Conan the Barbarian (Blu-ray SteelBook) [United Kingdom]

[snooloui]

Release date: December 2, 2013
Purchase links: Amazon UK - Base - Sainsbury's - Zavvi
Notes: Matte finish, debossed border, embossed title, inside artwork, back cover artwork (Pics of actual SteelBook in post #183 courtesy of Bluprint)

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[Greyback]

Nice artwork, but the cut on the original artwork is a no-go.
The legs of the woman and the ground are missing.
I hope they change this.

Here the original artwork for comparison:
http://i.imagebanana.com/img/rc1kynil/jConantheBarbarian_RenatoCasaro2.jpg

 

[pdbluray]

Is amazon down to get?

 

[tenderheartbear]

The barbarian in this picture looks significantly more like Arnie as well xD

It seems to be a different picture, or at least heavily edited.

Not only does the mock-up not look like Arnie, but he's holding a head unlike the full size image.

Edited to add, the sword is different too.

 

[stephenwilson04]

Hopefully they'll shrink the front a bit so that less of the artwork is cut off at the bottom.

It's a problem with the dimensions of Blu-rays in general. Just a bit too short to use theatrical poster art (especially amarays).

My thoughts exactly. Amazing artwork, but it needs to be framed a bit better.

 

[GroundZero81]

Never seen the original but the reboot was great nice artwork for this one

 

[cooey]

Never seen the original but the reboot was great nice artwork for this one

You've never seen Conan?!?

 

[justboy]

You've never seen Conan?!?

Same for me, though you can't go wrong with 80's arnie movies.

 

[funkeule]

Worst artwork, worst font...nothing to spend money on. This won't sell out that quickly. The French double steelbook will be the winner, even though we find some french words like L'Intégrale there...

 

[lgans316]

Decided to pass due to altering the front art.

 

[mactaylor]

Shame the art is messed with because it is indeed a classic...

 

[justboy]

Decided to pass due to altering the front art.

I found an interview with the artist Renato Casaro regarding the artwork:

I had to paint a movie poster featuring Schwarzenegger, together with the (not nude) actress. In the very first version of my poster, Conan/Schwarzenegger kept in his right hand a bloody skull. This was removed, by order of De Laurentiis - perhaps, but I don't know this, by request of MPAA regarding violence...*

Seems like Universal are just reverting back to the original now that attitudes has changed since it was first released.

 

[lgans316]

Thanks but I thought this is a FOX release.

 

[justboy]

My mistake, it was released by Universal in America, and Fox internationally.

 

[stephenwilson04]

Oh dear Fox, even I can quickly put together a nicer looking mockup.

 

[Cookster1]

If you going to use the original artwork for a steelbook,at least make the effort to make it identical.Arnie looks rubbish on it

 

[BluSteel2012]

Nice artwork, but the cut on the original artwork is a no-go.
The legs of the woman and the ground are missing.
I hope they change this.

Here the original artwork for comparison:
http://i.imagebanana.com/img/rc1kynil/jConantheBarbarian_RenatoCasaro2.jpg

From the original artwork they just added a (badly drawn) head and a bit of red marker for blood on his sword!! WTF??

 

[stephenwilson04]

From the original artwork they just added a (badly drawn) head and a bit of red marker for blood on his sword!! WTF??

As someone said earlier, the art on the steelbook seems to be Renato Casaro's first version of the poster. I don't have too much of a problem with it, other than the bad composition (and maybe the title font).

Hell, I'd even prefer this...

 

[manonfire]

I'd prefer the artwork to look more like Arnie definitely. I didn't actually notice that until I've read this.

 

[MRD]

why cant it be like the french edition with both movies on

I have to agree the French edition looks better and you get both films, pity about the title is in French on the front cover, but what do you expect.

 

[Ataneruo]

I like the first edition artwork Zavvi chose and prefer that it doesn't look like Arnold. It's more classic and epic that way. Besides, isn't that dual-cover spread of Arnold inside enough?

Agree that Zavvi's formatting could have been better as in the simple but effective modification that member stephenwilson04 made above.