Though kind of excited at the time, I was not a huge fan of Smokin’ Aces. It definitely had some potential and it also definitely had its moments, but by the end it kind of fell flat for me.
So the news today of a sequel piques my interest a tad. After all I do like the cast (particularly Piven and a herpes-ridden Bateman) and the over the top idea of it all. Did I say sequel? I meant PREquel; which means we could potentially get everyone back from the original cast, including Alicia Keyes, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Peter Berg, et al.
From Joe Carnahan’s official web site:
Finally, some actual ‘Smokin Aces’ news. Universal has officially greenlit the
prequel and we are underway. Cameos will abound. Trust me.”
After finding the news I took a look at some of the marketing artwork from the first film. I can’t believe I missed these the first time around. These are some really groovy posters. Small versions are below; click any one of them for the slightly larger version.
rest of the images beneath the seats…
Agreed. That was one of the great poster campaigns of 2007, even if it was also one of the most disappointing genre movies of 2007 (especially following the superb genre effort Narc).
No interest in Sm0kin’ Aces (See what I did with the 0 it’s a zero, meaning prequel. Yes, I’m just that cool. Number in film titles make the movies instantly cooler, like Tr2n) (yes, Johnnie, that is sarcasm rendered inert due to text)
Se7en
S1m0ne
When Se7en did it, it ruled. Now it’s pathetic. Funny how time makes originality obsolete.
Nope, it was kinda dumb when Seven did it even in 1995. Best number in the title was the much, much more subtle sequel/plot point – Alien -> Aliens implying that, well, there are more of them this time around in part 2. Perfect.
The contortions that films and sequels go to just to jazz up their title graphics with a number in the title is usually embarrassing. Sadly, this phenomenon has spread outside of hollywood with films like S8N8 (Slaughter Night), 4Bia (Phobia), etc. etc.
2 Fast 2 Furious was pretty silly.
Tr2n is the epitome of dumb.
Numb3rs is equally weird and pointless.
No, when Se7en did it, it ruled – as earlier stated.
Your definition of dumb/smart is strange. I agree Aliens is a pretty good sequel title to a film called Alien, but putting a 7 instead of a V not only makes no sense, it’s unmarketable. That makes it good. The film is about the number, not the word, but I will admit that they couldn’t have called it “7″ that would not have jived with the content.
Numb3rs is actually a fairly ingenious title. Though I wouldn’t expect to understand it, as he is a fuddy duddy. Or some other slang that was “hip” to use when he was a wee child.
What a great poster:
how did they have so many cool posters yet put out such a shitty dvd cover? figures.
for the record, I actually liked Smokin Aces until the last 15 minutes or so when all of a sudden it decided to take itself so seriously. what the fuck was that?
Re-cut Please.
Most of these posters were never printed but were part of a poster competition that was held. Some fantastic looking stuff there.