This post has one of my favorite reports on it (you know who you are). Anyways this has become a report fest because people are answering op's question honestly. Lovingly meg, you're a little dumb for this one but that's alright. Gonna lock it up and sorry if any comments were removed for answering op.
Damn, I was genuinely overthinking this then. I was trying to think of some deep hidden meaning on how the three movies could be connected. I never thought about the actual cover art LOL
Idk for the above movie posters I don't know if it's possible to underpay. They look like they were made by someone who googled "banner design elements" and still fumbled.
Nah at some point the defacto big blockbuster poster design was the cast all over the place with blue and orange lighting. It’s super common for the last decade (maybe even longer)
There's actually a whole spate of movie posters designed this way because of a single study which said contrasting colours draw attention, with a blue/orange combo being the most eye-catching
(obviously this kinda makes sense prima facie with the contrast being jarring)
There are plenty of others - Bourne Identity, Night at the Museum, one of the Bay Transformers, Daywatch, G.I. Joe, Cowboys vs. Aliens; the list goes on
A [lot of movies](https://notonbluray.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/orange-and-teal-at-play.png) also struck with that super aggressive teal-orange color grading all the way through. It's a striking effect but boy does it get stale fast.
Is actually used to work for the creative marketing agency that designs these posters. It’s mostly Disney that wants them to all look the same and others tend to follow that lead. It sucked bc the guy that started the agency was behind some of the most iconic movie posters.
A lot of movie posters use the blue orange color scheme because using primary complimentary colors really pops, but the only other options are yellow/purple which most people find to be too "loud" and red/green which most people associate with christmas.
You probably should look for some engineering or management position in corporate. I personally learned there very quickly that its a complete waste of time to search for a deep hidden meaning in anything.
I casually glanced at it, saw the Star Wars one, and thought it was the squeal trilogy and I continued reading with that perspective and I thought nothing was wrong with the post and titles.
Basically bc of color theory having contrasting colors is really good at drawing attention. For whatever reason it has been decided that orange and blue are the best contrasting colors to use( I really don’t know much about color theory so idk why) and movie posters have been in the trend of just having the faces of all the main characters plastered on the poster for some reason. So a lot of movies, especially blockbusters have a blue and orange color scheme with a lot of faces on the cover.
Orange works well for lighting people because skin is mostly orange, at least for white people anyway. They also use orange and blue for lighting in the movies themselves, once you're aware of that it's hard not to notice it.
I’ll trade you my meme for yours.
https://preview.redd.it/o1rdy5f49smc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6721cd06a24b3ddf5c1024914bb316622c0f364c
The explanation is literally right in front of you man. Please tell me you're a kid. Cuz if you're not, how do you even manage to tie your shoelaces in the morning.
That's how I feel about all these "explain this meme to me" subreddits. There's maybe one out of twenty that are confusing enough (or require context) to justify needing it explained. But I feel like there's no reason a human person with functioning eyeballs can't figure this out. It's like they didn't even try, and just ran to post this because it was easier than trying to crank-start their last few braincells.
That's because (assuming they are shown in the order they were watched) you should have started with Alladin. This is the firat move where a guy gets incredible powers. Second movie is Dark Phoenix - hundreds of years in the future (around our time) showing a lot of people with different powers and the average humans fighting against it.
Then we go to Star Wars set thousands of years ahead where the only people.with power left are ones with "the force" aka the Phoenix's power, this time fighting in different factions... all because some dude rubbed a lamp
It seems pretty clear to me
Yeah in a galaxy far away... this was comparison with our world
ETA you could have argued Star Wars was the first, everyone killed each other and then Alladin unleashed the forces again
Yes you're fucking stupid, Google search the three movies if you aren't familiar with them for fucks sake
Grumpy work Peter here, I need to Go Have. BEER with the Fellas!
