WHATTTT?!!!! Ken, you just really zoned me out. The Last Crusade is a FABULOUS movie!!! Sean Connery and Harrison Ford were spectacular together and they rode off into the sunset victorious!! Never should have been any more. But once again, you’re a 90’s kid and can’t appreciate the greatest adventurer in movie history 🤦🏼♂️😂
I like the movie a lot but must admit I HATED what Last Crusade did to Marcus. Raiders did not in any way imply the buffoonery on display in LC, and I felt they trashed the character simply for unnecessary laughs. There were other ways they could have done that. There was a slapstick side to the movie some feel was inappropriate - again based on what came before.
@@joes9954 Honestly, when did we ever see anything else from Marcus? That’s obviously the type of person he was. He was a classroom nerd. No outside action at all. He was totally out of his element in Last Crusade, so I’m not really sure what you were expecting 🤷🏼♂️🤙🏻
@@garyrichardson475 I get it. I was 15, and i saw it with my dad. It’s a dad and son flick and it instantly became my favorite because of that. The real unfortunate thing about it for me is the bad effects. At least there aren’t any of those in the first two. I love the entire trilogy, so i def won’t argue with you on this one!👍🏻 Notice i said i like the entire “trilogy”😂as all of us real Indy fans know, there are only 3✊🏻
@@Cincinnatis5StarBarber Speaking of 15, I saw the first Raiders when I was that age. It was a preview 1 or 2 weeks before the initial release and no one knew what it was. It was even unclear what the genre of the film was since Lucas and Spielberg had then only been known for science fiction. Seems crazy now, but the theatre was only 1/8 full. It was the most mind blowing action film I had ever seen. I tried to explain to people but they couldn’t understand till they saw it themselves.
Criterion's Citizen Kane 4K is a complete disaster. It's impossible to remove the discs without grabbing the reflective surface and the boxset itself gets worn quickly no matter how well you handle movies.
Definitely. Flimsy crap. Why can't they do something nice and durable like the old LOTR Extended gold box set? These two franchises are certainly worth it.
Yea, I don't mind that one too much, either. I also don't think the Poltergeist cover is all that bad. I think both could have been way worse. There's at least some artistic vision to both I feel.
As a front cover, I don't love it. I think it's terrible for selling the movie. I'd rather see their faces on the cover, but I think it's fine for a limited edition/reversible art.
Nice to look at on the shelf but the World of Wong Kar Wai set from Criterion is like an origami puzzle to get into and the slide in slots eventually start dropping discs through the end that's supposed to be sealed.
If you can put the ultra tight plastic slipcover back on your Criterion Sex, Lies & Videotape without damaging the inner digipak then you probably can catch flies with chopsticks.
That Freddy collection it will always amaze me. Why is not the original episode of phrase nightmares on it it was a great prequel before he became nightmare Freddy everything leading up him getting caught to the second the parents took it in their own hands why not that episode and not the two other random ones that is on it?
How about movies in your collection that have not held up over time? I have lots I bought over the years for nostalgia's sake that I loved as a kid, but then I watched them again recently and... Not so much. 😂
I would have to throw up the mummy 4k trilogy box set for me. I would never understand why they put the movies in such a tight and hard to get slots to the point you have to grab underneath it,just to pull it out on top of adding this gold material that scratches up the disk badly. Luckly they rereleased the trilogy in a normal plastic case
The Exorcist 4K (US) is the only time I've been disappointed to get a slipcover. I have a custom slipcover and insert at the printer because it's so bad. I'm slowly correcting what I deam as ugly art with custom slipcovers.
I have the Best Buy exclusive Spider-Man Legacy 4K set. It has two steelbooks in it. One for Tobey's and one for Andrew's films. Great design on them too.
I have to agree with most of those. I HATE digipaks and digibooks! One of the worst that comes to mind is the Alien collection on BD. It folds out to be about 4+ ft long...CRAZY! My OCD, I want every movie to have its own case. So, all the collections that came in paks or books, I removed and put into standard cases with custom artwork. That type of packaging has the "cool" factor for collectors, but not practical as far as having on shelf and having to pull out to get just one movie.
11:00 It's funny that you hate the Nightmare on Elm Street because it's in a standard amaray case, but I love that. I seek out those collection sets because they take up less space on my shelf. I have Jurassic Park and Riddick in sets like that. I'm even making my own Fast and Furious amaray set.
They did put out Steelbooks for Spiderman but in bluray....i just switched out to 4k ....there all red with a blu strip on the top bluray logo.....for you Ken
Not a movie, but i recently bought the Better Call Saul Complete Series because I love the show. The WORST packaging. Multiple discs on top of eachother, not secure, ugly and clunky. I ended up buying 2 '10 disc bluray cases' to put the discs in instead, and it's much better.
Big box sets aren't always the best. They do take up a lot of shelf space and are expensive. Long as all the movies in the franchise are in one set, and its not in a flimsy case I'm fine with that.
