SleepingBeautyAurora wrote:Why were 2001 and 2004 the best years?
2001 saw excellent single-disc and two-disc releases for most of their animated films and a few live-action titles. Also, it was the start of the Platinum Edition, the Walt Disney Treasures, and saw the end of the mis-managed Gold Collection (though GC-type discs would still be released in the next couple years, as they were likely scheduled to before the name was dropped). Plus, 2001 is the year that
102 Dalmatians came to DVD.
2004 was probably THE year for catalog live-action titles as Disney seemed to release several every few months and capped the year off on a high note with
Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition. Of course, not all were OAR, and most were barebones. But the fact that they were released at all, and some with excellent bonuses, says something. While the animated titles weren't as bountiful as before (only
Alice in Wonderland,
Aladdin,
Mulan,
Brother Bear), they were very solid two-disc sets with excellent restoration and supplements. Also, 2004 saw two waves of Treasures, due to the increased print run of Wave Three (delayed from December 2003 to May 2004).
Barbossa wrote:Over the last few years, Disney has released 2 Platinum Editions and 2 Special Editions per year. We know what the two platinums are, and the first special edition is Aristocats. Anybody happen to know if they will release a 2nd special edition this year and if so, what will it be?
I have a feeling it will either be the DVD release of
WALL-E (as
Monsters, Inc. and
The Incredibles served as the SE-supports for the PE's of
Beauty and the Beast and
Bambi), or possibly a new edition of
The Sword in the Stone (to complement the likewise-medieval
Sleeping Beauty), even if the OOP time is only several months (January 31 to October).
The Emperor's New Groove remained in print right up until the Not-So-Special-Edition came out in 2005 as the SE-support for
Cinderella, and its old edition could still be found for a few months after the new one was released.
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