mikelowry

Great Movie + Excellent Extras + Handsome Packaging = One Cool DVD
Give me your Top Ten List for the coolest DVD release.

DeputyDave

Brazil CC would have to be there.
Any (or all) of the three LOTR EE DVDs
Se7en
Boogie Nights: Platnum Edition
Almost Famous: Bootleg
Versus: Ultimate Edition
Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition
Fight Club

mikelowry

Here' my list

Oldboy Ultimate Tin
Almost Famous Bootleg
Seven Platinum Edition
Cinema Paradiso De Luxe set
La Haine Criterion release
Seven Samurai Criterion 3 Disc
Alien Quadrilogy
Fight Club Special Edition
Pulp Fiction
Black Hawk Down 3 disc

The Cow

I think the Planet of the Apes (with the Ape Head) Ultimate Collection is pretty good.

Tscott

1. Cool Hand Luke
2. Too Cool for School - The John Hughes Collection
3. Ice Age - Super Cool Edition
4. Cool Runnings
5. Cool World
6. Be Cool
7. Cool McCool - The Complete Series
8. Frontline: The Merchants of Cool
9. Christi Taylor: Totally Cool Step
10. A Cool Dry Place

Not yet released: Cool As Ice

kitkat

I dont' know, but Dazed and Confused Criterion belongs there.

Mosskeeto

I think your taste in DVDs is cool!

The Cow

Ouch. You reminded me of the lack of extras from Cool Runnings.

That movie deserves better!

dman988

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Criterion
Fight Club: 2-Disc Steelbook
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly SE
Sin City: SE
Jarhead: CE
Almost Famous Bootleg Edition
The Third Man: Criterion Re-Issue
Pulp Fiction: SE
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: SE
8 1/2 Criterion

Xbox69

In no particular order, from my collection:

1. Rushmore (Criterion)
2. Dazed and Confused (Criterion)
3. The Poseidon Adventure, Special Edition
4. The Towering Inferno, Special Edition
5. The Searchers, Ultimate Collector's Edition
6. Rio Bravo, Ultimate Collector's Edition
7. Planet of the Apes, Ultimate Collection (w/ Ape Head)
8. The Ten Commandments, 50th Anniversary Edition (3 disc)
9. To Kill A Mockingbird, Universal Legacy Series
10. Scarface, Deluxe Edition Gift Set

advdfreak

No certain order from my collection:

1. Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection
2. Alien Quadrilogy
3. James Bond Ultimate Edition Box Sets
4. The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Gift Sets
5. Spider-Man 1 & 2 Gift Sets
6. The Godfather Collection
7. Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition Tin
8. The Wizard of Oz - Three Disc Collector's Edition
9. Grease - Rockin' Rydell Edition with T-Bird & Pink Ladies Jackets
10. Evil Dead I & II - Book Of Dead Editions

Apone

Kingdom of Heaven (4-disc)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (non-R1 2-disc for an amaray case)
Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 (2-disc)
Double Indemnity (Legacy Series)
Fanny & Alexander (Criterion Collection)
Se7en (2-disc)
Laura (R2/4 2-disc)
Memento (R4 bare-bone) but the menu is one of the best!
Star Wars Trilogy
Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)

BuckNaked2k

A few not yet mentioned......

True Romance SE

Jackie Brown SE

Reservoir Dogs 20th Anniversary Gasoline Can

Giggles

Aftermath LE by Dragon
Band of Brothers Korean LE
Dawn of the Dead ('04) Unrated Director's Cut
Deep Red Ultimate Collector's LУ by Dragon
The Descent R2 2-disc SE
Pan's Labyrinth Korean LE
Hellraiser R2 Lament Configuration Box Set
Phantasm R2 Sphere set
Kill Bill 1&2 Japanese Ultimate Boxes
Lord of the Rings (any) Gift Boxes

You sadly forgot Quiet Cool - nice cool flick.

Bandit03

1. Pearl Harbor Vista Series (not the greatest movie but amazing packaging)
2. LOTR Extended Edition Sets
3. Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)
4. Kingdom of Heaven (4-disc)
5. Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition Tin
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit: SE
7. Black Hawk Down 3 disc
8. Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition
9. Fight Club
10. Band of Brothers

The Infidel

Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition in the wrap-around metal case.

