, as posted on the official CR website a couple of years ago,* would seem to support this...
* Anyone who wants one can PM me for a PDF file of this MI6 dossier, which makes for great reading, IMO B-)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Good point. It really does reference the ending of CR in a big way -- an image taken 10 minutes after the end of that film. That indicates to me a great deal of confidence by the filmmakers that their new Bond has firmly taken hold. I like it.
Movie posters were originally meant to advertise a flick and nothing more. They were never meant to be high art, but rather disposable material. With that in mind, the new teaser poster does it's job fairly well. Without the written word it manages to convey the fact that the Bond from Casino Royale is comming back to clean up some unfinished business.
From an artistic perspective, the poster is very sparing and void of a lot of color. Nevertheless, this spareness and economy of color manages to also convey the fact that this new Bond is also paired down, and self reliant and tough rather than reliant on gadgets and gizmos. I suspect too that the shadow was artfully created rather than using a real cast shadow.
It should be noted that the poster for Bogart's Casablanca is not the most coloful around. In fact it too is rather spare consistant with the way the Warner Brothers art department cheaply churned out campaign material. However, today, original Casablanca movie posters are highly coveted and pricey, not for the artwork but because the movie is a classic.
So, to me the teaser poster for QoS is successfull from an advertising point of view, but it is somewhat drab for those of us who like the high colored, stone lithoraphy from the golden age of the movie poster. But if QoS turns out to be a good movie like CR, then everybody will want it.
DG
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Richard Grenier after George Orwell, Washington Times 1993.
Not upset, not really thrilled.
Which of these teasers do you like the most? I only used the ones from Dalton, Brosnan and Craig.
I love the one from LTK and the one from CR. The worst is the DAD teaser, IMO.
Ooh- good stuff. Of course there are an eve rarer breed of pre-teaser teasers which I think might be mostly trade or something- there's one for Daylights which had a close-up of a dinner suit and an Aston DB4, and I remember a red and black one for 'Bond 19' which had quite a stylish Pierce image.
Of those proper teasers there I'd say only the DAD one offends- it looks like a nasty Benson book cover. The Tims are inoffensive- can't really get upset by a Bond film having a pic of Bond with a gun, and the LTK one is a very nice shot. GoldenEye's is very cool; TND's is nice picture of James Bond (fine); TWINE's never really did much for me- as a composition it doesn't really work and Bond has a withered hand(!).
Casino's is easily the best- a great image with some actual intrigue to it (don't you just want to know what's in the blurred out background? Don't you want to see more of Bond? As a 'teaser' it's perfect); but Quantum's is different, which is about the best thing I can say about it. It's a load of concrete. Put that next to the Indiana Jones teaser poster in your cinema and what will you be looking at?
Interesting to note that three of them use the '007' as the main line on the teaser as well as QoS; it's not a new development because the producers are ashamed of the title or anything.
You mean like this?
http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=teaserblockbusterqq1.jpg
I would say he does just fine.
Iron Man looks like every other comic hero teaser, Indiana Jones always look the same. IMO the teaser of QoS is the only original one.
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The Indiana Jones one is a little weak...and I hate to say that because I'm a big fan of illustrator Drew Struzan. What it lacks in substance, though, it makes up for in a definitive and recognizable style.
The Batman one simply looks ugly to me. If I had to go by what the teaser alone was communicating to me about the movie, I would have to say that I have no interest in watching Batman wrestle some goon in a room of smeared feces.
However, the shadow is obviously 007 about to interrogate Mr. White right where CR left off. So to me it is screaming "This is a direct sequel to Casino Royale! Ha Ha!"
One of my favorite teaser posters will always be the one for TWINE. You guys on here know which one I am talking about.
Oh, come on, Loef. We know you're probably already waiting in line for tickets. No need to try to sell us on the idea that you've only now made your decision to see the next Bond flick
It's great.
The movie title is really very secondary, here. In common parlance, nobody is going to ask someone else if they want to go see Quantum of Solace (or Diamonds Are Forever, or Goldeneye, or whatever). They're going to say, 'The new James Bond movie'.
The 007 logo sells itself far more easily than any title ever will.
And to address earlier comments about the CR poster - while I personally love the atmosphere it captured, doesn't anyone sort of mentally lash out at the unlikely scenario that Bond keeps his sidearm on the poker table?
Did he run out of chips or something, and has to put his Walther on the line?
Some of those earlier teasers are pretty horrible. Generic 'Bond actor holding pistol next to face in a tactically unsound fashion'.
The worst, however, is the tagline 'There Is No Substitute'.
As we all know, M was constantly threatening to pull 007 off the case and let 008 take over, so obviously, there is a substitute