Here so far OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD is a lists of DVDs without inserts:
1.25th hour
2.Frailty
3.The Pianist
be forwarned when purchasing and if you know of more feel free to caution others thank you 8)
Quote1.25th hour
Disney is starting to do this. "The Recruit" didn't have one either.
Quote2.Frailty
Lions Gate is known for this ("O," "Monster's Ball"). If it has the chapter listing on the back cover, it will not include one inside.
Quote3.The Pianist
"Far From Heaven" didn't have one either. Focus Films seems to be going the same direction as Lions Gate. So thank you, neighbors to the north. The Canadian 3 disc set of "The Pianist" is b-e-a-utiful. Cover art and packaging are so much better than the American release (no flipping the disc).
I bought the 3 disc Pianist from a canadian retailer. Looks like one helluva set. Reminds me of going to another country and eating their burgers, realizing that it's much better than its' american counterpart. Actually, all the foreign burger kings I've eaten at were absolutely terrible.
Quote from: MacGuffinSo thank you, neighbors to the north.
any time.
So... this means I should buy the Canadian version, not the U.S. version? It's still Region I, correct?
Also, I didn't really feel cheated when Far from Heaven didn't have an insert, because it had an extraordinary amount of extra material on the disc itself, which I value more highly. Can't speak to any of the others mentioned...
Quote from: godardianSo... this means I should buy the Canadian version, not the U.S. version? It's still Region I, correct?
Yes, still plays on Region 1 DVD players. Each disc comes in it's own thin case. Think Criterion "Brazil" set, but with slim cases.
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* "Story Of Survival" featurette
* 3-Disc Set
* Bonus Audio Tracks from the Sony Classical CD Soundtrack
* Bonus CD: Original CD Soundtrack
* Director's Note
* Filmographies
* Photo Gallery
* Poster Gallery
* Production Diary
* Q and A with Roman Polanski
* Soundtrack spot
* Television Spots including Adrien Brody Interview Segments
* The Warsaw Ghetto: Historical Background
* Theatrical Trailers
* Wladyslaw Szpilman Biography
did anybody else find the adaptation "insert" brilliant?
Quote from: bonanzatazdid anybody else find the adaptation "insert" brilliant?
I sure didn't find any brilliant special features....dicks....am I uninformed and is there a special edition on it's way? (Please redirect this if I missed something or it has been answered, but I don't really feel like looking at the moment...)
hmm... whats interesting about the PIANIST DVD is that i was up at my local VIDEO WAREHOUSE (crap) and was shocked to see the cool version of the dvd. so shocked i opened up the case to which had a fold-out (not seperate ones like brazil) and only 2 disc holders. it also didnt indicate the soundtrack on the cover like the 3 disc was. but it certainly was not the hideous Adrien PHOTOSHOP cover. i will have to look into this. how many fucking versions of this thing are out there anyway? i didnt even know there was an option for other ones till today.
Quote from: themodernage02hmm... whats interesting about the PIANIST DVD is that i was up at my local VIDEO WAREHOUSE (crap) and was shocked to see the cool version of the dvd. so shocked i opened up the case to which had a fold-out (not seperate ones like brazil) and only 2 disc holders. it also didnt indicate the soundtrack on the cover like the 3 disc was. but it certainly was not the hideous Adrien PHOTOSHOP cover. i will have to look into this. how many fucking versions of this thing are out there anyway? i didnt even know there was an option for other ones till today.
Was probably this 2-disc one:
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YES! exactly. so i know i am not crazy. is that one available US? i looked online at www.alldvdprices.com and www.amazon.com for any traces of this version but couldnt find any. the only place i saw that it existed was www.ebay.com
Quote from: themodernage02YES! exactly. so i know i am not crazy. is that one available US?
Not that I know of since it's a Canadian release. I had to go to DVD Soon (http://www.dvdsoon.com/home.xml) to get mine. Thanks, Dirk.
Quotedid anybody else find the adaptation "insert" brilliant?
I got that insert too. My friend got Adaptation yesterday and his did not have the insert in it.
My insert reads:
From the desk of...
Robert Stephenson
Clair... Please use a DVD case without these clips. We don't have anything to clip in. Can you find out about pricing and a time frame for this?
Thanks,
Bob
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Anyone not get this insert in their Adaptation dvd?
chris
ooh, i see. not everybody got it. lucky me.
Quote from: MacGuffinThanks, Dirk.
No problem 8)
QuoteMy insert reads:
From the desk of...
Robert Stephenson
Clair... Please use a DVD case without these clips. We don't have anything to clip in. Can you find out about pricing and a time frame for this?
