• Titles: Daredevil bespoke edition, Fantastic Four bespoke edition, The Punisher bespoke edition, Ghost Rider bespoke edition, and Blade bespoke edition 
• Format: 12 x Blu-ray and 3 DVD
• Country: UK / Region A B C / Region 2
• Certificates: PG to 18
• Contents: Daredevil, Daredevil: Director’s Cut, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Extended Edition, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Punisher (1989), The Punisher (2004), Punisher: War Zone, Ghost Rider: Extended Edition, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity, and Blade: House of Chthon: Uncut.
• Features running time: Over 24hrs + bonus material

I’ve previously posted about a series of bespoke Marvel boxsets I put together for Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and The Punisher. As a reminder (for those who have forgotten, or who haven’t read my past posts), I’ve been creating space-saving boxsets for Marvel Legacy movies to add to my physical media collection.

Space-saving because I take a bunch of Marvel Legacy movies from one series (Daredevil, Elektra and Daredevil: Director’s Cut, etc), and bundle them together in one case. This keeps related films together, and reduces the amount of shelf space all of these movies take up.

And when I say “Marvel Legacy movies”, I’m referring to non-MCU films, i.e. Marvel films released by studios such as Fox, New Line, Sony, etc, rather than Marvel Studios. Many of the films which fall into this category were produced and released before 2008 (aka the year of Iron Man), and therefore before the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The “Marvel Legacy” title includes the movies highlighted in this post (Daredevil, Ghost Rider, etc), but also extends to the old X-Men movies, as well as the Spider-Man film series. However, as these films are regularly grouped together for home video releases, they are not the focus of this post.

This post is about creating new sets or customising existing ones to bring the Marvel Legacy titles together. In short: I want space-saving sets for each film series, so I made them.

As a side note, I have a fondness for non-MCU Marvel movies, particularly the ‘00s era as this was the first time Marvel found success on the big screen. Sure it was often a bumpy period, but as a comic book fan it was exciting seeing all of the iconic Marvel characters brought to life on film and it set the foundations of what was to come with the MCU.

Now, as highlighted above, I have previously published posts for three collections: Daredevil, Fantastic Four, and The Punisher. So not to repeat myself, each set contains the following movies:

Daredevil 

• Daredevil
• Daredevil: Director’s Cut
• Elektra

Fantastic Four

• Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Four: Extended Edition 
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

The Punisher

• The Punisher ‘89
• The Punisher ‘04
• Punisher: War Zone

Pushing beyond these collections, I have now added two additional bespoke Marvel legacy boxsets to my shelf. One is for Ghost Rider and the other is for Blade.

Now I know what you’re thinking, don’t boxset already exist for these film series? Well, yes they do, but there is a reason for my sets… just let me explain.

In the UK (where I live), the two Ghost Rider movies – Ghost Rider and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance– have never been collected together as a set. I’m aware they have overseas, but not over here – we just had two individual releases.

As such, I wanted to bring the two films together in one case. And as both films are now out of print in the UK, in order to do this I had to track them down on the secondary market.

Simple stuff? Yes, not a problem at all and I managed to find both films on Blu-ray for £3 a-piece. I then put them together in a new two-disc case, bought from eBay for £3.

Total cost: £9

Moving onto Blade and when it comes to physical media, this movie series is very much still in print. The three Wesley Snipes Blade movies – Blade, Blade II, and Blade: Trinity – are currently available in a boxset for £20 from entertainment retailers (HMV, Amazon, etc), so for the trio of movies I didn’t need to go down the pre-owned route.

However, I wanted to tweak this boxset by adding one additional film. A necessary addition? Nope – but a bit of nostalgic fun nonetheless.

The film I added is Blade: House of Chthon: Uncut. This is a ‘movie’ starring Sticky Fingaz, which was released on DVD in 2007.

Although for a little added clarity, House of Chthon: Uncut isn’t actually a movie – it is the first two episodes of the short-lived Blade television series, edited together and released on disc as a film. The Blade TV series aired in 2006 with Fingaz taking over the title role from Wesley Snipes, and House of Chthon episodes were released as a feature-length tale.

So, why have I added this DVD to the Blade trilogy? Well a.) as a bit of an extension to the Snipes films, and b.) because the script for House of Chthon was co-written by David S. Goyer, the writer of the Blade trilogy.

Anyway, I picked up House of Chthon for £1 on DVD. I then replaced the three-disc Blade trilogy case with a new, four-disc case to accommodate this additional title.

Total cost: £24

With the Ghost Rider and Blade sets complete, I added them to my shelf with the three previous sets, to form five Marvel Legacy boxsets. This in turn brings together a wealth of nostalgic viewing and a whopping 15 discs.

