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Note: WEA SteelBook. Limited to 1500 copies.
Note: WEA SteelBook. Limited to 1500 copies.
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The Prestige (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Blufans Exclusive #49) [China]
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So their "Premium" editions involve the slips, art cards, posters etc. that normally accompany steels (although I have no use for posters) but the removal of the discs themselves?.... Not sure how removing the most pertinent part of a steel makes it premium
Wtf is going on. I can handle the odd release here and there. Like with that manta line. But it’s getting ridiculous now.
This part makes me laugh though!
Designed for the true movie enthusiasts, this innovative offering revolutionizes the way we experience films
By not experiencing the film?
This part makes me laugh though!
Designed for the true movie enthusiasts, this innovative offering revolutionizes the way we experience films
By not experiencing the film?
Yes with posters, cards, booklets... that is true experience of movies. >.< not discs and movie itself.
They're obviously trying to spin it in a PR friendly way, which is basically a load of hype bullh!t. Bottom line is the Chinese gov are awkward with film licensing, so if blufans want to release new films people actually want, discless is the way. Plus the added bonus of films that aren't distributed in China at all.
So, a release is elevated to ‘premium’ status if it there are no discs? That’s quite avant-garde. I guess that leaves the regular releases with discs for the commoners who watch their movies. So uncouth!
I, for one, only take my movies without movies.
I, for one, only take my movies without movies.
It SHOULD. In reality though, it probably won't. They'll be adding extra tat in there to keep prices the same, or perhaps higher.At least this should make the one clicks cheaper..
This precious Edge browser meticulous translation meticulously sucks precious balls.
It is what we buy them for.
Otherwise get the $15 mass market studio amaray, and shut up (no offense, just a phrase).
The discs are not pertinent at all, they're superfluous and mostly unnecessary. 99% buy these as a second edition at least, many don't even open them.So their "Premium" editions involve the slips, art cards, posters etc. that normally accompany steels (although I have no use for posters) but the removal of the discs themselves?.... Not sure how removing the most pertinent part of a steel makes it premium
I used to double dip all the time, then stopped buying major titles at all, waiting for someone to release it in such CE or 'premium' editions. By doing that I don't get to see the movie for another 6 months to a year at least.
But if all these companies just did the packaging only, I could buy any studio release right away, to watch the movie, and then add a better steelbook with booklet/cards later, and not feel like I double dipped.
I just hope they won't be as stingy, as they usually were, with only the cards OR booklet. They must provide both in every slip like every other such company.
wow! we finally get a steelbook, a full slip, post cards and a booklet.. what crazy innovation! i can only imagine that they hired the worlds greatest minds and locked them in a room until they came up with something groundbreaking as this
Not what you "add" is the revolution, but what you "remove" is what makes it so brilliant and innovative...
If you buy them for extras you can buy just amarays or CE of those movies. No need to wait for premium.
Not all buy them for these...
If you give a fuc* ok, but majority don't give sh*t about paper etc... majority goes for WEA steelbooks and case art and that's it or just wanna have premium edition of that movie. Doesn't mean that they actually care for extras.
As long as steelbooks will be included i don't care if every major premium retailer does that.
Not pertinent AT ALL?? I'd have to disagree, for some people it's literally why they bought their very first steel to begin with. Do you think a book collector would buy an expensive hardback edition if didn't contain any txt on the pages? Or record collector would buy a colour variant which had no music on it?
Yes, there are those that keep their collection sealed... but how do you know how many of these have double dipped and what percentage of these double dippers have opened them? I kinda feel you're just pulling figures out of the air there.
Like you, I now hold off buying WWA steels or amarays in the hope of a premium later down the line... but you don't have to wait 6 months to a year to watch a movie, you could stream a rental right away if you really wanted to watch it, thereby not double dipping at all.
Book or records comparison doesn't apply here. I would buy a special packing, mini CD-sized steelbooks especially, with extra booklets and photos of/about my favorite musical artists without any music itself in a second, if such releases existed, as I'd have their albums already, if I'd wanted more.
That's what I'm saying - people are ready to spend more on something they already like, and own in some form - watched it, heard it - and would like to express their love for that title by getting nice looking memorabilia.
Such physical editions are no different than figures, car models, posters and such. They're not Arrow and Second Sight releases, which one gets firstly for the discs themselves, the new transfers and extras.
P.S. I admit I don't understand steelbook-only collectors, and how they think.
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Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Avengers and the missing Phase 4 and 5 movies please 
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