Poor Image: Friend Versus Lover

About exactly the same problem as with Mistaken for Cheating: image barely illustrates the trope, is too dark and has annoying channel inserts.

I have nothing against Smallville, but we can do better than that.

edited 2nd Apr '13 1:46:54 PM by StFan

Well, this one says less than the other. That difference in opinion is enough to sway me from Keep Until Better Image Suggested (on Mistaken for Cheating) to pull (this one).

edited 2nd Apr '13 2:03:09 PM by AnotherDuck

And what's that "1000" in the upper right corner? Is that a watermark from some gif site or something?

(Not to mention the fact that it's really hard - even for fans of the show, I'm sure - to tell who the hell that is whose back is turned to the camera.)

edited 2nd Apr '13 2:03:56 PM by Leaper

What the duck said.

I'm linking to the Smallville image in question for faster reference and posterity (should it be replaced).

Leaving aside that I have no love for that show, the image isn't terrible... But It really isn't doing a good job. I'm voting Keep Until Better Image Suggested but won't shed any tears if it's pulled without a eplacement.

Pull it.

it's not perfect, but how about the soundtrack cover for My Best Friends Wedding?

edited 2nd Apr '13 4:00:28 PM by Earnest

Not a huge improvement, but still better than the current.

MBFW is so-so but a better overall pic than the current, so I'll favor it.

Considering the current is borderline, and #7 is also kind of borderline, but on the right side, I'm going to have to go with that one, unless a better one is suggested.

1. 7 is okay I guess. I know Smallville and I'm pretty sure I know who's back is to the camera only because I saw the episode recently. The picture isn't saying anything about the trope. I say pull it.

Here's the cover at wiki size.

That works for me.

Either way, I'm in favor of pulling the current pic on grounds of JAFAAC. Well, technically Just Three People And A Caption, but the image doesn't give any meaningful context to those people.

I would favour a pull of the current, but looks like it'll be swapped out normally.

Seems pretty unanimous, should we make a poll or just swap?

edited 14th Apr '13 8:10:11 AM by Earnest

We've got enough votes to make the swap. It's up, potholed, and tagged; caption or no?

"Does not, sadly, involve the Attack Of The 50 Foot Sandra Bullock."

edited 15th Apr '13 11:06:48 AM by Earnest

That's Julia Roberts. Unless I'm missing a reference.

Crossed wire, for some reason I tend to think of them interchangeably.

If there's going to be a caption I think it should have something to do with the trope and it's relation to the source of the picture. She's not a giant anyway. Those are obviously wedding cake toppers she has. They're figurines of people, not people themselves.

No consensus on a caption; locking up.