Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
If you’ve not seen the debut trailer for director Steven Spielberg’s latest epic film Ready Player One, don’t fret. We’re not saying this simply because it resembles a higher quality version of the Adam Sandler fiasco known as Pixels which came out two years back, but merely because it won’t have any bearing on your ability to laugh at it. So, without further adieu, let’s take a gander at that poster:
Twitter Roasts Poster For Ready Player One
A better reality awaits. Tune in tomorrow at 9:45a PT for a special live stream event with @erniecline. #ReadyPlayerOne pic.twitter.com/X7M4IahKAC
— Ready Player One (@readyplayerone) December 9, 2017
Just in case nothing immediately jumped out at you, allow another Adam Sandler film to call attention to the feature getting the most attention:
We’d say that’s quite a set of man-gams, but A) those aren’t a thing, and B) it’s really just the one leg. Obviously, people on Twitter didn’t notice the glaring blunder and are just excited for the film for its merits as a potential new sci-fi franchise.
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Just kidding, they butchered it:
There is nothing wrong with the new Ready Player One poster.#stopbodyshaming pic.twitter.com/crbuRC8tYM
— Paultoes (@paultoesjohn) December 9, 2017
— REE (@reid0777) December 10, 2017
This guy’s legs lmao who allowed this poster to be released #ReadyPlayerOne pic.twitter.com/Nm6CvqShUI
— Asher (@asher_nieman) December 9, 2017
Ready Player One looks great pic.twitter.com/H4DbovDa57
— Gus (@guscraw) December 9, 2017
Don’t make fun of the poster designer, he’s got his own problems pic.twitter.com/PuHFQ9GEKf
— Battleforthenet.com (@zannibunny) December 10, 2017
But all joking aside, one guy put all joking aside and pointed out using precise methods that the poster is perfectly fine and we’re the ones with the issue:
The leg in the Ready Player One poster is proportionally correct. THREAD!
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) December 10, 2017
First, let’s look at body proportions. Many resources on drawing will tell you that the average human crotch occurs at the half-way point along the length of the body. Here’s an illustration from ‘Drawing the Head and Figure’ by Jack Hamm. pic.twitter.com/bKkYGIpMDC
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) December 10, 2017
If we connect opposite corners of the box with straight lines, they will cross at the center, a.k.a. the crotch. pic.twitter.com/A9Ot2VExSP
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) December 10, 2017
Well, what do you know? The half-way point, as dictated by the rules of perspective, lands squarely on his crotch! The part of the body below the crotch, a.k.a. the leg, appears to take the amount of space in the bounding box it’s typically supposed to. pic.twitter.com/zNooHFgEXD
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) December 10, 2017
Don’t you hate it when people do that? Oh well. We’ll always have that one Drake album cover. And for some reason, now this is funnier than it’s ever been.
h/t The A.V. Club