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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on May 20, 2003, 12:50:29 AM
you know when a movie comes out and it has a really cool poster?  and then the video/dvd comes out and its some crappy stills from the movie badly photoshopped together, usually of big stars heads?  (the Out Of Sight video comes to mind as a particularly apalling example.)  

what are some of the worst video covers?  feel free to post pictures to compare.

apologies if this has been talked to death, but its something i really really hate.
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Post by: godardian on May 20, 2003, 01:00:49 AM
I know exactly what you mean. (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00005JLQH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=a514ead029b1a1b99af4730c1a43be51432ea519)


...the poster wasn't that much better.

However, sometimes they make an improvement with the DVD.

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Post by: MacGuffin on May 20, 2003, 02:08:40 AM
http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1180
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Post by: oakmanc234 on May 20, 2003, 05:55:52 AM
I cant be bothered thinking of any at the moment but I'm sure sick of seeing Eberts and Roeper's 'Two Thumbs Up' on covers. It doesn't mean shit. Especially when excellent films have one stamped on their cover (e.g. 25th Hour) when films like 'The Mexican' do too.
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Post by: Derek237 on May 20, 2003, 06:14:19 PM
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ugh.

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Good movies. Bad covers.
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Post by: Pedro on May 20, 2003, 06:20:33 PM
Quote from: Derek237(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00005JLT5.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=410ddbe0903035e7269cf4bd00e0abd121f7ac4a)

ARRRGGGHHH! That deserves SO much better.
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Post by: Redlum on May 20, 2003, 06:46:06 PM
Covers blazened with awards really piss me off. I cant understand it from a marketting POV either. Surely those who give a crap about what awards a film has won etc, dont need a cover to tell them about it.
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Post by: godardian on May 20, 2003, 07:24:47 PM
Quote from: redlumCovers blazened with awards really piss me off. I cant understand it from a marketting POV either. Surely those who give a crap about what awards a film has won etc, dont need a cover to tell them about it.

I actually think they're trying to sell people who don't go to the movies and haven't even heard of most of them. I think the marketing people may divide markets into "moviegoers" and "home movie viewers," and they obviously don't think much of the home movie viewers' ability to think for themselves. They hope that when a dumb passerby sees a DVD cover screaming "awards! thumbs up!" that'll bludgeon them into buying/renting it.
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Post by: MacGuffin on May 20, 2003, 07:28:51 PM
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Post by: Pozer on May 20, 2003, 08:25:20 PM
thank god PDL wasn't nominated for any Oscars.

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate when that stuff happens. Out of Sight sticks out the most for me as well. that was such a cool poster.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on May 20, 2003, 10:24:10 PM
MONSTERS BALL! yes. i forgot about that one. in college i actually did a 25 minute speech about how badly bastardizing home video art bugged me and monsters ball was a prime example.  its not that i was that fond of the poster, but what they are essentially doing here is tricking joe average into renting movie with halle berry "cause shes hot".  what i especially like is how her haircut is the one she wears in real life and doesent resemble in the slightest the one she wore in the movie and how she doesnt look a bit like her character.  

also
MAD MAX
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FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
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EPISODE I & II
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Post by: russiasusha on May 20, 2003, 11:05:46 PM
bottle rocket
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Post by: Duck Sauce on May 21, 2003, 12:06:51 AM
All the ones where they blend in 8 different images and it looks like somebody just learned photoshop.
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Post by: penfold0101 on May 21, 2003, 07:09:31 AM
Just like this

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Post by: Dirk on May 21, 2003, 07:16:43 AM
This one had so much potential (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fia.imdb.com%2Fmedia%2Fimdb%2F01%2FI%2F71%2F14m.jpg&hash=b6f47277ad3187de27060c78b36f304e52abc75f)
but alas, they used this (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00005V3Z4.01.MZZZZZZZ.gif&hash=7d0a66394a1eccafd292ef7689503e4d80f8d449)
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Post by: Alethia on May 21, 2003, 09:37:58 AM
i don't like the picture on the pulp fiction vhs, where uma thurman looks fucking weird, and sam jackson doesnt even have the jericurl wig on.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Duck Sauce on May 21, 2003, 10:24:53 AM
All the Donnie Darko ones are awful
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Keener on May 21, 2003, 11:22:17 AM
Ah, I know exactly what you mean. A ton of old VHSs have great covers then the DVDs come out with horrible ones.

It doesn't get any worse than The Deer Hunter.
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The silver silhoutte on Platoon was much better to me.
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And both Ghostbusters covers.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Derek237 on May 21, 2003, 03:52:56 PM
You're kiddin. Platoon and The Jerk have great covers.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: bonanzataz on May 21, 2003, 04:30:07 PM
what did the out of sight poster look like? i don't remember it being any different from the dvd cover.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on May 21, 2003, 05:31:19 PM
Quote from: bonanzatazwhat did the out of sight poster look like? i don't remember it being any different from the dvd cover.

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Post by: BrainSushi on May 21, 2003, 05:48:35 PM
How about best cover arts? Particularly when a the DVD cover is better than the poster. First thing that pops into my mind is Boogie Nights.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Keener on May 21, 2003, 05:50:30 PM
Holy crap...I want that Out of Sight poster.
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Post by: MacGuffin on May 21, 2003, 05:50:35 PM
Quote from: BrainSushiHow about best cover arts?

http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=965
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Post by: Alethia on May 22, 2003, 02:37:27 PM
that is the one i meant.
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Post by: MacGuffin on May 27, 2003, 03:31:47 PM
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This one was so much better:

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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pedro on May 27, 2003, 03:41:17 PM
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Looks like a small town romance story.
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Post by: Ravi on June 01, 2003, 10:36:49 PM
This is getting silly...

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Post by: Cecil on June 01, 2003, 10:43:01 PM
this is a fucking joke, right?
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Post by: MacGuffin on June 01, 2003, 10:49:40 PM
Quote from: cecil b. dementedthis is a fucking joke, right?

Yes. And this movie is too:

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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 01, 2003, 10:55:03 PM
The Hours cover came first.  It comes with a ticket to the sequel, 2 Hours 2 Furious, starring Meryl Streep and Ludacris.  :wink:
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: sphinx on June 01, 2003, 10:57:46 PM
i just saw an interview with the director of 2 fast 2 furious, the interviewer asked him what kind of an influence it is that they're making something illegal look so cool, and if they thought about it whilst filming

he looked stoned out of his mind and said that while they were filming, he pretty much said his only desire for it to look cool, and then he just laughed for about 10 seconds
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: NEON MERCURY on June 01, 2003, 11:11:25 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: cecil b. dementedthis is a fucking joke, right?

Yes. And this movie is too:

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:lol:  :lol:  :lol: That is so damn funny-"tricked out  edition"   I rented the "factory edition"  a long time ago just to get drunk and laugh my ass off to it.  That movie is so funny.  I still laugh at the beginning when the synchronized cars  hi-jack the truck on the run with...a...harpoon-like grappling hook  gun. :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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Post by: MacGuffin on June 01, 2003, 11:21:48 PM
Quote from: sphinxi just saw an interview with the director of 2 fast 2 furious, the interviewer asked him what kind of an influence it is that they're making something illegal look so cool, and if they thought about it whilst filming

he looked stoned out of his mind and said that while they were filming, he pretty much said his only desire for it to look cool, and then he just laughed for about 10 seconds

What a fall from grace for the youngest person ever to be Oscar nominated for Best Director.
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Post by: bonanzataz on June 01, 2003, 11:26:05 PM
i think i'm going to have to blind buy this "tricked out" edition, considering i'm such a big fan of xXx and all.

EDIT: Just to let everybody know... Ravi is fucking awesome.
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Post by: ono on June 01, 2003, 11:33:54 PM
John Singleton was never that great a filmmaker in the first place.  I always thought Boyz N the Hood and Higher Learning were both steaming piles of crap.  Manipulative, racist, and wanting to say something of importance but not really knowing how.  The man gives good black filmmakers like Spike Lee a bad name.
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Post by: godardian on June 02, 2003, 12:58:43 AM
Quote from: bonanzataz
EDIT: Just to let everybody know... Ravi is fucking awesome.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Anyone with a Col. Blimp avatar couldn't be anything less.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: godardian on June 02, 2003, 01:02:20 AM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaThe man gives good black filmmakers like Spike Lee a bad name.

