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Like that, yes. Although they wouldn't have to use the scene where Aurora's memorized necessarily, they could just have it somewhere in the background. I do love the scene where she's mesmerized--my favorite after the coronation scene.

Disney's Divinity, I think you're the only one who hasn't put the Signature Collection last. I'm interested to know why if you want to tell.

JeanGreyForever wrote:The Best Buy Exclusive slipcover is stunning and I love its variations including the Widescreen VHS and the Best Buy Exclusive Diamond Edition Steelbook. That steelbook in particularly I adore because of how it replicates the storybook design from the film. Wish Snow White, Cinderella, and even Pinocchio got similar covers.

I forgot to quote this! I so agree.

farerb wrote:Disney's Divinity, I think you're the only one who hasn't put the Signature Collection last. I'm interested to know why if you want to tell.

I wouldn't say I like it, I just disliked the ones I ranked below it more. The cover's lazy clipart dropped into place, the whole thing is very clinical, but at least the images are well-drawn, I guess, and I sort of like the logo.

Hey guys, if you are interested in a cover with the spinning wheel on it, like Disney's Divinity, but also just even more Sleeping Beauty covers (which I'm certainly interested in!), then check out the other choices for covers Disney had a bunch of people vote on (at least in France, but I bet everywhere, too) for what would become the Platinum Edition cover! I made the image below a link, so you can click on it and see it bigger. Is that what you are supposed to do for people to see the full size of something? Sotiris? Anyway, here it is, click on it!


They picked the last one, if you can't tell. And in my opinion, they picked the absolute least interesting one! It was just the Special Edition changed slightly! Anyway, I love, in the first one, seeing Aurora awake and with her eyes open (!) touching the spinning wheel, and everything else. I love the second one a lot, it has pretty much everything, it tells the whole story. I LOVE covers that tell the story! The third one is what I'm guessing you hardcore Sleeping Beauty fans think is the best. It is the one most reminiscent of the film, and I certainly love it. But my absolute favorite is the fourth one, it's like the third one but has Phillip about to fight the dragon, and is my favorite color, purple, which I think actually still represents the film well because of the pink and blue mixed together, plus Maleficent's robes, plus it's kind of a dark, night-like color, and it's pretty. The fifth one is just ok to me.

Also, back on September 5th, 2018, Japan released Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty on DVD and Blu-ray together, and Sleeping Beauty got this beautiful, pretty great cover. And it looks like they used the Aurora and Phillip from the second Platinum Edition choice. The Maleficent in this cover can also be found on the Signature Best Buy Exclusive steelbook:


I know, I know, it looks like the Platinum, but I guess I think the specific drawings, the slightly different composition, and seeing Maleficent on it make me like it a lot more.

Could someone, maybe farerb, or someone else, quote this post? Why? Well, because Disney's Divinity wanted to see Sleeping Beauty covers with the spinning wheel on them, but he blocks me. But I think he would be ok with seeing this message of mine, so someone please quote me. Also, just for his benefit, he asked if the first of the Cinderella Platinum Edition preliminary cover choices had art in it that was from something previous. The answer is yes, from the 1987 re-release poster, here:


Thanks guys.

Disney Duster wrote:

Oh I remember these, can’t believe I forgot about them. I remember them being posted on here back at the time of release. I always like seeing the different mock covers (like Cinderella) seeing the different artwork that could’ve been, so thank you for reminding me of these Disney Duster. Whilst I do in fact like the platinum cover we ended up with, seeing these alternate ones my favourite is definitely the fourth one. Really like the artwork of Maleficent and her sleeve transformed into the dragon, very cool and I prefer the purple hue slightly more to the green one in the 3rd (although I like both). The first one looks more fan made to me but I appreciate that this one looks the most drastically different in the sense that the last is similar to the 2002/2003 special edition release and the third and fourth are similar to the widescreen vhs / Best Buy diamond edition. It’s also nice to see Aurora awake with the spindle (wish her dress was blue) and Maleficent looks regal in that full body shot of her in fairy form not dragon.

On a side note, does anyone know if any other Disney covers had various mock art like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty? I’d love to see more for other Disney Classics.

Disney Duster wrote:

I like this cover too. I like the font, the border, the fact that the lower half actually depicts the battle scene before Philip’s shield gets blown from his arm from the breath of fire. I also like the inclusion of Maleficent as well like Disney Duster and I like that particular angle/pose of the kiss scene as we get to see more of Aurora’s pretty face and view her more from Philip’s perspective.
The Japanese tend to have nice release art. I remember a beautiful one they did for one of The Little Mermaid box sets that they did and their Theatrical posters as well (like Frozen).

Upon searching, I found some more images of that Japanese box set. It was released with Maleficent as can be seen in the pics below...







It’s a beautiful set.

Hey all,

I know this is about Lady and the Tramp, but I was just watching the documentary Frank and Ollie (on Disney +), and realized that the cover for the limited issue dvd (which I deemed my favorite) is a DIRECT tracing of an animation drawing by Frank Thomas from that scene. No wonder it was such a good drawing and so on-model!!!

Disney Duster wrote:Hey guys, if you are interested in a cover with the spinning wheel on it, like Disney's Divinity, but also just even more Sleeping Beauty covers (which I'm certainly interested in!), then check out the other choices for covers Disney had a bunch of people vote on (at least in France, but I bet everywhere, too) for what would become the Platinum Edition cover! I made the image below a link, so you can click on it and see it bigger. Is that what you are supposed to do for people to see the full size of something? Sotiris? Anyway, here it is, click on it!

I like the first one for how different it is, a scene with Aurora actually being awake and touching the spindle. #2 is like an homage to the theatrical poster with the similar composition. I like both #3 and #4 and although the green background of #3 isn't necessarily my favorite, it's a nice departure from what we usually see for this film and it resembles the sky in the Forbidden Mountains.

Marce82 wrote:Hey all,

I know this is about Lady and the Tramp, but I was just watching the documentary Frank and Ollie (on Disney +), and realized that the cover for the limited issue dvd (which I deemed my favorite) is a DIRECT tracing of an animation drawing by Frank Thomas from that scene. No wonder it was such a good drawing and so on-model!!!

Wow, quite a cool catch. That explains so much.

Disney Duster wrote:Hey guys, if you are interested in a cover with the spinning wheel on it, like Disney's Divinity, but also just even more Sleeping Beauty covers (which I'm certainly interested in!), then check out the other choices for covers Disney had a bunch of people vote on (at least in France, but I bet everywhere, too) for what would become the Platinum Edition cover! I made the image below a link, so you can click on it and see it bigger. Is that what you are supposed to do for people to see the full size of something? Sotiris? Anyway, here it is, click on it!


They picked the last one, if you can't tell. And in my opinion, they picked the absolute least interesting one! It was just the Special Edition changed slightly! Anyway, I love, in the first one, seeing Aurora awake and with her eyes open (!) touching the spinning wheel, and everything else. I love the second one a lot, it has pretty much everything, it tells the whole story. I LOVE covers that tell the story! The third one is what I'm guessing you hardcore Sleeping Beauty fans think is the best. It is the one most reminiscent of the film, and I certainly love it. But my absolute favorite is the fourth one, it's like the third one but has Phillip about to fight the dragon, and is my favorite color, purple, which I think actually still represents the film well because of the pink and blue mixed together, plus Maleficent's robes, plus it's kind of a dark, night-like color, and it's pretty. The fifth one is just ok to me.

Also, back on September 5th, 2018, Japan released Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty on DVD and Blu-ray together, and Sleeping Beauty got this beautiful, pretty great cover. And it looks like they used the Aurora and Phillip from the second Platinum Edition choice. The Maleficent in this cover can also be found on the Signature Best Buy Exclusive steelbook:



I know, I know, it looks like the Platinum, but I guess I think the specific drawings, the slightly different composition, and seeing Maleficent on it make me like it a lot more.

Could someone, maybe farerb, or someone else, quote this post? Why? Well, because Disney's Divinity wanted to see Sleeping Beauty covers with the spinning wheel on them, but he blocks me. But I think he would be ok with seeing this message of mine, so someone please quote me. Also, just for his benefit, he asked if the first of the Cinderella Platinum Edition preliminary cover choices had art in it that was from something previous. The answer is yes, from the 1987 re-release poster, here:


Thanks guys.

