British Film Institute (BFI) Discussion Thread - Page 359 - Blu-ray Forum

koberulz · 01-25-2021, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

What’s with the old Universal logo being on the back?

"Old"?

CelestialAgent · 01-25-2021, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by koberulz

"Old"?

It’s the 1996 logo not the 2012 logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Pictures

tenderheartbear · 01-25-2021, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by malcy30

To me the packaging exactly mirrors recent Indicator boxsets.
If you have Fu Manchu or Columbia Noir 1 you know what to expect.

The Fu Manchu set is taller than the Indicator Dietrich one.

koberulz · 01-25-2021, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

It’s the 1996 logo not the 2012 logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Pictures

I had no idea it'd ever changed from the 2006 version. Guess they're just similar enough that I never noticed, although I didn't even start collecting films until post-2012 so I have no idea how I was so familiar with the old one.

jayembee · 01-25-2021, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonzi

Thanks!
I wanted to know if the packaging is different from the other BFI box sets that I own: flimsy slipboxes with slim cases.

I don't have many BFI box sets, but of the ones I have:

(1) Both the Dreyer and Preminger noir sets have "flimsy" slipcases with the discs in slim cases.

(2) The Kore-eda set also has slim cases for the discs, but had a good, solid slipcase.

(3) The Play for Today set (which just came in the post today) also has a good, solid slipcase, and the discs (4) are in two regular Scanavo cases.

dr727 · 01-26-2021, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

It’s the 1996 logo not the 2012 logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Universal_Pictures

Actually, per the 1996 caption in your link: “Despite the change as well as its eventual breakup in 2012, this logo is still used by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Music Group.”

nitin · 01-26-2021, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ASLAN

I loved Deep End and then realised the editor was working in my uni at the time and asked him to sign my copy and had a very long chat with him. Actually a very nice guy.

oh wow, he must have had some good stories!

CelestialAgent · 01-26-2021, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by dr727

Actually, per the 1996 caption in your link: “Despite the change as well as its eventual breakup in 2012, this logo is still used by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Music Group.”

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the Australian joint venture, it shouldn’t be on the back of a UK Blu-ray box.

justwannaboogie · 01-26-2021, 03:22 PM

If you don't mind waiting an age for delivery, the Dietrich set is available from rarewaves.com for a shade under £25 with a code.

Thewanderingfox · 01-26-2021, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by justwannaboogie

If you don't mind waiting an age for delivery, the Dietrich set is available from rarewaves.com for a shade under £25 with a code.

Thanks for the heads up. That's very tempting. However half my order from Rarewaves which was made a month ago still hasn't arrived, while the ones that did have cracked cases, so I'm now a bit wary about them.

malcy30 · 01-26-2021, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tenderheartbear

The Fu Manchu set is taller than the Indicator Dietrich one.

Same design though.

minister_x · 01-26-2021, 08:33 PM

The Fuller and Columbia Noir #1 sets are taller than the Dietrich one too. So presumably the Dietrich is the odd one out of the lot of them, a few millimetres shorter than the others!

EDIT: I'm aware the Fuller one is Scanavo cases like most of the box sets, but the Columbia Noir is closer to Dietrich than even Fu Manchu, I think, given it has the same number of digipacks.

Ozu Teapot · 01-26-2021, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by malcy30

To me the packaging exactly mirrors recent Indicator boxsets.
If you have Fu Manchu or Columbia Noir 1 you know what to expect.

I don't know this for a fact but I suspect the new BFI Dietrich set is another Nick Wrigley design. He's done a lot (if not all?) of Indicator's releases and has done work for the BFI before.

jayembee · 01-27-2021, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Thewanderingfox

Thanks for the heads up. That's very tempting. However half my order from Rarewaves which was made a month ago still hasn't arrived, while the ones that did have cracked cases, so I'm now a bit wary about them.

. I placed an order with them about a month ago for three titles. They were shipped separately. The first two arrived after three weeks (a day apart), and the third arrived after four weeks (yesterday). All were in perfect condition.

