Worst DVD covers... ever! (Part Deux)

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colinr0380
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#376 Post by colinr0380 »

jesus the mexican boi wrote:This is a phenomenal bestseller -- to those millions of disaffected who are looking for "the secret" to why their lives suck ass. My personal secret? I got one of these misdelivered to my mailbox. I opened the package and returned the still-sealed disc to a local B&M store and got a Criterion movie instead. Ah, the cleansing power of confession.
You obviously attracted that misdelivered copy of The Secret because you were putting all your psychic energies into wanting the latest Criterion and the world responded by causing a mail foul-up to open the door for a B&M exchange! So you have become another example of the benefits of channelling your positive thoughts effectively!

And you also did a good deed by saving the person who actually ordered a copy of The Secret from being exposed to it!
patrick wrote:Also in regards to The Secret, we got a copy in at work because tons of middle-aged women were requesting it and I had to turn it off as soon as there was some sort of cosmic genie telling me to write down my deepest desires.
I wonder how many deepest desires from people watching were of being able to find the receipt for their Secret DVD? If there is one thing that Americans do not need it is a DVD and book telling them how to act even more annoyingly upbeat about everything! "Look at those clouds, they're just so super!" :wink:

I got warned clear of it when the Onion did a two-part, hard hitting expose in March (i.e. laughed at it!) Part One and Part Two of the article.
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#377 Post by domino harvey »

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#378 Post by Subbuteo »

Gadz, what an abomination.
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#379 Post by Kinsayder »

It could be worse.

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#380 Post by dx23 »

:lol: =D>

That was awesome Kinsayder.


More crapiness:

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#381 Post by domino harvey »

When will they just cast Eddie Griffin, Bernie Mac, and Wanda Sykes in So You Need Some Black People In Your White Movie?
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#382 Post by Kirkinson »

domino harvey wrote:Image
To be fair, that's the original Swedish poster. Not a great design to resurrect, but at least they didn't use either of these Spanish posters.
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#383 Post by godardslave »

Seventh Seal 2: Barry Manilow sings Death to Sleep!

Im on the phone to my contacts in hollywood as we speak...
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#384 Post by domino harvey »

godardslave wrote: Im on the phone to my contacts in hollywood as we speak...
Someone in Hollywood clearly wasn't wearing their contacts when they greenlit the Manilow cover
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#385 Post by Shrew »

Wow. That second Spanish poster is amazing. When I go, Death better be surfing through nebulas on a chessboard or I'm filing a suit against God for false advertising.
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#386 Post by domino harvey »

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This is the border control American politicians should be focusing on.
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#387 Post by Cold Bishop »

Shrew wrote:Wow. That second Spanish poster is amazing. When I go, Death better be surfing through nebulas on a chessboard or I'm filing a suit against God for false advertising.
And is just me, or is Death rocking out with his sickle-air-guitar?
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#388 Post by godardslave »

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#389 Post by Lino »

I'm sorry but Something Weird Video DVD covers don't count for me as Worst DVD covers nominees. I love each and everyone one of them. They have a style all their own. One who's appropriate too.
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#390 Post by Antoine Doinel »

Via_Chicago wrote:
domino harvey wrote:
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This man has had sex with Rosario Dawson.
Was this before or after Hostel II?
Does it matter?
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#391 Post by domino harvey »

What do you do when the regular box art is too tall for your Blu-Ray cover?

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Why, just squeeze down the image!

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#392 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

Isn't that what they all do?
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#393 Post by domino harvey »

Is it? I admittedly don't pay a whole lot of attention to Blu-Ray coverage. If so, yikes!
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#394 Post by flyonthewall2983 »

I assume as much, seeing that often the HD and/or Blue-Ray is often the same cover as the standard editions. BTW, that was a good show, but I'm pretty sure the 2nd season will bore me to tears.
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#395 Post by Lemmy Caution »

Guns, super-imposed people, random explosions ... what's not to like?

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(but I still say that red catches the eye, so they do get bonus points for that)
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#396 Post by domino harvey »

Hard to argue with the second part of that tagline.
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#397 Post by mogwai »

I suppose they needed to hit home the fact that Murray is the star of this, since they've got a picture of him twice. Also, I'm sure it was the designers intention for those photoshopped hands to appear as though they are Murray's, but they seem to be detached and are floating in front of him.
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#398 Post by Dylan »

mogwai wrote:I suppose they needed to hit home the fact that Murray is the star of this film, since they've got a picture of him twice. Also, I'm sure it was the designers intention for those photoshopped hands to appear as though they are Murray's, but they seem to be detached and are floating in front of him.
The image isn't showing up, but if this is the new Groundhog Day DVD art you're referring to, then yes, it is absolutely horrid.
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#399 Post by dx23 »

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#400 Post by domino harvey »

mogwai wrote:I suppose they needed to hit home the fact that Murray is the star of this film, since they've got a picture of him twice. Also, I'm sure it was the designers intention for those photoshopped hands to appear as though they are Murray's, but they seem to be detached and are floating in front of him.
AKA How To Not C+P A Star's Face On To Someone Else's Head.
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