Apr 14 2009'Extract' Poster is Subtle
Say what you will about "floating head" poster design ("that it's typical, generally unsightly, and insinuates audiences are too stupid to enjoy a movie for anything other than its stars" would be a good start), but at least seeing the disembodied heads of Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, and Mila Kunis would let me know Extract is a lot more than another National Lampoon's straight-to-video venture. A bottle and walnuts forming a crude representation of a penis and testicles (over the spotlight-on-a-solid-color Apatowian backdrop nonetheless)? If it weren't for the Mike Judge seal of approval, I would be still be scanning for the line "with cameos by Alan Thicke and Married with Children's David Faustino."
Extract Poster [IMPA]
Reader Comments
1. This Is Me Posting - April 14, 2009 11:26 AM
I want to see all you "FIRST" posters cry.
2. Chris - April 14, 2009 1:04 PM
Finally, a mention, albeit veiled,of National Lampoon's RoboDoc.
3. Narcissist - April 15, 2009 9:03 AM
Can't be all bad.
4. Printing Posters - April 15, 2009 2:27 PM
I think this is great poster design for the movie. I would think that it would definitely appeal to its target audience, which is the whole point. Others might think it’s stupid, or not even “get it,” but the movie isn’t for those people. The poster design follows the cardinal rule of designing for your audience only.
5. Grover Saunders - August 21, 2009 10:26 AM
Wait, you're baffled that a poster for a Mike Judge movie makes a pretty lazy dick and balls joke? Are we thinking of the same Mike Judge? Cause that's pretty much right up his alley.
At some point, everyone seemed to have gotten the impression that Mike Judge is clever and smart, and I don't know why as none of his movies or TV shows reflect this.