Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 3-D)

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Re: Worst DVD Covers...ever! (Part 3-D)

#1701 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:20 am

Are you kidding? That's the best album cover ever.

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#1702 Post by domino harvey » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:21 pm

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#1703 Post by Cash Flagg » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:28 pm

Who are those people?

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#1704 Post by knives » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:29 pm

I think one of them is Chang from Community.

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#1705 Post by The Narrator Returns » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:50 pm

And one is Jane from Breaking Bad, which gives credit to my theory that
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Season 5 of BB will resurrect every character who has died.

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#1706 Post by swo17 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:41 pm

In defense of the cover artist, all of those people genuinely do appear as though they require instruction on how to make love to a woman.

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#1707 Post by dx23 » Tue May 01, 2012 1:25 pm

And I think the blonde girl is what is left of porn star Jenna Jameson.

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#1708 Post by Tom Amolad » Tue May 01, 2012 8:05 pm

Thomas Dukenfield wrote:
domino harvey wrote:You guys, these are all awesome
Quite.

I could be mistaken, but it looks to me like the covers are an attempt to appeal to fans of symphonic metal, as if to say "Nightwish didn't invent symphonic-ness in music; it actually originated with these guys! Sure they're old timey, but they still ROCK! Check em out if you're MAN enough!"
Probably. But they lack the wit of my favorite such covers, the "Westminster Gold" series from the 70s, which produced such gems as:

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It was all a weird assortment of sex, odd visual puns, Volkswagens, and all three.

Also on offer: plenty of glouriously hideous taste and lots that was just friggin' weird.

Best of all is their visual explanation of Götterdämmerung:

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Some kind soul has put the entire lineup online.

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#1709 Post by Thomas Dukenfield » Tue May 01, 2012 10:15 pm

Tom Amolad wrote:Probably. But they lack the wit of my favorite such covers, the "Westminster Gold" series from the 70s, which produced such gems as:
That's genius. Thanks.

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#1710 Post by Cold Bishop » Wed May 02, 2012 5:48 am

Julian Bream Plays Bach made me do a spittake. The 70's were truly the height of Western culture.

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#1711 Post by Gregory » Thu May 03, 2012 1:52 pm

I'm used to the order of the names of the stars not matching where they're pictured on the cover when it's a single group picture, but this seems a little ridiculous:

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I actually looked up the description to see if it was about drag queens/kings.

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#1712 Post by manicsounds » Fri May 18, 2012 8:54 pm

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#1713 Post by domino harvey » Fri May 18, 2012 10:15 pm

Let's hope this isn't yet another Universal title marred by excessive image wiping

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#1714 Post by JamesF » Thu May 24, 2012 4:21 am

This is... different.

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#1715 Post by knives » Thu May 24, 2012 4:30 am

I like it actually. Far better than the film deserves.

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#1716 Post by RossyG » Thu May 24, 2012 7:05 am

JamesF wrote:Image
Is he?

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#1717 Post by Mr Sausage » Thu May 24, 2012 10:09 am

It's meant to echo the carnival that plays an important role early in the film.

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#1718 Post by cdnchris » Thu May 24, 2012 10:53 am

That cover's awesome. And I agree with knives: it's way better than the film deserves.

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#1719 Post by zedz » Thu May 24, 2012 4:07 pm

I agree. If that had been a Criterion title, there would be a number of months in which it would be the standout cover!

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#1720 Post by Gregory » Thu May 24, 2012 4:22 pm

Looks terrible to have the scrollwork filter over everything rather than just the background. All caps for "BEFORE" seems arbitrary and wrong.

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#1721 Post by dx23 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:44 pm

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These fuckers at Sony are not even trying anymore.

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#1722 Post by RossyG » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:34 am

How the hell do you cock up a Spider-Man cover?

Like that, it seems.

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#1723 Post by George Kaplan » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:38 pm

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Anthony Quinn and the Return of The Thing With Two Heads

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#1724 Post by Lemmy Caution » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:34 am

Saw this in a shop.
Got a pretty good chuckle out of me:
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#1725 Post by knives » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:10 pm

Twilight Zone would beg to differ. Same thing with MASH and many other great long running shows.

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