@@bigmoviefreaksurprising that that would be the case if that's true... I always chalked it up to them trying to pull in modern consumers with more modernized artwork. They likely assume anyone that's a true fan of an older film that they grew up on, they're almost guaranteed to pick it up regardless of the artwork.
@@chrisjfox8715 From how I understand it, they probably signed a contract long ago indicating that the artwork will be used in many channels that were available at the time. Bluray didn’t exist back then, and perhaps they’ve forgotten to include a broader term to cover all future physical media formats, or that the artists smartly refused that. Obviously, they’d have to negotiate a new contract, and the artist would certainly demand a little more today in light of all the success the films had already garnered.
One thing I don’t like about packaging is when they double stack discs; a few years ago I got The Twilight Zone: Complete Series on Blu Ray, it was 24 discs in a case that should’ve had no more than 12. Now I feel like I’m playing Towers of Hanoi every time I’m trying to find a specific disc
Warner Bros bought out New Line Cinema in 2008. Ever since then WB has treated the NOES franchise as an afterthought. It shows in the shoddy packaging for the Blu-ray set. Nightmare deserves better.
“I’m not the greatest Indiana Jones fan.” Oh, that hurt. 😂 Indiana Jones is the rare case (pun intended) where the steelbooks are actually way better than the box set, and I would recommend those, and I’m the guy who thinks steelbooks are superfluous.
Thats a good example to. Why didn't warner bros use the original poster for gremlins with the guy holding the gremlin box. Would have looked brilliant on a 4k cover or steelbook.
I think the studios like to change things up to try to pull in more modern audiences that didn't grow up on the older stuff. Modernized artwork for modern consumers.
I will never understand why the studio that owns the Elm Street movies has such a chokehold on the franchise that they can’t even release the films right… like they could be making so much money if they came to their senses. Hopefully when that steelbook comes out, and hopefully a slip version, the studio will FINALLY come to their senses about this franchise. I still use my dvd box sets cause I refuse to buy that ugly and awfully put together blu ray set
Let's talk about the most annoying thing. TV series releasing individual seasons in which some are DVD and some are Bluray. Then they release the complete box set only on DVD. I mean, WTH.... See Bones for example.
You prefer cardboard sleeves versus the fold out Indiana Jones? I’m the complete opposite, why would you want to potentially scratch your discs? But then you don’t like the Spider-Man with cardboard sleeves? I’m so confused lol
For DVDs, I want nothing to do with sleeves, but Blu-rays have a lot more protection on them and are more resistant to scratching...well, relatively. I still can't stand when people don't put discs in cases, like that lazy crap where people will lie them on a table or the top of their player or something. Just put it back in IT'S case FFS!
My most hated recent releases are that Exorcist set you showed and the National Lampoon's Vacation standard 4K. I refuse to let either in my house. I got the UK Exorcist slip and the Vacation steelbook.
Same exact situation on the Nightmare collection. I dont even have the slip though lol. I think the US 4k release of Twister on SteelBook is horrible but being one of my favorites i jumped. Importing the UK version SteelBook so far it is said to be the original artwork.
One of the media formats that I have a love/hate relationship with are mediabooks. I LOVE the artwork on them, and the booklets are always a cool bonus. But on the other hand, a lot of them aren't released in English. I've got a couple Digibook Blu-ray sets for Se7en and Rocky Horror Picture Show, which are perfect to me because they're Blu-ray size and the book is in English. And then there's the weird Sleepy Hollow Steelbook/Digibook hybrid which is extremely cool. Maybe it's just my copy, but it doesn't seem to close securely. It seems more like an experimental product.
Yeah I agree 100% with the Nightmare blu-ray set, just not good. I’ll also add Criterion Citizen Kane horrible possible worst packaging nearly impossible to get he movies out as well as Train Spotting also a Criterion 4k.
I prefer movies I love given nice packaging like what Arrow does with special editions. Two movies I wished got special treatment are Alligator and The Thing. I love my Alien Quadrilogy book.
I agree about the Spider-Man movies in those digibooks, I’m surprised they didn’t get scratched. Yea I had that Elm Street blu ray set but it was imported, so for some reason the special features disc wouldn’t play and I think 2 of the films either cuz they weren’t Region Free. I was pissed lol.
What are your thoughts on criterions version of the princess bride? It's similar to the matrix as it's like a book (although a book fits the theming for a princess bride) doesn't that also stick out of your shelf and look different?
The bad boys set is awesome. Visually striking. I put it in a katana collectibles protector sliding out problem solved. Only fast and furious that matters is 1, 3 and 5. Thanks for the vid man!
When Disney first bought Marvel the earlier movies in the MCU all the way to Doctor Strange did not have 4K releases. When Disney finally did they all had these ugly white spotted ink covers, it made me buy the Steelbooks. They also did the same thing with some of the earlier Pixar films too with the ugly ink dot covers. Those are the main ones that come to mind that I don’t LIKE, sorry I prefer not to say the word hate, it’s too negative.
This is an interesting topic. I agree with the Poltergeist and Willy Wonka covers, they are pretty awful. I would add the terrible artwork from The Wizard of Oz 4K... this classic deserved so much better.
