Best dvds are snappers

[Capital I]

Ok, I know how most of you feel about snappers and I know all their faults. Some even say they won't buy it if it's comes in a snapper case Which is dumb because they are missing out on a lot of great dvds like Blade,The Matrix,Swordfish,Training Day. I don't care for snappers either but I'm not going to miss out on a great dvd just because of it's case.

[BubbleGumUK]

Guys... be nice...

[Monster]

i do agree i wont stop buying a dvd cause its in a snapper..

but snappers are evil i say evil...

[Donkey]

I also hate snapper cases. But, I would never not buy a DVD because it's in a snapper case. IMO, that's complety fucking stupid. But, hey - to each his own!

[TopHatCat64]

While I wouldn't say the Best dvds are snappers, there certainly are a good deal of great movies on them. I myself have 5 of them in my collection and why I wish they weren't snappers, it certainly didn't keep me from buying them.

[Meloosh]

While the idea of not buying a movie just because it is a snapper is absurd, i do agree that they are an atrocious format. They get damaged easier, they stick out further from the shelf, ruining the uniformity of my collection (thats a bit anal I know), and if you spill something on them, you cant just slide the sleeve into a new case. Also, never possible to have a booklet with the dvd.grrr!

[Hardcore Legend]

Originally Posted by Donkey

I also hate snapper cases. But, I would never not buy a DVD because it's in a snapper case. IMO, that's complety fucking stupid. But, hey - to each his own!

Well, as ridiculous as it sounds there is a method to the madness. Not only will buying them in the snapper cause my collection to look odd on the shelf, but economically, there is a purpose.

If everyone were to stop buying DVDs in snapper cases, the studios would see a sag in sales for DVDs packaged in the cases. Thus, the companies would find a new way to "package" the DVD in hopes of boosting sales. Trust me, the studios take notice. Look at how the Matrix: Reloaded was not packaged the same as the original Matrix. Warner Bros. knows that many fans did not buy the DVD because of it packaging. Same goes for all of Warner's new SE's. The are taking films which already have great DVD's, repacking them and throwing in some extras, to reach the broader audience.

As stupid as it sounds, I'm sticking to it.


As for the Best in snappers, I will point out the many Bogart classics, Bonnie and Clyde, Bullit, and the Wizard of Oz as films I would love to own, but will not purchase due to snapper packaging. I have only made one exception ever, and that was Superman.

[lopper]

I didn't buy Final Destination because it was in a snapper.

Apparantly I'm fucking stupid.

[MurDiddlyUrdler]

Originally Posted by Hardcore Legend

Well, as ridiculous as it sounds there is a method to the madness. Not only will buying them in the snapper cause my collection to look odd on the shelf

I will point out the many Bogart classics, Bonnie and Clyde, Bullit, and the Wizard of Oz as films I would love to own, but will not purchase due to snapper packaging.

So are you honestly saying that what your collection looks like on your shelf is more important than having films you would love to own? Makes no sense to me, but whatever works for you is what matters.

[Heckalaska]

I think the studios have gotten the message loud and clear and you'll notice the number of snappers has dwindled to almost nothing. It's as if they're only using them until the current factory supply runs out. Thank god.

[Riedenschneider]

Originally Posted by Hardcore Legend

Well, as ridiculous as it sounds there is a method to the madness. Not only will buying them in the snapper cause my collection to look odd on the shelf, but economically, there is a purpose.

If everyone were to stop buying DVDs in snapper cases, the studios would see a sag in sales for DVDs packaged in the cases. Thus, the companies would find a new way to "package" the DVD in hopes of boosting sales. Trust me, the studios take notice. Look at how the Matrix: Reloaded was not packaged the same as the original Matrix. Warner Bros. knows that many fans did not buy the DVD because of it packaging. Same goes for all of Warner's new SE's. The are taking films which already have great DVD's, repacking them and throwing in some extras, to reach the broader audience.

As stupid as it sounds, I'm sticking to it.


As for the Best in snappers, I will point out the many Bogart classics, Bonnie and Clyde, Bullit, and the Wizard of Oz as films I would love to own, but will not purchase due to snapper packaging. I have only made one exception ever, and that was Superman.