Thank you so much for sharing these mock-up covers, Disney Duster! I had never seen them before. They were probably posted here around 2008, when the Platinum Edition was released, and I wasn't a member of the forum yet (I didn't even had Internet by then).

My favorite is the fifth one. I'm glad that was the one selected, and also that they replaced Philip's and Aurora's poses for others that are similar to the ones in the second cover, that fit best with the rest of the composition. Judging by these covers, it seems they wanted Aurora's dress to be pink (the dress is in that color in all of them), so it's curious that they decided not to show the dress in the final one. Though, of course, I prefer it that way.

I really like that they considered having Aurora awake and with the spinning wheel for a change, but the different elements of the first cover are quite badly arranged in my opinion.

The composition of the second one is not much better, but I like certain aspects of it, like the drawing of the couple or the fact that the three fairies are quite prominent in it. And, you're right, JeanGreyForever, it seems to be an homage to that theatrical poster! I never would've noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it. By the way, I'm surprised the spinning wheel, which as Disney's Divinity pointed out, isn't in any of the releases, is featured in these mock-ups twice.

I'm not a fan of the Maleficent-turning-into-a-dragon art from covers 3 and 4, so I don't like those two covers much. I prefer Maleficent's transformation in the second cover, though that one isn't completely successful to me either. Philip's pose riding Samson in the fourth one is cool though.

That Japanese cover you also posted is not bad, but the characters could be more on-model and I don't like that Philip and the dragon seem to be fighting in the air. The image can be found in higher resolution here. There are more covers on the artist's website if anyone's interested. I think it was Sotiris who posted these links some time ago:

http://www.ericheintzimaging.com/illustration
https://www.behance.net/EricHeintz

Disney Duster wrote:D82, I thought it might be possible for Peter Pan to be floating in front of Big Ben but cast that big shadow, but I don't know enough about light and shadow to know if it's impossible or not.

I'm not an expert on how light works either. I've explained what seems logical to me, but maybe you're right and I'm the one who is mistaken. By the way, I loved reading your anecdotes about the Sleeping Beauty covers, and the ones others have shared too. I can relate to several of the things shared.

universALLove wrote:Here is the Zavvi exclusive Mondo Steelbook...

I not really a fan of the Mondo covers, but there are some things I like about that particular one, like how Maleficent's sleeves/cloak blend with the thorns, or that the logo forms the shape of a shield. The first thing I thought of when I saw that cover is the theatrical poster of The Black Cauldron bellow. Both have several things in common, like the hero holding a sword with the Princess next to him in the middle, that they're surrounded by a forest, and the villain looming over them.

JeanGreyForever wrote:Oh wow, that's absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing that, because I've never seen it before. I like how different it looks from the rest of the covers even though it reuses the same kiss image. The purple coloring and the closeup of the castle makes for a nice change of scenery because it feels like we're actually looking into the castle rather than the usual faraway exterior shot. Also love how Maleficent is still looming above the background but for once, in a different pose. She looks positively batlike here.

I'm glad you like it. In Spain we many times get the same cover as the UK, but in this case we had a different one. I wonder if there are more countries that also got this cover. The purple coloring and the closeup of the castle are things I like about the cover too, as well as Maleficent's pose. Actually, that pose is not unique to the Spanish cover; it also appears in the UK VHS (you can check it below). If you notice, the three fairies also have the same poses there as well.

Disney Duster wrote:I wanted to say again how much I love this thread. Thank you so much, farerb! It's so fun! I love reading everyone's comments. I read everyone's posts and opinions in this thread. I am glad so many of us have nostalgia for the Sleeping Beauty Masterpiece Edition, and love the Widescreen Edition/Laserdisc/Diamond Best Buy cover. I am glad you like the UK Special Edition lord-of-sith, JeanGreyForever, and D82, and agree that, yes, the John Alvin poster is even better.

My most anticipated next covers are The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Sadly, those are going to be the only ones I'm super interested in out of the rest.

