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- sevenarts
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yea, in the grand scheme a logo doesn't affect my enjoyment of the films at all, but this new one is annoying just from a design standpoint, and i don't think the new covers with this on it look quite as good as the old ones. it'd be really easy to fix, too, it's really just the placement that bothers me. i think it'd be better even if it was simply moved up so it was exactly in the corner, like this quick hackjob i did on kicking & screaming:
now i just can't understand why they wouldn't do it this way instead of having the C randomly floating out in the middle of nowhere.
the tabs are lousy design too, but not quite as bad as that C.
now i just can't understand why they wouldn't do it this way instead of having the C randomly floating out in the middle of nowhere.
the tabs are lousy design too, but not quite as bad as that C.
- Jem
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errr, because if the logo is too close to the edge the printer would trim it off, these guys aren't subtle, they would trim the pack prints with a can opener if they could.sevenarts wrote: now i just can't understand why they wouldn't do it this way instead of having the C randomly floating out in the middle of nowhere.
Please, can we keep this in perspective.sevenarts wrote:the tabs are lousy design too, but not quite as bad as that C.
- Jean-Luc Garbo
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- hammock
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- toiletduck!
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Gotta voice my dissent regarding tabs on top 'afore people start flooding Mulvaney (or Mulvaney, Pt. II, whatever his name is) with e-mails, althought I don't necessarily think that would or should have an effect.
A large part of the appeal of the tabs for me is the reference look they carry. They appear to have a wrap-around effect carrying over from the spine. Whether they will or not is of little consequence to me, but I enjoy the outsider aspect of it, the fact that the tabs are super-imposed to provide quick reference (I think the vertical text also adds to this image).
If you place them on top, you are left with one of two options -- leave the text as is and have it read upside-down (which I think everyone can agree would be stoopid on all counts), or flip the text, thereby turning the tab design (which like it or not is at least a new departure for Criterion) into a poor man's substitute for The Line: shrunken down, in a box, and with a year. The effect? Those who like the tab design will be pissed that it got moved, and those who prefer The Line will be pissed because the tab design now reminds them how much they enjoyed The Line even more. Lose-lose situation, my friends.
And that's not even touch on the utter ineffectiveness of an image appearing to wrap-around the top of a DVD as opposed to the spine.
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-Toilet Dcuk
A large part of the appeal of the tabs for me is the reference look they carry. They appear to have a wrap-around effect carrying over from the spine. Whether they will or not is of little consequence to me, but I enjoy the outsider aspect of it, the fact that the tabs are super-imposed to provide quick reference (I think the vertical text also adds to this image).
If you place them on top, you are left with one of two options -- leave the text as is and have it read upside-down (which I think everyone can agree would be stoopid on all counts), or flip the text, thereby turning the tab design (which like it or not is at least a new departure for Criterion) into a poor man's substitute for The Line: shrunken down, in a box, and with a year. The effect? Those who like the tab design will be pissed that it got moved, and those who prefer The Line will be pissed because the tab design now reminds them how much they enjoyed The Line even more. Lose-lose situation, my friends.
And that's not even touch on the utter ineffectiveness of an image appearing to wrap-around the top of a DVD as opposed to the spine.
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well said dcuk. I agree with you. I think I would prefer criterion to keep the line as it has been, but go back to having no image above the line, cause then the artwork and logo are seperate, no overlap, neither imposed on top of the other, just like the first 50 spines were, and what MoC has done so far.
- HerrSchreck
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(Squeak of recliner rolling away from desk. Rustling sound.)godardslave wrote:...my little friend...
silence. then,
(>*SNAP*< of retracting tape measure..),
(>*enormous lawn-hose type winding-sound*<)
(>*fabricy sorta massive stuffing sound, then **ZIP!**<)..
Schreck looks up.
"Haw haw haw," sliding back under desk. Thumbs suspenders out then snap em back onto expanded chest, "surely you cannot possibly, eh," exhales proudly & buffs nails on lapel, "uh mean ME, sir.."
- toiletduck!
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- godardslave
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- Jem
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Bill Sikes wrote:Whether there was artwork above the line or not, the old format was elegant and unobtrusive.
I never really liked having a bar of information at the top of the packaging, to me it was like a lid on top of the beautiful image below (Pink Viridiana excluded). It was trying to be invisible by spacing the thin letters out but also trying to be seen, as logo's do. Anyway, spaced out letters is "very" 1988
- justeleblanc
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And the line feels communist to me. I don't know why it does. I just get this... sense, this communist sense.... yes, like a really long line.... of people at McDonald's..... no, at the CineMoscowtheque.... all waiting to see Strike and October.... they've been in line for years, this horrible line that runs across the top of the DVD cases... people are dying.
Maybe the C is for Communism. Fuck!
Maybe the C is for Communism. Fuck!
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If thats the case, they'll most likely just mirror this for the eclipse logo.pzman84 wrote:And soon "The Internationale" will begin to play every time you go to the website.justeleblanc wrote:Maybe the C is for Communism. Fuck!
- HerrSchreck
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As much as I admire our good Herr Doktor Dcuk, and as much as I uh y'know like read your posts too 'n stuff, godardslave,godardslave wrote:Schreck, duck and my good self, i'm thinking we could form an enclave of friendship within this forum.
stop me if this is getting too intimate.
stop. Contact that one Greek dude w the Angelopolis. Or Barmy.lol
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- Jem
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Ishmael wrote:For that matter, the name "The Criterion Collection" has a very 1988 ring to it as well. As long as they're updating their corporate image, they ought to come up with a more catchy, modern name. I think "Wacky C" would be perfect.Jem wrote:Anyway, spaced out letters is "very" 1988
Sorry, spaced out letters is taken.
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- kinjitsu
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As mentioned in the above link, the site is being revamped.
Peter Becker wrote:After many years at criterionco.com, our website domain has finally changed to the plain and simple www.criterion.com. That means we've got a big job ahead of us: getting all the existing inbound links updated so that the search engines know where to find us