New Disney titles for 2012 (Rescuers Aristocats Pocahontas etc.) !

[PuppyJonathan]

Originally Posted by anthonyb

A simple google search yielded this:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/32...blu-ray-review

5/5 AV for Down Under? We'll see...

Site's down for updating, will have to wait

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by PuppyJonathan

Site's down for updating, will have to wait

Which site?

[Bk_Tan]

Cancelled my pre-orders for Pocahontas and Aristocats.

Might've been too hasty if Amazon go mad with price matching, but either way, the product seems disappointing and Disney seem to have decided that ****ing us over is the best way to go with every release.

Still have R/RDU because they are two movies in one and price could yet drop.

[Rambaldi47]

I'm so glad Disney is releasing so many of its films. I was thinking we'd never get alot of them on blu-ray. Still eagerly anticipating the US release of Hercules, and I might be in the minority, but I'd really like The Sword in the Stone too.

[mtabh]

I just ordered Pocahontas, Tangled 3d (from DMC) and BATB 3d (from Amazon). I have preordered Cinderella from DMC but plan to cancel and order the one that includes Digital Copy.

Yet to buy/order: Finding Nemo 3d, Secret of the Wings 3d, Brave 3d, Cinderella II & III, The Princess and The Frog (for some reason we don't have this one).

Also plan to buy Despicable Me 3d (disappointed it doesn't include digital copy like Disney tends to do), The Lorax 3d and Rio 3d (loaned out our bluray and never got it back).

You know, just $200 worth of movies, no big deal. UGH. This habit is getting expensive. I don't even want to know how much we have spent with DMC over the last two years.

Unsure about Aristocats and Rescuers - I wasn't into them too much as a kid. Not sure if my daughter will want them later on...

[DisneyGaGa]

Does anyone know if the Pocahontas 2 Movie Collection Blu-Ray, and the Rescuers 2 Movie Collection Blu-Ray will have coupons or sales of some sort? Because I am also eyeing the blu ray of Lady and the Tramp 2:Scamp's Adventure, so I want to know how much approximately I'll be paying?

[PuppyJonathan]

Originally Posted by Rambaldi47

I might be in the minority, but I'd really like The Sword in the Stone too.

No, I will be happy if they release that

[The Mad Kiwi]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I just hope they drop the lie that Walt "always intended" to make three shorts and then release them together as a feature in some sort of grand master plan. Cause that's a whole big stinkin pile of poo right there, lemme tell ya. The Pooh project was going to be a feature, but Walt didn't like the pitch, and decided to develop the tales and stories as stand-alone shorts instead.

The film's production history fascinates me. I'm always hearing different spins on it. I heard that Walt stopped production on the feature-length film version because he felt it was too much fluff and whimsy for such a running time, deeming the tone better in small doses (aka featurettes). Animator Burny Mattinson has said that by the time Walt halted production on the film, they were already about 2/3 finished with it. Is that true? It would explain why "Honey Tree" and "Blustery Day" look virtually identical in terms of production quality while "Tigger, Too" looks a bit weaker.

While I'm on the subject, how much do you know about the "We Say Goodbye" finale sequence? It's always baffled me how the quality of that scene suddenly shoots back up to the quality of the first two segments and how that's clearly Jon Walmsley as Christopher even though he was 21 by the time Many Adventures was released. Was that recorded and animated around the same time as the other two shorts (mid 60s) and just shelved until they finally found use for it a decade later? That would solidify Mattinson's claim that the original feature-length film was 2/3 finished by the time they stopped and re-assembled everything.

[zoodermin]

Originally Posted by The Mad Kiwi

The film's production history fascinates me. I'm always hearing different spins on it. I heard that Walt stopped production on the feature-length film version because he felt it was too much fluff and whimsy for such a running time, deeming the tone better in small doses (aka featurettes). Animator Burny Mattinson has said that by the time Walt halted production on the film, they were already about 2/3 finished with it. Is that true? It would explain why "Honey Tree" and "Blustery Day" look virtually identical in terms of production quality while "Tigger, Too" looks a bit weaker.

While I'm on the subject, how much do you know about the "We Say Goodbye" finale sequence? It's always baffled me how the quality of that scene suddenly shoots back up to the quality of the first two segments and how that's clearly Jon Walmsley as Christopher even though he was 21 by the time Many Adventures was released. Was that recorded and animated around the same time as the other two shorts (mid 60s) and just shelved until they finally found use for it a decade later? That would solidify Mattinson's claim that the original feature-length film was 2/3 finished by the time they stopped and re-assembled everything.

I read somewhere that some additional animation was done in the late 70s to make the shorts look like one cohesive film. Mostly transition pieces so it can flow in a better way.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I read somewhere that some additional animation was done in the late 70s to make the shorts look like one cohesive film. Mostly transition pieces so it can flow in a better way.

There's a huge drop in quality from the first short in 1966 (Honey Tree) to the second in 1968 (Blustery Day) and an even steeper drop with the third in 1974 (Tigger, Too). Walt didn't live to see the second short released, and the Oscar it earned was, I think, more based in sentiment than achievement. Blustery Day follows the unfortunate trend of 60's Disney animation and copies animation from earlier films (movement from Dumbo's Pink Elephants sequence, most obviously, is replicated in the Heffalumps and Woozles nightmare sequence). It's good enough, I suppose, but it's the Tigger animation that steals the show. Flash forward to 1974 -- Tigger Too came to theaters six years after Blustery Day, and it was more or less a training film for folks like Bluth, Gaskill, Rich, etc.

Also, the complaints in the British press over the American voice of Christopher Robin in Walt's version of Honey Tree are well known (Bruce Reitherman, same voice as Mowgli in Jungle Book), while Blustery Day and Tigger Too use different English actors for both films.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by zoodermin

I read somewhere that some additional animation was done in the late 70s to make the shorts look like one cohesive film. Mostly transition pieces so it can flow in a better way.

New animation was created to bridge the three stories, that's about it.

[Ernest Rister]

Strong reviews - as always - by Kenneth Brown this evening of Aristocats and Lady and the Tramp II. Cheapquel fans beware.

[zoodermin]

Finally the reviews are here well except for The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under but I guess it won't be far behind.

[Davidius]

Originally Posted by 2sday

Can any see or guess what the top left blu-ray is eligible on that coupon?

It's the 6th Disney movie being released on the 21st, Disneynature's Chimpanzee.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chimp...Blu-ray/48616/

[zoodermin]

Ok, I just read the reviews and I'm pleased with the scores Ken Brown gave the films. The only thing I disagree with is the rating for Pocahontas which is a personal favorite but aside from that they seem to be very worthwhile releases. Even Aristocats which was the center of controversy a while back has "stunning" picture, so everything is good.

Now let's just wait for the review of The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under.

[Deciazulado]

The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under Blu-ray Review

[Lnds500]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under Blu-ray Review

Can you (or anyone) explain what ringing is?

[mjcavinder]

Good review expect I love The Rescuers Down Under way more then the first film.

[MJW]

Can anyone confirm if The Rescuers Down Under was sourced digitally for the Blu-ray? It was the first CAPS film, but from the review screenshots it looks like there is grain. I don't dislike grain, but I was hoping the sequel would be sourced from the original files, if available, much like the other 90's Disney films on Blu-ray.

[Scottie]

All of these will be available for $22.99 at Best Buy and I'm going to assume that this price will work for both DVD and Blu-Ray packaging.

We also get $10 off when we buy 2 of them so I'd say that's a pretty good deal