Comparing Home Releases Cover Arts

[D82]

Oh nevermind, I now noticed that's the awful Platinum Edition clipart. So I guess what was chosen is actually the best.

Despite using the clipart from the Platinum Edition, I think that cover is better than the one chosen. Also, the fact that Aladdin and Jasmine are in the dark is an advantage because it's not so easy to see they're badly drawn. That one's my personal favorite, followed by the first one. Both of them are quite good in my opinion. I like Aladdin and Jasmine's poses in the one chosen, but that one's actually my least favorite. And I'm not a big fan of the second cover either.

You're right that Jasmine's color is ambiguous but I'm still going with light blue because in the VHS it's clearly light blue.

Then while promotional material had her in aqua, the main film products that came out in 1992 and beyond all had her in light blue like:

• the Mouseworks book
  the official comic book adaptation
  Aladdin's Six New Adventures book set (Disney used to release "sequel" books after the film's release. They did this for Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Hunchback)
  the actual Aladdin sequels and TV series
  Disney's House of Mouse
  the Illustrated Classic Series book (Disney had a line of books which were these really gorgeous storybooks which really described the story in detail rather than just a page for a scene and they had movie-accurate illustrations. I own this and Jasmine is completely in light blue. The BATB one also uses movie-accurate colors which is a nice change from the usual)
  the WDCC Disney Classics line of figurines which also uses movie accurate colors for their figurines and not merchandise colors and Jasmine is clearly in light blue as seen below.

Thanks for all that info. I see there are a lot of products in which she's shown in light blue as well. To be honest, I've never thought much about the color of Jasmine's outfit before. I've always assumed it was turquoise. Apart from the reasons I've already mentioned, I had an Aladdin storybook as a child and her clothes were that color there and also in many of the stickers from the sticker album I also collected at the time of the release, which were stills probably taken from the film print. But now I see it's not completely clear what color she's wearing.

By the way, I didn't know about those "sequel" books. I love the cover for the Aladdin one. All the characters look good on it, and especially Aladdin.

D82, what you provided reminded of the color symbolism in Beauty and the Beast. Red = bad. Blue = Good. Gaston wears red throughout the film while the Beast wear red in the beginning, then purple in Something There, then finally blue in the ballroom.

Also Belle being the only one wearing a cool color like blue in the village while everyone else has warm colors. Then Belle's dress going from blue to green (representing change and growth) to pink/red (the color of romance and love) to yellow/golden (representing joy from the yellow and royalty from the gold). It's no coincidence that the film ends with her in the yellow/golden dress again since that showcases her happy ending.

I had heard about the symbolism of Belle's dresses before, but I think I didn't know that detail about the Beast's clothes. That's really interesting. And thanks for posting those color schemes of the whole movies, farerb. It's interesting to see which colors predominate in them. The Aladdin one is the one that impressed me the most with those intense hues.

[Farerb]

International Covers:
UK:

VHS:


3 Movie Box Set:


Heroes cover:


France:

Villains cover:


Australia:

Blu-ray:


Trilogy set:


Japan:

Trilogy set:


Latin America:

[Disney's Divinity]

1. Platinum ~ I love this... I think the only criticism I have is that Scar could look a little better. Timon & Pumbaa and especially Simba look great. I love the arrangement.
2. Platinum Box Set ~ Beautiful and simplistic.
3. BestBuy Steelbook ~ I like that picture of Scar, and the one for Simba, too. Even though it looks like minimum effort, I still ended up liking it more than the others.
4. VCD ~ It feels odd for Sarabi to be in the covers when she's almost non-existent in the movies. The only thing I don't like about this is how Simba is all lit up around the edges like he's about to spontaneously combust.
5. BestBuy Steelbook 4K ~ I wish they'd used the same picture of Scar on the other BestBuy steelbook cover instead of the odd-looking one from the Platinum cover. But I love the back cover with the Simba symbol, the shadowed lineup at the bottom, and all the line drawings in the background.
6. Target Digibook
7. Signature Collection Blu-ray
8. Diamond Edition DVD ~ The birds in the background look a little aggressive and the title having a box around it that's not a literal box is a bit odd.
9. Signature Collection DVD
10. Australia Blu-ray
11. UK 3-Movie Boxset
12. Masterpiece VHS ~ Something about this one reminds me of pictures in biblical books I had as a child (which may have been intentional; the film has very religous overtones).
13. Heroes Cover
14. Japan Trilogy Set ~ The golden Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba at the bottom is cute.
15. The other Target exclusive
16. Villains Cover
17. The UK VHS ~ The colors for Scar and the sky are more like something from the movie, but it looks a little bit weird in comparison.
18. Diamond Edition Blu-ray ~ The Platinum does the different size dynamics much better way.
19. The Australia Trilogy Set ~ Not crazy about this.
20. Signature Collection 4K ~ I hate this one. I think the only thing I like is the little symbol for Simba in the 'o' of the logo.
21. Platinum Edition 3-Movie Collection

