Sports: 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games

Atlanta 1996 Centennial Olympic Games
19 July to 4 August 1996

Above is the poster for the celebration of the 1996 Olympic Games, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Modern Olympics. Athens beat 5 other cities, including sentiment favourite Athens, to host these games.

The poster was created by Primo Angeli and personally chosen by then IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Positive: It's colorful in the usage of the Olympic colours, and incorporates the emblem of the games. The typography of "Atlanta" at the bottom is beautiful, and the use of the Olympic rings over the line for "A" is nice. Certainly better than the you-know-what mascot.

Negative: I could not tell if the figure is a man or a woman. If she's a woman, she definitely has an ample bottom, sadly flat chest, and overtly muscular arms. If he's a man, then he definitely has an ample bottom and rightfully muscular bottom, yet he sports a devastatingly prominent man boobs.

BACK FROM HIATUS--Days of Darkness

Just moved to a new (and better) house, but we did not have internet for more than a week.

I swear I felt like I was dying inside. As if I was behind on what's going on with the world. Oh internet, you don't know how you've occupied people's lives.

TV: ANGELS IN AMERICA

Angels in America (TV Miniseries 2003)
starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, & Emma Thompson

Featured above is two posters (teaser, left & standard, right) for the miniseries Angels in America. It is based on the two plays (originally performed on Broadway in 1993 and 1994) by Tony Kushner , Millennium Approaches and Perestroika.

The teaser poster depicts the lone image of Emma Thompson as an angel, and the words "Look Up! Look Up!" (which is spoken in the show). I like it as a whole, althoughsomeone who has no premise of the series would assume it's about religion, which entirely untrue. I like the A behind the title, as in Alpha and Omega.

Thompson's Angel America appears once more in the standard poster, but this time showing her visiting Prior Walter, played by Justin Kirk. It is actually the final scene in the Part One of the miniseries. One of the angel's line ("The messenger has arrived") appears as well. I like this overall and is very effective. It truly captures the premise of the show, challenging whether what before you is real or just a fervor dream.

The Beginning: WEST SIDE STORY

WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

starring Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer

So this is the beginning of my blogging experience. I began one before, but decidedly made it into a private one. Hopefully this works out haha.

So, I decided for my first entry to discuss the West Side Story movie poster. This is one of my most favorite movies (top 3) and the poster happens to be excellent as well. I mean, the faded typography itself is iconic, the stairs and the dancing figures as well. The color combination of black and red itself reflects the tension between the warring gangs in the movie. And red is for love of course.

I'm not sure about the repeating of the dancing figures. The one on the stairs depict them separate in white, while the one above shows them holding hands but in black. Perhaps in death they've come together, while they are separated during life? I'm not confident about my reasoning.

Anyways , I also included some other posters, including international ones. I like the German one, Tony's face on the Italian one is whacked, and the Polish one oddly looks African inspired.

Alternate	Italian

German	Spanish (?)

Polish

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