Me too and the good folks at unstage.com have compiled a list of 109 DVD covers that they call pretty (my word, not theirs). Here’s how they describe this list
We’ve assembled a great collection of DVD covers from past to current releases that break away from the sadly repetitive collages we’ve come to expect from the industry.
I only wish I’d thought of this myself! I totally agree that DVD covers can (and should) be art (artful?) but, sadly, the average DVD cover art looks something like this:
Not for one second do I (or you) believe that those heads match those bodies or that those bodies ever posed with that box (time machine) but this is what we’re being sold. Now I have been accused of buying a bottle of wine based solely on its cover (I JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVER, seriously , check it out) but I’ve never bought a DVD just for the cover. Promise. Something else: doesn’t it suck that a good lookin’ cover doesn’t always make for a good poster or a good poster isn’t always a good cover? Here are a few of the covers that I liked from the unstage.com list:
What are some of your favorite DVD covers? Do you like unstage.com’s list?
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