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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 11904741)
I was referring to the fact that they waited a really long time to release Aladdin on DVD, and finally did so with weak supplements and negligible promotional fanfare. The release was perfunctory. They treated Aladdin more like one of thier lesser, forgettable efforts - like Oliver and Company or The Fox and the Hound - rather than like the huge box office hit and critical component in their '90s renaissance that it was.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by fitprod
(Post 11904815)
Unfortunately, I think Aladdin is a bit of a victim of political correctness fears. In a way, it's the modern day "Song of the South," in that the Arab anti-defamation league is going to be all over this release in the US because of it's portrayal of Arab society. I remember there being a bit of of a shit storm even during it's initial release, beyond the song lyrics... Even though they we're true to how thieves were handled back in those days.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by fitprod
(Post 11904815)
Unfortunately, I think Aladdin is a bit of a victim of political correctness fears. In a way, it's the modern day "Song of the South," in that the Arab anti-defamation league is going to be all over this release in the US because of it's portrayal of Arab society. I remember there being a bit of of a shit storm even during it's initial release, beyond the song lyrics... Even though they we're true to how thieves were handled back in those days.
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That doesn't make much sense to me. The UK has a huge Arab and Muslim population. It's a much bigger percentage of the population than there is in the US. If PC fears were holding them back, why release it in the UK of all places?
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Supermallet
(Post 11906783)
That doesn't make much sense to me. The UK has a huge Arab and Muslim population. It's a much bigger percentage of the population than there is in the US. If PC fears were holding them back, why release it in the UK of all places?
The release will happen, but I'm just not sure when. We haven't gotten 101 Dalmatians, Tarzan or Hercules yet either, so maybe it's part of a 2014 schedule we are not aware of. It seems Disney releases 2-3 non-Diamond editions every Feb and August. Who knows when we'll see Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, The Black Cauldron, Make Mine Music, Melody Time and The Adventures of Ichabod Crane. (I believe that covers the remaining missing titles... No, I will not count the Toon Disney productions such as A Goofy Movie.) fitprod |
Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 11904898)
I think we had this conversation about 8 posts ago. :)
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by fitprod
(Post 11906804)
The main reason is that our special interest groups are just a "tad" more vocal than most of the rest of the world, and dealing with them is a pain in the ass for a studio.
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Yea, I agree, I really don't think it's a matter of controversial subject matter, it's just that Disney hasn't put it on the calendar yet. Tarzan and 101 Dalmatians were released in the UK last year and neither of them have been announced for the US either.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by fitprod
(Post 11906804)
The main reason is that our special interest groups are just a "tad" more vocal than most of the rest of the world, and dealing with them is a pain in the ass for a studio.
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It entirely has to do with political correctness. Disney has to be the most PC corporation on Earth due to the value and nature of their brand. We will never see a legitimate Song of the South release from Disney.
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Song of the South is a whole other level of racial representation than Aladdin.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 11907582)
We will never see a legitimate Song of the South release from Disney.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
It's strange to me that Disney always used to release Blu Rays in the US first , and these days we get the first releases over here for example 101 Dalmatians , The Jungle Book , Cinderella and The Little Mermaid have all had Blu Ray debuts in the UK already and tomorrow we get Mary Poppins on Blu Ray!
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 11910425)
Trust me: you don't want one.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Class316
(Post 11925245)
I have it on DVD (copied from the LD) but I still want one.
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I haven't seen the film, but do think that a lot of people are simply curious about it too. Obviously, it'll forever remain in the realm of bootlegs since Disney damn sure won't ever release it officially.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 11925324)
May I ask why? Do you like the movie? (This isn't a trick question or anything, I don't think SotS is racist or anything, just a colossal fucking bore...)
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 11925324)
May I ask why? Do you like the movie? (This isn't a trick question or anything, I don't think SotS is racist, just a colossal fucking bore...)
Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 11925833)
Sadly, I agree. Which I discovered only after spending $200 to import the Laserdisc back in the day. :(
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I'd love to see an official release on, at least, dvd. It's a good movie and an awfully strange move for Disney to promote (at least, at one time) the main song of the movie, zip-a-dee-do-dah, but completely ignore the great movie it comes from. Luckily, I have a really decent quality dvd (well, dvd image. I don't have the money to get a dvd to burn it to) with a lot of features.
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Good movie? If you need to prep for a colonoscopy, maybe... ;)
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Class316
(Post 11926662)
Did you ever sell it or do you still have it?
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Someone here hooked me up with a DVD bootleg probably 10 years ago(probably a LD transfer) and I tried to watch it. Forget racial overtones, Hokey described it best... it's just a colossal fucking bore. Never did make it all the way through it.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Josh Z
(Post 11927971)
Still have it. It's a dreadful-looking transfer, even before the forced Japanese subtitles over all the songs.
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Re: Walt Disney Animated Classics 2014 Blu-ray releases
Originally Posted by Class316
(Post 11929210)
Why don't you sell it?
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I've never seen Song of the South in it's entirety, but I've seen the famous Zippity Doo Daa number and most of the animated sequences. The animated sequences are great and the DP was Greg Tolland the same guy who shot Citizen Kane, so I've always wanted to see the live action sequences.
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