Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition

[eap_44]

so is it really worth double-dipping on this Robin Hood?

[Escapay]

It depends mainly if you want anamorphic widescreen, a deleted scene/alternate ending (in storyboard format), and an art gallery.

If you're still having thoughts, check out UD's review.

Escapay

[akhenaten]

doesn't anyone here care for my little discovery. do people only care about picture restoration and additional scene?

[ToyStoryFan]

I LOVE and adore Robin Hood, it is one of my favorite Disney films ever. I REALLY REALLY wish there had been SOME sort of feature though about this on the making of the film. ANYTHING. Even a feature on how it was the first film without Disney's touch. ANYTHING at all would have been nice that went into the making.

[Escapay]

doesn't anyone here care for my little discovery. do people only care about picture restoration and additional scene?

What discovery?

Escapay

[akhenaten]

that there's a musical score playing at the scene right after oo-de-lally up to the arrival of prince john's carriage in the sherwood forest. this scene plays out without music in the english and frnech version. but it has a score in the spanish version. and it has a smooth transition to the trumpet sound of the entourage. there's also a short musical cue when prince john strangles sir hiss in the carriage. and a music preceeding the 'love' sequence. they're all in the spanish version.i think they intended this in the first place but omitted it later.

same thing with the bambi DEHT, the mono track doesnt have any score when bambi ducked in the meadow during the first meadow trip, but the DEHT has it.

that's my little discovery. they're not important.

[rs_milo_whatever]

i never really noticed that casue i haven't seen this in english, and listening to this movie in spanish brings so many memories back, so i never really knew the english version had missing score pieces

[jimmyraypayne]

This might be old news, but I thought I'd share it just in case. I picked this up at Wal-Mart tonight for $9.44. I wasn't planning on double dipping for RobinHood, but for that price I did.

[Lil' Pixie]

Darn, yet again I've been robbed by DMC! I wish I would have known that this past weekend, I was just at Walmart.

[Ting Ting]

This might be old news, but I thought I'd share it just in case. I picked this up at Wal-Mart tonight for $9.44. I wasn't planning on double dipping for RobinHood, but for that price I did.

Wow! Did you have some sort of deal where you were able to snag it at the price, or is it that cheap for everybody?

[jimmyraypayne]

The price tag where the dvd's were said $9.44 (the yellow tag specifically said RobinHood), but when I bought it, it rang up at $19.99. I showed them their error, they corrected it and I paid the $9.44 + tax.

[Voiceroy]

I got my "most wanted edition" of Robin Hood free after a few trade-ins last week. Even as a fan of the film, I wouldn't call this a "most wanted edition" because I "most wanted" to see better quality bonus materials. But at least the new transfer and improved picture quality is nice.

And I'm not surprised to see negative comments about this movie.

But I really love it, mostly for Peter Ustinov's fantastic performance. But there are other great vocal performances as well. And with casting choices like Ken Curtis, Andy Devine, George Lindsey, and Pat Buttram (who all appared in western films/TV shows) it has the feeling of an animated western set in medieval times. There's a laid-back quality about it (especially helped by Roger Miller's music and narration) that makes it refreshing and relaxing to watch, and it just doesn't take itself seriously either.

Sure, there's some negative stuff I could nitpick about it, but that's the great thing about DVDs--you can just skip whole scenes like that horrid "Love" musical number. Loved the movie when I was a kid, and enjoy it just as much today. Nostalgia aside, I've always loved this movie for it's charm and great characterizations and vocal performances.

This movie may not be for everyone, but it's definitely for me.

[SpringHeelJack]

Even as a fan of the film, I wouldn't call this a "most wanted edition" because I "most wanted" to see better quality bonus materials.

Haha. How true.

[musicradio77]

I didn't get the DVD of "Robin Hood" Most Wanted Edition, because last month, I went to a yard sale and I found an old VHS tape of "Robin Hood" and it looks much better than the Most Wanted Edition. I got it for $3.00 without the cover. A month later, I went to a yard sale and I finally found a VHS clamshell cover for "Robin Hood". I got it for free and it matched really well with the VHS tape I got last month. This is the cover I got.

[Jake Lipson]

How/why/where would you get a something without a case? Sounds suspiciously like a bootleg to me. Also, why would you still be buying VHS tapes at all? The format's dead. Even the hi-def formats sold more copies in the last quarter than VhS tapes did. I mean, yeah. I still have my old VHSs and my VCR, but I never watch them. DVD is so much better. Whatever floats your boat, of course, but it doesn't make sense to me...

