Universal goes Criterion?
I see Universal is doing what they do best, releasing previously released titles in new packaging.This time it appears they are taking the increasing popularity of steel-book packaging and mixing it...
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Yes, I particularly like PSYCHO here... It is my experience that the majority of classic film buffs seem to mostly only like traditional imagery that they originally associated with the films they...
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It's kind of funny when you think how deceptive even the original art could be for a given film. Especially horror films.I was going to put a link to here too (and I too will be waiting for a more...
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Koukol 5 wrote:I think they look horrible. I don't like them either but maybe they are targeting hipster crowd who don't know jack about the films.
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Yah, they remind me of the posters of that insufferable genius... ehem, I mean "hipster," Saul Bass.
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They are not in the same league as Bass's work, Pulp.Anyways, Bass's work are the original poster Art... which is what I want.
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Yeah, I saw these at Best Buy recently and did a double take. For me, I really don't care how they package a movie. I toss all the packaging and put the disc in an album.
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Actually, the posters I grabbed from Bass are original posters, thought later in his carer he did several images for films that already had original art. Are these too invalid? I argue that original...
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jamesenstein31 wrote:The AMERICAN WEREWOLF one is particularly terrible.I'll give you that, it's supposed to look like a werewolf clawing a bloody underground logo, but it kinda looks like a "no...
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As almost EVERYTHING discussed on the CHFB, including the films themselves, this is all a matter of taste. As for being targeted at folks "who don't know jack about the films", I'd say just the...
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It's the same old stuff dressed in a new suit of clothes. If you didn't want to buy one of these films before, a hip new package design shouldn't change your mind, but that's exactly what they're...
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>I salute Universal for the designs, but again, NOT the double dipping.< I'm with Sam, on both points! They look kinda sharp and slightly retro - like some of the Fleming BOND reprint covers....
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Rakshasa wrote: It's the same old stuff dressed in a new suit of clothes. If you didn't want to buy one of these films before, a hip new package design shouldn't change your mind, but that's exactly...
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The new covers are okay. As long as the transfer and source material are good, they could slap DVD's and BD's in a generic box with a label(like the boxes some of the old Blackhawk prints were sold...
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As someone with an illustration degree that doesn't get aired out much these days, I had the misfortune of being trained just as the market for illustration (seemingly permanently) was giving away to...
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I'm a designer as well AND a fan of Saul Bass. These are nice as exercises in design. Some of them I quite like. But I'm a purist when it comes to my movies and I always prefer the image married up...
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ehh this is a popular design esthetic now. I think people are seeing conspiracy where there is none. Instead of putting out another pressing with the same old covers they updated the covers to what's...
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They are also steel-books for those who prefer their movies in a can.
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pulp novelties wrote:They are also steel-books for those who prefer their movies in a can.Yes, it's an obvious cash grab from those that want collector editions.
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Movies in a can - we've come full circle as any old film collector knows! SAM33
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