Topic: The Movie Thread

@Ravix Embossed/debossed is cool as hell, but I've never paid much attention to it before buying. I've yet to buy a steelbook other than ordering online and that information isn't typically available in the storefronts where I shop, so I won't know if anything is embossed/debossed before I receive it. I wasn't even aware that "Tombstone" was embossed before you just told us, and that one has been sitting on my shelf for a while (had to verify and sure enough, embossed movie title).
Guess you'll have to rely on your own research there, mate

@Ravix Ah, that does look noice, I just need to decide whether I rate the film high enough to spurlge out on a fancy edition.

Orders confirmed and understood Sargent Steelbook! 💂

Same here @FuriousMachine, I would not have known until Mr Ravix pointed it out.

Today's movie was Puppet Master 3. Such a summary of this franchise as a whole, because it is both mostly awful and yet still somehow probably the best film in the series so far.

@FuriousMachine @JohnnyShoulder

Philistines! You must caress your embossed steels to truly appreciate the movies encased within 😁

Haha, yeah just letting you know, in case it was one you'd be after, to decide before it is up for order. It is hard to predict which steels will sell out quickly to be honest, but it feels like that one will be both limited enough, and appealing to collectors for the aesthetic too.

The latest I've noticed was Boogie Nights. People on reddit had been saying they don't like the design (they say that for nearly every steelbook announced tbf) yet it sold out pretty quickly and was the top seller on amazon. The power of a bit of bum on show, ey. I wonder if that is embossed 🤣

Sometimes Zavvi or HMV mention the finish and whether it is embossed, but I think most times it is a surprise. It makes a big difference sometimes, where the announced art can look a bit naff on the flat mock up online, but the actual release with embossing/debossing and various finishes can make them much nicer in reality.

The Nosferatu (CE) steel looks absolutely awesome with debossed text, for example. I think someone on here had that on pre-order, too. So hopefully they got that and are nicely surprised when opening it.

@Ravix Yeah I've missed out on few fancy editions thay I would have liked to get as they've either gone out of stock or at stoopid prices.

@Ravix @JohnnyShoulder I agree, this one may sell quickly. I'll holler as soon as I see it announced and/or up for pre-order "locally". Neither (stupid) Zavvi nor HMV will do me any good as they do not acknowledge Norway as a place worth sending cool stuff to, but I don't think this will be a Zavvi and/or HMV exclusive, so I'll be keeping an eye on Amazon.co.uk in addition to my Norwegian dealer.

@FuriousMachine @JohnnyShoulder

I'm not sure if you partake, but seeing as this is a gaming forum, and gaming and anime have gone hand in hand for years...

Ghost in the Shell is getting an anniversary release of a steelbook: Limited to 2k units, UK only release

I wouldn't say it is necessarily a must-have steelbook or collection, and it seems like the kind of movie that will have hundreds of iterations or special editions. But it might be worth mentioning on here, just in case. As I literally just got hit with the promo email.

And yeah, the descent isn't one i'm interested in, but it is one I will mention if I see it go up for pre order, in case anyone wants to snag one.

@Ravix Cool, appreciate you looking out, buddy! I credit you for me being able to actually get my hands on the Kingdom of Heaven steelbook after the first one was stolen during shipping

I've never been big on anime and haven't seen "Ghost in the Shell", but it is one that I am genuinely curious about but haven't gotten around to. "Akira" was the other one, but that wasn't for me. I agree that "Ghost..." will probably have a gazillion different limited releases in the years to come; I seem to remember it being quite ubiquitous during pretty much the entire DVD era.
However, this seems like the perfect time for me to rummage around online to see if it's something I'd might like and want to own

@Ravix Although I took this photo myself, I'm still not sure I believe it is real.

Sure, that is my hand and that is the Lawrence of Arabia steelbook, but... I could be dreaming, I guess, but it is a very vivid dream, if so

@FuriousMachine ah, well it may indeed not be real as far as I can see, since last month imgur has decided to withhold all its content from the UK. So, I'll have to take your word for it 😂 (unless you use Imgbb)

I can only assume there are god beams casting light upon your prize, and perhaps angels serenading you in this photo 🙌

What a journey it has been on. The stories it could tell us!

Here's my latest pick ups, adding some real quality now, it has to be said! Long gone are the days of Joker part 2 😛

@FuriousMachine

Congratulations on getting the Lawrence steelbook. Great stuff.
Now all it needs is a really big screen, to truly appreciate it.
If you have a projector, that will just look awesome.

I ordered mine at the end of August. And it never showed up. The courier insist that the delivery was attempted three weeks after I placed the order, but nobody ever arrived.

I try to schedule my deliveries for the days when I am not at work, and so I know that no-one tried to deliver it. Still insist the delivery is “on hold”. So I doubt that it will ever arrive.

@Ravix Enjoy the embossed steelbook goodness of Tombstone!