Thanks,
Bob
QuoteAnyone not get this insert in their Adaptation dvd?
No, I didn't get the above insert. It seems a tad bit odd.
I thought it was a joke at first, but the "About Schmidt" DVD comes with a Child Reach envelope so you can "Meet The Real Ndugu!"
Quote from: MacGuffinI thought it was a joke at first, but the "About Schmidt" DVD comes with a Child Reach envelope so you can "Meet The Real Ndugu!"
Maybe that can save us all from our late-age middle-class white American torpor...
I sound facetious there, but I actually thought it was pretty brave to sort of subtly criticize the too-much-leisure-and-too-many-resources ennui of the American middle class with little Ndugu, at the same time making it all so funny. The ending didn't seem sentimental to me; it was like a perspective-giver. He was only a "failure" by his own faulty standards. I really liked that. I thought it was optimistic, because he didn't have to go on feeling like a failure and wallowing; he'd already done something worthwhile.
Quote from: bonanzatazooh, i see. not everybody got it. lucky me.
Yeah, I felt cheated that I didn't get it in mine, especially with the lack of special features. I think Bob owes me big time. I'm sending a complaint to his office.
Quote from: godardianQuote from: MacGuffinI thought it was a joke at first, but the "About Schmidt" DVD comes with a Child Reach envelope so you can "Meet The Real Ndugu!"
Maybe that can save us all from our late-age middle-class white American torpor...
I sound facetious there, but I actually thought it was pretty brave to sort of subtly criticize the too-much-leisure-and-too-many-resources ennui of the American middle class with little Ndugu, at the same time making it all so funny. The ending didn't seem sentimental to me; it was like a perspective-giver. He was only a "failure" by his own faulty standards. I really liked that. I thought it was optimistic, because he didn't have to go on feeling like a failure and wallowing; he'd already done something worthwhile.
When I moved back home from film school, my mom said to me (with a proud smile on her face) "look, Sean, we adopted one of those Brazilian orphans...", and handed me this pat little picture, explaining that you send $5 a month, or whatever it was, and the little guy gets to eat, or read, or something. My response was: "when he comes of age, do we ship him over here to work on the plantation?" She wasn't very amused.
Quote from: SoNowThenQuote from: godardianQuote from: MacGuffinI thought it was a joke at first, but the "About Schmidt" DVD comes with a Child Reach envelope so you can "Meet The Real Ndugu!"
Maybe that can save us all from our late-age middle-class white American torpor...
I sound facetious there, but I actually thought it was pretty brave to sort of subtly criticize the too-much-leisure-and-too-many-resources ennui of the American middle class with little Ndugu, at the same time making it all so funny. The ending didn't seem sentimental to me; it was like a perspective-giver. He was only a "failure" by his own faulty standards. I really liked that. I thought it was optimistic, because he didn't have to go on feeling like a failure and wallowing; he'd already done something worthwhile.
When I moved back home from film school, my mom said to me (with a proud smile on her face) "look, Sean, we adopted one of those Brazilian orphans...", and handed me this pat little picture, explaining that you send $5 a month, or whatever it was, and the little guy gets to eat, or read, or something. My response was: "when he comes of age, do we ship him over here to work on the plantation?" She wasn't very amused.
:lol:
Seriously, though... I don't think most people who participate in these things expect anything in return. Schmidt just got lucky.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but last night on my buying spree, my buddy picked it up, and he was telling me about the whole Ndugu thing. Sounded pretty funny.
Everytime I think of kids like that, I have two images married in my mind: the episode when Starvin Marvin goes to Marklar (where everything is Marklar) on South Park, and the Phil Hartman "Bill Clinton explains Warlords to people in McDonalds" skit from SNL.
Quote from: SoNowThenwhole Ndugu thing. Sounded pretty funny.
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It's actually very funny and simultaneously very moving, which is part of what makes the movie so unique. I didn't find it sappy at all; any sentiment in the end is well earned, in my opinion. It's not a rose-colored thing at all.
You must see it ASAP, especially if you enjoy Payne's other films.
it came out already? i preordered it a while back i should go pick it up.
might as well add ode skoo to the list
is it really that much more expensive to add a an insert?
Quote from: posermight as well add ode skoo to the list
is it really that much more expensive to add a an insert?
i wonder also :?
GANGS OF NEW YORK is insert-less
Quote from: NEON MERCURYGANGS OF NEW YORK is insert-less
fuuuck. yes, it is. how cheap can they be? but, atleast it was $14.99.
Was it my copy or did "The Hulk" not have an insert?
who cares? the hulk sucked. balls.
