Sleeping Beauty Platinum DVD Preview (Scans Added)

[DarthPrime]

Just that? Couldn't they do smt better? How are they supposed to convince consumers (which i believe they are mainly fans and collectors and not little kids) to upgrade to blue-ray with so little?
Btw, that BD Live sounds dumb to me. Why would anyone want to chat, mail etc while watching the movie? Wouldn't that distract them? And can't they do that already on their computers? And would someone please tell disney that NOONE cares about those stupid games that even 10 year olds reject? Newsflash: Kids these days have a gazillion video game consoles where they can play "real" games.

I agree with you 100%!
That is why I have no plans in upgrading to Blu-ray anytime soon.
The prices REALLY need to drop before I go and start to by Blu-ray discs!

I am still keeping my 2-Disc Special Edition DVD.
NO plans in giving it away or selling it.

The only real reason to upgrade to Blu-ray, in my opinion, is for better video and sound. The BD Live/Profile 2.0 features don't matter to me right now. In my opinion Profile 1.1 is fine. Blu-ray is dropping in price, but it still has a way to go.

[Chris]

Thank you, Mike, for the great screencaps, and thank you Kelvin, for the comparisons you did.

The new PE looks beautiful. The color correction they did on it is perfection!

[Marky_198]

I actually don't like the aspect ratio. Because of 2 things.
There are so many scenes where you can't see the faces anymore.
And there's just too much superfluous/redundant material on the side.

For example, the scene when the fairies arrive to give the gifts to the baby princess. You see all the guests standing there and on the left and the right of the image you see nothing, just huge amounts of bricks and wallpaper and floor. It makes you feel that it really is the end of a drawing, and not like there's anything more outside of the "camera view".
It makes the whole thing so much less interesting.
I like it when the "camera/view" is moving constantly and you can tell there's actually more than what you see, just like real movies, instead of one background that bleeds to death towards the sides and you can tell it's the end of a drawing.

Watching it I feel a huge distance, like I want to press my nose to the tv to get a better view of their faces. It's really like watching the movie from a huge distance. Which makes it less intense.

This screenshots for example, adding 1 guard on each side doesn't really add something. It just looks like the end of the drawing now. I would rather see a more intense image of Maleficent like it's on the left, instead of the far away image on the right.
There are much more scenes that have better example screenshots, but this one shows the face issue. Others show the superfluous/redundant material on the side better.

I understand that this might have worked back then on huge cinema screens and no home entertainment whatsoever, but now it just doesn't work.

[yukitora]

^i think you're exaggerating quite a bit. At most, the image was only "shrunk" about 10%. Plus that example, the extra guard makes it more symmetrical, so it doesn't seem so right-center anymore. I personally think the right screen feels more intense, but that has to do with the stronger colors as well.

I reckon this new aspect ratio frames the film really well. In the SE DVD there were a lot of half-faces, horizontal branches awkwardly positioned and random rabbit ears popping out of nowhere. It really feels less claustrophobic imo. Now for a film like Lady and the Tramp, the 2.55:1 frame seems kinda unnecessary (although it what makes it so unique) because the backgrounds were so bland, but when it's this beautiful, I seriously don't mind

[Ariel'sprince]

THANKS FOR ALL THE SCANS!!! THANKS SO MUCH .
Thought I"ll disappointed if there won't be a video game.
Thanks again .

[Disney Duster]

Thank you Mike! Once again you amaze us and are so good to us! Of course the real pictures I want to see are you, but that's for a certain "Who Here is..." thread in Off-Topic. LOL But seriously this is a very special surprise, I didn't think you'd have this so soon!

Doesn't anyone think the menus should be in CGI like on Snow White's DVD? I'm dissapointed. They once tried to make our favorite fantasy worlds into 3D menus but now they've stopped.

I am slightly worried about the less sharp image, but we have to watch it for ourselves. Matt, even if the DVD isn't as sharp as we want, the Blu-ray will be even sharper and better, so when you finally have a Blu-ray player it will be really worth it! But I guess Sleeping Beauty will also be around for some time, at least this year, though I doubt the price will drop.

Marky, the old 2003 SE actually was less picture than the artists intended. The new 2008 PE has a little more picture than they inteneded. But I'm saying the artists still wanted us to see more than the 2003 SE. On a big widescreen TV, you might not worry about smaller faces or anything, though. It probably looks the best that way.

Now for a film like Lady and the Tramp, the 2.55:1 frame seems kinda necessary (although i it what makes it so unique) because the backgrounds were so bland, but when it's this beautiful, I seriously don't mind

Wait, so Lady and the Tramp had, or has, on the current DVD, the ratio that Sleeping Beauty now will have on DVD? That wide?! And you think Lady and the Tramp needs it because it is so bland, but Sleeping Beauty could do without it? Or Lady and the Tramp could do without it, and Sleeping Beauty needs it?

[yukitora]

whoops. I edited my post to say unnecessary instead of unnecessarily and edited up writing necessary instead


....and Lady and the Tramp's OAR is 2.55:1 right? I'm pretty sure it is...

[Old Fish Tale]

You're right, Yukitora! Click here!

[Marky_198]

Thank you Mike! Once again you amaze us and are so good to us! Of course the real pictures I want to see are you, but that's for a certain "Who Here is..." thread in Off-Topic. LOL But seriously this is a very special surprise, I didn't think you'd have this so soon!

Disney Duster, I didn't know there was such a thread. Thanks for noticing.
I found the "add a picture to the name" thread too. Nice to see everyone, but I couldn't find a pic of you.
Sorry for going off-topic. I'll go back on topic immediately.

[nachonaco]

OMG.

It looks......fantastic.

It just looks....fantastic.

