Inspector Hammer!
Senior HTF Member
The original cover and poster art for Speed has always been one of my favorites, especially the LD cover, the bus was bigger on the LD cover. I love artwork that conveys movement and sums up the film in question, and the original cover art for Speed did that perfectly with the image of the bus leaping through the flames and that super sized pic of Keanu's face on the left.
Which is why I really don't care for the altered artwork for the new dvd, for starters the bus is mirror imaged, but the destination sign still reads '33 DOWNTOWN via freeway' correctly. And the sign in the window that reads 'EX33' is on the wrong side. I'm so used to the bus being on the right side of the artwork. And second, I can't stand what they've done with Keanu's picture, the original was more simpler, him wearing the SWAT gear on the new cover just doesn't work for a cover art choice. Third is the new lettering, the original bright orange day glow lettering had more style I think. Or even the red lettering on the LD cover was better.
It's rare that FOX would feature anything but the original artwork for their dvd releases, anybody know why they changed this one?
And just out of curiosity, can anybody provide me with a high resolution scan of the original artwork, reformatted to fit over the picture area of the new dvd leaving the silver parts visible?
Which is why I really don't care for the altered artwork for the new dvd, for starters the bus is mirror imaged, but the destination sign still reads '33 DOWNTOWN via freeway' correctly. And the sign in the window that reads 'EX33' is on the wrong side. I'm so used to the bus being on the right side of the artwork. And second, I can't stand what they've done with Keanu's picture, the original was more simpler, him wearing the SWAT gear on the new cover just doesn't work for a cover art choice. Third is the new lettering, the original bright orange day glow lettering had more style I think. Or even the red lettering on the LD cover was better.
It's rare that FOX would feature anything but the original artwork for their dvd releases, anybody know why they changed this one?
And just out of curiosity, can anybody provide me with a high resolution scan of the original artwork, reformatted to fit over the picture area of the new dvd leaving the silver parts visible?