I feel bad for the guy who designed the new poster for the upcoming re-release of STAR WARS, because he's online, and other than Jensen Huang jokes the online discourse today has mostly been people saying how much they don't like the new poster
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@jalefkowit before Trump all news was like this and a whole generation of kids can't fathom that
@jalefkowit It’s the diffraction spikes on the stars that get me.
That & knowing that Disney will be taking notes, & every inconsistency in the poster’s going to spawn a retcon Solo/Rogue One type spinoff.
It does make it look like Luke is leading the Death Star to glorious victory.
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io Smells like AI bullshit.
@phasorburn The artist is on Bluesky fervently insisting it is not, for whatever that’s worth
@jalefkowit I feel bad for him, too. I like the poster (aside from NO Kenobi??). There’s too many armchair critics in the world. Not an illustrator or designer? Stay in your lane, then, and don’t criticize the guy’s work.
@jalefkowit the type is bad
@jalefkowit Without over-analyzing it, I'd give it a comfortable 8/10. If it were anything other than Star Wars, I'd be surprised anyone cared enough to waste their breath commenting on it.
@jalefkowit is this going to be the digitized version, or the pristine original version?
@TheLastOfHisName They are billing it as "a restored version of the original Star Wars (1977)"
@jalefkowit I am cautiously hopeful.
Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly like it either. But still
It does seem like the revised design (perhaps more progressive and accurate-to-the-actors?) ought to go with the updated "special edition", while the original, tropey, pulpy design ought to go with the original version. 🤔
@jalefkowit [squinting] glad to see they replaced that minor character Darth Vader with fan favorite Space Bullshit Farm Equipment
@flyingsaceur @jalefkowit and if Han and Chewie are behind Luke then where’s the Falcon going??
@flyingsaceur Also why are the rebel fighters flying AWAY from the Death Star
@flyingsaceur In the immortal words of Joe Biden, “c’mon, man”
There was a time when I would have been extremely excited about being able to see the original 1977 STAR WARS in a theater. That was before George Lucas and Disney spent 25 years beating that out of me
(I am glad to see we're not pretending it was always called "Episode IV" anymore, though)
@jalefkowit
here's me hash-taggie for that. And I'm sticking with it.
#never4
@jalefkowit i am excited because i'm gonna bring my 7yo and he's never seen any star war
@alex That's a good reason to be excited!
@jalefkowit wasnt its sub-header 'A New Hope' ?
that one sadly doesnt play that well in these times either..