Albums, Posters and Cover Art - Battle Royale V

Tyler, The Creator - Cherry Bomb (2015) vs Madonna - Like a Prayer (1989)

Leona Lewis - Glassheart (Deluxe Edition) (2012) vs Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle (1997)

 

D:Ream - Do It Anyway (2025) vs The Killers - Rebel Diamonds (2023)

Magnum - Evolution (2011) vs Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001)

The Damned - Darkadelic (2023) vs The Cure - Pornography (1982)

Dayseeker - Creature in The Black Night (2025) vs This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (2023)

Tears for Fears - Songs for a Nervous Planet (2024) vs Falling in Reverse - Coming Home (2017) 

Born of Osiris - Through Shadows (2025) vs Korn - Korn (1994)

Laufey - A Matter of Time (2025) vs Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time: The Definitives Collection (2019)

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) vs Sparks - Big Beat (1976)

Everything Everything - Mountainhead (2024) vs Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014)

Sad Night Dynamite - Welcome the Night (27 September 2024) vs Becky Hill - Believe Me Now (31 May 2024)

'Surfing' principle remains.

Now things get really exciting.

Michael Jackson - Thriller (30 November 1982) vs Lionel Richie - You Are¹ (1982)

¹Exact release date of 7" vinyl single is unclear, but logically before...

SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grãce (2024) vs Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

And.

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

Adele - 21 (2011) vs The Very Best of... Sting & The Police² (2002 edition)

²Compilation album was initially released in 1997 with a different cover.

The above recycles:

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

But hold the phone boys and girls.

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (1985)

Nuff said.

Miscellany

Selena Gomez - Revival (2015) vs Striptease (1996)

Contra³ - Songs About Feelings (2004) vs Prom Night (1980)

³Also a 2010 album by Vampire Weekend.

Speaking of which.

Ann Kirsten Kennis sued XL Recordings and band for using the photo without permission.
In 2011, lawsuit was dropped after she was paid an undisclosed fee.

Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (2024) vs The Possession (2012)

You see it too, right?

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) vs Fright Night (1985) 

Fright Night Part II⁴ (1988)
Apart from some superficial differences (building and the eyes of vampiric face), poster for Tommy Lee Wallace's muddled sequel is virtually the same, meaning artist Peter Mueller didn't have much to do.

⁴ntbcw Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013).

Wanna know something weird?

Great.

Fright Night: The Arcade Game
Amiga exclusive placed you in the role of Jerry Dandrige (surname spelled as Dandridge in other sources), who must turn victims at his house into vampires before sunrise.

Whether coincidental or not, cover art used the same yellow moon as film sequel.

Amusingly, game and Part II were both released in December 1988.

Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)

Title of twelfth album is a direct nod to Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel of same name, which itself is derived from Miranda's speech in Act V, Scene I of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

"O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,

That has such people in 't."

The upper half was created by band's perennial figure Derek Riggs, with the bottom half by digital artist Steve Stone.

While this iteration of "Eddie" is the same idea as Fright Night and/or Part II, what's more incredible is how ghostly face was 'discreetly' stolen.

Well shit.

Marty Supreme - The scoop and digest

Loosely based on the life and career of Marty Reisman, Josh Safdie directs and co-writes sporting drama with Ronald Bronstein.

Géza Röhrig portrays Holocaust survivor Bela Kletzki, who was inspired by Alojzy Ehrlich.

Timothée Chalamet - Marty Mauser

Gwyneth Paltrow - Kay Stone

Odessa A'zion - Rachel Mizler

Kevin O'Leary - Milton Rockwell

Tyler Okonma - Wally

Fran Drescher - Rebecca Mauser

Abel Ferrara - Ezra Mishkin

Emory Cohen - Ira Mizler

Koto Kawaguchi - Koto Endo

Larry Ratso Sloman - Murray Mauser

Luke Manley - Dion Galanis

Summary

New York, 1952.

23-year-old Marty Mauser works as a shoe salesman for his uncle Murray and is also a professional table tennis player.

He aspires to win the British Open, but needs $700 for his ticket.  His co-worker Lloyd gives him the money from the safe, staging shit as a robbery.

Once in London, Marty seduces former Hollywood actress Kay Stone and meets her rich husband Milton Rockwell.

He loses 3-0 to Koto Endo in the final and handles defeat like a petulant child.

Back in New York, Marty is fined $1500 by the International Table Tennis Association and banned from entering the upcoming world championship in Tokyo.

Aside from hustling with his friend Wally at a bowling alley, Marty makes up life as he goes along.

Wood and foam

Chalamet behaves like a right wonka, but electric performance is worthy of the hype.

Not to be outdone, those around him aren't exactly shabby either (and almost as unpleasant).

Ping pong action exudes furious energy and Darius Khondji's cinematography is majestic.

Unfortunately, the tournament in Tokyo isn't played out, but the rematch with Endo is exciting, which Marty narrowly wins 22-20.

Despite stating it was a 'biological impossibility' that Rachel could be carrying his child, Marty visits her at the maternity ward and breaks down in tears when he's shown his newborn son, proving even assholes have a heart.