[brotherbear]

How/why/where would you get a something without a case? Sounds suspiciously like a bootleg to me. Also, why would you still be buying VHS tapes at all? The format's dead. Even the hi-def formats sold more copies in the last quarter than VhS tapes did. I mean, yeah. I still have my old VHSs and my VCR, but I never watch them. DVD is so much better. Whatever floats your boat, of course, but it doesn't make sense to me...

I know I can't speak for musicradio, but I know that I still buy old Disney VHS's as backup incase something goes wrong with the DVD. That way, I will still have my Disney movies. And for me, it's also nostalgia. Beofre I started collecting Disney DVD's, I only had 2 DAC's on VHS: The Lion King and Fantasia. I used to have FAR more VHS's, but most of them were basically stolen from a moving company when I was around 10. (Thankfully TLK and Fantasia weren't though...I think I would have pitched a fit if they were also stolen). So it's also out of principle that I want to basically get back what I used to have.

Also, I personally only buy old, used VHS's. I will never buy new ones (as in, brand new at walmart or where ever else) again. AND, the only VHS's I'm buying are Disney. But other than that, I'm just like everyone else on UD: I refuse to buy VHS's of live action, or new films! Just buy the DVD's! And like I said above: Sure, the VHS format might be dead, but I grew up watching those VHS tapes and I am rebuying them for the whole nostalgia of it all.

I'm sure musicradio's reasons will be different than my own, but I just thought I'd interject my opinion here on the subject.

-BB

[David S.]

99% of the time I would have little use for VHS for a title available on DVD but there are a few notable exceptions. Here are a few off the top of my head.

1) I feel SO strongly that 1.37:1 is the correct ratio for DAC's #17-22 that in the case of Robin Hood's most recent 1.75:1 edition, I would rather watch the VHS than the new cropped version until I can track down a copy of the Gold Collection release. Same for the upcoming cropped Jungle Book, I'll need to find the old Limited Issue DVD before I consider VHS to be irrelevant for this title.

Matted widescreen for an animated film drawn and shot in 1.37:1 IMO is only useful for the segment of widescreen TV owners who don't care if the top and bottom of the picture is missing in order to "fill up their screen" Kind of like a pan and scan for a new generation!

The segment of widescreen TV owners who would rather see the whole drawing as filmed get the shaft, as do 4:3 TV owners, which is clearly obvious as black bars take away vertical information from the original animated frame (animation that has been part of the home video presentation FOREVER and we are therefore used to seeing but which is now cropped) AND you get no additional horizontal information.

This is a therefore a LOSE-LOSE situation on a 4:3 TV, sort of the standard TV double-bummer equivalent of watching a cropped pan-and-scan transfer of a wide movie on a widescreen TV. In both cases, you're neither getting the whole picture OR utilizing your monitor to the fullest.

2) Make Mine Music. Until we get ALL 10 segments of the film on DVD, I'll be watching my taped version I got off the Disney channel!

3) Disneyland's 10th Aniversary. My favorite part of the show is the extended musical sequence inside the Tiki Room, which was for some odd reason SEVERELY edited on the Disneyland USA set, and apparently on it's latest Treasures appearance as well. My taped version from the Disney channel allows me to see the entire episode, including my favorite scene.

Also, until the complete library of Walt era films and anthology episodes gets DVD release, I will hold on to all my VHS tapes and a VCR because that may remain the only way I'll ever again get to see a lot of this material if it doesn't all eventually make it to DVD.

[Ariel'sprince]

guys,did you know in Israle we had it only this week?.

[Voiceroy]

For any of you RH collectors out there--since there's so little product that's been released for this film, I thought I'd give a heads-up that the Disney Store I work at received three new plushies this week. They include:

Robin Hood
Maid Marian
Sir Hiss

I'd post pics, but corporate policy forbids taking in-store photos, and I didn't buy them yet for myself.

They're larger-size--Robin and Marian are about 14-16 inches tall, and Hiss is about 10-12 inches tall (coiled) and he's much more displayable than the flimsy Kaa plush from Jungle Book that stores have stocked in 2007.

They are not yet available online at disneystore.com. But nearly the full line of 2007 Disney Store large core plush items have been available there, so it's possible you might see it there in the near future.

[SwordInTheStone777]

I have Most Wanted Edition and the picture looks wonderful very crisp and clear. While it grossly does lack in the bonus features department, having it restored and in widescreen is a treat in it's self.