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post #121 of 495
10/6/04 at 11:59am
Sony and MGM have had probably the worst track records of cover art out of all the major studios. Just a few examples:






I dread to think of what their covers will look like now that they've merged into one company....
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post #122 of 495
10/6/04 at 2:58pm
Heh, that Muppets cover really takes the cake.
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post #123 of 495
10/6/04 at 7:14pm
The cover on the new FOOTLOOSE special edition scares me. It reminds me too much of the infamous REAL GENIUS cover.
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post #124 of 495
10/6/04 at 9:22pm
I have to agree with the Muppets cover... ehh. Poor Mr. Henson.





I love him, but gosh, that is a bad cover.







Best cover ever! ^^^^


Ryan
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post #125 of 495
10/6/04 at 9:30pm
This one has to take the cake:



Not only is it really cheap looking, it is totally misrepresentative of the film. When people see this in the store, I bet they think it looks like some cheesy erotic thriller where Amelie gets naked. In reality, it's a drama (with some thriller elements) about illegal immigrants trying to get by in London!
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post #126 of 495
10/6/04 at 10:44pm
R1 DVD

What should have been used for cover art!
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post #127 of 495
10/7/04 at 5:36am
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Not only is it really cheap looking, it is totally misrepresentative of the film. When people see this in the store, I bet they think it looks like some cheesy erotic thriller where Amelie gets naked. In reality, it's a drama (with some thriller elements) about illegal immigrants trying to get by in London!


The DPT cover is so misrepresentative I mentioned it in my review. I know the studios want to move DVDs, but c'mon - at least have them make SOME connection with the actual movie!
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post #128 of 495
10/7/04 at 7:04am
That American Ninja cover is AWESOME

Having seen Slipstream, at least the current DVD cover is representative of the special effects in the film. Not very good.

And to be fair to The Hero and the Terror...that *IS* the poster art

Take care,
Chuck
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post #129 of 495
10/7/04 at 9:10am
I think these are bad covers.







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post #130 of 495
10/7/04 at 10:21am
The new I, Robot cover is pretty bad. They made Will Smith so huge, he goes into the "widescreen" bar and moves that text to the left.

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post #131 of 495
10/7/04 at 12:48pm
Most B type movies have bad cover art.

When I saw the I,Robot cover art, I thought to myself "That is the worst cover art Ive ever seen" which is really saying something.
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post #132 of 495
10/7/04 at 3:13pm
JonZ

from what movie is that pic?
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post #133 of 495
10/7/04 at 4:05pm
Pretty sure it's O Brother Where Art Thou.
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post #134 of 495
10/7/04 at 5:02pm
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When I saw the I,Robot cover art, I thought to myself "That is the worst cover art Ive ever seen" which is really saying something.




It is ugly, but you can bet that they sold alot more DVDs with a gigantic Will Smith on the cover.
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post #135 of 495
10/7/04 at 5:22pm




Looks like Lori wants us to notice something... [img]images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]




Ugh.

What was wrong with...
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post #136 of 495
10/12/04 at 7:45am
I hate covers like this



that are so freaking misleading. For anyone who has ever heard of or seen this movie Coldfire. They have the lovely & very HOT Darcy DeMoss (from Friday the 13th Part 6 & Can't Buy Me Love fame) on the cover all dressed up like a cop with a gun & when I watched the movie she is only like in for 10 minutes & she doesn't even LOOK LIKE THAT or CARRIES A GUN. She plays the wife of one of the main characters. I was real disappointed when I saw that cover.

Here is another movie that had the same results & I bet all of you can agree with me on this one with Once Upon a Time in Mexico with Salma Hayek being second bill over Johnny Depp & on the cover when she was like in the movie for a total of 10 minutes in 2 flashback scenes.



That is what I hate, total misinterpretation of advertising.
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post #137 of 495
10/12/04 at 11:39am
I hate misleading covers, too. Here's another example:







It makes this dark drama look like some sort of wacky comedy.
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post #138 of 495
10/12/04 at 11:48am
Go to dvdanswers to see an AWFUL cover for the american release of the classy thriller Infernal Affairs.....
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post #139 of 495
10/12/04 at 1:46pm
I don't think anyone's mentioned Van Helsing yet:







I just got my review copy and hadn't seen the cover until then. I was shocked to see a big-ticket new movie like this with such a fugly cover! Makes the I Robot one look like genius...
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post #140 of 495
10/12/04 at 1:47pm
Out of the more recent films these are in order.

1.Open Range, GREAT film, GREAT original movie poster TERRIBLE dvd caover!

2.The Last Samurai. See above comments.

3.Kill Bill 1&2, the original movie posters were just so much better.

4. Matrix Revolutions.




And while we are talking about movie poster and dvd cover artwork. Anyone notice this on the Tombstone movie poster? By the way, I like the movie poster and artwork there is just a mistake. I never noticed this before until today when I hung this movie poster up in my office at work. This is the scene of them before the OK Corral gunfight. The only person that has a shot gun in this scene is Doc, not Virgil but the movie poster shows them both with one.
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post #141 of 495
10/12/04 at 2:02pm
But the Collector's of Van Helsing is really wonderful!

My Favorite Worst:

[c]Ugly DVD Cover | Cool Looking Poster[/c]

[c] [/c]
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post #142 of 495
10/12/04 at 3:29pm
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Go to dvdanswers to see an AWFUL cover for the american release of the classy thriller Infernal Affairs.....




That is truly awful, total disrespect for such a great movie.... [img]images/smilies/furious.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
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post #143 of 495
10/15/04 at 10:53am
I am in awe of how horrendous and misleading the cover art for the R1 release of Infernal Affairs is. There is not ONE SINGLE WOMAN who holds a gun in the ENTIRE film. I don't even remember who she is.

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post #144 of 495
10/15/04 at 10:59am
On somethingawful.com today, there's a bunch of photoshops of movie posters, and I thought this one was appropriate to link here:



http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts...movies/Gryi.jpg
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post #145 of 495
10/15/04 at 11:01am
[img]images/smilies/laugh.gif[/img] That's awesome.
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post #146 of 495
10/15/04 at 12:58pm
I still can't get over how ugly that Infernal Affairs cover is. Not only is that not from the movie, her clothing style doesn't even belong in this decade! It makes the movie looks like some cheap asian porn. [img]images/smilies/furious.gif[/img]
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post #147 of 495
10/15/04 at 3:42pm
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It makes the movie looks like some cheap asian porn




Combine that with the review quote "Fanulous! Throbs with action, suspense and a senductive rhythm all it's own."



[img]images/smilies/furious.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
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post #148 of 495
11/30/04 at 10:11am
1stly the underworld extended is widely regarded as the best sony cover
try these







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post #149 of 495
11/30/04 at 3:04pm
Yeah, Mike - show these RI pussies the real meaning of bad coverart !! Those Carlton Silver Collection ones are particularly bad. The DVDs are shit too.
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post #150 of 495
11/30/04 at 6:57pm
looks like the art on I-robot is changed. the version i have has the robots on the cover, no smith.
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