Well, only if you think that's their one distinguishing feature. I don't put them into the same category just 'cos they're black, just like Todd Haynes and Gregg Araki aren't really comparable just 'cos they're both gay.
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Post by: Pubrick on June 02, 2003, 07:10:30 AM
Quote from: godardianjust like Todd Haynes and Gregg Araki aren't really comparable just 'cos they're both gay.
black ppl are a race, and were enslaved for hundreds of years.
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Post by: ©brad on June 02, 2003, 08:31:29 AM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaJohn Singleton was never that great a filmmaker in the first place.  I always thought Boyz N the Hood and Higher Learning were both steaming piles of crap.  Manipulative, racist, and wanting to say something of importance but not really knowing how.  The man gives good black filmmakers like Spike Lee a bad name.

nah. i loved boyz in the hood.

john singleton has been such a huge inspiration, or encouragement rather on my own film career. i think about him a lot, especially when im all down and depressed about making movies and whatnot. it's like, okay, this dude not only wrote and directed a movie at my age but even was nominated for an oscar! so it is possible. but to see this 2 fast 2 furious racing honda civic shit, it's kinda sad. its one thing if a director has a long list of winners in his filmography and just wants to take a break and do something fun I guess. Who knows.
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Post by: godardian on June 02, 2003, 10:17:16 AM
Quote from: P
Quote from: godardianjust like Todd Haynes and Gregg Araki aren't really comparable just 'cos they're both gay.
black ppl are a race, and were enslaved for hundreds of years.

Right, but that has nothing to do with what I said. The race of Spike Lee and John Singleton is not their one distinguishing feature, nor is the sexual orientation of gay people theirs. You could call Spike Lee and John Singleton both "black directors" without saying much about them or their work; same for Haynes and Araki. What I'm saying is that it's reductive and not really very descriptive to make these distinctions without expanding or qualifying them. I think it's wrong to say that John Singleton makes Spike Lee look bad just because they're both black, just like it would be wrong to say Gregg Araki makes Todd Haynes look bad because they're both gay. That's a simplistic way to think.

Just speaking up against reductiveness, here, which should've been perfectly clear. Your post was a little defensive. I'm not sure what was meant by it.
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Post by: Pubrick on June 02, 2003, 10:44:27 AM
Quote from: godardianI think it's wrong to say that John Singleton makes Spike Lee look bad just because they're both black,
i agree with that.

i think what i was trying to say, maybe irrelevantly, is that black directors hav more blackness in their films than gay directors hav gayness. and that there is more depth to being black than to being gay.
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Post by: godardian on June 02, 2003, 10:52:02 AM
Quote from: P
Quote from: godardianI think it's wrong to say that John Singleton makes Spike Lee look bad just because they're both black,
i agree with that.

i think what i was trying to say, maybe irrelevantly, is that black directors hav more blackness in their films than gay directors hav gayness. and that there is more depth to being black than to being gay.

They're two quite separate histories of oppression (unless you're both black and gay), and I agree that black people have historically have had much more direct and brutal oppression than gay people have. Sexuality is much more easily denied and hidden (if you're forced to) than ethnicity is. But I think the degree of blackness or gayness in the films of a black or gay director has everything to do with the individual person. There was less blackness in From Hell than there was gayness in Far from Heaven, for example.

I just hate putting people in little groups. It's presumptuous at best. I like much of Spike Lee, am not terribly familiar with John Singleton, like some of what I've seen of the Hughes brothers, like most of Todd Haynes, can't stand Gregg Araki, and I'd like to think none of those opinions are based on characteristics like race and sexuality that have little to do with talent and flair for filmmaking.
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Post by: ono on June 02, 2003, 11:37:49 AM
Quote from: godardian
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaThe man gives good black filmmakers like Spike Lee a bad name.

Well, only if you think that's their one distinguishing feature. I don't put them into the same category just 'cos they're black, just like Todd Haynes and Gregg Araki aren't really comparable just 'cos they're both gay.
The difference here is Todd Haynes and Spike Lee are brilliant.  John Singleton is not.  I don't know about Gregg Araki.  And it's interesting that Haynes is gay.  I didn't know that until you said it, but I've noticed that the way he treats women in his films is always more noteworthy than most other directors, just like Altman and Anderson.  There are a lot of complaints about misogyny in films, but these three will never be guilty of it.

The problem I have with Singleton is he makes "black films."  Films that try to make you feel sorry for black people, because of how the white man has oppressed him; films with unrealistic characters who act in unrealistic ways.  And any film that fades in to a Stop sign after reeling off statistics on violence you know is going to be a horrible, pretentious one.

Lee makes "people films;" films that everyone can relate to.  He has one blemish I can find on his record: the horrible, racist Malcom X, glorifying one of the most racist men in history.  I often shudder to think what would happen if Farrakhan gets gunned down.  We'd be subjected to Malcolm X II or something.  Other than that, he has a great track record.

The distinguishing features of Lee and Singleton, besides race, are the films they make and the quality thereof.  Lee makes brilliant films.  Singleton does not.
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Post by: Ravi on June 02, 2003, 02:21:39 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: sphinxi just saw an interview with the director of 2 fast 2 furious, the interviewer asked him what kind of an influence it is that they're making something illegal look so cool, and if they thought about it whilst filming

he looked stoned out of his mind and said that while they were filming, he pretty much said his only desire for it to look cool, and then he just laughed for about 10 seconds

What a fall from grace for the youngest person ever to be Oscar nominated for Best Director.

Rob Cohen was nominated for an Oscar?
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Post by: ©brad on June 02, 2003, 02:43:19 PM
Quote from: Onomatopoeia
The problem I have with Singleton is he makes "black films."  Films that try to make you feel sorry for black people, because of how the white man has oppressed him; films with unrealistic characters who act in unrealistic ways.  And any film that fades in to a Stop sign after reeling off statistics on violence you know is going to be a horrible, pretentious one.

have u even seen boyz in the hood? i think ur missing the point, for the film is less about how the white community has oppressed the black ppl rather about how black ppl are oppressing themselves. it's about this civil war that takes place in the black ghettos. remember, in the movie all the harassment the blacks get from the police is from other black cops. one scene in particular, the white cop is more passive and the black cop is more aggressive towards them. i believe its the scene with larence fishburne after his house gets broken into, i forgot cuz i haven't seen the movie in a while.

and please explain to me how that stop sign fade-in is pretentious, a term that is so loosely thrown around on this board that it has lost all meaning whatsoever. maybe its not subtle, which i'm guessing is why u have a problem with it. who cares about being subtle though, sometimes a lack of subtlety can provide for a more powerful moment.
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Post by: MacGuffin on June 02, 2003, 03:27:25 PM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaAnd any film that fades in to a Stop sign after reeling off statistics on violence you know is going to be a horrible, pretentious one.

How do you feel about the "No More Packin'" billboards that are everywhere in Spike's "Clockers"?
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Post by: Ravi on June 09, 2003, 03:03:21 PM
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There was no Pink Panther ref in this movie!

I don't like the covers for the Peter Sellers Collection.  Here's an example:

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Post by: children with angels on June 09, 2003, 03:07:59 PM
Are you kidding?! That Army of Darkness cover is SUPERB!!! Pure ridiculous tack! Love it...!

