an older title to add:

Free Enterprise: Five Year Mission Extended Edition 2-Disc Set

My 1 1/2 cents on the raging slip case vs cover debate....like Vale said, this is a level of granularity we've never really approached...the 2 terms remain interchangable, but if
Dane M wants to define slipcase as the traditional "side loader" made of the more durable cardboard stock (the most recent example to me being the "Clint Eastwood Western Icon" collection), then that makes sense to me and i'll try to comply. It's still all about semantics and i'm sure i will be incorrectly transposing the terms in the months to follow. Now if we do go down this slippery slope of segregation and start busing the slip covers to one school and the slip cases to another, i will have a problem. In the meantime, you say tomato, i say BLT....
Now, as far as my new light refracting friend "rednowgreen" saying The Truman Show never came with a slipcover (or is it slipcase), it absolutely did, in fact, i even remember some sort of exclusive lenticular cover of the mosaic at Best Buy or Target. It was one of those things where i saw it everywhere for awhile, took it for granted assuming i could pick it up later and then *poof*, i'm on ebay begging people if they have one to sell. Corpse Bride i wasn't sure of, i thought my original copy did (Tim Burton / Warner Bros films usually do...Charile and the Chocolate Factory)..but i wasn't sure. So if it was just Walmart, i'll take your word for it, but The Truman show definately did.

Many good questions... as you point out, slipcovers are not sold seperatly, in fact, that is one of the loose defintions of a slipcover, a cardboard sleeve without a unique UPC. You couldn't buy one seperatly if you wanted to. BUT, i would love to see someone armed with only that piece of logic and common sense try to convince the minimum wage cashier at Target or Walmart that you should be able to just walk out with the slipcover of choice. Since these are basicly fluff marketing items, they exist to make you want to buy the DVD (like the recent "Breed" DVD, whose lenticular sc of the pack of wolves almost convinced me to get the DVD based on sc appeal alone). So give it shot, i'm right behind you (in spirit) but my money is on the cashier calling the manager who will say "Slip covers must be purchased with the DVD in question".
So what does that leave...the double dipping as you mentioned. Which i (and i'm sure others...come on folks, share with the class) have done. Bought a DVD, unwrapped the shrink and returned the DVD with security tags still sitting snuggly on all 3 sides. It works and it doesn't cost you anything but time....was that our only hope...No, there is still another....


Now for the true confession...PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK....who here has done a slipcover swap??? Since most of them now have a rectangular hole cut out for the UPC to show thru (thus preventing young delinquints from putting a $19.99 DVD in a $7.50 slipcover), the distributors have made it quite easy (although ethically gray) to find a DVD you intend on purchasing anyway with no slipcover, put the slipcover you want over the DVD you want to buy (making sure that pesky UPC is plainly visible) and proceed to check out. You will be paying full price for the DVD you wanted and you get the slipcover as a bonus. Is this wrong??? I'm curious to hear the group. I have done this. Since slipcovers are not for sale individually, and the fact that you're not buying the DVD in question means you MUST already own it so the studio is not missing out on a new sale. So where's the harm? Other than, as previously pointed out, if you ask permission from the store higher ups, they would say no (but i don't think they could explain why). So there's the moral dilemna. Is slipcover swapping wrong because the stores say it is even thos it's not technically taking anything of value. Thoughts please??????

add to the list:

Arrested Development: Season Three

Besides Ebay(I'm not having much luck there), does anyone know where I might be able to find the Family Guy Lenticular Covers(Best Buy exclusive) for Vol.s 1,2 3, and 4? They had them at every Best Buy near me for the longest time, so I wasn't very quick to pick any of them up. Now it looks like they've all either dropped them or sold them all.

Thanks!

