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#1551 Post by rapta » Sun May 07, 2017 11:54 am

Depends who you get it from - your best bet is HMV or Fopp if you're UK-based, if not direct from Eureka. Amazon tend to send everything in thin card mailers these days, meaning some orders arrive crushed.

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#1552 Post by swo17 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:39 am

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#1553 Post by Banasa » Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:54 am

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I can't help but imagine how much better these would look in colour. I do not think I have ever seen any colour promotional material for Sherlock Jr. that really captures the film, but I know the art for The General looks especially strong in colour.

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#1554 Post by bdsweeney » Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:49 pm

I quite like the black and white, finding them quite striking. Are they Nick Wrigley's work?

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#1555 Post by rapta » Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:26 am

Looks like Nick Wrigley, that's for sure. I assumed the black strip was a belly band but from the pics on Amazon it looks like it's more of a J-card/trough thing for it to sit in.

Love the artwork though. Perhaps they'll offer reversible artwork on each Amaray, a bit like Arrow's Marx Bros set? Have to say this is even more handsome than MoC's Keaton shorts set, and will go nicely next to it on my shelf. Can't wait for this one!

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#1556 Post by TMDaines » Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:58 am

The problem with the Keaton shorts box is all the text tends to be misaligned on the outer hard box. It looks like the measurements were slightly off so when the printed cover was folded and stuck to the hard box, the text spills over to other faces. I've been through three or four boxes and all are like this.

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#1557 Post by peerpee » Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:00 pm

It was all my design, but the bellyband was changed at the last minute without my consultation or notification – and it suffers from a number of problems – so this is not my package design anymore, unfortunately.

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#1558 Post by Minkin » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:33 pm

So the name of the set is "Buster Keaton: New 4K restorations"?

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#1559 Post by rapta » Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:10 pm

No, apparently it's "Buster Keaton: Three Films", but rather than write the words 'Three Films' instead it has the logos for each film - a little like Mr. Wrigley's designs for recent Indicator sets (Harryhausen).

You can see a pic of the actual box set without the card overlay thing here.

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#1560 Post by Ribs » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:01 am

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#1561 Post by Ribs » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:08 am

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#1562 Post by Bumstead » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:19 am

MoC is back in the game.

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#1563 Post by Drucker » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:39 am

Wow that Michael cover is awful but stoked for all of these releases.

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#1564 Post by rapta » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:53 am

Michael, House and Legend of the Mountain are immediate pre-orders...as soon as HMV or Eureka themselves list them, that is!

I actually don't mind the artwork for Michael. Certainly seen worse from, say, Criterion or Arrow. I suppose they weren't happy with the previous DVD art just being a screenshot:

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Anyway, they got the cover of the King Hu just right this time. Theatrical re-release poster on the regular Amaray artwork, original poster on a slipcover (as 88 Films and sometimes Arrow do).

And I like the MoC artwork for House, though would be nice if they offered the Criterion choice on the reverse (like they did with Seconds).

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#1565 Post by Banasa » Fri Feb 23, 2018 1:59 pm

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Guess they re-organized it so they could still fit their big sticker over it. Can't cover up her face, hmm, can't hide the title either...lets just leave a big black space so we can still tell people this is indeed a blu ray and dvd.

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#1566 Post by tenia » Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:46 am

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#1567 Post by swo17 » Thu May 24, 2018 1:22 pm

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#1569 Post by TMDaines » Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:01 pm

Been a long while since I'd buy all of MoC's releases in a month.

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#1570 Post by What A Disgrace » Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:50 pm

I already have two of those in their US incarnation but I'm kinda wanting to double dip.

I'm going to grit my teeth and just get the reindeer one. MoC has been very conventional lately, but when they're unconventional, its always a winner.

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#1571 Post by domino harvey » Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:51 pm

The Song of Bernadette is of course a masterpiece, but it replicated the TT extras and while I'm sure the booklet is lovely, I can't justify double-dipping. Seems like a no-brainer for anyone who doesn't have it already though

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#1572 Post by Finch » Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:56 pm

The artwork for One, Two, Three is excellent, pity the film is mid-tier Wilder at best. Looking forward to The White Reindeer.


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#1574 Post by domino harvey » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:08 pm

Yikes

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#1575 Post by DarkImbecile » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:22 pm

Man, is that bad... if you read down into the replies, they (barely) modified the original design for the cover, booklet, and the disc itself, AND reprinted the original poster itself in the booklet, all without attribution.

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