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

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#2401 Post by domino harvey »

The Narrator Returns wrote:This may not even be the worst of them, either.

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I don't know if you've seen it, but it's actually not a self-serious movie about deafness. Lots of humor and conflicting emotions and plenty of 80s-era young people, so the banner isn't quite as silly for it as you might think
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#2402 Post by Movie-Brat »

domino harvey wrote:If you've never owned one of these editions, they came with CDs. What music best accompanies a rape?
Oh, I thought the title was familiar. Oh my god. :shock:

No, why would they do that?
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#2403 Post by CSM126 »

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Is...

Is that comic sans?
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#2405 Post by Movie-Brat »

Forgive if this was brought up but just in case.

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Yeah, if you were annoyed by the constant comparisons between The Hunger Games and Battle Royale, this adds fuel to the fire.
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#2406 Post by rspaight »

Ick. Is that Arrow putting that out?

Hunger Games reminded me more of Stephen King's "The Long Walk."
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#2407 Post by scubadonc »

rspaight wrote:Hunger Games reminded me more of Stephen King's "The Long Walk."
I would've enjoyed The Hunger Games more if it had sections involving the logistics of pooping during the games.
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#2408 Post by Movie-Brat »

rspaight wrote:Ick. Is that Arrow putting that out?
I think it's Viz Media's doing, they release stuff there in the UK as well to my knowledge at least.
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#2409 Post by Bürgermeister »

Movie-Brat wrote:
rspaight wrote:Ick. Is that Arrow putting that out?
I think it's Viz Media's doing, they release stuff there in the UK as well to my knowledge at least.
Nope, it's an Arrow release.

I think it brings Arrow's total of releasing it to 8.
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#2410 Post by Gregory »

I can really imagine the masses who liked The Hunger Games saying, "Oh, I love THG, so I should buy more movies about children fighting each other to the death. It's a can't-miss premise!"

Use of Bank Gothic font just like THG seals the deal.
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#2412 Post by Movie-Brat »

Bland and boring is how I describe that cover. Julia Roberts looks kind of like a Sandra Bullock clone for some reason though.
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#2413 Post by colinr0380 »

That looks like a lovely genteel dinner party where everyone seems so understanding of each other! I can't wait to watch this for a relaxing evening in front of a quiet, low-key movie!
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#2414 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

Terrible movie, but awesome cover actually.

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#2415 Post by CSM126 »

Judging from the RCA/Columbia credit on the back, I'm guessing that's a photoshop based off the VHS release. I think the rights to that film are solely held by WWE at this point (and if they haven't released it on blu ray yet, they should!).
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#2416 Post by bamwc2 »

Holy cow! I probably saw that I dozen times as a ten year old, but I had completely forgotten about Kurt Fuller and Joan Severance being in it. That double billing should make it worth the price of admittance alone. Looking back on it now, the only material that distinctly stand out is the *sigh* "dookie" scene and the final bodyslam at the end. However, the cover also reminds me that the younger brother spends some time in a traction neck brace presumably due to a beatdown at the hands of Zeus!
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#2417 Post by Gregory »

So was Hulk convincing in a role described as "strong but sensitive"?
Brell sics his thugs on on Rip's beautiful girlfriend
Don't any of these companies pay the pittance needed for a proofreader?
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#2418 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

CSM126 wrote:Judging from the RCA/Columbia credit on the back, I'm guessing that's a photoshop based off the VHS release. I think the rights to that film are solely held by WWE at this point (and if they haven't released it on blu ray yet, they should!).
And they are!
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#2419 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

The funny thing about the new artwork is that up close you can clearly see they did some Photoshop, giving Hulk quite a bit more hair.
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#2420 Post by tenia »

CSM126 wrote:Judging from the RCA/Columbia credit on the back, I'm guessing that's a photoshop based off the VHS release. I think the rights to that film are solely held by WWE at this point (and if they haven't released it on blu ray yet, they should!).
Even easier to spot this as a custom cover : there is no barcode on the back cover (and also no specs about video resolution or whatever, but I've seen covers without them so why not).
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#2421 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

"The RussellMania Edition" is kind of a dead give-away too.
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#2422 Post by cdnchris »

I saw it at Best Buy over the weekend, despite the release date being tomorrow. $7.99. You know you want to get it, even if the cover isn't anywhere near as good as that fake one.
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#2423 Post by matrixschmatrix »

If anyone's curious, How Did This Get Made? just released an episode about it (and made it sound delightfully bonkers)
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#2424 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

cdnchris wrote:I saw it at Best Buy over the weekend, despite the release date being tomorrow. $7.99. You know you want to get it, even if the cover isn't anywhere near as good as that fake one.
The addition of the two matches which weren't on the previous DVD guarantees that my brother will likely double-dip this.
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#2425 Post by Lemmy Caution »

A collection of short films by De Sica and Gianni Franciolini:
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Quite a monstrosity.
This is from 1953, so prime De Sica.
I just watched The Gold of Naples which is a similar De Sica project of 6 short films taking place in one general area, from the following year. And Gold of Naples is quite good, with Toto in a fun part with his role as head of the house usurped; while Sophia Loren gives a sexy performance as a food seller who has lost her ring; and De Sica plays a down-and-out count who gets bested at cards by a little kid who'd rather be outside with his friends. The count has no money to play with his peers ...
Good stuff, with an oddball cover ... is that Toto popping out of a volcano(?)
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I'd be up for an eclipse set of 50's/early 60's De Sica: The Gold of Naples (1954); The Roof (1956); Two Women (1960) and The Last Judgment (1961). With either all of It Happened in the Park or just the De Sica directed shorts added to the Naples disc.
Two Women is a great film, and the others are all little-seen, but the De Sica name and a wacky E could rectify that ....
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