The Official Arrow Video Thread

[painiac]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Those flat heavy jewel cases that were prone to scratches and cracks in transit and had oversized hinges that would snap off if you so much as looked directly at them that Universal used were the 100x worst than those Warner's snappers.

i don't think i ever encountered these - for how long were they around?

[Dougling]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Those flat heavy jewel cases that were prone to scratches and cracks in transit and had oversized hinges that would snap off if you so much as looked directly at them that Universal used were the 100x worst than those Warner's snappers.

OOOHHHH MAAANNN! I still have a copy of Screamers in one of these.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by painiac

i don't think i ever encountered these - for how long were they around?

I think they had officially been and gone by the time I started collecting in 2004. There was still the odd one around at that time as I still have the Krays and Arlington Road in these cases.

[Patient-X]

Originally Posted by samdvd1

Bring back snappers, that's what I say. The only type of packaging to unite a single opinion of hatred.

I actually quite liked the snapper cases.....I'll get my coat.

[agent999]

Originally Posted by painiac

i don't think i ever encountered these - for how long were they around?

Polygram video used to use them, and they haven't been round as a DVD label for ages. MGM as well, I remember buying Species in one of those cases in W H Smiths, apparently the first of those new fangled DVDs they'd ever sold in that branch.

Snappers sucked but at least they held the discs in place, unlike the dual format cases used for the 88 Asia line.

[CrockettandTubbs]

Originally Posted by Patient-X

I actually quite liked the snapper cases.....I'll get my coat.

I've still got quite a few:

Sphere
The Soldier, Eraser (a flipper disc as well!), Excalibur, Cobra (all R1 dvd)
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever ()
The Negotiator
True Crime
Space Cowboys
Interview With The Vampire (that came with a slipcase)!

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Those flat heavy jewel cases that were prone to scratches and cracks in transit and had oversized hinges that would snap off if you so much as looked directly at them that Universal used were 100x worst than those Warner's snappers.

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Dougling

OOOHHHH MAAANNN! I still have a copy of Screamers in one of these.

I've still got a few DVDs in large jewel cases - Citizen Kane, Blood Simple, Trainspotting, and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. There's probably a few more that I've totally forgotten about too!.

[painiac]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

I've still got quite a few:

Sphere
The Soldier, Eraser (a flipper disc as well!), Excalibur, Cobra (all R1 dvd)
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever ()
The Negotiator
True Crime
Space Cowboys
Interview With The Vampire (that came with a slipcase)!

gotta add The Negotiator to my list as well.

[Dougling]

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

I've still got a few DVDs in large jewel cases - Citizen Kane, Blood Simple, Trainspotting, and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. There's probably a few more that I've totally forgotten about too!.

A lot of my DVDs have either been replaced with Blus or given away because I know I won't watch them anytime soon and when I want to I can just replace them with a Blu-Ray then, so I've managed to knock my collection right down.

The ones I've kept are either things I haven't replaced yet but watch fairly frequently or things that have no higher definition release than DVD. Screamers is one of the frequently watched ones.

I got rid of my copy of Lock Stock which was also in a jewel case, so probably the same version as you have. I justified getting rid of it and not replacing it because I can probably visualise and quote the film from start to finish in my head, so there's literally never going to be any rush for me to get it.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Those flat heavy jewel cases that were prone to scratches and cracks in transit and had oversized hinges that would snap off if you so much as looked directly at them that Universal used were 100x worst than those Warner's snappers.

Ah, the old wipe clean Playboy cases

[agent999]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

Ah, the old wipe clean Playboy cases

I don't know what you mean, and you can't prove I own The Best of Jenny McCarthy

[BarnDoor]

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Given what we already know, the clue is almost certainly for Brain Damage.

[painiac]

anything with brain in the title is probably a good bet for me

[tenia]

Originally Posted by painiac

anything with brain in the title is probably a good bet for me

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3699572/

[painiac]

Originally Posted by tenia

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3699572/

throwing "probably" in my post gives me a lot of leeway

[Spiderwalk]

It won't be this but...

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[painiac]

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

It won't be this but...

[Show spoiler]

maybe #2? it's currently a Warner DVD-R, so who knows?

[Ste7en]

Cat in the Brain... there could be a cat in there.

[Blu MacReady]

Man with two Brains - Steve Martin

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by agent999

Polygram video used to use them, and they haven't been round as a DVD label for ages. MGM as well, I remember buying Species in one of those cases in W H Smiths, apparently the first of those new fangled DVDs they'd ever sold in that branch.

Snappers sucked but at least they held the discs in place, unlike the dual format cases used for the 88 Asia line.

MGM used those? I had Goldeneye in a snapper, so I guess MGM were hedging their bets as to which packaging became the industry norm.

While I actually preferred snappers as they seemed a more tactile and attractive than their two main contenders I can understand why the keepcase quickly became the standard despite being by far the most shelf space hungry.