THE PIXELATED PERILS OF THE NEW INDIANA JONES POSTER
- By Devin Faraci
- Published 03/10/2008
- News

Somebody at USA Today's web department should get fired. Did they resize this poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull using MS Paint? It's all pixelated and shit.
I will leave the discussion and opinionating to you all in the comments below, but two thoughts:
1) They're really not hiding the alien skull stuff, huh?
2) Ray Winstone looks like he's about to bake me up a batch of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
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Comments
Comment #1 (Posted by The Cast of HIGH ROAD TO CHINA)
Anticipation!
Comment #2 (Posted by Natasha)
Cate Blanchett's been air brushed so much it looks like the skull could belong to her... okay I'm exaggerating but if I didn't know she was in the movie playing that character I wouldn't have recognized her.
As for pixelation... looks more like the noise filter in Photoshop, maybe a bit of cutout.
Comment #3 (Posted by Keith)
Winstone looks more like he's trying out for a Dom Deluise biopic. I sure do like me some Cinammon Toast Crunch, though.
Comment #4 (Posted by Ross)
I think Winstone is actually about to fix me up a bunch of canned ravioli. Thank goodness for Chef Winstone.
Comment #5 (Posted by messi)
Shut up Devin. Your life is meaningless.
Comment #6 (Posted by Te Ligre)
I, saw, (Devin) eating, food, one, night, he, definitely, didn't, think, his, life, was, meaningless, then.
Comment #7 (Posted by Kevin Lewis)
Yeah... Devin eats a lot, and goes poopy. There is meaning in that... Have a pop tart on me fatty.
Comment #8 (Posted by an unknown user)
that alien looks...awful.
Comment #9 (Posted by an unknown user)
Thanks for mentioning the alien skull douche bag. I had successfully stayed away from all the spoilers from this movie and I thought that a one sheet would be relatively spoiler free.
Go write another article about how superheroes should never not be for kids and leave the one sheet articles for Owen or somebody.
Comment #10 (Posted by patrick)
worst Indy poster, just really terrible. low rent sucks.
Comment #11 (Posted by Your Momma)
People complaining about being spoiled on the alien aspect are obviously MORONS! It's in the goddamn title of the movie. I'm talking to you # 9. Go eat an infected dick.
Comment #12 (Posted by Saucy)
I agree with Natasha--I don't understand what I'm looking at and I don't know anything about how Photoshop works.
Comment #13 (Posted by Sam)
Not another painted-heads poster!
Comment #14 (Posted by Opinion Guy)
Hey, Natasha: Cate Blanchett may have been airbrushed if that was a photo and this was -- oh, maybe a decade or two ago. Fact is, it's a painting, which doesn't require outmoded photo alteration techniques to change something. Maybe Drew Struzan just didn't do a good job of rendering her face in this poster. I've seen that in his work on other occasions, although he's usually very good at likenesses. You know, I think a lot of people today don't realize that "airbrushed" isn't just some arbitrary term for photographic alteration, and that it actually pertains to the use of a special kind of paintbrush that uses air to blow the paint onto the surface being painted. These days, it's all done on special computing machines and you don't have to wash your hands after. I know you know that, because you even mentioned Photoshop like you've used it yourself. Also, Struzan may even have used an airbrush while painting this poster, but I don't think that's what you meant.
Comment #15 (Posted by diaglo)
It's all well rendered and all, but it's just not exciting. There's nothing threatening or thrilling about any of it, and everyone looks bored, happy or flat out indifferent. Shia looks confused or annoyed to be there. And Indy's head is way, way too big.
I do like the atmosphere and the color, though. But I feel like this could have used a little more tightening up to balance out everything that's trying to happen in the poster. It reminds me of the "let's just go with this" feeling I got with the Revenge of the Sith poster.
Comment #16 (Posted by SOLO-X)
Dude! Is that Dom Deluise?!?!? It looks more like the CANNONBALL RUN III poster! Wait... Wasn't SPEED ZONE really Cannonball Run III? I guess this really looks like the Cannonball Run IV poster! Marion Ravenwood looks like she smells like cat piss and cigarettes! Damn! Love Drew Struzan, but this poster is pretty mediocre for a INDY poster!
Comment #17 (Posted by Kirk)
Let's all just make our own posters, that way we can have exactly what we want! Fuck Struzan's legendary ass! Ours will be so much better.
Comment #18 (Posted by Kate Capshaw Appreciation Society)
The poster does look a bit meh. I'm ruined on floating head images forever. Thanks Shitty DVD covers.
Comment #19 (Posted by KING SOLOMON'S MINES Fan Club)
Who cares about the poster?
Comment #20 (Posted by T. Bell)
Well, if it wasn't obvious Lucas is going to have MAJOR influence on how this turns out, it is now. That is a carbon copy of the SW prequel posters
Comment #21 (Posted by joeytonz)
"Ugh, you know what I fucking hate about BURGERS?? That they're not in my FUCKING MOUTH RIGHT NOW, GOD, UGH! FUCK GREAT THINGS!"
- Devin Faraci
Comment #22 (Posted by an unknown user)
Where is "alien" in the title? I see "skull". I see "kingdom". I also see "crystal".
Infected dick, Mom?
Comment #23 (Posted by Alexander)
So Cate Blanchett is not only going to play a Russian agent but also a Chinese one? Wow, she is something else.
Comment #24 (Posted by Servo)
ALIEN skull? wtf? I had no idea aliens were in this. Damn you Devin.
Comment #25 (Posted by Bill)
I am almost certain none of the actual artwork is photoshopped. The artist Struzan is known for doing handpainted work and also using some "actual" airbrush and color pencils NOT photoshop airbrush. This makes his originals higher in value if they are exactly like the poster.