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#176 Post by Nihonophile »

dx23 wrote: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
It's tough to say which is my favorite but I love how disconcerting it is to see a naked, sweaty Herbie Mann clasping a flute on the Push Push cover.
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#177 Post by jorencain »

Nihonophile wrote:
dx23 wrote: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
It's tough to say which is my favorite but I love how disconcerting it is to see a naked, sweaty Herbie Mann clasping a flute on the Push Push cover.
All I could think of was the line "Push push in the bush" from Adaptation (when Nicholas Cage's twin is talking about him and his girlfriend)
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#178 Post by Jem »

Two thumbs up?

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#179 Post by reaky »

dx23 wrote: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
Christian Crusaders does it for me. Just think how Kingdom Of Heaven would have been improved with these guys instead of Orlando Bloom.
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#180 Post by Anthony »

Jem wrote:Two thumbs up?
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Yeah, up their asses.
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#181 Post by Theodore R. Stockton »

Despite the semi-naked oiled up cover Herbie Mann's Push Push is actually a good record with some great slide by Duane Allman. That said it is most probably the most unfortunate cover in jazz history.
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#182 Post by Narshty »

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#183 Post by Kirkinson »

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#184 Post by godardslave »

thats not even christopher reeves! WTF!?!? #-o
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#185 Post by Alonzo the Armless »

I find it amusing that they just phonetically spell Superman in Russian rather than translate the words "super" and "man."
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#186 Post by bunuelian »

Yeah that superman cover is hideous. They probably don't have the original soundtrack on there, either.

To hazard a guess, I'm betting translating "superman" would come too close to the Nazi misappropriation of Nietzche for Russian tastes. That, or maybe it was cool to have names transliterated when the film was released there.

Or maybe it isn't the Superman we're all thinking it is, and it's instead a remake with a properly proletarian Superman saving the workers from evil capitalists?
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#187 Post by godardslave »

bunuelian wrote: Or maybe it isn't the Superman we're all thinking it is, and it's instead a remake with a properly proletarian Superman saving the workers from evil capitalists?
now, thats my kind of superhero. =D>
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#188 Post by Penny Dreadful »

To hazard a guess, I'm betting translating "superman" would come too close to the Nazi misappropriation of Nietzche for Russian tastes. That, or maybe it was cool to have names transliterated when the film was released there.


Not to spoil your theory, be a stickler, and go totally off-topic all at the same time, but many English words go untranslated in Russia, especially those related to pop culture. They sound snappier and "the kids" prefer them to whatever the insanely long Russian variants would be.

Businessman = biznesman
Super = super
Chicken McNuggets = Chiken Maknaggetz

etc.
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#189 Post by Christian »

If a store placed this in the PS2 section, no one would notice.

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And the film is far worse than the cover!
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#190 Post by The Invunche »

Worst. Acronym. Ever.
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#191 Post by King of Kong »

The Invunche wrote:Worst. Acronym. Ever.
Yup.

Here's another goodie/baddie:

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There's something "Little Shop of Horrors" about this one.

More:

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#192 Post by Rufus T. Firefly »

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Looks even worse in the flesh.
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#193 Post by Napoleon »

Are the couple in the foreground startled from looking at a mirror (currently out of frame) thats reflecting the knifeman in the background? And if they are why is said mirror outside of the house (seen in the background)?

Hella confusing that cover. Given me a headache.
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#194 Post by justinbaker2 »

N. Wilson wrote:Are the couple in the foreground startled from looking at a mirror (currently out of frame) thats reflecting the knifeman in the background? And if they are why is said mirror outside of the house (seen in the background)?

Hella confusing that cover. Given me a headache.
I think they're shocked that their skin and hair suddenly lost all its texture for no apparent reason.

That or they're wondering why that guy who replaced Bela Lugosi in "Plan 9" by covering his face all the time is stalking them.
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#195 Post by toiletduck! »

"Serial Insane Clown Killer"
so is the clown on the cover the victim?
Yes, and we should all be very grateful for the nice man disposing of this clown insanity, whoever he may be, though my guess is Jesus Christ on his off time from hunting vampires...

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-Toilet Dcuk
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#196 Post by jorencain »

"The Power Of Christ Impales You!!!" #-o
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#197 Post by justinbaker2 »

jorencain wrote:"The Power Of Christ Impales You!!!" #-o
That is now my favorite tagline.
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#198 Post by justeleblanc »

I dont know if this couhnts as worst cover... it's really the best thing about the movie.
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#199 Post by Faux Hulot »

King of Kong wrote:There's something "Little Shop of Horrors" about this one.
Yeah -- Little Photoshop of Horrors.

...nyuk nyuk...
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#200 Post by King of Kong »

Faux Hulot wrote: Yeah -- Little Photoshop of Horrors.
Priceless. =D>
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