Red Scorpion: The Artwork
 

Who would like to see the four artwork panels for this fun action Arrow Video release? Well you've come to the right place - the clue was in the threads title :p

So here's the front panel, that I'm sure you are all familar with now...



And the second panel...


I'll post the next two panels over the course of this week.

So, what do you think? Which one tickles your tastebuds out of those two?


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Red Scorpion is out on the 6th of Feb on Blu-Ray and can be pre-ordered here.

Panel 2 is looking good. Can't wait to see what panels 3 and 4 are.

This looks awesome. Interesting to see Arrow doing a non horror film. I'd love to see Kickboxer get the arrow treatment as it seems to have been discontinued in the uk.

I am loving both of these covers! This movie has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. Maybe i'll buy it alongside arrows Jaguar Lives and have a B-action flick marathon! :popcorn:

Yep,sold my dvd in anticipation of this one.Never watched it all the way through yet!

Couldn't agree more! The 2nd panel is brilliant, but nothing can beat the front panel - it's awesome!

Anyway, onwards with the next artwork...


The french poster....if I'm not mistaken!

I'll post up the final panel tomorrow along with a good ol' poll, so keep your eyes pealed!

^ Eugh! :mmph: what a photoshopped mess that one is, me no likey. Love the first two though

Agreed. It's not a very good image of Dolph on panel 3. Panel 2 for me just now, unless panel 4 is a stonker! I'm hoping for either of these two (even if the second one is quite close to panel 2.

http://img.tapatalk.com/5c020934-b65b-1ce1.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/5c020934-b66b-5f4d.jpg

L'affiche française n'est pas pour moi. :(
Le numéro un est le meilleur jusqu'ici. :nod:

And here we go, the final panel...


Which is your favourite?

Personally, I think the first panel is just beyond awesome so that gets my vote!

And here are all four panels together (for the first time ever :p )

No 1 followed by no 4 for me. :)

Likewise :nod:

Third'ed. Though panel 2 is a very close 3rd.

I'm loving them all. I'd go with no. 4 as my fave.

Panel 4. Now that's what I'm talking about! Tough choice between the Japanese art (which I always love) and the US art. Not a fan of the French one, and the new art is too cartoony for my liking.

I really like panel 4 but panel 1 is very close for me.

Easily panel one followed by four.:nod:

That was way before the days of Photoshop, but yeah they tried to add that ROCKY IV / IVAN DRAGO haircut...

I really like the Japanese cover, but the new artwork is a clear winner.

You know what they say...different strokes for different folks. First thing I'll be doing is turning the new art around. The more are look at it, the more I dislike it.

Dolph looks like Sting in no. 3 :lol:

(of course Sting is a very good actor in his own right...)

I agree, the 2nd and 3rd posters are not eye-catching. The 2nd color has weak background color (compare this with the similar looking red background on the cover posted by Stephen@Cult Labs. The French cover doesn't look convincing for a testoterone-filled action movie like RED SCORPION.

ARROW should replace the 2nd and 3rd with these two above:rockon:

I like the way you think. :) unfortunately, I think the covers may have already been made.

Opened up my BD to turn the artwork around to one of the other panels, and as I looked at them, something popped into my head. The three original posters don't really look right when displayed in the clear window, and then it hit me why, some of the other arrow releases that use vhs artwork for the panels (Phenomena and Bay Of Blood come to mind) actually have the rectangular vhs artwork with a coloured border around it so it fills in most of the clear window when you put it in the slipcase. I wish Arrow would start doing this again.

Not sure if that answers your observation but the other artworks for RED SCORPION are not VHS covers but THEATRICAL POSTERS from different countries (France, Japan, US) which don't use the same (width by length) proportions for their one-sheets.

Ok, but you get the idea of what I mean. The Phenomena UK creepers artwork had a border put around it so it filled in more of the clear window.

I've just checked my copy and you're right. I wonder why Arrow stopped doing it when it worked so well.

Yeah, it's strange. The UK vhs artwork for Vamp didn't have one either, and it was just to thin in my mind to display. I've went for the Japanese Red Scorpion Artwork as it's a little wider.

As I've only used the new design, I hadn't noticed the alternate artwork on Vamp until you mentioned it but, like you say, it's strange. When Red Scorpion arrives, I'll have a look at the other three panels but, as I like the new design, I'll probably stick with that.

Ah yeha, I totally see what you're saying I just displayed the VHS cover for Vamp and it looks wrong, far too thin. There shouldn't really be any white space underneath the plastic cover.

Just noticed something about the back of the slipcase for Red Scorpion. Can you spot it?

http://img.tapatalk.com/5c0215f2-6c4e-8fc9.jpg

Don't suppose you could upload a bigger picture, or should it be obvious enough from what you've posted?

The picture Isn't the best, so I'll just say what it is. The artwork on the 4th panel there isn't the Japanese artwork that's on the cover. It shows this...

is this the reason its so expensive? i mean was it recalled - the cheapest place i could find it (from sites that even stock it) is the arrow webstore at £14.99 - and their prices are usuall far more than amazon or play.

this and frankenhooker are the only ones i still need - both a lot more than the others.

It's most likely because they were the latest two to be released. The prices will no doubt drop eventually.