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Lord Error
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:lolTom_Cody said:I bought it last night, but I won't get a chance to watch it until this weekend.
I was handed this clock at checkout. It was truly a WTF moment. I had been unapologetically looking forward to Disney's first Platinum BR release for a while, but that moment made me realize that probably 90% of the people watching this movie will be pre-teen girls. I don't know how long it's been since I was that embarrassed by a purchase.
I can imagine how you felt. Well, keep telling yourself how the world forgot the ways of the true quality 2D animation art, how you're supporting what's left of it, and all that :lol
I have to go buy Sleeping Beauty myself today :|
Christoff Yurievich
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I bought it last night as well and also got the clock. My son, who is 3, was excited about getting a clock of his own (like he cares that it's pink) so I gave it to him. I was pleased to find that the DVD included with the set at Best Buy (everywhere, maybe?) wasn't the digital copy of the movie but the actual DVD of the movie. A nice touch, and all for $25.99.Tom_Cody said:I bought it last night, but I won't get a chance to watch it until this weekend.
I was handed this clock at checkout. It was truly a WTF moment. I had been unapologetically looking forward to Disney's first Platinum BR release for a while, but that moment made me realize that probably 90% of the people watching this movie will be pre-teen girls. I don't know how long it's been since I was that embarrassed by a purchase.
sleeping beauty is quite possibly the single most impressive Blu-ray released yet. The remastered audio is even better than the absolutely gorgeous remastered video. I love that they upped all of the previous video segments to HD and the new segments included are very welcomed.
This really sets the bar for Blu-ray special editions (and really just dumps all over every DVD special edition..). About the only possible way they could have improved it is to have permanently brought back the old standard laser disc special edition packaging with books, prints, etc. Yeah that stuff just now exists on the disc instead, but it was always nice (if not very practical) to have it in physical form as well.
I am very excited for Pinnochio and Snow White as well, but would be lying if I didn't say I personally would rather have Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin first.
Although stepping outside of the platinum realm I would also love to see the following disney cartoons rereleased on blu-ray sooner than later:
Lilo & Stitch
Emperor's New Groove
Great Mouse Detective
Goofy Movie
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
This really sets the bar for Blu-ray special editions (and really just dumps all over every DVD special edition..). About the only possible way they could have improved it is to have permanently brought back the old standard laser disc special edition packaging with books, prints, etc. Yeah that stuff just now exists on the disc instead, but it was always nice (if not very practical) to have it in physical form as well.
I am very excited for Pinnochio and Snow White as well, but would be lying if I didn't say I personally would rather have Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin first.
Although stepping outside of the platinum realm I would also love to see the following disney cartoons rereleased on blu-ray sooner than later:Lilo & Stitch
Emperor's New Groove
Great Mouse Detective
Goofy Movie
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
that's not true, entirely.. they first released their hand drawn features to DVD Dec '99 in the boxed set, and then individually spring of '00. After that the schedule turned out to be:Cheebs said:
Make Mine Music (1946)
June 2000
Tarzan (1999)
September 2000
Fantasia (1940)
November 2000
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Dumbo (1941)
The Aristocats (1970)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Oliver & Company (1988)
Pocahontas (1995)
October 2001
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
January 2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
May 2002
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
June 2002
Robin Hood (1973)
July 2002
Saludos Amigos (1943)
The Three Caballeros (1945)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
August 2002
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
November 2002
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
January 2003
Melody Time (1948)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
July 2003
The Lion King (1994)
October 2003
Aladdin (1992)
October 2004
Bambi (1942)
February 2005
Cinderella (1950)
October 2005
Anyway, by the end of 2001 (their second year of releasing titles) they had 18 movies released, and by just a year later they had 31. I also left off the list the day and date releases that started with Fantasia 2000 in 2000. So as you can see, they actually released the bulk of their catalog from late 1999 to late 2002, only three years.
lilo & stitch and hunchback will look gorgeous in HD, Ichabod I am more hoping for a remastered treatment than just an actual BRD release, a goofy movie is only available in a fullscreen average video quality version on DVD (the theatrical and laserdisc versions were 1.85:1), Great Mouse Detective is probably one of my top 5 favorite disney animated movies, and both emperor's new groove and winnie the pooh are personal favorites of mine (although it helps that New Groove is possibly the funniest disney animated feature ever)
edit - also both A Goofy Movie and Great Mouse Detective are HIGHLY underrated and as a result received pretty bland DVD releases. Both deserve much better and would today probably find bigger audiences if given properly marketed releases. I mean if movies like Sword and the Stone and Robin Hood are worthy of special editions, than without question both of those should be as well.
edit - also both A Goofy Movie and Great Mouse Detective are HIGHLY underrated and as a result received pretty bland DVD releases. Both deserve much better and would today probably find bigger audiences if given properly marketed releases. I mean if movies like Sword and the Stone and Robin Hood are worthy of special editions, than without question both of those should be as well.
