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Paramount marketers getting a bit lazy?

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Oh, I kid the good folks over on Melrose.  But tell me these two layouts weren’t switched at birth:

(from left) Iron Man poster and Star Trek poster

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12 responses to “Paramount marketers getting a bit lazy?”

  1. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    Indebted, of course, to Star Wars.

  2. Matt T Avatar
    Matt T

    I noticed this when I made the mistake of putting them next to each other on my wall. They’re on opposite walls now.

  3. Tyler j. Pratt Avatar

    well if i recall, i think that Star Trek has used that same template for all of their one sheets…

  4. Glenn Avatar

    That design has been doing the rounds for a long time.

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  6. Chase Kahn Avatar
    Chase Kahn

    Robert Downey Jr. is also in two places at once.

  7. gah Avatar
    gah

    is it still lazy if it’s effective? i mean no one saw Trek going 70+ and the parrallel to Iron Man isnt that far off in that it’s pretty much this summers equivalent.

  8. Kristopher Tapley Avatar

    I know that the Star Wars posters (and others) have been using this epic/painterly thing, but I’m talking about right down to the angle of perspective, it’s the exact same design.

  9. /3rtfu11 Avatar
    /3rtfu11

    Well Star Trek has been using that design since ST: Generations (1994).

  10. Kristopher Tapley Avatar

    Sorry, this is hardly the same thing.

  11. Homero Avatar

    Why are both black people at the very bottom of each poster?