Blu-ray packaging that irritates you to no end

[benricci]

Life's way too short to stress about this crap. Especially for things that sit on a shelf.

[ry35an]

Have never and will never be the type of person who gets annoyed at a piece of cardboard or plastic.

I buy movies to WATCH on my TV set, not to look pretty sitting on a shelf.

My main concern is the quality of the movie, PQ and AQ.

[AlexxM]

Any case that isn't the regular sized plain jane blue plastic case. It makes the collection look non uniform and pisses me off. I dislike steelbooks for this reason and hate slip covers I throw them away if they come with a movie I buy.

[Kevin Holly]

FRENCH ON THE BOX!!!!!!!

Also, when there's a recycle thing carved out of the box. I payed for all the plastic, thank you very much. If I didn't want a nice looking box on my shelf, and all I cared about was the PQ and AQ, I would have downloaded the movie.

Stickers (if excessive, and if they don't come off)

Lies on the cover. My Seeking Justice box says there is a digital copy, but there actually isn't. Now, I wouldn't want this anyways, but it seems odd to write on the packaging (not as a sticker, mind you, but it's part of the coveer art) something that is not included. I don't know how many people besides me even own this movie anyways, but it is pretty awesome.

[MovieMan31]

Originally Posted by mayday72

HATE stickers all over slip covers. And can't stand when that damn plastic black security tag is placed inside a boxed set cardboard collection on or off the art work.

+1 Hate stickers on the slipcovers as well, like to have a clean cover and some the stickers come off fine and with others its terrible.

[HD Goofnut]

The most irritating thing to me is when movies or TV shows of the same franchise don't match in terms of packaging. Examples include: The Walking Dead, Glee, Batman series (Nolan), etc.

[msb1428]

I really don't have a problem with the actual case, but in fact what image they use on it...
I can't stand when a movie has spectacular poster designs and then when it comes out they destroy it with floating head pictures makeing it look like a horrible B movie of some sort...thats the worst thing to me...all the nightmare on elm street movies come to mind..BEAUTIFUL hand painted posters....HORRID dvd and blu ray covers

[Doombear]

French/English cluttering up a case is a bad thing. Some studios have got it right by putting French on one spine of the slipcover and English on the other spine, so you can display only one language on the shelf (see Jaws 100th Anniversary slip for an example). I loathe when they put the title of the movie in both languages on the same spine. It's especially foolish when the title ends up being the same translated word twice. I'm sure the French speakers/readers don't want English cluttering up their covers either.

One movie with horrible packaging was Chronicles of Narnia 3 when it was first released, with its slip-out, fold-out, slide-out hidden discs in envelopes piece-of-crap arrangement where the main movie disc was secured precariously on a silicon hub in the middle of an artistic piece of cardboard. For all that, it succeeds in matching the first two Narnia Blus from the Disney studio when they are in their respective slipcovers; otherwise forget it, because the third Narnia was released by Fox.

Who can forget the Back to the Future Trilogy locking disc trays with the special push-down and pull-up in-order-to-release? Universal Home Video needed to publish an instructional sheet for those who couldn't figure out how to get their discs in and out of the holders.

[Cahleb]

Originally Posted by Doombear

One movie with horrible packaging was Chronicles of Narnia 3 when it was first released, with its slip-out, fold-out, slide-out hidden discs in envelopes piece-of-crap arrangement where the main movie disc was secured precariously on a silicon hub in the middle of an artistic piece of cardboard. For all that, it succeeds in matching the first two Narnia Blus from the Disney studio when they are in their respective slipcovers; otherwise forget it, because the third Narnia was released by Fox.

the main reason why i got rid of that version when the 3D version came out

[Morsoth]

Originally Posted by aimforsilence

This + a million angry non french speaking blu-ray collectors!!

I also hate DVD copies in films or Digital copy DVD's. Just give me a download code if you insist I have a digital copy. But the french & english canadian packagin drives me crazy!

Sorry guys, but I am a French Speaking collector, and I must hate them more than you!!!!!!!

I watch all my USA/UK movies in english and I really don't care about the french titles. (I'm not perfect for write/speak in English, but I got 5/5 for Comprehension in English)

It ruin the packaging layout/design and the spines looks awful! All of that because of a stupid Government Act stating that if studios includes the French language track, they must also creat a billingual cover. When it started on DVD, the first one were not too bad at all, they wre reversible (french one side, english the other side) but now, it's ridiculous!

I never saw an English/Spanish cover in the USA... Why we should get English/French covers here?...

[PuppyJonathan]

I get annoyed with the back of a bluray with the generic, whatever disc combo pack

[JaseT]

Originally Posted by Morsoth

Sorry guys, but I am a French Speaking collector, and I must hate them more than you!!!!!!!

I watch all my USA/UK movies in english and I really don't care about the french title. It ruin the packaging layout/design and the spines looks awful! All of that because of a stupid Government Act stating that if studios includes the French language track, they must also creat a billingual cover. When it started on DVD, the first one were not too bad at all, they wre reversible (french one side, english the other side) but now, it's ridiculous!

I never saw an English/Spanish cover in the USA... Why we should get English/French covers here?...

Thank God!!

