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Old 10-30-04 | 09:33 AM
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Originally posted by littlefuzzy
I do miss some Warner Bros titles, but with their move to keep cases, there are plenty of Warner Bros films coming out that I will be able to get, and I'll keep hoping they will re-release others, especially if they go with some nice 2-disc editions.

For some reason, I don't mind the Digi-packs, I think they actually look nicer on the shelf than keep cases, and there isn't a problem with them catching on each other (like snappers.)

It's just that the case is one factor to help me narrow down the vast selection of titles that I want.
Fuzzy, you took the words right out of my mouth! There are plenty left, it will pain some to hear heh heh.

This is exactly the way I feel about it. I got my first DVD player just one year ago ($25 on a BF sale) and have the luxury of having a big Wishlist. Doubtless it is easier for someone like myself, who can comfortably limit Warner titles to Digipacks — and still not exhaust all the other titles on my Wishlist.

But oh baby, when Warner gets religion and starts issuing them in plastic, I'll be thrilled!

I eagerly look forward to it, since I have about 50 Warner titles, including:
  • A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
  • CABARET
  • CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
  • CLASH OF THE TITANS
  • FULL METAL JACKET
  • GYPSY
  • KISS ME KATE
  • L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
  • MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
  • SWEENEY TODD
  • THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
  • THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
  • THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
  • THE MISTS OF AVALON
  • THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
  • THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
  • THE WIND AND THE LION
— that I look forward to owning, but can wait for in any event.

Three other Warner titles:
  • FINIAN'S RAINBOW
  • GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (1969 version with Petula Clark & Peter O'Toole)
  • KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950 version with Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr)
— that are not currently out on DVD I am hoping against hope will get Keep Cases when they do come out!

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Old 10-30-04 | 09:41 AM
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isnt halloween 2 keepcase
Old 10-30-04 | 09:46 AM
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I don't really care. If I have snappers of movies that are released in keep cases, I don't care. But as far as avoiding movies that come out in snappers NOW, I dunno, I hardly ever have to buy snappers anymore because they're not really a widely used case anymore. The last DVD I bought in a snapper was Scooby Doo 2, and hell, it was a while before that, that I had to buy a snapper. So, no biggy. If a movie I really want comes out in a snapper, I'm not going to hold out. Sure the packaging stinks but it doesn't ruin the movie for me.
Old 10-30-04 | 10:25 AM
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I think they're fine. Not quite as attractive as keepcases perhaps. But they hub mechanisms are less lethal to discs than some keepcases have, and most certainly better than the disc-eating "digistaks" which shatter the disc hubs as they're packed in the factories!

The biggest bind about snapper cases is that, if you have a lot on the shelf fairly tightly packed, taking one out usually means three or four others pull out with it as the plastic edges catch each other.
Old 10-30-04 | 03:32 PM
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Originally posted by Damien666Omen
isnt halloween 2 keepcase
My Halloween II (Goodtimes) was in a snapper, I think that there were several Goodtimes discs re-released in keepcases, but the Universal version looks to be better anyway.
Originally posted by mzupeman2
The last DVD I bought in a snapper was Scooby Doo 2...
Are you sure about that? All of the copies of Scooby Doo 2 I have seen were in keepcases. The original movie was in a snapper (which I own.)

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Old 10-31-04 | 03:06 PM
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I buy DVD's for the movies. With or without inserts, with or without snappers, with or without features. The only thing that will influence my decision in purchasing a movie which I like is whether the transfer or audio is acceptable or not.

End of story.
Old 10-31-04 | 05:19 PM
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Choosing to not buy a DVD because of the style of case is about as rational an idea as refusing to see a movie at a theater because you don't like the color of the carpet in the lobby.
Old 10-31-04 | 07:29 PM
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Originally posted by aam1
What's that kid saying?
the long version of "WTF"

I think

not buyign a movie becuase of a snapper = I'm anal about cases but not THAT anal
Old 10-31-04 | 07:59 PM
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aam1,

I think he's saying, "That's so fucked".
Old 01-23-08 | 02:45 PM
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i hated them because they had a 'no-class' look about them.
worse-you pull one out to view- and the plastic edges catch and pull out 3 other cases (assuming you have several of them in a row)

when the kids get hold of them, they pretty soon get wrecked-torn, kool aid, peanut butter fingerprints etc.
With a keep case when it starts to look bad, you pull out the insert and buy a new case-looks good as new
Old 01-23-08 | 04:54 PM
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What a strange thread resurrection more than three years later.
Old 01-23-08 | 05:19 PM
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I wish HD DVD would have adopted snappers as their standard. They could have referred to them as "Red Snappers." Who knows, Warner may have not gone Blu?
Old 01-23-08 | 05:58 PM
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Wrong forum...

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