(I've never seen that cover before and am excited)
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Post by: bonanzataz on June 09, 2003, 08:00:47 PM
yeah, too bad i JUST bought the bootleg edition and the theatrical edition separately right before they announced this fucking boomstick edition. BASTARDS!
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Post by: Banky on June 13, 2003, 12:25:24 PM
this has nothing to do with Covers but it was being discussed earlier.  FUCK SPIKE LEE.  What an egotistical piece of shit.  Granted he does have talne but i lost all respect for him when he sued TNN for changing thier name to Spike TV.  Lee said that they were trying to capitalize on his name.  As if when people hear his name they think of wrestling, Baywatch, and American Gladiators.  He has no ownership to the word SPIKE.
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Post by: modage on June 13, 2003, 12:34:35 PM
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plus his DVD cover SUCKS!
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Post by: modage on June 13, 2003, 12:51:42 PM
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instead of this

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instead of this

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or this

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pretty much the whole alfred hitchcock collection passed over tons of cool poster designs for a still from the movie. :cry:

THIS

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instead of this

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or this

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or this

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or this

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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on June 13, 2003, 03:30:15 PM
Reefer Madness had a cover that made me expect more.  I wanted to see the insane drug abusers, but instead you see some guy's face in a small square.  So very uneventful.  *sigh*
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: filmcritic on June 24, 2003, 06:42:09 PM
I agree with just about all of those. There are some really great posters out there that should have been on the video case. But no, I don't understand it. For some reason, they insist on having the potential drained out.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: EL__SCORCHO on June 24, 2003, 06:52:02 PM
Even though the original is still pretty cool, I love the Italian Boogie Nights poster. very cool.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: chainsmoking insomniac on June 25, 2003, 09:02:36 AM
Quote from: EL__SCORCHOEven though the original is still pretty cool, I love the Italian Boogie Nights poster. very cool.

Hell yeah!  Much sexier, much more attention grabbing IMO.

And the PDL cover, even though I love the contents, sucks ASS!
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ono on June 25, 2003, 11:59:44 AM
Quote from: EL__SCORCHOEven though the original is still pretty cool, I love the Italian Boogie Nights poster. very cool.
Any chance you could post a pic of it?
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: life_boy on June 25, 2003, 01:53:18 PM
Quote from: themodernage02(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2F0783226055.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=3e7e608f6fd64b58e4331aaf675577641f2d1cb6)

instead of this

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(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00003CXC7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=9efd504d2d15ff625fb4f2eb1a6515e85ac102af)

instead of this

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or this

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pretty much the whole alfred hitchcock collection passed over tons of cool poster designs for a still from the movie. :cry:

THIS

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bibra-online.de%2Fmovie%2Fdvd%2Fcover-irma.jpg&hash=486e2c5fcd79b770758eae90ec508b5832d4c74f)

instead of this

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or this

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or this

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or this

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Yeah, I wish they would do some DVD covers for some of the old movies like some of their original posters.  That would be cool (and would look quite nice).
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on January 27, 2005, 09:44:46 AM
not the worst by any means, but the return of the peekaboo!!!

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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on January 28, 2005, 04:11:09 PM
This is getting silly.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmywebpage.netscape.com%2FColonel%2520Blimp%25202%2Fcosb.JPG&hash=b8a3549f9a55fdaf00a28218c972f092f9d72f45)
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: meatwad on January 28, 2005, 05:05:14 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2F1572522194.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=ab679427c579a1d87f8b7657ae7b94d1dfe757b8)

got it from netflix today
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on January 28, 2005, 05:12:09 PM
A peelback of Nico laughing would make that cover better and worse at the same time.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Two Lane Blacktop on January 28, 2005, 06:50:29 PM
Quote from: meatwadnico icon

I like that cover though.  

How's the film?  I'm a huge VU/Nico fan (not to mention Warhol).  I've read "Songs They Never Play On The Radio" (may not be exact title), the bio written by her keyboard guy from the 1970s...  what a strange life she had.

2LB
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Rudie Obias on January 28, 2005, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: RaviThis is getting silly.

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dude, i laughed for a straight hour after see that!!  good job!!!
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mehico on January 29, 2005, 02:55:01 AM
how about bad photoshopping on covers? The long kiss goodnight (the one where geena davis' head isn't joined to her body) springs to mind. As does the human nature DVD cover with patricia Arquette's head put onto Brigitte Nielsen's body.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: UncleJoey on January 31, 2005, 11:16:16 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB0000AM6NV.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=a417663e0af288a3eba3bae0623d44a66eaf6945)

GO OVERBOARD!!
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Myxo on February 01, 2005, 02:09:33 AM
I love how everything has an unrated version these days..

There oughta be a disclaimer at the bottom.. "5 seconds of boobs flashed during Chapter 6!"

:lol:
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: bigperm on February 01, 2005, 12:16:21 PM
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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cron on February 06, 2005, 06:36:49 PM
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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on June 02, 2005, 02:07:47 PM
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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: life_boy on June 03, 2005, 11:00:24 AM
Quote from: bigperm(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB0000WN1NG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=7078c5697d7e82b6e2c32431ed10d67a7ea769f9)

Not only is that cover aesthetically horrible, but it makes no sense.  Where the hell are they, in a park?  Why are they so happy?  What city is that behind them?  It sure as hell doesn't look like Las Vegas, Reno, Anahiem or Salt Lake City...or fucking Willard, Utah for that matter.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 03, 2005, 01:50:54 PM
Quote from: MacGuffinMy Left Foot

The Miramax Collector's Series covers are surprisingly ugly.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F593119.jpg&hash=81d463f4b3cea19bd2d4f8631bc51917d6f3b44b)(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F667038.jpg&hash=680f56e14278e463cb21905f38cff791624673e3)
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 03, 2005, 04:49:59 PM
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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on June 04, 2005, 06:35:42 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedigitalbits.com%2Farticles%2Fmiscgfx%2Fcovers4%2Fmyleftfootcedvd.jpg&hash=6048cd54d181036a6ab22f3bb7a01c64a952413a)
what the hell. that's hilariously off the mark. seriously, the sepia tone, the triple frame-within-a-frame, brenda fricker scoring a field goal, the notorious half-face looking slightly off camera. what the hell.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on June 04, 2005, 07:07:55 AM
Quote from: Pubrickwhat the hell. that's hilariously off the mark. seriously, the sepia tone, the triple frame-within-a-frame, brenda fricker scoring a field goal, the notorious half-face looking slightly off camera. what the hell.

Not only that, Day-Lewis as Christy Brown looks nothing in the movie like that clean-cut head-shot.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 04, 2005, 01:43:42 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: Pubrickwhat the hell. that's hilariously off the mark. seriously, the sepia tone, the triple frame-within-a-frame, brenda fricker scoring a field goal, the notorious half-face looking slightly off camera. what the hell.

Not only that, Day-Lewis as Christy Brown looks nothing in the movie like that clean-cut head-shot.

Looks the same to me
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Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cron on June 05, 2005, 12:24:12 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2F0767805712.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=73e16fbdba1a5e373dde099e92f22922a6e975ad)

Giovanni Ribisi  / Leah Remini / Ben Affleck / Flubber

GATTACA
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Myxo on June 05, 2005, 01:01:23 AM
Uhm. Will the new version by Superbit? I own this version..

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00005R23Z.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=d387a548c1a1076a09fd5e4691bb27e3ea897c0d)
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on June 05, 2005, 01:10:32 AM
Quote from: cronopioGATTACA
i think we may have a winner.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cron on June 05, 2005, 01:15:16 AM
it hurts watching it, doesn't it?
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on June 05, 2005, 01:18:12 AM
Quote from: MyxomatosisUhm. Will the new version by Superbit?
that doesn't make sense.
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: sickfins on August 31, 2005, 12:33:39 AM
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here comes a new contender

ignoring the fact that i can't even recognize the girl as nicole kidman on the cover, the designer chose a bad still of sean penn running, tried to fit in as many interesting things as possible (explosions, helicopters), tried to make it work in an orange/blue colour scheme and then slaps on the word 'interpreter' in giant red capital letters, conflicting with everything else in the design.  there is absolutely no focal point and no consistency
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: The Red Vine on August 31, 2005, 02:12:11 AM
Quote from: modage
Quote from: cronopioGATTACA
i think we may have a winner.

and that's a real shame because the poster was really great
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on August 31, 2005, 10:43:47 AM
From what I can tell about the Interpreter, they used iMovie to edit it and MSPaint for the DVD cover.