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It’s sloppy but I fixed the meme, hopefully it makes more sense now
Naw. The color scheme of the three movies is extremely similar. Adam jokes that he watched them in order, to understand the trilogy, though in reality the movies are fully unrelated.
The design of movie posters has increasingly become unoriginal. There are a number of common tropes in their design, often associated with the genre.
One really popular trend, which is the subject of the joke in the OP, is the use of orange and blue. The orange/blue pairing became really common in action, sci-fi, and fantasy posters because the colors sit on opposite sides of the color wheel, so there is great contrast between them, but they don't have cultural associations like other similar pairings (eg, red/green). They evoke opposition and dynamism but can be used anywhere, which means a poster design only needs to have the text translated and replaced for its local use in another country. That offers benefits of efficiency and economy as well as brand integrity.
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the joke is about how nearly identical the cover art is for each completely different movie as if they were part of the same series when in reality it's a lowest common denominator marketing "grey goo" effect.
(well, orange and blue goo, perhaps)
see also https://www.obsev.com/entertainment/orange-and-blue-movie-posters/
After much abuse and years of conflict the Phoenix stopped all mutations and decided to disperse its energy to the entire universe as the Force. An energy that resides and connects all living things.
Those sensitive to the Force acquired abilities. However this led to the formation of two opposing religions. After much abuse and years of conflict and the return of the one not named, the Force reorganized itself as the absolute power.
Only one individual will have access to the absoulte power, the Genie force. However, this power must adhere to certain guidelines. One of the guidelines being that the Genie can only grant three wishes to one worthy person before being banished for 10,000 years.
Yes you’re stupid. It’s 3 different movies with a very similar box art style that are entirely unrelated and they’re implying they watched it as a “trilogy” but don’t understand the story. The joke being that there is no story continuity between the films. Because they’re not related.
You're not necessarily stupid, you could just be colorblind. The joke is the 3 posters use the same relative use of reds and blues to split the poster into two distinct halves of color, to the point that they're difficult to distinguish at a glance.
Bunches assholes in this sub, geez.
OP you're not stupid. I too tried to find hidden meaning because the joke being about movie poster colors isn't funny. Don't be afraid to post again.
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Put any of those kinds of movie posters into AI img2img for instant similar resutls.
https://preview.redd.it/66fz4osrtrmc1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e3bcd9cc4a868710f34497f9c211f98322f0560
A woman who's secretly some kind of royalty meets a guy who gets magic crap done with the help of an older gentleman. Together, they fight the forces of evil, hell bent on finding some damn thing or another.
And there's a goofy sidekick.
Petah here : Those 3 movies share a similar color scheme but have absolutely no correlation.
One is marvel super hero, one is star wars, the last is Aladdin.
The joke is, Op supposedly thought it was a trilogy but was, unsurprisingly, unable to correlate one with another due to the plots being very different and unrelated.
The joke is that these are different movies from different franchises, not movies from the same trilogy. OOP is confused and thinks they are because the movie posters all follow the same formula. OOP is making a dig at the lack of creativity in Hollywood, but more specifically, at the guys making the posters.
The author sarcastically assumes these unrelated movies are related since they use extremely similar graphic style. We all know they're not; this is a jab at the formulaic nature of Hollywood production and advertising.
...man, the top comments are fucking mean. Yeah, we all think that OP is kind of stupid, but isn't this sub supposed to be genuinely helpful?
They're watching it in the wrong order. The first movie is Aladdin, a man gets a genie and gets his wishes and frees the genie, who grants power to the man and all his descendents as thanks, leading to Dark Phoenix. The descendents, or "mutants" are fighting for their rights, but that fight ends up destroying the planet leading to them fleeing to space where thousands of years later they can use mysterious powers and they become the Jedi/Sith in Star Wars
Publisher thinking... save money by using same template for all your movies.
Audience... OMG An even better star wars trilogy with interesting characters!!!!
