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[Ernest Rister]

My choices for 3-D conversions...

from the Walt-era:
Fantasia
Pinocchio
Bambi
Sleeping Beauty

from the Eisner era:
Tarzan
Treasure Planet
The Rescuers Down Under
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Aladdin
Tempted to add Atlantis, but the film has an intentional flatness to it, like you're looking at the pages of a comic book. Even the visual f/x take inspirations from comic panels where you see a bolt of energy with the word "FRAAAAAPPPP!" over them. 3-D isn't really appropriate, unless Wise and Trousdale signed off on it.

[taei]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

My choices for 3-D conversions...

from the Walt-era:
Fantasia
Pinocchio
Bambi
Sleeping Beauty

from the Eisner era:
Tarzan
Treasure Planet
The Rescuers Down Under
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Aladdin
Tempted to add Atlantis, but the film has an intentional flatness to it, like you're looking at the pages of a comic book. Even the visual f/x take inspirations from comic panels where you see a bolt of energy with the word "FRAAAAAPPPP!" over them. 3-D isn't really appropriate, unless Wise and Trousdale signed off on it.

Out of these, I believe that Aladdin and Hunchback would be great!

I'm secretly hoping that they announce the 3D theatrical release of Aladdin in the Cinderella Blu-Ray. I just can't wait for it..

A whole new world+Prince Ali+A friend like me = Amazing 3D effects.

[yumny]

Originally Posted by taei

I think this is a fan made poster, I mean, if Disney did re-release Tarzan in 3D, they would also release a new poster. Also, I thought the sideways title is for Diamond Editions only. :S

If this ever happens, I would pre-book my ticket the minute it comes out. Tarzan's directing is among the best Disney has ever done and this would definitely work!

Ok, stay with me here, I know how unlikely this sounds but..
what if Tarzan is filling in the empty Diamond slot now that Pinocchio has been dropped?? Just wild mass guessing, but a girl can dream.

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

My choices for 3-D conversions...

from the Walt-era:
Fantasia
Pinocchio
Bambi
Sleeping Beauty

from the Eisner era:
Tarzan
Treasure Planet
The Rescuers Down Under
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Aladdin
Tempted to add Atlantis, but the film has an intentional flatness to it, like you're looking at the pages of a comic book. Even the visual f/x take inspirations from comic panels where you see a bolt of energy with the word "FRAAAAAPPPP!" over them. 3-D isn't really appropriate, unless Wise and Trousdale signed off on it.

Treasure Planet, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Rescuers Down Under.. *sarcastic laugh* Disney hates those movies.

Aladdin is guaranteed I think. I doubt Disney would skip on this one within their "Big Four" (BatB - 2012, Lion King - 2011, Little Mermaid - 2013.. Aladdin, 2014?).

[yumny]

About the legitimacy issue, here's what we saw on DA:

It's re-releasing in theaters September 2012!! In the UK!
Mom rung Disney and they said yes, but they gonna confirm it in the end of July.

So let's wait till the end of July to see what Disney UK has to say about this. Or maybe someone in the UK on this forum can "ring Disney" too. I think there's a 40% something chance this is legit.

[Ernest Rister]

*sarcastic laugh* Disney hates those movies.

I didn't say they were Disney's choices. I said they were my choices, kiddo.

[Pixelfox]

Originally Posted by taei

I really wish that they would not do that.. I don't want to buy it now and then have to re-buy the 3D version in the future... I wonder if all of this will be for naught, I mean, I keep buying 3D Blu-rays, but God knows when I'll get a 3D compatible TV.. I guess it'll go into the home theatre I keep dreaming of.

Haha, this is me 100%. I have zero interest in ever buying a 3D TV, yet I have Beauty and the Beast 3D, The Lion King 3D, Tangled 3D and will probably be buying Finding Nemo 3D later this year. I just want to have the best, most complete version of each release, I can't help it. Plus, the lenticular slipcovers rock.

[taei]

Originally Posted by Pixelfox

Haha, this is me 100%. I have zero interest in ever buying a 3D TV, yet I have Beauty and the Beast 3D, The Lion King 3D, Tangled 3D and will probably be buying Finding Nemo 3D later this year. I just want to have the best, most complete version of each release, I can't help it. Plus, the lenticular slipcovers rock.

I've actually started saving up for a 3D projector.. I figured it would be better than a TV. Then maybe it's one step closer to having a home theatre.

[yumny]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I didn't say they were Disney's choices. I said they were my choices, kiddo.

