Thread:Gudzilla1995/@comment-27148630-20160204021432

Don't judge a book by its cover - no, literally. Nor a video, a comic, or even a record. The cover is an essential part of the marketing plan. As is common in marketing, it can be an entirely inaccurate representation. It's not just the artwork that's misleading, either. The Blurb on the back may be even more disconnected from the story. Popular characters who appear in little more than a cameo on the inside can be larger than the main character on the cover. A quiet, contemplative issue can be made to seem like an action-packed frag-fest, and vice-versa. The cover can push for an entirely different demographic than the rest of the work. This is often done intentionally so customers will purchase the product assuming that it relates to their interests in a visual version of Follow the Leader. Film Posters and video packaging are particularly likely to mislead if it's an independent film, or a film in a genre that the marketing people assume most people are unlikely to appreciate. For example, an intelligently-written mystery for the whole family may have a cover that implies it's a comedy, or a family film that happens to have a dog in it may emphasize the dog on the cover.

Let's talk about it, shall we?

The first Puerto Chango DVD of Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, released by Moon Video Enterprises, not only does it call it "Raggedy Ann's BIG Musical" (what gratuitous english!), it shows Raggedy Ann and Andy, Grouchy Bear, and Sunny Bunny (from the 1988 animated series) putting on a concert, with Raggedy Ann on piano, Raggedy Andy on a electric guitar and vocals, Grouchy Bear on snyth drums, and Sunny Bunny on synth, none of which happens in the movie and Grouchy Bear and Sunny Bunny are not in the movie either! 