The Mummy (2017) (3D+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (HMV Exclusive) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release Date: October 23 , 2017
Purchase Link: HMV (Pre Order Live)
Price: £22.99
Notes: Includes 2D & 3D
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[cooey]

Who the hell is approving this crap??

 

[Hereticz]

OK easy pass, this movie is total crap

 

[virkia]

Yes, it's funny how some films have great poster art and others, like this one, do not.
Almost a given that Tom Cruise is on the front cover - as he is on 99% of Blu-rays / steelbooks - where he's the star of the picture . . . and with a film entitled "The Mummy" you'd expect to see a mummy on the front too (in this case Sofia Boutella).
Only poster I could find that has some ok artwork with both characters on the front is this one:-

Anyway, a quick look at how the mummy has been represented in film over the years - from gnarly to sexy:-

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Boris Karloff (1932) THE MUMMY


Christopher Lee (1959) THE MUMMY


Arnold Vosloo (1999) THE MUMMY


Bob Ivy (2002) BUBBA HO-TEP


Sofia Boutella (2017) THE MUMMY

1932 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017

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[virkia]

Couple pf pics of this International steelbook which I find looks quite cool in actuality. . . almost as if hewn from a slab of granite which has been polished and carved (lol)
This maybe not "carved" or rather embossed/de-bossed but it looks very, very glossy or "polished" which is maybe a pleasant surprise but a tad disconcerting as I was expecting something in matte, satin or zero as more in keeping with the artwork, type of film, to go with the unrelated others (which are not glossy) etc.

That being said , just place it next to the EBlu MUMMY TRILOGY BOX and you've got something very, very special . . . with the added touch of magnetic spine titles for your European or Asian copy hey presto you've got a lovely little group of Mummies




Damn, that inside art . . . and all these films intent on smashing up my home town (lol):-

Anyway, without our hero doing his "Mission Impossible" heroics and with a spine title I reckon this steelbook would be improved considerably.

 

[virkia]

Yes, maybe not a match made in heaven . . .

. . . and for that you need these two (lol):-
(OK, maybe not "made in heaven" but as near as you're going to get)

 

[moviemania1973]

According to steelbook.com, their images (mock-up) suggest the title is on the spine with links to HMV, UK. Can anybody confirm this, as everywhere else (including HMV) depicts no title on spine. Thanks.

 

[virkia]

According to steelbook.com, their images (mock-up) suggest the title is on the spine with links to HMV, UK. Can anybody confirm this, as everywhere else (including HMV) depicts no title on spine. Thanks.

As far as I'm aware all steelbooks with this design except for The Americas will NOT have the title on the spine.
(may be possible to find magnetic spines for this one as well as for all of the others - Disney, Disney Marvel, Fox etc. - released in certain territories without spine titles)

Europe / Asia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Americas

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[Shane Dale]

It’s the same as the one in Dubai which is already out there. They have no spine title!! Seems USA is the only one

 

[virkia]

A but random . . . but two of the most contrasty steelbooks released at around the same time would include THE MUMMY 2017 and GINTAMA . . .

Pics courtesy yuuki825

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[TheJoker]

According to steelbook.com, their images (mock-up) suggest the title is on the spine with links to HMV, UK. Can anybody confirm this, as everywhere else (including HMV) depicts no title on spine. Thanks.

Just checked my copy that I bought in my local HMV store.... there is NO title on the spine.

 

[Steelmania]

Just checked my copy that I bought in my local HMV store.... there is NO title on the spine.

 

[Steelmania]

Also available at Zavvi for £11.99

https://m.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-mum...des-2d-3d/11802469.html?rctxt=pers?rctxt=pers