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Post by sammy123 on Aug 21, 2013 22:04:41 GMT -5
[img src=" " alt="DVD"] [img src=" " alt="Blu-ray"] Link
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Post by sammy123 on Aug 21, 2013 22:07:21 GMT -5
Do they actually expect people to buy this based on the cover?
The 'casual' fans couldn't stomach Bryan getting shafted at the event...how are they supposed to buy SummerSlam on DVD/B-ray once they see the cover on shelves?
This has been brought up before, but I hate spoiler covers. Yeah, yeah...the event already transpired, but so have movies and episodic TV. You don't see the season finale spoiled on the cover of a TV show set, do you?
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Post by Malcolm on Aug 21, 2013 22:09:48 GMT -5
I don't really see anything. You may wanna try a different source or hosting the image on an image hosting site since I can't get it to show either.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 22:13:21 GMT -5
That looks pretty bad, even by WWE standards. Where are the gigantic floating heads?
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Post by Kash Flagg on Aug 21, 2013 22:15:13 GMT -5
I don't see anything. That really IS a terrible cover.
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Post by sammy123 on Aug 21, 2013 22:15:59 GMT -5
I think it was a google chrome thing...you should be able to see it now
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Aug 21, 2013 22:19:49 GMT -5
Nothing like killing the suspense of the main event*...
*Yes, everyone knows what happened now, but in the future someone might forget/have no idea.
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Post by "American Nightmare" B.B. Bart on Aug 21, 2013 22:24:14 GMT -5
It'd be like if the Money in the Bank 2011 cover spoiled CM Punk winning the WWE Title...
Oh, wait.
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Post by wildojinx on Aug 21, 2013 22:24:31 GMT -5
Havent they done this multiple times before? Off the top of my head i remember Survivor Series 08, Summerslam 2010, and MITB 2011 all having "spoiler" covers.
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Post by sammy123 on Aug 21, 2013 22:25:16 GMT -5
Think back to when you were a kid and rented your first WWF/E event at a video store, but this time the ending was spoiled...lol
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Post by sammy123 on Aug 21, 2013 22:26:26 GMT -5
The cover is such a downer, though, that I can see sales being affected
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Post by CMWaters on Aug 21, 2013 22:28:29 GMT -5
This has been brought up before, but I hate spoiler covers. Yeah, yeah...the event already transpired, but so have movies and episodic TV. You don't see the season finale spoiled on the cover of a TV show set, do you? No, but you do sometimes see endings of movies spoiled on DVD covers. (I'm looking at you, classic Planet of the Apes DVD cover.)
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Aug 21, 2013 22:42:11 GMT -5
Great way to get HHHeat
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Post by Perd on Aug 21, 2013 22:48:25 GMT -5
In future newa. that's also the cover of "WWE Presents: The 25 Greatest Kicks to the Balls of the IWC". Sure to be a best seller.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Aug 21, 2013 22:55:12 GMT -5
Do they actually expect people to buy this based on the cover? The 'casual' fans couldn't stomach Bryan getting shafted at the event...how are they supposed to buy SummerSlam on DVD/B-ray once they see the cover on shelves? This has been brought up before, but I hate spoiler covers. Yeah, yeah...the event already transpired, but so have movies and episodic TV. You don't see the season finale spoiled on the cover of a TV show set, do you? I imagine seeing Triple H turn heel after ~7 years is a bigger draw for the 'casual' fans than anything or anyone else in the main event. Though I do have to question not putting Brock on the cover.
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Post by celticjobber on Aug 21, 2013 23:07:19 GMT -5
This would've made a better cover: Or even the PPV poster:
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Aug 21, 2013 23:31:32 GMT -5
Havent they done this multiple times before? Off the top of my head i remember Survivor Series 08, Summerslam 2010, and MITB 2011 all having "spoiler" covers. Fatal 4 Way as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 23:44:30 GMT -5
Every DVD cover should be R-Truth leaning against a brick wall smoking a cigarette.
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Post by mattperiolat on Aug 22, 2013 0:03:23 GMT -5
Man, WWE just does not care about spoilers anymore, do they? Yeah, I know, in the age of the 'net, it is really not news anymore, just saying.
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Post by mattperiolat on Aug 22, 2013 0:04:32 GMT -5
Havent they done this multiple times before? Off the top of my head i remember Survivor Series 08, Summerslam 2010, and MITB 2011 all having "spoiler" covers. Fatal 4 Way as well. This year's Rumble as well. Rock with the belt and the word "Finally" on there. Subtle, WWE.
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