What's up with the DVD cover?
POSTED BY: Ravenhair
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 20:03
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Where are the llamas?
Another thing I don't like, they make it look like Serenity is shooting and blowing up another ship. Damn yokels can't even tell a transport ship ain't got no guns on it.
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Eric wrote:
Monday, April 03, 2006 18:14
I read the blurb on the back of the case and was frankly expecting something on the level of Chronicles of Riddick (shudder).
What was your problem with "Chronicles of Riddick"? I liked it.
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Originally posted by Eric:
I hope I'm not being heretical when I say I cringe a bit every time I look too closely at the DVD cover. If I didn't know better, I'd never guess that was Summer. General consensus seems that that's partly why the BDM didn't do as well as hoped- it was clicheified in marketing to try and appeal to the lowest common denominator: Ooh, look, ANOTHER tough sexy killer female! And guns! And sleek silvery art deco buildings! And no cows!
You know, when I first rented Serenity at random from Blockbuster as a naive young twentysomething (about four months ago) I read the blurb on the back of the case and was frankly expecting something on the level of Chronicles of Riddick (shudder). How glorious it was to be wrong. But how many people had the same reaction when seeing the trailer (which I never saw, BTW) or reading the case in a video store and just passed on by...we'll never know.
You're not being heretical. There was much Browncoat hand-wringing after the release of the DVD cover art. In fact, over 1500 people had signed a petition within just a day or two. Some folks felt that people should just be happy - that it was what was in the box that counted. But many folks were concerned about how the marketing-gone-bad design would actively turn away those who would most appreciate what Serenity had to offer.
On another note, there are a slew of fan created replacement DVD covers, some of which are excellent. You can see many of them at Jetflair's site:
http://www.serenityverse.com/images/
Or, you can check out the thread at serenitymovie.org under the Fan Fiction and Fan Art topic called, "Fan-Created DVD Covers":
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=30&
hl=DVD+art
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The U.S. cover may not be the prettiest thing ever but at least it depicts the movie's darkness. The international one looks better in red (where did I hear that?).
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Eric wrote:
Monday, April 03, 2006 18:14
I read the blurb on the back of the case and was frankly expecting something on the level of Chronicles of Riddick (shudder).
What was your problem with "Chronicles of Riddick"? I liked it.
Well, I'm just being melodramatic. I liked it too, but as a self-contained action-adventure-thriller thing that one watches, then moves on. I think Serenity certainly has more depth, and of course, it led to my discovering Firefly
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Originally posted by nosadseven:
On another note, there are a slew of fan created replacement DVD covers, some of which are excellent. You can see many of them at Jetflair's site:
http://www.serenityverse.com/images/
Or, you can check out the thread at serenitymovie.org under the Fan Fiction and Fan Art topic called, "Fan-Created DVD Covers":
http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=30&
hl=DVD+art
That's some seriously shiny cover art! Very professional, and all better than the real one.
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after taking a close look at the cover I have finaly found the llama
llama llama llama
BURMA
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I dislike the cover so much, I made up a new one, from one of my wallpapers and slipped it in.
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Originally posted by Eric:
That's some seriously shiny cover art! Very professional, and all better than the real one.
+1
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in responce to the note about summer not lookin real, i have to say that that is what she really looks like. in an issue of empire mag they have a pic of her and she looks like that in the film she may look a bit rough but in real life she isn't.
i can se why the cover was sexed up slightly becaue firefly (tho an absolutly amazing show) only reached a certain audience however if more people watch the DVD through seeing the cover isn't that good. the film is good enough to stand alone and show off enough it dosn't need a cover that explains the story and full firefly history, it needs a cover that says 'this is serenity and it rocks' and i think the cover says that.
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