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 Post subject: Not exactly a Criterion
PostPosted: 25 Oct 2011, 03:30 
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So, I recently purchased a LaserDisc in the original shrink-wrap. On the wrap was an oval gold-&-black sticker reading "More than just the movie / The Criterion Collection / Special Edition / See back cover for details". Tucked in the jacket was a response card, with the text "The Voyager Company appreciates your recent purchase from The Criterion Collection."

What was the disc?

For All Mankind
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 Post subject: Re: Not exactly a Criterion
PostPosted: 25 Oct 2011, 06:35 
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I had Cyber Punk which was a Voyager disc at one time that dealt with William Gibson though it felt more like an ad for him though.
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 Post subject: Re: Not exactly a Criterion
PostPosted: 25 Oct 2011, 10:51 
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Criterion was a sub division of the Voyager Co. at one point. I have a Voyager LD called The World's Greatest Animation -- one of my favorites. I also loved their strange collection of "mental hygiene" films, called You Can't Get There From Here: Ephemeral Films 1946-1960 -- a few of the short films star a very young Dick York.

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 Post subject: Re: Not exactly a Criterion
PostPosted: 25 Oct 2011, 16:50 
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For All Mankind was later released as a Criterion DVD. Some of those Voyager branded discs are really Criterions in all but name, with similar jacket layouts, fonts, and they all had special features of some kind. Salt of The Earth, For All Mankind, Chungking Express, etc, I would all consider pseudo-Criterion.
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