The Hateful Eight (Blu-ray SteelBook) (HMV Exclusive) [UK]

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Release date: May 9, 2016
Purchase link: HMV
Price: £19.99
HDN Group Buy: Naughtius Maximus hosting

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Same on mine, embossing is spot on & no bleeding from the art in to the border. Only thing I find weird is that the "8" is silver while "The Hateful" is white, would have looked better if the whole thing was white.
 
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Looks like it has been intentionally embossed like that to create a shadow on the text.
:LOL: Maybe in the eyes of a true "optimist".... :hilarious: To me, it appears to be an obvious cock-up :whistle::p

And as @Flloydo pointed out, most members have said their copy is fine (plus, we've had other pics to go by which appear perfectly aligned too). IMO, it's just bad luck @metalpaul1000 received a dodgy copy... (n):bag: Hopefully you'll get it sorted! :angel::thumbs:
 
Looks like it has been intentionally embossed like that to create a shadow on the text.
Have to say got no such issues on mine. Embossing is spot on. Not sure why only some were affected as you would have thought if one had a problem the rest would. Like has already been said, should have been picked up in quality control. I'm sure if it had been a dedicated steelbook provider such as FA it would have been but as HMV only do a handful of these maybe they just don't have the same commitment to their steelbook customer group.
 
:LOL: Maybe in the eyes of a true "optimist".... :hilarious: To me, it appears to be an obvious cock-up :whistle::p

And as @Flloydo pointed out, most members have said their copy is fine (plus, we've had other pics to go by which appear perfectly aligned too). IMO, it's just bad luck @metalpaul1000 received a dodgy copy... (n):bag: Hopefully you'll get it sorted! :angel::thumbs:

Yeah some peoples photos are fine and others you can see have isssues

Look at Naughtius Maximus photo of the GB stack. The one centered at the front on the top of the stack you can see the embossing is misaligned but the copy on the far back left on the top of the stack seems fine
 
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Ah ... I was under the impression all of them were mis aligned.

Hope Kimchi's one is really nice otherwise I'm picking up one of these and hoping for a perfect copy.
 
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The alignment problem isn't unique to this release, it has happened with a lot of Steelbooks and is especially noticeable where there is embossing.
 
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The alignment problem isn't unique to this release, it has happened with a lot of Steelbooks and is especially noticeable where there is embossing.

I've had loads over the years as I said before and it happens with debossing too but the worst I can think of is the American age of ultron. That was terrible
 
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Wow ! 3 copies ! that's what I call dedication !:) Most I ever bought was 2 of any title (from 2008 to aways into 2012) and that was one to open and t'other to keep sealed.
What's it to be . . . one to keep sealed, one to open and watch and one to give to a friend/sell when it goes OOP ?
No answer necessary if the question is indiscreet and the old answer may apply "No. The question isn't indiscreet . . . but the answer could be . . ."

Forgot to ask before: Why no HMV exclusive stickers on any of the three ?

All gifts so hence 3 copies...also makes it easier to snap the front, back & spine
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Gr8 pics as always from huggy bringing out the best in every steelbook placed under his camera and although not in the same league as the DJANGO UNCHAINED steelbook (IMO) it ain't half bad and it's starting to grow on me again.
Recently wasn't sure about the washed-out, hazy look of the front image but I suppose if they're in the middle of a snowstorm that's exactly how it should look . . .
Best bit for me of the SB ? The embossed silver eight.
Worst bits for me of the SB ? Print on the front apart from the title ("THE 8TH FILM . . . " bit) and not as much of the cabin showing when compared to on the original poster.

Regarding the TITLE: As reported, this was originally to have been a sequel to DJANGO UNCHAINED and was originally titled DJANGO IN WHITE HELL but QT felt there was no place for the Jamie Foxx character here as the audience would trust him and according to QT -
"All of a sudden it hit me that the only thing wrong with the story was the Django character. Here there should be no moral centre. I thought it should be a room of bad guys and you can't trust a word anybody says".
That being said, there are obvious similarities in that both are considered Westerns and both are set is similar time periods (DJANGO just before the American Civil War and HATEFUL just after).

(Haven't watched the film yet and don't wish to read too much about it until I have but wondering if this is related in any way to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN :thumbs: a k a THE STUPENDOUS SEVEN ;) with a remake due this Autumn with a bunch of mostly well-known actors including Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke reunited for the first time since TRAINING DAY :thumbs: in 2001 or the upcoming THE NAUGHTY NINE :censored: which I can't go into here).
 
My local HMV had 3 copies out, 2 had very misaligned embossing. The one I picked up is very slightly misaligned but doesn't bother me that much..then again all 3 might have been the same and it was just the lighting in store lol
 
My local Fopp had 6 of these on the shelves with 4 of them having a fairly noticeable misalignment.

I'm pretty happy with the art & matt finish, though I do think the price was a bit high.
 
Also got mine on Saturday, opened yesterday and really like it. Possibly slightly misaligned but I'll need to check it again. It has a got a scratch on the rear at the top though so probably going to send it back. I'll see :)