These guys know how to save money!
Title: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Fernando on August 31, 2005, 10:44:05 AM
Quote from: sickfins
here comes a new contender

ignoring the fact that i can't even recognize the girl as nicole kidman on the cover,

Hahaha, wtf?! She looks like a mutant morphed with a barbie doll, the bride of chucky, the mask of vanilla sky and the lips of Reese Witherspoon.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 02, 2005, 02:18:54 AM
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on December 02, 2005, 03:51:01 PM
Quote from: Ravi on December 02, 2005, 02:18:54 AM
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even stupid people won't like that one.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Anonymous Joe on December 17, 2005, 02:53:05 PM
Whats up with all the "editions"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ddmarfield on December 17, 2005, 02:56:58 PM
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: 72teeth on December 17, 2005, 06:33:09 PM
if you think the cover art is bad, you should see the movie...
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on December 17, 2005, 09:16:17 PM
Quote from: Anarchist Lawyer on December 17, 2005, 02:53:05 PM
Whats up with all the "editions"
it's an attempt to make the movie look special.

-oh.

krusty: i'm a real person as a real person i've made humorous observations about real life. for example, have
you ever noticed how there are TWO phone books, a white one AND a yellow one? what's the deal with that!!

lisa: one's residential the other is business.

krusty: oh.. well, that makes sense. ..what will they think of next, BLUE PAGES?

marge: they have those, they're government listings.

krusty: i see..
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Anonymous Joe on December 18, 2005, 09:01:23 PM
The "insert quote from the movie" editions have just been popping up latley. I'm waiting for the "ol in'out" edition of A Clockwork Orange.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on December 18, 2005, 09:27:29 PM
Quote from: Anarchist Lawyer on December 18, 2005, 09:01:23 PM
The "insert quote from the movie" editions have just been popping up latley. I'm waiting for the "ol in'out" edition of A Clockwork Orange.

Or the "Steers and Queers Edition" of Full Metal Jacket.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Anonymous Joe on December 27, 2005, 08:25:12 PM
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: pete on December 27, 2005, 10:05:53 PM
judging by the poster of "rumour has it" I predict the dvd cover to show up in this thread in a few months.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 28, 2005, 01:35:32 AM
Quote from: pete on December 27, 2005, 10:05:53 PM
judging by the poster of "rumour has it" I predict the dvd cover to show up in this thread in a few months.

Sooner than a thread about the movie itself.

What the hell...

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 28, 2005, 01:21:50 PM
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"What the hell are these quotes doing here?"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on December 28, 2005, 02:25:42 PM
I can't wait until the Magnolia "Suck My Dick" edition.

EDIT: Or the Brown Bunny one.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cron on December 29, 2005, 02:31:07 AM
haha that broken flowers cover...
"who the shit is bill murray?"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Anonymous Joe on December 29, 2005, 03:28:40 AM
"great her quotes match my flowers..."
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on December 29, 2005, 02:16:34 PM
i think he's saying...

"great, this house is advertising a movie which i star in."
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: penfold0101 on February 15, 2006, 09:02:30 AM
What about:-
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awful colour scheme, it looks like it was thrown together in 2 seconds.
it also appears they are using the fact the JLH stars in it as the biggest selling point! :doh:
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: godardian on February 15, 2006, 11:50:13 AM
For being so dumb-looking and utterly misleading about the film:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB000ARXG0E.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=c77dcef2e2f2db8541855e273182171956b58018)

For falling so damn far short of the color/font/design bar set by Amelie:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB0007Z0NYQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=a35200b51540c036bfec69bf9dc2a15e18d5c438)

...I won't waste "worst cover art" space by posting images here, but I'm really quite taken with the covers for Teorema and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on February 15, 2006, 01:57:52 PM
The UK cover for The 40 Year Old Virgin is not very good compared to the wonderful US artwork.  Tagline's funny though.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-eu.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB000BSQR4E.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=fdab5a2297b64953fcb76145746b00b2e9b5b11e)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Redlum on February 15, 2006, 04:54:37 PM
Its also inexplicably missing the commentary track.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: soixante on February 16, 2006, 12:01:13 AM
The Special Edition of Unbearable Lightness of Being has cheesy cover art.  I'm reluctant to buy it because the cashier will think I'm purchasing a porno film.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ono on February 16, 2006, 12:11:14 AM
That's what Amazon's for.  Plus, you'll probably get it cheaper online.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 12:18:31 AM
Quote from: soixante on February 16, 2006, 12:01:13 AM
The Special Edition of Unbearable Lightness of Being has cheesy cover art.  I'm reluctant to buy it because the cashier will think I'm purchasing a porno film.

I still haven't bought Exotica for that exact same reason.  Which is weird, because I have no compunction about buying actual porn in a store.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on February 16, 2006, 01:36:04 AM
Quote from: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 12:18:31 AM
compunction
two amazing things about that word

-you're the first person to ever use it here, in a good joke no less. (hacksparrow posted it once as part of an article)
-it was word of the day at dictionary.com almost EXACTLY three years ago (http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/02/18.html).
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 01:54:36 AM
For the sake of illustration:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2F6305428107.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=740358077ba3877b3d638e644b6f3d7f0fcb2837)

Now tell me that wouldn't make you blush when you're handing it across the counter to the cute check-out girl at Best Buy.

Quote from: Pubrick on February 16, 2006, 01:36:04 AM
Quote from: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 12:18:31 AM
compunction
two amazing things about that word

-you're the first person to ever use it here, in a good joke no less. (hacksparrow posted it once as part of an article)
-it was word of the day at dictionary.com almost EXACTLY three years ago (http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/02/18.html).

Little known fact: dictionary.com gets their words of the day by following me around with a tape recorder.  I'm hella eloquent.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on February 16, 2006, 02:06:23 AM
Quote from: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 01:54:36 AM
Now tell me that wouldn't make you blush when you're handing it across the counter to the cute check-out girl at Best Buy.

You think she's gonna tell all the cute girls at the Cute Girls meetings that you bought what she thinks is softcore porno?

"Hi, what's your name?"
"You're the porno guy, aren't you?"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on February 16, 2006, 02:10:23 AM
Quote from: polkablues on February 16, 2006, 01:54:36 AM
Now tell me that wouldn't make you blush when you're handing it across the counter to the cute check-out girl at Best Buy.
whatever, she's probably in love with some boondock-loving, ratner-resembling, mouf-breathing troglodyte. she'll get what's comin to her.  :yabbse-smiley:
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 20, 2006, 11:30:37 PM
Old cover
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2F6305574944.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=a52dc988eee1fc393859bd849356b6b1133cf60f)

New cover
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasersedge.com%2Fgfx%2F1%2Ffront%2F11350.jpg&hash=79e7f9a75c10c3269d424835a9f710059a85653a)




Old
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-eu.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00004U40L.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&hash=1569751cc0568569af5ee430afaacbc8bf1041b8)

New
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on March 21, 2006, 12:30:20 AM
Quote from: Ravi on March 20, 2006, 11:30:37 PM
New cover
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasersedge.com%2Fgfx%2F1%2Ffront%2F11350.jpg&hash=79e7f9a75c10c3269d424835a9f710059a85653a)

Nothing says "Quality Cinema" like poorly photoshopped heads.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on March 21, 2006, 12:36:21 AM
the new Congo looks like a comedy about the search for a giant gorilla gummy head that morphs depending on whether someone's head is in front of it.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: McfLy on March 22, 2006, 11:06:42 PM
Quote
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Looks like a comedy or some Disney flick. Easily one of the worst DVD cover's I've seen in awhile.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 23, 2006, 07:16:27 PM
Old
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fciu%2Fa8%2F48%2Fc136224128a08c4e19ea9010.L.jpg&hash=2d618a9634b3f6777ac7d66b5b3ecbb703effadb)

New
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB00003CX9S.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V57227902_.jpg&hash=cc4cab4fe21c9ff6a7153a173f39d48d7c33cfee)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Sunrise on March 24, 2006, 09:33:35 AM
I like the original...seems more mysterious. The new picture is just too clear and Hopkins doesn't need to be foregrounded. It's not about him.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on March 24, 2006, 11:20:51 AM
Quote from: Sunrise on March 24, 2006, 09:33:35 AMThe new picture is just too clear and Hopkins doesn't need to be foregrounded. It's not about him.

