Why do you collect Disney DVDs?

disneylover2006 · Post by **disneylover2006** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:59 pm

i just classic disney movies becuase it brings back memories now that i am a little bit older

dvdjunkie · Post by **dvdjunkie** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:49 am

disneylover2006 wrote:

i just classic disney movies

??????

What did you say?

PixarFan2006 · Post by **PixarFan2006** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:42 am

disneylover, I just want to say welcome to the forums and i want to correct you about the photobucket link. you can't put that big of a picture in your signature box. if you get 50 posts, tough you can use that image as your avatar.

Lars Vermundsberget · Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:59 pm

dvdjunkie wrote:disneylover2006 wrote:

i just classic disney movies
??????

What did you say?

The sentence is missing a verb, so I'd suggest we insert a verb that makes the sequence of words intelligible within the context.

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:05 pm

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:The sentence is missing a verb, so I'd suggest we insert a verb that makes the sequence of words intelligible within the context.

Let's go with "wiggle"!

tarheelblue23 · Post by **tarheelblue23** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:40 pm

I collect them because the bring back memories and its something I can share with my son. Its a shame the quality of cartoons kids have now compared to what was on when I was a child.

Lars Vermundsberget · Post by **Lars Vermundsberget** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:40 pm

As for the original question of this thread, I guess the answer is so... obvious... - that it's almost hard to come up with one...

Classic Disney animation is one of my strongest fields of interest. Add the fact that DVDs are usually high-quality representations of movies at very reasonable prices, and we're there...

Finchx0rz · Post by **Finchx0rz** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:26 pm

ichabod wrote:
Lars Vermundsberget wrote:The sentence is missing a verb, so I'd suggest we insert a verb that makes the sequence of words intelligible within the context.
Let's go with "wiggle"!

No. Eat. Who doesn't love chewing on a delicious, crunchy Disney classic every now and then?

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:22 am

Finchx0rz wrote:
ichabod wrote: Let's go with "wiggle"!
No. Eat. Who doesn't love chewing on a delicious, crunchy Disney classic every now and then?

"I wiggle just classic disney movies"

"I eat just classic disney movies"

Hmm, both are good, but what about these?

"I bleed just classic disney movies"
"I lick just classic disney movies"

"I smell just classic disney movies"

"I kill just classic disney movies"

Escapay

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:07 am

dvdjunkie wrote:My siggy says it all. I collect all good movies, and Walt Disney does have a lot of really good movies for the whole family. I want my grandkids to see what I grew up with - I want them to experience the fun, and laughs I had in my childhood with the Walt Disney animated features, and most of the live-action feature films.

Junkie - I think you and are will see eye-to-eye on this one for a change.

I am first and foremost a film fan, and Disney is a huge part of that. I often ask myself why Disney has such a huge following, whereas other studios do not. Sure, there are fans of Warner cartoons and Universal horror, and I'm sure there are collectors of all things from the history of various studios. However, Disney fans collect so widely through the back-catalogue: animated, live action, TV and so on. I think this is largely because - at least during the Walt era - there was an attempt to have a cohesive theme running through all of the titles that truly did make them 'family' fare. I got into Disney through the animation and TV stuff as a kid, but have since discovered all those classic live action titles that Junkie mentioned. Davy Crockett is not of my era, but I'm still a huge fan. All that Americana appeals to me as a collector generally, and Disney was knee-deep in it.

Presently, I'm more into the theme park side of Disney. However, it is for the same reason I collect the DVDs: I can be sure that fun will be had by all, and the quality will remain high.

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:22 am

Escapay wrote:"I kill just classic disney movies"

Escapay

Now you see, the only classic disney movie that does that would be Home on the Range

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:27 am

I collect Disney movies for 2 main reasons, 1) as a fan of art currently doing a degree I find the animation side of Disney to be works of art. The process the skill that goes into the animation, but moreso the often forgotten backgrounds and effects animation. The artistic creativity that are displayed in the films, the exploration and diversity in the various styles of animation in the different films giving a broad variety of technique and purpose. When I watch Cinderella and people say to me, "why are you watching that? Surley you don't like Princess kiddy films?" My answer is Sod the fact it's a princess movie, Look at it! It is art! How mnay children are going to appreciate it on such a level? How many children watch Cinderella thinking "Ah yes the character animation of Lucifer, really shows his thought processes and a sense of life"? The magic of animation bringing something inanimate to life, creating world's and stories that could never be done justice in live action, even in the age of CGI, the task of getting a human to play Tarzan, and interact with the jungle and move around it in such an ape like way would be virtually impossible, animation bends the boundaries of reality to fool us into believing that a human body, could move in ways that no real human body could, and do things that no human body could.