[AgentOrange]

Don't really "hate" any packaging. I sort of like digibooks.

I guess I dislike when the disc itself is generic, almost like a BD-R with just silver top and very plain titling. I only hate that because it feels like I bought a cheap bootleg or something.

I'm also not a fan of eco-cases, just because they are flimsy feeling.

[AgentOrange]

Originally Posted by JaseT

Thank God!!

I've actually seen some back covers that are bilingual English-Spanish (can't remember which films). Never seen a FRONT cover that is bilingual. Also I've noticed that it seems like all discs are stamped "Made In Mexico" now.

Thanks NAFTA.

[Morsoth]

Originally Posted by AgentOrange

I've actually seen some back covers that are bilingual English-Spanish (can't remember which films). Never seen a FRONT cover that is bilingual. Also I've noticed that it seems like all discs are stamped "Made In Mexico" now.

Thanks NAFTA.

It's slowly beginning...!

[The Architect]

Originally Posted by AlexxM

Any case that isn't the regular sized plain jane blue plastic case. It makes the collection look non uniform and pisses me off. I dislike steelbooks for this reason and hate slip covers I throw them away if they come with a movie I buy.

Amen to that brother...I also have that and the fact that i cannot replace yet my Back to the Future Trilogy with individual releases (yes I know they are out individually in UK but I hate thick cases also)

Originally Posted by leburn98

There are a few things that Studios do that steers me on the side of madness (ok maybe a bit dramatic), but these are the things that truly piss me off (note: these can include disc, case, special edition packaging etc.):

1. When a movie franchise is inconsistent with packaging design

This is the biggest one. I purchased the Fast and the Furious collection (1-4). All have a nicely numbered spine and are consistent in design. Then Fast Five comes out on Blu and the numbered spine and front cover layout is different, therefore lacks any consistency with the previous installments.

2. UK rating stickers

I hate those horrible rating stickers (many of which are painted on) that plaster otherwise gorgeous packaging. I have passed on plenty of steelbooks with the fear that the sticker would be painted on.

3. Collectibles that have no place to store them once opened

Specifically collector cards, film strips etc. that are included as a bonus, but have no pocket or pouch to put them so you can keep it with the actual case or packaging. Two that come to mind are Family Guy Blue Harvest and the Walking Dead Season 1 3-Disc collector set that included trading cards that fall out of the packaging.

4. TV sets that start as Volumes and then change to Seasons.

The biggest culprit of this is the classic TMNT collection. The first 3 seasons were spread over like 5 volumes.

5. Steelbook/digibook release for one or two films in a series of films.

I like to keep things neat and organized. That's why I hate when franchises will release a special edition for one film, but release the others in plain Amray case. The Matrix trilogy is the prime example. It has a Steelbook and a Digibook, but the sequels are only released as a two-pack. Say what you like about the quality of the sequels, but far worst films have gotten the steel/digibook treatment.

What are your most hated things that are done with otherwise great Blu-Ray/DVD packages?

I agree 100%, it's like you read my mind.

[RudyC]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

more seriously tho, boxes with clips on the side that you have to flip open in order to open the box...I just rip them right off!

oh yea what the point of those... its like closing a blu-ray case twice lol...

[leburn98]

Originally Posted by Morsoth

Sorry guys, but I am a French Speaking collector, and I must hate them more than you!!!!!!!

I watch all my USA/UK movies in english and I really don't care about the french titles. (I'm not perfect for write/speak in English, but I got 5/5 for Comprehension in English)

It ruin the packaging layout/design and the spines looks awful! All of that because of a stupid Government Act stating that if studios includes the French language track, they must also creat a billingual cover. When it started on DVD, the first one were not too bad at all, they wre reversible (french one side, english the other side) but now, it's ridiculous!

I never saw an English/Spanish cover in the USA... Why we should get English/French covers here?...

I remember buying Die Another Day on DVD back in the day. Being a Quebec resident I went to the local Wal-Mart and the darn movie only had the French cover with 'Meurs Un Autre Jour' plastered on it. Not having a license or the means to go to the Ontario side I had to buy it. It annoyed me so much that I found the english cover online and printed it out. Funny enough this little event is what got me interested in custom covers, so I guess it was not a total lost .

The best example of this language nonsense was the DVD release of King Kong. In Quebec you had two versions - an all french or all english version due to the movie being too massive (I think the audio 5.1 track alone was over 1GB). It would suck to bring home King Kong only to be greeted with the French-only track.

The big kicker in all of this is many French speaking Canadians that I know share your opinion and only watch movies in english.

Thankfully I have noticed that more studios are releasing their bilingual Blu-Rays with double sided covers (one english, one french). This is the right way to do it.

[leburn98]

Originally Posted by The Architect

Amen to that brother...I also have that and the fact that i cannot replace yet my Back to the Future Trilogy with individual releases (yes I know they are out individually in UK but I hate thick cases also)

Have you ever considered just buying a few Amray cases and printing your own covers? I do this quite a bit for those random triple feature packs. Any decent photo-printer and quality paper will do. Just nab the scans of the individual releases on the net.

[Chaotic]

Price stickers

Ive peeled off some material off the slips because of those ****ers