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post #391 of 495
1/9/07 at 1:55pm

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If it was a Cousin Oliver head, no one would buy it... and everyone would blame poor Cousin Oliver.

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post #392 of 495
3/11/07 at 1:10pm

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Three High Profile releases, two from the otherwise terrific company Warner Bros, are more than worthy of this thread:

Blood Diamond - despite Djimon's oscar nomination for this role, they've photoshopped him into an unrecognizable smooth-skinned Derek Luke impersonation: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...d-diamond.html Note that in the 2 disc cover art, he has not been transformed into Derek Luke.

The Fountain - Utterly hilarious of the new Tristan & Isolde direct-to-video sequel-er, Darren Aranofsky's most profound work: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...-fountain.html

Little Children - This one is just stupid. Note the tentative cover art, posted below. That's from the beautiful theatrical poster. Then look at the revised cover, and try not to laugh. There are people at New Line who think the new cover is actually a better idea. http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...-children.html

Regards,
Nathan
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post #393 of 495
3/12/07 at 8:28am

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The worst DVD covers have to be the generic, cutified, barf-inducing, kitsch reinterpretations of classic characters on every single Disney animation issue. I know they're giving a chance to new, young artists but shouldn't they check that the final product has some passing resemblance to the characters as they appear in the actual animation?

A recent case in point: Peter Pan Platinum Edition.



Which wasn't much of an improvement on the Special Edition:



Or the Limited Issue:



If they were Hong Kong bootlegs or Japanese Editions, they wouldn't look much different.
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post #394 of 495
3/12/07 at 3:16pm

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This dinosaur reminds me of a children's bath toy. Not to mention his arm seems to be cut off.



Then there's this hmmmm....



Completely different movie from the same studio.
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post #395 of 495
3/12/07 at 3:36pm

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Originally Posted by captainjoe
Completely different movie from the same studio.

Nothing new under the sun....


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post #396 of 495
3/12/07 at 5:00pm

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I've been laughing through this thread. My vote so far would go to Real Genius. Modern Problems is pretty close, but it's awful hard to beat that hideous DVD cover for Real Genius! Where do they get the idiots that make these covers?? Are these supposed "artists" retarded? Val Kilmer looks like some kind of disfigured wax dummy on that DVD cover. And some guy who gets paid to do this kind of stuff worked on this and made it that way? How could anyone have such incredibly bad taste to think that looks good, or be so utterly incompetent that he can't do better than that?

It's truly pathetic.

Honorable mention has to go to that R2 Journey to the Center of the Earth DVD cover. You know, the one that looks like an 8-year old drew it with crayons. lol!
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post #397 of 495
3/12/07 at 7:47pm

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The new Full Monty cover...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ima...3753554&sr=8-1

Quality paste work on those heads!

Evan
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post #398 of 495
3/12/07 at 9:33pm

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The sad thing about that cover is that it comes from a banner ad for when The Full Monty was released for the first time on DVD. It looked bad then and it still looks bad now. To boot, no new anamorphic transfer. Talk about adding insult to injury.
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post #399 of 495
3/13/07 at 6:14am

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Really fun thread. I'll have to check my collection because I know I have a ton of lousy covers.

Oh, speaking of plastic dinos, the VHS of the old TV movie The Last Dinosaur has some of the worst box art I've ever seen. Looks nothing like what's in the movie. I couldn't find any images of it.

Also, Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol 10 features a plastic T-rex prominently, but none of the flicks have a T-rex. ...

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post #400 of 495
3/15/07 at 7:26am

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post #401 of 495
3/15/07 at 8:44am

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Originally Posted by Percebe
Ben-Hur is awful:



This is much better:

Boy, I have to disagree. I think the one you consider "awful" is much better than the ugly Heston cover...
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post #402 of 495
3/15/07 at 10:20am

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Originally Posted by Percebe
Ben Hur stuff

Wait, what?
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post #403 of 495
3/15/07 at 11:16am

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It's probably sarcasm.
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post #404 of 495
3/15/07 at 11:24am

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The addition of the screencap threw me off. "Maybe he likes that shot a lot!"
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post #405 of 495
3/15/07 at 5:29pm

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I'm hoping it's a joke as well. Isn't the DVD art the original poster? Certainly the giant carved letters BEN-HUR are an iconic image, and really expresses the huge epic size of the film. The picture of Heston in the chariot race is just a random screenshot.
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post #406 of 495
3/15/07 at 5:55pm

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Originally Posted by MatthewLouwrens
I'm hoping it's a joke as well. Isn't the DVD art the original poster? Certainly the giant carved letters BEN-HUR are an iconic image, and really expresses the huge epic size of the film. The picture of Heston in the chariot race is just a random screenshot.