The guy from planet put out a video which was kind of interesting in that Etsy is producing box. Holders for box sets custom-made for movies like Halloween jaws, and all of those hard shell cases fit perfectly inside of this set for Halloween. With foam inserts in between to protect the hard shells, it's really fascinating to see where some of these companies are going. I can't stand any release that does not display the original movie poster. I am a stickler for the original popcorn, art. And even to the extent that if the artwork is absolutely atrocious. Like with all the Warner brother recent re. Releases, I will make. Mini movie posters and slip them over the crap they provide. It's my o c d
Some of the worst 4k slipcovers and steelbooks have to go to the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies. They are beyond awful. The steelbooks especially. Whatever you might think of those movies, they're all visually interesting and should lend themselves to some great artwork for the physical releases, but nope. To make it worse, for the 35th anniversary of Batman 89, they're just re-issuing the steelbook from the awful best buy set with the Batman logo just floating over the most generic city skyline. Trash. Another terrible release for me has to be the Back To The Future 4ks. Again, both the regular boxset and steelbooks were pretty garbage.
It is surprising that they didn't give us nice premium Batman or BTTF sets like they could've done. Batman was Warner's bread and butter. It deserved the Superman steelbook set treatment at a minimum. What's so hard about giving us the original poster art for the Batman films? Where's our DeLorean themed steelbooks? There's so much they could do with BTTF. Hoverboard BTTF 2 cover. And we need a nice 80 page booklet that looks like Gray's Sports Almanac. I could also envision a BTTF 3 steelbook where the slip is Marty "Eastwood's" poncho and you take it off to reveal his "bulletproof vest." All these ideas are off the top of my head as I type. You'd think big companies could do at least that good.
@@johnpublic7796 Yea, I definitely would have preferred the original Batman posters over what we got, but even then, I'm kind of sick of those and would have preferred new art if done well. Like I said, they're all so visually interesting, someone with talent and passion for those movies could have done something great. Those are some good ideas for BTTF. Again, could have just gone with the original, iconic posters for all three, but new art done well would have been nice. The best buy set with the DeLorean cut into thirds across the three steelbooks was an awful design to begin with, but made even worse with just how poorly it was carried out.
Not a fan of the Scream Factory Halloween 4K artwork, but I have learned to live with it. The Lionsgate 40th anniversary 4K with original artwork looks dope. The Lost Boys 4K slip reminds me of The Lego Movie. It’s too bad they didn’t use the original poster art for that one as well.
If you think that your Indiana Jones collection is bad, then I have to tell you I bought my stepfather the bluray collection, and when you open it all, you get is a book type opening and with the movies but when you take the movies out it's hard .it's like you have to pull them out hard and shove them back in, and it just feels horrible to pull and shove them. I feel over time. It may break. And for those of you who read this and go, how much did you pay? Why did you get it .why didn't you sell it .I'll answer those I bought the collection from a pawn shop think if was 19 .probably 20 after tax. The reason I bought was for my stepfather. I was thinking of him .and that's also why I can't sell them they are his . And even if they were mine, I'd probably just keep them. I'd probably just watch a few of them. I'm not a huge fan of the movies.
Agree Ken on the Indiana jones boxset..kind of cheaply made..I ended up getting the individual Steelbooks of the Indy movies those are great..I still have that boxset that you have..I keep it because well what the hell why not..lol
If I was making this video first up would be those awful Disney 100 silver tin steelbooks, which I have a lot of. The tiny pictures they use on the cover are almost always awful ones. Empire Strikes back has Yoda on it (a Jedi), and Return of the Jedi has Darth Vader on it (the Empire). Kind of got those backwards. The Nightmare Before Christmas one looks horrible compared to it's non-steel counterpart. It's like they go out of their way to find the worst picture to put on the cover. And the way they put together the folds on the sides of the case lead them to break easly. My Beauty and the Beast one already has. Speaking of Indiana Jones, the Dial of Destiny steelbook is another candidate. The ones for the first four films look great and use the original poster art. But whomever designed Dial decided that what it needed most was a giant hat on the cover. It doesn't even look like Indy's hat.
Ones I own that I dislike - Poltergeist 4k, Evil Dead Groovy Set, and Columbia Classics sets, and the ESPN 30 for 30 set that looks like a ticket. I don't really like those sets too much that I can't shelve regularly. Some may be cool editions, but they take up too much space and aren't shelf friendly for me. I'd totally do a straight trade with someone for the regular Evil Dead 1 & 2 4Ks and Ash vs. Evil Dead standard cases for the Groovy set.
I have the Saw blu-ray collection and I wouldn't say I hate it, the artwork looks nice especially on the Jigsaw blu-ray, but I think having multiple movies on 1 disc is just kinda stupid, I don't like it
Future video idea: name box sets that have have upgrades, but you can't get rid of for one reason or another. For me, it's Matrix blu-ray box set of all the movies. I have all the movies on 4K now, but I can't get rid of the blu-ray box set (and the space it takes up) because the Animatrix (included) has not been released on 4K yet. I'm sure there are other box sets you have that you want to get rid of but can't for some reason or another.
