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toiletduck! wrote:Poor Paul, I know how you feel -- my Monterey Pop digis pop out just like that.

The horror...the horror...

toiletduck! wrote:Poor Paul, I know how you feel -- my Monterey Pop digis pop out just like that.

well, you know, its a hard life.
I think both sets look superb.

You guys just take a look at Paul's face. He understands.

It's us against the world, Paul!

-Toilet Dcuk

souvenir wrote:More digipaks

oh boy, my weekend has just been made!! that looks awesome. can`t wait for it now =D>

Wow, those are two horrible looking sets.

I had hopes that Bicycle Thieves would be packaged like Hands over the City.
The color scheme is very unappealing.

thethirdman wrote:Wow, those are two horrible looking sets.

I had hopes that Bicycle Thieves would be packaged like Hands over the City.
The color scheme is very unappealing.

How can you call that horrible? isn`t Hands over the city packed in one of those slim case plastic type-of-cases? I really don`t like them, so I`m uber glad they made it the way they did!

the la Haine cover is clever conceptually (hiding the faces), but the black and white is somewhat predictable.

i mean, the film is in black and white

If they aren't going to use the poster (which I quite like) they could definitely find some better stills. I'd love to see the title look like it does but slightly reddish, on a black and white still of the gun sticking out of vinz' pants.

April's covers are all really quite bad

I *really* prefer the R2 Optimum cover of La Haine. It just looks cool.

Although I agree that the cover of Overlord is a bit too busy, I kinda like it. Guilty pleasure, I suppose.

I must disagree. I think the CC cover for Le Haine is super hot, and I much prefer it to the Optimum cover.

backstreetsbackalright wrote:I must disagree. I think the CC cover for Le Haine is super hot, and I much prefer it to the Optimum cover.

there is too much dead space, like half the cover is wasted

In fairness to backstreetbackalright, the desolate cover of criterion's version nicely underlines the theme of a banlieue society abandoned by 'legitimate' French society, but I just think the Optimum cover is super hot(ter).

I almost love the La Haine cover, but the white space bothers the hell out of me.

I have to say, the new covers aren't very good. What happened to that amazing streak of creative covers that came with the logo change?

It might be better if the title on the La Haine cover was moved up into the white space. The actual dead space doesn't bother me, but the title over the faces does, for some reason.

Well I love that you can't see their faces, and all the white space. I also dig the Bicycle Thieves and Robeson sets.

Mr Pixies wrote:Well I love that you can't see their faces, and all the white space. I also dig the Bicycle Thieves and Robeson sets.

I completely agree.

CSM126 wrote:It might be better if the title on the La Haine cover was moved up into the white space. The actual dead space doesn't bother me, but the title over the faces does, for some reason.

But that's the whole point of the design. The faces are obscured, to generalize the characters. These are not three singular young men, but actually anybody raised in a problematic neighborhood as shown in the movie. Plus using a stencil to create the title connects the cover even more to a story from the streets. And the void in the upper half of the cover? The future of these people is just as empty as the depicted sky. I really like the cover.

Flippin' gorgeous, mate

Looking good! hope to receive mine this week.

Simply Beautiful.

I thought the Monsters/Madmen set was nicely packaged when I picked it up Friday, but the Yojimbo/Sanjuro set blows it away. The packaging is sturdy, simple, elegant, and appropriate.

That looks gorgeous. I assume that the final product will have clear cases instead of the black ones in the picture...

Can't wait to get it.