Quote from: bonanzatazthe hulk sucked. balls.
:shock: I don't remember that part. You must be mistaken. I didn't buy the porn version.
Now if I could get an answer...
Secretary was sans-insert.
It makes it feel a little incomplete...
Quote from: Walrus, KookookajoobSecretary was sans-insert.
It makes it feel a little incomplete...
Yeah? well secretary also sucked. BALLS!
Quote from: bonanzatazQuote from: Walrus, KookookajoobSecretary was sans-insert.
It makes it feel a little incomplete...
Yeah? well secretary also sucked. BALLS!
Tomato, Tomoto. You're incorrect, you're wrong. It's all about interpretation.
..the bad side of inserts..
what sucks is that sometimes they put the insert in with the chapter names opened-faced so that as soon as you open the dvd case for the first time ...immediately your eyes glance and read of the names of the chapters....
on one instance on a blind buy i read that the last chapter name it it gave awy the end of the film.........
bu tthats becuase i anm stupid and deserve it...... :bday:
Quote from: MacGuffinWas it my copy or did "The Hulk" not have an insert?
Guess I'm the only one here who bought this.
my dad got one for our "superhero flicks" collection, ours didnt have one either. how cheap are they? 2 discs but no insert?
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: MacGuffinWas it my copy or did "The Hulk" not have an insert?
Guess I'm the only one here who bought this.
oh yeah, the hulk is on dvd. i forgot about it.
how are the extras/commentaries, excellent?
BREATHLESS
???
Was it just me or did School Of Rock not include an insert?
Quote from: SanjuroBREATHLESS
???
Does not have an insert.
Lost in Translation, kinda.
cabin fever.
Quote from: MacGuffinWas it just me or did School Of Rock not include an insert?
I didn't get one.
School of Rock didn't have one. I feel cheated because I spent the extra money on the Collectors Edition of that movie and STILL get no insert. Now when I wanna start the movie in the middle I'll have no fucking clue as to what the name of chapter is and that my friends is a crime against humanity.
I bought my Hulk from a video store previewed, they never include books in there. My friend though got a little comic in his copy.
Quote from: NEON MERCURYGANGS OF NEW YORK is insert-less
I returned Gangs as soon as I opened it, and realized this. I fucking hate DVDs without an insert. You'd think as a filmaker, that when your film got released to DVD you'd want a hand in the packaging and production of the overall look of everything.
See: Paul Thomas Anderson
See: Quentin Tarantino
Did you buy it for the insert? When I buy movies, I like to watch them, stupid shit like inserts are a nice bonus (Boogie Nights) but christ dude, if you're returning it to the store over that, I feel sorry. Do you return DVDs that don't have art on the disc, and only text? Do you? DO YOU?
I don't see the big deal. Am I to believe you all sit around all day reading DVD inserts?
Gee, we are getting into quite a fight over inserts. Yes DVD's can be frusterating when we don't have them when we are trying to find a specific place so we can watch our favorite "scene" but it's no reason to get into a heated conversation and on the topic of taking back DVD's because they don't have inserts I personally think it is absurd but that is my opinion and everyone is entitled to it (They can do whatever they want with their Money) but saying sarcastic remarks about this gets no one no where.....
"Big Fish" apparently is not big enough to include an insert. And "Love Actually" doesn't include one either.
Quote from: MacGuffinAnd "Love Actually" doesn't include one either.
that's because that movie blew. HARD!
Why is this thread 4 pages long? Are people really pining for missing inserts?
yes, it makes the dvd look really cheap when it has little clips and nothing there. and if it looks really cheap they shouldnt charge $20 for it. or try to put a little effort into the presentation. its like, just throwing it in our faces that they dont care at all.
It seems they have traded inserts for unavoidable 'commercials' before the getting to the main menu.
Quote from: themodernage02yes, it makes the dvd look really cheap when it has little clips and nothing there. and if it looks really cheap they shouldnt charge $20 for it. or try to put a little effort into the presentation. its like, just throwing it in our faces that they dont care at all.
It seems like a big fuss about just looking cheap. I appreciate the essays and extensive booklets, but if I'm missing a chapter listing, it doesn't matter.
Quote from: bonanzatazQuote from: MacGuffinAnd "Love Actually" doesn't include one either.
that's because that movie blew. HARD!
YEAH! i walked out.
lost boys: 2 disc :(
if this hasnt been mentioned, scorsese box set. those cheap bastards. you have to be pretty damn evil to have the nerve to put together a BOX SET and be too cheap to include 5 slips of paper. :evil: