Has anyone ever seen this poster for Star Trek IV

[Solarbaby]

I found it on a here http://movies.sky.com/worst-movie-posters-ever?DCMP=EMC-news_OBU A column about dodgy photoshopped movie posters. I have never seen this poster before. I'd like to see it close up.

What do you think of it. It looks like a kid tried to make a poster for Star Trek in my opinion. I like the uniqueness of it though.

 

[Tosk]

I had one of those as a kid, (The local little cinema would give them away when the film stopped screening) although I remember mine having a white border rather than blue.

It'd be a poster made primarily for the European release, hence the gigantic 'Voyage Home', rather than it being a subtitle. I can't speak for anywhere else, but here in Australia even the film itself had a different title card. (Really big 'THE VOYAGE HOME', small 'Star Trek IV' below it.)

Edit: Ah, white border and blue border after all...

 

[Solarbaby]

Ah cool thanks. I just noticed Spock's wearing uniform. But he wore his vulcan dressing gown throughout the movie.

Do you have a larger version of the poster?

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

I found it on a here http://movies.sky.com/worst-movie-posters-ever?DCMP=EMC-news_OBU A column about dodgy photoshopped movie posters. I have never seen this poster before. I'd like to see it close up.

What do you think of it. It looks like a kid tried to make a poster for Star Trek in my opinion. I like the uniqueness of it though.

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The first time I saw this poster was in 1987 at a Star Trek convention. I was fascinated with the fact that the cop from the "Nu-cle-ar wes-sels" scene was featured on it. So random!

 

[Therin of Andor]

Ah cool thanks. I just noticed Spock's wearing uniform. But he wore his vulcan dressing gown throughout the movie.

If you notice, he is still wearing his white Vulcan boots, though. And headband. The artist has also given Spock two white sleeve stripes.

ST III did not get a wide European release (even on VHS, IIRC), so they tried to de-emphasize the "IV" part. There was also a Shatner-narrated, mini-clipshow of previous scenes of ST II and III at the beginning of ST IV, so that "The Voyage Home" would make more sense to European audiences.

The pale one is the UK/Europe daybill poster. It wasn't used too much in Australia. Most theatres here tended to use the "one-sheet" US poster with its orange tones. I didn't see the weird UK daybill until a convention auction a few months after the movie's release.

 

[Nardpuncher]

I like how they show up in San Francisco in a rainbow!

 

[Too Much Fun]

I like the poster's cartoon-y eighties look, but those "The Voyage Home" letters are so bad. They're too big and generic-looking. I would have preferred a more Star Trek font (and smaller letters) like the font for "Star Trek IV".

 

[Sky]

I've had that poster too, I wonder where it is now. Got it from a movie theater in Helsinki way back when.

 

[Therin of Andor]

those "The Voyage Home" letters are so bad. They're too big and generic-looking. I would have preferred a more Star Trek font...

But that was the idea. It was promoted as a family comedy, not as the fourth film in the Star Trek franchise.

 

[22 Stars]

I have this poster, but the O in VOYAGE is actually the Probe's eyeball globe thingy! I love it!

 

[Argus Skyhawk]

I'm trying to read what the poster says. I think I can make out: "They traveled back where 23rd Century man had never gone before, to (more?) crazy, outrageous (time?)."

 

[Skywalker]

I'm trying to read what the poster says. I think I can make out: "They traveled back where 23rd Century man had never gone before, to (more?) crazy, outrageous (time?)."

Looks like: "They traveled back where 23rd century man had never gone before. To a mad, crazy, outrageous time. 1986."

 

[Unicron]

I have to admit, I find the poster kind of funny. Other countries are weird.

 

[diankra]

FWI: when I saw IV in the cinema in Britain, Easter 1987, the titles came up as

The Voyage Home
(Star Trek IV) [much smaller font].

Never seen it like that again, so I almost think I imagined it, but... it fits with Paramount thinking that Trek fans would see it anyway, but they had a film that could pull in non-SF fans.

 

[Genesis Does]

Some of the confusion based around this poster was that SFS wasn't screened in some European markets, so I think it had something to do with keeping the IV out of it so fans who didn't see III didn't miss something (also probably the reasoning behind it being in the credits).

It's a hideous poster, but not as hilariously bad as the "Why have they put seatbelts in movie theatres" poster for TFF.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

I loved that seatbelt poster. Sure TFF really was more of a pleasure cruise than a rollercoaster ride but the poster was boss!

 

[SRFX]

The only time I've seen this poster before was for the French version, where instead of THE VOYAGE HOME, it says "RETOUR SUR TERRE". Excuse my spelling if it's incorrect, French speakers can correct me if necessary.

 

[diankra]

It's a hideous poster, but not as hilariously bad as the "Why have they put seatbelts in movie theatres" poster for TFF.

Jokes from 1989: "To stop the audience walking out."

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

I hate that joke. I saw TFF ten times and I didn't walk out until the end credits.

 

[Anticitizen]

Looks like a rap album cover

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