[Marce82]

HOLD IT! HOLD IT!

This is the rare occasion where I have a cover to add. In come latin American countries, TLK was the ONLY movie to be released in VHS both in spanish and in english. The English cover was the same as the American release, but here is the cover for the dubbed version:


https://ibb.co/ftCd3LJ

Fareb, feel free to add it to your official post!

[Farerb]

HOLD IT! HOLD IT!

This is the rare occasion where I have a cover to add. In come latin American countries, TLK was the ONLY movie to be released in VHS both in spanish and in english. The English cover was the same as the American release, but here is the cover for the dubbed version:


https://ibb.co/ftCd3LJ

Fareb, feel free to add it to your official post!

Added it. Thank you.

[Marce82]

Fareb, you are a rockstar!

[JeanGreyForever]

Anyway before The Lion King covers are posted, I was trying to find the French Aladdin covers which you could vote for but I wasn't able to find a link to them. Hopefully somebody has access to them.

I hasn't been easy, but I've finally found them:




If I've understood correctly, it seems at first Disney France gave fans the option to choose between the three covers above, but given that each of them got more or less the same amount of votes they decided to start the voting process again adding a fourth cover (below), which is the one that eventually won.




Here's the info Disney France posted about the voting. If someone knows French, maybe they can confirm if it's as I've said.


Source: http://www.animations.com.br/viewtopic. ... &start=105

Thank you so much! You are brilliant!

Like Farerb, I am shocked that those original covers did not win out although the explanation that all were so loved that there was no clear winner until a fourth entry was added definitely makes sense.

My personal preference is the first cover myself. I love that image and they used that as the DVD disc art for the Platinum Edition. The third one might use that abysmal Platinum clipart but I agree that it being in the dark makes it tolerable.

[JeanGreyForever]

Oh nevermind, I now noticed that's the awful Platinum Edition clipart. So I guess what was chosen is actually the best.

Despite using the clipart from the Platinum Edition, I think that cover is better than the one chosen. Also, the fact that Aladdin and Jasmine are in the dark is an advantage because it's not so easy to see they're badly drawn. That one's my personal favorite, followed by the first one. Both of them are quite good in my opinion. I like Aladdin and Jasmine's poses in the one chosen, but that one's actually my least favorite. And I'm not a big fan of the second cover either.

You're right that Jasmine's color is ambiguous but I'm still going with light blue because in the VHS it's clearly light blue.

Then while promotional material had her in aqua, the main film products that came out in 1992 and beyond all had her in light blue like:

• the Mouseworks book
  the official comic book adaptation
  Aladdin's Six New Adventures book set (Disney used to release "sequel" books after the film's release. They did this for Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Hunchback)
  the actual Aladdin sequels and TV series
  Disney's House of Mouse
  the Illustrated Classic Series book (Disney had a line of books which were these really gorgeous storybooks which really described the story in detail rather than just a page for a scene and they had movie-accurate illustrations. I own this and Jasmine is completely in light blue. The BATB one also uses movie-accurate colors which is a nice change from the usual)
  the WDCC Disney Classics line of figurines which also uses movie accurate colors for their figurines and not merchandise colors and Jasmine is clearly in light blue as seen below.

Thanks for all that info. I see there are a lot of products in which she's shown in light blue as well. To be honest, I've never thought much about the color of Jasmine's outfit before. I've always assumed it was turquoise. Apart from the reasons I've already mentioned, I had an Aladdin storybook as a child and her clothes were that color there and also in many of the stickers from the sticker album I also collected at the time of the release, which were stills probably taken from the film print. But now I see it's not completely clear what color she's wearing.

