The Aristocats - DVD Preview (updated)

SleepingBeautyAurora · Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:31 pm

It includes the Trailer for Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition.

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:51 pm

Thanks a lot for the preview lighthousemike!!
I think the movie looks very good and finally decent disc art that is almost on-model. Seems to be a pretty decent release. Maybe not worth to double-dip, but for those who don't own it already an okay DVD.

BlueDevilSF · Post by **BlueDevilSF** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:22 pm

Hmph. My copy is missing my DMR code.

Simba3 · Post by **Simba3** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:27 pm

I picked up my copy today from Best Buy. I was really happy to add this film to my Disney collection, since I don't yet own it. I got what I thought was supposed to be free Valentine's cards, but the packaging says that it is a stationary set. Oh well, it was free. I will probably be popping this DVD in for a viewing within the next couple days, if not even tonight.

gardener14 · Post by **gardener14** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:57 pm

I got the cards as well, and they are very nice....quite appropriate for sending to children or fun loving friends. I'm glad they aren't specifically Valentine's Day cards so they can be used anytime (although they'd be perfectly appropriate for Valentines as well).

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:30 pm

Widdi wrote:
Barbossa wrote:So, are there any bonuses with the release of Aristocats today? Does Wal-Mart happen to have extra movie rewards points?
I bought my copy at wal-mart and got some stupid educational kids game that is completely unrelated to the movie. It was shrink wrapped overtop the movie and pretty much destroyed the slipcover (not that I care, but now I can't sell it a year from now when Aristocats slipcovers become scarce).

I picked up mine at Wal-mart today and yes, it's got a bonus game wrapped up with it: "JumpStart World Pet Playground: Adopt Care For and Play with Virtual Pets." I was kind of hoping they would include 50 bonus movie rewards points with it but no. Oh well, have to wait till 101 Doggies for bonus points I guess.

I'm just glad I can add Aristocats to my collection as I didn't have it before. I need 13 more DACs and I have them all.

271286 · Post by **271286** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:58 pm

SleepingBeautyAurora wrote:It includes the Trailer for Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition.

WOW! My sleepy eyes just read Trailer for Beauty and The Beast PE" and I was like OMG... What!

Widdi · Post by **Widdi** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:18 pm

Barbossa wrote:
Widdi wrote: I bought my copy at wal-mart and got some stupid educational kids game that is completely unrelated to the movie. It was shrink wrapped overtop the movie and pretty much destroyed the slipcover (not that I care, but now I can't sell it a year from now when Aristocats slipcovers become scarce).
I picked up mine at Wal-mart today and yes, it's got a bonus game wrapped up with it: "JumpStart World Pet Playground: Adopt Care For and Play with Virtual Pets." I was kind of hoping they would include 50 bonus movie rewards points with it but no. Oh well, have to wait till 101 Doggies for bonus points I guess.

I'm just glad I can add Aristocats to my collection as I didn't have it before. I need 13 more DACs and I have them all.

I was hoping for the extra points as well. Had I got them 101 Dalmatians would have given me enough for the item I really want. Now I have to buy something else first. It'll probably be Enchanted, but I don't plan on getting it till the DMC makes it the featured title. I figure it's a good way to knock off one of the 4 movies I still need to buy. Ah well. Hopefully they'll still have Little Mermaid Posters by then.

I was hoping the game would at least have something to do with the Aristocats. Ah well. After watching it this afternoon I remembered how much I loved the movie. Jumped way up my ranks of the DACs.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:23 pm

^Put it this way, that game came in handy. I got my beer sitting on it right now.

For some reason my Aristocats DVD didn't come with the insert advertising 101 Dalmations and all the other upcoming releases. Instead I got an insert advertising Blu-Ray.

akhenaten · Post by **akhenaten** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:49 pm

there is slipcover for this right?

SleepingBeautyAurora · Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:51 pm

Yep, there is a slipcover.

Flanger-Hanger · Post by **Flanger-Hanger** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:04 pm

Does anybody know, if there are any store exclusive stuff at Futureshop or HMV? Although Futureshop will probably have just some crappy extra DVD case that's useless.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:21 pm

Flanger-Hanger wrote:Does anybody know, if there are any store exclusive stuff at Futureshop or HMV? Although Futureshop will probably have just some crappy extra DVD case that's useless.

Futureshop doesn't have any bonuses and I haven't checked out HMV. It looks like Wal-Mart is the only one with the bonus game.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:42 pm

I was surprised that a Figaro short (Bath Day) was included with Aristocats. It doesn't mention its inclusion anywhere on the back or the inserts. I hope disney could provide shorts with all future DVD releases.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:27 pm

Can someone compare both releases?

jennydumas · Post by **jennydumas** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:44 pm

SleepingBeautyAurora wrote:Yep, there is a slipcover.

Hey SleepingBeautyAurora, I am a fan, but just so you know I can't reply to messages on here!

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:01 pm

Matt wrote:Can someone compare both releases?

Here ya go...

UD's Review

If I didn't already own the GC, I'd go for the SE. (And yet I picked up the SE on impulse, and was delighted to find that "The Great Cat Family" has an animated sequence I loved as a kid but haven't seen in years. Nice to know that $17 went to something worthwhile!)

And since I know you like unmatted animated films (remember when we'd argue constantly about Beauty and the Beast in 1.85:1 vs. 1.66:1?), you'll probably want to track down (or hold on to your copy of) the GC.

Scaps

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:55 pm

Escapay wrote:
Matt wrote:Can someone compare both releases?
Here ya go...

UD's Review

If I didn't already own the GC, I'd go for the SE. (And yet I picked up the SE on impulse, and was delighted to find that "The Great Cat Family" has an animated sequence I loved as a kid but haven't seen in years. Nice to know that $17 went to something worthwhile!)

And since I know you like unmatted animated films (remember when we'd argue constantly about Beauty and the Beast in 1.85:1 vs. 1.66:1?), you'll probably want to track down (or hold on to your copy of) the GC.

Scaps

I want to see more than just two screen caps.

Pasta67 · Post by **Pasta67** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:10 pm

Matt wrote:I want to see more than just two screen caps.

There's two more completely different comparison shots here: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=32154

There ya go. Now you've got twice as many!

By the way, great review, Luke! Always fun, entertaining reads, them UD reviews are.

Sky Syndrome · Post by **Sky Syndrome** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:59 am

SleepingBeautyAurora wrote:Yep, there is a slipcover.

Weird, mine didn't have one so I thought perhaps Disney was done giving DVDs slipcovers. I bought mine at a little video rental store (half of it is a Radioshack) here in my town. When that place gets Disney DVDs, they always had a slipcover if they were released with one, at least during their first week, so that's why I thought Disney was finished with slipcovers. My copy was also packaged with the Jumpstart virtual pet CD like the Wal-mart ones.

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