I also love this thread. I'm discovering many covers I hadn't seen before, rediscovering others I had forgotten about, and I've also started collecting the images thanks to it. I had collected some of them several years ago, but I lost them when my old computer broke down. Personally, I'm looking forward to all the following Disney movies. The covers for my favorite classics are not necessarily the ones I like the most. Sometimes they are, but not always.

Disney's Divinity wrote:I believe the Briar Rose version was the first picture released, because I remember talking about it here before the U.S. ended up with the altered pink dress cover.

Yes, that's right. I actually didn't know until now the UK had maintained the original Briar Rose version.

Marce82 wrote:I know this is about Lady and the Tramp, but I was just watching the documentary Frank and Ollie (on Disney +), and realized that the cover for the limited issue dvd (which I deemed my favorite) is a DIRECT tracing of an animation drawing by Frank Thomas from that scene. No wonder it was such a good drawing and so on-model!!!

That's why it looks so good then. I wish the animators were the ones commissioned to draw the covers. They would look so much better if the made them. The characters wouldn't be so off-model as they many times are and they would be much better drawn in general. Come to think of it, one advantage of CG movies over traditionally animated ones when it comes to covers is that in the CG ones the characters are never off-model.

Hey guys, I thought I'd also point out two things. The first preliminary cover with Aurora touching the spindle uses the same purpley pink dress with sleeve cusps as the original poster:


And the Maleficent they used for turning into the dragon on the third and fourth cover is modified from the laserdisc:


Thanks universALLove, and you'r welcome. Yes, Maleficent's sleeve becoming the dragon neck and head is such a cool, ingenious idea to me. I love it the best. I, too, wonder if there were other times Disney made mock covers and had people vote on them, and want to see them. I really like how you described the angle and seeing Aurora's face better in the Japanese 2018 cover. Hey, sorry about not liking the Mondo Sleeping Beauty cover. I realize it is meant to have a certain style, and I'm sorry in my opinion Phillip and Briar Rose look bad, but that is only my opinion. Most people I know think it looks amazing.

Thanks, JeanGreyForever, I never noticed that the second mock cover is like the original poster so much! Well I think I did notice it back in 2018, but I forgot. The green is definitely for the sky of the Forbidden Mountains.

Thank you for quoting my whole post, D82! Yes, they came out around 2008. I didn't know you didn't have internet back then! That shocks me, lol. I'm glad someone likes the fifth one, lol. By the way, she actually does have a blue dress in the Platinum Edition cover, it's just hidden by the logo. If you look at other images that use that image of her sleeping with Phillip about to kiss her, you can see her dress is blue.

Thank you so much for the larger image of the Japanese 2018 cover! Now I can see the castle in the background is actually the Forbidden Mountains, not King Stephen's castle! And I loved seeing the other covers is higher resolution!

Thank you for saying you liked my anecdotes about the Sleeping Beauty covers. I liked reading your thoughts, too. That reminds me, I never shared my anecdote about how the reason I love the first Cinderella cover the best is because when I was three, I fell of a jungle gym and broke my arm, and to make me feel better my parents let me rent a movie, and it was that very cover that made me pick Cinderella and watch it and fall in love with it in the first place!

You also made me remember, I love The Black Cauldron, so I will look forward to those covers! I love the poster, too. It's true that with the CGI films, the characters are never on-model, so that's one good thing.

D82 wrote: I also love this thread. I'm discovering many covers I hadn't seen before, rediscovering others I had forgotten about, and I've also started collecting the images thanks to it. I had collected some of them several years ago, but I lost them when my old computer broke down. Personally, I'm looking forward to all the following Disney movies. The covers for my favorite classics are not necessarily the ones I like the most. Sometimes they are, but not always.

Same, and I wish we saw more foreign covers. I remember one specific overseas Pocahontas cover that I hope somebody posts when we get to that film (I can’t remember if it was France, Japan, or somewhere else; it was a solid white cover except for a few leaves blowing in a breeze, with Pocahontas’ face appearing in place of the leaves’ shapes among the white).

I’m excited because two of my absolute favorite films are next in line (Dalmatians and TSitS).

