Criterion Couture

[miless]

Criterion has finally lanched their clothing line
http://store.prostores.com/servlet/crit ... StoreFront
it was anounced on their myspace today

[Antoine Doinel]

Though I would've preferred the old logo on a shirt, these are pretty sweet. I think I'm going to have to get one.

[Matt]

How many minutes until this becomes the new logo for the forum (or at least someone's avatar):



Answer: 8.

Oh, here's the biggest laff... the men's shirt's only go up to a size L and they're American Apparel which means that the L is really a M which means that the only people who would buy a Criterion shirt can't fit into it. Fatties must get Janus shirts (which are cooler and cheaper anyway).

[domino harvey]

Criterions new core market is skinny indie kids such as myself, so this makes perfect sense.

[Matt]

Criterions new core market is skinny indie kids such as myself, so this makes perfect sense.

I guess you're right. As a quickly aging and expanding consumer who supported Criterion's ass back in the laserdisc days, I should feel no resentment that they now think they're a skateboard company.

Oh, listen to that. Didn't that just sound like a bitter, middle-aged divorcée who got dumped for a new hot piece of twat?

[cdnchris]

As someone who also has been a fan and supporter of Criterion since the laserdisc days, I have to admit I find this fairly lame and must agree with Matt's skateboard company comment.

Nice rack, though.

[cdnchris]

How many minutes until this becomes the new logo for the forum:

I actually want to make it the logo for now but can't do anything like that from work. So if you want to, eh, go nuts.

[Matt]

I actually want to make it the logo for now but can't do anything like that from work. So if you want to, eh, go nuts.

Done. I included the "best friend" on the left, too.

[cdnchris]

Beauty.

[Rich Malloy]

Mulvaney?

[justeleblanc]

I'd rather buy the breasts.

[Gropius]

Well, at least Criterion are being open about the distastefully anti-cinephile consumerism which their brand encourages.

[Antoine Doinel]

distastefully anti-cinephile consumerism

uh, what does that even mean?

[Gropius]

I'm thinking of the 'hardcore Criterion collectors' who will blind-buy everything the company releases, and get more pleasure from the thought of arranging the disc spines on their shelves than they do from watching the actual films.

That's a caricature, but there certainly seem to be people like that around.

[denti alligator]

I'm thinking of the 'hardcore Criterion collectors' who will blind-buy everything the company releases, and get more pleasure from the thought of arranging the disc spines on their shelves than they do from watching the actual films.

That's a caricature, but there certainly seem to be people like that around.

Actually, you might characterize this as anti-consumerist. If you think of collecting in the Benjaminian sense of redeeming the commodity by removing its use-value and thereby appreciating it as object, then you've made several steps away from the consumerist cycle you describe.

Personally, I like lining things up and looking at them. I used to do it with my Star Wars figures when I was 7, now I do it with books and DVDs.

[Matt]

Personally, I like lining things up and looking at them.

[Doctor Sunshine]

Just in terms of the new fourm logo, it's worse than those McDonalds commercials. I love it. Well done.

[domino harvey]

I'm thinking of the 'hardcore Criterion collectors' who will blind-buy everything the company releases, and get more pleasure from the thought of arranging the disc spines on their shelves than they do from watching the actual films.

That's a caricature, but there certainly seem to be people like that around.

crosspost at criterionforums.com

[Fletch F. Fletch]

As someone who also has been a fan and supporter of Criterion since the laserdisc days, I have to admit I find this fairly lame and must agree with Matt's skateboard company comment.

Nice rack, though.

As Jamie Foxx would say, "that's hot."

[Rich Malloy]

As Mel Gibson would say "What are you looking at, sugartits?"

[denti alligator]

Personally, I like lining things up and looking at them.

Exactly.

[Note: I see that this image is saved as "boobs.jpg." Please tell me that wasn't Criterion's designation.

[domino harvey]

I guess there wasn't enough money in the budget to iron the shirts first.

[justeleblanc]

Who are you mystery woman with the tattoo?

[cdnchris]

[Note: I see that this image is saved as "boobs.jpg." Please tell me that wasn't Criterion's designation.

If it was it would be called wacky_boobs.jpg

[Tribe]

Who are you mystery woman with the tattoo?

Yum...grrrrr.

Tribe