Not only that... The film isn't in COLOR!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: McfLy on March 25, 2006, 10:48:22 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB000CEV3KU.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=1e03796474287db9e8c5f39f41452578998c4c82)

Wow...graphic design, there's such a thing. Honest.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 26, 2006, 01:38:02 AM
http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=1693.msg210879#msg210879
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: McfLy on March 26, 2006, 12:04:01 PM
Looks like its already made it's rounds. My bad. Perhaps it was meant to be posted a second time, this is truly one of the worst DVD covers I've ever laid my eyes on.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Thrindle on March 27, 2006, 10:56:25 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvdlx.com%2FCapas%2F3520040465.jpg&hash=299a7c40d524fffa323e07793e6d15afbaf80e0a)
I was in the Blockbuster with my friends one time, and for some reason we laughed at this cover for about 15 minutes.  You know those late-night-over-caffeinated-sugar-high-movie-benders?  This was one of them.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 27, 2006, 11:53:20 PM
MGM has produced some of the shittiest covers from a major studio.  I think Sony-MGM will continue this tradition, if the new 13 Going on 30 and Gattaca covers are to be believed.

What the hell is that supposed to be?  Has Nic Cage torn through some tarp?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: hedwig on March 28, 2006, 12:15:59 AM
has Nic Cage torn through some tarp while wearing mascara?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on March 28, 2006, 07:35:40 AM
watch the movie to find out!

seriously, i have this movie.  its HILARIOUSLY cage-a-riffic!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on May 17, 2006, 09:25:28 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aintitcool.com%2Fimages2006%2FStarWarsDVD.jpg&hash=0c5c894ffae0820dfe9693e971d1275cd5205627)
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aintitcool.com%2Fimages2006%2FEmpireDVD.jpg&hash=f80131152b3787f10cb9344ea88e570970c82ff5)
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aintitcool.com%2Fimages2006%2FJediDVD.jpg&hash=5c546cc6bd4c0858b10973fb217482cb6c0969e7)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on May 17, 2006, 11:29:34 PM
looks like han solo is having a seizure in the jedi cover.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on May 18, 2006, 12:16:43 AM
They're not that different than the posters:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedigitalbits.com%2Farticles%2Fmiscgfx2%2Fsw4poster.jpg&hash=bf5e7c8a64e194f39dfaec161f9e79bbba6f939d)(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedigitalbits.com%2Farticles%2Fmiscgfx2%2Fsw5poster.jpg&hash=96b3c02542b3d6b9fe19fbe9c752ed389f54b423)(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedigitalbits.com%2Farticles%2Fmiscgfx2%2Fsw6poster.jpg&hash=398a67b39f031bfae2487b6bf19d950d8fdeaa62)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Fjodor on May 18, 2006, 09:28:08 AM
About the new covers: it looks like the only thing Han Solo can do is pointing a gun and look real nasty. And princess Leia on the third seems more as a promotion for Flesh Gordon or something. :ponder:
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: grand theft sparrow on May 18, 2006, 09:41:14 AM
Now that Lucas has taken the original trilogy away from the Black Marketeers, they can stay alive by mocking up DVD covers with the original artwork.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 29, 2006, 12:50:39 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvdbeaver.com%2Ffilm%2FDVDReview%2Fdogville%2FFrontcover.jpg&hash=38de3672d37c261f406ecbc9f452604bac8ee515)

This has pretty much everything to make a DVD cover look like crap.  Giant head, grid of thumbnails, critics' quotes...all it needs is a Lars von Trier peekaboo.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on May 29, 2006, 01:39:48 PM
even though what you say is factually correct, i like that cover. it reminds me of pokemon but with people. and the information doesn't hide anything.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: pete on May 29, 2006, 02:34:36 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin on May 18, 2006, 12:16:43 AM
They're not that different than the posters:

yeah they are.  the posters had nothing but cool poses.  the dvd boxes have floating heads and bad poses.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on May 29, 2006, 05:44:44 PM
The Dogville art looks like an advertisement for a really depressing version of the board game Guess Who.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: pete on May 29, 2006, 07:42:56 PM
 :bravo:
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on September 13, 2006, 07:05:22 PM
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/supergirl2.html
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: A Matter Of Chance on October 03, 2006, 07:50:19 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec3.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB000CCW2SY.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1137701264_.jpg&hash=fdd0e126673d258281af01d009b7546474183957)

that cover is fucking awful, it looks like a video game of shit
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on October 03, 2006, 08:29:58 PM
See, there's a shadow on Joseph Cotten's face, and Teresa Wright is in doubt as to who he is.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on October 03, 2006, 09:07:45 PM
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/mozart-and-the-whale.html
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: penfold0101 on May 03, 2007, 10:43:46 AM
Look at this!!! utter shite  :yabbse-smiley:

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 03, 2007, 11:59:36 AM
That's better than the region 1 cover:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F514RZ3Y3MTL._SS500_.jpg&hash=6fb6e70ab9ebd332bb954cecd48e4686fdf050b5)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: bonanzataz on May 06, 2007, 10:15:01 AM
heeeey, that looks like haley joel osment!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Just Withnail on May 06, 2007, 10:19:38 AM
Quote from: bonanzataz on May 06, 2007, 10:15:01 AM
heeeey, that looks like haley joel osment!

yeah, and the first one has a Schwarzenegger thing going.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: grand theft sparrow on May 06, 2007, 02:52:51 PM
Quote from: penfold0101 on May 03, 2007, 10:43:46 AM
Look at this!!! utter shite  :yabbse-smiley:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F5106XGDE66L._SS500_.jpg&hash=7c31ceb01e6ac779942731b43e9a02e82a546c70)

But it's mostly the original poster art!
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagecache2.allposters.com%2Fimages%2Fpic%2FMG%2F190181%7EReal-Genius-Posters.jpg&hash=29fdcb5ba3a723cacc167f8736d4e5b71877bde3)

Though I don't understand how adding a nuclear explosion that doesn't have anything to do with the movie is supposed to make people want to buy the DVD.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 11, 2007, 12:52:28 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F512UrJCkhEL._SS500_.jpg&hash=c371dac688d58c3397329a870ba0757e40b02fd1)

The entire cover is a peekaboo!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: hedwig on May 11, 2007, 09:05:08 PM
giant fucking peekaboo
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 16, 2007, 05:38:12 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg526.imageshack.us%2Fimg526%2F7628%2Frikiohvt2.jpg&hash=6d519632d51c6b9d558b46aa0df7909c8503fa26)

Looks like they used Microsoft Word for the title.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: OrHowILearnedTo on May 16, 2007, 09:49:29 PM
Hahahaha yes! Isn't ricki-oh one of the funniest things you've ever seen?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cron on October 19, 2007, 10:18:19 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F511%252BqBtizWL._SS500_.jpg&hash=690a629ab687910fe22f2e14010e9735d718c082)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on October 20, 2007, 12:06:48 AM
That sums the show up pretty well.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on November 29, 2007, 01:03:26 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdvdmedia.ign.com%2Fdvd%2Fimage%2Farticle%2F838%2F838234%2Fthe-apartment-collectors-edition-20071127103954917-000.jpg&hash=8a4285ac6b43c884d0d7eb3d9dc943e4ee53999b)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: B.C. Long on November 29, 2007, 02:14:06 AM
I didn't know Christopher Walken was in that.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pubrick on November 29, 2007, 04:34:15 AM
or dennis quaid..
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cine on November 29, 2007, 04:39:22 AM
or shirley maclaine..
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: grand theft sparrow on November 29, 2007, 06:22:28 AM
or Alan Arkin.

I'll buy that but I'm putting the new disc in the old case.  See if I don't.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 05, 2007, 11:46:27 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg510.imageshack.us%2Fimg510%2F3726%2Fgroundaa2.jpg&hash=15e65ddc13705869fdcce56c1605a335a7d0d1e2)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: grand theft sparrow on December 05, 2007, 12:59:41 PM
The hand pointing to the clock... is that really necessary? 

