DonnachaOne

That's fine, this is the thread where RocShemp is stating the completely baseless, we need a balance.

RocShemp

I think that's after Bruce has escaped his imprisonment. Notice that in this spot (as well as another previously posted) Bruce tells Fox that he needs to get him back in the game.

All I did was post a new TV spot and quote a line from it that I found funny since it harkens back to a line from Batman Begins.

Nick Martin

I don't know about the "get back in the game" line, but from the looks of things, Bruce escapes because he's built his strength up and his determination to do it. All the push ups, training in his cell, etc then he breaks himself free.

RocShemp

You see him fall in one of the spots while exiting the pit. He could easily be injured and weathered by the time he returns to Gotham.

Meh, we'll find out soon.

DaveyJoe

We have a few pieces of the puzzle, we're just not sure how all they fit together yet.

Artman

Is it likely he won't be Batman until the second half of the film? First time he's hurt looks like he's just Bruce Wayne - maybe trying be heroic, gets messed up, realizes he needs the symbol and persona of Batman?

Guess that wouldn't explain why he's rebuilt a better batcave if he's not still Bats on occasion....

alfredog1976

Could it be the injury he sustained from the fall with Harvey? (Which would mean it's a permanent injury, given this movie takes place 8 years after "The Dark Knight").

DaveyJoe

GIFs from the new tv spot:

Solid Snake

Doubt it. Seems like's very mobile when he takes on Bane the first time.

Nick Martin

I love the fact that we have all these pieces but haven't put them all together because we don't know how they fit. It's not something that's been overly exposed or spoiled or just plain too simplistic to figure out. We actually get to be surprised when going to a movie for once.

Solid Snake

fan made poster, very nice:

TheMovieman

for the fact they even did a custom credit block.

Nick Martin

Love to get a high res version of that. It's great.

Mike86

Damn if that poster wasn't fan made and actually for sale I'd love to hang that on the wall. Very nicely done.

TheMovieman

Only change I would make is have the villains lined up with the respective poster (i.e. Neeson/Murphy for BB, Eckhart/Ledger for TDK and Hardy/Hathaway for TDKR). Otherwise it is a cool poster.

RagingBull80

^ That kind of bugged me too but I agree it's a very cool poster.

RocShemp

Here you go:



The creator of the poster already made that change. (See the spoiler above.)

Nick Martin

Thanks.

What annoys me more about posters is when the actor's names are above, left to right but they don't correspond to the actors in the image, which could be right to left.

Mike86

I've never understood why studios do this and it's always bothered the shit out of me. Seriously how hard is it if you have the actors on the cover art and are putting their names there to have them correspond to the right person? I get in some cases it may be a case of which actor gets the top billing or whatever but if that's the case why don't they think of that more when they create the poster/artwork.

RocShemp

No problem.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's OCD about that.

DonnachaOne

What's to understand?

Actors have it in their contracts where they will land in the billing.

Often, they will also have it sorted where they will be on the poster and how big their face will be. It's not uncommon for "______'s face will be 15% bigger than _______'s face" to be a contractual requirement. This, along with the billing, can present problems for the graphic designer. How do you properly compose a poster that's balanced and artful when you have to satisfy the visual and billing demands? So, rather than create an ugly poster matching up to the names, they create the best composition they can relative to the visual demands. Generally an actor famous enough to be billed is famous enough to be recognized, so it's not necessary to have the billing be accurate labeling.

People always complain that the names don't match up, often decrying the skill of the graphic designers, and I'm sick of reading that swill. This is the second time today I've had to set someone straight about it on this forum...

Mike86

Cry me a fucking river you really get that upset over reading posts about this? Really that seems like a pretty lazy excuse. It's so hard to design a poster or a cover with the proper billing order? I understand how the billing of stars works as I mentioned in my initial post but you'd think they'd keep this in mind when they do the photo shoot or when they're putting the final design together for the poster or whatever other promotional pieces. Put the actor in whatever order they agree to be billed and position them that way on a picture. Figure it out with the costars and what they agree to and attach their names. I guess though these days studios couldn't give a shit about what posters look like anyways they just want it to be heads of whoever is starring rather than something creative that actually would require some thought being put into. It's all pretty stupid anyways. The poor actor doesn't get his name first, the world is going to come to a crashing end.

DonnachaOne

When I read whinging about this constantly from people who'd rather snivel than look it up, yes. If I was curious enough about this as a child to look it up when The Three Musketeers came out in 1993, what's the excuse for your willful ignorance?

Did you not read my post and jump straight to talking rot? Again, the billing order isn't the issue. Reconciling the visual demands of the actors with the billing is an issue. Reread.

Could've fooled me...

They don't shoot actors together. Most times they don't even shoot actors completely, only their faces, and expect to match the faces up to photo doubles.

Well, if it's so unimportant to you, why mention it at all?

Why do the summer movies always bring out the trolling posters...

Mike86

Jesus man you need to calm down a bit. Getting pretty upset over a tiny thing. I'm not the master on billing you win. I bow down to you and your obvious vast knowledge of billing. Also I fail to see how I'm a troll. I simply posted something that I agreed with another poster on and clearly wasn't as educated as you. Get over it.

DonnachaOne

Oh, I'm zen. You're the fella who so eloquently said "it's always bothered the shit out of" you, and now you're saying I'm getting worked up. Your failure in reading comprehension is matched only by your failure as a comedian.