TV series are the new standard for home entertainment. Services such as Netflix and Hulu have made easy to watch entire seasons, episodes back-to-back, in a matter of days.
They’re like extended movies, and often better than the formulaic Hollywood offerings of late. And for true fans, ordering the DVD or Blu-Ray versions is a must. As such, designers have gotten creative with front cover designs for TV series‘ DVDs and Blu-ray discs. I’ve listen the 10 best designs I’ve ever seen below.
1. Dexter – Season 6
In this season America’s favorite serial killer wrestles with the idea of faith while continuing to mercilessly kill his victims – others who have killed. The cover design symbolizes this notion with its background angel wing blood splatter.
2. The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Technically, this is a movie, but it is a continuation of the popular television series and features a sweet DVD cover where the shadows of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully form an “X.”
3. The Wire – Season 5
This series covers the Baltimore crime scene with a press point of view, which makes this DVD cover perfect for the series.
4. Mad Men – Season 5
A nude mannequin commands attention, but the real value in this DVD cover design is the ad man reflecting on the scene, symbolic of the show itself.
5. Six Feet Under – Season 1
This series takes viewers into the lives of dysfunctional family members who happen to own a funeral home. Beauty in death is a theme echoed by this DVD cover.
6. Deadwood – Season 1
The cover for the first season of the short-lived yet popular Deadwood series offers a glimpse of a western mining down as the backdrop and a woman lying in the foreground. It’s a stunning design that immediately generates interest in the show.
7. Oz – Season 1
Sometimes the setting alone, presented in dramatic flair, can make viewers want to watch a show. I think the Oz DVD cover fits the bill.
8. Sons of Anarchy – Season 2
The coolest show on two wheels has the sweetest, most original, grungiest cover of all-time. It’s exactly what you would expect from this popular, groundbreaking program.
9. The Shield – Season 7
The most understated-yet-dramatic cover on this list, The Shield Season 7 DVD cover lends insight into the problems to be faced by the protagonist; a cop who is depicted tossing down his badge while continuing to hold his gun.
10. Breaking Bad – Season 1
So what’s a geeky-looking middle-aged man doing in the middle of a desert with a gun, no pants and a smoking RV behind him? This DVD cover design makes you wonder and watch, and – of course – once you get a dose of Walter White’s life you can’t stop watching.
This makes me want to re-watch “The Shield.”
“The Shield” is awesome for sure. I’ll have to look for it on Netflix streaming!