What's the deal Disney?

[zooyork_26]

nah theres a website that lists when certain movies are going to be out and they are listed 2 animation titles a year

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by zooyork_26

nah theres a website that lists when certain movies are going to be out and they are listed 2 animation titles a year

Then the website is ignorant. Last year alone, Disney released Dinosaur, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Cars and Ratatouille PLUS the great Mars and Beyond as a supplement on Roving Mars.

If Disney only realeased 2 animated films a year, it would take 30 years for their titles to street on Blu-Ray. Disney is releasing 2 *PLATINUM* titles a year, consisting of their 14 highest selling titles on home video. That list of 14 does not include titles like Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mary Poppins, The Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, Fantasia/2000, Hercules, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, etc etc etc. Everything else under the Disney sun will street in due course.

[Cordre69]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Then the website is ignorant. Last year alone, Disney released Dinosaur, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Cars and Ratatouille PLUS the great Mars and Beyond as a supplement on Roving Mars.

If Disney only realeased 2 animated films a year, it would take 30 years for their titles to street on Blu-Ray. Disney is releasing 2 *PLATINUM* titles a year, consisting of their 14 highest selling titles on home video. That list of 14 does not include titles like Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mary Poppins, The Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, Fantasia/2000, Hercules, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, etc etc etc. Everything else under the Disney sun will street in due course.

Computer Generated movies don't require the same lengthy process as traditional cell artwork to process/transfer. Not by a LONG shot!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

And 101 Dalmatians did *not* get bypassed for a Blu-Ray release because it is hand-drawn or because of its art direction. It was bypassed because it is one of the 14 Platinum titles, and Disney won't start releasing those in Blu-Ray until Sleeping Beauty this Fall.

And, they hadn't even STARTED Blu-ray remastering back when the Platinum series first began, including 101D and Jungle--
Which's why the only Blu after Sleeping Beauty is "Pinocchio", which hadn't even gotten its first Platinum remastering yet, and could kill two birds with one lab...

As for the others, it's a whole separate back-to-square-one procedure, and now that they're back to the top of the list, they planned to just start the whole mess over again.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Cordre69

Computer Generated movies don't require the same lengthy process as traditional cell artwork to process/transfer. Not by a LONG shot!

Well, that depends. Disney hasn't spent a lot of money cleaning up The Three Caballeros for DVD, they didn't give The Black Cauldron an anamorphic release. Meanwhile, they released beautiful DVDs of Alice in Wonderland and The Sword in the Stone, not to mention the Disney Treasures line and the True-Life Adventures. Disney will spend money when it is in their interest.

Besides, every Disney animated feature since The Rescuers Down Under has a computer-generated negative, so many of the films you're so worried about shouldn't be a problem by your rubrick. Meanwhile, many of the hand-drawn features have already been treated to 2k masters, so you needn't worry about those, as well. Disney will release more titles when the market is ready for them. They are focusing on spectacle titles like Cars and Sleeping Beauty. When the HD-DVD market matures (and it sure needs to, in every sense of that word), you'll start getting more titles -- not only from Disney, but from all the studios.

[DS1975]

Originally Posted by Cordre69

Computer Generated movies don't require the same lengthy process as traditional cell artwork to process/transfer. Not by a LONG shot!

John Lasseter once said that the likes of Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles are ready but that the earlier Pixar films like both Toy Story movies and A Bug's Life need some digital upgrading to make them look perfect. I guess back when they were produced it wasn't possible to store them accordingly or something like that.

[Blu-Jawa]

I would like to see a Blu-Ray Verson of "Tron"! I mean the film is shot almost all in the color "Blue"! it would be cool to own a Hi-Def PQ Verson of Tron IMO.

[Cordre69]

I've done digital re-editing of CG segments. Nothing professional, but I went to college. It is certainly not easy, but it is still a ton easier than dealing with cells. Even if the animation is saved digitally, the increase in resolution only magnifies what was once easily overlookable. A single tree moving out of sync for a fraction of a second jumps out like a dead pixel on a white backdrop if the picture is so clear that you can see pencil lines...

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Cordre69

I've done digital re-editing of CG segments. Nothing professional, but I went to college. It is certainly not easy, but it is still a ton easier than dealing with cells. Even if the animation is saved digitally, the increase in resolution only magnifies what was once easily overlookable. A single tree moving out of sync for a fraction of a second jumps out like a dead pixel on a white backdrop if the picture is so clear that you can see pencil lines...

Well, what does that have to do with transferring a film print to a high resolution master? A single tree jumping out of registration for a fraction of a second jumps out on a film print, as well. And if that is what was produced 60 years ago, why does it need fixing? If it was good enough for theatrical exhibition, does the film really need such digital tinkering? If that were true, much of Beauty and the Beast would have to be re-drawn to correct the sloppy and rushed animation seen throughout the film.

True, some teenagers and a/v cranks may have issues with presenting the older films in their true, original form (OMG! Film grain! Cel dust!), but others know what they're looking at and they appreciate the films for what they are (groundbreaking works of film craft produced decades ago), as opposed to what they're not (21st century animation). It is highly annoying to read criticisms of films like Fantasia and Dumbo by those under the age of 25 who complain the films look like what they are -- films produced over 60 years ago. Might as well complain that the sky looks blue.

[punkguy03]

ive wanted the incredibles and toy story forever lol i love those movies!!!also aladdin would be neat as well as lion king o and peter pan!peter pan rocks!of course the platinum for that just came out so im sure itll be awhile.