Sorry, I read over that part.
In that case, I really agree. HonD, TP and RDE would be magnificent in 3D. Just imagine that opening scene from RDE!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by yumny

Ok, stay with me here, I know how unlikely this sounds but..
what if Tarzan is filling in the empty Diamond slot now that Pinocchio has been dropped?? Just wild mass guessing, but a girl can dream.

I've asked it before, but:

WHERE

are we

GETTING

these crackpot ideas about what's been "added" or "dropped", or that there's been any change on the original Platinum list whatsoever since Peter Pan and Fantasia were added for marketing value?

I used to think it was just Ultimate DVDizzy's rumor-mongering...
Then I thought it was just all that quickly-read out-of-context confusion over Brazilian schedules and Aladdin not selling in the UK...
Okay, at this point, now I think we're officially at the Making rap Up stage, and just placing horse-racing bets about what we think "did" or "didn't sell", sight-unseen!
(It's starting to become like that Pixar-flop urban myth, where we almost WANT to see something "dropped", just to prove we were right and collect betting pools!)

People...Platinum isn't an adjective. It's a marketing list from 1999, amended 2003.
If you're surprised something's "back on" the list, there's every possibility it never left. Because nothing happened.

[yumny]

Originally Posted by esteban²

Checked and double checked, this one is for real. The poster is also available in a hi-res version. It's happening.

http://www.filmtotaal.nl/images/newscontent/a7bb7c2.jpg

Holy mother of god, I'm gonna lose my shit! This proves my fan theory that I had on the Pocahontas topic! This is why Disney left out a Tarzan release for the US!!!

Raises the question though.. why the hell did they put out that rappy BD in Europe? To cash in on it quickly before the movie got here in cinemas?

Originally Posted by xmjonny

3D hurts my eyes after an extended period of time.

I've seen Toy Story 1 +2 double feature in 3D, Lion King in 3D, and the Avengers in 3D while in theaters. I've only purchased one 3D film - Pirates 4, because it was on sale for $22 when it first came out in a 6-Disc Best Buy pack while the Blu-ray/DVD combo was only $2 dollars cheaper.

I have no interest in buying any 3D movies though since I'm not gonna get a 3DTV. But in theaters, it's fine. And Tarzan in 3D would be gorgeous and would have to some indication of a good home release.

But Tarzan as a Diamond Edition? I dunno; I know it's part of the Disney Renaissance era, but it doesn't feel right. I'd prefer Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Jungle Book, or Robin Hood to be honest.

This just means we need a new PR to confirm some Diamonds, or if that big marketing gimmick is going to continue past The Little Mermaid. Losing Pinocchio, 101 Dalmatians, and Fantasia/2000 seems like a big bummer/blow.

I agree that losing Pinocchio, Dalmatians and the Fantasias is terrible and I probably would give in and trade Tarzan for the Fantasias to fill that Diamond Edition slot. But then again it's not up to us..

we are talking about the company that bundled Pocahontas with Pocahontas II and released Castle in the Sky with dubtitles.

[yumny]

Originally Posted by EricJ

I've asked it before, but:

WHERE

are we

GETTING

these crackpot ideas about what's been "added" or "dropped", or that there's been any change on the original Platinum list whatsoever since Peter Pan and Fantasia were added for marketing value?

I used to think it was just Ultimate DVDizzy's rumor-mongering...
Then I thought it was just all that quickly-read out-of-context confusion over Brazilian schedules and Aladdin not selling in the UK...
Okay, at this point, now I think we're officially at the Making rap Up stage, and just placing horse-racing bets about what we think "did" or "didn't sell", sight-unseen!
(It's starting to become like that Pixar-flop urban myth, where we almost WANT to see something "dropped", just to prove we were right and collect betting pools!)

People...Platinum isn't an adjective. It's a marketing list from 1999, amended 2003.
If you're surprised something's "back on" the list, there's every possibility it never left. Because nothing happened.

Then why is the UK getting a Pinocchio release that isn't Platinum or Diamond?

[Lnds500]

Originally Posted by EricJ

I've asked it before, but:

WHERE

are we

GETTING

these crackpot ideas about what's been "added" or "dropped", or that there's been any change on the original Platinum list whatsoever since Peter Pan and Fantasia were added for marketing value?

I used to think it was just Ultimate DVDizzy's rumor-mongering...
Then I thought it was just all that quickly-read out-of-context confusion over Brazilian schedules and Aladdin not selling in the UK...
Okay, at this point, now I think we're officially at the Making rap Up stage, and just placing horse-racing bets about what we think "did" or "didn't sell", sight-unseen!
(It's starting to become like that Pixar-flop urban myth, where we almost WANT to see something "dropped", just to prove we were right and collect betting pools!)