@Ravix That is why I hate image hosting services, their unreliability and transient nature leave us with an internet full of broken images. Changed to ImgBB now, but I will probably avoid posting images here that need to be hosted in such a service in the future.
Solid additions to your collection, there. Got a shipping notice from my local dealer today for my copy of "Jacob's Ladder", so should arrive over the weekend, I hope Just picked up the Criterion 4K release of "Fire Walk With Me" at the post office today, which is kind of, sort of, a double dip for me, as the movie is part of the Twin Peaks Blu-Ray box set. But, Twin Peaks, so there is probably no amount of x-dipping that will be a bridge too far for me

@Matthewnh Thanks, mate. No projector, but my screen is quite decent, so I think it will be a nice experience nonetheless.

I feel you re.: courier and delivery problems. My "Kingdom of Heaven" 4K steelbook went "missing" (but all signs points to stolen by the deliveryman). Got a refund, but the steelbook was sold out by that point, so that sucked. Thankfully, the good @Ravix spotted one during a later restock and alerted me to it, so I finally managed to snag on.

But, they claimed they attempted to deliver it and then returned it and you got a refund or do they claim that you (or someone) took delivery?

@JohnnyShoulder oh, I will. I'm all about those sweet raised surfaces 👏

@FuriousMachine ah, you're getting a Jacob to go along with your Lawrence, nice! Is yours the Studio Canal or Lionsgate version? Lionsgate actually looks better than the initially advertised product, but I do love the look of the Studio Canal one! It feels rare to get art that looks so original and on theme now. They havent just cropped a bunch of characters and plopped them on, someone has actually put craft in to it.

I actually pre-ordered the Ghost in the Shell, too - as it is slightly nostalgic for me, and I can always cancel if I change my mind. It is bound to be one that sells out, after all, so I might as well be prepared for that if I do want it. I'm a bit bummed they changed the iconic title logo for the release from this though.

This classic logo is a design that is still imprinted in my mind as it was peppered on posters in many a bedroom visited in my youth! 😅 honestly, everyone absolutely loved GitS, and it took me so long to be fully converted to this kind of ultimate nerd stuff, as i'd rarely be paying any actual attention when people had these movies on. I've still not fully got there with anime, to be honest, but I always liked that people I like like it! (and so 'like' loses all meaning and now looks like a foreign word to me, but I do feel like it is an acceptable sentence 😅 apologies if it melted your brain, though. I can't help myself.)

Edward Scissorhands is another, the design is potentially questionable, but the nostalgia is peak. But this time it was I who was putting on Edward Scissorhands for others, and it was certainly a film that was popular and was well recieved in the emo and goth community 😛

All this makes me want to psychologically analyse teen cliques, stereotypes and friend circles, as I was very much a drifter, a chameleon and probably too unaware for being held down to one stereotype, but I absolutely loved the variety and the clear differences people had. I assume it is why the world struggles to get beyond the clan/tribe mentality that is infesting politics more than ever at the moment. I always felt like we have evolved enough to not need these things, but maybe deep down we haven't. It is also really hard to unite people that are beyond needing to be grouped together, I guess.

Again, apologies for going off on one. But movies seem to bring out both strong memories and sh**ty teen/stoner level philosophical nonsense from me 😅 the stoners being another group that loved a bit of anime, to be fair.

I'll try and save it by posing the question, does cinema trigger such strong nostalgia for all? I assume it is actually quite a common phenomenon, and possibly why collecting in many similar hobbies is fairly popular.

@Ravix 🤣

I've just seen that there was a 25th anniversary steelbook edition of Starship Troopers released earlier this year.... 👀

@JohnnyShoulder init 😂

Did you not get that? I thought someone grabbed the ST steelbook here.

Had Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on tonight, October a good month for some Tim Burton. Not a great movie, but it was definitely enjoyable. And I love practical effects and all that, more fun than cgi.

@FuriousMachine

I work part time, and have occasional days at home, so I always schedule my parcel deliveries for those days when I am not at work.

The courier firm insists they attempted delivery one afternoon, and yet I was at home all day. No one ever came to the door. They also insist they attempted to deliver it again the next day whilst I was at work, but of course it never showed up.

I contacted their customer support, trying to reschedule the delivery. But the serial number I was given is rejected by the courier (DPD) website.

I have never had any trouble before, with any of my deliveries, so I have a cynical feeling this one was stolen intentionally.

But how would they know what was in the parcel? And how many other people does this happen to? I am much more concerned with losing the parcel than with losing the money.

@Ravix It's the Studio Canal release that's making its way to me - I wasn't even aware of the Lionsgate edition which, if the entry on Blu-Ray.com is to believed, looks... well, let's just say I would still have gone for the Studio Canal release had I known about the Lionsgate one

I actually watched "Edward Scissorhands" for the very first time the other day (had to know if it was something I needed to own before the steelbook drops). It passed me by in my youth as Depp was such a teen girl heartthrob icon at that point that we sort of just avoided anything he was in, dismissing them as fodder exclusively for that very demographic. It's not difficult to see the goth/emo appeal there, that's for sure!

I think movies as nostalgia triggers is a fairly common phenomenon. Maybe not as much as music, but I think even the people whose movie viewing habits have devolved into putting on Netflix and accepting whatever dreck that's put before them simply to have something to do will have a movie or two that will trigger strong emotional memories from their youth. There's a reason that unadulterated nostalgia porn like "Stranger Things" got so massively popular as it did, after all. Nostalgia is insanely powerful.