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post #211 of 495
7/21/05 at 4:36pm


Another nominee!
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post #212 of 495
7/22/05 at 6:12am
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post #213 of 495
7/23/05 at 4:11am
I object to the cover used for most recent DVD of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.



It doesn't fit the "floating head" mold of the great bulk of this thread, but that cover art just doesn't represent "the movie" to me. It's just all wrong.
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post #214 of 495
7/23/05 at 6:23am
The Andromeda Strain cover is nice art, but based on my memories of reading the book a decade ago (haven't seen the film), I can see what you mean. I cannot think what that art is supposed to represent.

Most offensive to me, however, is the horrible mangling of the spelling of "Jurassic Park". I mean, honestly. Jurrasic Park? Do they bother spell-checking these things?
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post #215 of 495
7/23/05 at 7:05am
I don't see what's wrong with the About Schmidt cover. It's the same design they used for the theatrical posters.
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post #216 of 495
7/25/05 at 12:15pm
The Fly 2: Collectors Edition





- Colton
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post #217 of 495
7/25/05 at 12:27pm
I always liked the About Schmidt art myself. I think it really represents the tone of the movie.
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post #218 of 495
7/26/05 at 8:53am
I was going to say it looked like my paperback cover, but it looks like the Terminal Man cover not the Andromeda Strain.
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post #219 of 495
7/26/05 at 9:18am
i like the fly 2 art better than the fly se art i hate the star wars ep 3 art tho
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post #220 of 495
7/27/05 at 7:49pm
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post #221 of 495
7/27/05 at 8:16pm



i always thought the art for that one looked like a kno...

never mind.
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post #222 of 495
7/28/05 at 11:29am
Eh, alot of these movies, such as Van Damme and Seagal movies, are crap anyways so their bad covers do not bother me.
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post #223 of 495
7/28/05 at 12:25pm
This is Universal's UK version of HELL'S ANGELS which makes it seem as if Universal are trying to make it look like a cheap public domain issue:



The original artwork of the R1 version for comparison:


Hey! This is the first time I've posted a picture - I'M impressed anyway!
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post #224 of 495
7/28/05 at 6:10pm

Dumbest cover - MAN CALLED PETER

There is something about the picture o this cover that has been bugging me for weeks, but I couldn't put my finger on it till now.
The film ia about pastor Peter Marshall.
He is a pastor, not a Roman Catholic priest, yet Fox DVD cover has him in the white collar of a priest - something he never appears in , in the film.
Oye.
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post #225 of 495
7/28/05 at 11:52pm
An image would be nice.
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post #226 of 495
7/29/05 at 3:11am
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post #227 of 495
7/29/05 at 4:22am
Thanks for putting up the cover of Man Called Peter, I have no way of doing such things.
Anyway, this cover is wrong, wrong, wrong.
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post #228 of 495
7/29/05 at 6:49am
Canadian cover of "Hostage".



Gotta love Alliance Atlantis.

Chris
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post #229 of 495
7/29/05 at 7:58am



I like Blue Underground just as much as the next guy, but sometimes their covers aren't that great. (Quotes, etc).
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post #230 of 495
7/29/05 at 1:23pm
I think the Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, And Spring cover is nice. Sure it could use less quotes, but regardless...
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post #231 of 495
7/29/05 at 8:26pm
What graphics design major came up with these turds?

GIANT HEADS!!




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post #232 of 495
7/29/05 at 8:39pm

look at the original http://daw.dyndns.org/images/movies/...0rocketeer.jpg



original
http://daw.dyndns.org/images/movies/...0adventure.jpg
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post #233 of 495
7/30/05 at 7:09pm
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post #234 of 495
7/31/05 at 6:22am
The Japanese DVD of The Reflecting Skin:





Yech. The U.S. VHS box art is much better.
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post #235 of 495
7/31/05 at 10:12am
You're crazy Jeremy, that T2 cover is one of the best I'm seen - and it's metal.
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post #236 of 495
8/4/05 at 3:17pm


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post #237 of 495
8/5/05 at 7:32am
The Ladyhawke picture would be fine without the smirking picture of Broderick...
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post #238 of 495
8/8/05 at 12:41pm
Looks like he's making flatulence sounds with his armpit.
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post #239 of 495
8/8/05 at 1:37pm
I think I can see a pattern here of why bad covers are just bad. Not using the theatrical poster art is one. Not using the original font or color scheme of the initial marketing campaign is another. Alot of these studios don't get it. If a movie is succesful and is popular don't try to reinvent it with some rushed new look for the product, because 99% it looks like garbage and is unappealing to everyone.

Now I say the Panic Room SE works though. The font and 2 color scheme grab your attention from all the visually busy covers that might be on the shelf around it. This also worked for a lot of laserdisc box sets. Seven, The Game, T2, Robocop. All you needed was the movie logo and some themed texture around it. Laserdiscs sure were classy back then:


Bad reimagined DVD cover art:


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post #240 of 495
8/8/05 at 2:40pm
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mmmmmm criterion game laser


the holy grail
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