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Glorious!

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Fantastic. One of my favorite Jarmusch movies.

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Just ordered M for $18.10 at Barnes & Noble :thumbsup:

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It was $18.57 for me.

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mine shipped earlier today.... cannot wait for this one.

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I got M from B&N the other day. It showed up with a crack on the top of the case so I contacted them about it. They told me not to worry and they shipped me another brand new one, no questions asked. Awesome customer service! I ordered Walkabout from them the other day so that should be here tomorrow or so. After that I'll place an order for Stagecoach with them on Tuesday as well.

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same deal can now be had on Stagecoach

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I just got M delivered to me here at work by UPS. I can't wait to get home and watch it (Never seen it before).

Also:
I know I probably missed the train on this one, but does anyone know if Criterion is still offering the replacement cases on their older Blu-Rays? I was going to take care of it months ago but I got busy and it completely slipped my mind.

Also, if anyone knows the email address I should contact about it, it would be greatly appreciated.

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I've asked them about that recently and this was what they sent me....

"If you've received any Blu-rays in the digipack cases and would like to purchase plastic replacements, we offer replacement cases for the following titles:

THE THIRD MAN
THE LAST EMPEROR
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
BOTTLE ROCKET
CHUNGKING EXPRESS
THE 400 BLOWS
THE LAST METRO
EL NORTE
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD

Please note that we cannot ship these cases outside of the United States and Canada. The cost for the replacement cases is $5 per case; this includes the cost of shipping. For multiple cases we offer a discount of $10 for the first two and $2.50 for each additional case beyond that (so, for instance, $12.50 for three cases).

To order the cases, simply make a payment to the email address [email protected] through PayPal, providing your mailing address and item(s) needed in the message field, and we'll send out the materials!"

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Wait a minute...B&N Members get free shipping online?

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Yep. They got rid of the additional 10% for members on online orders (It still applies for in-store purchases). Instead, they now give members free expedited (1-3 day) shipping online.

Thanks a lot. I'll check that out when I get home from work.

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Thanks for that. I just finally said screw it and ordered the six that I need. I've been putting it off for a long time now. I'm sure it wont be a problem but I'll report back when I either hear back from them or when they just show up.

I still say that Criterion is the best company of this sort out there. Not only for the actual product, but for customer service as well. To this day when I get a CC DVD used somewhere and it either doesn't have the cover art or insert, or if it does but they're damaged or something, I can still email them and ask for whatever I need and they ship it all to me absolutely free. Just an incredible company in all aspects.

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Agreed on their customer service. They forgot to send me a postage-paid return label for a defective disc, and gave me a $20 gift card by way of apology.

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No problem, guys.

And I agree that their CS is amazing. I contacted them about purchasing some blank BD cases because the ones from Amazon keep arriving cracked. They replied acting all apologetic when it wasn't their fault, refused my offer to pay and sent me a few for free. And, they arrived within a week. Pretty damn amazing and rare these days. Good people for sure.

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I want to take a tour in their offices cuz these people are amazing. Like....I'm amazed that they exist, seriously. The CS they have AND the quality of product they have is just amazing. They shouldn't exist actually. Not the way they do. I love you, CC..

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I'm...sorta amazed people are thanking the company who released Blu-rays in crappy DigiPacks before they decided to switch to their own cases (which are just altered PS3 game cases) for selling them replacement cases. This stuff should be free since they decided to change things on everyone and they know how anal people get about their CC movies. But...ok.

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I need a job (i.e, money) for the July B&N sale - I have about 15 discs I really really want.

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What's the July B&N sale? I know they had 50% off Criterion discs last July, right? But are they definitely doing it again this year?? For all Criterion titles?!

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it was July and November here's a thread on the topic:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargain...ver-again.html

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Well, crappy is your opinion, I quite liked the digipacks. Second, Criterion's clear cases are better then every other's blue cases.

Packaging issues aside, Criterion has surpassed my expectations in almost every way. I never thought they would be releasing so many titles on a consistent basis. The quality of movies with The Thin Red Line, Red Desert, and even Abbas Kiarostami finally getting a release, not just on DVD but on Blu-ray is very, very impressing.

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for those that have bought all 9 replacement cases... how much was the total?

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The cases are $5 each, and each case after the initial 2 are $2.50 each, so the total for 9 cases should be $27.50 shipped.

