I don't often participate in this area because there generally
aren't many things the studios are doing that gets under my skin
enough to complain.
However, I am particularly bothered when a studio tampers
with changing their films in order to modernize it in one way
or another. One of the biggest offenses is not using original
poster art on DVD covers. For those of us that are true fans,
we would prefer that for historical sake, the studios use original
poster art.
Something bothers me even more, and right now, Warner seems
to be the biggest offender....
The studio likes to replace its original logos at the start of their
films with their more modernized fare. I have seen this done with
a few 70s and 80s titles that had the "puffy W" logo at the beginning.
Dog Day Afternoon and more recently, Twilight Zone: The Movie
are two films that immediately come to mind where the original
logo was removed in order to replace it with a modernized one.
On the surface, this may seem like an "anal" complaint. However,
as more thought is put to this problem, you begin to realize that the
studio is removing historical meaning to the film. These are the logos
that we remember growing up with. Since we have seen many of
these films dozens of times over, the memories of just how these
films were originally presented are burned within our memories.
Of all the studios, Warner has always put the most care into
preserving their titles for historical purposes. It baffles me to no
end as to why they feel they need to alter the very logo that puts
a time stamp of sorts on the presentation.
aren't many things the studios are doing that gets under my skin
enough to complain.
However, I am particularly bothered when a studio tampers
with changing their films in order to modernize it in one way
or another. One of the biggest offenses is not using original
poster art on DVD covers. For those of us that are true fans,
we would prefer that for historical sake, the studios use original
poster art.
Something bothers me even more, and right now, Warner seems
to be the biggest offender....
The studio likes to replace its original logos at the start of their
films with their more modernized fare. I have seen this done with
a few 70s and 80s titles that had the "puffy W" logo at the beginning.
Dog Day Afternoon and more recently, Twilight Zone: The Movie
are two films that immediately come to mind where the original
logo was removed in order to replace it with a modernized one.
On the surface, this may seem like an "anal" complaint. However,
as more thought is put to this problem, you begin to realize that the
studio is removing historical meaning to the film. These are the logos
that we remember growing up with. Since we have seen many of
these films dozens of times over, the memories of just how these
films were originally presented are burned within our memories.
Of all the studios, Warner has always put the most care into
preserving their titles for historical purposes. It baffles me to no
end as to why they feel they need to alter the very logo that puts
a time stamp of sorts on the presentation.
