Argh of Infinity

TVshowsonDVD.com unveils the next two region 1 Doctor Who DVD releases, and my Lord, if Arc Of Infinity isn’t about the crappiest cover I’ve yet to see Warner Home Video stick on one of these – and that’s actually saying something there – I don’t know what is. Dudes. Seriously. Can you afford to put cover art that craptastic on something you’re actually hoping will sell? Simon Holub and Thomas Evans and Lee Johnson and Kurz are Photoshopping circles around your art department. “Sure,” I hear you argue, “they have the free time to do that sort of thing.” Maybe so…but they also clearly have the talent too.

I had held out hope that maybe Robot and Survival marked the beginning of the region 1 releases using more or less the same artwork as region 2, but I guess that was wishful thinking.

It’s a good thing that I already “re-cover” all of the Who DVDs I buy anyway; I’ve got quite a few actual region 2 releases, and truth be told, I just like their cover style better – more stylish, understated, classy, and better artwork by miles and miles. (Okay, actually, better artwork by Clayton Hicks and Lee Binding, but you get the idea.) But man…this is a new low for the region 1 covers. Yeesh.