Worst DVD covers... ever!

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jorencain · #151 Post by **jorencain** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:49 pm

OK, this isn't necessarily the worst cover in the world (although, it's certainly not the best). I just like it because it translates the title for us non-Spanish speakers. #-o

godardslave · #152 Post by **godardslave** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:01 pm

duly cross-referenced from the sturges thread.
what a nightmare.

tryavna · #153 Post by **tryavna** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:56 pm

godardslave wrote:

duly cross-referenced from the sturges thread.
what a nightmare.

That is truly terrible. Giant heads run amok!

mbalson · #154 Post by **mbalson** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:07 am

Yeah, that's Paramount bread and butter now. Almost all of their current covers are disgusting. At least in the past there was the possiblilty of an original poster being used, now it's just cut and paste with terrible Photoshop bevelled text.
I get Paramount promos at work all the time and I am almost never urged to watch an unknown film by the cover. If anything it's the opposite. I frequently miss out on good Paramount films because the covers don't represent the film in anyway.

#155 Post by **zedz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:26 am

I'd just like to comment on the idiocy of the "Full Screen Collection" banner. Does Paramount really market its films this way?

Never mind the quality, feel the (lack of) width.

jmj713 · #156 Post by **jmj713** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:52 pm

zedz, in defence of Paramount, I'm assuming the title in question is 1.33:1 OAR.

jorencain · #157 Post by **jorencain** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:02 pm

jmj713 wrote:zedz, in defence of Paramount, I'm assuming the title in question is 1.33:1 OAR.

Well, sure, but that's quite a strange banner to have across the cover of their new releases. Do they also say "Widescreen Collection" for other films? Kind of a goofy marketing technique.

oldsheperd · #158 Post by **oldsheperd** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:22 pm

Actually they do say Widescreen collection on the other releases, but I think that is usually to help the customer when they release both widescreen and p&s. It is kind of stupid to put fullscreen on Miracle since widescreen aspect ratios didn't come out til 1955.

4LOM · #159 Post by **4LOM** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:18 am

The German "The General" cover:

tryavna · #160 Post by **tryavna** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:32 pm

4LOM wrote:The German "The General" cover:

And the sad truth is that this cover is better than just about any of Keaton's R1 releases. Poor Buster!

#161 Post by **Matt** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:37 pm

peerpee · #162 Post by **peerpee** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:24 pm

"Mericiless" and "Depraviity" are *great* cover typos!

King of Kong · #163 Post by **King of Kong** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:26 pm

peerpee wrote:"Mericiless" and "Depraviity" are *great* cover typos!

"Digitally remastered from the finest elements"

Engrish?

dx23 · #164 Post by **dx23** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:36 pm

"Consistently responsible for some of the best-looking DVD editions."

But not responsible enough for the quality of the DVD covers.

Donald Brown · #165 Post by **Donald Brown** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:01 am

Forget the graphic layout and typos; any cover that has six exclamation points on it is automatically crap.

Steven H · #166 Post by **Steven H** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:34 am

I like the "NOW PLAYING"s awkwardly typed over the marquee on the Roan logo. That's the stuff dreams are made of.

Cinephrenic · #167 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:50 pm

Did anyone ever realize how ugly and dull this cover is, expecially the font with that pink shadow.

godardslave · #168 Post by **godardslave** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:01 am

mine doesn't have that pink shadow [thankfully], cinephrenic you been playing with photoshop again?

mbalson · #169 Post by **mbalson** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:08 am

I've never seen that cover with a pink drop shadow whether it be in-person or online.

Napoleon · #170 Post by **Napoleon** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:16 pm

Jeff grimaced as he realised he was in photo shop hell.

dekadetia · #171 Post by **dekadetia** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:52 am

The folks at 88MPH Studios and DVDAnswers have been all over this one already, but in summary:
1. Slimy color scheme looks inspired by box of ecto-cooler.
2. Lack of cover credit for Ernie Hudson.
3. "Gift Set."
4. One of the most recognizable insignia of the 1980s gets shitty, photoshoppy augmentation and is inexplicably tilted five degrees to the right.
5. It's "II", like the fingers and the poster say (the movie itself has no title card). Not "2". And it's not "Ghostbusters 1", for that matter.

EDIT: I want to make it clear, the image linked in this post and displayed in the post below was not something that I did, but was done by Sebastien Clavet from 88MPH, the imprint that produces the Ghostbusters comic book series. As they appear to be the only professional outfit who give a shit about this franchise anymore, and specialize in graphic artwork, it's rather ridiculous that Columbia didn't bother to solicit any input from them on this.

godardslave · #172 Post by **godardslave** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:10 am

thanks, dekadetia.

it somehow good to know there is someone who cares this much about bad dvd covers. Im serious, no sarcasm.

Penny Dreadful · #173 Post by **Penny Dreadful** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:22 am

A dog leers at a woman's ass, apparently after groping it with his paw. The woman's denim top clashes with her slightly-different colored denim shorts, yet dogs from the Village of Photoshop Dissolve and faces in floating squares grin approvingly. As Videohound would say, "WOOF!"

I'm a clerk at a video rental place. This title has been sitting on the used DVD sale rack since I started working there...a full year ago.

Billy Liar · #174 Post by **Billy Liar** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:15 pm

dx23 · #175 Post by **dx23** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:23 pm

Although this aren't actually DVD covers, I think some of you will apreciate this awful LP/CD covers. Here is the link:

http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/html/C ... overs.html

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