Pardon me, Hardcore Legend but this is one fucked up post.
You're not buying snappers because they look "odd" on your shelf? Who was your architect, Albert Speer? Have you ever bought more than one book? 'Cause, you know, books come in many shapes and sizes. How do you deal with their oddness?
"Many fans did not buy the original Matrix DVD?" Obviously you're not a Golfer. The Matrix was the highest selling DVD of '99, '00 and probably '01...
So now you're waiting for Bonnie & Clyde, Bullit and the Wizard of Oz to be repacked from Warner? Haven't you noticed that more than 4 years have passed since their DVD release? How much longer are you willing to stick to your "economical" protest? And what will you do if in the future Warner decides to package their Bluraywhatever HD-DVD differently than others?

This reply is even more ridiculous (like you at least admit) than Capital I's quite insane thread intro.

But, hey, like Mur said, whatever makes you happy Hardcore. Or as we say here: Nichts für ungut.

[Hardcore Legend]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

Pardon me, Hardcore Legend but this is one fucked up post.
You're not buying snappers because they look "odd" on your shelf? Who was your architect, Albert Speer? Have you ever bought more than one book? 'Cause, you know, books come in many shapes and sizes. How do you deal with their oddness?
"Many fans did not buy the original Matrix DVD?" Obviously you're not a Golfer. The Matrix was the highest selling DVD of '99, '00 and probably '01...
So now you're waiting for Bonnie & Clyde, Bullit and the Wizard of Oz to be repacked from Warner? Haven't you noticed that more than 4 years have passed since their DVD release? How much longer are you willing to stick to your "economical" protest? And what will you do if in the future Warner decides to package their Bluraywhatever HD-DVD differently than others?

This reply is even more ridiculous (like you at least admit) than Capital I's quite insane thread intro.

But, hey, like Mur said, whatever makes you happy Hardcore. Or as we say here: Nichts für ungut.

Alright, first off you all seem to be taking this waaaay too personal (why, I have no idea)

I do play golf, however I am not quiet sure what that has to do with the price of rice in China. I never said that the Matrix didn't sell. However, what I did say was that many fans did not buy the DVD because of it's packaging.

I am content to wait as long as I have to on those films. With B&C in constant rotation on TMC, and Bullit on AMC, it isn't that much of a sacrafice.

To reply to Mur, does it really sound that ridiculous to hold out on some of my favs because of the way the DVD is presented. Is it any more ridiculous than people who aren't buying the Bond dvds because they are waiting for the re-re-rereleases of the earlier films that may or may not feature improved sound. Does it make sense for people not to buy Christmas Story when they were not sure whether or not a widescreen presentation would ever come? I guess, maybe.

DVDs have become addictive and highly collectable. Realistically, no person should really own more than 50 DVDs because unless they have no life, there is no time to ever watch them all in constant rotation. So, thus factors in the collectibility of them. Packaging plays into a big part of that. As "fucked up" as it may seem to some people, organization is somewhat important when displaying the packages. I mean, everyday I do not watch these films, but everymorning I wake up and see them sitting on the shelf. It's a nice sight to see all the Warner classics lined up there nice and neat.

Pardon me if this is another fucked up post, but let me go ahead and throw what seems to be a popular phrase whatever works for you is what matters

[Meloosh]

I understand your aesthetic objections to having the snapper dvds mixed with others on the shelf- i also despise that. That won't stop me from getting them if its a film I want, however- my solution is a seperate display for all my WB titles, which is what I do.

[Riedenschneider]

Hardcore Legend, NEVER take anything I post personally (or seriously - I'm "just another brick in the wall").

I rather have crazy dudes like you around, than people who think Carlito's Way isn't worth more than 9 bucks...

[Donkey]

lopper,
I didn't say that you (or any one else) was "fucking stupid", what I said was - The fact that some one would not buy a DVD because it was in a snapper case was fucking stupid.

[disclover]

Remember how in the earlier days of DVD, how the snappers used to come with those little catalogs of other Warner DVD titles in them...in seemingly EVERY Warner title? These may have been part of a special promo...something like buy 3, get 1 free...don't remember exactly as I used to pitch them in the trash almost immediately after opening the DVD.

[Hardcore Legend]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

Hardcore Legend, NEVER take anything I post personally (or seriously - I'm "just another brick in the wall").

I rather have crazy dudes like you around, than people who think Carlito's Way isn't worth more than 9 bucks...

I think my last post may have come across as pissed off, however, it wasn't meant to be.

I figured you were using "fucked up" as a figure of speech, and I was just using it as part of my point.

No personal feeling hurt, hopefully none on the other side.

