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The Close-up Poster Answer

No problems this time--I said the poster clue was easier this week and sure enough a bunch of you got it right.

Up first was Donna, followed by Scott and Michelle. Well done, guys and everyone else who nailed it!

So what movie's poster is this image from?

 

I'm guessing you really don't need a second clue this time, but what the hey, here ya go:

That should do it for anyone still struggling. Follow me over the jump for the full poster.

Take a Peek at the Close-Up Poster Contest

A little Wednesday evening poster contest for you.

I know, I know... the past few have been kinda tricky. This one is easy. I promise! I swear!

All you have to do is study the image below, a close-up bit of the original poster for a famous movie. Then just enter the correct title of the film in the comments section below this post.

I won't post any of your guesses until I put the answer up and announce the winners tomorrow.

Hurry--this one will get solved fast!

 

James' Latest Radio Spot

Wanna hear James give his take on last week's DVD releases, including Ice Age 3, Orphan and The Maiden Heist, as well as films currently in theaters, including Michael Jackson's This Is It and Paranormal Activity?  Then click here to listen to his spot on KPAM's Bob Miller Show this past Friday.   

You'll also learn what scary movies James likes to watch on Halloween.  Nope, I'm not going to spoil the surprise -- you have to tune in yourself!

Can You Be a Better Transformer?Improve Your Giant Smashin' Robot Movie with This Cosmo redblog Quiz!

So you think you're a pretty good Transformers movie? You made more than $400 million at the box office in America alone, you're stompin' all over the DVD charts. You're looking good and doin' fine.

But are you really the best Giant Smashin' Robot Movie you can be? Are you giving your viewers everything they need in the theater or the home-entertainment center? Never fear, redblog's here to help! Just take our Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen quiz and see how you measure up!

1. With Charlton Heston dead, you need a new all-knowing, Biblical voice of authority for your film's narrator. Who do you get?

a. James Earl Jones

b. Wilford Brimley

c. A giant space robot that looks like a Peterbuilt truck

2. You are in a Transformers movie and suddenly find yourself moving in super slo-motion. What is happening?

a. Something is blowing up behind you.

b. A giant robot has died.

c. Megan Fox is running in a tank top.

3. Can you ever have too many helicopters in a movie? Y / N

4. Is there any film scene that cannot be improved by the addition of helicopters? Y / N

5. That is a lovely helicopter. May I ask where you got it? ______________________

6. In film making "establishing shots" are:

a. Long shots of a set that help the viewer understand where things are in relation to one another

b. An essential part of visual storytelling

c. For wussies

The quiz continues over the jump!

The Close-up Poster Answer

Now that's more like it! I think I really found the sweet spot this week--about 20 of you guessed and about a third of you got it right.

And lots of fun guesses. In fact just as many people incorrectly guessed The Abyss as named the right film. Meanwhile, some of those who did get it right said it was "too easy." And yet... So from my point of view, a perfect contest.

Aaron Wood was first with the correct answer--Pat, Nick, Jason Jennings, Matt Doman, Larry P, and Michelle also got it right. Congrats all of ya!

So what movie's poster is this image from?

 

I really thought it was a no-brainer, but then it IS from my favorite movie of all time, so I'm biased. Let's pull back a bit and I think most of you will have it:

No problem now, right? Follow me over the jump for the full poster.

This is Your Close-Up Poster Contest!

Okay, I've been making the poster contests a little too hard. Here you go then. A juicy slow hanging curve right over the center of the plate.

All you have to do is study the image below, a close-up bit of the original poster for a famous movie. Then just enter the correct title of the film in the comments section below this post.

I won't post any of your guesses until I put the answer up and announce the winners tomorrow.

Batter up!

 

A Halloween Treat for the Browncoats Still Survivin' Out There

It hasn't been a great month of news in the Whedonverse.

First we learned from shocktillyoudrop.com that the release of Joss Whedon's feature horror film Cabin in the Woods has been bumped from February 2010 to January 2011 in order to render it into 3-D. Cabin is produced and written by Whedon and is being helmed by co-writer and first-time director Drew Goddard (a writer and producer on Buffy, Alias, and Lost).  MGM reps told the site the decision was due to the good response the film has received at screenings and the desire to spruce it up with 3-D. Whether this has anything to do with MGM teetering on the verge of bankruptcy is open to speculation, though the studio does seem sincere in its willingness to spend more money on the 3-D conversion, rather than just dump the film off quickly and quietly this winter.

Then came the news so sadly familiar to fans of Whedon shows on Fox TV: during November sweeps Whedon's Dollhouse is being taken off the network's Friday nights (where Fox sends all Joss's shows to die). While Fox says it still intends to air all 13 eps of this season's Dollhouse, the writing could be on the wall for the fine little Dushku-starring show.

Of course the last Whedon show to get the Friday night axe from Fox was the wonderful, much-beloved space Western Firefly in 2002. And the first (and for now, only) feature film Joss has directed was the very, very enjoyable and painfully over-looked Firefly follow-up, 2005's Serenity.

Well, at least ABC still feels the love for Firefly's Capt. Mal Reynolds (aka Capt. Tightpants) and let actor Nathan Fillion don the browncoat at least one more time on his newish mystery show Castle:

"Didn't you wear that like five years ago?"
"So?"
"So, don't you think you should move on?"
"I like it."

Redbloggers on the Radio

You missed our voices, didn't you?

Fear not... here are the last three radio spots we redbloggers have done for the KPAM Bob Miller Show.

James talks about Year One, Imagine That, Assassination of a High School President, Couples Retreat and A Serious Man.

Locke gives his take on Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, Land of the Lost and Drag Me to Hell.

And I (Erika) weight in on Astro Boy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Amelia, and the film I just luuuurved (I kid), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. 

#dullesthorrormoviesever

As some of you know, when I'm procrastinating on writing I lollygag over at Twitter, trying get my creative juices flowing by being clever and insightful 140 characters at a time. And sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can spin my time-wasting into actual work by passing off my Tweets as redblog articles. Like today!

The Twitter game this afternoon was "dullest horror movies ever" and here be the fruits of my labors:

Drag Me to Counseling

Blood: The Last Papercut

Urban Legend: Pop Rocks

The Haunting of Hillshire Farms

Para-sailing Activity

The Call of Chipotle

Anaconda: The Digestion

Hush, Hush, Sweet Chocolate

The Masque of Red Buttons

I Worked With a Zombie

The Conqueror Ear-Worm

Little Shop of Snow Globes

The Picture of Dorian Gray's Cat

Necrocomiccon

In the Spleen of Madness

Werewolves of Des Moines

Sorority House Manicure

The Creature of the Green Gables

Tween Wolf

Zombie Fondue Party

The Abominable Mr. Pibb

The Cabinets of Amos Hochstedler

Flossed to Kill

The Sixth Scent

Rosemary Clooney's Baby

Dr. Terror's House of Pancakes

Let's hear your titles in the comments!

The Close-up Poster Answer

Okay, sorry. I guess I've once again made the poster close-up too hard. This week again only six of you guessed at it and only two got it right. But big congrats to Michelle, who was first with the correct answer, and to Bobby who also was right on!

Some of the incorrect guesses included Army of Darkness, Conan the Barbarian, Planet of the Apes (a good guess considering the visual elements included!), and Pirates of the Caribbean. Actually, all of those films would make for a pretty enjoyable little mini-film fest in your living room. But sadly, they were... incorrect.

So what movie's poster is this image from?

 
 

Okay, still stumped? Let's pull back and make it VERY easy for you:

Now you've got it, right? Follow me over the jump for the full poster.