Cover of German version of "Unity"
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The German covers are always better.
That depiction of Kira is fantastic. Something about the Sisko looks off to me, as if his head is a copy from another cover melded into a redrawn body. I like this cover quite a bit.
Yes. They are.
Especially the New Frontier covers where Calhoun actually looks like someone from a desert planet.
and where Calhoun looks NOTHING like he should. epic fail.
Leaving aside the fact that most movie posters today are indeed incredibly lazy and worthy of contempt, that's not what's going on here. The problem with the German covers is that they often combine painterly backgrounds, or, in this case, painterly bodies with heads taken from photos. It's just a clashing of styles that makes them look half-assed.
I don't know, I get the feeling that the whole "Germany gets the better covers!" meme is just the "the grass is greener on the other side" effect. Since I actually am German, I may be immune to it ...
Edit: Good example of what I mean: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...6796548230.147081.270679318230&type=3&theater - that's just terrible. Photoshop amateur hour, a basic collage of photos with heavy filters on them and some sort of suture brush probably from a clipart/asset CD.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...6796548230.147081.270679318230&type=3&theater - again with the horrible heavy filtering to make it appear like it's not a photo, except they're not fooling anyone. There's certainly no aesthetic value to the filter. And why not apply it to the background creature? The resulting difference in sharpness is jarring.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...6796548230.147081.270679318230&type=3&theater - the "Unity" cover, larger. The Sisko headshot is bog-standard, I think I have an autograph card using the same photo. The Kira shot is actually quite well-chosen, but it's of noticably lower quality than the Sisko photo - I'm almost tempted to call it an upscaled screencap from an episode, though I guess it can't really be res-wise.
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Don't agree I'm afraid. Some are great, but some (the New Frontier ones) are just plain awfull.
I agree. Some are good, but there are real stinkers among them, too.
I usually post them here in this thread (the Einheit cover was linked to there back in January already,too, but not because I think all of them are great, but rather because some of the posters here have shown interest whenever covers from other editions were posted.)
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