Walt Disney Treasures are No More confirms Maltin R.I.P. (updated/merged)
01-10-07, 03:37 PM
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Walt Disney Treasures are No More confirms Maltin R.I.P.
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bummer that the Donald cartoons didn't get finished off. This truly started as one of the best lines on DVD, and lost its way somewhere...now its gone...bummer
Hi... Thanks so much for your kind words; they're very much appreciated. I have been told that there will be no more Treasures, and of course I'm disappointed. I have the exact same questions you do about "unfinished business," and I wish I had answers, but I don't. Nor have I been told what they plan to do under the Legacy imprint.
That this series exists at all is a minor miracle, and I feel grateful that we had a six-year run with it.
cheers, Leonard Maltin
That this series exists at all is a minor miracle, and I feel grateful that we had a six-year run with it.
cheers, Leonard Maltin
01-10-07, 04:19 PM
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This stinks. If they would've just put all of the Pluto shorts on one set like planned, and then used that open slot for the rest of the Donald shorts, I would be satisfied.
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01-10-07, 04:46 PM
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Beat me by 2 minutes, Cameron.
Here's what I posted in the duplicate thread I just deleted:
Sad that they're closing out the series without finishing the Donald cartoons. In a way, I'm glad it's over tho. Disney really stopped caring about these releases and it showed.
Here's what I posted in the duplicate thread I just deleted:
Sad that they're closing out the series without finishing the Donald cartoons. In a way, I'm glad it's over tho. Disney really stopped caring about these releases and it showed.
01-10-07, 04:49 PM
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yah, it kind of fell apart when Roy Disney left the company. (when they pushed that wave back to the middle of the year), then the following year had all the video problems. I had hoped that with his return this last wave would be without fail. And for the most part it was in good shape, but their are a few edits here and there...
01-10-07, 04:57 PM
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For me this is a case of "How the Mighty have Fallen"
When the issue of the Censored Tom and Jerry DVD's became really heated circa Spring 2005 (Due to Warner Bros. giving a bleated andreally crappy reason for the Censored shorts at HTF), there was a firestorm of forum-goers (though AFAIK no one here) who wasted no time in spewing venom at Warner Bros. and raising Disney on a pedestal (And I was one of them). Well, here we are roughly 18 months later. The Treasures are doomed after suffering two waves of screw-ups, and WHV is finally going thorugh with it's long-belated replacement program for the censoredTom and Jerry DVD's
When the issue of the Censored Tom and Jerry DVD's became really heated circa Spring 2005 (Due to Warner Bros. giving a bleated andreally crappy reason for the Censored shorts at HTF), there was a firestorm of forum-goers (though AFAIK no one here) who wasted no time in spewing venom at Warner Bros. and raising Disney on a pedestal (And I was one of them). Well, here we are roughly 18 months later. The Treasures are doomed after suffering two waves of screw-ups, and WHV is finally going thorugh with it's long-belated replacement program for the censoredTom and Jerry DVD's
01-10-07, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dom56
Bummer. 
I was hoping maybe Disney release Dr. Syn (alias The Scarecrow) on the Treasure set but I guess that not going to happen now.
I was hoping maybe Disney release Dr. Syn (alias The Scarecrow) on the Treasure set but I guess that not going to happen now.
01-10-07, 08:17 PM
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sad, too bad i just started collecting these and now they are over, grrr. guess i will get out there and get the ones i don't have so i can get some of the others that are left.
01-10-07, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Super Leviathan
...and WHV is finally going thorugh with it's long-belated replacement program for the censoredTom and Jerry DVD's
01-10-07, 10:07 PM
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There is an exchange program now in place for Tom & Jerry Volume One. As for the Treasures situation... really depressing. Going out and buying my selected titles in the series (always liked the animation ones) has become a sort of tradition. I'll miss that, and I'll miss the sets moreso.
Going out and buying my selected titles in the series (always liked the animation ones) has become a sort of tradition. I'll miss that, and I'll miss the sets moreso.
01-10-07, 11:10 PM
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For all you Tom & Jerry Fans who missed it...
HTF has the answers
Re: Important Announcement: Warner Home Video Tom & Jerry Replacement Program
if you want to talk about it with other Dvd talkers...
About Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection - Volume 2 [merged w/ "About" thread]
Tom & Jerry - looking for info on DVD replacement program
HTF has the answers
Re: Important Announcement: Warner Home Video Tom & Jerry Replacement Program
if you want to talk about it with other Dvd talkers...
About Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection - Volume 2 [merged w/ "About" thread]
Tom & Jerry - looking for info on DVD replacement program
01-10-07, 11:45 PM
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Damn! that sucks. I only collected the animated Treasures but was hoping to finish the Donald collection.
It's a shame this line didn't last a little bit longer. One of the better DVD lines ever, even if they did start to falter a couple years ago.
It's a shame this line didn't last a little bit longer. One of the better DVD lines ever, even if they did start to falter a couple years ago.
01-11-07, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
It's a shame this line didn't last a little bit longer. One of the better DVD lines ever, even if they did start to falter a couple years ago.
01-11-07, 09:59 AM
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Isn't John Lasseter the new head of Disney Feature Animation? I know that his department and the home entertainment division aren't the same but maybe his position will give him enough pull to restart this franchise. I'm sure I'm being naive with this answer, but maybe there's a glimmer of hope for a Treasures resurrection in the new future.
01-11-07, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by reverie
That's what I was waiting for.. I guess I'll have to go with the single disc thing out there now.
And not finishing Donald? That's unforgiveable.