kd5

Just purchased Streets of Fire from Walmart (online). The cover that Walmart shows is the original:





The one I received has apparently been "updated" by the studio:





I wish they'd have left this alone, I like the old cover much better than the new. The new one reminds me of the painting with the old farmer and his wife, standing there holding a pitchfork, only the pitchfork has been replaced by a rifle.


What older vs. newer covers do you like/dislike?

Alan Smithee

Pretty much all of them- I know they have to find a way to make old stuff look fresher and newer, but I still prefer the original poster art and have bought many titles when I know they're going to change the cover later.

Speaking of which, what's up with the current trend of family titles having a large character picture on the front with a plain-color background?

Norm de Plume

The original Streets of Fire is incomparably better. The original is a work of art. The new one is almost like one of those covers on which unrelated pictures of the actors have simply been haphazardly placed onto the cover.

kd5

I should have bought mine a long time ago. Looks like the only way I'm going to get the original cover now is to buy some Region O/All shit from S. Korea or pay an ungodly amount of money from some scalper which I won't do.

Guess I already own the only copy I'm going to get...

jjcool

Or find a scan of the original art and print it up, if it matters that much to you.

Darth Maher

I love that Scream Factory includes the original art on the reverse. I ALWAYS swap it out with the new artwork, even if the new art isn't too bad.

The new Friday the 13th artwork is terrible.

orangerunner

I've got the HD-DVD version which thankfully still uses the original artwork. The graphics and even the font used for the title is really iconic for this film.

visitor2015

The newer one.

kd5

Any scan I could print using the equipment I have would look seriously inferior to the actual cover art. I may try it but I can't help but think it would be a waste of ink.

orangerunner

For me, even if I don't like the artwork I like to keep it original.

If I really want the original artwork, I'll sometimes make an insert card with the original artwork and put it inside the case - Anchor Bay-style.

jjcool

I hear that. Sometimes you can get away with a slightly inferior print, because it is going behind the plastic of a dvd case, but there is definitely a fine line there between good enough, and pretty shitty.