The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition DVD Press Release

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darth_deetoo wrote:
rodis wrote: If you had used your brain, you would have realized I was being sarcastic as to how bright and too pastel like the colors had turned. Gee.
Wow! I can't believe what a rude, nasty, irritating, and downright unpleasant individual you are.
He really is.

You always think you're so clever, rodis. Be nice.:roll:
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I have a question about the 2 Disc Special Edition Soundtrack. Is it really going to be released on October 3rd? Because I looked it up on amazon and couldn't find a thing on it. I sure hope so, because I was really looking forward to buying both the movie and the soundtrack on Tuesday.
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I've looked around on a few sites and all I can find is the original single disc soundtrack. Does anyone have a track listing for the bonus disc?
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darth_deetoo wrote:I've looked around on a few sites and all I can find is the original single disc soundtrack. Does anyone have a track listing for the bonus disc?
Here you have the official site for the soundtrack:
http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/Soun ... index.html


DISC 2: BONUS VIDEO & AUDIO CONTENT
1. "Kiss the Girl" - performed by Ashley Tisdale
2. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" - performed by Jonas Brothers
3. "Part of Your World" - performed by Jessica Simpson
4. "Under the Sea" - performed by Raven-Symoné
5. MUSIC VIDEO – "Poor Unfortunate Souls" - performed by Jonas Brothers
6. “MAKING OF” MUSIC VIDEO – "Kiss the Girl" - performed by Ashley Tisdale
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I found that this morning, thanks.

Problem is it costs around $30 to ship internationally, which is just a blatant rip off for a CD, which should cost around $6 - $10 tops.

I don't think it offers that much more than I've already got either with my original soundtrack and my Little Mermaid DVD, so I'll probably not bother, unless I see it somewhere in the UK.
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Is the CD supposed to have demos for deleted songs on it? Like Silence is Golden? If not, I don't see much reason in buying it. :wink:
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You always think you're so clever, rodis. Be nice.:roll:
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[quote="Disney's Divinity"]Is the CD supposed to have demos for deleted songs on it? Like Silence is Golden? If not, I don't see much reason in buying it. :wink: quote]
I Bought the soundtrack 2 weeks ago and there are no song demos I only got it as I did not have the soundtrack yet
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Disney's Divinity wrote:Just because some people don't understand sarcasm doesn't mean he's unpleasant.
Thank you, and I am indeed a very pleasant person. Anyway, if I hurt anyone's feelings, it was unintentional, and I am profoundly sorry for that.

Peace out.
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Perhaps you should take your own advice and 'use your brain' in future before posting. It was in no way clear that you were being sarcastic in your previous post, and to speak to someone how you did is just downright rude. But that's the last I'll say on the subject.
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Post by Aladdin from Agrabah »

That is indeed a very nice edition of the TLM soundtrack. I think though, that if they wanted to make it so special, the second disc should include:

1)Under the Sea by a*teens
2)Part of your world by Jessica Simpson
3)Kiss the Girl by NoSecrets
4)Kiss the Girl by Peter Andre
5)Under the Sea by Raven
6)Kiss the Girl by Ashley Tisdale
7)Poor Unfortunate Souls by Jonas Brothers

That means, almost every "famous" remake of those songs! And not just the recent ones!
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Look here for comments on the video and audio quality: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/sho ... stcount=62

Note that these comments are from a really good Disney dvd reviewer.
dissapointing :(
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http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62923

A review of the R1 release.. also complains about the video presentation :(
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Post by goofystitch »

Thanks for posting the reviews, Barty. I find it interesting how both reviews contradict themselves. The Home Theater Forum review talks about how this is the worst 5.1 mix Disney has made, second to "Mary Poppins." DVDTimes talks about how great the mix is. HTF talks about how the image, though "murky," is an improvement from the Limited Issue. DVD times talks about how awful the restoration is. They also say that the restoration of "Bambi" was terrible. I felt that the "Bambi" restoration stayed very faithful to the original colors and what does it really matter if all the grain is removed? Isn't that the point of a restoration? He also is very upset about the "cropping" of the film from 1.66:1 to 1.85:1, but the comparison shots in this forum from the 1.66:1 LI vs. the 1.85:1 PE shows more image on the sides and doesn't appear to have anything missing from the top and bottom. And either way, if it was animated in 1.66:1, wouldn't it have been cropped to 1.85:1 in theaters? So we are basically getting the film in it's original theatrical aspect ratio. From the pictures I've seen, the restoration looks great. I can't really judge it until I see it, but I think it's funny that both reviewers said the opposite on some instances.
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Oh, no... :(
You know, nothing irritates more than the fact that the film is cropped! We should have the right to be able to see the whole picture damn it!!! What that disgusting trend with films always going shorter and wider?? In 20 yeas from know we will be running from the one side of the house to the other to watch the whole picture!
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Guys!!! Y'all should calm down!!! :lol: What we get to see is the theatrical aspect ratio, the way the directors WANTED it to be seen!!!!
And honestly how many of us have such great tvs that they really realize if the transfer is pretty amazing, or just like normal. I, and I guess, like many of the others here own a normal fullscrenn tv, and I really can't see the differences between a good restoration and a not so good restoration. I enjoy the movie and I don't wanna be sitting there all the time thinking:" Oh, look there's some grain, now there isn't..."
Just wait till everyone of us has a copy and then let's decide,ok?
I doubt many of us will see grain, or no grain, or have a large enough screen to recognize it.
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Eew... those reviews are disturbing! :shock:

So...The Little Mermaid hasn't been restored by Lowry Digital? (or DTS Digital Images) That's interesting. Are these Technicolor people alright? I'm not willing to trust those reviewers just yet.
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Dottie wrote:Guys!!! Y'all should calm down!!! :lol: What we get to see is the theatrical aspect ratio, the way the directors WANTED it to be seen!!!!
And honestly how many of us have such great tvs that they really realize if the transfer is pretty amazing, or just like normal. I, and I guess, like many of the others here own a normal fullscrenn tv, and I really can't see the differences between a good restoration and a not so good restoration. I enjoy the movie and I don't wanna be sitting there all the time thinking:" Oh, look there's some grain, now there isn't..."
Just wait till everyone of us has a copy and then let's decide,ok?
I doubt many of us will see grain, or no grain, or have a large enough screen to recognize it.
Couldn't have said it any better! I'm reading the reviews and the sometimes petty complaints make me laugh because I know everyone is now going to get mad that the transfer is apparantly subpar while in reality as soon as we watch the DVD ourselves, most of us will forget of all the flaws mentioned in those reviews. So come down everybody, I'm currently relying on the dozens of pictures that we've been served with and the video quality looks impressive so far.
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I'm shocked to hear that this isn't a Lowry restoration. That explains why the screencaps look a tad softer than other Disney restorations. The reviewer's comments against Lowry annoy me, though. Film grain in films is sometimes intentional to give off a certain look, usually in film noir. Disney films, on the other hand, do not use grain as a means of expressing a visual style. You're not supposed to be seeing it. I'm sure Disney artists would rather their artwork be seen in all its pristine glory than for layers of crawling film artifacts to overlap it I never really understand why people complain about restorations being "too clean." Grain can be distracting to me, especially on my HD display. I can deal with it on live-action films pretty well (the UltraResolution version of The Wizard of Oz has fine film grain, but everything about the transfer is so excellent that the grain is easily ignored). On animated films, though, it's harder to put aside because of the abrupt outlines and solid colors.

The Little Mermaid looks great from the screencaps but I've seen, but I can't help but feel that Lowry really would've made this movie sparkle even more. I'm just glad they tackled all of my favorite non-CAPS animated films except Mermaid, Pooh, and Peter Pan. Since those look good enough (and for all we know, Pan might've been done by Lowry before they broke up with Disney), I'm not too miffed. All of the other Disney films left that need new restorations are films not that high up on my list, so I won't be judging them as intricately.
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I think Luke's review is on it's way......It would be the best! :D
Dottie wrote: I enjoy the movie and I don't wanna be sitting there all the time thinking:" Oh, look there's some grain, now there isn't..."
Just wait till everyone of us has a copy and then let's decide,ok?
I doubt many of us will see grain, or no grain, or have a large enough screen to recognize it.
Good positive thinking!
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Disneykid wrote:I'm shocked to hear that this isn't a Lowry restoration. That explains why the screencaps look a tad softer than other Disney restorations. The reviewer's comments against Lowry annoy me, though. Film grain in films is sometimes intentional to give off a certain look, usually in film noir. Disney films, on the other hand, do not use grain as a means of expressing a visual style. You're not supposed to be seeing it.
Well I definitely remembered a few seconds of graininess when I saw this last month at El Capitan. The graininess was towards the beginning of the film and I don't think it was done for atmosphere (in other words - it was degradation that had not been corrected) but it was momentary and the rest of the film, I don't recall seeing it, but by then I was fully engrossed in the film so I might not have noticed it. And as Dottie mentioned, we'll ALL be watching this on a fraction of the size of that screen. How noticeable could the flaws be on our much smaller TV sets? (I know this is not making anyone feel better, esp. after having read a few pages of the Cinderella restoration thread, but hey, I thought I would try!)

But I'm with Rodis. You guys are the experts here - don't read too much into a handful of reviews, especially when there is no clear consensus coming from them. Wait until you've seen it. Who knows if any of these reviewers even know what they are talking about. (If this is a bad restoration, Luke will mention it). That is interesting if they didn't have Lowry do it though - could it have been a budget issue or perhaps a scheduling one (Lowry didn't have time to do it)?
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