Chicken Little DVD - where to put on shelf?

[AwallaceUNC]

Dinosaur didn't come from Walt Disney Feature Animation. That's why it's not an animated classic. It isn't because it also included real photography. Saludos Amigos and Three Cabelleros use live-action footage quite heavily, and they are part of the animated classics canon (many dispute their inclusion, but they are officially included nonetheless).

-Aaron

[Escapay]

I'll just rent them (and Dinosaurs) whenever I feel like watching them.

Hypothetically, let's assume you paid $50 for Ultimate Toy Box, and about $15 each for all 6 Pixar movies and maybe $25 Dinosaur. So in total, you paid $165 for this collection.

Hypothetically, let's assume you also sell UTB for $50, and the 7 movies for $15 each (with Dinosaur still going for $25). So you've gained back your $165.

Then, hypothetically, let's assume that over the course of four years, you (and perhaps your children), go to Blockbuster and rent these movies at least once a month. Rentals are what, $5? So over the course of 48 months, you rent one movie 48 times at $5 a rental. This is only assuming that you rent one movie a month, and the one movie is one of the six Pixar movies or Dinosaur.

Total cost of renting a movie once a month from Blockbuster for 48 months, not including gas and the chance the movie may not be there: $240.

So that means that you would have spent your initial $165 on rentals, and an additional $75 to rent them again, when it would have been simpler to keep the DVDs.

Again, all hypothetical. But you'd save more by keeping them.

If I were you, I'd rather keep them. It's not like they're taking up too much room on the shelf, and if/when you decide to upgrade them with Blu-Ray when they come out, you can always just give the regular DVDs to your kids.

Escapay

[consultant]

Thanks for the clarification regarding the "Secret Lab" So even though it isn't considered an Animated Classic since it was not created by WDAF, would it still be considered a Disney creation in the sense that the storyline and script came from Disney and Disney personnel directed the film as opposed to Toy Story in which Disney had little or nothing to do with the creation of the films except for providing funding and distributing it.

In my collection I made on exception which was TRON 20th Anniversary as I considered that a landmark film in Disney's history. I'm trying to decide now if I should buy a copy of Dinosaur and put it next to TRON as another landmark film in Disney's history. The Pixar films are not Disney creations so I'm not collecting them.

[2099net]

In my collection I made on exception which was TRON 20th Anniversary as I considered that a landmark film in Disney's history. I'm trying to decide now if I should buy a copy of Dinosaur and put it next to TRON as another landmark film in Disney's history. The Pixar films are not Disney creations so I'm not collecting them.

There's another reason Dinosaur isn't an Animated Classic. It's pants. (But again the collectors edition is a good, solid and informative DVD).

I like Tron, in fact, it's one of the few releases I've reviewed for UD Here, but a lot of its appeal is nostalgia these days. I can't see your children being excited by the film for example. It also has much less computer imaging than you would imagine, but ironically a lot more traditional animation than you would think!

I hope you enjoy the DVD - its one of Disney's best for their Live Action films.

[consultant]

Total cost of renting a movie once a month from Blockbuster for 48 months, not including gas and the chance the movie may not be there: $240.
Escapay

Interesting hypotheticals but we use Netflix so it doesn't cost me $5 everytime I want to watch one of these movies. Your hypothetical infers one should buy every movie that they think they may want to watch more than a couple times. I don't think I have enough shelf space in my house or a couple thousand dollars to spend. Plus you will eventually scratch the discs even if so ever slightly if you watch them a bunch even if you are careful.

I'll give Netflix $30 to have 4 movies of my choice at any given time. Say I cycle those movies on average once a week or 17 movies a month that is a cost of $1.75 per movie, not $5. At an average price of about $20 to buy a new title including tax/shipping, with a heavily used resale value of say $5, that means buying only becomes economical if you watch the movie 9 times or more. I can't think of any one movie I've seen start to finish more than 5 or 6 times in my life, max. (This is sort of novel to analyze - thanks for bringing this perspective to the table.) There is SO much stuff to watch both old and constantly released new titles, my kids get bored of a title after a couple viewings. If they REALLY like something I just put it on the Netflix list again a month or two later. They'll watch old Donald Duck cartoons over and over again so I own all the Treasures, but I'm the one who handles the discs.

But again, I'm collecting Disney Animated Classics not to save money but to have a chronological representation of the history of Disney's Animated Classics history that I can display and on a rare occassion watch. They will all go out the door to E-bay or SecondSpin.com once the Blu-Ray versions come out unless there is a significant amount of material that was on the original DVD releases that is not carried over to the new re-releases. (Did you know SecondSpin.com is currently paying $15 for the old Lady and the Tramp DVD? Bet that will go down to $5 in a few weeks or months.)

[Spottedfeather]

It doesn't belong next to Home On The Range because it's not an animated classic ? HOTR is not a classic anything. It was horrible. As was Chicken Little.

[consultant]

It doesn't belong next to Home On The Range because it's not an animated classic ? HOTR is not a classic anything. It was horrible. As was Chicken Little.

I think the definiteion of an "Animated CLASSIC" is subjective. How can something not even a year old be considered a classic.

I think what most people like myself are saying that is what Disney is calling an "Animated FEATURE"

http://psc.disney.go.com/guestservices/8695.html

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

Guys- HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE GO THROUGH THIS!!!

To Disney Animated Classic = An animated film made at the Walt Disney Feature Animation.

Oh and since everyone is saying "Chicken Little sucks" I'll just say I personally found this(and Home on the Range) hilarious and would rank both of them higher than tripe... err so called "classics" such as "Cinderella", "101 Dalmatians" and "The Little Mermaid".

Boy are people going to hunt me down for the next few weeks, lol!

[Lucylover1986]

Yeah I'm on my way right now to shoot you down Dick Cheney style.

[AwallaceUNC]

Thanks for the clarification regarding the "Secret Lab" So even though it isn't considered an Animated Classic since it was not created by WDAF, would it still be considered a Disney creation in the sense that the storyline and script came from Disney and Disney personnel directed the film as opposed to Toy Story in which Disney had little or nothing to do with the creation of the films except for providing funding and distributing it.

Yes, Dinosaur is absolutely 100% a Disney creation and a Disney movie in every sense of the term. It's just not an animated classic. Just like Mary Poppins is a Disney movie but not an animated classic. To help you classify them, you might want to use UltimateDisney's pages for Animated Classics, Other Animation, Direct-to-Video, Live-Action, and Television Movies (see the top right of the forum or the site homepage to access these).

Actually, Disney has been creatively involved with the Pixar movies, especially Toy Story. They didn't just pay for distribution costs... they financed half of the actual creation of the Pixar movies and were involved in the filmmaking/decision-making process. The Pixar movies can absolutely be considered Disney movies, and should be. Your Disney DVD collection is not complete without them.

-Aaron