I'll keep an eye out for the Family Guy Lenticulars. I've got like 3 or 4 Best Buys all within a 10 mile radius. Now Vale, since no one else has jumped on it. From what i've seen so far, the new members into our illustrious club for this week are

It's funny i was loading up "Get Shorty" to watch and it reminded me of Dane M's contention that the side loading, heavy stock slip covers (like the 2 disc Get Shorty has) are really the "slip cases" ("Scarface Platinum Ed", "Constantine", "Unforgiven", etc..) and the top loading, thin cardboard sleeves are the "slip covers" we all know and love. Interesting distinction (and more anal than usual for this group) but i can't say i disagree.

Went and found my National Treasure case, and no slipcover.

So you all are probably right in that it never had one. Although I do sometimes keep my slipcovers in a separate storage area, and like SnapOnTool, I distinctly remember seeing/having one.

Thanks. I went to Circuit City today to cash in on the Die Hard/Best Buy mistake ($5.68 for the Die Hard collection - 4 Discs & a movie ticket) and completely forgot to check on today's slipcovers.


If this thread ever grows to a newer one because of length, I'll change the title to "Definitive List of DVDs with Slipcovers & Slipcases."

That should cover all the bases.

This was probably already discussed and ruled to not count, but I did some research at BB today and noticed that a couple HD and BD sets contain outer slipcases, the Matrix and Mission Impossible three film sets. Planet Earth had one as well.

The Tremors Attack Pack has been re-issued in a keepcase with an O-ring slipcase

What does the slipcover for Batman Begins look like? I've never seen it, anyone have a picture? I have the deluxe edition, but it didn't come with it. Is it not R1?

Well in keeping with our latest exercise in semantic vernacular, here is the "Batman Begins" slipcase (side loading, right Dane?), showing the 2 disc Deluxe edition with the 72 page comic book. And for extra rare collectibility, the lenticular Best Buy version is very cool...and hard to find (runs about $35 on ebay). The bats actually appear to fly and consume the Batman image. And yeah, it's Region 1.

I've actually got an extra copy of the regular version slipcase (non lenticular) for the 2 disc Deluxe Edition (1st pic) if you need one....let me know.

not sure if this has been mentioned but The Host (2-disc SE) comes with an embossed slipcover...it's looks really cool.

I was wondering if anyone knew if any of the Planet of the Apes movies(remake or originals) can in slipcases or sleeves. I know there was a box and a chimp's bust case for the 6-packs, but did any of the single movies come in anything? I thought I saw the original and the remake in a sleeve or case once, but I can't find any proof of that to back up my faint memory.

First off, whenever there's the smallest hint of question regarding slip covers or case, always consult "da list". We haven't built this monster thread around Valeyard's brainchild for nothing. It is probably the most comprehensive documention out there when it comes to slip covers and cases. Seriously, check da list. Then, if there is still doubt, do what you do did. Ask for for feedback.

Personally, I've been a HUGE PofA fan since reading Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel back in the mid 70s. I still remember the beaten paperback copy i carried everywhere. And when the PofA Legacy box set came out with all 5 movies + a bonus "Beyond the Planet of the Apes" disc, i was right there. But i've never seen individual slipcovers.

I can't remember if Burton's 2001 version came with one, but the fact that it was one of those 20th Century Fox Numbered DVD's (is there even a name for that series, just seems that Fox DVDs all of a sudden started having numbers on certain 2 disc sets....i think Abyss was first but it's not alphabetical), and the remake WAS one of those numbered 2 disc sets and most of those did have slipcovers (Elektra, Omen, Predator, The Fly, etc).

The one Planet of the Apes release that did have a slipCASE was the 2 Disc re-release of the original. But it was that gatefold slipcase (like the 2 disc "War of the Worlds" or "Magnolia"...Tom Cruise much?) where the packaging needs the slipcase to qualify as a complete item. So it doesn't really belong on our list, but it is a slipcover and it is Planet of the Apes so i hope that helps...

I saw the original Planet of the Apes with a slipcover the other day at my local Fry's in So. Cal. It was on this version of the movie. I own this version, which never had a slipcover to my recollection.

As for the Burton version, I purchased the 2-disc when it first came out and was not part of the numbered Fox Series at the time of initial release. It did not have a slipcover. I don't know if it did receive a slipcover once it changed over to part of the numbered series, but I'll keep a look out.

