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entertainment I am Ken today guys we are
here to talk about my top 10 steel books
of 2024 so initially I was not going to
do this cuz I'm like you know what I
feel like I only picked up five steel
books this past year but then I started
to go back in the collection and look at
the steel books that came out I'm like
you know what actually got a lot more
than I thought I did and this actually
ended up being a really tough list to
make I've got five honorable mentions to
talk about I probably should have just
brought a couple over um but I got five
to talk about and again these videos
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comment section below what your favorite
steelbooks were now when it comes to
steelbooks guys I mean I've been doing
you know videos on like the 4K quality
and and box sets and packaging and all
that kind of stuff but for steelbooks
like it really comes down to artwork
like how does the how is the artwork how
does the steelbook look my own personal
taste of course factor into this like
there are steelbooks that may be on my
top 10 that you thought were just
completely ugly and ridiculous looking
and that's okay we're all different all
right but that's kind of how I I judge
my criteria for top 10 steelbooks now
getting into my honorable mentions I
brought this up in my top 10 uh 4ks of
of 2024 it wasn't in my top my top 10
but it was in my honorable mentions but
the body double 4K steelbook I I love
just I love what Sony does just put in
the original poster on a steelbook I
think that more often than not just
looks really great um but then you got
Melody Griffith on the back which looks
freaking awesome as well you open this
up you got some cool interior artwork
which interior artwork is very important
when it comes to steelbooks as well guys
um but some nice artwork on the discs
and I just I just I love this movie um
so I just thought that this is a really
awesome steelbook that Sony put out this
year again just the original poster very
simple um the lion gate strangers
chapter 1 yes the movie was was kind of
ass uh but this was a cool idea they
haven't done this since so I don't know
if everybody thought it was cool uh but
it has a little like opener right here
you open it kind of like a book um now
the way you get the steelbook out this
is probably why it's not in my top 10 uh
because you have to actually like you
have to find a little oh it's actually
from the top so you have to actually
like open this from the top and then get
the steelbook out of it like that but I
do think it's a great steelbook design
with all the strangers on it and then
you got the truck with the with the
headlights on the back and the forest so
I think the steelbook itself is really
cool we've also got the hollow man uh
Blu-ray steelbook that mil Creek put out
and I also brought over um another mil
Creek steelbook so I'll mention them
both but Walk Hard I just love the way
these look you know walk card's a nice
like kind of glossy matte finish but you
got John C Riley on the back from behind
which I think is super cool with the
audience right there I think that looks
great but I just love how it looks I
love the presentation of this one and I
that was the first time that I watched
that movie since 2007 when it came out
and I laughed so hard watching that I
miss comedy so much but the hollow man
steelbook I this is primarily on here
for the back I love that image um of
Kevin Bacon as Hollow Man on the back I
think that's super awesome but yeah this
is a really good steelbook two good
steelbooks from Mil Creek and then from
Lionsgate they did this uh I'm just kind
of bringing this over here as a
representation but the Bloody Disgusting
line there were some really nice
steelbooks in that and this is the one
for Wolf Creek they also did for year
next and Sinister and some other movies
as well um but you know you had some
some discard on the movie these were in
like a red and orange aesthetic with the
blood splatters and stuff on them so
Lionsgate is always doing some cool
stuff with their steelbooks and this was
the first time Wolf Creek got a Blu-ray
release in the state so it's also kind
of significant for that but yeah the
Lion's gate Bloody Disgusting line was
really cool now let's get into my top 10
and coming at number 10 I feel like this
one might be a little controversial I
don't feel like everybody loved this
steelbook but I when it was announced I
I thought it was really cool looking um
but the Terminator uh 4K steelbook you
know this wasn't in my top 10 4ks but it
will be in my top 10 steelbooks really
awesome steelbook I mean you got the you
got the freaking T800 there the skull on
the cover which is awesome you got right
there you got Kyle Ree and Sarah
Connor which is a really cool image as
well the Terminator swartzenegger on the
back you got that iconic image that's on
a I don't it wasn't on the original
poster cuz that's just AR like full face
but like on several of the like home
video releases my Blu-ray Edition like
you have that image of him like that
just kind of kneeling down which is