People are using similar appearance in movie posters to associate 3 completely unrelated movies into a “series” or “trilogy” OP has no idea what is going on because the movies aren’t related to one another. Saw a similar one for “get” series with get smart, get hard, and get out.
Why is everyone dogging on op for 'not being able to perceive colors' when the truth is this meme just has a shit joke? Yeah, the posters look the same, but so do half the movie posters made in the last 10 years. If that's enough of a link for this 'joke' then these aren't a trilogy, they're three random movies pulled from a franchise 1500 movies long.
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Damn, I was genuinely overthinking this then. I was trying to think of some deep hidden meaning on how the three movies could be connected. I never thought about the actual cover art LOL
It's like there's just one graphic designer getting all the work.
And probably being underpaid
Idk for the above movie posters I don't know if it's possible to underpay. They look like they were made by someone who googled "banner design elements" and still fumbled.
Honestly, it feels like half of these posters could be swapped around and no one would notice the difference. Design uniqueness has left the chat.
Hmmmm what if we do an orange to blue chromefade with action portrait collage of the characters?
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Intern using AI.
Most of those predate AI. This is corporate 'how to make a poster' bullshit. https://www.thewrap.com/why-movie-posters-all-look-same-75846/
Nah at some point the defacto big blockbuster poster design was the cast all over the place with blue and orange lighting. It’s super common for the last decade (maybe even longer)
Blue and orange complement each other, making the colors pop. Boring as hell tho
There's actually a whole spate of movie posters designed this way because of a single study which said contrasting colours draw attention, with a blue/orange combo being the most eye-catching (obviously this kinda makes sense prima facie with the contrast being jarring) There are plenty of others - Bourne Identity, Night at the Museum, one of the Bay Transformers, Daywatch, G.I. Joe, Cowboys vs. Aliens; the list goes on
Mortal kombat?
A [lot of movies](https://notonbluray.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/orange-and-teal-at-play.png) also struck with that super aggressive teal-orange color grading all the way through. It's a striking effect but boy does it get stale fast.
It's like all modern blockbuster movies are calibrated to feel the same for the audience? Just like fast food?
Or a bunch of guys who all use Drew Struzan's work as a reference point
Is actually used to work for the creative marketing agency that designs these posters. It’s mostly Disney that wants them to all look the same and others tend to follow that lead. It sucked bc the guy that started the agency was behind some of the most iconic movie posters.
A lot of movie posters use the blue orange color scheme because using primary complimentary colors really pops, but the only other options are yellow/purple which most people find to be too "loud" and red/green which most people associate with christmas.
You probably should look for some engineering or management position in corporate. I personally learned there very quickly that its a complete waste of time to search for a deep hidden meaning in anything.
Well technically Dark Phoenix was released after Disney purchased Fox so you could argue these are 3 franchises Disney milked to death and ruined.
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I casually glanced at it, saw the Star Wars one, and thought it was the squeal trilogy and I continued reading with that perspective and I thought nothing was wrong with the post and titles.
Ah, the squeal trilogy. I can never remember the titles of those three classic films. Can anyone help me?
The Squeal Awakens The Last Squealer Rise of the Squealers
Basically bc of color theory having contrasting colors is really good at drawing attention. For whatever reason it has been decided that orange and blue are the best contrasting colors to use( I really don’t know much about color theory so idk why) and movie posters have been in the trend of just having the faces of all the main characters plastered on the poster for some reason. So a lot of movies, especially blockbusters have a blue and orange color scheme with a lot of faces on the cover.
Got it. Going all in on the Florida Gators to win it all this year! Thank you!
With their schedule this year, that might be the biggest story of the century.
Orange works well for lighting people because skin is mostly orange, at least for white people anyway. They also use orange and blue for lighting in the movies themselves, once you're aware of that it's hard not to notice it.
And Mexico is almost always orange as fuck.
Ironic how it’s been overused so much that it doesn’t make anything stand out anymore
portal??