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$10 total for the first 2 and $2.50 for each additional

9 cases should be $27.50

edit: NoirFan beat me to it

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I got my By Brakhage Anthology today and to my horror, it is in a digipack. What gives with Criterion? Will there be replacement cases for these as well?

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Not bad at all, thanks guys.

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pics?

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I forgot all about this until I read the last few posts...
I bought all 9 replacement cases in December, and they never arrived well into the new year. When others started reporting that they had received them, I contacted Criterion and asked about my order's status. They said I should have received them by now, and promptly shipped 9 new cases which I received via UPS the next day. :up: They also told me that if the 1st shipment ever arrived that I could do whatever I wanted with them. Lo and behold, two weeks later, I found that first package waiting on my doorstep: well-weathered, cheap mailer, but the cases are bubble-wrapped, safe, and sound. Anyways, if anyone wants them for $3 postage thru Paypal, send me a PM, and I'll get them to you after the holiday weekend. No new packaging, I'll just seal the envelope & ship Media Mail as-is.

P.S. I want them going to a good home. Bargain-hunting bottom feeders looking to flip these for a few quick bucks, don't waste your time, I know who you are. :D2:

ETA: TAKEN!

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I assume the packaging was necessary to house the 92-page booklet?

Here.

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To your horror? I'm guessing you didn't previously see photos of the packaging on the internet from other site reviews and the such?

This is definitely a classy-looking set. This set in no way is packaged as inferior as the early 9 digipack Criterion blu-rays. It has a nice outer slip case with a lovely, thick booklet.

I can't imagine that Criterion will ever release a plastic replacement case option for this wonderfully packaged release.

CC

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A simple Blu-ray case with a classy Slip Cover would have been fine (like Lionsgate Studio Canal releases).

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I love the classics as much as the next guy, of course, but I really love the Criterion/IFC partnership that is going on right now. I hope that continues for years to come.

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Damn, that looks slick. Thanks.

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Yes, to my horror. Now I have 25 or so blu rays sitting nicely on a shelf designed to hold their length and one oversized digipack hanging out of the middle of them. Ridiculous.

They can shrink wrap the back or provide a slip case as they've done many times. Thumbs WAY down.

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I don't find it horrifying, but personally I think it's a minor annoyance that the inner digipacks don't maintain a straight edge when they're in the slipcase. You can even see that in one of the linked pics. It's not that big of a deal, but I think it does knock down the aesthetic value and mar the otherwise classy look of the set. Lots of DVDs have been packed this way (both from Criterion and other studios - the original Godfather trilogy comes to mind) and I've never really liked it. I would have preferred their standard plastic blu-ray case to hold all the discs packaged with the booklet inside the slipcover.

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Yeah. I'm with Kerborus on this. It's great content-wise but terrible packaging-wise. My impression was that Criterion deliberately moved away from the digipaks due to customer complaints and trying to conform to the keepcase standard, etc. Now this thing just looks really weird and out of place among the rest of my Criterions. It's a minor quibble, but a major annoyance for OCD retards like myself :)

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One of the things I liked about blu-rays at first was the uniformity. But, just like DVDs, it appears that we can throw that out the window.

I've only been buying BDs for about a year, but already have 20 or so titles that are not standard casing.

So while I'm very tempted to buy the cases from Criterion to make most of them standard, I'll hopefully pass on their offer since my blu-ray library is already all kinds of messed up due to other packages.

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Yep. Just based on my own collection, there are the blue keeepcases (98% of movies), the clear keepcases (Criterion), the green keepcases (Whip It, Hulk, Green Lantern), Sopranos season 6 (DVD sized retarded HBO packaging), The National Geographic collection (same as Sopranos), digibooks, oversized digibooks (KotCS), Band of Brothers tin case, steelbooks, True Blood seasons 1-2, Rome book-style packaging, Close Encounters digipak, The Messenger digipak, slim blue keepcases (Austin Powers, Ultimate Matrix collection, Batman Anthology), Star Trek original motion picture digipak, Battlestar Galactica digipaks, South Park seasons 12-13, and so on and so forth.

Pain in the ass.

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I think I may be about to say something that everyone can agree on.

How about if the studios release their special stuff in whatever type of packaging they want, as doctorhotd lists above, but inside that packaging the actual discs and coverart are in standard blu-ray packaging?

I would love that. All my blu-rays perfectly uniform, with whatever specials I like on top of the bookcase, or displayed wherever I want.