super cool when he first you know jumps
through time but on the
inside um not very cool this C but I
like the interior artwork with Arnold as
well I think that's a super cool image
of Arnold so yeah the Terminator 4K
steelbook not everybody's favorite but I
did I did appreciate that one for sure
thought it was a cool it was enough to
make me double dip I mean I got the
regular cover and I got the steelbook
for that um coming at number nine was a
was a really cool steelbook that
Paramount did for a newer film uh this
is transformers one so if you're a
Transformers fan like this one I feel
like really goes back to the nostalgic
days of Transformers from the 80s it
kind of has that kind of 80s aesthetic
especially on the back as well and I
just think it's super cool I think this
was this one really popped uh when I got
it in and I watched this movie on 4K and
it was actually a really good
Transformers movie so if you saw the
trailers cuz the trailers were horrible
and you didn't think it looked good like
check this one out because it was
actually a really solid um Transformers
animated film but the steelbook is
certainly certainly spectacular so that
was my number nine coming at my number
eight I still have not watched this uh
4K yet there's a couple on here that I
haven't watched yet uh but the Stardust
uh steel book that Paramount did this is
gorgeous like absolutely gorgeous for
some reason in my mind I thought this
was a slip cover Edition but it was not
but this was a gorgeous uh steel book
that Paramount did this year and
Paramount like I feel like they've taken
a queue from Lion's gate and really up
their game when it comes to some of
their steelbooks and we'll get to more
Paramount stuff here in a second but
this was a gorgeous one and I've heard
great things about this movie I
definitely need to check it out um and
then you open it up I mean it's a shame
that on the inside of a lot of these
Studio releases you got generic disc art
but you got some interior artwork right
there where you got Claire Danes and
some other people that were in this
movie I'm not sure the rest of the cast
again I I know Robert DeNiro Michelle
Fifer's in the movie but I don't know
everybody that's in the film but really
beautiful steelbook uh that Paramount
did right here and I just I need to
watch this movie but that that's my
number eight um getting into my number
seven was one that I was wanting
Lionsgate to do for the longest time I
think this is one of the best steel
books that they did this year and they
will come up again on this list um but
this was exactly how I wanted this to be
uh but the Wind River 4K steelbook I
love this movie I still have not watched
this 4K though I'll be honest um but I
do love this movie and I wanted them to
do this 4K steelbook for the longest
time but really cool steelbook you got
the title of the film and all that stuff
but you take it out of the slip cover
which Lions Gate's kind of known for
these slip covers Guys these these clear
slip covers that all the other Studios
or a lot of them are starting to adopt
and do now because of lion's gate but
you just got the night sky with the snow
right there I just think it's perfect I
just think it's just real quiet it's not
too busy it kind of matches the more
like Serene like just cool chill Vibe of
the film itself not that there's not
like really thrilling like intense
things that happen in this movie but
it's a really just like calm atmosphere
kind of film and I think this steelbook
just like perfectly uh portrays that
I'll open it up right here just to kind
of give you the full picture and I wish
like maybe I'll insert these at the
bottom I wish I I knew the artists more
uh you know Lionsgate always commission
some incredible artwork from some
incredible artists for their releases so
I need to give the artists more credit
um but you got some cool background or
interior artwork I love the disc art as
well um this is a really cool movie
though I highly recommend wi River with
um Elizabeth Olen and Jeremy rener are
in this film but that is my number seven
getting into my number six another
Lion's gate steel book but cutthroat
Island was a phenomenal still like I
still have not watched this one either I
need to watch this uh you know classic
Gina Davis action adventure film that uh
I I think got pretty critically panned
when it came out but this is really cool
because I mean this is just what Lion's
gate does guys they they do these cool
steel books that you know they actually
do something when you take them out of
the slip cover you know you take off the
the hats of the skull the pirate the
pirate bandan and then you got the skull
with the you know kind of crossbones
with its kind of cross swords right
there which is awesome and then on back
this one just really Pops I wish I knew
the artist of this one because this
steel book like pops like no other um
and I know Studio I think Studio Canal
did a a steelbook of this one but you
got some cool disc art you got some cool
interior artwork right there as well and
yeah this was again I don't think Lion's
gate had the best year in 2024 but they
did do they still you know with the
stuff that they put out they still
maintained like they usual quality uh
with some of these steelbooks so yeah
the Cutthroat Island steelbook I thought
was really cool that is my number six
now coming at my number five we're going
to go back to Paramount I feel like
we're just shifting back and forth
between like Lion's gate and Paramount
at this point but uh this was a really
cool design for a steelbook you can say
what you want about the 4K itself I did
review it on this channel um but the
Foot Loose uh 4K steelbook from
Paramount really cool in the kind of
aesthetic of this uh this uh cassette
tape right here which is really awesome
you got Kevin Bacon right there but you
got you know like the stickers these are
kind of like remind me like Locker
stickers or something but really cool
stuff right there and like I said it
just it just matches that like cassette
tape aesthetic and look right there
which I think which I think is super
cool there's a lot of steelbooks that
have done like the VHS tape or a lot of
releases that have done like the VHS
tape aesthetic but this is one of the
first ones I can think of that has done
like the cassette tape um aesthetic
because of course this movie
music influence great soundtrack as well
um but yeah again you can say what you
want about the 4K I think they did the
best that they could with the
restoration but this steelbook like when
everybody saw they were like I got to
have that especially if you're a fan of
foot loose cuz it was just so great and
you open it up and it does have a oh
this one actually yeah this is really
cool cuz this one they don't always do
this but this one did include a little
poster um of foot loose on the inside
then it had the digital code and you did
have some interior um artwork as well
with this one so yeah really awesome
steelbook from from Paramount that I had
to include here was the Foot Loose 4K
steelbook at at my number five now
coming at my number four this one is
from Scream Factory they have you know
notoriously done some really cool
steelbooks they did a lot of cool like
exclusive Walmart steel books this year
but like I just a lot of them I already
owned on 4K I just couldn't double dip
on everything um but this one I was weak
and I just I just had to get this one
because it was so cool and this movie is
so awesome but the Return of the Living
Dead 4K steelbook from screen Factory
this one is a real Beauty look at that
right there you got tarm man you know
escaping out of the out of the
barrel the trioxin barrel and then on
the back you got uh property Departments
of the army do not open so that's kind
of the side view of that barrel with
some St blood and stuff leaking out of
it but it's a really awesome steelb I
love the design on this one it really
pops with the greens as well and you
open this up this is a three disc set so
you got three disc which I I think this
is different discard as well than the
regular 4K but the regular 4K is also a
three disc set which I have back there
um but you have some interior artwork as
well in here I think it's all them
riding in the car in the beginning of
the film but just a great uh great steel
but great movie as well if you haven't
seen Return Of Living Dead it was one
that I was late to the party on but when
I watched this for the first time a few
years ago like I completely fell in love
with it it's a great film and this is a
great steelbook uh that screen Factory
did in 2024 yes they did other
steelbooks but I do think that's the
best one from what I saw that they did
this past year coming at my number three
guys I'm actually surprised this wasn't
up a little bit higher maybe number one
because I gushed about the steelbook
when it came out but the major league um
4K steelbook first off this transfer was
mind-blowingly awesome this was a great
uh 4K restoration maybe should have made
it into my underrated 4ks uh possibly if
not my top 10 it was a phenomenal 4K but
right here guys you got the the 4K
steelbook which is the locker and this
one was cool I actually put this one
inside of a um I got a few like you know
plastic holders um for some of my
steelbooks and I put it on this one
because I do want to protect this one at
all cost but you got the front the
locker right there but you put on the
back this one's got magnets on it so
it's got like stickable like magnets
which is really awesome so you can take
these off and you can reveal some images
and stuff on the back or you can keep
them on you can do whatever you want you
know it's your steelbook do what you
want but you know we got wild thing on
the glasses right there they're just
kind of themed to the movie and I just
thought that that was super cool like
it's got magnets they also did a slip
cover version of this but when this came
out that's the good thing about
Paramount guys they still keep their
prices pretty low on their steelbooks I
think when this came out it was like I
think I want to say was like 22 or 23
bucks to get this steelbook it was not
very expensive at all uh to get the
major league 4K steelbook so that is my
number three guys that was definitely