At least with the original poster, Bill Murray is only seen in the clock.  We get it; he's stuck in time.  From this cover, we're made to believe that the movie is about Bill Murray playing a narcissistic clockmaker who obsessively points out to everyone that his clocks are a metaphor for his feelings about getting older.  He is both held hostage by time and running out of it too quickly.  Andie MacDowell, as we understand from her look of enticement towards his receding hairline, is clearly the only one who gets him.  They fall in love and he dies unexpectedly at the exact same time that his great grandfather's pocket watch, which has miraculously never needed to be wound in 100 years, finally stops running.

They should have just changed the title to Clockblocking while they were at it.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on December 05, 2007, 02:44:41 PM
I hate getting Clockblocked. I usually ask the prostitute up front if this is going to be a problem.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on December 05, 2007, 03:01:00 PM
looks like bill murray's right eyebrow is going awol.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on January 24, 2008, 01:21:48 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg177.imageshack.us%2Fimg177%2F7120%2Fbeewt2.jpg&hash=c8a7a224305bc5fc1d7a75a3ddc7b0eff1eda19f)

The actual design is middling, but the banner with Seinfeld's face in it makes it worse.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Gamblour. on January 24, 2008, 03:08:06 PM
Only augmented by the Gene Shalit quote.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on January 24, 2008, 03:15:51 PM
Seinfeld peek-a-boo!

Actually, that shot makes it look like he's trying out for the intro to The Brady Bunch.  Or possibly he's looking into a second career as the top middle square on Hollywood Squares.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cinemanarchist on January 25, 2008, 07:59:27 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51xabDqpTvL._SS500_.jpg&hash=e797f925d6d8887ff91e8ca58d114f71f54abaf7)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on March 02, 2008, 09:47:50 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tlavideo.com%2Fimages%2Fz%2Fcg%2F8%2F0%2F121708_lp.jpg&hash=eef5499c598787001c8db7821698f97d9aac432a)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 02, 2008, 08:22:14 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 02, 2008, 09:47:50 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tlavideo.com%2Fimages%2Fz%2Fcg%2F8%2F0%2F121708_lp.jpg&hash=eef5499c598787001c8db7821698f97d9aac432a)

Paramount redesigned some of their covers:

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From (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51BR1JPXJCL._AA240_.jpg&hash=b5e17f50b873b6c48c8598cea5f5d8c7e7d27d33) to (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F5154XFPHQYL._AA240_.jpg&hash=6d4a9b855b7a232b1a2caceb09dbf5d56704807d)

From (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg125.imageshack.us%2Fimg125%2F3040%2Fyoucancountonmeda1.jpg&hash=ce5b55d8c150097e14fb14139753f5f3a55332a6) to (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51B0QS6EXPL._AA240_.jpg&hash=d1c00536275e956fac4b1e11dc2f3efeece750a4)

Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Alexandro on March 03, 2008, 09:37:03 AM
so they actually can make them worst...
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on March 03, 2008, 02:27:09 PM
Looks like someone at Paramount just got Photoshop and decided to learn on the job.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 26, 2008, 12:34:22 AM
UK Blu-ray of Walk Hard

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F6852%2Fwalkhardxz2.jpg&hash=7018d4b2bc3ce160cc506dca9ca7b0e5dfa7448d)

From the guy who brought you redundancy and repetitiveness.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Chest Rockwell on April 12, 2008, 06:09:59 PM
"From the guy(s) who brought you 40-Year-Old Virgin/Knocked Up/Superbad" could have its own thread.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on July 05, 2008, 11:29:52 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51d3hB4WxyL._SS500_.jpg&hash=c479ffea7f9b723e643324db1b4d6544012f20aa)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on July 06, 2008, 07:59:38 AM
Hahahaha Spader's face !!! What the hell !!!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Fernando on November 07, 2008, 04:28:06 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51M1GZJ23QL._SS500_.jpg&hash=fa96bd736139ee650e6cd8574856fc16252754ee)

just horrible photoshop work, could also be at the giant fucking face thread but I thought it's not big enough, even hackman's hair looks like it doesn't belong there.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on November 29, 2008, 08:57:46 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F1428690h.jpg&hash=2f23abae741cf7baf3b71b7a8b7e2b2308025988)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: MacGuffin on November 29, 2008, 10:52:59 PM
Now with peek-a-boo Julianne:


(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51jVMVj%252B5-L._SS500_.jpg&hash=2c3c02a3cd4d9d4c6af380324bb026408d802e94)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: gob on November 30, 2008, 09:57:02 AM
'A fine exercise in dystopia' is one of the funniest cover quotes I've ever seen.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on December 13, 2008, 10:04:32 AM
Quote from: gob on November 30, 2008, 09:57:02 AM
'A fine exercise in dystopia' is one of the funniest cover quotes I've ever seen.

Honey, we could rent a movie tonight, you know, a little excercise in dystopia or something like that

my contribution :
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 26, 2008, 05:43:21 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F1444788h.jpg&hash=a5ff190a86066d40ff82565e38847e54df8debdb)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: hedwig on December 26, 2008, 06:32:38 PM
i can't decide which facial expression is the most ridiculous.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: jtm on December 27, 2008, 01:46:06 AM
woody.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: WideShot on February 07, 2009, 11:51:24 AM
OK I realize I've been posting too much about VCB recently, but I felt compelled here.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51grxZuCGoL._SS500_.jpg&hash=68102b6339011e5e4201f3e02e7585148a99ebc3)

It's essentially the same as the original poster.  After seeing this, I realized the original poster SUCKS and does nothing for the original movie's beautiful photography.

Also: can we please shoot whoever made everyone put their BluRay discs in these ugly blue cases?  Talk about uncollectable art.  It's BluRay.  We get it.  We don't need to have the branding invade our brains every time we look at the disc.

Finally, why are BOTH of the quotes on the front cover basically saying the exact same thing?  There's tons more to praise about the film, but we need a repetative "Seductive and Funny!" quote?

Oh and actually one more thing.  Cruz is up for an Oscar.  Anyone want to guess what the redesigned cover will look like?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 09, 2009, 10:27:18 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F1447769h.jpg&hash=49cd82306ede1ac157cfdf015fd098ea6767d279)

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F1447774h.jpg&hash=f89eced2856d768eb590c8327612e7645999bf6a)

Nothing says "buy this" like a giant gray box.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 10, 2009, 10:24:19 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg3.imageshack.us%2Fimg3%2F3483%2Fslumdogmillionaire2d.jpg&hash=853c2734b8d36a2ebfb1a3117ebf638a6d92edf6)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on March 11, 2009, 01:37:31 AM
the ending is so predictable it doesn't even bother.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Sleepless on March 11, 2009, 12:20:56 PM
Bad photoshop too - they're obviously not photographed together at all.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on March 11, 2009, 12:23:04 PM
Weren't the first trailers and advertising for Slumdog very dark and suspenseful? I don't remember them being all happy go lucky feel good film of the year.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Sleepless on March 12, 2009, 07:08:27 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdeepdiscount-content.vcommerce.com%2Fproducts%2F459%2F59606459%2Fmain-205.jpg&hash=12499222a6ccfe10e9ea99cadb797d556cf74c2c)
Ouch.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Gamblour. on March 17, 2009, 09:11:15 AM
Hahahah "Hard Evidence Edition"?? What does that even fucking mean?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 28, 2009, 04:04:36 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dvdempire.com%2Fgen%2Fmovies%2F1450476h.jpg&hash=60ba38e03a6086a2724a5793d1f355d521b010b0)

Apparently the groom became a white guy.

Also qualifies for the Giant Fucking Face thread.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Sleepless on March 28, 2009, 10:22:16 AM
That's the father isn't it. I actually like that cover. What else would they have done?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on March 28, 2009, 11:42:18 AM
Quote from: Sleepless on March 28, 2009, 10:22:16 AM
That's the father isn't it. I actually like that cover. What else would they have done?

whhhhaaaaa ?? Look at Anne's face, it's deformed. .. and the colors and everything about it sucks.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 28, 2009, 12:51:23 PM
Quote from: Sleepless on March 28, 2009, 10:22:16 AM
That's the father isn't it. I actually like that cover. What else would they have done?

