Arbitrary Appreciation: Movie Posters that use the "tilt head down and make eye contact" pose

Ray Park as Darth Maul demonstrating the "tilt head down and make eye contact" pose.

This poster was the first poster I owned that used the "tilt head down and make eye contact" pose in order to make someone look epic. This shortcut to epicness is used in countless posters, some deserving, some really really not.

There are more. Lots more. 

Warning: Trying to recreate this pose without a marketing team, reasonably high budget, brand name or certain level of fame is a surefire way to look very silly.

Arbitrary Appreciation: Tony Stark's Fierce High Heels

Iron Man 2 comes out on Blu-ray and DVD today. This means I can finally throw a viewing party where we high five every time we spot the glorious heels. It'll be like Where's Waldo but fiercer. A lot fiercer. 

Look at them!

I'm also pretty sure the official drinking game for Iron Man 2 will be based around Tony Stark's ever-changing sunglasses... 

Arbitrary Appreciation: Carrie Fisher with a shotgun

I watched Sorority Row last night. Why you ask?

The trailer promised Carrie Fisher with a shotgun. And I can't say no to Carrie Fisher with a shotgun. 

Exhibit A: Carrie Fisher with a shotgun

SPOILER WARNING: It was awesome.

Not the movie. The movie was bad and I could actually feel my brain cells dying as I watched it. But Carrie Fisher with a  shotgun? Hell. Yes. 

First Official "Arbitrary Appreciation" Post

First up: Benedict Cumberbatch's name.

Holy shit guys. Look at this name. I am still not over how epic it is. Like really, KNOWING your kid is going to have "Cumberbatch" as a last name you go with "Benedict". Brilliant.

My name will never be that ridiculous/awesome. I'll never forgive my parents.

Laserdisc Appreciation Post

Laserdiscs are awesome. This should not need saying. But it does. It really really does.

The Best Things About Laserdiscs:

1. Their size: A laserdisc looks like a giant double sided DVD.

2. Flipping the disc: Each side of the Laserdisc only holds about an hour of video. Get excited.

3. The Name: LASERDISC. Enough said.

4. They were delightfully ahead of their time, and were around for way longer than you'd expect. 1978-2000?!

5. The untainted unmodified version of the Star Wars Original Trilogy is available on Laserdisc.

6. A laserdisc player is 8 times the size of a DVD player and weighs significantly more than you're expecting.

7. LASERROT. It's a problem, but it's a cool sounding problem.

8. Laserdisc cases are big, which means lots of room for epic cover art.