I hate when they release a collection and just cram the individual posters onto the front cover but I still own a few exaples such as the Austin Powers trilogy and the first three Scary movies. I also hate the re-release art Disney used for Pixar and marvel but I still own copies of Toy Story 2 and Princess and the Frog. I also dislike the art Sony used for the Matilda steelbook, but i didn't own the movie and i wanted the 4k version. I wish they'd just used the original poster. Hopefully I can get rid of most of these soon
Ken, if you thought the Indy case was bad, you should have gotten suckered into the steelbook set…….ALL WHITE STEELBOOKS!!!! I had to have a guy make me some individual cases to cover them. They look like old rental VHS cases that my ugly white steelbooks will fit in.
I know I am one to comment once in a while on your tastes. I know we all have our own opinions and I respect that. I know yours is pretty different than mine and I just like giving you a hard time! :^)
@@thedarknate0845 Yeah, for me Temple of Doom is my least fav of the entire franchise. But some of the other movies I differ from him would be The Core and Halloween Kills. We are opposite...he does not like and I do. Nobody's perfect! LOL
@@thedarknate0845 I don't know what it is about TOD, but I have never been a fan of it. Even when it first came out. Guess I'm weird that way. I actually enjoyed KOCSkull. DoD was ok but it didn't have the magic the previous movies had.
your opinion on films can change over the years, so it’s worth keeping them for that chance of liking it one day. Kenny is not a dummy, so he understands this concept unlike some.
No mention of the horrifically lazy drab pre-schooler effort by Disney on their 100 years 4k's? You know the silver POS ones that nobody bought? Some of the laziest piss-poor effort by any company in the history of steelbooks since they have been invented. Or how about Criterion screwing the pooch on their disastrous 1st 4k release ever with Citizen Kane? I have a number flimsy boxes, box-sets. Daniel Craig James Bond comes to mind. 007 deserves better. The first Resident Evil box-set, and Underworld box-sets sucked because outer box was prone to damage. Special mention for A24 and their 4k sets... Look d*ckweeds... I love your 4k's and you have cool packaging. Can you please make it fit on my GD'mnd shelf please? Those are some of my nominations.
Hey! I bought all I could when they were marked down to $10. I don't mind them, as they remind me of the Disney Treasures DVDs, but they could've done more with them. I'd have liked them to make those cases somehow look more like 35mm film cans, or if they'd have leaned into that Disney "vault" thing. Classic posters and that kind of simple aesthetic would've been great for me. I am a former projectionist.
WHATTTT?!!!! Ken, you just really zoned me out. The Last Crusade is a FABULOUS movie!!! Sean Connery and Harrison Ford were spectacular together and they rode off into the sunset victorious!! Never should have been any more. But once again, you’re a 90’s kid and can’t appreciate the greatest adventurer in movie history 🤦🏼♂️😂
I like the movie a lot but must admit I HATED what Last Crusade did to Marcus. Raiders did not in any way imply the buffoonery on display in LC, and I felt they trashed the character simply for unnecessary laughs. There were other ways they could have done that. There was a slapstick side to the movie some feel was inappropriate - again based on what came before.
Last Crusade disappointed me. It’s fine but doesn’t come close to the first two. It borrows too much from the first film, making it feel less fresh.
@@joes9954 Honestly, when did we ever see anything else from Marcus? That’s obviously the type of person he was. He was a classroom nerd. No outside action at all. He was totally out of his element in Last Crusade, so I’m not really sure what you were expecting 🤷🏼♂️🤙🏻
@@garyrichardson475 I get it. I was 15, and i saw it with my dad. It’s a dad and son flick and it instantly became my favorite because of that. The real unfortunate thing about it for me is the bad effects. At least there aren’t any of those in the first two. I love the entire trilogy, so i def won’t argue with you on this one!👍🏻 Notice i said i like the entire “trilogy”😂as all of us real Indy fans know, there are only 3✊🏻
@@Cincinnatis5StarBarber Speaking of 15, I saw the first Raiders when I was that age. It was a preview 1 or 2 weeks before the initial release and no one knew what it was. It was even unclear what the genre of the film was since Lucas and Spielberg had then only been known for science fiction. Seems crazy now, but the theatre was only 1/8 full. It was the most mind blowing action film I had ever seen. I tried to explain to people but they couldn’t understand till they saw it themselves.
Criterion's Citizen Kane 4K is a complete disaster. It's impossible to remove the discs without grabbing the reflective surface and the boxset itself gets worn quickly no matter how well you handle movies.
Pasolini boxset is even worse!
Get the european release. Normal packaging, same image quality.
Citizen Kane would normally be an automatic for me. But the packaging has kept me from buying the Criterion 4K. It's so stupid.
All discs from crappy packaging just go into safe and sound
clear window paper disc holders on day one. Problem solved.
@@MrEdWeirdoShow So them you just kinda place them in the folds of the case then?
I personally love that Halloween steelbook! I wish it wasn’t so expensive. 🙁
Indiana Jones and The Godfather boxes are very cheap.