D'oh.  I'm a moron.  Well, that's what I get for posting at 3am when I'm sleep-deprived.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on March 28, 2009, 09:32:39 PM
interesting thoughts about that (white guy): http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/racial_dodge.php
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: private witt on March 29, 2009, 06:42:50 AM
Where'd her black eye go?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on March 29, 2009, 09:35:45 AM
Quote from: modage on March 28, 2009, 09:32:39 PM
interesting thoughts about that (white guy): http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/02/racial_dodge.php

I think this article is spot-on. If you could prove intent that could be a big deal that they'd have to explain but unfortunately it's not gonna happen
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 29, 2009, 11:44:31 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avmagazine.it%2Farticoli%2F258%2Fapertura.jpg&hash=dfb972e63cf1b95f9729998d7053897d64a16e88)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on March 31, 2009, 07:45:27 AM
OMG! B&W means Blue & White.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on March 31, 2009, 09:10:29 AM
^haha
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 31, 2009, 03:50:11 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61%252B5kep2utL._SS500_.jpg&hash=8e3d2abf079ed6ff23ad1567b32d7f7d5737c477)

It could also go in the Giant Fucking Face thread.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on May 31, 2009, 06:50:43 PM
Jim Caviezel stars in pretty strange movies
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on June 10, 2009, 04:22:20 PM
photoshopped smooth giant fucking faces.
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51PcaaYPBdL._SS500_.jpg&hash=b25192fa9e5ae89ae290f2b6e008c893e6f54c9d)

aggro clive owen.
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51yr6JeRhDL._SS500_.jpg&hash=63cf7152d304fa22e17346493933a71f65badff8)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 10, 2009, 04:32:47 PM
Looks like the title of the film is "The Siege and Bruce Willis."
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: matt35mm on June 10, 2009, 08:04:17 PM
Quote from: Ravi on June 10, 2009, 04:32:47 PM
Looks like the title of the film is "The Siege and Bruce Willis."

I actually L O fucking L'd.  It's funny because it's true.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: hedwig on June 10, 2009, 08:06:56 PM
Quote from: matt35mm on June 10, 2009, 08:04:17 PM
Quote from: Ravi on June 10, 2009, 04:32:47 PM
Looks like the title of the film is "The Siege and Bruce Willis."

I actually L O fucking L'd.  It's funny because it's true.

that's a hilarious dvd cover to describe to somebody over the phone.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on August 13, 2009, 11:24:53 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent9.flixster.com%2Fphoto%2F11%2F34%2F37%2F11343723_gal.jpg&hash=c74f0d11d22217b4e455b83a0f272b2a0d1ba050)

What is with that awful banner?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: hedwig on August 14, 2009, 02:15:37 AM
it's part of a thing

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.movieweb.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Flovethe80s2.jpg&hash=c0561501dd949eb38fe85a62cd8b43bdb62202dd)

i've seen it done with other eras too.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on August 14, 2009, 02:25:28 AM
is that shit actually burned onto the dvd or is it just a slipcase?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on August 29, 2009, 03:59:44 AM
this is the highest resolution i could find and the dvd cover looks exactly the same..

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldflix.biz%2Fprojects_files%2Fmfb.jpg&hash=8b543c28354d1d776dd1488eae03ed52c3c2ac86)

i'm pretty sure he's going to murder someone. if not physically then by sheer staring.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: SiliasRuby on August 29, 2009, 04:05:30 AM
pisses me off that they copied the poster of 'my date with drew'
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on February 14, 2010, 07:09:57 PM
Giant fucking face:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51uRGD7j7sL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=ae0a482c393914552fd8a0e82f07fccef4ba5c57)
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61tKxSkF89L._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=4d45c18a66683a5b9b99e720f7f8039ea837ad59)

A box in a box in a box:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51kbiNT5GTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=8d373bee0f260fe976eac4f562e12bd6cdd7c3ad)

Your poster was awesome, why did you do this:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F513cWMi2cEL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=4c6b89fde68887f4d16dc1f8970143f2527e575e)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: picolas on February 14, 2010, 07:22:52 PM
Quote from: modage on February 14, 2010, 07:09:57 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51uRGD7j7sL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=ae0a482c393914552fd8a0e82f07fccef4ba5c57)

wow. it's like they're airbrushing cruise to the point where people won't recognize him, forget he was in the movie, and buy it for the cool glove/ring.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Derek on February 14, 2010, 07:24:36 PM
That Minority Report art is BRUTAL. Why not stick with the poster?

I think the marketing people think that people have forgotten about movies when they have to re-release them on dvd or blu-ray and think the only way to sell it is with the star's face. Especially brutal for a Spielberg movie.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pas on February 14, 2010, 08:49:28 PM
Quote from: picolas on February 14, 2010, 07:22:52 PM
Quote from: modage on February 14, 2010, 07:09:57 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51uRGD7j7sL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&hash=ae0a482c393914552fd8a0e82f07fccef4ba5c57)

wow. it's like they're airbrushing cruise to the point where people won't recognize him, forget he was in the movie, and buy it for the cool glove/ring.

definitely the worst of this thread, fuckin hell it's ugly
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on February 15, 2010, 01:26:32 AM
God, that's hideous.  If you're going to put a giant fucking face on a cover, at least make it look appealing instead of inspiring screams of "OMG GIANT GLOWING TOM CRUISE HEAD IS ATTACKING!"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on February 15, 2010, 01:30:08 AM
Spielberg don't give a fuck.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: RegularKarate on February 15, 2010, 11:51:38 AM
I don't know why all the hate for that blu-ray dvd cover!

I LOVE Arnold Schwarzenegger so I'm gonna buy that movie!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on February 17, 2010, 03:34:37 PM
You know you ruined the DVD cover when the size of the face of the star is crunching the available space for the title of the film.

I mean, there's been some giant fucking face before, but this is like he's squeezing the text in an attempt to fit more face on it.  In fact, he still looks agitated that the font is touching his cheek a little.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on March 28, 2010, 01:52:02 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.axelmusic.com%2Fresources%2Fcovers%2F0%2F097361423845.jpg&hash=1a55e7d18b64ff564e4380dd60e2082d7a73949d)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Sleepless on March 28, 2010, 08:13:27 AM
They forgot to put the full title - Collateral 5: Mission In Miami
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on March 28, 2010, 01:45:46 PM
Haha, that's exactly what I thought. It looks like it's set in Miami. Maybe some wise ass used some background shots from Miami Vice.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on July 13, 2010, 01:58:08 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51fsLfSQ4SL._SL500_AA300_.jpg&hash=12b730a3fa45d6d9e09a4cfde8ff7288d87fc9d1)

What is this, a board game?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on July 13, 2010, 03:20:22 PM
"I HATE THAT COVER." - Stefen, www.xixax.com
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: modage on July 23, 2010, 08:45:50 AM
This theatrical poster should be ashamed of itself.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_SqVSmWD-5_Y%2FTElJSLF71FI%2FAAAAAAAABXQ%2F1wifZj67LYE%2Fs1600%2Ffunny-story-poster.jpg&hash=956ffc4fe357b9a7ad36a3c9e7f34a9f290b91cf)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: cronopio 2 on July 23, 2010, 09:20:19 AM
that's like a VHS cover of a 1995 movie. it's kind of nostalgic, in a way, of an age when people were less demanding about good graphic design and were okay with three human beings posing as robots in their movie posters. i can already see that font jittering with acid colors in the title cards.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Stefen on July 23, 2010, 01:54:08 PM
Quote from: cronopio 2 on July 23, 2010, 09:20:19 AM
that's like a VHS cover of a 1995 movie. it's kind of nostalgic, in a way, of an age when people were less demanding about good graphic design and were okay with three human beings posing as robots in their movie posters. i can already see that font jittering with acid colors in the title cards.

haha, my exact thoughts.  :yabbse-thumbup:

it's like one of those vhs you would see at the dollar store while your babysitter is shopping for an ashtray.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 06, 2010, 07:49:06 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg203.imageshack.us%2Fimg203%2F9689%2Fanimalkingdomartpic1.jpg&hash=d7106c7cba18c377bf129d97d9ee722e34e5886d)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Reel on December 06, 2010, 08:01:22 PM
gosh is that crowded. WTF am I supposed to look at?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on December 07, 2010, 01:39:23 PM
I can only hope whoever made that cover was commissioned on a volunteer basis and wasn't paid for it.

