Doctor Strange (2D+3D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: March 6, 2017
Purchase link: Zavvi
Price: £24.99
Notes: This steelbook has the title on the spine.

Spoiler

 

[virkia]

I know which eye I prefer on the front of the steelbook and it's not the original from 1965:-

If I wore medallions I would wear this:-

Eye of Agamotto or Eye of Truth or All-Knowing All-Seeing Eye of Infinity is clearly inspired by the All-Seeing Eye in the classic fantastical 1940 adventure film THE THIEF OF BAGDAD where Sabu is tasked to steal the Eye from a temple high up in The Himalayas.
The other inspiration (LOL) is clearly the GODZILLA U.K. steelbook release:-

Looking forward to receiving this more than any other . . . thinking it'll be a stunner with its plentiful embossing and metallic reflections or spot gloss around the eye.
As for the spine . . .

 

[lgans316]

Title only on the UK release. Brexit means Brexit lol. I am not happy that the Steelbook is matte finish.

 

[dLux]

Title only on the UK release. Brexit means Brexit lol. I am not happy that the Steelbook is matte finish.

Source on the finish?

 

[lgans316]

Source on the finish?

https://www.hidefninja.com/communit...zavvi-exclusive-uk.81679/page-18#post-1866413

 

[dLux]

https://www.hidefninja.com/communit...zavvi-exclusive-uk.81679/page-18#post-1866413

Thats only what someone supposed to have read somewhere, without any real source.

 

[virkia]

Source on the finish?

Yes, what do they know?
Source Steelbookpro:-
"Petite mise à jour pour préciser la finition du steelbook de Doctor Strange en Europe : il sera zero-finish et embossé recto – verso (cadre + oeil pour le recto, juste le cadre pour le verso)."

 

[lights]

Title only on the UK release. Brexit means Brexit lol. I am not happy that the Steelbook is matte finish.

Given that the steelbook represents the book from the movie, and old book at that, gloss wouldn't make sense would it?

 

[psychoscot]

Given that the steelbook represents the book from the movie, and old book at that, gloss wouldn't make sense would it?

Gloss always makes sense!

 

[dLux]

Spot gloss makes perfect sense on the eye atleast.

 

[lights]

Gloss always makes sense!

Not at all times. Like @dLux says spot gloss on the eye makes perfect sense.

 

[yy0925]

Not at all times. Like @dLux says spot gloss on the eye makes perfect sense.

Spot gloss is still gloss

In my opinion, just EVERY steelbook should be glossy (full or spot), bossed and have title on the front and on spine.

 

[virkia]

. . . and Zero finish is hardly Matte . . . and it's not difficult to see the difference between the two by comparing them.
Just place a confirmed Matte steelbook (any from the Eureka / Arrow stable) next to a confirmed Zero steelbook and you'll spot the difference without much difficulty.

Not going to get into this nonsense of Matte vs. Satin vs. Zero vs. Gloss as it's all a matter of personal taste although people with taste will appreciate all finishes.

Personally speaking I have just as many favourite Matte steelbooks as I do Gloss .steelbooks.

Anyway, this has been covered already . . . but just to remind anyone not familiar with the excellent article with comparison pics from the French site here it be:-
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To clarify the differences in finish, I direct your attention to the 2 videos at the foot of this article

- VIDEO 1: Comparison of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD European edition (zero-finish) against the U.S. edition (matte-finish).

- VIDEO 2: Showing three steelbooks revealing the respective differences in the finish between matte, zero and a gloss-finish.

You will already have zero-finish steelbooks in your collection and because the difference is not always glaringly obvious you may not realise that a particular steelbook is not matte as you thought but zero instead.

This illustrated article is designed to explain the difference.

So, just what exactly is a "zero-finish"?
Best described as something in between matte and gloss . . . a supplementary coat if you like on top of the matte base.
This supplementary coat serves to better accentuate the contrasts in the artwork as well as giving depth and bringing out the blacks.
The finish has some of the qualities of a gloss-finish but with less ambient light reflections as well as not being a fingerprint magnet to the same extent.

Comparison images of CLASH OF THE TITANS
Matte vs. zero-finish








The images speak for themselves.
On the left we have the U.S. matte-finish steelbook released at a cheap price vs. on the right the Future Shop exclusive.
The simple matte-finish, without the supplementary coat, looks rather bland next to the zero-finish edition which has more oomph

Some examples of zero-finish steelbooks follow.

UNFORGIVEN

CLOUD ATLAS (France)

(while CLOUD ATLAS Germany release is a matte-finish)

In fact, Warner Brothers do tend to spoil the French steelbook collector as the majority of their steelbooks released in France are in a zero-finish.

Another example is PACIFIC RIM (France) in a zero-finish (the German edition is in a matte-finish)


A final zero-finish example is CLOVERFIELD (U.K.) not released in France

Comparison videos

Zero-finish on the left vs. matte-finish on the right


Matte-finish . . . then zero-finish . . . then gloss finish

 

[yy0925]

@virkia would have been nicer if it'd be translated in english. But yes, I can definitely see the difference between them on the pictures.

 

[Flloydo]

@virkia would have been nicer if it'd be translated in english. But yes, I can definitely see the difference between them on the pictures.

And a f*cking spoiler!

 

[Drum18]

And a f*cking spoiler!

*Edited*

 

[virkia]

@virkia would have been nicer if it'd be translated in english. But yes, I can definitely see the difference between them on the pictures.

Done, mon ami.

 

[lights]

Spot gloss is still gloss

In my opinion, just EVERY steelbook should be glossy (full or spot), bossed and have title on the front and on spine.

There is a big difference though ​

 

[lights]

Strange that the US version has no spine title, but the UK version does!

 

[yy0925]

There is a big difference though ​

Sure. But I think you missed my point.
@psychoscot said that gloss always makes sense without specifying full or spot. So when you say that spot gloss on the eye makes sense, there is nothing wrong with his post ;-)

 

[lights]

Sure. But I think you missed my point.
@psychoscot said that gloss always makes sense without specifying full or spot. So when you say that spot gloss on the eye makes sense, there is nothing wrong with his post ;-)

Yes he has said before that he prefers full gloss on all steelbook.