It's insane how much they charge for the godfather trilogy in that cheapbox set lol
Definitely. Flimsy crap. Why can't they do something nice and durable like the old LOTR Extended gold box set? These two franchises are certainly worth it.
Honestly, thank goodness for the standalone Steelbooks for both of these series 😭
Facts
Near Dark's bluray art makes it look a Twilight Movie.
Might have mentioned before but I do like the Lost Boys slipcover, not sure why so many people hate it 😢
Yea, I don't mind that one too much, either. I also don't think the Poltergeist cover is all that bad. I think both could have been way worse. There's at least some artistic vision to both I feel.
@@ChuckM0503 agree 💯
As a front cover, I don't love it. I think it's terrible for selling the movie. I'd rather see their faces on the cover, but I think it's fine for a limited edition/reversible art.
Nice to look at on the shelf but the World of Wong Kar Wai set from Criterion is like an origami puzzle to get into and the slide in slots eventually start dropping discs through the end that's supposed to be sealed.
Rosemary’s Baby is the absolute worst cover I’ve seen…The Exorcist was definitely a close second
I get why they picked that type of art which was common in the 60s, I just wish they didn't.
yep!
If that were actual art for the film from the 60s, I would give it a pass. But it’s not. It’s just plain ugly.
It is awful, at least it is only on the slipcover. The original poster art is on the actual case.
I have this concern regarding the upcoming 4K release(s) for A Nightmare on Elm Street 😮 but the Reverend will keep hope!
If you can put the ultra tight plastic slipcover back on your Criterion Sex, Lies & Videotape without damaging the inner digipak then you probably can catch flies with chopsticks.
That Freddy collection it will always amaze me. Why is not the original episode of phrase nightmares on it it was a great prequel before he became nightmare Freddy everything leading up him getting caught to the second the parents took it in their own hands why not that episode and not the two other random ones that is on it?
How about movies in your collection that have not held up over time? I have lots I bought over the years for nostalgia's sake that I loved as a kid, but then I watched them again recently and... Not so much. 😂
Unfortunately most movies people love as a kid are not so great as an adult, because surprise! We're not kids anymore!
i put my 4k discs of Indiana Jones into my blu ray box set
I liked the 4k Hulk separate Steelbooks with the side slide out slip cases. The colour scheme was great.
I would have to throw up the mummy 4k trilogy box set for me. I would never understand why they put the movies in such a tight and hard to get slots to the point you have to grab underneath it,just to pull it out on top of adding this gold material that scratches up the disk badly. Luckly they rereleased the trilogy in a normal plastic case
The Exorcist 4K (US) is the only time I've been disappointed to get a slipcover. I have a custom slipcover and insert at the printer because it's so bad. I'm slowly correcting what I deam as ugly art with custom slipcovers.
I have the Best Buy exclusive Spider-Man Legacy 4K set. It has two steelbooks in it. One for Tobey's and one for Andrew's films. Great design on them too.
Same. The steelbook set is pretty nice.
I have to agree with most of those. I HATE digipaks and digibooks! One of the worst that comes to mind is the Alien collection on BD. It folds out to be about 4+ ft long...CRAZY! My OCD, I want every movie to have its own case. So, all the collections that came in paks or books, I removed and put into standard cases with custom artwork. That type of packaging has the "cool" factor for collectors, but not practical as far as having on shelf and having to pull out to get just one movie.
11:00 It's funny that you hate the Nightmare on Elm Street because it's in a standard amaray case, but I love that. I seek out those collection sets because they take up less space on my shelf. I have Jurassic Park and Riddick in sets like that. I'm even making my own Fast and Furious amaray set.
They did put out Steelbooks for Spiderman but in bluray....i just switched out to 4k ....there all red with a blu strip on the top bluray logo.....for you Ken
I got the steelbook of Poltergeist, they should have gone with that Image for the standard too.
So glad I got the steelbook of the Exorcist.
Not a movie, but i recently bought the Better Call Saul Complete Series because I love the show. The WORST packaging. Multiple discs on top of eachother, not secure, ugly and clunky.
I ended up buying 2 '10 disc bluray cases' to put the discs in instead, and it's much better.
if WB puts out the 4K Nightmare on Elm Street without the original artwork, Im not buying it
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Steelbook where the art is just a Red button and a taped sign that says "Do not push" was garbage
Yeah Scream Factory should definitely remaster Nightmare on elm street
Big box sets aren't always the best. They do take up a lot of shelf space and are expensive. Long as all the movies in the franchise are in one set, and its not in a flimsy case I'm fine with that.
The 4k Lord of the Rings release in the 9 disc case doesn't work for me as the discs don't hold in place.
I really can't understand why most of the film company's don't put the original movie posters on the blu ray, 4k covers. Some have but majority don't.
They don’t want to pay the artist of the original poster. Cheaper to give it to a no-name artist to make a new one.
@@bigmoviefreaksurprising that that would be the case if that's true...