People...Platinum isn't an adjective. It's a marketing list from 1999, amended 2003.
If you're surprised something's "back on" the list, there's every possibility it never left. Because nothing happened.

Oh, this is gonna be fun....

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by yumny

Then why is the UK getting a Pinocchio release that isn't Platinum or Diamond?

..BECAUSE THEY'RE FOREIGNERS! They're DIFFERENT!!

So are Brazilians, and Greeks, and Germans, and Argentinians, and everybody else we've been using our little wishful dribblings of "inside info", unquote, to base our horse-racing guesses about domestic Disney upon--
They all each have their OWN corporate home-theater offshoot of Disney--or sometimes, as with the Ghiblis, not Disney at all--that each market to their own native tastes and selling patterns, and have absolutely nothing to do with US release schedules, or extra content, or print condition or vault availability!
Just as ours have little to do with theirs, except for the availability of hi-def masters.

"Yeah, but I heard that Chile said they were going to use Hunchback to replace--"
WHO (outside of Montevideo)......CARES??? Maybe Chileans just couldn't understand Jiminy Cricket either!
Disney US still makes the home video decisions about Disney in the US, and every vault movie ever claimed to have "been dropped" from the list since 2001 seems to have mysteriously appeared back on, and every title rumored to "have been last-minute added" since '04, seems, equally mysteriously, to have been "dropped". IOW, the list seems to look a lot like it did in '04, and if it "went" anywhere, it sure as heck seems to have ended up back where it started.
But in other news, Aladdin didn't sell that well in London.

[yumny]

^ Ok, cool down, we get ypur point. I'm confused though; I honestly thought that when something changed abroad, it'd change for the US, too. Prove me wrong or prove me right, but somebody please clear this up?

[PuppyJonathan]

Guys, Guys, Guys! It doesn't matter what's been dropped from the diamond line now, it may matter later but not now! Can't we just return this threads focus onto the upcoming releases and not just some crazy rumor?

[disneyfreak]

Originally Posted by yumny

^ Ok, cool down, we get ypur point. I'm confused though; I honestly thought that when something changed abroad, it'd change for the US, too. Prove me wrong or prove me right, but somebody please clear this up?

Heres the thing, no country has actually said that they are dropping Pinocchio or any other title from the Diamond Edition line. Disney has released movies in other countrys while movies aren't available in the US. That doesn't mean its been dropped. EX: Aladdin, Cinderella, and Pinocchio. Just b/c these movies were released doesn't mean they were dropped. In all honesty, I'm not convinced any movies have been dropped until Disney says they dropped them from the line.

[zafisher94]

sorry to get off topic guys, but I'm seriously considering upgrading current Disney bd's to their 3D combo packs. So if I were to buy the 3D combo packs, where do you guys think the best place to sell the versions I have now. I was thinking about amazon trade in, but for 17 movies I only get $68, which isn't worth it. any suggestions? Should I even upgrade?

[PuppyJonathan]

Originally Posted by zafisher94

sorry to get off topic guys, but I'm seriously considering upgrading current Disney bd's to their 3D combo packs. So if I were to buy the 3D combo packs, where do you guys think the best place to sell the versions I have now. I was thinking about amazon trade in, but for 17 movies I only get $68, which isn't worth it. any suggestions? Should I even upgrade?

It depends, mostly the question: do you have a 3D Player? If so it depends what more you get. Like for the Diamonds you will get Digital Copies. Or like now recently with Cars 2 and Pirates 4 you'll get an extra disc. It just depends on what movie and what else is available

[zafisher94]

Originally Posted by PuppyJonathan

It depends, mostly the question: do you have a 3D Player? If so it depends what more you get. Like for the Diamonds you will get Digital Copies. Or like now recently with Cars 2 and Pirates 4 you'll get an extra disc. It just depends on what movie and what else is available

I do have a 3D player, but not a 3D tv, although it is very possible when I get a new tv (which will be soon) that it will be 3D. The way I look at it is, I rather have the extra 3D disc and never use it, rather than getting a 3D tv and then wishing I had it (because if I get a 3D tv, of course I'll want to use that feature). Plus in the case of PotC: OST and Cars 2 (and possibly future releases) they contain extra features, not to mention they have gorgeous packaging. Also, I could then use certain coupons and promotions for future releases that are only for the 3D version.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by zafisher94

sorry to get off topic guys, but I'm seriously considering upgrading current Disney bd's to their 3D combo packs. So if I were to buy the 3D combo packs, where do you guys think the best place to sell the versions I have now. I was thinking about amazon trade in, but for 17 movies I only get $68, which isn't worth it. any suggestions? Should I even upgrade?

You could always trade and/or sell them on here.