Well to be fair, Better Off Dead IS a wacky movie!Russell G said:Agreed. You really shouldn't have to use bad art period. I get that the DVD and Blu Ray jump out at you. They also miss-represent the film. It makes the movie look like a wacky comedy where some guy shrinks in size. As a reference, here's the original VHS art.I don't see why this wouldn't work on a store shelf.tiny art, it's the best I could find on google but you get the idea. Get rid of the border and it's a decent, eye catching cover using the original art (mostly) and looks good.
But if I saw that box the way I'm seeing it here, I would have no idea what movie that was. It doesn't say, here is that movie with John Cusak.And it isn't a matter of laziness, they really do put a lot of work and thought into these things.I used to work for a market research company in the Los Angeles area. I video taped the focus groups from behind the two way mirror. At the time we tested CD covers and VHS box covers (among other things). They would literally show them to people at different distances and ask them to score them. Then they would talk with them about why they scored the way they did. They would ask things like, which cover did you like best? Which cover did you look at first, etc. The cover they liked best wasn't always the cover that they looked at first. But the cover they looked at first was always the preference of the marketing people when they would talk about it after.Doug
Pick a star! lol (looks like playing cards)Cactus said:
