Oh Snap! Another Snapper
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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.
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.
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
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)
PEACH
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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.
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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.
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.
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From: In my secret underground lair, plotting to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! Bwuaaahahahaha!!
Originally posted by Damien666Omen
isnt halloween 2 keepcase
isnt halloween 2 keepcase
Originally posted by mzupeman2
The last DVD I bought in a snapper was Scooby Doo 2...
The last DVD I bought in a snapper was Scooby Doo 2...
Last edited by littlefuzzy; 10-30-04 at 03:35 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.
End of story.
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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.
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Originally posted by aam1
What's that kid saying?
What's that kid saying?
I think
not buyign a movie becuase of a snapper =
I'm anal about cases but not THAT anal
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aam1,
I think he's saying, "That's so fucked".
I think he's saying, "That's so fucked".
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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
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




