DisneyVillains wrote:Is anybody else having trouble accessing the littlemermaiddvd.com site? It seems that there is a new page up the you must click "Enter Site" to go in. Everytime a click on it, it simply refreshes the page. I know I have Flash and I tried it with my Pop Up Blocker off so I am not sure what is going on. Sometimes when I try it the older site still comes up with the Mobile store still saying "Coming Soon," when we already know it is up and running.
It works fine for me. And I don't see any new pages
DisneyVillains wrote:Is anybody else having trouble accessing the littlemermaiddvd.com site? It seems that there is a new page up the you must click "Enter Site" to go in. Everytime a click on it, it simply refreshes the page. I know I have Flash and I tried it with my Pop Up Blocker off so I am not sure what is going on. Sometimes when I try it the older site still comes up with the Mobile store still saying "Coming Soon," when we already know it is up and running.
The Mobile store cannot be accessed in that site for now. I just found out a link and posted it so you guys can see it. I got it from the Disney Mobile website. There's nothing wrong with your tlm site.
Disney Duster wrote:And for you naysayers who say the trailer doesn't have restored footage, I have compiled a comparison of the old trailer with the new trailer, which has restored footage. The old trailer footage is on the left, and the new trailer restored footage is on the right:
I can show you 10 different trailers of TLM, each consisting completely different colors from the other. Trailers usually have different shades from the actual film. Plus, Disney never uses restored footage for trailers.
I can't tell how good the restoration really is because the screen is small and the quality isn't that good but some parts, like the view of the dining room looks good.
I'd say we can expect a very good restoration, but if I were you, I wouldn't rely on those little videos on the official site. The picture size is just too small and to top that, it gets pretty pixelated and murky at times (even on the broadband version).
I say let's just wait until the DVD is released and not jump to conclusions just yet. Anyway, if Lowry treated TLM the same way they did for previous classics*, then we should be expecting picture quality superb enough to blow us away.
*Excepting Cinderella, where it turns out it most probably has been restored wrongly, due its displaying a wrong colour scheme. For more information on that, visit this topic: CINDERELLA DVD - digital restoration gone too far?
Julian Carter wrote:I'd say we can expect a very good restoration, but if I were you, I wouldn't rely on those little videos on the official site. The picture size is just too small and to top that, it gets pretty pixelated and murky at times (even on the broadband version).
Plus, it's fullscreen, and I think that we're 99.9% certain that the DVD will be widescreen.
Wonderlicious wrote:Plus, it's fullscreen, and I think that we're 99.9% certain that the DVD will be widescreen.
lol Missed that one.
Hmmm... Does that actually mean the DVD will be a Pan & Scan transfer?
P.S. Wondy, I'm anticipating this DVD so much, that I'm not even going to wait for the Region 2 version to be released. I'm getting the Region 1 Platinum edition. I just can't stand the wait! In Region 2 Mermaid will be released in November... I'd die by then.
I think it's very safe to say that it will be in widescreen judging by the fact that the bonus clip that Disney posted on their site features scenes from the film in widescreen. They would get so many complaints if it was only in fullscreen. That said, I can't judge the restoration from the clips since they aren't great quality, however all of the colors seem to be as I remember. I just watched "Cinderella" this morning after knowing what I now know about the color enhancements (thanks UD community), and while I didn't notice a problem in most scenes, some stood out as being overly bright and distracting. From the clips, it looks to me like they did a better job on the colors for TLM.
Dottie wrote:Isn't that thread that MerXAN posted awesome?!!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw all the good news there!!!!
Yes it's awesome. Gosh he can't do this to us, tease us with a few screen caps and leave it at that, I want more caps, I will pay. Seriously, the wait seems unbearable. And the menus look STUNNING.
I looked at some of the screen caps. NICE!! I'm trying to hold off on looking at everything and just waiting 'til oct. but I've had a bad week, so we'll see how long I can hold out I did notice that one screen cap of ariel signing the letter seemed like it'll finally be clear enough for me to tell if the hidden mickey is really there or not, then again they may have altered it. It was always too hard to tell on the vhs.
Missed that one.