When 101 Dalmatians, Aristocats and Aladdin came out on Blu-ray in France. People could vote for 3 different covers.
When it is time for those movies, we can post all the suggestions that they voted on.

Ok... so I have taken my sweet time to post about the Sleeping Beauty covers... mainly because the sheer amount of them is overwhelming. But I have been reading everyone's posts. I have to say, I am surprised by some of the responses.
And before I go into my ranking, I have to say that the majority (if not almost all of these) are pretty poorly illustrated: off model, bad anatomy, bad perspective... but many of them have nice compositions/concepts in spite of their poor executions.

So here we go:

1- Classics VHS. I'm surprised for the lack of fondness for this cover! I love it! It is so unusual and beautifully executed... (though not without flaws). It is probably the only cover with a background that truly resembles the Earle backgrounds of the film. Not only that, the concept of the winding staircase dates back to the original fairy tale (yes, I know the one being shown here is NOT the one that goes to the tower). And what does it show? Maleficent losing it cause the curse is about to be broken... which represents most of the film: it's all about that curse happening and not being broken.
So yes... Philip's face is off... his nostril is flared and his eye looks terrible... but look at the rendering and design of the characters in the foreground: it looks like a bas relief made of porcelain (which given the flat-ish art style of the film, it fits very well IMO). She looks like a china doll and her face is on model. and though the hair doesn't quite look like the film, it looks like a more stylized representation of her hair. And that tiara looks like solid GOLD. Love it.

The flaws: Philip's face. Maleficent's eye shadow is off... her sleeves show too much of her arms... and worst of all: the inside of her mouth is white (and that is not intended to be teeth).

Still... beautiful cover.

2- UK 2 disc collector: I have seen this cover up close, and Philip's face looks pretty bad. But... what a great concept and layout!! Love the hint of Maleficent looking down at the curse about to be broken (similar to classic VHS). Beautiful lighting, nice rendering... even nice background. Wonderful cover!

3- Signature Target exclusive: What a nice concept... and good execution. Save for one darn mistake: stupid Aurora in the sky??? How amazing would this cover have been with a dramatic sky? So unusual for a princess movie to NOT have a girlie girl on the cover. But that IS one of the most memorable moments in the film. Shame...

4- Diamond Best buy/widescreen VHS: Nice composition, but it gives a little too much space to Maleficent... and this isnt HER movie. The lighting on her is a strange choice, and they really messed up the right side of her collar. I can't see the characters very well, they look like a re-do of the classic VHS, but with worse rendering. That hair ain't golden! But a cool cover nonetheless.

5- Platinum Best Buy: love the replica of the storybook. And both Aurora and Phillip look great! The minus: that oculus should have only shown them, not Maleficent. It would have been more powerful. I know Maleficent is a fan favorite... but sometimes she doesnt fit.

6- Platinum edition: Nice layout. The dragon scene looks good, though the dragon seems to not be on the same plane as the prince. Still looks cool. Castle looks great. Sadly, the two principals look pretty bad. The artist doesn't seem to know how to draw a mouth (on her) nor do they understand the logic in her hair (the hair on her right side almost looks like a braid). The prince is strangely rendered... tiny nostril, brown lipstick. Odd light.

7- Special edition dvd: Nice layout... love the stylized trees in the back. The fight scene looks nice. But why is the dragon purple?? Why did Aurora get fillers in her lips and a face lift? (that cheek bone and her eye are way off). Dont like the rendering in her hair, and her tiara makes no sense. And why is the Prince's collar blue?? and he is too big in relation to her.

Now we are getting down to the really bad ones:

8- Masterpiece vhs: I don't love the layout... there is a weird vacuum in the center. Maleficent's mouth is placed too high (which gives her an insane chin), and she looks too passive. Reminds me of that scene in Maleficent (the movie) where she is looking down at the baby and blurts "I hate you"... like a 10 year old.
The castle is off, the dragon is off (look at those... claws?? Awful... and tiny!). But my main problem here: Aurora. Her anatomy is so off it's ridiculous. What do I mean? Tilt YOUR head to the left... try to picture her as if she was standing. Dear Lord... the placement of the head in relation to the shoulder!!! And THAT in relation to her breasts... and waist... no human can do that.

