Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[Wreck]

Release date: June 3rd, 2013 August 25th, 2014
Purchase link: Indiana Jones - Raiders of The Lost Ark (Sold-out)
Price: £14.99
Infos: Limited to 4000 units, EMBOSSED

Other editions: The Temple of Doom || The Last Crusade || Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

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Congrats to all my UK mates! And congrats to everyone else since they ship world-wide! Packaging will be taken care of ... just rejoice, been a long time since we wanted these!!

 

[blurayisnice]

O wait, I thought this was the 4th movie thread.

 

[Bobthesub]

how can this be sold out while the others are still available?
this one was placed much later

Im guessing a lot of folks are in the same boat as me, Ive just recently bought the fancy boxset, if I hadnt or the steels had been announced around the time of the Blu ray boxset I would have probably gone for the steelbooks, but so recently after buying the complete adventures boxset I cant justify spending another £60 buying the films again, so Ive just bought Raiders as a compromise to go alongside my ever growing Spielberg steelbook collection, and of the 3 films its my favourite, plus if I bought the trilogy steelbooks the OCD collector in me would make me buy the 4th film...so just buying Raiders stops me

 

[HUBMUSWELL]

Guys, there's plenty of time before release for this to re-appear then disappear...Etc.

Maybe one of the Staff can update with a stock level?

 

[XXHAPPY GILMORE]

I cant believe how unobservant i have been lol... I just noticed that the title says "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc", and not just "Raiders of the Lost Arc"... I no that that is what it is called now, but i just wish that they would have stuck with its original name and lost the "Indiana Jones"...

 

[tenderheartbear]

I cant believe how unobservant i have been lol... I just noticed that the title says "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc", and not just "Raiders of the Lost Arc"... I no that that is what it is called now, but i just wish that they would have stuck with its original name and lost the "Indiana Jones"...

You and me both.

To my mind, steelbooks are for collectors and/or cinephiles. It should always be the best release available (especially considering the retail price usually attached to them). As such, I really don't like it when things such as Raiders of the Lost Ark has to have 'Indiana Jones and the' plastered in front of it reagrdless of what Spielberg or Lucas might have decided. In the same vein, I also hate it when III's become 3's etc. or Mission: Impossible becomes M:I - Mission: Impossible because of the 3rd one.

 

[snooloui]

These are going to look great as a set, so it would ruin it to not use 'Indiana Jones and the...' on each Steelbook.

 

[tenderheartbear]

These are going to look great as a set, so it would ruin it to not use 'Indiana Jones and the...' on each Steelbook.

As such, would you like to see some retroactive titles on franchises that underwent title changes?

Rambo: First Blood Part I or The Dark Knight Begins for example.

 

[XXHAPPY GILMORE]

These are going to look great as a set, so it would ruin it to not use 'Indiana Jones and the...' on each Steelbook.

I completley get that, it wouldn't fit in as much as it would without the "Indiana Jones and the", but even so, i personally think that they souldn't mess with the original names, but that is all down to personal prefrence and everyone has their own tastes...

The worst two examples of this that i can give is "First Blood" and how in some newer editions the credits in the film call it "Rambo: First Blood"... The other would be "Star Wars", and how George Lucas insists on changing some of the footage such as changing Yoda from a puppet in the "Phantom of the Menace" to CGI for the blu ray release... In my opinion that is not right as then you are not watching the origional film we fell in love with in the first place... I mean, imagine if they replaced the words "Mario Puzo's The Godfather" with "Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather", it just wouldn't be right...

But like i say, its all down to personal prefrence, some can tollerate it and others hate it, i for one hate it but thats just me, some may even prefer it, and thats fine too...

 

[tenderheartbear]

I actually wouldn't even mind so much if they actually changed the title on-screen to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, at least it would be consistant with the packaging.

Obviously that's still not ideal, and like XXHappy says, I wouldn't be keen on seeing Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather any more than I like seeing the yellow tinted Paramount logo it now has, or being told that The Exorcist was made by Warner Bros. A Time/AOL company.

 

[XXHAPPY GILMORE]

I actually wouldn't even mind so much if they actually changed the title on-screen to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, at least it would be consistant with the packaging.

