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I think my favorite cover-artwork has to be:

- Bambi PE (region 2)
- Bambi II (so green & shiny... )
- Lady and the Tramp PE
- The Little Mermaid PE
- Tarzan SE (the release was horrible, but the cover was purty)
- Dinosaur CE

Least Favorites

- Anything from the Gold Collection (so bland and empty )
- The Lion King II SE
- Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has as Glitch
- Beauty and the Beast PE (there's just something funky about it)
- Finding Nemo (the Turtle was great, but he didn't belong on the cover)
- Brother Bear (looks funky; especially Koda)
- Bambi PE
- Treasure Planet
- Chicken Little (I HATE the MIB reference!)

Favorite DAC Cover Art:
Dumbo AE - Sure it's plain, but it's simple like the movie and works. Besides, who else deserves front cover status besides Dumbo and Timothy?
Peter Pan SE - Like Dumbo, a fitting cover with the star of the film.
Mulan SE - Strangely, while it looks a bit messy, it seems to work.
Tarzan CE - not the crap one that's out now, but the original 2-disc set.
Atlantis CE - Gawd, it's like a cover for a truly great sci-fi epic. Too bad the movie falls flat.

Favorite Live-Action Cover Art:
Vault Disney titles - They're all really good, except for Pollyanna, which is kind of plain.
Mary Poppins GC and AE - Both are really nice, though I prefer the AE over the GC
Newsies - A big plain, but it's nice.

Least Favorite DAC Cover Art:
Sleeping Beauty SE - 'nuff said
Pocahontas AE - I thought the GC one was bad, but this one just doesn't look very...Pocahontas-y. I preferred the original VHS cover.
Hercules GC - I hate covers that have a really oversized head taking up 3/4 of the cover.

Least Favorite Live-Action Cover Art:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks - For a film that's about 85% Live-Action, the fact that the live-action characters take up less than a 1/4 of the cover is unsettling and misleading.
The Black Hole - They chose a dull picture of the Cygnus and an even duller font. Why couldn't they use the original theatrical poster logo, with the swirling words?
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark - it looks so bland and just...just horrible.
The Parent Trap SDTE - The original was fine.

Escapay

Here are my favorites:

1. Aladdin: Platinum Edition
2. The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition
3. Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition
4. Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Collector's Edition
6. Toy Story Collector's Edition(the cover had really started to grow on me)
7. Bambi: Platinum Edition
8. The Lion King: Platinum Edition

Least favorites:
1. Chicken Little
2. Toy Story 2: Collector's Edition
3. The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride
4. Cinderella Platinum Edition

Can't think of any other extremely ugly ones right now(Sing-A-Long videos disincluded )

Edit: CAN'T BELIEVE I forogt Toy Story 2! What an ugly cover that is!

Favorites:
Lady and the Tramp PE
Alice in Wonderland ME
Lion King
Treasure Planet
Aladdin
Little Mermaid PE
Monsters Inc.
Newsies
Pinocchio- I don't have it, but really like the cover for some reason

Least Favorites:
Snow White
Rescuers Down Under
Dumbo- no character
Pocahontas- there's something about her expression that I just don't like

favourite
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs PE
fantasia trilogy set (does it count?)
alice in wonderlan SE
little mermaid PE

least favourite
Bambi PE (his head is much to big for his body)
beauty and the beast PE (to empty)
Pocahontas 10th anniversary

Favorites:
Alice in Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition
The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition
Cinderella: Platinum Edition
Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition
Tarzan: Collector's Edition

Least Favorites:
Chicken Little
Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition
Aladdin: Platinum Edition
Bedknobs and Broomsticks: 30th Anniversary Edition

Favorite DAC coverart:
- Alice in Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition (If they took the White Rabbit out of the bottom-left corner, it'd be perfect.)
- Lady & the Tramp: Platinum Edition (Face it, no matter how that scene looks, it's awesome).
- Winnie the Pooh: 25th Anniversary Edition (Simple, just like the movie. The images on it were great, too.)
- ANY of the Collector's Editions, y'know, back when Disney was all about making truly spectacular DVDs.

Favorite DTV Coverart:
- Bambi II (It's art, and you all know it)

Favorite Live-Action:
- Pirates of the Carribean & Mary Poppins: AE

Least Favorite DAC Coverart:
- Treasure Planet (The MAIN reason I want this movie to be re-released. The cover's an abomination, and every character is off-model. By the way, where's Doppler?)

L&S2 cover sucks as well.

Favorite Covers
All of the Platinum Edition Covers are good. They each have that classic feel and I think as each one is released the covers get better and better.
Tarzan CE/SE
Dinosaur CE
Sleeping Beauty SE
Mary Poppins AE

Least Favorite Covers
Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Alice in Wonderland ME
Mulan SE
Pocahontas AE
Chicken Little
Home on the Range
ALL Gold Collection DVDs
EVERY Pixar DVDs

Favorites:

The Lion King
Snow White
Beauty and the Beast
Alice in Wonderland Masterpiece
Cinderella
Lady and the Tramp
Atlantis (single and collector's)
Tarzan (single and collector's)
the Aladdin sequels


Dislike:

ALADDIN (why the had to put Genie right in the middle of the cover? And it doesn't make sense the way they placed it: where are his legs?)