Yeah. We're starting to keep track of those two. Thanks for the update.


As for the Burton Planet of the Apes - I too am a lover of the Ape series so I've picked up pretty much every DVD release whenever there was an upgrade. I wasn't thrilled with Burton's version but was there on the day of release to pick it up. It didn't have a Slipcover.

Also, it came out November of 2001. The first slipcovers really didn't start surfacing until 2002.

That's wild....I've never even SEEN this version and i'm acting like this big aficionado. Amazon says it came out last March and i have honestly never even seen it. The PotA copy you have is the one from the Legacy collection i had (i sold it, to one day upgrade to the "Cornelius" head box set). I'll have to look for this one...


As far as Burton's version (yeah, i didn't love it like i hoped either, Vale), maybe it never was part of the Fox Numbered Collection. I thought for sure it was...but now that you have me thinking about it, maybe the Numbered version is the one i mentioned before, the 2 disc rerelease of the original with the "gatefold" slipcover, not Burtons. Sorry about that..

Thanks for the Ape info guys. Besides the gatefold and sleeve for the original, there is a sleeve for the 2001 Apes Walmart Double Feature I forgot to mention(I forget what movie it comes with). I love the original 5 Apes(I remember when you had to send away UPC codes to get the bonus Beyond the Planet of the Apes tape with the original 5 movies that were re-released on tape in the 90's). I couldn't admit I didn't like the Apes remake until months after seeing it because I wanted to like it so much.

All this new packaging is killing me. I hate when a studio keeps re-releasing the same discs in new packaging. It seems the 2 worst offenders are Anchor Bay(I still don't have all its Halloween releases and gave up on Evil Dead) and 20th Century Fox(I wonder when the next Star Wars re-release will be?). I have pretty much given up on Die Hard. Hey, I'm only 31, but I could be dead tomorrow making my OCD with collecting DVDs a moot point. They just recently came out with 1,2 and 3 with sleeves(both regular and Walmart versions), box set(regular and Target version) and a tin for #1. That doesn't even count the 2 releases the series has already had and the one that will probably happen after #4 is released.

DVDTalk won't let me update AGAIN!!!
Sorry guys.

I think I have a new slipcover to add to the list. The 300 Spartans. This is the 1962 movie with Richard Egan.

I just got it today in an order from Deep Discount and it's got a slipcover on it. It's got a vastly different cover with a color scheme similar to that of 300 and it says "The original film that inspired the graphic novel 300!"

This isn't the best picture, but it gives you an idea. If anyone can find a good image someplace I need one to add to DVDSpot.

Saw another Circuit City Essentials today, The Girl Next Door.

Thanks guys.


I really wish I could update!

The Number 23
Hard Boiled

Hands still tied, Vale?...Sorry pal and i feel bad submitting new entries with you being hobbled like this. I'm not being cruel, just documenting them before i forget.

So, for THE LIST....I got "The Ninth Gate" at Target for $4.88 this week (and it's got a nice sc). Another case of the Lionsgate bait and switch. Valeyard alerted me to this a while back when i noticed my "King of New York" clear slipcover with the text on it didn't really work with the new DVDs that were out. It just didn't look right. Vale told me he experienced the same thing with Dirty Dancing Ultimate edition. Artisan DVDs were being re-released by Lionsgate (after the studio acquisition) and some of them now had new (or different) slipcovers. Same thing with "Confidence" and now "The Ninth Gate", looks like it was re-released back in May (with new cover art as well) and now it has a nice slipcover. And like i said, for $4.88, that's a one night rental around here.

Also noticed "Beavis and Butt-head Do America (10th Anniversary Edition)" has a white slipcover with an oval cut out of the front. Is this the "Special Edition" that is already on the list?

It seems a lot of these re-releases are getting the sc treatment. Had a guy actually request a slipcover for a DVD i was selling on ebay the other day. People are finally catching on to what we've always known...