[mrfivefingers]

The only real reason to upgrade to Blu-ray, in my opinion, is for better video and sound.

Im still debating to either buy Blu-ray or stick to dvd.
What ever format i do get im glad that this is getting a re-release (along with the confirmation of Pinocchio for next year) as i've really only started to collect serious again just recently (used to collect the vhs editions) and im not willing to pay the stupid prices offered on amazon + ebay for the older edition.

I was wondering that Disney have deliberately not made the dvd edition as sharp as they possibly could in order for more people to buy the Blu-ray edition? Its only a thought but would make sense as there is a definite difference in sharpness between the old and new edition.

[Ariel'sprince]

Disney Duster,did you noticed that Brair Rose's dress is gray? it's intersting how they found a shade of color that is similar to both gray and purple,so maybe Cinderella can have gray/white dress?.

[Escapay]

Doesn't anyone think the menus should be in CGI like on Snow White's DVD? I'm dissapointed. They once tried to make our favorite fantasy worlds into 3D menus but now they've stopped.

Perhaps after the embarrassing CGI in the menus for The Lion King, Disney got wise and went for the 2D look again.

Mike:
Wait, so Lady and the Tramp had, or has, on the current DVD, the ratio that Sleeping Beauty now will have on DVD? That wide?!

yukitora:
....and Lady and the Tramp's OAR is 2.55:1 right? I'm pretty sure it is...

Lady and the Tramp's a CinemaScope picture, and was shot anamorphically onto 35mm film. Depending on the soundtrack attached, it can have both a 2.55:1 and 2.35:1 ratio. A magnetic soundtrack yields a 2.55:1 ratio, while an optical one yields a 2.35:1 ratio. The old Limited Issue DVD had a 2.35:1 ratio, but contained a 5.1 remix audio track instead of the 3-channel audio track (the optical soundtrack) that would have been attached to the 2.35:1 print. The Platinum DVD has the 2.55:1 ratio, and strangely, includes that 3-channel audio track, as well as the horrid 5.1 Disney Enhanced crap. Stupidly, Disney did not issue the 4-channel stereo track (magnetic soundtrack) that would have accompanied 2.55:1 prints.

Of course, I could easily point out that neither 2.55:1 or 2.35:1 would be the "complete image", as the film is shot with a 2.66:1 original camera negative ratio before the addition of the soundtrack reduces its image to 2.55:1 or 2.35:1...but I won't say a word, lest we suddenly get a flurry of "So there was more picture filmed than what we get now? Disney, re-issue this with the complete picture, dammit!". This likely accounts for why the pan&scam version on the DVD sometimes offers slightly more image on the top and bottom in a few scenes, even if it's cutting off half of it on the sides.



albert

[Disney Duster]

Briar Rose' dress always looked gray in the DVD, Sprince. Is there some clipart I missed? I know sometimes they make her gray in clipart, too.

Thanks for the info, as always, Escapay.

lighthousemike, I put up my best pictures in that thread, just for you! So now you can give us pictures! You can put them wherever but it would be nice to put them in the "Who Here is..." thread. You see, me and many guys in that thread think your super duper hot.

[my chicken is infected]

--Audio Documentary/Commentary: Hosted by Jeff Kurtti, with comments by production designer/background artist Eyvind Earle, voice actor Mary Costa, supervising animator Ollie Johnston (Three Good Fairies), supervising animator Marc Davis (Maleficent), background artist Frank Armitage, Pocahontas director Mike Gabriel, and Pocahontas art designer Michael Giaimo. The audio extracts are extended pieces from the interviews done for the 1998 featurette.

So did they make a new commentary or something? Because I saw "Audio Commentary" in the scan of the DVD insert.

[PrincePhillipFan]

--Audio Documentary/Commentary: Hosted by Jeff Kurtti, with comments by production designer/background artist Eyvind Earle, voice actor Mary Costa, supervising animator Ollie Johnston (Three Good Fairies), supervising animator Marc Davis (Maleficent), background artist Frank Armitage, Pocahontas director Mike Gabriel, and Pocahontas art designer Michael Giaimo. The audio extracts are extended pieces from the interviews done for the 1998 featurette.

So did they make a new commentary or something? Because I saw "Audio Commentary" in the scan of the DVD insert.

Yep, Disney recorded a new commentary with Leonard Maltin, John Lasseter, and Andreas Deja for the DVD. The Blu-Ray will also have a visual commentary too with them in it. Although I'm sure they'll probably intersplice other archival interviews too with Eyvind Earle, Mary Costa, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, and Walt like the format they did on the Jungle Book commentary.

[Poody]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CampbellzSoup]

So what is to become of Fantastia??

[Escapay]

I'm sure they'll probably intersplice other archival interviews too with Eyvind Earle, Mary Costa, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, and Walt like the format they did on the Jungle Book commentary.

I wouldn't mind if they did that, though I would have preferred if it was just a three-person discussion throughout the film.

Then again, I would have also preferred if the Audio Documentary/Commentary from the old release was carried over (making Sleeping Beauty the second Platinum to have two commentaries for the film).

So what is to become of Fantastia??

It is the March 2010 Platinum. Fantasia 2000 will also be re-released during that time, and Destino will finally be released released after being delayed twice on home video (it was part of the canceled second wave of the Legacy Collection DVDs, then it was replaced in the Wave 8 Treasures with the Annette set).

albert

[Marky_198]

lighthousemike, I put up my best pictures in that thread, just for you! So now you can give us pictures! You can put them wherever but it would be nice to put them in the "Who Here is..." thread. You see, me and many guys in that thread think your super duper hot.

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I was the one asking, but thanks for posting them anyway
Nice pics!