"QUANTUM DVD Gives No Solace to 007 Fans"

[Kristatos]

That's a classy poster. Looks like an old straight to video action film.

What is it with Bond DVDs and crappy box art?

[James]

I'm not sure when exactly the slide started but the Brosnan era art was fairly ropey too. The Bond art used to really inventive and fun in the old days.

[FormerBondFan]

That's a classy poster. Looks like an old straight to video action film.

Looks more like a Steven Seagal movie to me.

[katied]

It looks like some sites are pre-ordering it now including Amazon.com. This is the boxart that Amazon.com uses (maybe not the final boxart):

I can sum it up in one word: Meh.

[stockslivevan]

I say the last good Bond poster was TLD's



After that the posters were either decent or utterly horrible.

[James]

And contrast that design with the awful US Licence To Kill art that followed in 1989. For some reason Bond posters turned into a crappy collage.

[stockslivevan]

I still can't believe that was approved. That tacked on photo of the Bond girls is the worst part.

[Kristatos]

And then the fashion for chrome lettering, which became such a cliche in '90s movie posters (not just Bond). I got tired of seeing it.

[Dr. No]

I'm not sure when exactly the slide started but the Brosnan era art was fairly ropey too. The Bond art used to really inventive and fun in the old days.

I really like the old Connery poster art. I wish they would have used it on the DVDs and not the stuff they dug up for the 90's dvds

[Kristatos]

I really like the old Connery poster art. I wish they would have used it on the DVDs and not the stuff they dug up for the 90's dvds

Anyone know the name of the artist?

[stockslivevan]

I actually think the posters starting from YOLT were utterly stupid. Posing with a astronaut helmet in a tux? Skiing in a tux? Retarded.

Now THIS is a poster.



Simple yet effective.

[Kristatos]

The top picture looks like a candidate for Up the Arse Corner in Viz.

[stockslivevan]

It's actually a cropped image of Connery trying to whack Oddjob with the wooden object.

[Roger Devereau]

I think the Connery posters were a collaboration between Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy:

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/1896-NEW-DVD-DOCUMENTARY-ON-LEGENDARY-MOVIE-POSTER-ARTIST-ROBERT-MCGINNIS.html

The year 1965 brought the world of James Bond to Bob’s studio. Chief of United Artists publicity Don Smolen commissioned McGinnis and fellow artist Frank McCarthy to create art images for Thunderball. Said Smolen “If you wanted beautiful women in Bond posters, there was only one man- Bob McGinnis.” McCarthy painted the action images and McGinnis painted the women

[Captain Nash]

The top picture looks like a candidate for Up the Arse Corner in Viz.

Something you're an expert on Kris?

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

I think the Connery posters were a collaboration between Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy:

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/1896-NEW-DVD-DOCUMENTARY-ON-LEGENDARY-MOVIE-POSTER-ARTIST-ROBERT-MCGINNIS.html

The year 1965 brought the world of James Bond to Bob’s studio. Chief of United Artists publicity Don Smolen commissioned McGinnis and fellow artist Frank McCarthy to create art images for Thunderball. Said Smolen “If you wanted beautiful women in Bond posters, there was only one man- Bob McGinnis.” McCarthy painted the action images and McGinnis painted the women

Interesting article, Roger.

[katied]

For the amount of money you have to pay(for the special edition, anyways)you'd think they could come up with a better cover

[Dr. No]

I think the Connery posters were a collaboration between Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy:

http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/1896-NEW-DVD-DOCUMENTARY-ON-LEGENDARY-MOVIE-POSTER-ARTIST-ROBERT-MCGINNIS.html

The year 1965 brought the world of James Bond to Bob’s studio. Chief of United Artists publicity Don Smolen commissioned McGinnis and fellow artist Frank McCarthy to create art images for Thunderball. Said Smolen “If you wanted beautiful women in Bond posters, there was only one man- Bob McGinnis.” McCarthy painted the action images and McGinnis painted the women

Interesting article, Roger.

Thanks Roger!

[Dr. No]

I actually think the posters starting from YOLT were utterly stupid. Posing with a astronaut helmet in a tux? Skiing in a tux? Retarded.

I like the yolt poster. Its fun and maybe a littel campy. Much better than the DVD covers IMHO

[katied]

The DAF poster certainly screams Vegas circa 1971.