As for Carlito's Way, my fav is people who complain about having to pay $40 for a Hitchcock film. You should be offering your left reproductive organ for them.

Back on track, this topic has been beat to death anyways. I think we can all agree that snappers are something that never should have happened. In a perfect world, DVD packaging would not have suffered from something so cheap. But alas, we do not live in a perfect world, so all we can do is sit back and have a to paraphrase Riedenschneider " "

[MooglePorn]

There's some nice snapper packages out there. I love how Pleasentville has the mural from the movie when you fold out the snapper...

[papibear]

Originally Posted by Hardcore Legend

I do play golf, however I am not quiet sure what that has to do with the price of rice in China.

Ried was quoting the Dude in The Big Lebowski, which apparently you've either never seen or have forgotten. I'm quite sure of that.

[Phreak]

As soon as I get a new printer with good dpi and some glossy paper, I plan on getting a bunch of empty dvd cases and printing covers and replace the snapper cases.

[Heckalaska]

I don't know...I just prefer the quiet sure type...

[superwombat]

Unless your snappers are being handled much, I don't see the problem with snappers. I'll admit, they sure fuglify my pristine shelving arrangement. Digipaks, though, I'm starting to get a little pissed at when the disc holder becomes unglued from the cardboard. Any ideas on how to harmlessly re-glue these? Normal hot glue? Do boogers work? Gahhh! My Nine Inch Nails concert has one of its holders completely seperated. Grr. GRR!

[3DMan]

Dudes and dudettes, I have your solution. It's called www.dvdcoverart.com and a Blockbuster dumpster(or buy them at Wally World if you're too prissy). I usually only do it on snappers when I hate the cover art, like Excalibur or Ocean's Eleven. Besides, I'm almost out of free credits. So quit being a pussy, buy the motherfuckin snapper, and print your own fuckin covers.

Oh, and EVERYBODY bought The Matrix on DVD.

[Hardcore Legend]

Originally Posted by 3DMan

Dudes and dudettes, I have your solution. It's called www.dvdcoverart.com and a Blockbuster dumpster(or buy them at Wally World if you're too prissy). I usually only do it on snappers when I hate the cover art, like Excalibur or Ocean's Eleven. Besides, I'm almost out of free credits. So quit being a pussy, buy the motherfuckin snapper, and print your own fuckin covers.

Oh, and EVERYBODY bought The Matrix on DVD.

First off, whether I am a feline or not ......dvdcoverart.com is my good friend. On my one exception, I printed off a sweet custom cover for Superman, and slid it into one of those cases AOL used to send out with the disc in it.

Another alternative is to go to the rental places such as Hollywood Video, and purchase the previously viewed discs. Nine times out of ten they will place the DVDs in keep cases, rather than snappers. Thus, problem solved. They do the cover printing for you.


And EVERYBODY did not buy the Matrix on DVD, because I did not. So by definition, that is incorrect

[comedian]

Too late to jump in on this one???

I don't like the snapper cases much but it doesn't stop me from buying a movie either.

The only real problem I have is my 15 month old can get into the snapper cases with ease by ripping them apprat with his teeth! This weekend the wife and I re-organized the shelving so now we have all snapper cases in alphapbetical order at the top, and the other cases in alphabetical order coming after them.

The excitement of being a parent.

[flix]

I hate snappers too - and I refuse to buy any movie that comes in them. I also have started to notice that that the dye used to color the keepcases black is more of a gray than it used to be. That drives me absolutely nuts. I was able to duplicate the exact level of black of the older keepcases on a piece of paper, which I take with me whenever I go shopping so I can tell if the black level of the plastic on the keepcase for the DVD I am considering buying matches the ones I already have. If it doesn't, I won't buy it either. Like I want a bunch of different variation of black and gray on my shelf - do you know how goofy that looks? I heard that the clear plastic wraparound is going to be less glossy than it used to be too - but I hope that is not true because it just adds another wrinkle to my collection!

[Inconceivable!]

It's too bad that Warner Bros. has the rights to the majority of the classic movies. I could only imagine how nice they would all look in a (relatively) classy keep case, instead of those cheap looking snappers.

[Riedenschneider]

flix,

[larphillips]

Originally Posted by 3DMan

Oh, and EVERYBODY bought The Matrix on DVD.

Not me, and proud of it.