Treasure Planet
Home on the Range
Lilo and Stitch
Mulan
Sleeping Beauty
Pocahontas Anniversary
Hunchback
Hercules

Favourites:
Alice in Wonderland (both Gold Collection and Masterpiece Edition covers)
Pinocchio: Gold Collection
Robin Hood: Gold Collection
The Rescuers
The Black Cauldron: Gold Collection
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition
Cinderella: Platinum Edition
The Lion King: Platinum Edition
Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition
Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition

Least Favourites:
So Dear to My Heart (the proposed cover for the not yet surfaced Region 1 disc)
Mary Poppins: Gold Collection
The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition
Peter Pan: Limited Issue
The Rescuers Down Under (Region 2 cover)
Aladdin Sequels
The Parent Trap (both the Vault Disney and the Movie Collection)

Do TV Shows Count? if So defentiately Power Rangers Mystic Force Volume 1 Broken Spell i had to say something PR related. It has Knight Wolf, The Red and Yellow Mystic Force Rangers on the front and can be seen at Amazon.com

As for Movies Lady and The Tramp Platinum/50th anniversary is one of my favorites. Along with Cinderella, Bambi, And The Lion King all platinums.

Least would have to be Sleeping Beauty.

My favorites are:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Aladdin: Platinum Edition
The Lion King: Platinum Edition
The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition
Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition
Freaky Friday
The Haunted Mansion

My least favorites are:

Chicken Little
Brother Bear(they could've done something way better besides rehash the art)
Herbie Fully Loaded
The Pacifier

Favorites:
Atlantis CE
Beauty and the Beast
Dumbo
Fantasia
Tarzan CE

Least Favorites:
101 Dalmatians
Chicken Little
Hercules
Home on the Range
Treasure Planet

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I'm back!! Exam week from h-e-double hockey sticks is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this is the first thread I saw that I felt inclined to say something so...

Good topic idea, btw!


Least Favorite DTV:
~ Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (If not for the text on Mickey's santa hat, I'd love it, but alas, Disney felt the need to add it...)
~ Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (much too much detail)
~ Disneyland: Secrets, Stories & Magic... (The castle looks really good, but the characters should've been what's on all the 50th Anniversary merchandise rather than bland clip art. Hmm...maybe that's why its been delayed?)
~ Pocahontas II: Journey To a New World (okay, was this new world a carnival? hehe. Seriously, she looks like she just won prizes)

Favorite DTV:
~ American Legends (cover really lives up to the title! Makes me proud to be an American)
~ Return to Neverland
~ Mulan II
~ Cinderella II
~ Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (It's like a Christmas card and the shiny ones look really cool)
~ Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
~ Mickey's House of Villains
~ Beauty and the Beast Enchanted Christmas (I think it looks better than the original movie since it used better title artwork)

Least Favorite Live Action:
~ The Happiest Millionaire (yes, a happy Anthony Biddle is featured and indeed is the happiest millionaire, but the cover makes it look like a boring documentary)
~ The Watcher in the Woods (It makes it look like a dark movie about a little old witch in the woods)

Favorite Live Action:
~ The Muppet Show: Season One (lol, this is just TOO COOL!!!!)
~ Walt Disney World Vacation Planning DVD and CDROM (It's so fun and happy and makes you feel warm. Also the case used is pretty awesome too and quite sturdy!)
~ Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (it's so powerful in its own way)

Least Favorite DAC:
~ SLEEPING BEAUTY SE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~ Pocahontas 10th Anniversary Edition (the artist just went too far in making it appealing to children. Pocahontas looks like shes on happy pills, and she didn't do so well at the carnival, winning only two prizes...well at least he mother made the cover!)
~ Cinderella PE (the prince's placement is still bothering me and it doesn't even look like him!)

Favorite DAC:
~ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs PE
~ Fantasia Anthology (the Mickey Clef looks awesome, I wanna learn it!)
~ Melody Time (it fools you into thinking its an awesome movie about Donald)
~ Peter Pan
~ Lady and the Tramp Limited Issue
~ The Sword in the Stone GC (It's a cool angle in which we are viewing him)
~ The Lion King PE
~ Mulan SE
~ Lilo and Stitch SE Region 2

No Blu-Rays are included in this list:



