Halloween II and III Blu-Rays using original poster art?

[Horrorphilly]

If they are indeed the cover art for the BD's.They get greatest art work of 2011.Ive always loved that art for H2.


Sean

[blackeye]

Someone on the forums made those covers as a placeholder until the real covers are revealed.

[SaxCatz]

Originally Posted by Matt89

I always find it odd that studios change the artwork for films, even if it is to make the film appear more "modern". You don't see record labels changing album artwork to "modernize" them (because album artwork can look JUST as dated). Music can age just as much as a film can so the idea of making it appear more contemporary seems ridiculous because it's the same film underneath it all...

It would be considered blasphemy to change the artwork for an album like Jackson's Thriller or Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (even though the cover of Thriller looks dated) so I don't understand why it's okay to fuck around with iconic artwork for a film. It's just strange, when you think about it, how in the music industry a company wouldn't dare fuck with album artwork but when it comes to the film industry, artwork is very often completely changed.

~Matt

I'm note so much really suggesting changing the poster artwork itself. Again, just like with Blue Underground's new Zombie cover, I just suggest updating the backgrounds, borders, etc to accentuate the actual art.

[Dobby]

If it seems to good to be true it probably is. Those words seem to have a higher meaning nowadays.

[Mitbox]

Alright!! Season of the Witch on Blu!!
Hope they treat us with something on those discs.

[dickieduvet]

Originally Posted by maybrick

Which DVD? The 30th Anniversary edition of Jaws I have seems fine to me.

Compare it to Roger Kastel's original poster art, It's horrendous...nice triangular Shark now...Shite!

[Zombie Dude]

Originally Posted by dickieduvet

Compare it to Roger Kastel's original poster art, It's horrendous...nice triangular Shark now...Shite!

It looks the same to me.

[dave13]

Originally Posted by Zombie Dude

It looks the same to me.

it's definitely a new drawing. look at the teeth on the shark, the point of its snout, and the positioning of the girl's arm in the water. not to mention the added bubbles which make the shark look slimmer and obscure the girl's breasts. its a new version of the same scene. i wouldn't get upset about it, but i see the differences. and given the choice, i would prefer the original. this seems like an example of what SaxCatz is saying (sorry if i'm putting words in your mouth) about updating cover art. Personally, i'm not a fan. In pretty much any case I can think of, I would want the artwork to reflect the original poster art as closely as possible. Any deviation, no matter how small, I would probably consider detrimental. Even when it comes to the text at the bottom of a poster.



for my money, one of the most disappointing cover art changes of the last few years was for the dvd of Die Hard. Changing the tagline from "40 stories of sheer terror" to "40 stories of sheer adventure" completely neutered the concept. so disappointing.

[Zombie Dude]

Originally Posted by dave13

it's definitely a new drawing. look at the teeth on the shark, the point of its snout, and the positioning of the girl's arm in the water. not to mention the added bubbles which make the shark look slimmer and obscure the girl's breasts. its a new version of the same scene. i wouldn't get upset about it, but i see the differences. and given the choice, i would prefer the original. this seems like an example of what SaxCatz is saying (sorry if i'm putting words in your mouth) about updating cover art. Personally, i'm not a fan. In pretty much any case I can think of, I would want the artwork to reflect the original poster art as closely as possible. Any deviation, no matter how small, I would probably consider detrimental. Even when it comes to the text at the bottom of a poster.



for my money, one of the most disappointing cover art changes of the last few years was for the dvd of Die Hard. Changing the tagline from "40 stories of sheer terror" to "40 stories of sheer adventure" completely neutered the concept. so disappointing.

Well essentially they are still the same. I wouldn't have noticed unless I saw the images side by side. I don't think it's terrible but the original art is better.

[buck135]

I wonder if the artists require additional compensation in order to allow the studios to use the original posters for DVD's/Blu-rays. I can't imagine why else they would alter/replace the covers.

[wago70]

I wonder if re-doing artwork for older releases are done by interns or something being given little jobs to do so they learn the trade.
Most re-dos look really cheap and not very professional.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by buck135

I wonder if the artists require additional compensation in order to allow the studios to use the original posters for DVD's/Blu-rays. I can't imagine why else they would alter/replace the covers.

Originally Posted by wago70

I wonder if re-doing artwork for older releases are done by interns or something being given little jobs to do so they learn the trade.
Most re-dos look really cheap and not very professional.

I think both of these are somewhat on the mark, although I'm not sure how publishing artwork works. I used to think you'd pay the artist to paint, then the painting was yours as you paid for it. But now at least some are probably leased for a time period.

Then when they don't want to ante up again or the suits think "we can make this more compemporary and hip", bring in the interns to put some photoshop crap together.

Even little changes can feel huge. I had to go get the poster art for my Jaws custom cover and didn't even notice how bad the shark looked at the time, just the girl swimming with different arms and no boobs. Looking side by side, her hair is also different and her arms got bigger. It's not even the same girl!

[ronnie21]

i really can't see them using the original artwork for both halloweens.. but i hope 2 looks better than the last dvd version...

[DVDBone]

Universal officially announced Halloween II on BD today with a street date of 9/13. The cover isn't the original art but rather a close-up of Michael Myers' face (pretty disappointing). But the great news is that there are some great extra features ...

BONUS MATERIALS :
• Alternate Ending
• Deleted Scenes
• Terror In the Aisles Documentary
• BD-Live
• My Scenes
• Pocket BLU App

Retail is only $19.99 as well so this sounds like a good upgrade! No official news on Season of the Witch yet ...

[rxfiend]

Holy shit, a Halloween 2 release with extras!! Come on Universal, give Halloween 3 the same treatment (a commentary with Tom Atkins would RULE!!!!!!!!).