[rtcpenguin]

Ive been holding off on the matrix until its realeased in a keep case with the other two

[Hardcore Legend]

flix, your sarcasm was not wasted nor missed.

amusing to say the least. :p



As I had stated before, companies take notice. Now, that statement may have been wrong, seeing that I am not on any of the boards of the big film companies and have no idea what goes into their decisions or what is discussed at their financial meetings. However, I do wonder if anyone has the reason behind New Line switching from snapper to keep case?

I have always wondered this. I mean, if they decided to begin packaging back titles this way, why does Warner continue not to.

[larphillips]

Without knowing for sure or for certain, Warners either entered into a long-term contract with the maker of snap cases, owns the patents on the snap case design, or owns a company that manufactures them.

New Line and MGM Home Video were both run by WB and that is probably why they started out with snap cases as well. Both probably had a deal that allowed them to opt out and choose their own packaging, and that is what they did.

[Blackbelt Jones]

Hmm... this old chestnut again, eh?

I used to get all worked up over Snappers and screwed up Keep Cases too... so I did something about it:

I found this site:

www.dvdcoverart.com

Bought this printer (it prints to the edge of an 8 1/2 x 11 page... plus it's handy for printing non OCD related DVD stuff too!):

HP DeskJet 5650 Color Inkjet Printer

And this paper (see OCD comment above.):

HP 20-Count 8.5" x 11" Glossy Photo Paper

To go with these keepcases:

http://www.sleevetown.com/dvd-case.shtml

Now all is good in the world and I could give two hoots about Warner's poo-poo packaging.

[3DMan]

You guys really put a big dent in The Matrix DVD sales. Did you not read Ried's stat? Highest selling DVD for almost 3 fucking years? Snapper-haters probably accounted for way less than 1% of sales loss. I think they survived it. And obviously everyone doesn't have any one DVD. It's called a joke.

Moving forward( ), I think snappers are starting to be replaced maybe because amarays are getting cheaper to produce, since everybody is using them. And cost is the only reason snappers would be replaced.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

"Many fans did not buy the original Matrix DVD?" Obviously you're not a Golfer. The Matrix was the highest selling DVD of '99, '00 and probably '01...

I know The Matrix was on the "Top 20" sales chart for 75+ weeks before falling off and I don't know of any other DVD that has achieved that accomplishment. Even though people think I gave away copies of this DVD because I "love" the movie, I gave away 25 - 30 copies for two main reasons:

• I wanted to help keep The Matix on the "Top 20" sales chart
• I feel every person who owns a DVD player should own a copy of this DVD since it was instrumental in improving over DVD player quality, given the numerous problems this disc gave just about every DVD player that existed back in 1999

Isn't Matrix Reloaded a 2-disc set? I don't know of any or many DVD releases with snapper cases and multiple DVDs. Can someone list a few? There are multi-disc DVD releases with non-keep case packaging, but those generally aren't snapper cases either.

Now, I've got a question: what's the point of this thread? There wasn't any question asked or anything and it sounded like the original poster made a statement that I'm not sure warranted any further discussion. I have no problem discussing the issue, I'm just not quite sure what the specific issue is.

There are a number of great movies with snapper cases and with keep cases and to make DVD purchases heavily influenced by the packaging is something I don't quite "get" but to each his own.

I guess I just like to enjoy movies I like.

Peace...

[Riedenschneider]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

I don't know of any or many DVD releases with snapper cases and multiple DVDs. Can someone list a few?

Any Given Sunday (at least over here).

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

Any Given Sunday (at least over here).

The region 1 copy is single disc only. Thanks for pointing this out though... Anyone else?

Peace...

[Riedenschneider]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

The region 1 copy is single disc only.

The second disc in the special edition is also packed with additional supplements...

[Hardcore Legend]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

The region 1 copy is single disc only. Thanks for pointing this out though... Anyone else?

Peace...

I think JFK may be 2-disc. I am at work right now or else I would look more up.

However, like you said...no one asked a real question. This thread has no point. I guess it goes to show that if you take us file-heads and put us together in a thread, we can make a hot one out of it

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Riedenschneider

The second disc in the special edition is also packed with additional supplements...

I own this title and I'll have to check now to see if I have the Director's Cut or not and if so where the second disc is if I do have the Director's cut. The part of the case that you lift open is rather "thin" and doesn't have any "sleeves" or anything and the bottom part has the movie disc, at least, and I don't recall seeing any place for the second disc. Maybe the bottom part folded out and I just didn't know it or something.

Can someone else who has the Director's Cut handy see where the second disc is?

Thanks....

Peace...