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Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload  You're right about the casual
Buyer being the dominant factor in sales but I still couldn't tell you why they'd buy something with a pony Photoshopped cover over something utilising the original artwork. These bland images don't really "sex" the films up, do they?  |
No, not at all. However, they tend to dominate posters for new cinema releases and most DVD/BD covers.
It seems creativity is, with some exceptions, a lost art and, if something can be done quickly and easily on a computer, that's exactly what most distributors will choose.