It is a joke. This Ben-Hur poster is the iconic original art, as you said. The really horrible cover is the four-disc edition where they added green grass under the horses' hooves...



Now that's ugly...
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post #407 of 495
3/15/07 at 6:11pm

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I kind of like it.
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post #408 of 495
3/15/07 at 9:58pm

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It is a joke. This Ben-Hur poster is the iconic original art, as you said. The really horrible cover is the four-disc edition where they added green grass under the horses' hooves...
That is a relief.

Visually, the 4-disc does look really quite nice, a nice reworking of the iconic image, just to bring a bit more colour and texture to the image. But, as you say, it is quite absurd to have the horses racing on a green grass. If they had left it sandy, I think I might prefer it to the original.
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post #409 of 495
3/16/07 at 4:40am

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I'm glad that was a joke. The screaming Heston cover makes it look like his scream would be dubbed into english from italian.

I kind of like that slightly colorized verson of the cover with the green grass too.
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post #410 of 495
3/16/07 at 4:43am

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
I'm glad that was a joke. The screaming Heston cover makes it look like his scream would be dubbed into english from italian.

I kind of like that slightly colorized verson of the cover with the green grass too.

The green grass (or mulch) is an abomination in my eyes. It certainly jars with the all-orange image that implanted itself in my brain and that of millions of my contemporaries when the film first came out and blew us all away with its spectacle and grandeur.
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post #411 of 495
3/16/07 at 6:46am

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DVD Covers are getting worst and worse on a daily basis, and from what I've seen the Hi Def formats are even worse, go look at the June Slate from Universal of HD-DVD's there's a Daylight Cover With Sly Stallone on it that is horrendous.
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post #412 of 495
3/16/07 at 9:55am

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Originally Posted by baracine
The green grass (or mulch) is an abomination in my eyes. It certainly jars with the all-orange image that implanted itself in my brain and that of millions of my contemporaries when the film first came out and blew us all away with its spectacle and grandeur.
Well said!

Now that I look at it better it reminds me of what could've been "Monty Python's Ben Hurr". (extra "r" gets knocked away in a brilliant Gilliam animation)

I still kind of like it. But it certainly didn't need to be changed for anything other than to please new fans perhaps.
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post #413 of 495
3/16/07 at 10:12am

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I agree on The Fountain, what a terrible DVD cover.

The movie poster is SO much nicer.
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post #414 of 495
3/16/07 at 11:10am

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And the studios wonder why cover art sites are so popular?
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post #415 of 495
3/19/07 at 5:34am

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post #416 of 495
3/20/07 at 1:38pm

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I don't know why you don't like the old Superman: The Movie cover, Percebe. It's pretty much a zoomed version of the original poster art with a stylized blue border. See the original art here:

I will admit that I'd prefer the original poster art as is, but the original DVD cover isn't bad.
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post #417 of 495
3/20/07 at 1:50pm

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Originally Posted by Percebe
...As for the Superman covers, I really like the old Superman II cover from the laserdisc/soundtrack, but not the Christopher Reeve photo (the same used for the old DVD release, his face is ugly), only the background with the three villains of Krypton flying is better:...
I always thought it was funny that by removing the villains from the foreground, they effectively made the picture one of Superman flying away from a burning Metropolis. "The Ballad of Sir Robin" from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" comes to mind.

Regards,
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post #418 of 495
3/20/07 at 3:06pm

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Originally Posted by Percebe
Ben-Hur is awful:



This is much better:

Wow, I don't agree in the slightest. The top one is an outstanding cover, and far superior to that abomination on the bottom, IMHO.

EDIT: Oops! Should have read the rest of the thread before posting.
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post #419 of 495
3/20/07 at 4:19pm

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Posts like this make me giggle, 'cause I know I've been guilty of doing the same thing on at least a few occasions.
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post #420 of 495
3/20/07 at 4:57pm

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Uuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I feel brain damaged.
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