SMOK3Y
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A bunch? I'd say more than a bunch lol
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I know why Disney's greatest hand drawn film will never be released on Bluray/HD
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omnislayer
Member
Hell that Atlantis sequel was really just the first few episodes of a TV series that never was.
Have you ever been in a Hot Topic? Tinkerbell was(is?) A pop culture "icon".
I think the Tinkerbell movies basically replaced the bad straight to tv/video sequels of classic Disney movies. I don't even know if they do those anymore.
snake fish
Member
Yes, they did and no, they don't. When Lasseter took over leadership of the Disney animation studios after the Pixar buyout, he scrapped all "cheapquels" that were still in production (like Dumbo 2) and made sure the Toon Studios would make spin-offs with an overall higher quality instead.
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
Mickey Mouse is my favorite Looney Tunes character
Yeah, just prior to Pixar's takeover of Disney, Disney's merchandising department realized that Tinkerbell is basically the Queen of Disney, a female Mickey Mouse, she flies an arc over the castle in the opening of just about every Disney movie, and she moves tons of merchandise... and yet she's a public domain character (polar opposite of Mickey) and the most anyone did with the character in 50 years was Julia Roberts.
So they split Tink off from the "Disney Princess" line and set about creating a new world for Tink as part of a "Disney Fairies" line (a world of fairies operating in secret out of Neverland). They initially signed up DisneyToon to make four movies to support the franchise-building push.
Then Lasseter came on board, and he objected to the milking of IP that DisneyToon had previously been assigned to, but he couldn't argue with building IP (or the marketing department's power as the head of the massively-lucrative Disney Princess line), so he took a productive role in making sure the Tink movies turned out good. And they did turn out good. They also made a ton of money, so they got extended to more and more movies. But then the direct-to-DVD market started to dry up, and Blu ray didn't step up to replace DVD, so Disney quit while they were ahead.
Honestly, I would've preferred if they had made at least two more Tinkerbell movies before calling it quits. At bare minimum, Lucy Liu's "Silvermist" needed her own movie.
Fixed that for you.
MarkMclovin
Member
Seeing this is a Goofy thread I need to ask this.
I used to watch some Goofy cartoons when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure they were old even 30 year ago.
The scenes I remember was a cooked chicken and Goofy would float towards it whilst sniffing it's travelling smell? I also remember him I think playing basket ball in a team as well. Pretty sure there was a voice over on them too.
Anyone remember these?
I used to watch some Goofy cartoons when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure they were old even 30 year ago.
The scenes I remember was a cooked chicken and Goofy would float towards it whilst sniffing it's travelling smell? I also remember him I think playing basket ball in a team as well. Pretty sure there was a voice over on them too.
Anyone remember these?
entremet
Member
Yes. Those were older shorts. Was it Goofy or a Dog character, though?
tkscz
Member
I was thinking this was the reason.
habithipster
Member
It's because hand drawn animation is the worst kind of animation.
thats 480i not 480p
Simultaneously scolding kids for glorifying guns, while revering guns as adults. It's so just screams 'Murica, doesn't it?
I...dont think America has banned finger guns. Thats kind of a goofy conclusion to jump to. Disney, a private company, is electing to not release that movie to blu ray because of the finger guns, but again thats only according to a random person on the internet speculating.
Americas cognitive dissonance between forms of violence or sex or whatever is certainly astounding and dumb, but this thread is a lot of people running with a pretty shaky premise to make some lame, obvious armchair political statements.
Americas cognitive dissonance between forms of violence or sex or whatever is certainly astounding and dumb, but this thread is a lot of people running with a pretty shaky premise to make some lame, obvious armchair political statements.
lukeskymac
Member
Pretty sure that most people other than the OP don't actually think it's about finger guns in the case of the movie. Also pretty sure that at least some american schools HAVE banned finger guns according to what has been posted here, so there's nothing lame or armchair political about saying it like it is.
WordAssassin
Member
To be fair, I didn't say it was good, just that they did it at all.
But I'm glad you brought up some of the issues with the movie itself because I thought I was going crazy, I've watched it on iTunes a bunch of times but at the El Cap I thought I noticed the picture like... stutter every once in a while? I remember thinking that it looked like it was dropping frames and over-all it looked worse than I remembered but I was like "No, no, you're imagining things."
So, glad to know I wasn't going crazy, but disappointing too. It was still better than nothing though ):
GuitarAtomik
Member
This seems a lot more plausible than the finger guns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45A8Pc6VU0
There's a whole series of cartoons in the 1940s with Goofy demonstrating how to play various sports(this one, "How to Play Football", "Hockey Homicide", "Goofy Gymnastics", etc.). Not sure about the other cartoon you are talking about, similar scenes to that description occur in a number of cartoons starring many different characters.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
What the fuck is up with all this faux nostalgia for the goddamn Goofy movie?
Oh my god I loved that moment
What the fuck is up with that salt?
Do you think kids are allowed to bring guns to school?
Or are you thinking people in general are not allowed to make that gesture at any time?
What is up with these shit posts about a good movie? Who cares if we like it right? why did you have to shit post instead of just ignoring it?
Considering they released it last month in El Capitan for two weekends, and set up cosplay events and photo ops, I'm pretty sure they're receptive to its cult classic status.
This was made by Disney's B-Team back then, the same team that made The Brave Little Toaster. They're not into investing in Blu-ray releases for B-Team work. Even the new straight to home media Tangled movie only released on DVD this year.
Back in the 90s at my school people brought guns and would have frozen coyotes in the back of their trucks. I guess life is different in small towns
Robdraggoo
Member
The movie has only gotten better with age. As a child and now a father of a teenager, it resonates. The music is still good.
And bonkers? Really? No obe gsve a crap about bonkers then and not now either.
Que someone telling me bonkers was there favorite show.
I'd say that's probably because it was a much newer film and made for digital media, making for an easier, cheaper, and faster restoration. Additionally, because it was a straight-to-video film with significantly less fanfare releasing solely for digital streaming, they're held under less scrutiny on the quality of the restoration.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Tangled got a Bluray release back in 2011.
Give me a $200 Collector's Edition with a Powerline bust, concert poster, Bigfoot plush, Goofy's fisherman bobblehead, and a Lester's Possum Park hat, and I'm sold.
Include a can of Cheddar Whizzy, and I'd go to $250.
Complistic
Member
Yeah live in a city where people get murdered by guns every day you barbarian.
/Sigh
PeakPointMatrix
Member
It must be so much work to harbor so much hate everyday.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
When's the last time you saw it? It still holds up.