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Predestination (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]
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Isn't plagiarism something universities and journalists made up for ethical reasons; it does not have a legal standing the same way that copyright, patents, registered designs and trademarks do. A steelbook cover design is art, so cannot be registered under a registered design or patent. Whether it breaches any trade marks would come down to what was originally registered under Being There (likely the name, font, image). The rules are they have to be distinctive and that just a general idea cannot be protected under trademark (e.g. back of man in coat and carrying things).
Generally, the purpose of all IP law is to protect consumers so they are not confused. It is why Aldi's own products were legally found to not breach IP of big brands - it was demonstrated that customers shopping in Aldi are not confused and think they are buying a brand when they are really, really not. I doubt anyone will buy Predestination thinking it is Being There, so I would not get worked up over it.
I love this artwork, I keep my pre-order.
I bought a Steelbook at base.com (RUSH) and was shipped in a padded envelope. So I don't take the risk.
Anyone know what the print run is likely to be on this? I assume as it's not described as a limited run that it will be fairly sizeable, but on the other hand is this the sort of film that is likely to sell in large quantities?
I liked the artwork until someone pointed out the 'XXI' thing. It doesn't matter if it is intentional or not, it spoils the design in my opinion. To make things worse the disc is cropped according to reviews. I think I will be giving this one a miss and waiting to see what Kimchi produce.
Yeah, sorry about mentioning that..
The bigger problem though is the cropped video transfer, I noticed immediately the film started (I have the amaray) when it was shown in 16:9 full screen that the trailers I'd seen sometime before were 2:35.1 letterbox. But i'll be honest, it didn't take away from the film, as it is mostly narrative, rather than action, but still disappointing I'm missing the full film.
And if this this type of time travel film is your scene, you could do a lot worse than checking out Triangle and Timecrimes, both films are VERY similar to this, especially Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes).
Had another message from Dan (the artwork designer/competition winner) over the weekend (following up on his original comments) that I missed until this morning.
Thought some of you would want to know/be happy about it.
"Just to let you know I believe signature have gone with the 12 option but the visuals just show 21."
Thought some of you would want to know/be happy about it.
"Just to let you know I believe signature have gone with the 12 option but the visuals just show 21."
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the replay value in it for me is not for a solo show unless a year or more away ... the replay value for me is more about WHO I am wanting to show this flick to. ie. the experience. I'll rewatch movies with friends or fam that I want them to experience then I enjoy seeing their reactions etc. So this movie IMO has replay value if you like that sort of thing. Cause when people figure it out .... priceless.
Yeah, sorry about mentioning that..
The bigger problem though is the cropped video transfer, I noticed immediately the film started (I have the amaray) when it was shown in 16:9 full screen that the trailers I'd seen sometime before were 2:35.1 letterbox. But i'll be honest, it didn't take away from the film, as it is mostly narrative, rather than action, but still disappointing I'm missing the full film.
Where did you find this out? (clearly from watching the disc, but did you also see it at the cinema too?) I know there was a similar discussion re: aspect ratio on the thread for 'Buried'. I find dvdcompare.net is a useful source of info regarding aspect ratios, encoding, etc, but this is usually very close to, or after, the blu-ray has been released.
Never seen it at the cinema, but watched the trailers on youtube, and that's where the problem lies.
I've checked some of the scenes in the trailer and compared to the UK disc, and its cropped (left and right sides chopped off), so the image is zoomed in to fill a 16:9 widescreen TV.
Again, didn't bother me as the film & image quality is still excellent, but understandably will annoy some.
Both good films,particularly TimecrimesYeah, sorry about mentioning that..
The bigger problem though is the cropped video transfer, I noticed immediately the film started (I have the amaray) when it was shown in 16:9 full screen that the trailers I'd seen sometime before were 2:35.1 letterbox. But i'll be honest, it didn't take away from the film, as it is mostly narrative, rather than action, but still disappointing I'm missing the full film.
And if this this type of time travel film is your scene, you could do a lot worse than checking out Triangle and Timecrimes, both films are VERY similar to this, especially Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes).
Trailers often use different aspect ratio and even different film stock compared to actual theatrical film.
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