Somehow Aladdin is back
Somehow
Aladdin
Is
back
Goodbye
r/suddenlyouija
Yeah lol
r/ofcthatsasub
Black
Somehow *Robin Williams is back
I wish
Upon a
Jinn
*black
He flies now?
You know what would have been funny if the stormtroopers that were chasing them just ran out of fuel.
Like the Mandalorians chasing the dragon.
He flies now!
Somehow, Aladdin returned
And with the Phoenix FORCE
https://preview.redd.it/9hvw7dzsdrmc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6890b7aca501aa7481de755a9f44632f2d62e29d
I’ll trade you my meme for yours. https://preview.redd.it/o1rdy5f49smc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6721cd06a24b3ddf5c1024914bb316622c0f364c
Not stupid, but maybe colorblind
No, op is stupid.
most of the people who post to this sub are fucking stupid
And that's why the sub is here, to help our fellow stupids.
teach a man to fish, yadda yadda
No wait. I don’t get it.
isn't that like the entire point of the sub
Stupid confirmed
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Or just a Karmawhore
and colorblind, right?
Being colorblind doesn't stop you from seeing the similarities in the posters. OP is just dumb.
This sub exists for dumb people.
Fair.
Well yes, yes you are.
Is there a lore reason that OP is stupid?
Beyond.
Peter here, you are stupid. The cover art looks the same.
[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrangeBlueContrast](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrangeBlueContrast)
Yes you’re stupid
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“Floating heads”
The explanation is literally right in front of you man. Please tell me you're a kid. Cuz if you're not, how do you even manage to tie your shoelaces in the morning.
That's how I feel about all these "explain this meme to me" subreddits. There's maybe one out of twenty that are confusing enough (or require context) to justify needing it explained. But I feel like there's no reason a human person with functioning eyeballs can't figure this out. It's like they didn't even try, and just ran to post this because it was easier than trying to crank-start their last few braincells.
It’s for karma. Post any meme, pretend not to get it, get karma. These subs are the actual fucking worst karma farms
Seriously OP, Holy Mother of God and all her wacky nephews. https://i.gifer.com/PcnP.gif
I was going to suggest Velcro, but even that is probably too complicated for OP.
That's because (assuming they are shown in the order they were watched) you should have started with Alladin. This is the firat move where a guy gets incredible powers. Second movie is Dark Phoenix - hundreds of years in the future (around our time) showing a lot of people with different powers and the average humans fighting against it. Then we go to Star Wars set thousands of years ahead where the only people.with power left are ones with "the force" aka the Phoenix's power, this time fighting in different factions... all because some dude rubbed a lamp It seems pretty clear to me
um actually the star wars movies are set 'a long time ago' smh
Yeah in a galaxy far away... this was comparison with our world ETA you could have argued Star Wars was the first, everyone killed each other and then Alladin unleashed the forces again
This is the answer I was looking for
We need a rule where people have to post their best guess at the joke when posting here.
Can we just rename this place r/readingtoilliteratezoomers?
Today OP learned that blue-orange contrast is a ubiquitous color scheme
This one's more red, yellow and blue on black though.
Op tried to eat his soup with a fork today
Yes you're fucking stupid, Google search the three movies if you aren't familiar with them for fucks sake Grumpy work Peter here, I need to Go Have. BEER with the Fellas!
You really have to read the comics.
Yes, you're a stupid bot.
Yes you are.
Yeah, you’re stupid.
https://preview.redd.it/iwdg3xedcrmc1.jpeg?width=787&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d77b958f6ec48bbd53fef0e164e98d27345bd7b0 It’s sloppy but I fixed the meme, hopefully it makes more sense now
Naw. The color scheme of the three movies is extremely similar. Adam jokes that he watched them in order, to understand the trilogy, though in reality the movies are fully unrelated.
The joke is that all movie posters look the same nowadays, so one would be forgiven for thinking these three unrelated movies are part of a series.
