Can this be real?

I want to believe

Man Looking Down

There is a great trend in movie posters, highlighted by the cover of the upcoming game Bioshock Infinite.



If you want to say it all, without saying it, look down.

EDIT: New Favorite

I mean, come on! Stephen Dorff is the man! E-Cigs! And Soulja Boy's up in this ho!



Here are some other great examples:


At least they gave her something to look at.








Not dark enough!


Now we're talking? Can barely even see him. Is his suit even blue anymore?










He's got a lot of payne.


Double down look for bonus points!





Martin Lawrence's face is so great in this one.



At least someone gets the joke.



Be the only one looking down, to show how much tougher it is for you.



Who's brooding harder?


What the hell is down there?



The down/back-turned combo for double tough.



Spiderman again, because they really wanted to highlight how much darker this one is.
Also, "The Untold Story Begins" ????? I think I've heard this one before.



I argue that the more you look down in your poster, the less dark and brooding the movie actually is. Most of these movies are romantic comedies!

You can probably blame it all on Batman.







Please keep adding as they come along.


Here are some other great collections of poster cliches:

My favorite - the back to the poster to tell me how crazy the thing is that I am looking at.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/proof-hollywood-no-ideas-184257816.html

http://www.slashfilm.com/gallery-thirteen-hilarious-trends-movie-posters/
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64047251.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_19093_8-actors-who-look-exactly-same-every-movie-poster.html

Got my sex box baby

So, seeing as its the year 2006, I'm really excited about playing cy's Xbox 360 that he finally grew out of. In a week or so, the new dead space game is coming out, and I'm hoping you will join me on my inaugural campaign through the scary war against the necromorphs. After hearing you tell me about the first game, I tried to play through dead space 2. That was by far the scariest fucking game I've ever played. I made it halfway through before having to quit due to excessive nightmares. Now #3 is coming out and has co op. Will you embark on this journey with me BG? I'm not sure I can face those monsters all by my lonesome. Plus we're almost at the age of outgrowing this shit.

Sequels planned for 2013

Just saw the Hobbit - a lot of fun, a beautiful world, kind of meaningless/pointless, but an incredible ride. The best kind of popcorn movie. It felt like I was back with an old friend; I almost wanted to watch Lord of the Rings again.

Also, the dwarves are great singers. I hope we get a few more campfire scenes in the next one.

With that, I present my list of sequels/reboots/re-releases for the year 2013.

Texas Chainsaw 3D
Top Gun 3D
A Good Day to Die Hard
The Last Exorcism 2
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Carrie
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Jurassic Park 3D
Evil Dead
Scary Movie 5
Iron Man 3
The Great Gatsby (the FIFTH version of this book!)
Star Trek into Darkness
Fast and Furious 6
The Hangover Part III
Much Ado About Nothing
Man of Steel
Monsters University
Kick-Ass 2
Despicable Me 2
Grown Ups 2
The Wolverine
The Smurfs 2
300: Rise of an Empire
RED 2
Planes
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Insidious Chapter 2
Riddick
The Little Mermaid 3D
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 3D
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 3D
Oldboy
Paranormal Activity 5
Thor: The Dark World
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Jack Ryan


What amazes me about this list is two things.
1.) 42 Movies! Almost double 2012's list!
2.) There are actually a lot of movies next year that look great. Seth Rogen writing and directing a movie seems cool, and all the original sci-fi movies coming out is very exciting. If anything, those are the kinds of movies that we should be focusing on now; CGI is at a point where you can have anything you want on the screen.

Of all these listed, I probably only care for about 5. The rest seem like really bad ideas - RED 2? Top Gun 3d?!

I think we just have to realize that there aren't a lot of ideas for movies left. And there is an incredible demand for movies. We probably should just make one.

I think I'll do a 2012 write-up soon. I'm amazed how many bad movies I didn't see this year. It's like I'm growing up a little bit.

Also, Ted made half a billion dollars.