Dumbo: Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD Discussion

PatrickvD · Post by **PatrickvD** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:05 am

LOL @ Dumbo II

that was another one of those sequels that looked and sounded awful. Dumco in the big city? Ew. So glad we never got to see that.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:59 pm

Uncle Remus wrote:Don't forget about the "sneak peek" trailer for Dumbo II that was included with the 60th Anniversary Edition DVD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEOs2zR6jD8

I didn't forget it. I purposely didn't include it on the list since it likely has no chance at all of appearing on any new edition of the movie. It is, after all, a "sneak peek" of a film that ultimately was canceled.

albert

SpringHeelJack · Post by **SpringHeelJack** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:20 pm

ORRRRRRR...

Sir Ian McKellen presents Dumbo 2: A look back at the cinematic masterpiece that was not meant to be

Y/Y?

wildphantom · Post by **wildphantom** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:46 am

Haven't seen this posted anywhere - but this is the official UK cover-art. Just appeared on amazon.co.uk

Love it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/imag ... 3926&s=dvd

mvd24 · Post by **mvd24** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:27 am

To me this looks more like an add for the "Dumbo the flying elephant"-ride at Disneyland.
I don't understand why cover art nowadays has to look so different from the look of the actual movie.

KubrickFan · Post by **KubrickFan** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:58 am

mvd24 wrote:To me this looks more like an add for the "Dumbo the flying elephant"-ride at Disneyland.
I don't understand why cover art nowadays has to look so different from the look of the actual movie.

The cover art has to look modern to appeal to contemporary audiences. I think it's a bad trend, but unfortunately that's the case. Since classic movies are already not doing to well on Blu-ray (although Disney doesn't have to complain) they need all the help they can get. Too bad, some of the original poster art is amazing, and it's unfortunate that that gets replaced just to make it more 'modern'.

Old Fish Tale · Post by **Old Fish Tale** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:05 am

I found these here!

If they're screencaps, 'Dumbo' looks as good as 'Pinocchio'!

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:07 pm

I'm a tad skeptical about the screens.

KubrickFan · Post by **KubrickFan** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:12 pm

ajmrowland wrote:I'm a tad skeptical about the screens.

You shouldn't use screenshots to judge the picture quality of a movie. You don't know how they were made, and even if you do they're wrong most of the time.
Disney has yet to disappoint with a release of their animated output on BD, so I'm sure it will look fine. I'm not worried.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:27 pm

KubrickFan, that's what I meant. I'm pretty sure these aren't representative of the actual restoration.

Marce82 · Post by **Marce82** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:28 pm

Erm, I dont care about the screen caps, but did you guys see that there is a list of the bonus features?!?!?!?!

Here I copy/pasted them... I dont speak french, but I somewhat understand what it says. Anyone around here who speaks french and can translate??

Les bonus

- Scène supprimée : le Conte de la souris
- Chanson supprimée : Are you a Man or a Mouse
- La magie de Dumbo ou l'attraction de Disneyland
- Making of : Dumbo prend son envol
- Présentation Tv de Walt Disney
- Les bandes annonce de 1941 et 1949
- Commentaires audio de Pete Docter, Paula Sigman et Andreas Deja
- La conception sonore, avec un extrait du film "Le dragon récalcitrant"

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:40 pm

Well, matching up the English translation from Google with what we know from the BBFC...

* Audio Commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja
* Taking Flight (26:56)
* Sound Design Excerpt: The Reluctant Dragon (5:40)
* Deleted Scene: Mouse's Tale (5:20)
* Deleted Song: Are You a Man or a Mouse (3:31)
* 1941 Theatrical Trailer (2:09)
* 1949 Re-Release Trailer (1:15)
* Walt Disney 1954 Television Introduction (1:04)
* The Making of the Dumbo Attraction from Disneyland

So it seems like the Canemaker commentary has been dropped in favor of a new one that will implement CineExplore on the BD. On the positive side, the Walt Disney TV Introduction made it, after all, and there seems to be an additional feature on the Disneyland attraction. Whether or not that's what "Rites of Passage" is (which is on the BBFC site but not on the French list) remains to be seen. I doubt it, though, because 2 minutes and 59 seconds seems awfully brief for a feature on such a beloved attraction.

Margos · Post by **Margos** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:37 pm

Disneykid wrote:
So it seems like the Canemaker commentary has been dropped in favor of a new one that will implement CineExplore on the BD.

Dang, that's a shame! I love Deja and Pete Docter, but still! I think that Canemaker's commentary has to be one of the best solo tracks I have ever heard.... Although I can't watch it when tired, he has such a soothing voice!

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:55 pm

KubrickFan wrote:
mvd24 wrote:To me this looks more like an add for the "Dumbo the flying elephant"-ride at Disneyland.
I don't understand why cover art nowadays has to look so different from the look of the actual movie.
The cover art has to look modern to appeal to contemporary audiences. I think it's a bad trend, but unfortunately that's the case. Since classic movies are already not doing to well on Blu-ray (although Disney doesn't have to complain) they need all the help they can get. Too bad, some of the original poster art is amazing, and it's unfortunate that that gets replaced just to make it more 'modern'.

