# You can't judge a \[video\] by the cover **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-judge-a-video-by-the-cover/828154 "2019-01-21T15:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-judge-a-video-by-the-cover/828154/21 "2019-01-24T22:32:40Z")
Was that the version on the Criterion laserdisc? I’ve been meaning to get that. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-judge-a-video-by-the-cover/828154/22 "2019-01-25T04:56:18Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > He didn’t see the version of _Tail Fluffers_ with Fluffball. I suspect he saw the version from the back room starring Anita Squirreljob and so naturally he thinks poorly of people he thinks saw it. > > The scene with Anita and the squirrel and the midget in the camel costume was very well lit. That they did not recieve a lighting nomination for that film was. a. crime. There, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-judge-a-video-by-the-cover/828154/23 "2019-01-25T15:14:45Z")
If the main selling blurb on the cover was “With Music By…!” and then list like 10 of the latest kewl bands of grungy melancholy kids, I know that movie was one to skip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-judge-a-video-by-the-cover/828154.md?page=1)