By the way, I didn't know about those "sequel" books. I love the cover for the Aladdin one. All the characters look good on it, especially Aladdin.

I had a cutout from a coloring book featuring Aladdin and Jasmine in that pose from the fourth and chosen French cover so I've always liked it. It was very prominent in the 2000s for the DP franchise and Disney images with all the major characters in general.

Growing up with the TV shows, the sequels, the VHS, and the Mouseworks book is probably why I'm so used to Jasmine being in light blue and the idea of her in any other shade is so strange to me, no thanks to the DP franchise. A page or two back, I included a lot of images of Jasmine in light blue in 90s merchandise, many from those same items I listed above. Was that sticker book of yours the Italian Panini one?

Also Disney Infinity thankfully put her in light blue. She was very movie accurate except for her shoes which should be golden as well.

[Disney Duster]

1. Diamond Edition DVD - Absolutely great drawing, composition, epic feeling.
2. Australia Blu-ray - Simple and epic.
3. Platinum Edition DVD
4. Signature Collection Blu-ray
5. Signature Collection 4K UHD
6. Masterpiece VHS - If only the characters were drawn better.
7. UK VHS - Ditto.
8. Deluxe Laserdisc - Simple, classy, elegant.
9. VCD - Great composition.
10. Diamond Edition Blu-ray - The characters sizes are so confusing!
11. Signature Collection DVD
12. Best Buy Steelbook 4K
13. Best Buy Steelbook (Standard Blu-ray)
14. Target Digibook
15. Target whatever exclusive
16. UK Heroes Cover
17. France Villains Cover
18. Latin America - Worst Lion King cover ever. Terrible composition and drawing.

[Farerb]

Okay, I don't really have a ranking, I'll just comment on them:

Regarding the VHS's, I like the US better, I get that the film is orange, but I don't like that scene depicted with the sky so orange. That applies to the Platinum Edition as well.

The Laserdisc is fine, I just don't get why it has a human hand in there.

The VCD makes it look like Mufasa is the protagonist.

I like the Diamond Edition DVD, the Blu-ray on the other hand, not so much.

Signature Collection DVD is awful, the Blu-ray is fine and I even like it better than the Platinum Edition without Rafiki holding Simba. I kind of grown to be fine with the 4K, I think the initial disappointment was that I really wanted the placeholder cover instead:


As for the exclusives: I like the Target Digibook and then the Best Buy 4K. The digibook would have looked better without Timon and Pumbaa, the steelbook would have looked better without that Scar and Simba cliparts, I do like the drawings.
I don't care for the other exclusives.

International:
The UK box set puts more emphasis on Timon and Pumbaa and I don't really like that.

Like always I don't care for these heroes and villains covers.

I find it funny that the Australian Blu-ray has two suns: the sun rising and the sun shining on Simba.

The trilogy set would have looked better without the cliparts.

The Japanese box set is fine just like Aladdin's.

The Latin American cover looks like it's from a coloring book. Not a fan.

PS: I despise the titles that have the "The" inside the "O".

[Disney Duster]

Oh nevermind, I now noticed that's the awful Platinum Edition clipart. So I guess what was chosen is actually the best.

Despite using the clipart from the Platinum Edition, I think that cover is better than the one chosen. Also, the fact that Aladdin and Jasmine are in the dark is an advantage because it's not so easy to see they're badly drawn. That one's my personal favorite, followed by the first one. Both of them are quite good in my opinion. I like Aladdin and Jasmine's poses in the one chosen, but that one's actually my least favorite. And I'm not a big fan of the second cover either.

Dude, I completely agree!!!

[DisneyBluLife]

Anyway before The Lion King covers are posted, I was trying to find the French Aladdin covers which you could vote for but I wasn't able to find a link to them. Hopefully somebody has access to them.

I hasn't been easy, but I've finally found them:




If I've understood correctly, it seems at first Disney France gave fans the option to choose between the three covers above, but given that each of them got more or less the same amount of votes they decided to start the voting process again adding a fourth cover (below), which is the one that eventually won.




Here's the info Disney France posted about the voting. If someone knows French, maybe they can confirm if it's as I've said.


