The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition DVD Press Release

numba1lostboy · Post by **numba1lostboy** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:53 pm

I liked the first "official artwork" we had from Disney. I liked the array of characters it showed. Ariel is just too big on this one.

Lucylover1986 · Post by **Lucylover1986** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:29 pm

numba1lostboy wrote:I liked the first "official artwork" we had from Disney. I liked the array of characters it showed. Ariel is just too big on this one.

That first cover with all the characters is the one you'll be getting when you get the DVD. The zoomed in one with the huge Ariel is just for promotional use.

lord-of-sith · Post by **lord-of-sith** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:48 pm

Lucylover1986 wrote:
numba1lostboy wrote:I liked the first "official artwork" we had from Disney. I liked the array of characters it showed. Ariel is just too big on this one.
That first cover with all the characters is the one you'll be getting when you get the DVD. The zoomed in one with the huge Ariel is just for promotional use.

Not to worry lostboy, I was somewhat under that impression as well. It is stated in this thread that that cover is for promotional use, but then there are some posts that indicate that the zoomed cover is the actual cover. I don't understand why they can't just use the actual cover that people will actually be buying in the advertisments, instead of a worse-looking verzion. I guess that's beyond me.

slyslayer3000 · Post by **slyslayer3000** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:51 pm

will it also be released in Videos? I usually buy 1 DVD and 1 Video of the same title...LOL

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:41 am

slyslayer3000 wrote:will it also be released in Videos? I usually buy 1 DVD and 1 Video of the same title...LOL

According to Amazon, no.

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:40 am

slyslayer3000 wrote:will it also be released in Videos? I usually buy 1 DVD and 1 Video of the same title...LOL

I guess I'm kind of weird, but, why would you want a copy of both a dvd and a video?

BATBfan1 · Post by **BATBfan1** » Tue May 02, 2006 11:08 am

TheSequelofDisney wrote:
slyslayer3000 wrote:will it also be released in Videos? I usually buy 1 DVD and 1 Video of the same title...LOL
I guess I'm kind of weird, but, why would you want a copy of both a dvd and a video?

yeah, I used to do that as well but then I came to my senses because I was doing unnecessary double dipping when I can do so much more with my DVD than a VHS that is pan and scan anyway.

Princessmarlo · Post by **Princessmarlo** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:25 pm

Does anyone know if they are going to re-release The Little Mermaid II?

I think it would be a great time to do that since that is what they did whenthey released Return to Neverland They also released the special edition of Peter Pan..... what does everyone think?

271286 · Post by **271286** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:03 am

I don'n know if this has been posted before, but I found this at http://axelmusic.com

Aladdin from Agrabah · Thu May 18, 2006 7:37 am

I don't know if it has been posted before but I LOVE things when they're getting official. Sequel haters, face it!!! TLM3 is a reality!!!

Disney-Fan · Post by **Disney-Fan** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:18 am

The Good: The Hans Chrisitian behind the story feature, and the virtual ride begin based upon an idea from the imagineering team! Also, fluff is kept to a minimum.
The Bad: A new music video, no commentary!

The Ugly: The Little Mermaid III

271286 · Post by **271286** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:25 am

DisneyFan 2000 wrote:The Good: The Hans Chrisitian behind the story feature, and the virtual ride begin based upon an idea from the imagineering team! Also, fluff is kept to a minimum.
The Bad: A new music video, no commentary!
The Ugly: The Little Mermaid III

I don't think these are final, the release is not before October - lots can still change...

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:39 am

If the Virtual Ride is based on the dark ride concept that was meant for Disneyland Paris, then it's going to be a VERY cool feature (I honestly would've preferred a virtual game on the Cinderella DVD over the ESPN and House of Royalty crap). I hope we get a full press release soon. Disney's taking a bit longer than usual to release info on this title.

Aladdin from Agrabah · Thu May 18, 2006 10:06 am

271286 wrote:
DisneyFan 2000 wrote:The Good: The Hans Chrisitian behind the story feature, and the virtual ride begin based upon an idea from the imagineering team! Also, fluff is kept to a minimum.
The Bad: A new music video, no commentary!
The Ugly: The Little Mermaid III
I don't think these are final, the release is not before October - lots can still change...

Yes, but not this stuff. This is kind of basical features.
As for the commentary, I believe there will be one.
As for the sequel....JUST FACE IT,BABE!!!

Lucylover1986 · Post by **Lucylover1986** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:49 am

Disneykid wrote:I hope we get a full press release soon. Disney's taking a bit longer than usual to release info on this title.

Yeah, I just looked and Cinderella's press release was issued on May 2nd. The Little Mermaid should have a press release issued any day now.

Disney Duster · Post by **Disney Duster** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:12 pm

Ummm...I thought that the press release already came out:

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/littlemer ... lease.html

It doesn't have the information on bonus features we desire, but isn't it still the official press release?

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:42 pm

1.78:1 Aspect Ratio? So...is that the theatrical aspect ratio that the producers/directors want? I wonder how many animation fans will cry foul since they're not getting the whole 1.66:1 frame to see all that extra animation...

No one's griped about FastPlay yet, but then again, the complaints would fall on deaf ears, as Disney, lazy people, and parents everywhere love it...

Escapay

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:44 pm

Escapay wrote:1.78:1 Aspect Ratio? So...is that the theatrical aspect ratio that the producers/directors want? I wonder how many animation fans will cry foul since they're not getting the whole 1.66:1 frame to see all that extra animation...

No one's griped about FastPlay yet, but then again, the complaints would fall on deaf ears, as Disney, lazy people, and parents everywhere love it...

Escapay

So 1.66:1 is the movie's OAR? Why in the world would Disney make it 1.78:1???? Oh yeah, and Escapay, I really do HATE FastPlay.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:51 pm

TheSequelofDisney wrote: So 1.66:1 is the movie's OAR? Why in the world would Disney make it 1.78:1????

Most all animated classics starting with The Rescuers were animated in 1.66:1, the exceptions being The Black Cauldron, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Brother Bear (those three were around 2.35:1, with Brother Bear's first act in 1.85:1).

Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame are presented on DVD in their theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which is what the producers/directors preferred.

Also, the original Limited Issue/Gold Collection disc for Mulan had both a P&S 1.33:1 AR and a theatrical non-anamorphic 1.85:1 AR.

But this is the first I've seen of TLM beign presented in 1.78:1, so I'm merely assuming that's the preferred AR of the producers/directors.

Escapay

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:54 pm

Yes, but why wouldn't they want to make the customers happy, and have TLM in the OAR? Wouldn't they want to make the customers happy, so that they could get more of a profit? I guess that this is just me, but I would much prefer TLM in it's OAR. Hey, Disney still might change it. Oh yeah, where is that commentary? This was the first DVD, that I would listen to, if it had a commentary.

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