Walt Disney Legacy Collection / True Life Adventures on DVD!

carrpentersboy1 · Post by **carrpentersboy1** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:54 am

HI, I have just read (and ordered) the 4 Walt Disney Legacy Collections, but I wonder, what possible future stuff is there to release? Would it be more nature films or educational films? Does anyone on these boards with all the inside Disney knowledge know? I know the treasures are mostly animated related, apart from the TV shows such at TMMC, Spin & Marty etc.

Any ideas? I have seen people refer to books that list everything Disney did. Would this collection go on for years like the Treasures?

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:36 am

Well I don't think this series would be as long as the Treasures Series, but there's still a lot of material that could potentially go into further sets. The most obvious for inclusion would be the People and Places series which was to people what the True Life Adventures are to animals. There's a fair few live action shorts and featurettes which could probably fit well into either the Legacy Collection or the Treasures, and when it comes to considering the DisneyLand Anthology series episodes for inclusion, they could probably get a few sets out of those.

MichaeLeah · Post by **MichaeLeah** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:46 am

I found something about this set very ironic. The set involves a bunch of stuff from Animal Kingdom. This is ironic because Adventureland is the part of the parks that was based on the True-Life Adventures. In fact, at one stage of development, Walt called this section of the park "True-Life Adventureland." You can see it called such on some fo the earlier drafts of the park. Anyway, the original idea for Adventureland was more concerned about exotic animals. The "adventure" was to involve going and seeing some animals. The definition of adventure obviously got much broader in Adventureland as time has progressed. Only the Jungle Cruise and the Tiki Room really preserve the original concept. (Well, the Swiss Family Treehousee does too--now Tarzan Treehouse at Disneyland.)

I remember a couple of weeks ago when I was at Animal Kingdom. I said, "Leah, Animal Kingdom is more like Adventureland than Adventureland." It certainly carries the original idea better. I just find it ironic that when the True-Life Adventures were on tv they were always "from Adventureland." But on the DVD there is nothing about Adventureland (that we know of so far), but they spend a lot of time in the Animal Kingdom.

Animal Kingdom isn't really the first time Disney expanded on one of the sections of Disneyland/Magic Kingdom to create a new park. Future World from Epcot was originally going to be a park unto itself but even with the end result Future World is clearly a large expansion of Tomorrowland.

I would like to talk more about Adventureland some time on the other board, but I thought this was worthy to point out here. Walt Disney Productions is so tangled together you can't ever completely distinguish between one section of the company and another.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:09 pm

MichaeLeah wrote:Animal Kingdom isn't really the first time Disney expanded on one of the sections of Disneyland/Magic Kingdom to create a new park. Future World from Epcot was originally going to be a park unto itself but even with the end result Future World is clearly a large expansion of Tomorrowland.

Not to mention the whole of Disney-MGM Studios having started simply as a new attraction in Epcot. Eisner's baby, The Great Movie Ride, was originally supposed to have become a new area at Future World, but as they developed the ride even more, found it didn't really "belong" in Future World, and somehow or another, it ended up spawning a whole new park of its own.

Escapay

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:42 pm

So, the Emperor Penguins is not going to be included?

I wonder if they are going to release it on its own because of the big Penguin craze that seems to have been happening lately, ha.

I also wonder if they are going to use this Disney Legacy Collection as a chance to rerelease stuff already released in the Treasures Collection. Reading about how it will be rarely and never before seen stuff makes me think instantly of the wartime material.

Hopefully, they will finally release Song of the South using this Collection as a way to do it. It could be a wave including So Dear to My Heart and possibly some unedited versions of previously released package films. And, yes, the People and Places films would be great here! Also, they might want to do the Educational stuff through this collection rather than Disney Treasures.

Anyone have any other guesses or hopes? I wish they would come out with a collection that could be expected to include some of the post-Walt rarities. Maybe an "Eisner Legacy Collection," ha ha.

Pluto Region1 · Post by **Pluto Region1** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:23 pm

slave2moonlight wrote: I also wonder if they are going to use this Disney Legacy Collection as a chance to rerelease stuff already released in the Treasures Collection. Reading about how it will be rarely and never before seen stuff makes me think instantly of the wartime material.

Hopefully, they will finally release Song of the South using this Collection as a way to do it.

