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Author Topic: The latest "Devils Rejects" poster Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-26-2005 11:20 PM                    We just received this in the mail, and I'm wondering if anyone else has a problem hanging up a poster that has the quote "Balls Out, Stab You In The Throat..." on it. Maybe I'm too old fashioned, but I don't see how that has any place in what we try to keep as a family friendly atmosphere. I'm a little disappointed too. I was hoping the new poster would have something a little more creative and acceptable than the last one, which was something like "This Summer Go To Hell" or whatever it said. Are we really supposed to hang that crap up so parents coming out of Herbie and Madagascar and Star Wars can walk past it with their kids and hope that they don't look up and read it? Thoughts?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2005 01:14 AM                        I haven't seen the poster, but my thought is: Don't hang it. Then if the studio isn't happy with your gross, tell them you might've done better if they'd given you some promotional material that wasn't offensive. Edit: I just looked at the movie on movies.yahoo.com. My updated thought is: There probably is no way to make non-offensive promo material for this waste of film.  |  IP: Logged Chase Hanson Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-27-2005 02:41 AM                     yeah, its actually rather amusing. WHen we recieved the poster it was first viewed by myself and another manager who is a BIG scary movie fan so she was actually rather excitied to see the new poster. But when we both read the aforementioned quote...we were like " We cant put this up anywhere." We were both kinda sad about that.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2005 04:37 AM                        It's more interesting that it's with people Rohrshaching all over something which they are unfamiliar that "balls out" has become a vulgarism. It referred to the flyball governor, which was invented by James Watt. When a device was at maximum speed (allowed by the governor), it was "balls out". Honi soit qui mal y pense & all that. Hard to come up with racy interpretations of "pedal to the metal".  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-27-2005 10:18 AM                    That may be, but pairing it with "Stab you in the throat" makes it extraordinarily difficult to interpret it any other way. Meanwhile, Hollywood continues to be baffled by declining attendance.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-27-2005 12:11 PM                        Right. Nobody had a problem last year with Dodgeball's "Grab life by the balls" poster, or whatever it said. "Balls" is kind of like "sucks" -- sort of tasteless when taken with a certain mindset, not dirty, but suggestively naughty.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 06-28-2005 09:07 PM                        Actually. Didn't they pull the trailers and posters that said "balls" for Dodgeball? The sign in the audience (in the trailer) that said "Go Balls Deep" and the overall tagline of "Grab Life by the Balls" in both the trailer and on the poster, each instance of the word "balls" was changed to "ball" if I remember correctly. As to the Devil's Rejects poster... Even if the "balls" in question are referring to body parts, why is that more offensive than stabbing somebody in the throat? I personally find murder or attempted murder more offensive than exhibitionism. At my theatre, the choice isn't really up to me, but I think I'd hang it.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-29-2005 01:27 AM                    It's not more offensive. Sorry if I gave that impression. My point was that pairing the potentially innocuous "Balls Out" with "Stab You In The Throat" makes "Balls Out" also offensive. You say you'd hang it... I'm wondering what other films you have playing there at the moment.  |  IP: Logged

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