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pornlaw
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578 Posts
10/05
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:02PM
Got a question for the fans....
When you are choosing you to buy a DVD either in store or online - what really makes you take out your wallet ?
What type of boxcover grabs your attention ? What about the picture(s) on the box cover ?
What about the reverse of the boxcover ?
Are there things that turn you off from buying a movie from just looking at the boxcover ?
Which studios have the best boxcovers ?
Thank you for the replys --
Michael
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taylor_swift_tasty_feet
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367 Posts
1/10
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:17PM
Since I don't know the names of many girls I go pretty much 100% by the way the girl looks.I like:
THIN
WHITE
RED or BLONDE HAIR
REAL BOOBS
BLUE OR GREEN EYES
30 OR UNDER YEARS OLD ( I like em young ) !!!
Reverse: scenes of the girl in action.
DISLIKE:
UGLY girls.
Bluto
Deactivated User

511 Posts
3/09
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:35PM
Boxcovers have become totally meaningless. All I go by is director and cast.
For example, the boxcover for Battle of the Asses 2 is beautiful, and back in the day I would have bought immediately. However, it's Elegant Angel and Sam No, meaning lots of tedious vaginal sex and guy-face, meaning no-buy.

taylor_swift_tasty_feet
Member

367 Posts
1/10
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:43PM
^ For YOU they are meaningless.Most people do NOT know as much as you in regards to stars,directors,ETC and they buy based on cover art.EVERYONE I know buys based on cover art.From girls,male friends to my senior citizen uncle.The cover sells it EVERYTIME !
Bluto
Deactivated User

511 Posts
3/09
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:45PM
Then they are all dopes.
 
taylor_swift_tasty_feet
Member

367 Posts
1/10
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 8:47PM
Not dopes just not well informed consumers.It's why I'm here to learn names,ETC
RandomPrecision
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8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 11:06PM
I generally don't go by box covers anymore unless I have to. I usually go by directors and studios who have satisfied me in the past. It's a ton of trial and error trying to find something you like just based on box covers (and even reviews). The only thing I really use box covers for is trying to determine whether or not what I want to see will be in the movie.
HeyNow All-Star Supporter
Oblivious

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5965 Posts
1/03
Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 11:20PM
The studio, director and who's in the movie is more important, but if you've got a good-looking, quality box cover I figure chances might be good that you've got a good product. Back cover pics are pretty important. If the cover looks like shit, I'll never give it a shot. I'd say the Digital Sin / New Sensations look is a good one to follow. Elegant Angel too of course.
I know you'll get lots of answers here, but for more thoughts sort of on this topic, check out the thread called What is most important in a box cover? and better yet How important is the box cover?
Gentleman Jon All-Star Supporter
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1881 Posts
6/05
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 9:05AM
On the front, I just like a good photo of the girl or girls in the cast that I'm most interested in, wearing a hot outfit or outfits. But doing most of my shopping online, this is in addition to wanting to see good publicity stills and a trailer. Action shots on the back are always good. Clearly listing all of the girls, with the preferred spelling of their preferred screen name, is obviously a good thing. I don't have lists of guys that I avoid like some people, but I don't see any reason to not list the guys and the scene pairings. Accurately listing the running times of both the main feature and the extras, listed separately, is also a good thing. And you know, I also actually like having the dates of production listed on the cover somewhere, with dates of production referring to when the the performers were actually doing it on set. This can be useful for knowing at what point in someone's career they did their scene on that release. And if a release is a compilation, that should be obvious on the cover.
If the front cover is a striking group photo of some or all of the girls, in matching outfits, even if they don't all wear that outfit in the movie or they're not even all in the same scene, that's forgivable. But otherwise, if there is no group photo, there's no reason for anyone to be shown on the cover wearing something they don't wear in the actual movie or doing anything they don't do in the movie. So please take pains to ensure that both pretty girls photos on the front and sex stills on the back are really illustrative of what's actually in the movie.
Putt
Member

186 Posts
1/04
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 9:52PM
I like the New Sensations box covers. Most of them have the cast list, including the male talent and the pairings.
Several pictures from the actual scene, large enough to actually see whats going on.

torris
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1827 Posts
1/00
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 10:11PM
I have been suckered in by a pretty box cover to buy disks I knew were going to be shite.
Favorite boxcover: Voyeur; good quality product easily recognizable in the racks by the Goldenrod colored boxes
Least favorite: Evil Angel: too busy, too many photos makes it difficult to see distinct info esp on webpages
charn
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2880 Posts
12/09
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 10:18PM
online reviews. when i step up from renting to buying, i get as much as info as possible.
when just renting:
1. casting
2. studio
3. low price (one store has a small selection and half the price of anywhere else)
4. everything else on the cover
cover turnoffs: tattoos, implants, posing for the camera instead of interacting in a scene, and low runtime. some series looked interesting until i saw one-hour runtimes of amateur homemade videos. add another scene, or leave it online and don't bother making dvds.
one more thing: depending on you define the term, panties are boxcovers.
Edited by - charn on 3/1/2010 10:29:20 PM
TheCuriousDizzle
Member

91 Posts
11/09
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 10:35PM
If we're talking just going on the box cover alone and not reading the cast list, director, etc...
Good photography. A box cover should not look like it was made with a point and shoot camera and a copy of Microsoft Word. If the box cover has good photography (and I mean stylistically good, not "yay big tits" good) and a decent creative layout I can at least hope that *someone* in the entire process of creating and marketing the movie actually has an ounce of creativity in them.
If the box cover is crap, given that the box cover is the absolute first thing that the consumer will see I can only assume that either the movie is a piece of shit or that people in charge of directing and marketing the film are unaware of what actually sells products and their professionalism should be doubted.
I mean really... if a teenager with a pirated copy of Photoshop can produce stunning results, what excuse does a porn company have for paying something to make the box cover and having it look like ass?
HeyNow All-Star Supporter
Oblivious

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5965 Posts
1/03
Posted - Mar 1 2010 : 11:46PM
^ Yep, you said it all better than I could, Dizzle.
RandomPrecision
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Enjoy!
8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Mar 2 2010 : 1:20AM
Also, if I see fake boobs anywhere on the cover, I'll never see anything else.



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