Movie posters can be an art form. See anything ever done by Drew Struzan. But other times, they're not, and all they're doing is calling out for video game characters to make them better.

Least, that's what the folks at film mag Empire reckon, as they've got a long-running a contest to see how movie posters can be made better by adding characters/people from other mediums.

While there are plenty of great examples from cartoons and sports, it's the recent video game mash-ups we're interested in. Especially that Dhalsim one, because he looks like he's....having....the time of his liiiiifeee....

[Empire]

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