Obviously that's still not ideal, and like XXHappy says, I wouldn't be keen on seeing Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather any more than I like seeing the yellow tinted Paramount logo it now has, or being told that The Exorcist was made by Warner Bros. A Time/AOL company.

...And how Halloween now says "Universal Pictures Presents" rather than "Moustapha Akkad Presents" lol

 

[snooloui]

As such, would you like to see some retroactive titles on franchises that underwent title changes?

Rambo: First Blood Part I or The Dark Knight Begins for example.

I didn't say I would like to see any franchise under go title changes. In this particular instance, I think it makes sense for them to use the official title of the movie for the Steelbook release simply because it will make them look nice as a set.

By the way, your second suggestion is silly. There is a difference between adding a prefix for uniformity and changing the title of a film completely.

 

[Steelknight47]

Are all the Indiana Jones Steelbooks still pulled from Zavvi?

 

[tenderheartbear]

I didn't say I would like to see any franchise under go title changes. In this particular instance, I think it makes sense for them to use the official title of the movie for the Steelbook release simply because it will make them look nice as a set.

By the way, your second suggestion is silly. There is a difference between adding a prefix for uniformity and changing the title of a film completely.

I know what you're saying, and from a matching standpoint and even to create uniformity accross the franchise I can see why it might appeal.

As I say though, I'm not a fan. I don't like things getting rebranded just to be consistant. Sure, it's not the only example but to my mind that doesn't make it right.

The Play.com (now Zavvi) steelbooks for the first 3 mission impossible movies now match on the shelf (even if the spines are very uninspired), but essentially they've rebranded the first 2 to match the third, even though they didn't with the 4th. The discs still have the original poster fonts so don't match the cases and the second one doesn't match the movie font either.

Changing Batman Begins to The Dark Knight Begins or The Dark Knight: Batman Begins would be the equivalent to the title change of Raiders and I for one wouldn't be keen on seeing that on my Blu-ray case even if it did match better. As noted, there have been a few franchises that have undergone name changes with Rambo being the most comparable. The second part added the character's name just like Temple of Doom but that doesn't mean I want the box saying Rambo: First Blood (which some cases do). Rambo was the subtitle for number II (even if it does appear above the actual title) just like The Marsupials: The Howling III, Badge of Silence: Maniac Cop 3 and Dead On: Relentless II.

Another example I really don't like is The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black making it sound like a sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick.

Anyway, what's done is done and I'll be buying it regardless as title change or not, it's still one of my favourite films and I didn't pick up the boxset.

 

[subbuteo]

Just got this email

Thank you for placing an order for a Indiana Jones Limited Edition Steelbook.

We have just heard from our supplier that its’ release date has been put back to a date to be confirmed shortly.

Please be assured that your order will be sent to you at the earliest opportunity.

Many thanks for your patience,

Zavvi.com Customer Services Team

 

[cartman69]

boo hiss!!!! i've just had an email from zavvi and it said they have received word from their supplier that the release has been put back it didn't state which film (i've pre-ordered all 3) or also an updated release date

subbuteo beat me by a minute

 

[Sounder]

Well, maybe they will soon put it back up on the site with a new release date...

 

[ausnew]

Just got this email

Thank you for placing an order for a Indiana Jones Limited Edition Steelbook.

We have just heard from our supplier that its’ release date has been put back to a date to be confirmed shortly.

Please be assured that your order will be sent to you at the earliest opportunity.

Many thanks for your patience,

Zavvi.com Customer Services Team

Look on the bright side - Gives you more time to save up for it

 

[crossbow]

Received same e-mail. But they will not cancel it for sure, as it's gonna get sold out pretty fast if any stock is remaining.

Mostly likely new release date coming. I am having a hunch it's in May 2nd or 3rd week. Just an intuition. Lot of steels releasing on 1 week of June.

 

[dazza78]

I lot same email. My gut says the first 3 will be released 1 week later to coincide with 4th one

 

[tenderheartbear]

Look on the bright side - Gives you more time to save up for it

That's how I feel about it at the moment.