tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post6611614923061579165..comments2023-11-02T02:39:10.829-06:00Comments on DVD Panache: Now THAT's cover art!Adam Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968051066147134504noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-64265293274034681122008-10-07T14:21:00.000-06:002008-10-07T14:21:00.000-06:00Amazing artwork for my favorite Eastwood movie.Amazing artwork for my favorite Eastwood movie.elgringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-10550349207258604992008-09-23T12:58:00.000-06:002008-09-23T12:58:00.000-06:00Frazetta is The Man. It in no way lives up to the...Frazetta is The Man. It in no way lives up to the poster, but THE GAUNTLET is very entertaining if you look at it as Eastwood's spoofery of the Dirty Harry pictures. Like MAD magazine, it exaggerates the excesses of Clint's other movies with more gunfire, more wild chases, more profanity. The damn thing moves, that's for sure.Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-36035460678063056442008-09-19T09:48:00.000-06:002008-09-19T09:48:00.000-06:00Black is still the best. DVDs for life.Black is still the best. DVDs for life.Paul Arrand Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369036006191440677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-51366086279611173552008-09-15T08:23:00.000-06:002008-09-15T08:23:00.000-06:00It's OK Piper, I can accept you as a female babysi...It's OK Piper, I can accept you as a female babysitter. The blue works with some covers, not all, that's why I prefer the dark red of HD-DVD, in my completely biased opinion.Adam Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968051066147134504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-70021597225257820312008-09-14T19:48:00.000-06:002008-09-14T19:48:00.000-06:00Um, yeah. I just commented under the i.d. of the w...Um, yeah. I just commented under the i.d. of the woman who sits my kids. Seems she checked out her blog on my computer. That genius comment above was actually made by me.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-49621703132274803532008-09-14T19:45:00.000-06:002008-09-14T19:45:00.000-06:00Holy Crap that's cool. I hate the blue from the pl...Holy Crap that's cool. I hate the blue from the plastic covers. Shouldn't we be evolving with our DVD covers? I kind of feel like we took a step back with that bad blue.Amnizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629117574149617152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-43649524935386785042008-09-11T23:41:00.000-06:002008-09-11T23:41:00.000-06:00Yes, the movie is not that good, all told, but the...Yes, the movie is not that good, all told, but the poster is terrific. I'll note here, as I neglected to before, that it's by <A HREF="http://www.frazettaartgallery.com/ff/index.html" REL="nofollow">Frank Frazetta</A>, which explains its awesomeness.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, I think that's one of the things that studios are missing out on in not using painted movie art... that deception, the impression Neil Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832804229444976459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-29907586619692711172008-09-11T17:26:00.000-06:002008-09-11T17:26:00.000-06:00i don't see anything.i don't see anything.Sir Jorge Ordunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538889001050034217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-36394784974509373842008-09-11T16:35:00.000-06:002008-09-11T16:35:00.000-06:00Good points Neil, and stranger still since with VH...Good points Neil, and stranger still since with VHS the cover almost always featured the one-sheet, or some close variation. It might also be the misunderstanding that the actual movie doesn't sell DVDs, it's the actors (see: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hawk-Down-3-Disc-Deluxe/dp/B00008YLV2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1221172360&sr=1-3" REL="nofollow">Black Hawk Down re-release</A> withAdam Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968051066147134504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-6778334749077660642008-09-11T14:09:00.000-06:002008-09-11T14:09:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15687635.post-51696920031081399412008-09-11T13:19:00.000-06:002008-09-11T13:19:00.000-06:00That is one of those mysteries that no one is like...That is one of those mysteries that no one is likely to ever understand.<BR/><BR/>I read a book that included a theory that someone in the industry "realized" that they were selling moving photographs, so their advertisements should reflect the photographs contained within. Of course, it misses the essential point that what their selling is actually <I>drama</I>, which is very often better Neil Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832804229444976459noreply@blogger.com