Danne-Danger
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Flo_Evans said:
Kabuki Waq
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just wanted to say that the Sleeping beauty looks PHENOMENAL!
the audio quality amounts to just music from side and rear speakers and everything else from the front. Understandable considering the age.
the audio quality amounts to just music from side and rear speakers and everything else from the front. Understandable considering the age.
Pfft what does having kids have to do with anything?Flo_Evans said:Yeah and those are only 720p shots
I wish I had some kids :lol
I bought a copy. I do have a niece though.
Just saw this as the top article on blu-ray.com, looking for more pics of sleeping beauty.
Impressive, 50% of all copies at online retailers were the blu version?
I too am surprised Paramount hasnt issued some bragging PR.
Solo said:
I phrased it wrong, my bad. And I'd hate for them to crop the image, that'd be the easy way out: I was talking more like doing what Pixar has done with some of their CG films, by adding to the sides of the image. I guess that would be virtually impossible judging by the techniques in use back then.
pixar didn't add anything to the sides of any of their pictures. All of their films (Except Monsters) were rendered at 1.85:1 (Monsters was 2.35:1). When they released Bug's Life (I believe that was the only one) the re-rendered the entire movie to fit a 4:3 screen. Thus they didn't have to crop the movie (though they did crop Toy Story 1 originally on VHS). I believe that was it though. IIRC Toy Story 2 was cropped on VHS and didn't see a full screen DVD version.
I am pretty sure Bug's Life was the only film they did this with.
I am pretty sure Bug's Life was the only film they did this with.
captive said:Pfft what does having kids have to do with anything?
I bought a copy. I do have a niece though.
Just saw this as the top article on blu-ray.com, looking for more pics of sleeping beauty.
Impressive, 50% of all copies at online retailers were the blu version?
I too am surprised Paramount hasnt issued some bragging PR.
I do have some little cousins :lol
Oh I see that Nightmare before Christmas is out too... damn. This is going to be a rough holiday with the media budget.
Makes me kind of wish for some Wallace and Gromit stop frame lovin'
I posted just a couple of pages back, but I just grabbed NBX also and it is a MANDATORY PURCHASE for fans and owners of the previous DVD releases. It looks absolutely stunning and is a ridiculous leap over the quality of the previous DVD transfer used for both previous releases.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Netflix's Blu-ray price increase goes into effect next month:
I've opted out for now. There were only a few HD movies in my queue anyway and they're routinely long waited for this area. Since I don't go through movies like I used to, it isn't worth the extra cost to me, however minor it might be.
I've opted out for now. There were only a few HD movies in my queue anyway and they're routinely long waited for this area. Since I don't go through movies like I used to, it isn't worth the extra cost to me, however minor it might be.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Does anyone here have a new 80GB PS3? The one that comes in a different looking box, and has both chips fabbed at 65nm. I'm interested in the amount of fan noise the machine puts out.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
DeathNote said:
You've probably gotten whatever increase there is. Seems the extra $1 will be on next month's bill for people who currently have Blu-ray in their account, and is immediate if you're just now adding or have recently added the option.
funny that you mention that. they have a number of extensive features on the background painter (Eyvind Earle) who actually ended up having a lot more say over the film than just the backgrounds. He was hand picked by Disney to handle all of this and as a result was often embattled with the animators over the direction to take a specific scene or shot, but because he was placed by disney often the animators lost. really interesting stuff. the guy was a genius (Eyvind Earle).Jax said:
for those curious, Don Bluth was also an animator on Sleeping Beauty.
Always-honest
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watching "national treasure 2" now on blu ray.........
what a fucking insult...
what a fucking insult...
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Always-honest said:
The movie, or the quality? I liked the first one for dumb fun, haven't seen the sequel.
Always-honest
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Ignatz Mouse said:
the movie... but yeah... if you take the fun part out.. you're spot on
.haven't seen the first one though.
edit: damn, SHE is kinda hot though...........