one of the best steelbooks that we got
in the year of
2024 now we're into my top two guys this
is the cream of the crop and this one I
got I have not watched this movie yet
guys there's too many of these on this
list I haven't watched I know but this
is again this is based on the actual
artwork itself the games I loved and I
played them all the time so when Lion's
gate announced this steel book with this
certain character on it I just I just
had to get it I didn't care like what
the movie was I don't care like how good
it was if it was directed by Eli Roth or
not I didn't care about any of that but
this Borderland steelbook that which was
which is a clap trap steelbook which is
a character from the games and the movie
and I think he's played is he played by
Jack Black in the movies like Jack Black
does all of this all this like you know
family adventure stuff now um he's
pretty much in everything he's in
Minecraft coming up um but Borderlands
like he has really like I just have to
stop for a second he's really just like
kind of uh cornered the market on like
video game voices and and performances
because he was in the Mario movie as as
Bowser he was in he's in the Minecraft
movie and he's in this movie as clab
trap so Jack Black's just doing all the
video game um inspired movies but the
Borderland steel but guys this is really
cool you got the title right there which
is awesome but you take it out and you
got freaking clap trap on a steel book
which is super cool it is embossed right
there guys so there's there's actual
like feeling right there when I when I
caress it like that uh so that is really
cool so yeah parts of him are embossed
which is awesome you flip it on the back
and yeah it's just a simple image it's
how he would look on the back but I just
thought that was a super cool it's a
simple design but it's a really cool
design um this clap trop steelbook so
when I saw this like I I don't care what
the movies I don't care how good it is
okay I I need to I still need to watch
it um don't care how good it is I was
going to get this regardless it went on
sale though on Amazon for like 26 bucks
that's when I pre-ordered it so I didn't
like spend an arm and a leg to get this
steelbook it was a pretty good price but
I couldn't resist they did another uh
Borderland steelbook as well which I do
have that was a nice one but that one
didn't make it in to my top 10 um but
you got some nice discard on there as
well I again I still need to watch this
movie I might like it I feel like I
might like it um but I was just such a
huge fan of the game so when they
announced a clap trap like 4K steel at
porland it's like how can I not get this
and it made it to my number two um
steelbooks of the year now let's talk
about my number one this one came in at
the last minute and just stole it away
from Borderlands and Major League um but
this one was so gorgeous it it is
another Lionsgate steelbook and that is
the kickboxer 4K steelbook and I just
watched this on 4K 4K is pristine it
looked so good on 4K um cuz I don't know
if I'll get around like to talking about
this and reviewing it it looked so good
on 4K um it had brand new features I
think it had like four new features the
movie itself was super fun like I really
enjoyed the film John cl's great in it
but you got John Claude on the cover
right there just doing all the kicks the
lenticular slip cover you got the back
of it right there which is awesome yeah
Lions Kate is is they're diversifying
like the types of Steel books that they
do they're doing the regular ones with
the with the plastic slip covers they're
doing these the kind of lenticular ones
right here they're doing the ones like
the strangers chapter 1 then they got
the Lion's gate limited steelbooks as
well so they're really doing some some
good things with steelbooks right now
but this is what sold me all right you
got uh you got John Claude vanam like in
the in the temple that they fighted in
the end they fight in the old ways um
just oh my God this is gorgeous like to
me like Alliance gate steelbook hasn't
looked this good since the AP ocalypse
now one like I think the Apocalypse Now
4K steelbook the original one not the
most recent one um is probably the best
steelbook they've ever done as far as
the artwork like I just think that's
gorgeous artwork but like this might be
a close second cuz I just love this I
love the red and just how it looks the
aesthetic I just think it really pops so
whoever did this the artwork oh my God
you just killed it you knocked it right
out of the park look at that oh my God
it's so gorgeous yeah I I love the
artwork on this it's got interior stuff
as well it's got discard it's a three
disc set just an incredible release by
Lions Gate I think you can get this on
Amazon still and I think it's
34.99 to get this kickboxer steelbook we
yeah gorgeous artwork really cool
ticular slip cover you know St ofos also
had a good ticular slip cover as well
that one did not make the list but this
kickboxer one I just I just think I
think it was the best steelbook of 2024
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