ShaunoftheDead

Are we just talking R1 releases?

matome

Can't think of the top 10 right off the top of my head, but I know my #1:

Freaks & Geeks Limited Edition Yearbook

spielbrik

1. The Adventures of Indiana Jones
2. Seven Samurai (Criterion)
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4. King Kong (33')
5. Jules and Jim (Criterion)
6. Tokyo Story (Criterion)
7. The Wages of Fear (Criterion)
8. Dazed and Confused (Criterion)
9. Citizen Kane
10. Signs

Not much to say here, I'm a sucker for a nice long making-of. Believe it or not, Signs has one of my favorite making-of's, which is why it makes the list.

islandclaws

Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition
Planet of the Apes: "The Head"
The Lord of the Rings: Extended editions
Superman: Ultimate Collection
Phantasm sphere set (R2)
King Kong ('33) BB exclusive tin box set
King Kong ('05) production diaries
Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74) steelbook
Pinky Violence collection
Battle Royale limited edition tin (R2)

Damone

1. LOTR EE's
2. Straw Dogs (Criterion)
3. Brazil (3-disc Criterion)
4. Evil Dead - Book of the Dead Edition
5. Dazed and Confused (Criterion)
6. Munich (2-disc)*
7. Kingdom of Heaven (4-disc)
8. Wizard of Oz (3-disc)
9. Toy Story (Ultimate Toy Box)
10. Gladiator (3-disc) -- although you still need the 2-disc version w/dts as well
*BTW, have an extra SEALED copy F/S or F/T

Giles

Hellraiser Trilogy Box (R2)
Brazil (Criterion)
Shaun of the Dead (R2 SE)
Dawn of the Dead Ultimate
Evil Dead (book of the dead editino)
The Brady Bunch (Shag DVD)
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (cloth slipcover R2 edition)
Battle Royale (tin)

kefrank

Lord of the Rings (Extended Edition Trilogy)
Still the best DVDs ever, in my opinion - no other release can match the quality and presentation of films, sheer volume of fascinating extra features, and display-worthy packaging.

Seven Samurai (CC 3-disc)
If LOTR didn't have the advantage of developing DVD extras during the filmmaking process, I believe this would be the greatest DVD ever.

Brazil (CC 3-disc remastered)
Until the Seven Samurai re-release, this was the crown jewel of the Criterion Collection.

The Double Life of Veronique (CC 2-disc)
A haunting film with perfect packaging, great extras, and a beautiful companion book full of essays, which a movie like this actually warrants.

Batman Begins (Deluxe Edition w/ comic book)
The only way this could be better is if the outer packaging was nicer, but the comic book reprints really seal its inclusion on this list.

X-Men 1.5 (Steelbook)
Without the steelbook, it's just a nice special edition of a really good superhero movie, but the awesome steelbook packaging cements its position here.

X2: X-Men United (Steelbook)
Ditto to the X-Men 1.5 comment, except that this is an ever better film than the first one.

The Office Season 1 & 2 (Limited Edition Severance Package)
These DVDs of possibly the best current comedy on television are spectacular, with more worthwhile extras than most shows get on DVD (the deleted scenes are gold!). The Dunder Mifflin gear included in the Severance Package are a real treat for serious fans - especially the Dwight business card with working phone number.

Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut (3-disc Special Edition)
This is a really wonderful film, made even better by the "bootleg cut" and presented beautifully with cool extra features, but the included Stillwater CD really puts this over the top.

Bruce Lee: 30th Anniversary Collection (R2 Hong Kong Legends Box Set)
If I'm allowed a non-region 1 set, this one is a favorite with gorgeous packaging, nice releases of all of Lee's hong kong movies and some very cool features (along with some filler, admittedly).

eiker_ir

crazyrabbits

From my collection, I would say:

Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier

I consider this an inferior release, due to the fact that it didn't have the Hearts Of Darkness movie or any preservation of the workprint. However, I absolutely admire the simple packaging, that opens up to that image of brando pouring water on himself. The fact that I have the aforementioned two missing components (just no acquired legally) cements this package as one of the greats in my collection.

Alien Quadrilogy

Gollum: Creating Movie Memories

Featured as a bonus in the LOTR Two Towers Gift Set, the packaging, highlighting a worn book with a faux pencil sketch of Gollum on the cover, is just excellent.

LOTR: The Fellowship Of The Ring Gift Set

I respect any company that produces a set where you get a four-disc edition stuffed with extras, a magazine, bookends and trading cards.

Monk Season 4 Emmy Set



Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition

Aside from the fact that it's the best DVD bargain I've ever gotten ($5.99 sealed at a Loblaws in Mississauga, with steel case not even smudged), it's got a plethora of features and just damn cool packaging.