I always chalked it up to them trying to pull in modern consumers with more modernized artwork. They likely assume anyone that's a true fan of an older film that they grew up on, they're almost guaranteed to pick it up regardless of the artwork.
@@chrisjfox8715 From how I understand it, they probably signed a contract long ago indicating that the artwork will be used in many channels that were available at the time. Bluray didn’t exist back then, and perhaps they’ve forgotten to include a broader term to cover all future physical media formats, or that the artists smartly refused that. Obviously, they’d have to negotiate a new contract, and the artist would certainly demand a little more today in light of all the success the films had already garnered.
One thing I don’t like about packaging is when they double stack discs; a few years ago I got The Twilight Zone: Complete Series on Blu Ray, it was 24 discs in a case that should’ve had no more than 12. Now I feel like I’m playing Towers of Hanoi every time I’m trying to find a specific disc
The Nightmare on elm street collection, the image was a bit of a poor idea, but to make the package compact, was an OK idea.
The best option is always having the original cover art. There are other commissioned art covers that are gorgeous but they the few.
Warner Bros bought out New Line Cinema in 2008. Ever since then WB has treated the NOES franchise as an afterthought. It shows in the shoddy packaging for the Blu-ray set. Nightmare deserves better.
“I’m not the greatest Indiana Jones fan.” Oh, that hurt. 😂
Indiana Jones is the rare case (pun intended) where the steelbooks are actually way better than the box set, and I would recommend those, and I’m the guy who thinks steelbooks are superfluous.
I know right? If you like movies you pretty much have to be an Indiana Jones fan!
Usually Warner and Paramount had released the worst art covers.
Pulp fiction: sin city red lip stick edition.
Midsommar extended cut: too big and awkward.
Thats a good example to. Why didn't warner bros use the original poster for gremlins with the guy holding the gremlin box. Would have looked brilliant on a 4k cover or steelbook.
I think the studios like to change things up to try to pull in more modern audiences that didn't grow up on the older stuff.
Modernized artwork for modern consumers.
I deliberately ordered the UK edition (standard version w/ slipcover) of The Exorcist with the classic poster art because I didn't like the US cover.
I did the same. Overpaid for something WB should've given us over here. They might as well move to England since they love it so damn much.
I will never understand why the studio that owns the Elm Street movies has such a chokehold on the franchise that they can’t even release the films right… like they could be making so much money if they came to their senses. Hopefully when that steelbook comes out, and hopefully a slip version, the studio will FINALLY come to their senses about this franchise. I still use my dvd box sets cause I refuse to buy that ugly and awfully put together blu ray set
Apocalypse Now 4K with the floppy J-card
Trainspotting. Went ahead and overpaid for the OOP steelbook just to put the 4K in
Let's talk about the most annoying thing. TV series releasing individual seasons in which some are DVD and some are Bluray. Then they release the complete box set only on DVD. I mean, WTH.... See Bones for example.
You prefer cardboard sleeves versus the fold out Indiana Jones? I’m the complete opposite, why would you want to potentially scratch your discs? But then you don’t like the Spider-Man with cardboard sleeves? I’m so confused lol
For DVDs, I want nothing to do with sleeves, but Blu-rays have a lot more protection on them and are more resistant to scratching...well, relatively. I still can't stand when people don't put discs in cases, like that lazy crap where people will lie them on a table or the top of their player or something. Just put it back in IT'S case FFS!
That bothered me too, lol. I hate cardboard sleeves. 😵💫
My most hated recent releases are that Exorcist set you showed and the National Lampoon's Vacation standard 4K. I refuse to let either in my house. I got the UK Exorcist slip and the Vacation steelbook.
Yeah, Sony screwed the pooch with the Bad Boys set.
No matter what, we love you Ken.
The new packaging for the deluxe Avatar releases, while beautiful, are impossible to get the discs out without fingerprints.
The Indiana Jones box set is terrible.
Same exact situation on the Nightmare collection. I dont even have the slip though lol. I think the US 4k release of Twister on SteelBook is horrible but being one of my favorites i jumped. Importing the UK version SteelBook so far it is said to be the original artwork.
One of the media formats that I have a love/hate relationship with are mediabooks. I LOVE the artwork on them, and the booklets are always a cool bonus. But on the other hand, a lot of them aren't released in English. I've got a couple Digibook Blu-ray sets for Se7en and Rocky Horror Picture Show, which are perfect to me because they're Blu-ray size and the book is in English. And then there's the weird Sleepy Hollow Steelbook/Digibook hybrid which is extremely cool. Maybe it's just my copy, but it doesn't seem to close securely. It seems more like an experimental product.
I'm not a fan of the Criterion Trainspotting packaging.
Yeah I agree 100% with the Nightmare blu-ray set, just not good. I’ll also add Criterion Citizen Kane horrible possible worst packaging nearly impossible to get he movies out as well as Train Spotting also a Criterion 4k.
I prefer movies I love given nice packaging like what Arrow does with special editions. Two movies I wished got special treatment are Alligator and The Thing. I love my Alien Quadrilogy book.
