Am I just a grump ...

[veronica_rich]

... or do the "official" posters for the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel look incredibly cheap for being recycled from the first movie? (I'm sorry, it's time for an editorial. Feel free to skip me over.)

I'm referring to the posters here and here. There's also a Jack character poster that is essentially this one with the POTC2 logo in the corner of it.

I mean, what the hell? Disney can sink a few hundred thousand dollars into the sequels, but couldn't budget something for an artist to design some new promotional materials, and possibly a photographer to help create it?

I would understand if new art concepts were based on those from promotion of the first movie. Universal did it quite cleverly with Back to the Future in posters for both II and III, and look at all the different "Matrix" posters Warner got out of a few basic design ideas - yet, each was distinctive to its own movie. What Disney's doing is just outright, obvious recycling with little to no new material.

I mean, criminey. I know fan artists who probably have charged less than what Disney is used to paying, and would've produced really GOOD work.

Comments

Re: Always Recycle?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Much, MANY more than those, yes. I admit I've wondered how the remake of POTC will go off in about 20 years or so, and with what up-and-coming really young actor in the business now, as Jack Sparrow.

(Are you trying to introduce musclebound men into my livejournal?)

Re: Always Recycle?

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

It bothered me when I found out that Herbie in the remake was CGIed into having actual facial expressions. Having seen and enjoyed the originals, it just makes me sad to realize that the people responsible for the remakes have so obviously missed the point. It's too bad.

*Trying NOT to contemplate a PotC remake 20 years on--{{shiver}}*

Re: Always Recycle?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Well obviously, the new Will and Elizabeth are either just being born or are very small children right now, so you can't pre-cast them. But what about who could play Jack in 20 years? Barbossa? The governor? Speculation?

Re: Always Recycle?

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Daniel Radcliffe as Jack Sparrow? ;) Rupert Grint as Lt. Gillette for sure. LOL

Re: Always Recycle?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Rupert! Yes!

Hmm. Daniel? Depends. What about Jake Gyllenhaal? (He has the same shit-eating grin.)

Re: Always Recycle?

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, you wouldn't want to typecast Jake (gay cowboy, gay pirate, gay "Bubble Boy"?) I just think for Daniel he'll be so typecast as Harry Potter that it will be the only thing to let him shake the image and get some different roles. And he can probably get the accent right.:)