Peter Pan Colours

[2099net]

The transfer on the 'new' Special Edition of Peter Pan (as well as the transfer on the international multi-disc sets) has been critisised by a lot of people as having the wrong colours.

In particular, comments have been made that the colours do not match those as originally intended by the artists/filmmakers.

What is everyone's take on this? If anyone has a copy of the LD (or perhaps even the original Limited Edition release, I'm not sure which transfer this uses) they could compare the Special/Collectors Edition to could they report back on what they think of the whole colour issue?

[STASHONE]

How has anyone had the chance to see the Special Edition yet... isn't it scheduled to come out way down the line... or am I thinking of the Platinum Edition?

[2099net]

How has anyone had the chance to see the Special Edition yet... isn't it scheduled to come out way down the line... or am I thinking of the Platinum Edition?

R1 already has the Special Edition. It has a barebones Limited Edition and a feature packed single disc Special Edition. Both are now OOP

France and Japan also have 2 disc Collectors Editions (although the Japanese one can only be bought in a 3 disc set that also includes Return to Neverland), which basically only add the 1924 Paramount Silent film (which Disney purchased the rights to) and a half-hour documentary on 'The Nine Old Men'

[Matty-Mouse]

Wouldn't also the first copies on VHS have the right colours? If so I can check my friends video (UK 1992) to have a look.

[Disneykid]

I compared the SE DVD with my Black Diamond Classic VHS and (of course) the DVD beat the VHS in every way...except colors. The biggest problem with the DVD's colors were its flesh tones. Flesh tones much of the time on the DVD were overly pale to the point of blooming, the worst case of this being the "Your Mother and Mine" sequence. Darker colors such as brown and black aren't nearly as dark on the DVD, and though a brighter picture is good for DVD, I feel the darker colors work better for Peter Pan on the VHS and I must be right since those are supposedly the original colors.

I'm not saying the DVD's picture is bad in any way because it's quite excellent, it's just the colors keep presenting many issues in terms of paleness and overly brightness.

[Captain Hook]

I compared the SE DVD with my Black Diamond Classic VHS and (of course) the DVD beat the VHS in every way...except colors. The biggest problem with the DVD's colors were its flesh tones. Flesh tones much of the time on the DVD were overly pale to the point of blooming, the worst case of this being the "Your Mother and Mine" sequence. Darker colors such as brown and black aren't nearly as dark on the DVD, and though a brighter picture is good for DVD, I feel the darker colors work better for Peter Pan on the VHS and I must be right since those are supposedly the original colors.

I'm not saying the DVD's picture is bad in any way because it's quite excellent, it's just the colors keep presenting many issues in terms of paleness and overly brightness.

I think that my DVD colors look better than my parent's VHS version. I watched both Peter Pan and Return to Neverland and loved it, however I think that there is some problems with the second's storyline. Some of the war scenes don't seem right. I know some of you live in Britain - is it possible that Jane and Danny would still be in London after all that time? And how is it that Edward came home so soon?

Sorry for getting off topic.

[Prince Adam]

I don't live in Britain, but if you look at Danny and Jane at the beginning of the film, Danny still a baby, and Jane a "post-toddler little person". HOwever, in the midst of the film, they're much older, signifying that Edward has been away for a few years.

But what's with the X's on the windows?

[2099net]

The X's are sticky tape.

Basically it stopped the glass from shattering and flying everywhere when hit by the shockwave of bombs exploded nearby, as the tape would hold the shattered glass together. (Of course, if a bomb exploded too near this would be ineffectual, but you would have more to worry about than shattered glass).

As for Jane, well, she was just about to be evicted before she was kidnapped. Perhaps she was younger then most of the other children who had already been evicted. As for Danny, I think that there was a minimum age for evictees (I don't think any 2 year olds were evicted for example). Perhaps he just fits under the minimum age limit.

Janes father could just be on leave. He could had gone back to the war after a short visit to his family.

[Captain Hook]

The X's are sticky tape.

Basically it stopped the glass from shattering and flying everywhere when hit by the shockwave of bombs exploded nearby, as the tape would hold the shattered glass together. (Of course, if a bomb exploded too near this would be ineffectual, but you would have more to worry about than shattered glass).

As for Jane, well, she was just about to be evicted before she was kidnapped. Perhaps she was younger then most of the other children who had already been evicted. As for Danny, I think that there was a minimum age for evictees (I don't think any 2 year olds were evicted for example). Perhaps he just fits under the minimum age limit.

Janes father could just be on leave. He could had gone back to the war after a short visit to his family.

Thanks for the information2099net! I think that Peter Pan was suppose to be in the 1910s, so wouldn't Wendy be nearly 40 in the 2nd movie (guessing that she is around 10 years old in the 1st)???

[Joe Carioca]

About the colors on the DVD... I have both "Limited Issue" (from Brazil) and "Collector's Edition" (from France) DVDs and they use the same source. Well, I love the restoration they did for the film, and I have no problems with the colors, just the pale skins, as Disneykid noticed.

[Captain Hook]

Well, I wonder if the colors are like that just because that is the way they were made???