SHAM033 - Don't Torture a Duckling: The Artwork - Page 4

The Reaper Man@Cult Labs · #31 20th July 2011, 06:18 PM

Panel A is not bad.
Roll on side B I say!

Mojo · #32 20th July 2011, 06:21 PM

Not sure about the cover, but if it helps sales then I won't complain!

Be interesting to see Panel B.

Stephen@Cult Labs · #33 20th July 2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah@Cult Labs

True. But, equally, if it had been a limited edition lenticular that featured a more, um, restrained image, would it have still sold out? It's hard to say.

I think it would have, since imo, the image itself wasn't particularly good.

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pedromonkey · #34 20th July 2011, 06:55 PM

sorry thats a really bad cover, dunno if its been photoshop'd but it looks like it.

merdas · #35 21st July 2011, 05:02 AM

not really convinced by this cover... hope the reverse one is miles from this.
no news on extras yet?

bgart13 · #36 21st July 2011, 06:49 AM

It looks pretty cheap, honestly. And I don't consider DUCKLING to be cheap and sleazy at all. It's a grim, psychosexual mystery that is particularly well made.

vinncent · #37 21st July 2011, 07:32 AM

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It looks pretty cheap, honestly. And I don't consider DUCKLING to be cheap and sleazy at all. It's a grim, psychosexual mystery that is particularly well made.

I agree! I think its a mistake to have a naked woman on the cover since a lot of people wont buy it in store! It also don't show a true picture of the movie! We know that gore sells better then naked giels on the cover! What guy would buy this movie while shopping with his girlfriend?

bedorca · #38 21st July 2011, 08:26 AM

Sex sells folks!

Why do you think they put virtually naked girls on the front of lad's mags?

This cover will go down a storm outside of the prude UK!

As well as selling amongst the Shameless faithful

Sarah@Cult Labs · #39 21st July 2011, 08:27 AM

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I agree! I think its a mistake to have a naked woman on the cover since a lot of people wont buy it in store! It also don't show a true picture of the movie! We know that gore sells better then naked giels on the cover! What guy would buy this movie while shopping with his girlfriend?

Well, for a start, there will be a sticker over all rude bits as per usual so it's not as if you're going to be handing a bare pair of boobs to the lady behind the counter in HMV. And if your hypothetical guy is anything like any of the guys I know, he'll pack his girlfriend off to Topshop and then march straight back into HMV and buy it.

As far as I'm aware, nudity or semi-nudity on the cover art did not damage the sales of Venus in Furs, Ratman, Night Train Murders, Baba Yaga or Satan's Baby Doll. Shameless have been doing this for a while now so they do know what they're doing. They wouldn't put a naked woman on the cover if they thought for one minute that it would damage sales.

As for people saying that this isn't what the film is about - fair enough. As fans, we all know that. But Shameless has always done this with their artwork: harking back to the glory days of video when the cover art was usually far from being representative of the film inside the box. It's an exploitation strategy and it's one that Shameless have used for most of their titles, partly out of nostalgia for the days of video, and partly as a way of increasing sales amongst the uninitiated.

For the rest of us, there is the reverse art. Like I say, I've seen a prototype and it's stunning, in my opinion, and very fitting for the film. But it wouldn't sell half as many copies if it were used as Panel A, I'm afraid.

Prince_Vajda · #40 21st July 2011, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarah@Cult Labs

But Shameless has always done this with their artwork: harking back to the glory days of video when the cover art was usually far from being representative of the film inside the box. It's an exploitation strategy and it's one that Shameless have used for most of their titles, partly out of nostalgia for the days of video, and partly as a way of increasing sales amongst the uninitiated.

That's music to my ears.

Just to prove any further doubters wrong: French author Boris Vian once wrote a book called Autumn in Peking. The punch line: during the book neither autumn nor Peking are mentioned. Not once. Why am I telling you this? Because it does not do any harm to the quality of this (besides, fantastic) novel - the same goes for Shameless' sleazy cover and Fulci's gem.

Greetings!