promisemewings wrote:I felt it was lacking for special features, I didn't care for how the special features on disc 2 were set up,
If a 2-hour documentary is considered lacking, your expectations are way too high.
promisemewings wrote:and there was NOT enough Robin Williams on there. They got all the other voice talent to include their two cents except for Robin Williams. I think this was the main reason the Aladdin special edition didn't sell too well.
If you truly are obsessed with Aladdin, you'd know why Robin Williams is barely on the disc.
To sum things up:
Robin Williams agreed to do Aladdin (and I think even for scale pay so it'd remain in the budget of the film), but only under the understanding that Disney would NOT promote the film solely around him, that he wanted the movie to be promoted as an Aladdin Movie, not as Robin Williams as The Genie Movie. There was even a clause in his contract that only 1/3 of the poster would be his character. He got extremely upset when he saw the first promotional poster, as it did live up to the 1/3 clause, but all the other characters were extremely small compared to Genie, thus making it look like he was the main character in the movie. Incensed, Williams demanded that the posters be redone, because again, he didn't want his popularity overshadowing the film. In addition to that, he didn't want any credit in the film or the trailers, nothing that would market the movie using his name.
Since then, he's pretty much refused credit in any Aladdin merchandise, as he doesn't want Disney exploiting him for the film (he wants the film to stand on its own). I wouldn't have minded Williams chiming in for a few segments in the documentary, but at the same time, I can understand why he refused. If he had joined in, they likely would have turned the 2-hour ensemble documentary into 90 minutes of Williams and 30 minutes of everyone else.
Escapay