Whatever Happened to the Booklet within DVDs or BD?
Everytime I purchase a DVD or Blu Ray lately, I am disappointed by the lack of booklet to accompany the film. Instead there is some naff leaflet promoting other titles or an empty slot. In the beginning there was some wonderful literature promoting the film but nowadays a tardy carboard cover is all you can hope for a limited or special edition. There is so much potential being wasted like trading cards, easter eggs, extract of scripts, cinema posters. Only a very select few put some effort into making the edition special. A typical example is Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Limited Edition Boxset with no collectable written material - just a cardboard box. Anyone else feel the same?
It's funny, I'd rather have less on disc extras, as I pretty much never watch them and more pack-in stuff, like books and postcards, etc.
I used to collect (before the pound became so weak) Japanese Region 2 anime. For example, a title like Clanned comes with lovely screen printed boxes for the DVDs and booklets of each volume to fit in, as well as things like a music box, key rings, tea coasters...
Blu-Ray packaging so far has been disappointing, I really hate those cheap and nasty cases, even uglier than DVD keep cases, boxed sets in flimsy "card" sleeves, not very exciting.
Personally I'd rather not have em. Just bits of paper that you need to squeeze back into the box. yes I know I can throw them away, but I have a frustrating urge to keep all bits of paper / advertising etc that came with the disk in the case. What's that all about!
JohnNewman:Personally I'd rather not have em. Just bits of paper that you need to squeeze back into the box. yes I know I can throw them away, but I have a frustrating urge to keep all bits of paper / advertising etc that came with the disk in the case. What's that all about!
Oh I know how you feel, I keep all the inserts that come with my RJ2 DVD releases (they come with loads...) all in their proper place and order. I just can't throw them away, even though it takes me over half an hour of fiddling to put the disc back in the box.
I am a packaging nut, I just love all of that stuff. I think Blu-Ray should be marketing itself as the deluxe version, similar to what Laserdisc was to VHS and 180G vinyl LPs are to CD or downloads.
Yes I have noticed. Very disappointing. Cost cutting I suppose. Shame.