Archive for category SteelBooks
Jackie Brown [France]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on August 8th, 2009
As I told you a couple of days ago, Jackie Brown was being released on Blu-ray through TF1 Vidéo on August 6th in a SteelBook case, which you can see right under these words.
It includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English track (with forced French subtitles, to TF1’s accustomedness) framed in a 1.85:1 MPEG4/AVC video for a length of 2 hours and 28 minutes.
This is yet another addition to the “Tarantino Collection” I’m building. With the two Kill Bill Vols., “Death Proof”, “Pulp Fiction” and the Petrol Can of “Reservoir Dogs”, this means I have all the complete movies Tarantino made after 1990, besides his first movie “My Best Friend’s Birthday” and other segments included in films like “Four Rooms” or “Grindhouse”, although I do have “Sin City” as well.
Devil May Cry 4 (Collector’s Edition) [UK]
Posted by admin in Games, Imports, SteelBooks, Website on August 7th, 2009
Got this today from an eBay seller.
Sadly, some parts in the case were missing, like the hinge to close the SteelBook properly or the booklet holder. Both which are irreplaceable given its status. Anyway, it’s still sexy, have a look:
In other news, I’m almost finished updating the LightBox pictures throughout the website.
Knowing and Mirror’s Edge
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on August 5th, 2009
Today marked the arrival of Nicolas Cage and Faith into the SteelBook family.
The Australian import of Knowing is worth mentioning. Not only does it have some beautiful artwork, an embossed writing, but it comes with a cardboad slipcover which allows the owned to have a rating’s logo-free front cover if the person chooses to slip it off. Already done on Transporter 3 and I hope to see it more often in countries with this bad habit (like the UK or Denmark).
It has both a DTS-HD and a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, out of which I’m taking the DTS-HD Master Audio track will be the best. Icon really outdid themselves for this good movie.
Crazy story surrounding getting Mirror’s Edge, but given its rarity, I decided to just keep it, even if it’s with a couple of minor defects. Still a very good looking piece.
Knowing (Limited Edition)
New French SteelBooks
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on August 2nd, 2009
I thought you’d like to see the next upcoming Blu-ray Steels I’ve found out about tonight.
- Jackie Brown, which comes out on August 6th. Yes! Another Tarantino movie out in the SteelBook format. 
It’ll sit quite nicely beside the two Kill Bill Volumes as well as Pulp Fiction.
- Espion(s), due August 20th. Another French movie release by TF1. This one I’ve heard of but never got around to watching, I might pick it up, we’ll see.
And finally, a higher resolution picture of the Push SteelBook, still to be released on September 9th:
EDIT: Finally a release for Der Untergang? Remember, the SteelBook had been announced (even showing a SteelBook artwork all done for) but then canceled. This might be our chance to finally see this amazing movie on Blu-ray in a class SteelBook.
Amazon.fr seem to have it up for sale immediately but with a 11/12-day wait before supplies, whereas FNAC.com state a September 23rd release, but with no artwork to confirm it’ll be a SteelBook.
Watchmen (Director’s Cut) [Canada - FutureShop Exclusive]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, Imports, SteelBooks on August 1st, 2009
It finally came today from a good friend up in the Great White North, along with an awesome FutureShop Exclusive Journal to write down nasty thoughts on how the world will end.
Check it:
Watchmen (Director’s Cut)
New PS3 SteelBooks
Posted by admin in Games, Imports, SteelBooks on July 31st, 2009
I told you I’d be getting a few in the coming days, well here are the two first:
Colin McRae DiRT [Germany] / Prince of Persia (GAME Exclusive) [UK]
Amazon.de Extravaganza
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, Imports, SteelBooks on July 28th, 2009
Today I finally received the two new Amazon.de Exclusive SteelBooks I’d been waiting for. The picture doesn’t show much as they were still sealed when I took the pic, but I promise you they look sexy once they were stripped down. I’ll add some scans as soon as possible. Meanwhile:
The Spirit (Limited Edition)
RocknRolla (Limited Blu-ray Edition)
Battlefield: Bad Company (Gold Edition) – PlayStation 3
Posted by admin in Games, SteelBooks on July 24th, 2009
Just to inaugurate this new Games section, I thought I’d post a picture of my latest addition in the PS3 SteelBook collection, Battlefield: Bad Company (Gold Edition). One of the coolest looking SteelBooks I’ve ever seen. It’s embossed on the cover and the picture does not do justice to its goldness.
Should be getting a couple of other PS3 Steels soon, so I’ll post about those on due time. For now:
The Gladiator SteelBook gets a second cover / MediaMarkt reprints?
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks, Website on July 21st, 2009
Now the question is whether this only applies to the Play.com version that comes with Artcards or if this is the new cover or just an alternative.
Jojo brought to my attention that Amazon.de had posted some placeholders for some Blu-ray SteelBooks which had already been released by MediaMarkt as Exclusives, such as 300, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter and the Globet of Fire. All set to be released on September 1st. I’ll keep you updated.
Just wanted to let you know I’d added a Games SteelBooks section as I’m expecting it to grow these next few weeks. ^^