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the dancing kid
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Fake Criterion Covers

#1 Post by the dancing kid » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:12 pm

There was a thread that had some photoshopped CC covers from a French website awhile back that people here got a kick out of, so I figured this would be appreciated as well.

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#2 Post by skuhn8 » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:50 pm

Great Zoolander cover. The Big Lebowski cover was good at first sight until I found the heads in the pins a bit much. Also seems to suggest that it is a black and white film.

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#3 Post by unclehulot » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:42 pm

The best Criterion fake cover ever though was on the old forum, the Au Haszard Balthazzar cover with a strong Shrek influence. I'd love to see that again as I don't think I saved a copy....might even print it for insertion into my case for the actual disc.........well, maybe not.

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#4 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:24 pm

Oh lord, I hope someone from WB takes a look at the 2001 cover.

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#5 Post by Lino » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:55 am

Criterion should also be paying attention to those. There are some truly striking looking covers that beat the crap out of the recent ones.

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#6 Post by pianocrash » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:40 pm

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#7 Post by dx23 » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:01 pm

I have a great hatred towards the Power Rangers, but that Criterion cover is pretty neat.

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#8 Post by Cinesimilitude » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:52 pm

some of those are crap. ill post my customs after work.

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#9 Post by godardslave » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:40 pm

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#10 Post by timothy.newsum » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:20 pm

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#11 Post by In Heaven » Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:18 pm

I would...give...my...soul...for...that. Does anyone know how to make it so I can print it off and use it to house my bootleg?

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#12 Post by Fletch F. Fletch » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:33 am

Still, I think my favorite faux Criterion cover was one someone found ages ago for Anaconda included with such hilarious extras as an audio commentary by the Snake and a featurette on Ice Cube: the Black Pacino. :lol:

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#14 Post by foofighters7 » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:47 pm

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#15 Post by whaaat » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:02 am

This one had me laughing:
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#16 Post by manicsounds » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:16 am

some here too, including ones i have done
http://forums.dvdfile.com/showthread.php?t=24033

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#17 Post by Cinephrenic » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:14 pm

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#18 Post by Cinephrenic » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:54 pm

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#19 Post by Cinesimilitude » Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:16 pm

that cover would have so many retailers up in arms.

Whipped this up this morning, I like it.

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If anyone wants this as a custom slip, i made it big enough, and i'll work on a spine and a back cover as well. you can even pick your color scheme.

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#20 Post by jmj713 » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:27 pm

Speaking of which, the old forum (and CriterionDVD.com) is archived over at Archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www ... iondvd.com

I'm trying to find out right now if any of the covers were archived as well. I made several myself, and would love to see them again, as well as some of the others too.

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#21 Post by dx23 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:59 pm

There are some South Park Criterion covers that I found both hillarious and great looking. Here is the link

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#22 Post by Cinéslob » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:45 pm

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Well, I for one would appreciate a Criterion edition of Commando, given that Michael Bay's inferior works somehow managed to eke themselves in...

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#23 Post by Cinesimilitude » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:01 pm

The Rock belongs on criterion, Armageddon doesn't. Bay must have payed them a hell of a lot to release it. the good thing is, they didn't fall for the money when it came to pearl harbor. remember when Bay released the 4 disc director's cut with 60 seconds of restored footage? well, I do, but I'm not expecting you guys to. it was his rebuttle to criterion not releasing it, and it BOMBED.

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#24 Post by AZAI » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:17 pm

Those southpark covers are great! would love a boxset of those.......if any animation series deserves the criterion treatment it's South Park.

BTW, not to offend, just curious, why does the Rock belong on Criterion...saw it when I was 12 (huh, it was cool, huh), and every time I have seen it since I couldn't finish it (a firm disgust prevented me)....The only reason the criterion should have released it it was because of the extra "Dos and don'ts of Hollywood gunplay, with Harry Humphries and Marshall Teague" which, by the sound of it, should be hilarious!

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#25 Post by editman » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:46 pm

I bet the one with Kenny on the cover has now gone OOP and is selling on eBay for $200+ :P

(Sorry, can't help it.)

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