Actually, the blood is in the original version, but it isn't as noticeable as it is in the special edition. Probably it is because of the color "correction".2099net wrote:(1) When the Beast is attacked by the wolves and collapses into the snow, there is blood on his forearm (this is not in the original version)
I just checked out my VHS copy today and the chair is there indeed. The weird thing is that the producers even mention in the audio commentaries that the chair desapears.2099net wrote:(2) The chair disappears in the Gaston sequence (which I have been told does not in the original - but this could have been on the original film but fixed for the subsequent VHS and LD releases)
Does the R2 DVD also omit the "Special Edition" opening credits? It was in the theater version, replacing the "Silver Screen Partners" card, but it isn't on the DVD (at least not on the R1 nor the R4).2099net wrote:(3) The opening credits omit the Silver Screen Partners credit (not on the PAL discs!)
There are other differences, like the enhanced special effects - for example, in the prologue, when the rose "shines", it does differently than it did in 1991. The opening title card is also bigger than in the original version.
Disney is messing up our favorite films... why don't just let them alone and "only" restore them? They did it to "Snow White", "Fantasia" and "Sleeping Beauty" and they still sold like water... no needs for "all new musical sequence".
Well, I think now we can hope for an "all-new song featuring Scuttle" on the "Little Mermaid" DVD. Oh, we may have a cameo of Aladdin's mother in "Aladdin" as well...