Worst DVD covers... ever!

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HerrSchreck · #526 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:09 am

Wow. That's pretty embarassing. My hair's blushing too just looking at that.

manicsounds · #527 Post by **manicsounds** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:24 am

During Mifune's punk phase.

From Red Beard to Red Hair (literal translation of the title)

HerrSchreck · #528 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:39 am

Planet of the Apes feet. I thought he looked close to the Orangutangs..

Dylan · #529 Post by **Dylan** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:56 am

Nothing to do with the cover, but is "I Am You" really the best German equivalent they could come up with for "Vice Versa"?

I got a good laugh out of the equivilant myself. I'm not even sure why they had to change it from "Vice Versa," isn't there a way to explain that expression auf Deutsch?

And Fred Savage does look like a young Elvis there.

Actually, that would be a great idea for another thread: asinine film title translations.

The French title of "Nightmare Before Christmas" is "The Strange Christmas of Mr. Jack."

Lino · #530 Post by **Lino** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:40 am

Dylan wrote:
Actually, that would be a great idea for another thread: asinine film title translations.
The French title of "Nightmare Before Christmas" is "The Strange Christmas of Mr. Jack."

And the portuguese title is "The Strange World of Jack". And that thread would be a great idea. Portugal seems to have a sick pleasure in translating film titles, so yeah, I would be happy to contribute!

#531 Post by **Matt** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:24 pm

Oh, if only anyone knew how to start a new thread!

and because I have to use it sometime: Susan! Susan! I'm simply in a rage!

Lino · #532 Post by **Lino** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:23 pm

http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/vie ... php?t=4566

King of Kong · #533 Post by **King of Kong** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:41 pm

Saw it on DVDBeaver:

I've never liked Joan Crawford, but yeesh...

HerrSchreck · #534 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:08 pm

He's going to slide down the bannister & plop right into the palm of her hand whereby she'll bring her hand down to her, uh... table.

Ashirg · #535 Post by **Ashirg** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:09 pm

The cover is the least of the problems with that disc....

King of Kong · #536 Post by **King of Kong** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:18 pm

I dunno, this one kinda creeps me out.

Nihonophile · #537 Post by **Nihonophile** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:41 am

what is creepier is how bad that film truly is, I say the outside fits the inside of that package.

King of Kong · #538 Post by **King of Kong** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:09 am

More from the Beaver:

Come to think of it, all the Columbo boxes have crappy covers...

Which kid did this cut 'n' paste job?

King of Kong · #539 Post by **King of Kong** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:29 am

Another monstrosity:

richast2 · #540 Post by **richast2** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:27 pm

King of Kong wrote:Another monstrosity

I couldn't agree more...oh wait, you're talking about the cover and not the film itself, aren't you?

I loved Epidemic and thought the cover was suitably disturbing.

The Invunche · #541 Post by **The Invunche** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:27 am

Lemmy Caution · #542 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:18 pm

There's aDvd floating around here of a recent Russian film entitled Garpastum. The name refers to some ancient Roman ball game, a sort of precursor to modern football. The film itself set on the eve of WWI, and involves 4 friends in love with football.

The cover at issue is a tight close up of a brown leather WWI-era football. But really it just look like a smudge of brown paint or mud with perhaps a piece of straw running thru it. The tight close up is such that you cannot tell what the hell it is supposed to be. I was only able to guess it was a piece of a ball after reading the description on back.

I realize that this is much less effective without a picture, but I cannot find the poster/dvd cover anywhere on the internet.

As for a terrible foreign translation of a film title:
Born into Brothels is titled Camera Kids in its MK2 incarnation. So the title morphs from hard-hitting and wrenching to cute and uplifting. Bejeebers.

I think it would be a good idea to start a thread devoted to best Dvd covers. Sort of a positive companion piece to this thread, which might be instructive as to what is visually appealing and works as a Dvd cover. Yesterday I had a best cover nominee, but now it has slipped my mind. Which is my excuse for not actually starting such a thread.

Ashirg · #543 Post by **Ashirg** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:41 pm

This one?

manicsounds · #544 Post by **manicsounds** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:09 am

Lemmy Caution wrote: I think it would be a good idea to start a thread devoted to best Dvd covers. Sort of a positive companion piece to this thread, which might be instructive as to what is visually appealing and works as a Dvd cover. Yesterday I had a best cover nominee, but now it has slipped my mind. Which is my excuse for not actually starting such a thread.

try here:
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=580

HerrSchreck · #545 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:42 am

I think some folks are way too anxious to throw stuff up on this thread. Some of the recent entries arent anywhere near the kind of obvious abominations we all so desperately love to hate.

Lemmy Caution · #546 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:05 am

Aishirg, good job. I suppose that's it, though in my mind it was an even tighter close-up and muddier looking. Nevertheless, I doubt that that cover is going to get anyone racing to the checkout line for a movie with a strange name.
[Garpastum. Sounds like a pasttime according to Garp]

manic, that thread is more about deluxe addition packaging. I was simply thinking of a thread devoted to well-designed and visually appealing Dvd covers. Next time I spot a deserving candidate, I'll try to gear up a thread.

Jem · #547 Post by **Jem** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:45 pm

HerrSchreck wrote:I think some folks are way too anxious to throw stuff up on this thread. Some of the recent entries arent anywhere near the kind of obvious abominations we all so desperately love to hate.

Just rolls off the tounge.

King of Kong · #548 Post by **King of Kong** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:18 am

"Careful Catherine, those little people are going to make off with your book!"

Jem · #549 Post by **Jem** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:52 am

King of Kong wrote:

"Careful Catherine, those little people are going to make off with your book!"

So reclining in a hammock and reading a book is considered "wild!" in France?

dx23 · #550 Post by **dx23** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:39 pm

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