Arrow Video - Mario Bava's Bay of Blood - Archive Conversation

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

And there,once again,is the beauty of Arrow.
You don't agree with Rick's artwork,it's simple,flip it over.

No one's been murdered,stabbed or had their throat slit.
The end is nigh is not a cometh.
Armageddon has been postponed.

Chill guys.Chill.
Have a pint or two.

No doubt the applause the other two panels garner,will bring the house down!

[Mbarr]

Originally Posted by Almar@Cult Labs

look at the rest of the DVD industry - Photoshop a go-go and thousands of covers from hell but they truly didn't care to try.

With all respect Almar....the way things go on CultLabs is great...with your involvement you actually get US the punters involved & to listen to our input...although we all appreciate Ricks work (which for me has been great bar 2 covers...this & the arse!!)...how seriously do Arrow want to be taken worldwide as a contender?...this image (like the big fat arse one before) are NOT representing the film OR product...with Shameless too, I thought we had moved on from Whore's Aboard & Flay Me Baby One More Time...have RESPECT for the product AND your customers...I'm not saying you should become the UK equivalent of Criterion...BUT at this stage in the game you are the ONLY UK company delivering this product & you have a worldwide customer base....this is a movie by Il Maestro BAVA....the man (and his work) should have respect...If you go to print with this image Arrow will lose respect from genre fans worldwide....I don't mean this as an attack...I love Arrow/Shameless & what you do (& the input you allow us the punter)...but PLEASE reconsider this artwork

[springjack]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man

And the crowd roars with appreciation! :c lap:

Sorry... I like to howl...

AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!

[springjack]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man

And there,once again,is the beauty of Arrow.
You don't agree with Rick's artwork,it's simple,flip it over.

No one's been murdered,stabbed or had their throat slit.
The end is nigh is not a cometh.
Armageddon has been postponed.

Chill guys.Chill.
Have a pint or two.

No doubt the applause the other two panels garner,will bring the house down!

We all know that if we don´t like, all we have to do is to flip the cover.
And thank god for that option...

Don´t take us wrong because when we post our thoughts is just our opinion.
Arrow as been keen on listening to our opinions and this is just another one of them.

By the majority, myself included, I´m just saying that the cover doesn´t fit the movies in question. The guy who designs the covers is very talented and all of his works so far have been brilliant, including Inferno and Bay of Blood.

But, while brilliant, Inferno and Bay of Blood, just don´t fit the movies they are trying to represent.... That´s all.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mbarr

With all respect Almar....the way things go on CultLabs is great...with your involvement you actually get US the punters involved & to listen to our input...although we all appreciate Ricks work (which for me has been great bar 2 covers...this & the arse!!)...how seriously do Arrow want to be taken worldwide as a contender?...this image (like the big fat arse one before) are NOT representing the film OR product...with Shameless too, I thought we had moved on from Whore's Aboard & Flay Me Baby One More Time...have RESPECT for the product AND your customers...I'm not saying you should become the UK equivalent of Criterion...BUT at this stage in the game you are the ONLY UK company delivering this product & you have a worldwide customer base....this is a movie by Il Maestro BAVA....the man (and his work) should have respect...If you go to print with this image Arrow will lose respect from genre fans worldwide....I don't mean this as an attack...I love Arrow/Shameless & what you do (& the input you allow us the punter)...but PLEASE reconsider this artwork

Very well said.

[Almar@Cult Labs]

Time for panel 3.

[Philleh]

Havn't acutally seen this one before, it's great!

Panel 4 has to be the classic Blood Bath cover...

[Zombie Dude]

Originally Posted by Almar@Cult Labs

Time for panel 3.

That is really cool. This release has some really great art.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I like it a lot and can actually see where Rick got some of his inspiration from!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Liking that third panel a lot.

What's with the strange 'logo' at the bottom, though?

At first glance it looked like the top of a cock (bell-end ) Probably just me and my dirty mind...