Source: http://www.animations.com.br/viewtopic. ... &start=105

Thank you very much for digging up the covers from the competition

[Farerb]

Despite using the clipart from the Platinum Edition, I think that cover is better than the one chosen. Also, the fact that Aladdin and Jasmine are in the dark is an advantage because it's not so easy to see they're badly drawn. That one's my personal favorite, followed by the first one. Both of them are quite good in my opinion. I like Aladdin and Jasmine's poses in the one chosen, but that one's actually my least favorite. And I'm not a big fan of the second cover either.

I get what you're saying but I think they might be more apparent in real than what looks like here, and I really don't like the first and second because I don't like Aladdin and Jasmine surfing like that and I don't like Jasmine's annoyed expression.

[blackcauldron85]

The Laserdisc is fine, I just don't get why it has a human hand in there.

That was my first thought, but it has to be Rafiki's.

[Farerb]

The Laserdisc is fine, I just don't get why it has a human hand in there.

That was my first thought, but it has to be Rafiki's.

That makes sense.

[JeanGreyForever]

The US VHS is way too off-model for my taste. I way prefer the VCD cover. VCD btw was basically the movie on a CD you could play on the computer, before DVDs I think. I remembered I used to own some of those. I think I had Beauty and the Beast on VCD.

The Laserdisc cover is super iconic and one of the best covers. Same with the Platinum Box Set.

I do like the Platinum DVD cover a lot, plus the orange background. It's better done than the Diamond Edition Blu-Ray cover with the weird placement of Nala's head in comparison to Simba's. The Diamond Edition DVD cover is nice in that it features all the characters although Scar probably could have been removed.

I'm also fond of the Signature 4K cover although I much preferred the original design featuring the theatrical poster.

Pretty much all the rest of the covers use the clipart of Simba from the Platinum Edition but I don't think they're nearly as well done.

[DisneyBluLife]

They re-use the Platinum edition clipart of "Simba" just as much as the Platinum edition clip art of "Snow White holding the apple".

[Disney's Divinity]

Signature Collection DVD is awful, the Blu-ray is fine and I even like it better than the Platinum Edition without Rafiki holding Simba. I kind of grown to be fine with the 4K, I think the initial disappointment was that I really wanted the placeholder cover instead:
https://i.postimg.cc/c4wX7XX5/9d7c1c9b9 ... d0f-XL.jpg

I wanted that cover so bad... And I honestly hated the finished product. It was like whiplash. I ended up passing on buying TLK for now. I'm hoping it might get one more physical release in future and that I'll like that cover better. If not, I can always buy through DMC later or something.

I believe Pinocchio was another one of the Signature's that had a better mock-up than finished product.

PS: I despise the titles that have the "The" inside the "O".

Oh, I kind of like that myself.

[JeanGreyForever]

They re-use the Platinum edition clipart of "Simba" just as much as the Platinum edition clip art of "Snow White holding the apple".

That's true although I do happen to like both images.

[D82]

Thank you so much! You are brilliant!

You're welcome! And thanks!

Thank you very much for digging up the covers from the competition

You're welcome! Thank YOU for mentioning Aladdin had had those covers in France in the first place. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known it.

A page or two back, I included a lot of images of Jasmine in light blue in 90s merchandise, many from those same items I listed above. Was that sticker book of yours the Italian Panini one?

Also Disney Infinity thankfully put her in light blue. She was very movie accurate except for her shoes which should be golden as well.

Yes, I saw them. Yes, the sticker album was the Panini one. I used to collect the Panini albums for every Disney and Pixar release. I also had storybooks based on the movies, but the sticker albums were my favorite because they featured stills from the actual film.

Regarding Jasmine's shoes, it's curious that they're usually not golden in merchandise or clipart.

Dude, I completely agree!!!

I'm glad we agree on that.

I get what you're saying but I think they might be more apparent in real than what looks like here, and I really don't like the first and second because I don't like Aladdin and Jasmine surfing like that and I don't like Jasmine's annoyed expression.

It could be. As for the first cover, I've never liked much the original poster where the art of them surfing is taken from, but here I like it more probably because I prefer the composition. I've looked at a hi-res version of the poster and it's true that Jasmine looks slightly annoyed. And Aladdin isn't very on-model.