Animated film DVD cover art rank: The best
1. The Little Mermaid: Limited Edition (10)
2. Fantasia: 60th Anniversary Edition (10)
3. Bambi: Platinum Edition (10)
4. Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition (9.5)
5. Robin Hood: "Most Wanted" Edition (9.5)
6. Cinderella: Platinum Edition (9.5)
7. The Little Mermaid: Trilogy (9) (would be a 10 were it not for the logos for each film stuck on the bottom)
8. The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad: Gold Collection (9)
9. Mulan: Gold Collection (9)
10. Pocahontas: Gold Collection (9)
11. The Lion King: Platinum Edition (9)
12. Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition (9)
13. The Rescuers (9)
14. The Aristocats: Special Edition (8.5)
15. The Emperor's New Groove: Collector's Edition (8.5)
16. Brother Bear: Special Edition (8.5)
17. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition (8.5)
18. The Three Caballeros: Gold Collection (8)
19. Oliver & Company: Special Edition (8)
20. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 25th Anniversary Edition (8)
21. The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition (8)
22. Alice in Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition (8)
23. The Rescuers Down Under: Gold Collection (8)
24. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Friendship" Edition (8)
25. Peter Pan: Platinum Edition (8)
26. The Jungle Book: Limited Edition (8)
27. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (7.5) (November '09 release)
28. Fun and Fancy Free: Gold Collection (7.5)
29. The Jungle Book: Platinum Edition (7.5)
30. Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition (7.5)
31. Melody Time: Gold Collection (7.5)
32. Peter Pan: Limited Edition (7.5)
33. Pinocchio: Gold Collection (7.5)
34. Robin Hood: Gold Collection (7)
35. Fantasia: Anthology Collector's Edition (7)
36. Fantasia 2000 (7)
37. The Sword in the Stone: Gold Collection (7)
38. Home on the Range (7)
39. 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition (7)
40. Hercules: Limited Edition (6.5)
41. Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition (6.5)
42. Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (6.5)
43. Aladdin: Platinum Edition (6.5)
44. Mulan: Special Edition (6.5)
45. Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition (6.5)
46. The Fox and the Hound: 25th Anniversary Edition (6)
47. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (6)
48. Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition (6)

The weakest:
49. Alice in Wonderland: "Un-anniversary" Special Edition (6)
50. The Black Cauldron: Gold Collection (6)
51. The Aristocats: Gold Collection (6)
52. The Fox and the Hound: Gold Collection (5.5) (cover without Big Mama? The owl)
53. Lilo & Stitch (5.5)
54. Alice in Wonderland: Gold Collection (5.5)
55. The Great Mouse Detective (5)
56. Pinocchio: Platinum Edition (5)
57. Lady and the Tramp: Limited Edition (5)
58. The Great Mouse Detective: "Mystery in the Mist" Edition (5)
59. Tarzan (5)
60. Make Mine Music: Gold Collection (4.5)
61. Tarzan: Special Edition (4.5)
62. Hercules: Gold Collection (4.5)
63. The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition (4)
64. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4)
65. Peter Pan: Special Edition (4)
66. Dumbo: "Big Top" Edition (4)
67. The Emperor's New Groove (4)
68. Lilo & Stitch: "Big Wave" Edition (3.5)
69. 101 Dalmatians: Limited Edition (3.5)
70. The Princess and the Frog (single disc, widescreen) (3.5)
71. Tarzan: Collector's Edition (3)
72. Atlantis the Lost Empire: Collector's Edition (3)
73. Treasure Planet (2.5)
74. The Emperor's New Groove: "New Groove" Edition (2.5)

My faves:
1. Fantasia Anthology: The Mickey's head/treble clef was really clever, and the beam of light coming from the orchestra? Wow.
2. Snow White Diamond Edition (DVD case of Blu-ray or DVD): It doesn't feel as crowded as the Blu. I like the DVD's mirror symbols as a backdrop along with the signature apple, and for the Blu-ray with DVD Case, I like the whole feel of Snow White in the center and everyone looking at her (despite some being off model).
3. Pinocchio Platinum Edition: It's very simple, yet elegant. I love the Blue Fairy looking down at everyone with that soft glow.
4. The Lion King Platinum Edition: It's very majestic and powerful. Too bad Simba isn't on Pride Rock (by himself).
5. WALL-E: Very simplistic yet epic at the same time.
6. Up Deluxe/Blu: Reminiscent of the poster, which I loved, so duh.
I'll think of others later.

Favourites
The Little Mermaid PE
Robin Hood Most Wanted Edition
Aladdin PE- I like the style of it, but where are the Genie's legs?
101 Dalmatians PE- Has the most important characters
Cinderella PE
Alice In Wonderland ME
Sword In The Stone 45 Anniversary Edition
Oliver and Company 20 Anniversary Edition
Aristocats SE
Aristocats GC
Pinocchio PE

Least Favourites
Hercules GC- Horrible, just like that release
Beauty And The Beast PE- Not too bad, it was just a bit plain
Robin Hood GC- All of the GC's were unimpressive
Sword In The Stone GC
Tarzan SE
Snow White PE
The Little Mermaid 2

I'm still undecided on Mulan SE. Some days I like it, others I don't.

So sue me, I really like the Pinocchio Diamond Edition Blu-ray art

I absolutely despise the Hunchback of Notre Dame cover art. Esmeralda and Quasimodo look so off-model.

Surprisingly, I really like the Peter Pan PE cover art. It gives me the whole vibe of the film, which makes me want to get the poster from DMR.

I also like the Sleeping Beauty PE cover art. It's very peaceful, with that great shade of purple. And of course, you can't beat Maleficent as a dragon on any cover art!