The Little Mermaid 4K UHD (1989) (30th Anniversary Edition)

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by L and T Baloo

What are you talking about. I was serving in the military at the time this came out. Hope that makes you feel a little bit younger. Merry Christmas.

Are pissing contests an American Christmas tradition?

[cappyj]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Are pissing contests an American Christmas tradition?

We try not to limit it to one time a year - more of a year-round tradition...

[Pieter V]

Release date: Feb 26th, 2019.

[leniphotography]

Is there really still no announcement of a Best Buy steelbook? I'm starting to think we won't be getting one. Usually Best Buy is way ahead of Target and other exclusive retailers.

[starkrogersthor91]

Originally Posted by leniphotography

Is there really still no announcement of a Best Buy steelbook? I'm starting to think we won't be getting one. Usually Best Buy is way ahead of Target and other exclusive retailers.

There hasn’t been an announcement / press release from Disney for this title full stop. Be patient and wait for that, in time it’ll all come.

[BenAndrewsNYC]

Originally Posted by davlee1991

I’ve been saying all along that it’s incredibly unlikely. The entire point of Disney remastering the Diamond releases in 4K was for future-proofing, so they’d never have to do it again. I can’t see Disney splashing out on a new restoration for Cinderella, especially given their lack of interest in physical media and reportedly much lower budget for it these days.

Of course, some Signature’s have had changes made since the Diamonds. But they’ve all been minor fixes like fixing audio glitches, reinstating titles and adding clouds back into shots. Much different to a completely new restoration.

But hey, I’ve been wrong before, I just don’t see it happening.

Came here to say the same thing. TLK isn't a true 4K it's just an upscale, surely TLM will be the same. A shame.

[BenjaminG]

Originally Posted by BenAndrewsNYC

Came here to say the same thing. TLK isn't a true 4K it's just an upscale, surely TLM will be the same. A shame.

The facts are that the Lion King was animated using CAPS which has a 2K limit. The Little Mermaid was animated using large format animation cels. The negative was scanned for the previous diamond edition Blu-ray at 4K and remastered in that resolution. The upcoming release will come from that same restoration. Ergo, true 4K, plus HDR.

[that1guystudios]

Originally Posted by BenAndrewsNYC

Came here to say the same thing. TLK isn't a true 4K it's just an upscale, surely TLM will be the same. A shame.

Mermaid was scanned in full 4K prior to it's 3D conversion. No reason to believe it will only be 2K.
All hand animated films from Mermaid on will be limited to 2K due to CAPS.

[pikachufan1336]

No trailer? BB Steelbook? Hello?

[starkrogersthor91]

Originally Posted by pikachufan1336

No trailer? BB Steelbook? Hello?

Be. Patient.

Disney’s announcements / press releases don’t come as early as they used to. These days they come a month before release at best.

Yesterday we got one for Nutcracker, which is due out in only three weeks.

With Mermaid expected at the *end* of Feb, one could drop anywhere between now and a month’s time.

[19MICK94]

Originally Posted by BenjaminG

The facts are that the Lion King was animated using CAPS which has a 2K limit. The Little Mermaid was animated using large format animation cels. The negative was scanned for the previous diamond edition Blu-ray at 4K and remastered in that resolution. The upcoming release will come from that same restoration. Ergo, true 4K, plus HDR.

This.
With the exception of the final shot which was animated with CAPS.

All their movies Pre-1989 will have no such issue.

[Viking61]

Ordinary release available for pre-order at Target. Strange that the cover shown here does not have the bottom red band with "Ultimate Collector's Edition" that the thumbnail on videoeta.com has. It also has a G-rating on the cover.

https://www.target.com/p/the-little-...k/-/A-54284512

[Nothing371]

Hey now that's actually a pretty nice cover. I like it.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Ordinary release available for pre-order at Target. Strange that the cover shown here does not have the bottom red band with "Ultimate Collector's Edition" that the thumbnail on videoeta.com has. It also has a G-rating on the cover.

The G rating logo will 100% not be on the actual product, that's just a press version of the artwork they do sometimes. Incredibles 1 and 2 both had press versions with ratings on them as well.

[starkrogersthor91]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Ordinary release available for pre-order at Target. Strange that the cover shown here does not have the bottom red band with "Ultimate Collector's Edition" that the thumbnail on videoeta.com has. It also has a G-rating on the cover.

https://www.target.com/p/the-little-...k/-/A-54284512

That “thumbnail” was a “fanmade” mock-up using the Blu-ray art. Happens all the time with these releases.

The Nutcracker release dumped the red banner too, looks like Disney is de-cluttering their covers..

[Viking61]

Originally Posted by davlee1991

That “thumbnail” was a “fanmade” mock-up using the Blu-ray art. Happens all the time with these releases.

The Nutcracker release dumped the red banner too, looks like Disney is de-cluttering their covers..

The thumbnail with the bottom red band is still on videoeta.com. I don't think they use fanmade covers on that site. Anyway, we will soon find out what the actual cover will look like. I guess most important is what is inside.

[jeremyparker84]

Movie site has been updated:

https://movies.disney.com/the-little-mermaid

Digital: 2/12/19 Blu & 4K: 2/26/19

Bonus listed:
-Over an hour of bonus features, plus experience the Sing-Along
-Digital Exclusive: Part of Your World: A 30 Year Retrospective
-Alan Menken and the Leading Ladies
-What I Want From You Is...Your Voice: Inside Look at Recording Sessions
-Stories from Walt’s Office: Gadgets and Gizmos

[starkrogersthor91]

Originally Posted by jeremyparker84

Movie site has been updated:

https://movies.disney.com/the-little-mermaid

Digital: 2/12/19 Blu & 4K: 2/26/19

Bonus listed:
-Over an hour of bonus features, plus experience the Sing-Along
-Digital Exclusive: Part of Your World: A 30 Year Retrospective
-Alan Menken and the Leading Ladies
-What I Want From You Is...Your Voice: Inside Look at Recording Sessions

Part of Your World: A 30 Year Retrospective

Sounds like this could be the new feature that Jodi Benson has been speaking about working on... and they relegate it to DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE??.. Are you kidding me?!

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by davlee1991

Sounds like this could be the new feature that Jodi Benson has been speaking about working on... and they relegate it to DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE??.. Are you kidding me?!

Disney + 2019 = ...

[bookcase]

I'm excited about this 4K. Now I just need Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast on 4K and I'll be content. Those, along with Lion King, are the only classically animated movies I'll upgrade.