# Resolved: 'ALIEN' is the best movie poster of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203 "2012-06-05T22:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/21 "2012-06-07T13:25:23Z")
[The Exorcist](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Exorcist_ver2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/22 "2012-06-07T16:02:22Z")
[Revenge of the Jedi](http://www.moviepostercollectors.com/MPC_Authentication_Revenge_of_the_Jedi.html) Best. Poster. Ever. Although, I really like [most of these from METROPOLIS](http://www.allposters.com/-st/Metropolis-1927-Posters_c471_.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/23 "2012-06-07T16:51:21Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I also don’t really agree about the tagline. It’s a tagline that only really works for the remake, because it basically gives away a significant part of the plot. It’s fine if you already know how the alien works, but if you don’t, then it’s both odd and also something of a spoiler. I’m not quite sure what’s so bad about the tagline only being good for the remake. On another note, the tagline didn’t give away any more plot than the trailer. People who went to see The Thing in 1982 already knew the alien hid under the guise of a human. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/24 "2012-06-07T17:02:38Z")
[The Rocketeer](http://www.listal.com/viewimage/152616h) [Sleepy Hollow](http://greggorysshocktheater.tumblr.com/post/4813197753) teaser and the tag line “Heads Will Roll” was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/25 "2012-06-07T20:19:21Z")
I also prefer the hand-painted movie posters like Anatomy of a Murder: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/AnatomyMurder2.jpg/220px-AnatomyMurder2.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/AnatomyMurder2.jpg/220px-AnatomyMurder2.jpg) I also stumbled on this awesome site of the best Polish movie posters over the last half century or so: > **[50 Incredible Film Posters From Poland // WellMedicated](http://wellmedicated.com/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/)** > > When I'm not geeking out over design you can probably find me geeking out over film. I spent a good 7 years of my life working behind the counters of various video stores across Western Canada and consider myself an avid film nerd. So it's not... ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/26 "2012-06-07T20:26:34Z")
Those Polish posters are amazing! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/27 "2012-06-07T20:33:21Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > For sheer awesomeness: the Frazetta poster for [The Gauntlet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_gauntlet.jpg) and the Boris Vallejo poster for [National Lampoon’s Vacation](http://www.impawards.com/1983/national_lampoons_vacation.html). Sheer awesome + [Army of Darkness](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Darkness) “Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.” Groovy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/28 "2012-06-07T20:33:39Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I also prefer the hand-painted movie posters like Anatomy of a Murder: > > [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/AnatomyMurder2.jpg/220px-AnatomyMurder2.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/AnatomyMurder2.jpg/220px-AnatomyMurder2.jpg) > > I also stumbled on this awesome site of the best Polish movie posters over the last half century or so: > > [Redirecting...](http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/) [Try these hand painted ones from Ghana.](http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/06/hand-painted-movie-posters-from-ghana.html) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/29 "2012-06-08T19:56:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Try these hand painted ones from Ghana.](http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/06/hand-painted-movie-posters-from-ghana.html) io9 cover foreign sci fi and fantasy posters from time to time. They had some Ghanian and Polish posters a while back, as well as some [ridiculous Thai horror posters](http://io9.com/5476557/80s-thai-horror-movie-posters-will-melt-your-face?tag=movieposters). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/30 "2012-06-08T20:47:45Z")
More good posters: [Out of Sight](http://www.impawards.com/1998/out_of_sight.html) [Seabiscuit](http://www.impawards.com/2003/seabiscuit.html) - the clever trick here is that it’s made to appear as if the horse is so fast, the photographer couldn’t keep him in the shot. [Walk The Line](http://www.impawards.com/2005/walk_the_line.html) ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203/31 "2012-06-09T22:58:11Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > [Revenge of the Jedi](http://www.moviepostercollectors.com/MPC_Authentication_Revenge_of_the_Jedi.html) > Best. Poster. Ever. i love that poster but the lightsabers are the wrong colors. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-alien-is-the-best-movie-poster-of-all-time/624203.md?page=1)