Well I for one and not against them recycling stuff from "the Treasures" series since much of the earlier tins are now financially out of my reach, and I'll never see that material unless Disney recycles (or I guess the commonly used word around UD is double dips). But I think we can pretty much assume that Song of the South will not be reissued. Aaron did a special podcast on SOTS and how Iger came out and publicly stated that film will not be released.

What is ironic to me is that I was listening to an episode of the Meandering Mouse podcast and it had a clip of the Disneyland band playing "Zip A Dee Do Dah." Then today, I was looking at some snow globes on Disney Shopping.com and one of the snow globes plays the song "Zip A Dee Do Dah." In addition, Disney recently released a commemorative set of figurines from the SOTS movie and you can buy them on DisneyShopping.com. There are whole generation(s) who've never seen this film, yet they are hearing this tune via the Disneyland band, or buying a snow globe or seeing commemorative figurines.... one has to wonder what those who've never seen the film think of where this song came from? I understand the Disney Company's concerns about offending people (and you know there will always be at least one crazy person come out of the woodwork and say they find the film offensive) but I do think the concern is overstated. (And I apologize in advance for highjacking this thread)

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:12 am

slave2moonlight wrote:So, the Emperor Penguins is not going to be included? I wonder if they are going to release it on its own because of the big Penguin craze that seems to have been happening lately, ha.

Well it's only 15 minutes long, so I doubt it would be released alone

But i could appear on a further installment of the Legacy Collection, in fact it could still be coming on one of these 4 DVDs and has just been missed off the press release, after all it wouldn't be the first time.

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:15 pm

A Website!!!!

Which reveals the collectibles will be maps!

Also 3 more volumes will be coming soon!

Click to find out which! I'm sure you'll be excited!

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/disneylegacy/

You'll also find a trailer! I am so excited!

Looks like the Legacy Collection could be better than the Treasures!

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:33 pm

Oswald, Destino and finally the Secrets DVD I am so marking out.(Theres the wrestling promoter in me coming out_

Anders M Olsson · Post by **Anders M Olsson** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:36 am

ichabod wrote:Looks like the Legacy Collection could be better than the Treasures!

My thoughts exactly. The Treasures sure are great, but this is beyond great - this is dynamite! Roy Disney is really making a stylish comeback to the Walt Disney Company! Way to go, Roy!

bambi_nl · Post by **bambi_nl** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:37 am

How much I like (and buy) both series (the Treasures and this Legacy collection) and thrilled by the idea that the Oswald cartoons are released, I had hoped that the Oswald cartoons would have been released in the Treasures series.

The Treasures have been a way to release the complete cartoon collection and other interesting material to the public. Each wave always contained only one set of material belonging to one group (being B&W MM cartoons, Spin&Marty, Silly Symphonies, etc.).
When looking at the first wave of the Legacy collection, one could have expected (at least I did) that each wave of the Legacy collection would be dedicated to one group of similar material.
With the announcement of the second wave of the Legacy Collection I tend to think that both series are becoming somewhat similar. Why did they not release a wave of Legacy with all MM cartoons at once for example?? I like the idea of an entire Legacy wave for similar subjects and the Treasures waves for a more "scattered" approach to the Disney material.
With the first Legacy wave all volumes have one thing in common: they are all carrying True-Life Adventures. With the second Legacy wave I cannot see any of this.

What are your thoughts on this??

P.S. I will nevertheless purchase all coming Treasures and Legacy Collections, even more now the Oswald cartoons and Destino are to be released in the Legacy collection.

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:57 am

bambi nl - There is just now a hole lot of material that covers as much ground as the True Life Adventures. With Wave 2 I imagine we have a lot of Disneys most requested material which just does not get covered anywhere else.

Really I am not troubled by inconsistencies as I wanted to see all three of these.

Lars Vermundsberget · Post by **Lars Vermundsberget** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:07 am

"Oswald" - "Destino" - - -

There IS someone in their right mind at Disney! There IS!

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:35 am

Oh man, VERY exciting news.

The Legacy Collection is the best thing Disney's done since the Treasures series (even if it's basically the same thing)! The benefits are, though, that more can presumably be released in a year's time now. Also, I believe that "Legacy" can encompass things from after Walt's time like Walt Disney World anniversary specials and other things that people thought couldn't fit under "Walt Disney Treasures". Destino seems to prove that... yes, it started with Walt, but so did WDW. Their current state is his legacy.

Anyways, can't wait for the True Life Adventures, Destino, Oswald, and especially Disneyland:SSM!

