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

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

#1551 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:07 pm

Czerny was a great bad guy, and I have no doubt in my mind that's what got him the Mission: Impossible gig. The Columbian ambush is one of my favorite action sequences, especially James Horner's over the top score. This along with Red October are my favorite Jack Ryan movies.
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#1553 Post by Brian C » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:23 am

Funny. I saw that the other day and I actually did wonder wtf the words "self-sacrifice" were doing being associated with Ayn Rand. But I just assumed epic cynicism on the part of the studio. It's actually respectable in a weird way that they're embarrassed by this.

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#1554 Post by swo17 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:48 am

Please just be a placeholder...

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#1555 Post by triodelover » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:50 am

swo17 wrote:Please just be a placeholder
it better be. I've already pre-ordered mine.

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#1556 Post by Brian C » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:20 pm

I'd guess that's the real cover art but that the banners are promotional only. That generally seems to be Universal's m.o.

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#1557 Post by fdm » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:48 pm

The actual cover is slightly different, and it's a digibook (there's a picture of it at digitalbits.com 11/29 (link)). Can't tell if it has hubs or slots to hold the discs, picture just makes it look like a regular book with 2 discs sticking out of it.

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#1558 Post by Props55 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:56 pm

Wow, didn't realize the horrors of WWI trench warfare were deadened with LSD! That is one butt-ugly cover! Don't think even Alpha or Madacy have stooped that low.

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#1559 Post by Jeff » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:04 am

Bits link is broken. Here's the art:

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#1560 Post by matrixschmatrix » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:11 am

Assuming the colors look more sepia and less oil-slick rainbow in person, I don't think that's necessarily going to be awful looking. Pretty awful picture, though.

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#1561 Post by Brian C » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:26 pm

I didn't realize we were celebrating the 100th anniversary of AQotWF.

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#1562 Post by Roger Ryan » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:30 pm

Brian C wrote:I didn't realize we were celebrating the 100th anniversary of AQotWF.
The 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures, actually - AQotQF is just being released on Blu-ray during the Studio's anniversary year.

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#1563 Post by manicsounds » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:33 pm

Will nicely go together with "All Quiet..."

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#1564 Post by manicsounds » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:44 am

Holy hell, bad photoshop with differing quality all over the cover.

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Is that Toshiro Mifune from Yojimbo in the bottom left? And Ken Watanabe from Last Samurai on the right?


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#1566 Post by Der Spieler » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:02 pm

It is.

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#1567 Post by Foam » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:16 am

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#1568 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:18 am

Ugh.

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#1569 Post by Brian C » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:47 am

Is it at all possible to resize some of these giant cover images before posting them? What a pain. I'm not asking for thumbnail versions or anything but something that actually fits on the screen would be nice.

EDIT: Thanks Foam.
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#1570 Post by stroszeck » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:25 am

Is it just me or are the cover artists for Blu-rays much more lazy than the DVD ones? I'm pretty sure the covers are done by different departments entirely since for the most part all the Blu Rays I've purchased the last 6 months have had utterly atrocious "artwork."

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#1571 Post by The Narrator Returns » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:04 pm

Thanks designers at Sony, you have made a great film look like it was made by The Asylum.

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#1572 Post by tojoed » Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:40 pm

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It doesn't fill you with confidence, does it?

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#1573 Post by TMDaines » Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:03 pm

I quite like it but I always prefer that classic poster feel.

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#1574 Post by Brian C » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:23 pm

Via Jeff Wells:

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I don't even have a witty quip, to be honest.

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#1575 Post by triodelover » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:32 pm

Brian C wrote:Via Jeff Wells:

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I don't even have a witty quip, to be honest.
Jesus, I've preordered both. The transfers better be absolute stunners to make up for the blemishes on my shelves.

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