Best/worst DVD covers?

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I'll post it later, but the cover for Time-Flight is a botch job. Sarah Sutton (normally very beautiful) looks like a ghost on it as if someone has fiddled with the colour of her face. Davison's poorly shoved in and those pole things that lead to nowhere bug the hell out of me. Why is it terrible? 

The Happiness Patrol and Time and the Rani are my favourites mainly because of the positioning of the characters and the lights used.

[rushy]

I adore the Enemy of the World DVD cover. Not from the rerelease with fancy special features, but the original orange one.

[Clayton Dickman]

Oct 10, 2022 21:53:34 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

Sarah Sutton (normally very beautiful) looks like a ghost on it as if someone has fiddled with the colour of her face. 

 



Sarah Sutton, fresh from the autopsy table.

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Oct 11, 2022 10:05:06 GMT Clayton Dickman said:

Oct 10, 2022 21:53:34 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

Sarah Sutton (normally very beautiful) looks like a ghost on it as if someone has fiddled with the colour of her face. 

 



Sarah Sutton, fresh from the autopsy table.

They couldn't even get the years bit right. I know Davison first appeared in 1981, but his era didn't start until 1982. All of the Davison DVDs have 1982-1984 except this one and I think Arc.

[Brian MK.II]

Best

1: The Invasion: Just a beautiful collage in general. Very moody and explosive
2: Resurrection Of The Daleks (2002 release):  I really love the usage of dark greens and the original CG Dalek images they used for this and Genesis
3: The Visitation: Like a Skilleter illustration. Wish they'd used more VHS style artwork more often.
4: Spearhead (2000 release): Dunno why but for this, Robots Of Death and Remembrance, I quite like the early releases using simple images and it were the first Who DVD in my collection so points for that.
5: Dalek Invasion Of Earth: As with Resurrection, the early CG Daleks have a certain charm for me.

Worst 

1: Kings Demons: The colours themselves are evocative but the composition is lazy and the Davison image is clearly the same as the Four To Doomsday DVD.
2: Time Flight: What Maxil and Clayton Dickhead man said.

I'm not really a fan of most the later 2010s covers. They're not offensive but  I find the layouts get a bit samey and they lack the flair of the early to mid 2000s releases

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Oct 11, 2022 15:32:00 GMT Brian MK.II said:

Best

1: The Invasion: Just a beautiful collage in general. Very moody and explosive
2: Resurrection Of The Daleks (2002 release):  I really love the usage of dark greens and the original CG Dalek images they used for this and Genesis
3: The Visitation: Like a Skilleter illustration. Wish they'd used more VHS style artwork more often.
4: Spearhead (2000 release): Dunno why but for this, Robots Of Death and Remembrance, I quite like the early releases using simple images and it were the first Who DVD in my collection so points for that.
5: Dalek Invasion Of Earth: As with Resurrection, the early CG Daleks have a certain charm for me.

Worst 

1: Kings Demons: The colours themselves are evocative but the composition is lazy and the Davison image is clearly the same as the Four To Doomsday DVD.
2: Time Flight: What Maxil and Clayton Dickhead man said.

I'm not really a fan of most the later 2010s covers. They're not offensive but  I find the layouts get a bit samey and they lack the flair of the early to mid 2000s releases

"The Davison image is clearly the same as the Four to Doomsday DVD"

I never noticed that before. That's really lazy.

[Cherry Pepsi Maxil]

This one looks a bit like a weird bondage porn film.

[Bernard Marx]

Aug 31, 2024 22:14:16 GMT Cherry Pepsi Maxil said:

This one looks a bit like a weird bondage porn film.

All you need to do is photoshop an 18 certificate on there, and the resemblance will be complete!

[iank]

The DVD covers were all rather compromised by the house style stealing half the room.
None of them are as memorable as the cooler VHS covers.

[Ludders II]

Sept 1, 2024 6:14:39 GMT iank said:

The DVD covers were all rather compromised by the house style stealing half the room.
None of them are as memorable as the cooler VHS covers.

Absolutely. I don't really remember many of the dvd covers until they're in front of me, but many of the VHS covers I can remember as soon as the name of the story is mentioned.