Riptwo said:
Shit really? I "imported" from the US, I hope they don't remaster it. Being a hardcore Silent Hill fan and all.
Did anybody know this?
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/300/matrix_umc.html
News to me anyways. The Animatrix is finally in HD in the Blu-Ray version.
THis was what was preventing me from double dipping on the high def box set. This totally changes everything now.
Leatherface
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GuessWho said:
Can't wait.
Crazymoogle
Member
djkimothy said:Shit really? I "imported" from the US, I hope they don't remaster it. Being a hardcore Silent Hill fan and all.
Did anybody know this?
We did, but the added confirmation is nonetheless appreciated. I'd rather have the Animatrix in HD than the 3rd movie at all, to be honest.
Though...I'm guessing they just used the theaters render for Osiris? I'm doubting it would be easy to re-render...
NekoFever
Member
There are some with comparisons with the DVD version here (click the BD shots to get them in full resolution).Flo_Evans said:
I've got Sleeping Beauty on the way. I've never actually seen it and it'll be my first cel animation Blu-ray, so I'm quite excited to have a look. People at work who reviewed it have said it was stunning.
Benjamin_MFF
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Danielsan said:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been released in Japan and is region free.
Lost in Translation was released on HD DVD, so there wouldn't be much work involved in releasing it on blu ray. But at the moment, there are no release dates I know of.
If anyone was curious about it, I grabbed Beetljuice yesterday and actually watched the whole thing as I hadn't seen it in years. It still holds up as a decent film actually and years of seeing it on tv made me forget that beetlejuice says "fuck" and "shit" ! I didn't double check but I'd wager it's a pg13 movie?
Anyway, it's got a decent video transfer but the audio left something to be desired, I"ll assume the movies old enough that it merely had stereo sound so any 5.1 mix was redone after the fact and well, that's basically what it sounds like. It's dolby trueHD atleast, so it's really crisp sounding matrixed stereo but don't go rushing to the store for this if you want to give your sound system a workout.
More dissapointingly though , the special features are basically non existent, you can watch the original trailer in HD and there are 3 episodes of the beetlejuice cartoon to watch, that's it. No commentary, making of or anything. I suppose this could partially be do to a lack of alot material ever being filmed in the 80's but it would have been nice to watch even a retrospective from the actors involved in the movie. Ah well, if you don't own a version of this movie I suppose this is the one to grab.
Anyway, it's got a decent video transfer but the audio left something to be desired, I"ll assume the movies old enough that it merely had stereo sound so any 5.1 mix was redone after the fact and well, that's basically what it sounds like. It's dolby trueHD atleast, so it's really crisp sounding matrixed stereo but don't go rushing to the store for this if you want to give your sound system a workout.
More dissapointingly though , the special features are basically non existent, you can watch the original trailer in HD and there are 3 episodes of the beetlejuice cartoon to watch, that's it. No commentary, making of or anything. I suppose this could partially be do to a lack of alot material ever being filmed in the 80's but it would have been nice to watch even a retrospective from the actors involved in the movie. Ah well, if you don't own a version of this movie I suppose this is the one to grab.
in regards to beetlejuice, the ONLY hope you have for extras is retrospective stuff (like commentaries). Like you guessed, behind the scenes stuff just doesn't exist for a lot of these movies. and even as far as retrospective extras go, even though the movie enjoys a modest cult following, it was mostly just a speed bump for those involved on their way to bigger things. actually looking back at it even by today's standards the movie had some pretty big mainstays behind the camera and in front of it. the chances of getting any of them to take the time and sit down with it for even a commentary are slim to none. 
OokieSpookie
Banned
mileS said:
Pretty much every movie made in the last 20 years that saw a theatrical release will hit blu ray.
I really do not know why people act like there is any question.
Jazzy Network
Member
Strangely enough, I'd love to see Ghost on BD. Make it happen!
Mike Works
Member
wow, after seeing that sleeping beauty screen (or cinderella or whoever the bitch is), i really want to see fantasia on bluray.. does it have a date yet?
Mike Works said:
I'd buy fantasia... but its kind of boring no? Maybe for sorcerer's apprentice for the disney era when mickey still mattered. DEAD DEAD DEAD.
a big batch of blurays arrvied yesterday from the US of A. going to watch a movay tonight
Highdef reviews Matrix on Blu. Reads like It is the same as HD DVD so I wonder why this took so long to produce. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/300/matrix_umc.html
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