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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs  
I can see a lot of people buying these though, irrelevant of whether they already have them. Steelbooks seem to attract the rabid collectors like wolves.
In some ways it's very smart of Universal to do this, as they are pretty much guaranteeing sales from minimal to no work on their part. It just saddens me that an important event in their history (you don't turn 100 very often!) is a big middle finger to the fans of film rather than pretty packaging ( Jaws aside!  ) |
Like you, the only ones which interest me are The Thing and An American Werewolf in London as, though I own all the titles on BD anyway, those are the two which interest me the most and I'd gladly double-dip for a handsome Steelbook.
As others have said, there are numerous titles deserving of a BD debut such as the Universal Monsters Collection, Jaws (though that is on the cards) and myriad others which really need an upgrade from a lacklustre DVD.
I'm not sure whether I fit into the 'rabid collector' category, but I'm not going to die each one of those releases just because they are in a metal tent.