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

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by BNex99

But for whatever reason, it's the four big hits of the Renaissance era that keep getting fiddled with.

Because the changes of the four Renaissance films were approved by Musker and Clements (for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin) and Don Hahn (for Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King). There's no one around anymore to change Walt's films and approve them.

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by Farerb

Because the changes of the four Renaissance films were approved by Musker and Clements (for The Little Mermaid and Aladdin) and Don Hahn (for Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King). There's no one around anymore to change Walt's films and approve them.

And I got negative reactions for saying movies are better off when the filmmakers are dead. Studios have a better track record than directors and cinematographers in my book.

[Tok]

Originally Posted by BNex99

The rest of the movie besides the credits was probably relatively faithful. Of course, they could have adjusted levels here and there to take advantage of the digital formats and we'd probably never know.



The initial pressings of the Diamond Edition Blu-ray had two shots at the end of "Part Of Your World" accidentally reversed, but they did correct it and offer a replacement at the time. I'm pretty sure it's correct on the UHD, but I imagine there are plenty of uncorrected copies of the old Blu-ray floating around.



True. It's ironic that in recent years, there's been more of a push to restore the full original theatrical versions of the older classics, complete with original RKO or Buena Vista logos and monaural soundtracks. There are exceptions, like the continued absence of Sunflower from FANTASIA, and of course, there's the grain removal that's somewhat controversial. But in terms of the films' content, most of them are pretty intact.

But for whatever reason, it's the four big hits of the Renaissance era that keep getting fiddled with.

Disney flat out refused to correct the flipped shots on the BD3D. They were starting to get lukewarm on 3D by that point for the consumer market. Still PO’d at their flat out refusal. It was the beginning of the end of them caring about the quality of the home releases.

[The_Iceflash]

Originally Posted by HD-DVD_fan

Is it me, or does this scream aggressive DNR?!

It’s you.

[CoolZDane]

Hey, do you think a Complete Series Blu-ray or DVD of "The Little Mermaid" TV Series can be in honor of the 2023 Live-Action version?

[Viiincent]

Originally Posted by CoolZDane

Hey, do you think a Complete Series Blu-ray or DVD of "The Little Mermaid" TV Series can be in honor of the 2023 Live-Action version?

I’d buy that in a heartbeat!

[XavierTheaterPotato]

Is it common for Disney to still have Slipcovers for their stuff like 4Ks when you buy it from DMC? Cause I bought this from DMC and I honest to god did not expect to get a copy with a slip, after what? 3 years since this release came out?

[Xerozen]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

Is it common for Disney to still have Slipcovers for their stuff like 4Ks when you buy it from DMC? Cause I bought this from DMC and I honest to god did not expect to get a copy with a slip, after what? 3 years since this release came out?

A while back, I ordered Meet the Robinsons 3D and received a slip with my bluray, which I believe was about 5 years after it came out on bluray. I ordered Tomorrowland as well- about the same time frame, maybe a year later- this time no slip was included. So it can be hit or miss in that regard.

[shinobipopcorn]

Can't say for DMC but I got this, Aladdin, and Beauty from Amazon last month and they had slips, and Lion King from Bullmoose and it had a slip. I think people have been slow to 4K so it's probably more likely to have them. Star Wars is one that I've seen in retail without them, though.

[KubrickKurasawa]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

You asked what the difference with the DVD 5.1 was. Comparing the LaserDisc and Atmos mixes gave me a similar impression as his. The voices sound harsher, especially the men.



Doesn't matter. You can respectfully recreate a 4.1 mix in 5.1.



Ordered, since no one responded.

So, how do you like the sound?

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by KubrickKurasawa

So, how do you like the sound?

Probably partly confirmation bias, since I went out of my way to get this audio, but pretty good. Sounds like true surround sound, whereas the LaserDisc just sounds like stereo that should stay stereo when upmixed. Slightly deeper than the Atmos, voices are slightly less harsh.

[KubrickKurasawa]

Yeah this title was front heavy center/stereo from what I remember. I want to say it didn't have any rear sound activity at all. I just remember being very unimpressed with the audio at the theater I saw it at, now Aladdin had a good mix, but that was a few years later.

[samuelkhan999]

TLM now getting a Spanish 4k release in Spain.

[Farerb]

The Little Mermaid's Directors Didn't Want The Film To Get A Star Wars-Style Remaster

Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/1190004/th...tyle-remaster/

[gwfb5]

Why would they?

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by gwfb5

Why would they?

Don Hahn did it to Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

[gwfb5]

Originally Posted by Farerb

Don Hahn did it to Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

I know, I was joking.
It's a shame so many directors are okay with revisionist "restorations".

[50strat54]

I bought the Original Star Wars Trilogy DVDs during covid when I was on my Star Wars tear and it wasn't outrageously priced on ebay. I think I paid $50 for all three including tax and shipping.

Plus there's some special digital thing around that people have talked about but I'm fine with the DVDs unless Disney really does release the original on bluray or 4K. I'd be happy just with bluray to be honest.

I don't like digital fixes at all even for mistakes.

In the music world they do this BS all the time. I can't remember the live album but Old Peter Gabriel went back and recorded fixes for Young Peter Gabriel. His voice had changed! Mick Jagger has done this for Stones outtakes, so did Bruce Springsteen. I really hate that. I want to hear the original outtake as is especially when we already have a bootleg of the song we KNOW you've changed something on the song.

Fixes for live concerts I also don't like. For the most part, The Grateful Dead and Neil Young don't do fixes on live releases.

[Farerb]

Interesting:
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=3&x...9&l=0&i=4&go=1

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

It's crazy how every single release of this has different colors than every other release (and this includes theatrical since the original and re-release theatrically even had different colors). From original 35mm to VHS to alternate VHS to each DVD to 35mm re-release to each blu-ray to UHD, not one has the same colors as any other hah.