Obnoxious Discussion About What Spines 400-401 Will Be

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justeleblanc · #1 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:03 pm

Is it too early to guess at what spine 400 is?

godardslave · #2 Post by **godardslave** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:50 pm

JusteLeblanc wrote:Is it too early to guess at what spine 400 is?

yes.

but I will allow you to guess at what spine 399 is.

toiletduck! · #3 Post by **toiletduck!** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:56 pm

JusteLeblanc wrote:Is it too early to guess at what spine 400 is?

Helllloooo, Berlin Alexanderplatz!

-Toilet Dcuk

toiletduck! · #4 Post by **toiletduck!** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:07 pm

...and spine 400 is damn near 70 spines away with an average of 40-50 spines released a year and 1/4 of 2006 already announced, placing it smack dab in the middle/end of what year?

Say it with me, everyone!

-Toilet Dcuk

toiletduck! · #5 Post by **toiletduck!** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:26 pm

I'm sticking by my long lost prediction of spine 400.

-Toilet Dcuk

EDIT: God, this thread makes me look like a douche... These were all one-off attempts at wit in random discussions, I swear to god I am not as responsible for this thread as I appear.

Mental Mike · #6 Post by **Mental Mike** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:19 am

Gentlemen and Ladies, let me draw your attention to the fact that way back on this thread it was predicted by some of us that Berlin Alexanderplatz would occupy the very honourable spine #400. I think we can pat ourselves on the back for making this prediction which I believe will be confirmed soon...

...well done!

Musashi219 · #7 Post by **Musashi219** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:18 pm

Mental Mike wrote:Gentlemen and Ladies, let me draw your attention to the fact that way back on this thread it was predicted by some of us that Berlin Alexanderplatz would occupy the very honourable spine #400. I think we can pat ourselves on the back for making this prediction which I believe will be confirmed soon...

Considering that If.... puts the spine count to #391 and that is June, plus the supposed e-mail listed in the Forthcoming List about Berlin Alexanderplatz not being released until the end of 2007, I doubt it will be #400.

Also, Criterion has never seemed to make each 100th title released a big deal. Examples:

#100: Beastie Boys Anthology
#200: Fat Girl
#300: The Life Aquatic

#8 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:54 pm

since several people have been assuming the 400 Spine will go to Berlin Alexanderplatz, it seems reasonable that we'd see this announced next month for August, yes?

miless · #9 Post by **miless** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:04 pm

domino harvey wrote:since several people have been assuming the 400 Spine will go to Berlin Alexanderplatz, it seems reasonable that we'd see this announced next month for August, yes?

I'm hoping for some more BuÃ±uel... personally

Musashi219 · #10 Post by **Musashi219** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:20 pm

domino harvey wrote:since several people have been assuming the 400 Spine will go to Berlin Alexanderplatz, it seems reasonable that we'd see this announced next month for August, yes?

According to the Forthcoming List thread, it isn't due until near the end of the year.

cgray · #11 Post by **cgray** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:08 am

domino harvey wrote:since several people have been assuming the 400 Spine will go to Berlin Alexanderplatz, it seems reasonable that we'd see this announced next month for August, yes?

i agree with a post above-- i think it is supposed to come later in the year.

i think the emphasis on the 400 spine title is pretty arbitrary. anybody care to argue they went out of their way to make beastie boys = 100, honeymoon killers = 200, or life aquatic = 300?

miless · #12 Post by **miless** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:33 am

cgray wrote:
domino harvey wrote:since several people have been assuming the 400 Spine will go to Berlin Alexanderplatz, it seems reasonable that we'd see this announced next month for August, yes?
i agree with a post above-- i think it is supposed to come later in the year.

i think the emphasis on the 400 spine title is pretty arbitrary. anybody care to argue they went out of their way to make beastie boys = 100, honeymoon killers = 200, or life aquatic = 300?

well, didn't they announce Life Aquatic as #300 a few months before the spines caught up to it?

mrschroeder1982 · #13 Post by **mrschroeder1982** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:03 am

Is it just me, or does it seem like Criterion is holding back "Berlin Alexanderplatz" so that it can be spine number 400? I'm sure there are other reasons, but I can't shake that suspicion.

Ashirg · #14 Post by **Ashirg** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:44 am

There we go again!

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:26 pm

toiletduck! wrote:I'm sticking by my long lost prediction of spine 400.

mrschroeder1982 · #15 Post by **mrschroeder1982** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:53 am

Sorry; I was too lazy to see if someone else had made this prediction. My bad.

justeleblanc · #16 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:55 pm

Damn, another month of spine 400 speculation.

Cinesimilitude · #17 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:28 pm

so should we have a "400 Berlin Alexanderplatz" thread yet?

jbeall · #18 Post by **jbeall** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:06 pm

SncDthMnky wrote:so should we have a "400 Berlin Alexanderplatz" thread yet?

Anything to have something to talk about for August. The other August releases leave me... underwhelmed. Actually, I should thank Criterion, since I'll definitely watch them all on Netflix, but probably won't be buying any (although I suppose you never know; I wasn't that interested in Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, but it blew me away). Regardless, I've already done my part to keep Criterion in business for another year.

zut · #19 Post by **zut** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:08 am

Do you think Breathless will take the 400 spot, or perhaps they'll squeeze Berlin Alexanderplatz in.

Rupert Pupkin · #20 Post by **Rupert Pupkin** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:54 am

Since spine #400 is still "empty" and we have just 3 new titles announced, perhaps they will add in a few days "Breathless" (aka A Bout de Souffle)

dx23 · #21 Post by **dx23** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:55 pm

So this will probably be spine #400.

Mental Mike · #22 Post by **Mental Mike** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:30 am

Ha Ha...the folks at Criterion have given us a puzzle...How could Berlin Alexanderplatz be spine 400 when it is going to be a multi-disc set (obviously)? When there is going to be other releases in the spine 399 and 401 slots?

Answer: Just like in the Brasil boxset, they will reserve spines for each disc as 400 + a tenth! i.e. 400.1, 400.2, 400.3, etcetera...these guys are so smart!

arsonfilms · #23 Post by **arsonfilms** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:36 am

Mental Mike wrote:How could Berlin Alexanderplatz be spine 400 when it is going to be a multi-disc set (obviously)?

But... Isn't Berlin Alexanderplatz considered... just one film?

Cinephrenic · #24 Post by **Cinephrenic** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:00 am

Why is everyone is fantasizing on what spine #400 will be? When has Criterion ever released anything according to the location of spine??? I wouldn't be surprised if spine #400 is something minor.

Some statistics...

Spine #100 Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Spine #200 The Honeymoon Killers
Spine #300 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

justeleblanc · #25 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:31 am

Mental Mike wrote:How could Berlin Alexanderplatz be spine 400 when it is going to be a multi-disc set (obviously)?

The same way Tanner 88 was only one spine.