New Harry Potter DVD

I don't get it. The first 2 movies came out in very nice cardboard fold out
cases. Just received the 3rd movie in a standard keepcase. What gives??

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William ( Bill ) Coomber

Bill Coomber

Since everything about the movie, except the characters, is different, why
shouldn't the packaging be as well. Where did that big pendulum in the main
hall appear from? All of a sudden Hagrid's shack is at the bottom of a
rocky hill far away from the castle and the whomping willow is out in the
middle of a rocky field instead of close to the castle. Since this is part
of a series, don't you feel the environs should stay consistent?


"Bill Coomber" <> wrote in message
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>I don't get it. The first 2 movies came out in very nice cardboard fold out
>cases. Just received the 3rd movie in a standard keepcase. What gives??
>
> --
> " Golf and Sex are the only 2 things you don't have to be good at to enjoy
> "
> William ( Bill ) Coomber
>
>

Mark McGee

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Mark McGee wrote:

> Since everything about the movie, except the characters, is different, why
> shouldn't the packaging be as well. Where did that big pendulum in the main
> hall appear from? All of a sudden Hagrid's shack is at the bottom of a
> rocky hill far away from the castle and the whomping willow is out in the
> middle of a rocky field instead of close to the castle. Since this is part
> of a series, don't you feel the environs should stay consistent?

And the headmaster mysteriously changed appearance too!

Hey, it's a magic school where the staircases move around. Best not to get
too locked into preconceptions.

swac

Stephen Cooke

"Bill Coomber" <> wrote in message news:<tpjnd.8588$>...
> I don't get it. The first 2 movies came out in very nice cardboard fold out
> cases. Just received the 3rd movie in a standard keepcase. What gives??

Probably because Warner Bros. seems to have finally stopped using the
cardboard snappers and slipcases and has gone completely over
to the standard amaray keepcase.

Examples:

Before Sunset
Spartan
The Last Samurai
Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions


PW

PW

"Mark McGee" <> wrote in message
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> Since everything about the movie, except the characters, is different,
> why shouldn't the packaging be as well. Where did that big pendulum
> in the main hall appear from? All of a sudden Hagrid's shack is at
> the bottom of a rocky hill far away from the castle and the whomping
> willow is out in the middle of a rocky field instead of close to the
> castle. Since this is part of a series, don't you feel the environs
> should stay consistent?

It's a school of witchcraft and wizardry where hundreds of students and
teachers perform transformational spells on a daily basis. It's called
suspension of disbelief.

The environments looked a lot better in this third movie than they did
in either of the cheap-jack first two, anyway. Why complain about an
upgrade?

Joshua Zyber

(PW) wrote in
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> "Bill Coomber" <> wrote in message
> news:<tpjnd.8588$>...
>> I don't get it. The first 2 movies came out in very nice cardboard
>> fold out cases. Just received the 3rd movie in a standard keepcase.
>> What gives??
>
> Probably because Warner Bros. seems to have finally stopped using the
> cardboard snappers and slipcases and has gone completely over
> to the standard amaray keepcase.

Isn't there a box set with all 3 movies? Thought I saw that advertised
somewhere and it used 3 double amaray cases in a slip case. This might
explain why the stand-alone 3rd movie comes in an Amaray and not the fold
out cardboard case.

I.G. Farben

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:46:42 GMT, "I.G. Farben" <>
wrote:

> (PW) wrote in
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>
>> "Bill Coomber" <> wrote in message
>> news:<tpjnd.8588$>...
>>> I don't get it. The first 2 movies came out in very nice cardboard
>>> fold out cases. Just received the 3rd movie in a standard keepcase.
>>> What gives??
>>
>> Probably because Warner Bros. seems to have finally stopped using the
>> cardboard snappers and slipcases and has gone completely over
>> to the standard amaray keepcase.
>
>Isn't there a box set with all 3 movies? Thought I saw that advertised
>somewhere and it used 3 double amaray cases in a slip case. This might
>explain why the stand-alone 3rd movie comes in an Amaray and not the fold
>out cardboard case.

You're probably right, and like the first poster, I have the first two
and was expecting the third in similar packaging, but I won't complain
to Warners simply because they finally dropped snappers - if that
includes digipaks (from now on) as well, then even better - I back
them 100%! Cheers.

fredman

I chalked the differences up to the fact that Hogwarts is a school of magic
and like the stair cases is always in a state of change. Works for me
anyways!

John


"Mark McGee" <> wrote in message
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> Since everything about the movie, except the characters, is different, why
> shouldn't the packaging be as well. Where did that big pendulum in the
> main hall appear from? All of a sudden Hagrid's shack is at the bottom of
> a rocky hill far away from the castle and the whomping willow is out in
> the middle of a rocky field instead of close to the castle. Since this is
> part of a series, don't you feel the environs should stay consistent?

John Doe

fredman <> wrote in
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> You're probably right

Looks like I was wrong....picked up HP3 today and while at the store, had a
look at the boxset of all 3 movies...just looking at the end of the cases
it looks like the first 2 movies are still in the digi-pak while the 3rd is
in the keep case.

I.G. Farben

Some people posted on Home Theater Forum that the number 301 or 302
appears around 17m 33s into the movie for a couple frames:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...=&pagenumber=1

Does anyone know what this is supposed to be? Is it a mastering error
or maybe a type of watermark protection purposefully introduced? If
it's the latter, does anyone know what momentarily seeing 301 or 302
on-screen is supposed to accomplish besides distracting the viewer?

Davy