Well, not sure I'll buy, but it does look like sometime and effort has gone into the artwork. Although it isn't a favourite film of mine, it is nice to see moreof a range of titles getting steel treatment.
While I've only been buying steelbooks for the last year or so my observations are that the vast majority of steelies are blockbuster, big budget movies of the last 25 years or so. The truth is there may well be markets for less high profile titles, and /or something that's not a superhero, action, fantasy, or Disney movie.*
What about a Woody Allen collection? Kurosawa, John Ford, Universal horrors, You get the idea. Would everyone on here buy them ? Of course not. But like it or not numbers of steels will continue to climb and people will have to become more choosy about what to spend their hard earned cash on. Studios are all looking for new ways to monetise their properties. They know as years pass the demand for new physical media is set to dwindle, as cloud storage/access of media takes a hold. Steelbooks are seen as a premium product that can be targeted at collectors giving them something they don't currently have. When I see what Arrow and Blufans and others are doing with booklets and artwork then that looks like the way forwards. High quality product that has extras ( booklets etc) unavailable elsewhere...
Which is my VERY long-windedly way of saying,at least this is something different, and some thought has gone into the art itself. Does it really deserve the bashing? Share some striped pajama love...
*btw I collect Marvel steels and have just begun getting the Disneys, so I'm not being elitist ( I can't spell elitist without spellcheck,..
