How come so many people hate those carboard slipcovers?
02-21-05, 09:27 AM
#76
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Saw at Blockbuster has a completely diff. case. It's a regular armary with a white cover and has the foot and hand and on the back there is the summar with pictures, etc. It's alright, but kind of bland. I can see the artwork being used for later releases, like House of 1,000 corpses when it was taken out of digpacks.
I also noticed Barnes and Noble doesn't get slipcovers. I saw Catwoman, AVP, Taxi, I Robot, Malcolm X, etc. without them. I Robot looked especially ugly, as did Leon the Professional.
I also noticed Barnes and Noble doesn't get slipcovers. I saw Catwoman, AVP, Taxi, I Robot, Malcolm X, etc. without them. I Robot looked especially ugly, as did Leon the Professional.
02-21-05, 11:42 AM
#77
Yeah at Cicuit City they are usually missing 75%-80% of the slipcovers for DVDs that have them. I saw Leon: The Professional without one, and it looked horrible. I thought "jeez, don't they know a new deluxe edition just came out? what's this one still doing in the new releases section?"
Movies that look better with slipcovers:
Dawn of the Dead '04 (raised lettering is sweet)
Leon: The Professional
Heat: Special Edition
AVP
Predator 2: Special Edition
I, Robot
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Feel free to add your own =)
Movies that look better with slipcovers:
Dawn of the Dead '04 (raised lettering is sweet)
Leon: The Professional
Heat: Special Edition
AVP
Predator 2: Special Edition
I, Robot
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Feel free to add your own =)
02-21-05, 11:57 AM
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Resorvoir Dogs: Mr. Brown" edition
"Fight Club"
"Raging Bull" 2-Disc
"The Fifth Element" 2-Disc
"Donnie Darko" DC
"Dawn of the Dead" (2004)
"The Running Man"
"Videodrome" Criterion
"Tombstone" Vista
"Scarface" Anniversary
"Eternal Sunshine..." 2-Disc
and I like all the 'Superbits'
come to my mind...
"Resorvoir Dogs: Mr. Brown" edition
"Fight Club"
"Raging Bull" 2-Disc
"The Fifth Element" 2-Disc
"Donnie Darko" DC
"Dawn of the Dead" (2004)
"The Running Man"
"Videodrome" Criterion
"Tombstone" Vista
"Scarface" Anniversary
"Eternal Sunshine..." 2-Disc
and I like all the 'Superbits'
come to my mind...
Last edited by OldBoy; 02-21-05 at 12:01 PM.
02-21-05, 12:03 PM
#79
Actually, I like Donnie Darko: DC and Reservoir Dogs without the slipcovers. The art on em are just too bland. And, I'm not sure DigiPak cases count, but what the hell.
P.S. - I just spent three minutes feeling up my Heat: SE. Take that any way you want it. Anyway, this has got to be one of the most well-made slips in my collection. Its like the same material as the DigiPak slips (i.e. very sturdy) and has that chrome, metallic finish (i.e. HellBoy)
P.S. - I just spent three minutes feeling up my Heat: SE. Take that any way you want it. Anyway, this has got to be one of the most well-made slips in my collection. Its like the same material as the DigiPak slips (i.e. very sturdy) and has that chrome, metallic finish (i.e. HellBoy)
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02-22-05, 02:26 PM
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Stores putting stickers on the slip cover doesn't bother meat all. When I get it home I just heat up the sticker with my hair dryer. It comes right off very easily with no sticky residue.
02-22-05, 02:39 PM
#83
what bothers me is that when i bought HEAT, the slip basically had stickers all over. two for the Hollywood Video price, one that i think comes standard about the "4 hours of special features", and one for Hollywood Video saying "New Release Special!". It was kind of annoying, but hey, at least i got to watch it a week before it came out.
02-22-05, 05:24 PM
#84
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Originally Posted by Master Shake 05
what bothers me is that when i bought HEAT, the slip basically had stickers all over. two for the Hollywood Video price, one that i think comes standard about the "4 hours of special features", and one for Hollywood Video saying "New Release Special!". It was kind of annoying, but hey, at least i got to watch it a week before it came out.
02-22-05, 07:11 PM
#87
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Originally Posted by cross
It separates the people who buy DVDs new and people who buy DVDs used from blockbuster.
02-22-05, 07:17 PM
#88
what is Movie Gallery? never heards of it...anyways, i think blockbuster pre-owneds are crap no matter how you look at it. From the few ive purchased, they were all scratched and had BB rent sticker residue on the cover and discs. And the case it comes in is very strange...its a rough plastic material and insdie is too narrow for insert.
02-22-05, 07:33 PM
#89
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I love slipcases, but the only problem I have with them is the glossy ones have everybody's nasty greasy finger and handprints on them ie: When I went to buy Heat today it looked like the guy that stocked them ate McDonalds right before doing it. Had to dig all the way in the back to find one of the less greased up ones.
02-22-05, 10:43 PM
#93
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Originally Posted by Master Shake 05
anyone else here think that keepcases with slips should replace 2-pack digis? lets take a vote.
And Scott's right, you do post a lot for a relatively new member but nothing wrong with that.
02-22-05, 10:48 PM
#95
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Digipacks...you mean like, Amelie and the S.E.'s (Fight Club, Se7en, Tombstone, and etc?) If so, no...I really like those. If it's something else, well then I don't know. Oh, and I like slipcovers. In fact, I've refrained from buying a PVD or three before simply because they were missing the slipcovers, and I knew it would have annoyed me to know that I was missing something that should have come with the release.
-JP
-JP
02-22-05, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by NatrlBornThrllr
Digipacks...you mean like, Amelie and the S.E.'s (Fight Club, Se7en, Tombstone, and etc?) If so, no...I really like those. If it's something else, well then I don't know. Oh, and I like slipcovers. In fact, I've refrained from buying a PVD or three before simply because they were missing the slipcovers, and I knew it would have annoyed me to know that I was missing something that should have come with the release.
-JP
-JP
the reason why I hate digipacks is cuz they have a high % of scratched discs.
