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Why isn't Brute Force in the "Shelf of Crime Stories" on the front page? It's set in a prison, for pities' sake.

Sad to see the laserdisc listings go, as well as the Focus pages which, despite only being updated every 18 months on average, did have some pretty good notes on its given topics. The geek in me (which is pretty much all of me, to be fair) misses the "About the Transfer" info too.

Methinks they better update their FAQ for the new site:

Does Criterion sell DVDs directly?

We do not. Criterion DVDs are available through DVD retailers only.

arsonfilms wrote:Well, the new site has been launched. Overall I think it's looking pretty nice, but I must say that I'm deeply concerned that the latest title being listed is Under the Volcano. Unless they're just behind, we've had all of November's releases taken away. This doesn't bode well for Decembers announcements next week.

They added the November titles.

criterionsnob wrote:I'm sure they're still working out the kinks, but the new site doesn't display properly in Safari on a Mac, though it looks okay on Firefox.

The "Coming Soon" and "New Releases" pages aren't displaying properly in Firefox for Mac for me, but I'm sure it will be worked out in the next few days.

keeproductions wrote:Methinks they better update their FAQ for the new site:

Does Criterion sell DVDs directly?

We do not. Criterion DVDs are available through DVD retailers only.

#-o

edit: also they should just get rid of the whole "connections/shelf of" idea, its way to confusing and subjective.

eez28 wrote:

arsonfilms wrote:Well, the new site has been launched. Overall I think it's looking pretty nice, but I must say that I'm deeply concerned that the latest title being listed is Under the Volcano. Unless they're just behind, we've had all of November's releases taken away. This doesn't bode well for Decembers announcements next week.

They added the November titles.

Must have just been behind for a few hours. Praise your friendly neighborhood deity!

They got rid of the focus section?

It's still there, they apparently haven't finished working on the site and haven't linked it yet. You know that it usually takes them a while to completely finish revamping the site, so a little patience is due.

I like the new site quite a bit. I never noticed they had posters for sale, for instance. Its also very handy to have those top ten lists that have been coming in the newsletters. It is unfortunate to lose the Laserdisc section.

For future reference, Wikipedia's list of Criterion's laserdiscs is nice (it's sortable on the page, even though it sorts by director first name and initial articles). I, however, will be pestering Criterion to restore the listing, even if its only accessible as a hidden feature/easter egg type thing.

I clicked on Robinson Crusoe on Mars and in the right hand column of "Horror & Science Fiction" recommendations was The Last Temptation of Christ. I'd like to think that was deliberate.

Just browsing the Top Tens and noticed in Christa Fuller's list they said Sam Fuller died in '87. #-o

Hey, what's ten years give or take?

Matt wrote:I, however, will be pestering Criterion to restore the listing, even if its only accessible as a hidden feature/easter egg type thing.

I seem to have lost my bookmark for the laserdiscs. Care to share?

Is the new site looking wonky for anyone else using Safari?

kinjitsu wrote:

Matt wrote:I, however, will be pestering Criterion to restore the listing, even if its only accessible as a hidden feature/easter egg type thing.

I seem to have lost my bookmark for the laserdiscs. Care to share?

You mean this one? Are you pulling my leg and it was there all along?

Matt wrote:You mean this one? Are you pulling my leg and it was there all along?

Thanks. No, not pulling anything since they obviously have yet to place a link on the DVD page.

Antoine Doinel wrote:Is the new site looking wonky for anyone else using Safari?

Not using Safari, but it's wonky as hell for me, with headache-inducing mix'n'match fonts.

zedz wrote:

Antoine Doinel wrote:Is the new site looking wonky for anyone else using Safari?

Not using Safari, but it's wonky as hell for me, with headache-inducing mix'n'match fonts.

Try hitting reload after you first load the page. That worked for me. You could also try emptying the cache.

godardslave wrote:also they should just get rid of the whole "connections/shelf of" idea, its way to confusing and subjective.

I agree. Those shelves are embarrassingly corny. Although I imagine that someone somewhere is currently arranging his shelf of Criterions according to those lists.

SheriffAmbrose wrote:Those shelves are embarrassingly corny. Although I imagine that someone somewhere is currently arranging his shelf of Criterions according to those lists.

I started to laugh at the thought, but then quickly realized that my own arrangement by spine number - separate from my other DVDs - really isn't any less ridiculous or dorky. I stopped laughing.

arsonfilms wrote:I started to laugh at the thought, but then quickly realized that my own arrangement by spine number - separate from my other DVDs - really isn't any less ridiculous or dorky. I stopped laughing.

We are indeed a silly lot, aren't we? And, of course, myself included.

Tribe

arsonfilms wrote:I started to laugh at the thought, but then quickly realized that my own arrangement by spine number - separate from my other DVDs - really isn't any less ridiculous or dorky. I stopped laughing.

Yeah, mine are the same way

Oh geez, the new shelf thing is really tacky. Or maybe it's just a bit too honest about the nature of DVD collecting for comfort!

It could be worse; I don't think anybody here approaches the level of obsession exhibited by John Cusack's character in High Fidelity.

One word: "Autobiographically."

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