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[Double-Oh Agent]

Here's my picks for the Bond posters (all U.S. versions):

The best -- Thunderball (Look up! Look down! Look out!), Moonraker (Now outer space belongs to 007), and GoldenEye. All look great and have lots of action. The creme de la creme of all Bond posters.

The worst -- Licence To Kill and Die Another Day. I'm sure at least half of the members on this site could have up with better posters than EON/MGM came up with on those efforts.

[tdalton]

The worst -- Licence To Kill and Die Another Day. I'm sure at least half of the members on this site could have up with better posters than EON/MGM came up with on those efforts.

You're 100% right, those are easily the two worst posters in the series. LTK was a great film, but the posters for it (as well as every other form of advertisement) was poor, and DAD was just bad all around, including the posters.

[Mr_Wint]

TB and YOLT had the absolute best marketing campaing ever IMO. But my two favourite posters has to be:

http://www.moviegood...1468.1020.A.jpg
http://www.moviegood...2351.1020.A.jpg

Worst is the LTK-poster and the final US DAD-poster.

[Kingdom Come]

What's with Roger's hair?!

[Number 6]

I felt that Eon put NO EFFORT into the Die Another Day poster. Just pathetic...

[Red Barchetta]

Is it possible to post the posters so we can see which ones you're refering to?

[Qwerty]

Is it possible to post the posters so we can see which ones you're refering to?

Due to possible copyright infringement, putting such images into [IMG] tags on the forums isn't allowed - but you can naturally post a link to each poster when referring to specific one.

[Harmsway]

The best campaigns were the campaigns of old - THUNDERBALL and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE were magnificent, and GOLDFINGER also had the instantly memorable "golden girl" image.

The absolute pits was LICENCE TO KILL. Slapping the 007 logo on a poster with nothing else would have been more inspiring than that piece of junk.

[Double-Oh Agent]

The worst -- Licence To Kill and Die Another Day. I'm sure at least half of the members on this site could have up with better posters than EON/MGM came up with on those efforts.

You're 100% right, those are easily the two worst posters in the series. LTK was a great film, but the posters for it (as well as every other form of advertisement) was poor, and DAD was just bad all around, including the posters.

I didn't like the British poster either for LTK but I thought the British poster for DAD one was okay, certainly better than the American one. I remember seeing the second teaser poster for DAD (with Brosnan and Berry pointing their guns) and being disappointed with that but believing and hoping the final poster would be better. My disappointment was multiplied tenfold when I saw the final U.S. poster and stunned that it was exactly the same with only the credits added--and not only was I disappointed, but I was disgusted too. After an extra year wait for a Bond film--and the 20th film in the 40th year of the series on top of that--and this is what we got? Simply pathetic. I thought 2002 was supposed to be a special year for Bond. It certainly wasn't from the poster's standpoint. Inexcusable.

The best posters are those that are hand-drawn artwork such as Dr. No through A View To A Kill and incorporate elements and themes from the movie. Very classy while adding a sense of adventure. They are far better than the photo montage stuff that we've gotten since the Dalton era. Hopefully, EON will go back to their original way of doing posters--it would be appropriate in that it would be a back to basics approach for the back to basics film. (But since they've done virtually the opposite of everything I've wanted on Casino Royale so far, I'm not holding my breath.)

[Kingdom Come]

For the 1st video release of LTK they changed the poster to having just Dalton in firing pose with a stark red background.

[Colossus]

My favorite is FRwL, it exudes adventure and danger, the Russian castle, seductive women, SPECTRE bubble-dome helicopter, and Connery smiling slyly.

YOLT is a second, its poster echoes the mysterious and danger filled adventures of the film.

[Blue07]

It seems the majority of us fans want the old artwork style to come back.

The best posters in my opinion were from TB through to TSWLM.

[Qwerty]

It seems the majority of us fans want the old artwork style to come back.

The best posters in my opinion were from TB through to TSWLM.

What did you think of the Moonraker one[s]?

[Bring Back Valentin]

I've always liked this one:

http://www.moviegood.....movie_id=7098

Edited by Bring Back Valentin, 24 February 2006 - 04:28 AM.

[Flash1087]

TB and YOLT had the absolute best marketing campaing ever IMO. But my two favourite posters has to be:

http://www.moviegood...1468.1020.A.jpg
http://www.moviegood...2351.1020.A.jpg

Worst is the LTK-poster and the final US DAD-poster.