All things considered -- especially that their shipping cost was a drop in the bucket compared to everyone else over there except Eureka ($7.00 for the order) -- a month isn't a problem for me. At first, it was annoying that they sent the three titles separately, but on the other hand, if any managed to go astray in transit, they'd only have to replace that one title, instead of the entire thing.

bigrob · 01-27-2021, 08:23 AM

FYI amazon are selling a bunch of titles for £5.99 this morning

Ste7en · 01-27-2021, 08:45 AM

Price matching HMV, their previous offer is back - bigger and better (now 5.99)

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=7020

https://store.hmv.com/search?searcht...format=Blu-ray

CrockettandTubbs · 01-27-2021, 09:49 AM

The 4 disc Napoleon for £5.99

Out of stock at the moment at HMV - but still!

And Legend of the Witches (Flipside release) for the same.

benkell · 01-27-2021, 10:15 AM

Yes there are some great prices on fairly recent titles, most of them out of stock on HMV already,i bought eight titles including the COI set and Mademoiselle, both now showing as OOS.

rapta · 01-27-2021, 10:22 AM

Blimey, some bargains to be had. I grabbed Mademoiselle, Scandal, The Guinea Pig, Pocketful of Miracles, and After the Fox. Might go in for a few more...I already got the Napoleon set recently, and annoyingly I already paid about £10 for a few of these in the last HMV offer. Oh well!

benkell · 01-27-2021, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rapta

Blimey, some bargains to be had. I grabbed Mademoiselle, Scandal, The Guinea Pig, Pocketful of Miracles, and After the Fox. Might go in for a few more...I already got the Napoleon set recently, and annoyingly I already paid about £10 for a few of these in the last HMV offer. Oh well!

Yes i recently bought Scandal, Cyrano de Bergerac, Equus and Funeral Parade of Roses for very good prices but they have now all dropped to £5.99!
Mind you these sales are most welcome now there is a crapshoot with booklets for BFI titles.

01-27-2021, 08:45 AM	#7176
Ste7en Blu-ray Baron Member since:Apr 2013 Location:Durham, UK 4K collection:910 Blu-ray collection:7770 DVD collection:68 Trading Score:4	Price matching HMV, their previous offer is back - bigger and better (now 5.99) https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=7020 https://store.hmv.com/search?searcht...format=Blu-ray Last edited by Ste7en; 01-27-2021 at 08:58 AM.

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01-26-2021, 03:22 PM	#7169
justwannaboogie Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2018 Location:Norwich, UK	If you don't mind waiting an age for delivery, the Dietrich set is available from rarewaves.com for a shade under £25 with a code.

01-26-2021, 08:33 PM	#7172
minister_x Contributor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Dinas Powys, UK 4K collection:177 Blu-ray collection:666 Trading Score:293	The Fuller and Columbia Noir #1 sets are taller than the Dietrich one too. So presumably the Dietrich is the odd one out of the lot of them, a few millimetres shorter than the others! EDIT: I'm aware the Fuller one is Scanavo cases like most of the box sets, but the Columbia Noir is closer to Dietrich than even Fu Manchu, I think, given it has the same number of digipacks.

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01-27-2021, 09:49 AM	#7177
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01-27-2021, 10:15 AM	#7178
benkell Expert Member Member since:Jun 2019 Location:UK 4K collection:149 Blu-ray collection:2427 DVD collection:142	Yes there are some great prices on fairly recent titles, most of them out of stock on HMV already,i bought eight titles including the COI set and Mademoiselle, both now showing as OOS.

01-27-2021, 10:22 AM	#7179
rapta Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Hants, UK 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:5441 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:7	Blimey, some bargains to be had. I grabbed Mademoiselle, Scandal, The Guinea Pig, Pocketful of Miracles, and After the Fox. Might go in for a few more...I already got the Napoleon set recently, and annoyingly I already paid about £10 for a few of these in the last HMV offer. Oh well!

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