Tell me about it. It seems like every studio could just use original poster art, which in most cases is better then the cheap crap they whip up for the DVD's, and they could save money. These new cover arts just don't seem to represent the films very well but I guess the bright colors help attract buyers. It just seems like they spend so much time and money on the marketing teams, to create the original posters that initially attract movie goers, and then just discard the wonderful art they spent so much time creating. At least they include them in art galleries on the discs most of the time.

Old Fish Tale wrote:I found these
If they're screencaps, 'Dumbo' looks as good as 'Pinocchio'!

I agree, looks great. They have to be legit as they look soo much better then the last DVD and trailer (just ignore the cropped aspect ratio they did on these "photos"). Disney certainly does good on their restorations. Blu-ray may finally get these old non-platinum classics the restorations they deserve. Now I'm really excited to see Fantasia's restoration (please be unedited). I only hope Song of the South has at least been looked at as it may be deteriorated by the time they finally decide to pull it out and give it some love.

Disneykid wrote:Well, matching up the English translation from Google with what we know from the BBFC...

* Audio Commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja
* Taking Flight (26:56)
* Sound Design Excerpt: The Reluctant Dragon (5:40)
* Deleted Scene: Mouse's Tale (5:20)
* Deleted Song: Are You a Man or a Mouse (3:31)
* 1941 Theatrical Trailer (2:09)
* 1949 Re-Release Trailer (1:15)
* Walt Disney 1954 Television Introduction (1:04)
* The Making of the Dumbo Attraction from Disneyland

Cool, a feature on the Dumbo attraction. I always thought it was neat that they had a feature on the Sleeping Beauty attraction and was disappointed neither Snow White or Pinocchio had one of their attractions.

I haven't seen Dumbo in a long time so I'm really excited for this Blu

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:45 pm

Well I'm hearing Feb 2 and Mar 22 as potential release dates. I hope the rumors are true and we get some kind of confirmation tomorrow at CES (considering Feb 2 is less then a month away).

zackisthewalrus · Post by **zackisthewalrus** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:39 pm

The UK release as listed on Amazon.co.uk is March 22, so R1 will probably get it sometime before then. I'm hoping we hear something from CES within the next couple of days...

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:19 pm

February 17th according to Walt Disney Home Entertainment's French site:

http://www.disneydvd.fr/fiche_produit.jsp?produit=485

Now I don't remember if that date was there when the screen captures were originally posted but I'm guessing that date is a little more accurate (for the European release at least). We'll add that to America's February 2nd rumored release date and Amazon UK's March 22. I'm hoping this is still a February release, but an official announcement would be nice (since it's rumored to come out in 3 weeks).

zackisthewalrus · Post by **zackisthewalrus** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:10 pm

Translated from French to English from disney.fr using Word Monkey.

Bonuses
- deleted scene: the Tale of the Mouse
- Song removed: Are you a Man or a Mouse
- The magic of Dumbo or the attraction of Disneyland
- Making of: Dumbo Takes Flight
- Presentation of Walt Disney TV
- Bands announcement of 1941 and 1949
- Audio Commentary with Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja
- The sound design, with an excerpt from the film "The Reluctant Dragon"

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:17 pm

zackisthewalrus wrote:Translated from French to English from disney.fr using Word Monkey.

Bonuses
- deleted scene: the Tale of the Mouse
- Song removed: Are you a Man or a Mouse
- The magic of Dumbo or the attraction of Disneyland
- Making of: Dumbo Takes Flight
- Presentation of Walt Disney TV
- Bands announcement of 1941 and 1949
- Audio Commentary with Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja
- The sound design, with an excerpt from the film "The Reluctant Dragon"

Disneykid already translated it earlier and matched it up with the BBFC listings:

Disneykid wrote:Well, matching up the English translation from Google with what we know from the BBFC...

* Audio Commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja
* Taking Flight (26:56)
* Sound Design Excerpt: The Reluctant Dragon (5:40)
* Deleted Scene: Mouse's Tale (5:20)
* Deleted Song: Are You a Man or a Mouse (3:31)
* 1941 Theatrical Trailer (2:09)
* 1949 Re-Release Trailer (1:15)
* Walt Disney 1954 Television Introduction (1:04)
* The Making of the Dumbo Attraction from Disneyland

So it seems like the Canemaker commentary has been dropped in favor of a new one that will implement CineExplore on the BD. On the positive side, the Walt Disney TV Introduction made it, after all, and there seems to be an additional feature on the Disneyland attraction. Whether or not that's what "Rites of Passage" is (which is on the BBFC site but not on the French list) remains to be seen. I doubt it, though, because 2 minutes and 59 seconds seems awfully brief for a feature on such a beloved attraction.

albert

Scamander · Post by **Scamander** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:00 am

Blu-ray exclusive footage of the german release:

-Disney View (+ Indroduction by James Coleman)
-Cine-Explore
-Featurette: Celebration of a masterpiece
-Art Galleries
-Silly Symphonies:
* Elmer Elephant
* The Flying Mouse
-Games:
* What do you see?
* What do you know?

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