9- Diamond Edition blu ray: bad layout. Maleficent doesn't hate Aurora. She wants revenge on Stefan... Aurora is just a device to get back at him. Which makes this layout ridiculous. Plus, the rendering on Maleficent (flat colors with small highlights) doesn't match the heavily airbrushed rendering of... everything else. Maleficent IS on model, because this is a tracing from concept art by Marc Davis. Aurora looks... terrible. Poor rendering, her hands are too small, her skirt makes no sense (her bustle area is not even finished! Look to the left of Merryweather), and what is that dark area in the pleat of her skirt?? The top of her dress is so badly drawn that some of her nipple should be showing... except they colored her skin yellow above the top of her dress... and they didnt bother to finish the back of that one curl in the front. Plus, her tiara would be hitting her ear...

Yes, the European version with Briar Rose IS better.... though she is colored like a storybook, not a blu ray cover.... which at least matches Maleficent. And I like the castles on both sides on this one.

10- UK VHS: characters are drawn... not great. But not terrible. My main gripe with this one is the concept: the characters dancing are not really a big part of the story, like Cinderella. It's a strange choice. The cover looks a little too colorful, too busy. Maleficent's pose and coloring are very odd...

11- Signature blu ray: like many have said before, this is just lazy. All re-used. Pathetic rendering. And has Aurora had her nostril reduced?

12- Diamond dvd: this one hurts my eyes. Aurora looks off, and is making a weird expression... she is supposed to be asleep. Her hair looks ridiculous, the tiara is huge... AND LOOK AT HER HAND. Her fingers are tilted down. Please, try yourself to do this pose. It is barely even possible, if at all. The rendering on Philip looks strange, and he looks like a floating head that has been pasted on. Very sad... cause Maleficent looks GREAT (again, heavily based on the concept art). Love the swirling clouds around her, and the lighting and color on the dragon and castle. But I can't get past Aurora and Philip.

Not counting the Best Buy Signature exclusive. That is just re-used clip art. And not doing the "proposed"covers that never made it to the final thing. It's just too many.

Ok.... so tired now.

I really like your in depth reviews. Thank you.

Marce82 wrote: 4- Diamond Best buy/widescreen VHS: Nice composition, but it gives a little too much space to Maleficent... and this isnt HER movie. The lighting on her is a strange choice, and they really messed up the right side of her collar. I can't see the characters very well, they look like a re-do of the classic VHS, but with worse rendering. That hair ain't golden! But a cool cover nonetheless.

To be fair, it's more Maleficent's movie than Aurora's... The three good fairies are the main characters, but I guess Disney doesn't feel they're glamorous enough to be in prominent positions on the covers.

Japanese DVD cover of Sleeping Beauty. It uses the same artwork from the UK DVD, but has a different layout of the artwork.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/geoonline1/1 ... 1794464703

Also, UK DVD and Blu-ray slipcover of Sleeping Beauty.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Beaut ... B00JGTSUDK


Not Sleeping Beauty, but the Blu-ray of "The art of Disney" has a nice image of Sleeping Beauty as the cover art.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Art- ... ray/82669/

DisneyBluLife wrote:Japanese DVD cover of Sleeping Beauty. It uses the same artwork from the UK DVD, but has a different layout of the artwork.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/geoonline1/1 ... 1794464703

I like this one alright. They seem to have borrowed the three fairies from the UK cover universALLove posted.

Disney Duster wrote:Hey guys, I thought I'd also point out two things. The first preliminary cover with Aurora touching the spindle uses the same purpley pink dress with sleeve cusps as the original poster:


And the Maleficent they used for turning into the dragon on the third and fourth cover is modified from the laserdisc:

Curious that the used that version of the dress for the first cover. And, it's true, they clearly used that Maleficent pose for the other ones. I hadn't noticed any of these things!

Disney Duster wrote:By the way, she actually does have a blue dress in the Platinum Edition cover, it's just hidden by the logo. If you look at other images that use that image of her sleeping with Phillip about to kiss her, you can see her dress is blue.

I checked my copy of the Blu-ray and you're right, the dress can be seen in the image on the disc and it's indeed blue. I also found evidence online from these lithographs that came with the release. I'm glad they chose the right color for the Platinum Edition.

