Movie Poster a Day with JayDee

A double bill of macho badassery today, both from 1987. Now for the most part for these posters for the sci-fi countdown I've gone with modern interpretations from fans and artists. Well today I've decided to go for a couple of retro, around-the-world treats. First up is #28 on the list, RoboCop. And for the first time I believe we're off to Hungary. Now this isn't a great poster but I think there's a real charm to be found in its crude and naive nature. And I love how the robotic suit appears to be made out of tin foil!



Then at #26 was the film that's inspired people all over the world to try out their best Arnie impression with a "Get to da choppa!" This particular poster comes from Thailand and I love how vivid and pulpy it is. There's just so much great detail; I especially love the touch of having the alien's dreadlocks morph into flayed human bodies hanging from the trees.

I don't know when she'll see this as I know she's on the road at the moment but today is another Miss Vicky Day featuring two of her very favourite films. First up it's the mesmerising mind-bender that is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And I've gone with something a little bit different. In contrast to most posters this one is quite a metaphorical design. The more keen-eyed of you may spot it instantly but in case you don't, the branches of the tree form the human brain with the leaves on the ground I assume representative of the memories that are lost and discarded as a result of the memory erasing procedure the characters under go. At least that's how I read it

And up second it's another offbeat film that toes the line between comedy and drama, between joy and tragedy; it's Spike Jonze's Her. And I've gone with the fairly rare animated poster. On its own it's a nice enough poster but the animation, turning it into a loading symbol, it what really makes the poster.

First today we have Christopher Nolan's epic mindbender, Inception. There are a lot of posters out there for this particular film, with two elements in particular proving to be a recurring choice; the spinning top and the image of a city folding in on itself. Well this poster finds a way to combine them both

Next up at #23 on the list is Solaris. Now I've not seen the film so have no idea how this poster stands up as a representative of the film, however it's undoubtedly an eye-catching piece of art

Today's first film is a true piece of cinematic magic; it's Steven Spielberg's absolute classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. And representing it is this poster which captures one of the film's truly iconic images

And following on from yesterday we now have another movie from Andrei Tarkovsky, this time in the form of Stalker. And again it's a film I've not seen so I have no idea how this design corresponds with the film itself. Like the poster for Solaris however it certainly catches your eye/grabs your attention/piques your interest

Pushed for time so no intros today.

A couple of highly-regarded classics today from the sci-fi list. And I think I'll dedicate today's posters to @mark f who I know loves both these films. I hope you enjoy posters that are a bit out there Mark.

There is some modern work around for both of these but I couldn't resist a couple of old posters from around the world. The first film is Close Encounters of the Third Kind and after featuring his work for RoboCop a few days ago we're once again off to Hungary for a vivid, colourful poster from Tibor Helenyi

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977, d. Steven Spielberg / Poster Origin - Hungary / Artist - Tibor Helenyi)






Planet of the Apes
(1968, d. Franklin J. Schaffner / Poster Origin - Romania / Artist - unknown)

Amongst the most popular posters I've ever posted was Tom Whalen's Wall-e poster (here) and there's nothing that really comes close to it. However I thought this was quite cute.

Two of my favourite films today so I'm going to dedicte this post to myself! At #14 on the list we had Terry Gilliam's time travel tale, 12 Monkeys.

Again another quick post. For Aliens I think there's something quite cool about this minimalist design from Hungary.

And then for The Matrix we come to another poster that I actually own.

As a result of them finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively we have a Terminator double bill today. And also a double bill as regards the artist. I think these two would look great framed alongside each other

Little bit of a mixture today with one of the most mainsteam films ever and something slightly more specialist and arthousey. First it's the highest ranked sequel of the sci-fi countdown, The Empire Strikes Back.



Then we have the first of Stanley Kubrick's two entries in the top 10, it's A Clockwork Orange. Now I've still never seen this so I don't really know what this design is alluding to but it's certainly an eye-catching piece of art

Apologies for the lack of posters over the last week. We're almost done with posters inspired by the sci-fi countdown, and today we have two of the most enduringly loved films of all time. We had its sequel in my previous post and today it's the film that kick-started it all; it's Star Wars. And again it's Kilian Eng. I've featured him a lot of late; he seems to have a real fondness for science fiction



In fact here's the very magazine that we see lying on the bed beside George as he sleeps, allowing you to see where the design inspiration came from

Following the double bill of family classics that were Star Wars and Back to the Future we take a bit of a detour into the territory of sci-fi/horror. First it's the film that kicked off a franchise that's still going to this day and which introduced the world to the action heroine Ellen Ripley. It's Alien. And this creepy, atmospheric poster.




Then we have John Carpenter's Antarctica-set tale of paranoia and suspicion, it's The Thing. I've actually featured posters for this film several times before (here and here) but there is a lot of material out there for it.