The second reason is that for some reason I have been captivated by the evolution of the company itself. from it's humble beginnings to its development into the world of animation, into sound, then colour. Then into feature films, live action and TV and theme parks. The decisions behind each venture, why take the risk of making live action films, when the animation was associated with the Disney name. Why branch into TV why take the company down different avenues. Also I know this is pretty much a "family". With actors, directors, producers working on numerous films, the life of a director can likewise be traced from film to film and their own development can be seen.

The blanced interplay between the live action branch and the animation branch and theme parks etc, Walt devoting all his time to a certain aspect and leaving another to get on with itself, such as when he moved into live action leaving those he trusted to deal with the animation, then again moving into the theme parks, leaving behind the live action.

It is Disney as a whole that creates what we have and love today. Which is why is annoys me when people say they want to own all the animated classics, but have no interest in any live action films. Even when I say in chat to someone "20,000 leagues is on the TV today, are you gonna watch it?" and they'll say "Nah, I only like Disney animation, I'll watch a DVD instead" I mean if you've seen a live action movie before and didn't like it fine, but to completely dismiss live action all together like many on these forums do, it makes me want to scream! They are an integral part to the company and the history of Disney. This is what really makes me collect Disney DVDs, the history and the evolution of the company, does this mean there are DVDs in my collection I'm not overly fond of, Yes. For example I don't find "Treasure Island" to be a particularly entertaining film, but away from the surface level it is such an important film. A milestone film, being the first all live action Disney film, coming at the same time as Disney began to rebuild after the war at the same time as "Cinderella". With a cast and crew of names who either already were or would become heavilly associated with Disney, with their credits appearing on many Disney productions.

disneylover2006 · Post by **disneylover2006** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:57 am

i changed my reply from "i just classic disney movies" to "i just collect classic disney movies becuase it brings back memories now that i am a little bit older"

Elladorine · Post by **Elladorine** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:06 pm

I've always been drawn to cartoons and especially to animation, so Disney's been a large part of that. Not only do I love the art, I love the fact that I can escape into the stories and characters.

memnv · Post by **memnv** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:24 pm

We collect them because there so Pretty....yeah yeah thats it

jebsdad · Post by **jebsdad** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:47 am

My reasons for collecting Disney DVDs have changed from the early days of DVDs until now.

When DVDs first became available, I mainly bought them to replace what video and laserdisc works I had - Disney or Non-Disney. Disney was the main focus of my collecting because I had a huge VHS video library of Disney from the Disney Channel, videos that were commercially released, and trades with other Disney video fans - mainly Disney animation.

The last few years, I have been much more selective about what DVDs I buy. My main purchases are the Walt Disney Treasures and the major 2-disc Disney Classic animation releases that replace the earlier DVDs, such as The Little Mermaid and the planned titles next year Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians.

Recently, I just buy whatever interests me - Disney or non-Disney. I own most of the previously released films that I care about that are available on DVD. It still amazes me how much film work (films, cartoons, TV shows, TV animation, etc.) that are still not available on DVD. Some of my favorite non-Disney animation (both film and TV) are still not available. Many TV movies I love are still not available.

I have been making more of an effort to watch all my DVDs, as well as my Disney DVDs. I still have DVDs from years ago that I haven't watched yet, such as TRON. I catch myself spending too much time looking forward to the next Walt Disney Treasures Wave when I still haven't watched several of the Treasures sets I have - mainly the live-action sets. I have all the Treasures, but I mainly want all the cartoons on DVD. I am interested in the live-action - just not as much.

I wandered off topic a little, but that's my input.

Lars Vermundsberget · Post by **Lars Vermundsberget** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:00 am

jebsdad wrote:I have been making more of an effort to watch all my DVDs, as well as my Disney DVDs.

I'm also very selective in my DVD buying, and lately - for a while - I've basically stopped buying more to finally watch the rest of the DVDs I haven't watched yet... The "collecting game" can be sort of exciting, but I have really only bought a good handful of Disney's "Classics" on DVD, since I've got a good laserdisc collection of those titles already. I probably won't buy them all again until there's time for a better format than DVD... I've got all the Treasures, though, and I've finally watched them all. Highly rewarding, I'd say, even though the cartoons sets are definitely the most important to me.

Pluto Region1 · Post by **Pluto Region1** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:41 pm

When I watch classic Disney animation films, the animation is so beautiful that sometimes I cry!

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