I totally forgot about that AVTAK poster. I'm pretty sure that's my all-time favorite.

[Mamadou]

In no particular order

[FelixLeiterCIA]

Any discussion of the best Bond posters begins and ends with this masterpiece.

http://www.obsession....uk/con art.jpg

Look at it! Suitable for framing! (Speaking of which, if any one knows where I can get a print of this, please let me know...Thanks)

[doublenoughtspy]

While it is a wonderful image - it does suffer from a serious lack of babeage.

[Qwerty]

or is Gloria Hendry totally topless in her card?

Definitely not.

[double-O-Durg]

I really rate the teaser one from TWINE - the flaming woman, and the 'Accept No Substitutes' teaser prior to GoldenEye, i thought it generated interest in Bond again after the 6 year lay off

[K1Bond007]

LTK is definitely the worst.

I seem to like a lot of the early posters though. Very simplisitc yet stylish.

[Double-Oh Agent]

LTK is definitely the worst.

I seem to like a lot of the early posters though. Very simplisitc yet stylish.

I'd actually lean to Die Another Day as being the worst. At least Licence To Kill had a full, front-on shot of Timothy Dalton pointing a gun at the viewer, both Bond girls, and a half-shadow of the villain Robert Davi in the background. All DAD had was a side view of less than half of Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry pointing guns at the opposite end of the poster. BORRRRING!!! All one needs to do is compare LTK and DAD with the classic Bond posters of the '60s--shoot, the early '80s--to see how far the mighty 007 posters have fallen. Bonds used to have the best posters. Now they are no longer a sure thing. Those two efforts literally disgust me.

[K1Bond007]

LTK is definitely the worst.

I seem to like a lot of the early posters though. Very simplisitc yet stylish.

I'd actually lean to Die Another Day as being the worst. At least Licence To Kill had a full, front-on shot of Timothy Dalton pointing a gun at the viewer, both Bond girls, and a half-shadow of the villain Robert Davi in the background. All DAD had was a side view of less than half of Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry pointing guns at the opposite end of the poster. BORRRRING!!! All one needs to do is compare LTK and DAD with the classic Bond posters of the '60s--shoot, the early '80s--to see how far the mighty 007 posters have fallen. Bonds used to have the best posters. Now they are no longer a sure thing. Those two efforts literally disgust me.

It's not good, I'll agree, but LTK's has considerably depreciated since it was released. I'm no master at Photoshop, but LTK's poster looks like something I could make. It looks terrible.

I love the "Licence Revoked" work though. Speaking of which. It kind of looks similar to some of the stuff in the trailer for V for Vendetta. At least that's what I thought of when I first saw it.

http://k1bond007.sha...forVendetta.jpg

That would kind of be a cool teaser photo for Casino Royale. Craig in the shadows with some wording to the side....

[Blue07]

It seems the majority of us fans want the old artwork style to come back.

The best posters in my opinion were from TB through to TSWLM.

What did you think of the Moonraker one[s]?

Yeah the Moonraker ones were pretty good and FYEO was also pretty iconic, but I think the overall quality began to slowly slide after TSWLM. TLD was a noteable exception. Laterly the posters have left a lot to be desired.

Edited by Lappaman, 02 March 2006 - 10:45 PM.

[Qwerty]

Gotcha. I think the The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker ones make a great set together.

[Donovan]

My favorites are:

The Living Daylights UK release
A View To A Kill UK teaser
Live And Let Die
You Only Live Twice (jacuzzi)
For Your Eyes Only--demonstrating that you can still acheive style with simplicity


I never really liked any of Brosnan's posters. And yes, Licence To Kill is the bottom of the gunbarrel. BUT the Bob Peak concept being considered for Licence Revoked was great. Should have used it.

[henchman_hussle]

For Your Eyes Only

http://www.impawards...s_only_ver1.jpg

[Kingdom Come]

On my the back cover dvd of both LALD and GF both contain photos that are from other films in the series.

[SecretAgentFan]

I really rate the teaser one from TWINE - the flaming woman, and the 'Accept No Substitutes' teaser prior to GoldenEye, i thought it generated interest in Bond again after the 6 year lay off

Same here. And CR needs such a good poster, too.

[Qwerty]

Anyone else a fan of the "13 Times" Octopussy teaser poster?