And here is a complete run-through of all the content in the five bespoke boxsets:

Daredevil – Bespoke edition

Daredevil

• 1 x copy of Daredevil in HD
• Audio commentary with writer/director Mark Steven Johnson and producer Avi Arad
• Trivia track
• Beyond Hell’s Kitchen – The Making of Daredevil
• Easter egg gag reel
• Jennifer Garner screen tests
• Featured villain: Kingpin
• Daredevil HBO first-look special
• Moving Through Space: A Day with Tom Sullivan
• Giving the Devil His Due
• Daredevil/Kingpin takes
• Elektra/Bullseye takes
• Man Without Fear: Creating Daredevil
• Shadow World Tour
• Music videos
• Music promotion spot
• Trailers

Daredevil: Director’s Cut

• 1 x copy of Daredevil: Director’s Cut in SD
• Audio commentary with writer/director Mark Steven Johnson and producer Avi Arad
• Giving the Devil his Due – The Making of Daredevil: Director’s Cut

Elektra

• 1 x copy of Elektra in HD
• Deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Rob Bowman and film editor Kevin Stitt
• Alternate/extended scenes with optional commentary by director Rob Bowman
• Showdown at the well – multi-angle dailies
• Relentless: The Making of Elektra – Part One: Production
• Relentless: The Making of Elektra – Part Two: Post-production
• The Mythology: Elektra Incarnations

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Fantastic Four – Bespoke edition

Fantastic Four

• 1 x copy of Fantastic Four in HD
• Cast commentary by Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon

Fantastic Four: Extended Edition

• 1 x copy of Fantastic Four: Extended Edition in SD
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer trailer 
• Silver Surfer featurette

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in HD

• 1 x copy of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in HD
• Strategy game: Who dares defy Galactus?
• Interactive trivia game: Saving the world one question at a time
• Extended and deleted scenes with optional commentary 
• Family Bonds: The Making of Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer
• The Power of Cosmic
• Sentinel of the Spaceways: Comic book origins of the Silver Surfer
• Character design with spectral motion
• Scoring the fantastic 
• Stills gallery

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The Punisher – Bespoke edition 

The Punisher ‘89

• 1 x copy of The Punisher in HD 

The Punisher ‘04

• 1 x copy of The Punisher in HD
• Director’s commentary 
• Photo gallery
• Deleted scenes 
• Music video – Step Up by Drowning Pool 

Punisher: War Zone

• 1 x copy of Punisher: War Zone in HD 
• Director and cinematographer commentary
• Training for the Punisher
• The making of Punisher: War Zone
• Creating the look of the Punisher
• Meet Jigsaw
• Weapons of the Punisher

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Ghost Rider – Bespoke edition 

Ghost Rider

• 1 x copy of Ghost Rider in HD 
• Commentaries
• Spirit of Vengeance, Spirit of Adventure, and Spirit of Execution featurettes 

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

• 1 x copy of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in HD (plus 3D HD)
• Back in Black: Stories from the set
• Vehicles of Vengeance
• Riding into Another Dimension (in 3D)
• Deleted and extended scenes 
• The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 

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Blade – Bespoke edition 

Blade

• 1 x copy of Blade in HD
• Commentary 
• La Magra
• Designing Blade
• Origins of Blade: A Look at Dark Comics
• The Blood Tide
• Theatrical trailer

Blade II

• 1 x copy of Blade II in HD
• Commentary 
• Director’s notebook
• Blade II: Blood Brothers
• The Blood Pact
• Comic book origins
• The Vampire Mystique 
• Damaskinos Blood Bath
• Alternate sunrise music 
• Percussion instruments (still)
• Sequence breakdown
• Visual effects 
• Script supervisor’s notebook
• Unfilmed script pages 
• Art gallery
• Storyboards
• Deleted & alternate scenes 
• Deleted & alternate scenes with commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
• Music video by Cypress Hill and Roni Size – Child of the West 
• Trailers

Blade: Trinity

• 1 x copy of Blade: Trinity: Unrated in HD
• Commentary 
• Daywalkers, Nightstalkers & Familiars: Inside the World of Blade: Trinity
• Visual effects progressions
• Goyer on Goyer
• Alternate ending 
• Blooper reel
• Trailers

Blade: House of Chthon: Uncut

• 1 x copy of Blade: House of Chthon: Uncut

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Now, you may be wondering about some of the other Marvel Legacy titles, such as Hulk, Howard the Duck, the 2015 version of the Fantastic Four, or Man-Thing, amongst others. Well, these films (and more) from Marvel’s past fall into one of two categories: Films which don’t need collecting together, or films I don’t care to own.

In the case of Hulk and Howard the Duck, these films are fine as single release Blu-rays on my shelf. In the case of the 2015 Fantastic Four, Man-Thing, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and a couple of others, I simply have no desire to own them.

I did contemplate collecting together some of these titles and creating a sort-of ‘misfits collection’ of remaining Marvel Legacy films, but then I asked myself, why? I don’t really like films such as 1979’s Captain America II: Death Too Soon, or the 1978 Dr. Strange movie, so why give them the shelf space? 

I had fun sourcing and putting my sets together, I got what I wanted, so there’s no point in needlessly going beyond this. The fear of missing out (FOMO) or being a completist will always be there, but sometimes you just need to know when enough is enough.

In the future, I may look into getting some custom covers created, to include all of the information for all of the titles in the sets, but for now I’m more than happy with the bespoke boxsets as they stand. I have the Legacy titles I care about in my collection, and they all look neat and tidy on my shelf.

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