Criterion & Eclipse Cover Art & Packaging Babble-on Vol. 7
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Pic of the Blu-only release of Citizen Kane from a Reddit user:
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Thank you sharing this. I guess I'll stick with my UHD pre-order and just put the UHD disc in a standalone case. It's a shame they continue to do such awful packaging when you consider.what other labels are doing.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:48 pmPic of the Blu-only release of Citizen Kane from a Reddit user:
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I know it's an iconic image (Kane in front of his campaign poster), but it seems like an intriguing design concept was fumbled by not including an image of the near 70-year-old Kane as the top photo. We've got Kane circa age 8 at the bottom, mid-20s at middle right, early-50s at middle left, and at the top... early-50s again (okay, so the 70-year-old Kane's hand is seen in the middle image, but that doesn't seem as satisfying as seeing the age progression moving upward).
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guarantee if they had included plastic trays instead everyone would then be complaining about how it takes up too much shelf space.Glowingwabbit wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:01 pmThank you sharing this. I guess I'll stick with my UHD pre-order and just put the UHD disc in a standalone case. It's a shame they continue to do such awful packaging when you consider.what other labels are doing.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:48 pmPic of the Blu-only release of Citizen Kane from a Reddit user:
no winning
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I am consistent in my hatred of anything that isn't a Scanavo case.ryannichols7 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:31 pmguarantee if they had included plastic trays instead everyone would then be complaining about how it takes up too much shelf space.
no winning
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Plastic trays wouldn't help. The whole design is just an impractical way to package it. Guarantee after a few uses this thing starts to show obvious signs of wear. It looks really pretty when displayed I'll give it that but I'm planning on pulling it off the shelf and using the discs.ryannichols7 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:31 pmguarantee if they had included plastic trays instead everyone would then be complaining about how it takes up too much shelf space.Glowingwabbit wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:01 pmThank you sharing this. I guess I'll stick with my UHD pre-order and just put the UHD disc in a standalone case. It's a shame they continue to do such awful packaging when you consider.what other labels are doing.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:48 pmPic of the Blu-only release of Citizen Kane from a Reddit user:
no winning
- tenia
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Slots opening towards the inside also often aren't very practical. I don't recall with it was (possibly a Criterion one), but I remember a set with this kind of stuff for which I struggled to get one disc out and thought I was about to tear the whole cardboard set to manage to get it out. I could deal with slots at this, we're sadly used to it, but this just often isn't practical as a whole and a bad design on this matter.
Which is a shame since it's just diametrally opposite to what the primary function of packaging actually is.
Which is a shame since it's just diametrally opposite to what the primary function of packaging actually is.
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Sweet vindication:
But also:
Or why not all three and more!
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I wonder if Kanye's next album will be in the same style? I could see the "Y" taking the place of the rosebud image.
- therewillbeblus
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The Citizen Kane packaging is even worse than I thought... the two horizontal discs (the UHD disc and blu-ray 1) brush up against the thick, elevated center image to retrieve them. So you need to bend them back enough to get the discs out without scratching against it- which is probably going to mess with the packaging over time, but I'm more concerned about the disc accidentally rubbing against that surface. I'm switching out the films for the supplemental discs (why they chose to put the features in the most vulnerable places only makes this design more inane) but now I'll need to remember what is where since there are printed labels for each slot. Not a big deal, but what a mess of a package
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That was my biggest issue with it. The design doesn't actually bother me, but it's made worse by the fact they didn't put the slots on the outer edges of the flaps for the side ones. I'm probably going to do the same as you and swap the 4K disc with the one in the top flap.
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I kinda like that just opening the package is an event unto itself, and once you've sprawled the whole thing out on a surgical table, extraction of the discs is merely an extension of that same level of deliberate care. My approach was to lift the end I wanted to empty and lightly bend it along the sides while tapping against the seam on the opposite end until the disc, with time, found its way out. And then I would similarly bend the edges and slide the disc back in at the tightest of angles to avoid scraping the surface of the thing while returning it to its pocket. Make no mistake: This is a living, breathing, beautiful thing whose insides, like most of our own, should probably spend most of their time all zipped up. We know what's inside and that is enough. Kind of annoying though how the case protrudes an inch further than everything else on my shelf. Alas, first world problems
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i quite liked the packaging. i also appreciate the slots. whereas my uncut gems disc has marks on it from the hub holding in the second disc beneath the uhd disc (also has an audio skip, not sure if it's because of the scratch though), the citizen kane uhd disc came out of the slot and looks pristine.
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That's a good argument for the slots, and these in particular aren't obnoxious like other sets where the discs are stuck in there and hard to get out without me worrying I'm damaging them. I'll echo Chris that the packaging really isn't terrible (just, kinda a mess) outside of where those two slots are. Definitely the best "slot packaging" yet other than that though.
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Best is still always going to be one flat, round bed for each disc to lay its head
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it's certainly better than the Varda set where mine has already become unglued (at the Jane B section, so if that disc gets lost...no loss)
I do like the Fellini design, as far as slots go
I do like the Fellini design, as far as slots go
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Disappointing and confusing
- ryannichols7
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shouldn't be any sort of surprise they would just use the 2 disc scanavo case. if they did too many digipacks for these people would complain I'm sure
The Piano is the one I'm really curious to see what they do with. the cover looks like it's going to be a digipack and would lend itself really well to one (and a grand interior design) but maybe they have different plans. excited to see!
The Piano is the one I'm really curious to see what they do with. the cover looks like it's going to be a digipack and would lend itself really well to one (and a grand interior design) but maybe they have different plans. excited to see!
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Thank heavens Red Shoes is in a scavano case.
- fdm
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They already did too many digipaks, and slots.
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What happened to todays covers? It’s not the same unless Domino is critiquing the covers
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They’re all unexceptional in either direction. That probably counts as a rave from me!