I agree about the Spider-Man movies in those digibooks, I’m surprised they didn’t get scratched. Yea I had that Elm Street blu ray set but it was imported, so for some reason the special features disc wouldn’t play and I think 2 of the films either cuz they weren’t Region Free. I was pissed lol.
When I saw you had Frankenhooker on the tv, I thought that was gonna be included lol!
Nope. I just like the screen. Lol
@@midlevelmedia it is a cool screen good choice!
What are your thoughts on criterions version of the princess bride? It's similar to the matrix as it's like a book (although a book fits the theming for a princess bride) doesn't that also stick out of your shelf and look different?
The bad boys set is awesome. Visually striking. I put it in a katana collectibles protector sliding out problem solved. Only fast and furious that matters is 1, 3 and 5. Thanks for the vid man!
The steelbook for Christine is very poorly designed… my least favorite in my collection.
Ohhh damn yeah. I never bought that, because it looked terrible. Went with the slip. lol
When Disney first bought Marvel the earlier movies in the MCU all the way to Doctor Strange did not have 4K releases. When Disney finally did they all had these ugly white spotted ink covers, it made me buy the Steelbooks. They also did the same thing with some of the earlier Pixar films too with the ugly ink dot covers. Those are the main ones that come to mind that I don’t LIKE, sorry I prefer not to say the word hate, it’s too negative.
This is an interesting topic. I agree with the Poltergeist and Willy Wonka covers, they are pretty awful. I would add the terrible artwork from The Wizard of Oz 4K... this classic deserved so much better.
The guy from planet put out a video which was kind of interesting in that Etsy is producing box.
Holders for box sets custom-made for movies like Halloween jaws, and all of those hard shell cases fit perfectly inside of this set for Halloween. With foam inserts in between to protect the hard shells, it's really fascinating to see where some of these companies are going. I can't stand any release that does not display the original movie poster. I am a stickler for the original popcorn, art. And even to the extent that if the artwork is absolutely atrocious. Like with all the Warner brother recent re. Releases, I will make. Mini movie posters and slip them over the crap they provide. It's my o c d
The Mummy Trilogy 4K. Horrible packaging
Some of the worst 4k slipcovers and steelbooks have to go to the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies. They are beyond awful. The steelbooks especially. Whatever you might think of those movies, they're all visually interesting and should lend themselves to some great artwork for the physical releases, but nope. To make it worse, for the 35th anniversary of Batman 89, they're just re-issuing the steelbook from the awful best buy set with the Batman logo just floating over the most generic city skyline. Trash.
Another terrible release for me has to be the Back To The Future 4ks. Again, both the regular boxset and steelbooks were pretty garbage.
It is surprising that they didn't give us nice premium Batman or BTTF sets like they could've done. Batman was Warner's bread and butter. It deserved the Superman steelbook set treatment at a minimum. What's so hard about giving us the original poster art for the Batman films?
Where's our DeLorean themed steelbooks? There's so much they could do with BTTF. Hoverboard BTTF 2 cover. And we need a nice 80 page booklet that looks like Gray's Sports Almanac. I could also envision a BTTF 3 steelbook where the slip is Marty "Eastwood's" poncho and you take it off to reveal his "bulletproof vest." All these ideas are off the top of my head as I type. You'd think big companies could do at least that good.
@@johnpublic7796 Yea, I definitely would have preferred the original Batman posters over what we got, but even then, I'm kind of sick of those and would have preferred new art if done well. Like I said, they're all so visually interesting, someone with talent and passion for those movies could have done something great.
Those are some good ideas for BTTF. Again, could have just gone with the original, iconic posters for all three, but new art done well would have been nice. The best buy set with the DeLorean cut into thirds across the three steelbooks was an awful design to begin with, but made even worse with just how poorly it was carried out.
Not a fan of the Scream Factory Halloween 4K artwork, but I have learned to live with it.
The Lionsgate 40th anniversary 4K with original artwork looks dope.
The Lost Boys 4K slip reminds me of The Lego Movie. It’s too bad they didn’t use the original poster art for that one as well.
I want Rocky steelbooks with the original poster art!!!
If you think that your Indiana Jones collection is bad, then I have to tell you I bought my stepfather the bluray collection, and when you open it all, you get is a book type opening and with the movies but when you take the movies out it's hard .it's like you have to pull them out hard and shove them back in, and it just feels horrible to pull and shove them. I feel over time. It may break. And for those of you who read this and go, how much did you pay? Why did you get it .why didn't you sell it .I'll answer those I bought the collection from a pawn shop think if was 19 .probably 20 after tax. The reason I bought was for my stepfather. I was thinking of him .and that's also why I can't sell them they are his . And even if they were mine, I'd probably just keep them. I'd probably just watch a few of them. I'm not a huge fan of the movies.
