The “Iron Man 2” international poster has started making the rounds causing lots of drooling from fanboys, but good god, this has to be the worst case of stuff-pasted-together-in-Photoshop disease we’ve seen in awhile.
The poster, pictured left, does the indignity of making it look like Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle have a severe case of indigestion while Scarlett Johansson, to put it crudley, looks like she just let a fierce one rip. In short, glowing fireballs in the middle of a poster? Generally not a great idea if you’re going to surround it with people. Iron Man, War Machine, Pepper Potts and Whiplash are all there too. We’re not sure why a poster featuring every major character in the film needed to made, but I guess the studio wants their bases covered.
“Iron Man 2” stars rolling out internationally on April 28th and opens in the U.S. on May 7th.
I suppose its just to cover all their demographics. From top to bottom:
"SWEET ROBOT THINGS!"
"Oh man, I love Robert Downey Junior, remember when he was black?"
"Oh yeah, Don Cheadle is in this now…that will be interesting."
"Mmmm….Scarlett Johannson…."
"Pepper Potts is so adorable!"
"EXPLOSIONSSSS!!!"
"MICKEY ROURKE AS A RUSSIAN BADASSSSS!!!"
i hope the movie will be better than the poster
Actually the poster looks like Scarlett Johansson has farted out an explosion that created Mickey Rourke/Whiplash.
what's so new here? most international posters for the tentpoles tend to be corny-er than the US ones. (e.g. Though overall atrocious, Transformers 2) It gets appalling & insulting but the studios know where their bread is being buttered.