The Monkey (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[walkintom]

Release date: June 23, 2025
Purchase links: Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £34.99

Spoiler

Placeholder art

 

[K1SK1S]

Showing as this art now

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Front artwork is interesting but that space at the top has to be a representation of what Black Bear think collectors do with j-cards... i.e. keep them.

Creating a design that is reliant on the j-card to evoke a feeling of equilibrium or symmetry is ill-thought. An example of not consulting collectors imo.

Come to think of it, they did similar with the Longlegs steel.

Spoiler: Longlegs

Still hoping for a gloss finish.

 

[sbarker]

Ah good another steelbook design which has a ton of dead space for the stupid j card.

 

[samdavies]

Don't like that. German release is definitely better.

 

[tha_lunatic]

uk steelbook is crap

 

[Punker76]

Wow, a steel where I think I prefer the inside art to the outside.... That might be a first.

 

[bradipolpo]

crappy artwork

 

[BDDB]

Not sure about the artwork reveal this morning, it screams streaky matte, not got time to grab pics. It’s on Zavvi now.

 

[samdavies]

Not sure about the artwork reveal this morning, it screams streaky matte, not got time to grab pics. It’s on Zavvi now.

It's also on the previous page. It was revealed yesterday.

 

[BDDB]

It's also on the previous page. It was revealed yesterday.

I didn’t look as the op had not been updated.

 

[leelee17]

Cancelled my Zavvi preorder and put in an order for the German mediabook instead...

 

[TheWildEye]

Cancelled my Zavvi preorder and put in an order for the German mediabook instead...
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Quality artwork. German mediabooks kill with their art almost every time.

 

[leelee17]

Preordered from jpc.de.
They ship without tax added, however, I wasn't charged for the tax in the UK when I ordered the Longlegs mediabook from them so hopefully I'll avoid it again with this. Currently costing me £31 delivered from Germany...

 

[Graphic_Delusions]

Thanks for the thread bump; it reminded me to cancel my pre-order today.
I'll wait for a price drop or get another version elsewhere.

 

[BDDB]

Just noticed that the release date in the OP is wrong, it comes out on the 23rd June

 

[Punker76]

Thanks for the thread bump; it reminded me to cancel my pre-order today.
I'll wait for a price drop or get another version elsewhere.

Good point. Hasn't sold out, and art is a bit shonky, will also wait for a price drop

 

[Stygian]

Just noticed that the release date in the OP is wrong, it comes out on the 23rd June

OP updated.

 

[nekromantik]

I cancelled this and went for German steelbook

 

[Punker76]

Glad I cancelled, and now I won't even wait for a price drop... Watched the movie last week and was hugely disappointed.

Tonally it's all the map, just didn't work for me. Bullet dodged.

(I was pretty disappointed with Heart Eyes recently too - middle aged and hard to please of late )

 

[Kapa]

Glad I cancelled, and now I won't even wait for a price drop... Watched the movie last week and was hugely disappointed.

Tonally it's all the map, just didn't work for me. Bullet dodged.

(I was pretty disappointed with Heart Eyes recently too - middle aged and hard to please of late )

Just like me, didn't like the movie at all, Was expecting something different.

 

[Flloydo]

This is a matte finish