Exactly!mfunk9786 wrote:I'm holding my copy of Science is Fiction and sobbing.
Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol.4
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I'm not gonna bitch about Science is Fiction in light of the fact that they lopped $10 off of the announcment price before it hit the streets. I like digipacks as much as the next person, but I'd rather have 3 dvds of material for the price of 2.
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But they also scrapped a lot of the material for the booklet - presumably to get it to fit in the standard case. It all comes full circle.
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I totally forgot this was coming out on Blu-ray. That's even funnier
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Eric Skillman on his cover for Downhill Racer. Do not click unless you want to cry over what might have been but was deemed "just a bit flat."
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I agree Matt, the "just a bit flat" cover is great. But I'm partial to fifth one.Matt wrote:Eric Skillman on his cover for Downhill Racer. Do not click unless you want to cry over what might have been but was deemed "just a bit flat."
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Ditto here, I'm assuming you're referring to the POV one with the skis.Napier wrote:I agree Matt, the "just a bit flat" cover is great. But I'm partial to fifth one.
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Yeah, I think it's great.Tribe wrote:Ditto here, I'm assuming you're referring to the POV one with the skis.Napier wrote:I agree Matt, the "just a bit flat" cover is great. But I'm partial to fifth one.
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I believe Matt is referring to this one:


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Hell, I even like the one with Redford's big mug more than what they ended up with in all honesty.
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The one above and the one with the Redford pic would have been much better choice than what they settled with.
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I guess they were going for the Warren Miller demographic, such as it is
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Diff'rent stroke and all that but the one they went with is by far the best looking; the Hackman/Redford thing, whatever, it makes sense.
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My personal favourite is the POV shot cover.
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Wait, this isn't Herzog's Great Ecstasy Of The Sculptor Steiner? Damn
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absolutely...either that or the "flat" one are many many times better than the crap they went with. it's so disappointing.cdnchris wrote:Hell, I even like the one with Redford's big mug more than what they ended up with in all honesty.
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Wow, I really hate all of the other covers for Downhill Racer. I actually like the one they chose most.
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Eric Skillman, ladies and gentlemen
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Another (quick) Q: does The Man Who Fell To Earth Blu have the redesigned logo / spine? I always glance over this while browsing the BDs on the Criterion site and wonder if they didn't update it, for whatever reason.
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Hey, someone listened again:
[img]http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/2500/492_box_348x490.jpg[/img]
I like it. Speaking as someone who has not yet seen the film, this cover makes me want to check it out much more than the last one.
[img]http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/2500/492_box_348x490.jpg[/img]
I like it. Speaking as someone who has not yet seen the film, this cover makes me want to check it out much more than the last one.
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I was just about to put that up. I like it too
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I think it's a great, exciting, interesting cover... and, for once, is the title treatment ACTUALLY obscuring the branding? Certainly makes the design far more appealing!