Anybody else feel this way?
I opened up my brand new STAR WARS box set, SOOOO excited. And everything inside the outer packaging seems, well... CHEAP. From the dvd cases, to the liner boards, the graphics on the discs themselves... it all seems CHEAP.
I don't know, maybe its just me. But they almost seem like there were just thrown together with no thought to the long lasting impression they would hold in someones collection.


PLUS, I was looking at the quality of the DVD's and my Return of the Jedi looks like it is just a poor quality disc. Its hard to describe, but when im looking at it, it just looks like it was poorly cut, I can see where the glue ran on to the inner spindle...
It just looks like CRAP! And im not usually picky about this stuff. Maybe it is just I was expecting more out of a huge release like Star Wars.

Anyone else?

Nick.

Already covered here.

Im not talking about the packaging, Im talking about the DVD's themselves.
Nick

The graphics on the discs are great.

Fine with me. I love the disc art, cover art is ok as well.

REALLY... Man, I must have just been looking for something else. It doesnt look like the graphics were done in crayon?
Nick

"Cheap" is not a word that came to my mind. I also don't see what people are complaining about re: the "flimsy" box. It serves its purpose for me.

Are you talking about the inserts? I think those are reproductions, or in the style of the concept paintings that were done to sell the films to Fox.

ya, the inserts, the graphics on the discs... it all seemed cheap to me. I was kinda dissappointed. Like I said before, "it must just be me. I must have been looking for something else. And didnt get what I expected." No worries... I am still stoked to have this in my collection, I was just curious if anyone else felt the same way. Apparently not! Guess Im just a crazy bastard.
Nick.

The graphics on the discs are from the original posters I believe, thus I think it's cool that they're on there.

[Solo]Who's scruffy lookin'?[/Solo]

OK, so now im concerned that I have a knock off copy. If they are copys of the original one sheet, then mine is a cheap knock off. I have the original one sheet, and it doesnt look like what is on my DVD.
Nick

I could be wrong as I haven't seen the original posters in ages, anyway, the actual art is shown in the disc below so you can see if that's what you got.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/n...s20040624.html

It's fuck'n artistic for fuck sake. You just don't get the deep level of meaning that those pictures represent.

I dig the original poster artwork on the disks

can't you give a decent reply without using the eff word?

Well, thank you for your in depth artistic approach that apparently I have completly overlooked. Its nice to see that you have overlooked the whole point of my post here, and gone off on your own little tyrade about how stupid someone can be with a question.
Are you one of the many art majors who crys about how nobody understands your art? How your so unappreciated? Just die already so we can all morn your loss, and truley appreciate all you have contributed to the world.
Nick

Thanks for the link, makes me feel better.
Nick

I think that the insert art (broad-brush-strokes & "abstract" feel) might have looked fine in another context, but with so much of the rest of the package looking cheap and poorly done, it really does start to feel like some stupid crayon drawings... Oh well (again...)

Doesn't look/feel/appear cheap to me.

I'm fine with the box, but the actual keepcases themselves feel cheap to me. Mine came with these funny things near where you open them. I've heard this is the standard new case for new DVD releases, but it's really cheesy.

What he said! The DVD art looks fantastic. The abstract painting on the inserts look awesome. The keepcases are the same ones uses on many, many DVD release, and are fine. Sure, the box is sort of flimsy, but so was the Alien Quadrilogy box. Heck, my Alien Quad box has falled to pieces. Besides, I'm sure Paul Champagne will design a new metal collectors case, sooner or later.

I watch the content of the disc not the disc or the box

How do you choose which disc to watch? Close your eyes and pick randomly?

Yep, me too...I quickly opened it, threw the two halves behind my stereo (where all my other flimsy boxes are) and put the four keepcases on the shelf next to Ep. I & II.