10-15-2015, 05:16 AM
Quote:(The latter promo shots just have them all standing unfeasibly close in an insane photoshop with identical smiles on their phizogs.)
The S8 DVD cover HORRIFIES me. As you said, I don't think they were even actually photographed together, in the same room, and it's sooo generic. It looks like any generic sitcom from the '80s/'90s. What is that brick backdrop supposed to be? It's like a Friends-Cheers amalgam. It just screams "standard sitcom about a group of not-so-young yuppies." It's almost like a parody of that genre. It looks cheaply done, it's like a flyer for a college-campus improv-comedy troupe. And the past few seasons' DVD covers have made SH look oddly girly and airbrushed. It's...airless and without a hint of the show's original premise, vibe, or aesthetic.