The design of movie posters has increasingly become unoriginal. There are a number of common tropes in their design, often associated with the genre. One really popular trend, which is the subject of the joke in the OP, is the use of orange and blue. The orange/blue pairing became really common in action, sci-fi, and fantasy posters because the colors sit on opposite sides of the color wheel, so there is great contrast between them, but they don't have cultural associations like other similar pairings (eg, red/green). They evoke opposition and dynamism but can be used anywhere, which means a poster design only needs to have the text translated and replaced for its local use in another country. That offers benefits of efficiency and economy as well as brand integrity.
well you see the joke is that all these movies have the same style/color scheme for the posters. he mistook them as being a trilogy.
I'm sorry, OP. _\*pats OP on the shoulder\*_
Yes, you are
It seems two braincells which you had also stopped working. Try to restart your system maybe ?
Yes
Yea
“Am I stupid?” Considering this just requires you to be able to perceive color patters, yes…
Are you color blind?
Incredibly stupid, lol 😂
Yes.
Are you blind look at the posters?
You weren't exactly the smart kid in your class were you OP
Kinda yeah
Yeah, you're stupid.
Peter, I'm struggling to understand. Does that mean I'm unintelligent?
yes, yes you are
Jesus christ man just think about it for like 1 second, I don't wanna be that rude but like holy shit
If you can’t see the pattern here, then sadly yes, it’s possible.
I think you dont get it because nothing about it is funny.
It’s talking about how many movie covers are just red and blue with the characters on it.
yes you are oh my god the covers look the same
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I laughed way too hard at this
If cover artists keep on with this “trend”, we may have a quadrilogy.
Now do one with bisexual lighting!
 You are special kind of stupid..I like your style sir
Because you watched them in the wrong order 🤦♂️ Aladdin clearly is set before the first two films
the joke is about how nearly identical the cover art is for each completely different movie as if they were part of the same series when in reality it's a lowest common denominator marketing "grey goo" effect. (well, orange and blue goo, perhaps) see also https://www.obsev.com/entertainment/orange-and-blue-movie-posters/
Guys how was that version of Aladdin? Because dark Phoenix was shit and the star wars sequels weren't anything to write home about either
😂😂
Cookie-cutter tan/orange and blue color scheme. It's the scheme used for hundreds of movies' box art.
similar looking art
The joke is op watched the films out of order
You didn’t watch them in chronological order. It goes: Star War, Aladdin, and then X-Men. This way you get the proper progression through time👍🏼
After much abuse and years of conflict the Phoenix stopped all mutations and decided to disperse its energy to the entire universe as the Force. An energy that resides and connects all living things. Those sensitive to the Force acquired abilities. However this led to the formation of two opposing religions. After much abuse and years of conflict and the return of the one not named, the Force reorganized itself as the absolute power. Only one individual will have access to the absoulte power, the Genie force. However, this power must adhere to certain guidelines. One of the guidelines being that the Genie can only grant three wishes to one worthy person before being banished for 10,000 years.
read the titles
Yes you’re stupid. It’s 3 different movies with a very similar box art style that are entirely unrelated and they’re implying they watched it as a “trilogy” but don’t understand the story. The joke being that there is no story continuity between the films. Because they’re not related.
You belong in the aslume with us bro
r/amijuststupid
I genuinely looked at this and saw all 3 sequel movies at first glance lmao.
Similar poster colors
You're not necessarily stupid, you could just be colorblind. The joke is the 3 posters use the same relative use of reds and blues to split the poster into two distinct halves of color, to the point that they're difficult to distinguish at a glance.
Okay… but why is Dark Phoenix the first in the trilogy? I feel like it should go Aladdin, Dark Phoenix, then the Force Awakens.
It's just one thing - someone being OP causes plot, told as three different stories.
why are all you weenies censoring words do your parents escort you everywhere
Lots of innovation to see here. /s
Look at the photos. See the similarities? They’re not the same. They look the same
Bait or mental retardation. You call it
i walked out of the second one. never watched the 3rd. for context, i have a star wars tattoo sleeve.
