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With me, it's Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs.  I think I have 3 on DVD and one (maybe 2) on VHS, plus I think I taped it once off cable.

Just heard today they are re-doing Straw Dogs for 2010 ..

I heard that awhile ago, too.  I doubt it would be an improvement over the original.

Since you brought it up, daddy. those Custo Cover art sites are all illegal. Hollywood shuts them down all the time. Here is why they are illegal. Their users are producing custom artwork which they do not own, the Studios own the artwork, these sites are then "selling" this artwork which neither the producer of the art nor the site have ownership, this is a very clear violation of copyright. I know of one site, in particular, that is being investigated right now by a Major Hollywood Srtudio and i expect that once they are satisfied with their investigation the site will receive a cease and desist order, and they will shut down rather than dealing with a lawsuit they can't win.

I have seen some of this art, and a lot of it IS very nice  and very professional...but it is also very illegal.

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I hear ya, pal and i don't necessarily agree with them, but it's the way it is. I think the problem with a lot of these sites and their Cover users is they simply don't know when to quit. Covers might be one thing, but when you also are producing disc art and Covers for Major movies which have not yet been released to DVD or BD, then they are going too far.

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I think the studios aren't so much worried about you and I using these images to replace damaged covers on DVDs we have bought and paid for than they are worried that bootleggers are using the images for their counterfeit discs.  All it would take would be a good color printer, a supply of empty keep cases, and a shring wrap machine -- and from the outside, it would be hard to tell the boot from a legitimate DVD.

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If the title has not been released Gunnar, where is the original Art going to come from, hmmmm.

Let's, say one of the summer's big movies, perhaps even some that have not even hit the theaters yet.

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I will buy more than one copy if the it has been remastered and reviewed by many to be better,
say with additional or a better director's cut.
Also a number of dupes via Critierion's new Blu-rays.
Also few dupes from collections, as via Deep Discount sale one resulted in two dupes, but was
cheaper than buying the ones I did not have separately.
I need to go though my 1200 laser discs and see what else needs to be replaced.
I too have bought many copies of the Disneys and classics like GWTW and Oz.

The extent of my insanity, all double dips I can think of:

Alien Legacy boxset (cover is too cool to give away now that discs inside are worthless)
Alien Quad boxset

Alone in the Dark (UWE!) normal dvd
Alone in the Dark DC

American Psycho Killer Edition
American Psycho R2 vesrion which was best before KE
sold unrated Universal disc when I got the R2

Army of Darkness 2 disc LE
Army of Darkness DC LE
Both on VHS from the days before dvd.

Big Lebowski (new bowling ball LE)
trying to sell/trade old disc

Boondock Saints Japan version with exclusive commentary
Boondock Saints German disc with other extras
sold old FF dvd.

Casino CE
sold old bones disc before getting CE

Clerks X
sold old CE before getting

Creepshow R2 SE
gave old snapper case to a regionally challenged friend

Darkman Franchise collection
Sold single disc of first film, sold single disc of 2nd long ago (cuz it sucks)

Dawn of the Dead (original)
UE
single AB divimax version (still have, with gold foil)

The Doors 15th Ann.
Doors disc from Stone boxset

Eaten Alive (Hooper) old Elite disc (stuck with)
2 disc Dark Sky version

Escape from New York SE
Escape from New York laserdisc
sold Escape barebones vesrion when SE came out

Evil Dead
Elite SE
Book of teh Dead
UE (only cuz Best Buy let me have it for $6 during a sale for the standard version they didn't have)

Faust
Old Portugese release when it was the only one
Lions Gate US WS version

Friday the 13th
Boxset
New versions of 3,4,5,6. Only bought 3, won the others on horrordvds
Used to have 3 and 4 barebones versions but sold when boxset came out.

Godzilla (original)
old Simitar disc (stuck with)
Toho master collection

Halloween 2 disc LE
Halloween TV version (with film cell, BB exclusive)
WS VHS from before dvd
Criterion laserdisc
dub of disc 2 from 25th ann.

Goodfellas 2 disc
sold old flipper/snapper when announced

Hellraiser 3
Tawian disc with 5.1, sold to get
German "Red Edition" stcuk with
R2 Lament boxset.

Henry: portrait of a Serial Killer
full uncut version R2 stuck with
20th Ann SE

Hostel
first version, sold when Directors Cut 2 disc came out

Killing Zoe
US version (kept for subtitles)
3 disc French version

King Kong (Peter Jacksons)
2 disc
Extended cut

Last Action Hero
old WS/FS US disc, sold to get
R2 with Making of and AC/DC video

Lord of teh Rings
all 3 2 disc and 4 disc Exended versions. Didn't pay for 2 disc ones.

Ms .45
Image R1 disc
uncut big box VHS

Natural Born Killers
Directors Cut
theater version from Stone boxset (never gonna watch)

Nightmare on Elm Street
boxset
Inifinfilm version

Phantasm
old R1 disc, sold when I got
R2 Sphere set

Platoon
old snapper version (stuck with)
R1 SE, sold for
2 disc 20th Ann.

Predator 2
laserdisc (stuck with)
R2 barebones from Austraila (back when it looked like R1 wasn't ever gonna happen)
2 disc SE

Prince of Darkness
old R1 Image disc
French version with 5.1 and more extras.

Pulp Fiction
barebones R1 version, sold for
Candian version with some extras, sold for
2 disc CE

Punisher (2004) normal and extended versions.

Re-Animator
Millenium Edition
sold old Elite single disc

Reservoir Dogs
Mr. Brown version
15th Ann.

Resident Evil
Special Ed.
Deluxe Ed.
Resurrected Edition with 1 and 2 (with movie ticket for RE3, plus $5 in concessions, I got paid $2 to have this)

Return of the Living Dead
old VHS
MGM version with glow cover
newer collectors edition (for $3 at Best Buy one day)

Return of the Living Dead 3
R2 Full Uncut version (FS)
Lions Gate R1 version, WS with extras but cut.

Robocop
sold my Criterion for R2 SE

Saw 3
Directors Cut
Unrated version

Scream
boxset, R1
Scandanavian Directors Cut
DC laserdisc

Silence of the Lambs
Criterion
single disc SE from MGM

Terminator
old snapper
SE with holofoil cover

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Pioneer, sold for
2 disc SE tin

They Live
old Image snapper
French version with 5.1 and more extras than other R2 versions

True Romance
old snapper, gave away when I got the 2 disc SE

Underworld
2 disc unrated
single disc (free with movie cash for 30 Days of Night at a Circut City sale)

Vampires (john Carpenter)
old Columbia version, sold for
French version with DTS and doc.

Zombie (Zombi 2)
old AB version, sold for
25th Ann ED

I do hav a problem!