That still doesn't forgive the issue of it being what is actually being used for the cover.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Reel on December 07, 2010, 02:15:42 PM
I just never want to see that movie now, and it could be really good!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on January 20, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
Old awesome Ten Commandments DVD cover:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51CW3ZCTDCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg&hash=afe69edd04d00a6d8f6fbd95a34cf4a0976f5eb1)

New pukeworthy Ten Commandments Blu-Ray cover:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg203.imageshack.us%2Fimg203%2F6523%2Fthetencommandmentsart2.jpg&hash=6681728f74febf4d9deb7545f144ae3d4471adf6)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on February 03, 2011, 03:38:16 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abitofhome.ca%2FMerchant2%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2F10092404.jpg&hash=597b17c7fa43e2159d9ac89fbf33dfbafef67215)

They should call this film "What Happened to Our Faces?"
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Just Withnail on February 03, 2011, 03:47:33 PM
Quote from: Ravi on January 20, 2011, 09:17:39 PM
New pukeworthy Ten Commandments Blu-Ray cover:
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcphee.com%2Fshop%2Fproduct_images%2Fb%2F959%2F11089__25334_zoom.jpg&hash=21f5129d49ffc71a7c6aa2bf1a853987512923bd)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 20, 2011, 01:23:06 AM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F5135SFW9XTL.jpg&hash=e2da174a1d16cee7c17574f16a7e3aa553eac89b) (https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51FAGGHB3GL.jpg&hash=e5e02219cf05c06c4164a9578c8970882a966202)

They just rearranged the photos for the season 2 cover!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: matt35mm on May 20, 2011, 01:32:17 AM
That's Juanita from Billy Madison! I LOVE HER.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: 72teeth on May 20, 2011, 02:46:58 PM
she is a fine piece of work... She's a fine piece of ass though too!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: theyarelegion on July 06, 2011, 06:24:32 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eeriedigest.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F10%2FBrando-1.jpg&hash=b4f34e1f169a00ff408f253d8bf3447558b3dda3)

what can you say when you come up against this dvd cover while looking for movies to buy download
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: squints on September 02, 2011, 03:27:30 PM
didn't know exactly where to put this:

"These movie posters were all created by artists in Ghana to promote traveling movie shows and sell tickets to bootleg screenings of various western and local movies. These posters range from quirky recreations of the original movies to WTF inducing paintings with imagery completely unrelated to the original content."

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-IATbMT_QRGE%2FTeRXr9P6bOI%2FAAAAAAAAB3o%2FYG0pDIoenug%2Fs640%2FCujo.jpg&hash=184aa6051062ead932d0f3c4a0d83751a645207a)

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-2Q_v-rUspZA%2FTeRX1aiscpI%2FAAAAAAAAB48%2F8Ho3T1ZtJjM%2Fs640%2FHulk%2BHogan%2BSuburban%2BCommando.jpg&hash=de994af867f0846ddd31229411f907b9836f4c78)

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-2eLU-VD73lg%2FTeRX3olMtGI%2FAAAAAAAAB5Q%2FDj1rvy1khhM%2Fs1600%2FMission%2BIMpossible.JPG&hash=fa8b326941f84b562873678dd0f094a94dfbe7a0)

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-IXtBegNd-dA%2FTeRX-kVkdwI%2FAAAAAAAAB6Q%2FByYep9uKGgE%2Fs640%2FThe%2BFierce%2BGhost%2BEats%2BHUman%2BRegion.jpg&hash=664f78c146d882a46e6142c4a064196f673cb800)

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-ucos6XZOHEs%2FTeRYCU4kIdI%2FAAAAAAAAB6w%2FvPQLlcTQma4%2Fs640%2FThe%2BSpy%2BWho%2BLoved%2BMe%2B007.jpg&hash=0b81058d8e6e0b0feff8d54679ea8a41ee3542d9)


http://www.awesome-robo.com/2011/05/70-bootleg-movie-posters.html (http://www.awesome-robo.com/2011/05/70-bootleg-movie-posters.html) - Like 80 more of them.

I imagine this is what Bruce Lee (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=6619.0) has been doing with his time since crazy-eyed Elvis. (where have the pictures gone! NO!!)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on September 22, 2011, 03:02:03 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fr0o9is.jpg&hash=6155d0834036e089195703ff856f9813200a4bc7)

I guess that's supposed to be Kodak red and yellow, but its still ugly.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: matt35mm on September 22, 2011, 04:50:40 PM
Well I'm glad that Sharon Knolle of AOL Moviefone loved it so much. Also, yes, that's ugly as fuck.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Reel on September 24, 2011, 01:39:31 PM
GIANT FUCKING TEXT!

Quote from: Ravi on September 22, 2011, 03:02:03 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fr0o9is.jpg&hash=6155d0834036e089195703ff856f9813200a4bc7)

Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on September 24, 2011, 04:19:47 PM
Quote from: Ravi on September 22, 2011, 03:02:03 PM
I guess that's supposed to be Kodak red and yellow, but its still ugly.

If it was textured or distressed or something, not just these crisp blocks of primary color, and they lost the cop-out photo down below, it would be a great cover.  But it's not, and they didn't, so it isn't.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on November 23, 2011, 12:49:45 AM
Tiny Furniture, giant fucking face (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=1180.0).
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: pete on December 15, 2011, 02:29:37 PM
no link to poster?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on December 15, 2011, 02:46:15 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcriterion-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Frelease_images%2F3668%2F597_BD_box_348x490.jpg&hash=04aa4d499bf0842b227e55857c456bd48ce06670)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: 72teeth on December 15, 2011, 07:28:38 PM
this has to be the 200th Tiny Furniture dvd post...
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on December 15, 2011, 08:53:11 PM
http://tinyurl.com/7asqnjv
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on December 15, 2011, 09:00:06 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hd-report.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2Fthe-frighteners-blu-ray.jpg&hash=d827a609a5f019f0b7985ed4afb6ffd5aa2f7988)
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on December 15, 2011, 09:33:25 PM
Michael J. Fox's image is blurry for some reason.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Just Withnail on December 16, 2011, 06:47:57 AM
Damn Parkinson's, impossible to keep focus.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on December 16, 2011, 10:48:01 AM
I was trying to be tasteful.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: 72teeth on December 16, 2011, 10:50:07 AM
2 versions? is one of them the version where Busey jr. play the comedy mask?
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: theyarelegion on December 16, 2011, 11:02:56 AM
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: IchLiebeTisch on February 22, 2012, 04:39:39 AM
Not the WORST but considering all the posters for it were amazing, this doesn't live up at all.

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on March 10, 2012, 12:39:16 AM
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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on March 10, 2012, 12:44:11 AM
Quote from: Ravi on March 10, 2012, 12:39:16 AM
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Haha, I love the bottom left and bottom right images. They ran out of cast members.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on March 10, 2012, 01:07:40 AM
"New Years Eve", starring Aston Kutcher, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert DeNiro, two glasses of champagne, and a stock photo of an embracing couple!
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: mogwai on March 10, 2012, 04:07:47 AM
Wtf is Eddie Vedder doing in that movie?

...Oops that's Ashton Kutcher.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on May 30, 2012, 02:16:12 AM
What is this shit?

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Pwaybloe on May 30, 2012, 08:47:34 PM
That is f'n awesome. 
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on May 31, 2012, 08:32:30 AM
I didn't know the Hallmark Channel made Days of Heaven.
Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on June 25, 2012, 02:30:31 PM
If it wasn't for the numbers at the bottom of the covers I would have no idea what order these go in.

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Ravi on February 10, 2013, 09:42:33 PM
An Indian DVD of Metropolis...

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Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on January 04, 2019, 06:12:18 PM
Going to slip this poster in here...

Title: Re: WORST COVER ART
Post by: polkablues on January 04, 2019, 07:05:38 PM
Laurel & Ricci