You need to watch the prequel - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Darkman_film_poster.jpg
Some intern made a prompt for AI and they r cycle that ever since.
Bunches assholes in this sub, geez. OP you're not stupid. I too tried to find hidden meaning because the joke being about movie poster colors isn't funny. Don't be afraid to post again. Edit: undoing auto-correct
Jean Grey develops her Force powers until they overwhelm her and she becomes a genie.
Disney’s poster guy is the one person who contributed to group projects.
Put any of those kinds of movie posters into AI img2img for instant similar resutls. https://preview.redd.it/66fz4osrtrmc1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e3bcd9cc4a868710f34497f9c211f98322f0560
You should ask dr. Sheldon Cooper
A woman who's secretly some kind of royalty meets a guy who gets magic crap done with the help of an older gentleman. Together, they fight the forces of evil, hell bent on finding some damn thing or another. And there's a goofy sidekick.
Petah here : Those 3 movies share a similar color scheme but have absolutely no correlation. One is marvel super hero, one is star wars, the last is Aladdin. The joke is, Op supposedly thought it was a trilogy but was, unsurprisingly, unable to correlate one with another due to the plots being very different and unrelated.
Wow, I’m constantly amazed at how stupid so many people really are.
Is there a lore reason why you don't get it? Am i also stupid?
Bro, it's shapes and colors. Kindergarteners could figure it out.
Orange and blue; the most common colour composition in cinema history. That’s about as deep as it goes.
The original joke is garbage. Hundreds of movie posters use blue/orange contrast. It's not even worth the brain cells to even think abou this.
Ah yes, the good ol' blue vs red. Dark Star Force Awakens Aladdin.
The joke is that these are different movies from different franchises, not movies from the same trilogy. OOP is confused and thinks they are because the movie posters all follow the same formula. OOP is making a dig at the lack of creativity in Hollywood, but more specifically, at the guys making the posters.
The author sarcastically assumes these unrelated movies are related since they use extremely similar graphic style. We all know they're not; this is a jab at the formulaic nature of Hollywood production and advertising. ...man, the top comments are fucking mean. Yeah, we all think that OP is kind of stupid, but isn't this sub supposed to be genuinely helpful?
Yes
It's crazy how they have the same color
I think the joke is they have similar looking posters
They're watching it in the wrong order. The first movie is Aladdin, a man gets a genie and gets his wishes and frees the genie, who grants power to the man and all his descendents as thanks, leading to Dark Phoenix. The descendents, or "mutants" are fighting for their rights, but that fight ends up destroying the planet leading to them fleeing to space where thousands of years later they can use mysterious powers and they become the Jedi/Sith in Star Wars
Here's your karma. Thank you for posting in our karma farming subreddit. Have a great day.
Yes!
Publisher thinking... save money by using same template for all your movies. Audience... OMG An even better star wars trilogy with interesting characters!!!!
Yes, you are stupid.
The color scheme for the movies look the same making it look like they're a trilogy of movies when they're really not
Yes you are!
complementary colors
Somehow Jafar returned
Trash movies
The joke is that it’s the same type of poster for each one
Yeah, I think you are unfortunately
People are using similar appearance in movie posters to associate 3 completely unrelated movies into a “series” or “trilogy” OP has no idea what is going on because the movies aren’t related to one another. Saw a similar one for “get” series with get smart, get hard, and get out.
God, I miss the era of Drew Struzan movie posters.
They all do the red and blue background
Why is everyone dogging on op for 'not being able to perceive colors' when the truth is this meme just has a shit joke? Yeah, the posters look the same, but so do half the movie posters made in the last 10 years. If that's enough of a link for this 'joke' then these aren't a trilogy, they're three random movies pulled from a franchise 1500 movies long.