Topic: "Green" Game Cases...

[Rize]

I  hate these cases.

[D_Average]

At first I didn't think they were a big deal, and while I'm not in rage mode yet I can see how this change is definitely annoying, b/c there are obviously smarter ways around this issue.  And as someone who buys used games, this could have a slighter bigger impact than I first thought.

[King of Twitch]

I just opened MASH season 6 and the cut-out is on the box too. Disgraceful.

[Dirk Temporo]

I don't know if the Wii cases are different from the 360 cases, but the 360 cases are fine.

[NWR_insanolord]

I was going through my DVD collection today and came across the cases for the Futurama DVD movies. Anyone who has any of those knows that these green game cases could have been a lot worse.

[UncleBob]

So, someone brought in a copy of the two-disc Family Guy Star Wars DVD set to exchange.  This two disc set comes with individual copies of each DVD in individual cases inside a cardboard box.

Both movies were in these new "Green" cases.  Now, think about this for a moment - they wasted the packaging to put these individual DVDs into individual cases, then wrap them in a cardboard sleeve.  But the cases are eco-friendly!

Anyway, the newer one (Something Something Dark Side) was punctured through the back of it.  The cardboard wrap around was not damaged in any way.

[Ian Sane]

Really people, do you like having shelves and shelves full of ugly game and movies cases sitting around?

Yeah I do.  It's no different then a book shelf full of books.  Are books ugly?  I have all these shelves in my closet and it's got books and DVDs and videogames all organized and I think it looks pretty cool.  But I've never seen stuff like this a disposable and thus see the case as an important part.  I'm the sort of person that enjoys a music album as a whole and consider the order of songs and the cover art and liner notes and all that stuff to be part of the experience.  Most of the world these days just wants a bunch of MP3s on their PC and/or iPod.  I acknowledge it's a less common attitude to have these days and that younger generations have no sentimentality for that sort of thing.
 
When I think of something being environmentally friendly I think of it relating to garbage.  Packing something in a blister pack for example is bad for the environment because it's a big hunk of plastic that everyone is going to immediately throw in the trash.  But this isn't meant to be thrown in the trash.  It's supposed to protect the disc and thus should be built to last.  It not being bio-degradable is logically a GOOD thing.  It's the whole damn purpose of it.  If I want to keep something then I specifically don't want it turning into compost on me.  It is only wasteful to make little or no use of something.  I'm using the case for as long as the game itself works so it isn't a waste of plastic - no more so than the materials used for the disc itself.
 
And the whole thing is so damn phony.  They'll wrap the whole game in plastic wrap that will be IMMEDIATELY thrown out.  The game will come with useless promotional material (not the manual, the other stuff) that most people ignore.  The same companies that give us flimsy packaging will also package a controller in a hard plastic blister pack.  It's just to pinch pennies and environmentalism is the spin to put on it.  It's phony hypocritical lip-service and that's why I hate it.  You're all full of **** so just give me a decent case for my game.

[NWR_insanolord]

So, someone brought in a copy of the two-disc Family Guy Star Wars DVD set to exchange.  This two disc set comes with individual copies of each DVD in individual cases inside a cardboard box.

Both movies were in these new "Green" cases.  Now, think about this for a moment - they wasted the packaging to put these individual DVDs into individual cases, then wrap them in a cardboard sleeve.  But the cases are eco-friendly!

Anyway, the newer one (Something Something Dark Side) was punctured through the back of it.  The cardboard wrap around was not damaged in any way.

I just bought the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy and each of the three movies comes in its own "green" case.

[Mop it up]

There is more plastic used in microwave dinner trays than in these cases.

[Morari]

Just try putting one of these cases on your microwave instead!

[Dirk Temporo]

I just bought the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Hahaha why on earth?

[KDR_11k]

Target practice.

[NWR_insanolord]

I just bought the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Hahaha why on earth?

For the same reason I bought Star Treks I, V, and IX: I wanted to have the complete collection, regardless of whether I'd watch them or not.

[Morari]

Even the worst Star Trek film is still better than anything to be pushed out of Star War after The Empire Strikes Back.

[NWR_insanolord]

That's lucidcrous; at the very least, The Motion Picture and The Final Frontier are far worse than the prequels.

[Morari]

Nope, sorry. "Generations" was easily the worst Star Trek film. Even it didn't have a ridiculously racist comic-relief character, nor was it 99% cartoony CGI. I will omit the new film, simply titled "Star Trek" as it is far too generic of an action flick to really be considered part of the franchise.

[Dirk Temporo]

Even the worst Star Trek film is still better than anything to be pushed out of Star War after The Empire Strikes Back.

There was nothing wrong with Return of the Jedi, and to even put it in the same boat as the prequels is just blasphemy of the highest order.

[nickmitch]

Even the worst Star Trek film is still better than anything to be pushed out of Star War after The Empire Strikes Back.

This.
There was nothing wrong with Return of the Jedi, and to even put it in the same boat as the prequels is just blasphemy of the highest order.

[D_Average]

Even the worst Star Trek film is still better than anything to be pushed out of Star War after The Empire Strikes Back.

Definately
This.
There was nothing wrong with Return of the Jedi, and to even put it in the same boat as the prequels is just blasphemy of the highest order.

[UncleBob]

Star Wars Holiday Special.  'nuff said.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

All the plastic Nintendo & Friends are saving is helping them make more copies of Mario and more Wii systems.  Brilliant strategy, breaking records.

[KDR_11k]

Even the worst Star Trek film is still better than anything to be pushed out of Star War after The Empire Strikes Back.

There was nothing wrong with Return of the Jedi

Ewoks. May not be that major but you said "nothing".

[vudu]

How about Luke Skywalker suddenly transitioning from a reckless boy coming to grips with his powers to a cool, collected Jedi Master in about 5 minutes?  That bothers me more than a few puppets taking out giant walking tanks with some sticks and stones.  (Well, when I put it like that, maybe not ....)

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Ewoks are like Nintendo disrupting the incumbent Industry.

[Dirk Temporo]

Ewoks. May not be that major but you said "nothing".

Ewoks served as a caricature for the standard "Natives use geurilla warfare to defeat the evil invaders" and if they're bad, then so are the Na'vi in Avatar. I have yet to hear a single good explanation for all the hate on the ewoks. People complain about them all the time but when pressured as to why, I never get an answer.

How about Luke Skywalker suddenly transitioning from a reckless boy coming to grips with his powers to a cool, collected Jedi Master in about 5 minutes?

There were three years between ANH and ESB, which is when the majority of that transition took place. He spent several months on Dagobah receiving training from Yoda, then there was roughly a year and a half between ESB and RotJ, during which Luke was sent on a number of missions of various types, as well as spending ample time alone honing his skills, including the construction of his own lightsaber.

Luke was 19 in ANH, and almost four years of intense travel and fighting with the rebel alliance is plenty to help him grow up.