I want to mention that I actually like the new ‘plastic’ case that was released with ‘In The Realm of The Senses". It just feels more substantial. While I love the elaborate packaging of the DVD’s, when adjusted to the size of the blu-ray standard, they were coming across as rather flimsy and something was being lost on the Criterion experience. And kudos for making it actually ‘clear’, too.
Don’t get me wrong. I think the ‘non-plastic’ packaging design for all the subsequent DVD releases have been great (Man Who Fell to Earth; Third Man; Last Emperor, etc). I just felt once reduced to the more petite blu-ray versions, they just lost both impact and perceived quality. I think some of this is attributed to trying to keep to the small spine standard of the more common blu-ray packaging, and the reduced weight of the paper stock used.
The new plastic cases have the same size spines as DVD’s. I personally would like to see that same width in the spines for any future releases (even those without plastic cases)
Actually, until this release, I was almost considering asking Criterion if there was a way to offer an option to supplement the larger DVD packaging with the purchase of a blu-ray. I just felt the blu-ray size was far weak in comparison to their DVD counterparts. But this offers hope!
New Case Desgin about 3 years ago
I want to mention that I actually like the new ‘plastic’ case that was released with ‘In The Realm of The Senses". It just feels more substantial. While I love the elaborate packaging of the DVD’s, when adjusted to the size of the blu-ray standard, they were coming across as rather flimsy and something was being lost on the Criterion experience. And kudos for making it actually ‘clear’, too.
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New Case Desgin about 3 years ago
Don’t get me wrong. I think the ‘non-plastic’ packaging design for all the subsequent DVD releases have been great (Man Who Fell to Earth; Third Man; Last Emperor, etc). I just felt once reduced to the more petite blu-ray versions, they just lost both impact and perceived quality. I think some of this is attributed to trying to keep to the small spine standard of the more common blu-ray packaging, and the reduced weight of the paper stock used.
The new plastic cases have the same size spines as DVD’s. I personally would like to see that same width in the spines for any future releases (even those without plastic cases)
Actually, until this release, I was almost considering asking Criterion if there was a way to offer an option to supplement the larger DVD packaging with the purchase of a blu-ray. I just felt the blu-ray size was far weak in comparison to their DVD counterparts. But this offers hope!
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