Disney Duster wrote:That reminds me, I never shared my anecdote about how the reason I love the first Cinderella cover the best is because when I was three, I fell of a jungle gym and broke my arm, and to make me feel better my parents let me rent a movie, and it was that very cover that made me pick Cinderella and watch it and fall in love with it in the first place!

That's a lovely anecdote! It reminds me of one from my own childhood, but about Aladdin, which is one of my favorite Disney films. I've never liked lending my things to others, because I'm very careful with the stuff I have and others not always are, but I traded my Disney VHSs for a while with the kids of another family because I had few titles back then and they had some I didn't, which of course, I wanted to watch. They usually returned them in good condition. But one day, when they gave me the Aladdin VHS back, the cover was completely gone, and the cassette was very dirty because the little boy in the family had "played" with it. The VHS probably still worked (I think I didn't check it), but I was so sad about what had happened with the cover that my mother offered to buy me a new Disney movie, whichever I wanted. It was tempting for me because there were still many I didn't have, but I replied that what I wanted was another Aladdin VHS, and only that, not another movie. I think a couple of years had probably passed since the home video release of Aladdin, so it wasn't so easy to find a copy, but I went to every shop in my town until I finally found one. I was so relieved and happy to have my VHS of Aladdin with the cover again. Of course, I still keep that VHS.

Disney's Divinity wrote:I remember one specific overseas Pocahontas cover that I hope somebody posts when we get to that film (I can’t remember if it was France, Japan, or somewhere else; it was a solid white cover except for a few leaves blowing in a breeze, with Pocahontas’ face appearing in place of the leaves’ shapes among the white).

I’m excited because two of my absolute favorite films are next in line (Dalmatians and TSitS).

That Pocahontas cover you described sounds like a beautiful one, I also hope it gets posted when we get to that movie. 101 Dalmatians is one of my favorite Disney films too, and also The Jungle Book, which is one of the next movies as well.

Disney's Divinity wrote:To be fair, it's more Maleficent's movie than Aurora's... The three good fairies are the main characters, but I guess Disney doesn't feel they're glamorous enough to be in prominent positions on the covers.

Yeah, the three good fairies are usually drawn in their reduced form and sometimes you don't even see them at first glance. If the size of the characters was based on their screen time, the fairies and Maleficent would be the most prominent ones, and Aurora would be small in a corner.

Marce82 wrote:I have to say that the majority (if not almost all of these) are pretty poorly illustrated: off model, bad anatomy, bad perspective... but many of them have nice compositions/concepts in spite of their poor executions.

I agree, there are many that have good concepts, but bad executions.

Marce82 wrote:8- Masterpiece vhs: I don't love the layout... there is a weird vacuum in the center. Maleficent's mouth is placed too high (which gives her an insane chin), and she looks too passive. Reminds me of that scene in Maleficent (the movie) where she is looking down at the baby and blurts "I hate you"... like a 10 year old.
The castle is off, the dragon is off (look at those... claws?? Awful... and tiny!). But my main problem here: Aurora. Her anatomy is so off it's ridiculous. What do I mean? Tilt YOUR head to the left... try to picture her as if she was standing. Dear Lord... the placement of the head in relation to the shoulder!!! And THAT in relation to her breasts... and waist... no human can do that.

Wow, you're right. When you look at her lying down, you don't notice it's that off.

DisneyBluLife wrote:When 101 Dalmatians, Aristocats and Aladdin came out on Blu-ray in France. People could vote for 3 different covers.
When it is time for those movies, we can post all the suggestions that they voted on.

Oh, I didn't know that either. I can't wait to see them!

DisneyBluLife wrote:Japanese DVD cover of Sleeping Beauty. It uses the same artwork from the UK DVD, but has a different layout of the artwork.
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/geoonline1/1 ... 1794464703

That cover is much better than the similar UK one you poster earlier. The only real issue I have with it is Philip's blue collar. It's blue in other covers too, as Marce82 pointed out. I wonder why. Maybe the artists who drew them mistake it for the outfit he wears at the end of the movie when he dances with Aurora.