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Miss Vicky's Loyal and Willing Slave
March 11th

At #69 (69 dudes!!!) we had the 60s classic, The Time Machine. To represent it I've once again turned to the great French artist Roger Soubie. While the design is similar to that featured on several posters for the film's release what really makes this poster for me are the bold colours that Soubie once again utilises.




The Time Machine
(1960, d. George Pal / Poster Origin - France / Artist - Roger Soubie)


At #68 - 68 dudes!!! (that one doesn't really work does it?). Anyway at #68 was a true classic, not some pretender like The Time Machine. I give you Demolition Man!




Demolition Man
(1993, d. Marco Brambilla / Artist - Vance Kelly)




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March 12th

As I believe the band The Offspring warned us, the kids aren't alright. And that's definitely the case for the kids in Battle Royale, the film that finished at #67 on the list




Battle Royale
(2000, d. Kinji Fukasaku / Artist - Rafa Alvarez)


For the 66th film on the list there were two ways I could have gone. I could have gone with a beautiful looking print or I could have gone with a poster that prioritised concept. In the end I went with the latter. It's just a little bit of history repeating



Edge of Tomorrow
(2014, d. Doug Liman / Artist - Joel Amat Guell)





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March 13th

Not seen this film myself so I don't know how well this poster represents it but I did think was a rather lovely bit of art. #64




Ghost in the Shell
(1995, d. Mamoru Oshii / Artist - Martin Ansin)


And here's another lovely bit of illustration for the film that placed #62 on the list




The Avengers

(2012, d. Joss Whedon / Artist - Paul Shipper)




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March 14th

For today we've got a pair of double bills. First up is the film that placed 61st on the list, Men in Black. And to represent it we have this matching pair of posters; their bold, dynamic design an apt representation of the film's fun and lively nature.






Men in Black
(1997, d. Barry Sonnenfeld / Artist - Ladislas Chachignot)


At #60 we have what I believe is the most modern film to make the list - The Martian. The reason I've gone for two posters here is that I just couldn't resist the first poster. Matt Damon!




The Martian

(2015, d. Ridley Scott)




The Martian

(2015, d. Ridley Scott / Artist - Oliver Barrett)




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March 15th

I'm going to go a bit out of order today in order to group two films together; both versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers that have made the list. At #58 we had the far, far superior (isn't that right HK? ) 1978 version from Philip Kaufman. Quite a cool, creepy poster showing the pod and its vines forming a sternum and ribs; alluding to the replacement bodies that are grown in the film.




Invasion of the Body Snatchers

(1978, d. Philip Kaufman)


Then, inexplicably finishing 12 places ahead of it, we had the 1956 version at #46. Very nice poster though




Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(1956, d. Don Siegel / Artist - Tom Whalen)




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March 16th

#57 on the list - Ghostbusters




Ghostbusters

(1984, d. Ivan Reitman / Artist - Robert Bruno)


#55 on the list - Akira




Akira
(1988, d. Katsuhiro Otomo / Artist - Alexander Laccarino)




Woops- The Sound of Music, then I disappeared for a few weeks! But just in time for Ghostbusters! Woo hoo!



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March 17th

A couple of real cult films today and in an unplanned move both posters were actually created by the same man. Up first is Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi satire, Starship Troopers . Very surprisingly there is almost nothing out there for this film in terms of fan or artist-made posters. Pretty much the only option was this -




Starship Troopers
(1997, d. Paul Verhoeven / Artist - Kilian Eng)


And up second we have David Cronenberg's Videodrome; just one of the director's many explorations into mindf*ckery. With this poster by Kilian Eng being suitably twisted and f*cked up in design




Videodrome
(1983, d. David Cronenberg / Artist - Kilian Eng)




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March 18th

I was struggling to find something I really liked for Gattaca when I stumbled across this effort which I think looks rather lovely.




Gattaca
(1997, d. Andrew Niccol / Artist - Greg Ruth)


There's actually a whole lot of material for The Iron Giant out there and I was struggling to pick between several different prints. In the end I've returned to one of this thread's old friends (Laurent Durieux) for this poster with its beautiful illustrations and gorgeous colours.




The Iron Giant
(1999, d. Brad Bird / Artist - Laurent Durieux)




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March 19th

Of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi is definitely the black sheep when it comes to the amount of posters out there. Of the very few options I randomly plumped for this one




Star Wars - Return of the Jedi
(1983, d. Richard Marquand / Artist - Juan Esteban Rodriguez)


Following Escape from New York, the second John Carpenter film to make the list was his terrifically fun action-satire, They Live.




They Live
(1988, d. John Carpenter / Artist - Patrick Connan)





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March 21st

Missed yesterday as was pushed for time and am again so just a quick double bill then I'm off




Interstellar
(2014, d. Christopher Nolan / Artist - Rich Davies)




Back to the Future Part II

(1989, d. Robert Zemeckis / Artist - Matt Taylor)




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March 22nd

At #41 on the list we had Gravity. Now this poster is a little different but I rather love it. It takes the most modern, most cutting edge of movies and depicts it in the style of a really old-school, vintage film.




Gravity
(2013, d. Alfonso Cuaron / Artist - Peter Stults)


And we enter the top 40 with the glorious spectacle that is Independence Day




Independence Day
(1996, d. Roland Emmerich / Artist - Chris Weston)




Miss Vicky's Loyal and Willing Slave
March 23th

I'm again going slightly out of order today so that I can make it a Miss Vicky Day. First up is #37 from the list, Mad Max: Fury Road. I've already featured a couple of posters for that particular film but there's still a whole lot of material out there to choose from. I like this one for the way it captures the constant motion, action and energy of the film




Mad Max: Fury Road
(2016, d. George Miller / Artist - Jae Lee)


Then leap-frogging a few films we jump to 34th place on the list and the gaudy, lavish spectacle that is Luc Besson's Fifth Element; with this poster capturing one of it's most iconic moments.




The Fifth Element
(1997, d. Luc Besson / Artist - Kevin M Wilson (aka Ape Meets Girl))




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March 25th

Today we're going all old school with two films widely regarded as classics. First we have the beautiful colours of this Forbidden Planet poster




Forbidden Planet
(1956, d. Fred M. Wilcox / Artist - Kilian Eng)


Then we go all the way back to the oldest film on the list, Fritz Lang's Metropolis. And it's another landscape poster. This time from our old friend, Laurent Durieux.




Metropolis
(1927, d. Fritz Lang / Artist - Laurent Durieux)




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March 26th

Khan!!! KHAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!! That's right, it's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.




Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(1982, d. Nicholas Meyer / Artist - Patrick Connan)


Brazil!!! BRAZIIIIIIILLLLLL!!!!!! That's right, it's Terry Gilliam's Brazil.




Brazil
(1985, d. Terry Gilliam / Artist - Ammo)




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March 27th

I may not be a huge fan of this film or the series in general but I do think this is a pretty bad-ass poster.




The Road Warrior

(1981, d. George Miller / Artist - Chris Weston)


And then this one I find to be quite beautiful in its own minimalist way. It just feels very clean and modern.




Ex Machina
(2015, d. Alex Garland / Artist - Grete Mila)




Miss Vicky's Loyal and Willing Slave
Sorry for the lack of posters (for those still following the thread): will try and get this back up and running in the next day or two