-Aaron

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:33 pm

This news is VERY exciting!! Too bad I don't have enough money to buy both some Treasures and the Legacy series. Hey, does anyone want to buy me "Destino"?!?!?!

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:38 pm

This is such awesome news! I wonder what on Earth will be on the "Destino" set besides "Destino!"

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:00 pm

Have already commented over in the Disneyland thread, as that is obviously the one exciting me the most right now, but the other two volumes look equally cool.

Like many people here, Destino is something I have been keen to see for some time, and the shorts are something I always enjoy watching (when I eventually get around to doing so). Taken together with the Alice Comedies on last year's Rarities, as well as the Black & White Mickey Mouse toons, we now have something more of a complete picture of the early days of the Disney empire.

I wonder what else will be included on the Destino set?

bambi_nl · Post by **bambi_nl** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:54 am

Mr. Toad wrote:bambi nl - There is just now a hole lot of material that covers as much ground as the True Life Adventures. With Wave 2 I imagine we have a lot of Disneys most requested material which just does not get covered anywhere else.

Really I am not troubled by inconsistencies as I wanted to see all three of these.

I am not really troubled by the inconsistencies either, since I will be trying to get the entire Treasures and Legacy collection (so far I am managing quite well with all the Treasures in my collection), but somehow I do prefer some consistent release pattern.
On the other hand: Disney has always proved that maintaining a consistent pattern in their releases is a hard job

slave2moonlight · Post by **slave2moonlight** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:43 am

Of all the 7 announced Disney Legacy DVDs, all of which I want, I think I am most excited for the Disneyland one as well. Although, I know it will be thrilling to have all the True Life Adventures, if nothing is left out, and I am very interested to see Oswald and very curious of what else will be on the Destino set.

I wish/hope that we would get a release of some of the newer shorts in proper format. Stuff like "John Henry," "Little Match Girl," "Grievance of a Starmaker" (which I only just found out was on DVD already, but a DVD I otherwise don't care to get), "Lorenzo," and stuff like that. Perhaps the Destino release will have some of this stuff (preferably the stuff I don't have yet). I also wish a new DVD would come out with Mickey's "Runaway Brain" on it, because it is out of synch on my Mickey Mouse in Living Color 2 DVD set. I've read from other folks with the same complaint on Amazon.com.

I'm also hoping either Disney Treasures or Disney Legacy will give us some of the 80's/90's TV stuff, like "Fluppy Dogs," "The Wuzzles," the Love Bug series, Sport Goofy in "Soccermania," "Totally Minnie," "Mickey's 60th Birthday," and stuff like that. The long hoped for Educational shorts set would also be a dream come true, with Scrooge McDuck and Money, the Jiminy Cricket and What Should I Do shorts, Pooh Discovers the Seasons, and more. And, of course, a Walt Disney WORLD set and more on Disneyland, with the EPCOT opening celebration hosted by Danny Kaye, the 80's Anniversary Special with such skits as Ernest visiting Disneyland as a kid with his dad and Woody from Cheers visiting the Haunted Mansion as a kid, Disneyland Showtime with the Osmonds and Kurt Russell, the 70's Mickey Mouse Club at Walt Disney World, and so much more! Oh, lastly (for now), I'd love to see a set (or several) featuring the anthology shows with Ludwig Von Drake! A lot might feel unnecessary to some, because they sometimes just feature Disney classics like "Mickey and the Beanstalk," but all the hosting stuff with Ludwig makes it a completely different and hilarious experience! Plus, there are some shows that are totally original, like "Carnival Time," where Ludwig teams with Jose Carioca and Donald to explore Mardi Gras in the 60s! Oh, and somewhere or other they have got to release Moby Duck in "Pacifically Peeking!" And some uncut versions of the anthology films that have gotten hack job releases in the past! Most notably "Melody Time" and "Make Mine Music!" And, despite what any statements have declared, I still hold out hope for "Song of the South." I fee they could totally get away with releasing the film quietly in a historical line like this. There are much more controversial films out there. Jeez, make us watch an hour long apology from Leonard Maltin or Roy Disney beforehand if you must! Even if it's one we can't skip or forward through!

streeter · Post by **streeter** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:39 am

This is really exciting. Hopefully the People & Places will be released as well.
It would be great if there was a Legacy wave earlier in the year so we're not all spending $200+ on these titles and the Treasures in December. And with these new titles already announced, it looks like that's what's going to happen.

I'm going to try to ask Roy E. Disney about what will be on Destino at his TLA signing at J&R next month.

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