Really happy with this morning's announcements
: two steelbooks long overdue are finally coming (
How to Train your Dragon and
Shrek) and one of a very promising film (
The Guest will be a blind buy, given the praise).
Anyone who disparages the price of this Zavvi exclusive as too high (it will probably go down too, happens 99% of the time releases are announced with an odd price, and we all know that) while praising HDZeta's steelbook (priced at €60/£47/$73 (shipping included) and offering a lenticular card not attached to anything when the shrinkwrap is off - it's mind-boggling that no one is as bemused as me on that) will be laughed out of the thread by me.
Given its price, I never understood the appeal of the HDZeta release (other than for people who never open their steelbooks, and I do not understand these folks either), so I'm happy I held out to wait for a cheaper alternative (this thread opened roughly when the GB for the HDZeta version opened).
It will probably be around £17, or £19.99 is there's the pointless 3D disc (it was fine for that particular film in theaters but at home, come on, this gimmick was so worn out when it began). I have no doubt it will be without ratings logos and such (there aren't many Dreamworks steelbooks to compare it with, when you think about it).
The next logical steelbook releases for 2015 would be:
- How to Train your Dragon 2 (2014).
- Shrek 2 (2004).
- Shrek the Third (2007).
- Shrek Forever After (2010).
- Puss in Boots (2011).
Then the next step would be to release the Madagascar franchise in steelbooks:
- Madagascar (2005).
- Madagascar — Escape To Africa (2008).
- Madagascar — Europe's Most Wanted (2012).
- Penguins of Madagascar (in theaters in December).
And then there are those with perfectly fine steelbooks already so personally I wouldn't double-dip on the following but they would be likely candidates :
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) — BluFans (upcoming).
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) — BluFans (upcoming).
- The Croods (2013) — French lenticular.
- Turbo (2013) — French lenticular.
That leaves these standalone movies (I haven't seen most of them, reviews have been mixed for half of those — but
Antz, Prince of Egypt, Monsters vs. Aliens and
Megamind certainly deserve the steelbook treatment):
- Antz (1998).
- The Prince of Egypt (1998).
- The Road to El Dorado (2000).
- Spirit — Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).
- Sinbad — Legend of the Seven Seas (2003).
- Shark Tale (2004).
- Over the Hedge (2006).
- Bee Movie (2007).
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).
- Megamind (2010).
- Rise of the Guardians (2012).
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014).
There are also the Aardman films distributed by Dreamworks
(Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit, Flushed Away) that would be most welcome to join them
.
Hopefully when there are no more Dreamworks films left to put in steelbooks, Zavvi will resume its Disney collection by adding 7-8 important classics that are missing, and currently not in Blu-ray either (such as
Sword in the Stone, Winnie the Pooh, Black Cauldron, Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, Rescuers Down Under, Brother Bear, Princess and the Frog, and then obviously
Big Hero 6).