Agree Ken on the Indiana jones boxset..kind of cheaply made..I ended up getting the individual Steelbooks of the Indy movies those are great..I still have that boxset that you have..I keep it because well what the hell why not..lol
If I was making this video first up would be those awful Disney 100 silver tin steelbooks, which I have a lot of. The tiny pictures they use on the cover are almost always awful ones. Empire Strikes back has Yoda on it (a Jedi), and Return of the Jedi has Darth Vader on it (the Empire). Kind of got those backwards. The Nightmare Before Christmas one looks horrible compared to it's non-steel counterpart. It's like they go out of their way to find the worst picture to put on the cover. And the way they put together the folds on the sides of the case lead them to break easly. My Beauty and the Beast one already has.
Speaking of Indiana Jones, the Dial of Destiny steelbook is another candidate. The ones for the first four films look great and use the original poster art. But whomever designed Dial decided that what it needed most was a giant hat on the cover. It doesn't even look like Indy's hat.
I'm judging you, Ken. Judging you hard. 🧐
Not a big Indiana Jones fan? Whhaaat😳
The Indiana Jones blu ray boxset was atrocious because the discs came in sleeves and were jammed in them tight. It destroyed the Temple of Doom disc.
Ones I own that I dislike - Poltergeist 4k, Evil Dead Groovy Set, and Columbia Classics sets, and the ESPN 30 for 30 set that looks like a ticket. I don't really like those sets too much that I can't shelve regularly. Some may be cool editions, but they take up too much space and aren't shelf friendly for me. I'd totally do a straight trade with someone for the regular Evil Dead 1 & 2 4Ks and Ash vs. Evil Dead standard cases for the Groovy set.
Hey Ken I was curious if you ever get overwhelmed by the amount of movies in your collection? I certainly do. Like if I ever have to move YIKES
I have the Saw blu-ray collection and I wouldn't say I hate it, the artwork looks nice especially on the Jigsaw blu-ray, but I think having multiple movies on 1 disc is just kinda stupid, I don't like it
hey let the hater hate! just keep doing you because your a great youtuber and you have a great personality so dont change that
Future video idea: name box sets that have have upgrades, but you can't get rid of for one reason or another. For me, it's Matrix blu-ray box set of all the movies. I have all the movies on 4K now, but I can't get rid of the blu-ray box set (and the space it takes up) because the Animatrix (included) has not been released on 4K yet. I'm sure there are other box sets you have that you want to get rid of but can't for some reason or another.
I hate when they release a collection and just cram the individual posters onto the front cover but I still own a few exaples such as the Austin Powers trilogy and the first three Scary movies. I also hate the re-release art Disney used for Pixar and marvel but I still own copies of Toy Story 2 and Princess and the Frog. I also dislike the art Sony used for the Matilda steelbook, but i didn't own the movie and i wanted the 4k version. I wish they'd just used the original poster. Hopefully I can get rid of most of these soon
Ken, if you thought the Indy case was bad, you should have gotten suckered into the steelbook set…….ALL WHITE STEELBOOKS!!!! I had to have a guy make me some individual cases to cover them. They look like old rental VHS cases that my ugly white steelbooks will fit in.
I have the Spider-Man trilogy in one 4K case and I hate that. Not even a slip case. Looks plain and boring
I know I am one to comment once in a while on your tastes. I know we all have our own opinions and I respect that. I know yours is pretty different than mine and I just like giving you a hard time! :^)
Let me guess you are talking about Indiana Jones?😂
@@thedarknate0845 Yeah, for me Temple of Doom is my least fav of the entire franchise. But some of the other movies I differ from him would be The Core and Halloween Kills. We are opposite...he does not like and I do. Nobody's perfect! LOL
@@screamingeekmedia you like the new ones more than the temple of doom?
I don't count these new movies but TOD is my 3rd
@@thedarknate0845 I don't know what it is about TOD, but I have never been a fan of it. Even when it first came out. Guess I'm weird that way. I actually enjoyed KOCSkull. DoD was ok but it didn't have the magic the previous movies had.
Seriously if you not a fan of the furious movies , like me , Why keep it
your opinion on films can change over the years, so it’s worth keeping them for that chance of liking it one day. Kenny is not a dummy, so he understands this concept unlike some.
No mention of the horrifically lazy drab pre-schooler effort by Disney on their 100 years 4k's? You know the silver POS ones that nobody bought?
Some of the laziest piss-poor effort by any company in the history of steelbooks since they have been invented.
Or how about Criterion screwing the pooch on their disastrous 1st 4k release ever with Citizen Kane?
I have a number flimsy boxes, box-sets. Daniel Craig James Bond comes to mind. 007 deserves better.
The first Resident Evil box-set, and Underworld box-sets sucked because outer box was prone to damage.
Special mention for A24 and their 4k sets... Look d*ckweeds... I love your 4k's and you have cool packaging. Can you please make it fit on my GD'mnd shelf please?
Those are some of my nominations.
If I bought those Disney Steelbooks they would have been included, but I did not.
Hey! I bought all I could when they were marked down to $10. I don't mind them, as they remind me of the Disney Treasures DVDs, but they could've done more with them. I'd have liked them to make those cases somehow look more like 35mm film cans, or if they'd have leaned into that Disney "vault" thing. Classic posters and that kind of simple aesthetic would've been great for me. I am a former projectionist.