The Lion King: Diamond Edition

yamiiguy · Post by **yamiiguy** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:37 pm

The only large extra I could think of for The Lion King would be the Broadway/West End show in HD and I doubt that's going to happen. Of course they could have the entire film again with subtitles.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:25 pm

They could always include a song clip or two from the broadway show. Dreamworks did that with the Shrek Boxset last year and some of those songs were quite good.

I'd love to see "He Lives In You" again.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sun May 01, 2011 12:38 pm

Someone on another board said this about The Lion King:

I have the original theatrical version on VHS with the correct Walt Disney Pictures logo and the 1994 “scrolling” credits (it was the first release and it was part of the “Masterpiece Collection”).

I didn't know they've changed the logo and the credits in future releases. Is this true? What are these "scrolling" credits he's talking about?

toonaspie · Post by **toonaspie** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:16 pm

Sotiris wrote:Someone on another board said this about The Lion King:

I have the original theatrical version on VHS with the correct Walt Disney Pictures logo and the 1994 “scrolling” credits (it was the first release and it was part of the “Masterpiece Collection”).
I didn't know they've changed the logo and the credits in future releases. Is this true? What are these "scrolling" credits he's talking about?

Yeah it was changed for the PE DVD.

Originally the non-scroll credits only lasted for the instrumental segment (less than a minute) and then start scrolling when they start playing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" all the way to the end.

It might have been alternated to non-scroll credits for the DVD to accommodate the DVD special edition credits.

Mason_Ireton · Post by **Mason_Ireton** » Mon May 02, 2011 5:54 pm

Excited for this release, won't hold my breath for some of the platinum's bonus feats bein transported to the Diamond. But I hope they keep the menu navigation fairly simple. The platinum's menu for the behind scenes was rather difficult. Thank goodness for Cine-Explore (which I hope they include)

Really hate the blu cover, Disney use the dvd cover for the blu cover, looks much more majestic than the blu cover.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Tue May 03, 2011 12:38 am

I'm sure Disney's not gonna include Cine-Explore. They like to cut corners on these releases and usually include existing commentaries rather than new ones. The exception is Dumbo. Even Princess and the Frog-a new movie-had just an audio commentary rather than Cine-Explore.

WaltDisneyFanBoy · Post by **WaltDisneyFanBoy** » Tue May 03, 2011 4:12 am

ajmrowland wrote:I'm sure Disney's not gonna include Cine-Explore. They like to cut corners on these releases and usually include existing commentaries rather than new ones. The exception is Dumbo. Even Princess and the Frog-a new movie-had just an audio commentary rather than Cine-Explore.

What's cine-Explore?

yamiiguy · Post by **yamiiguy** » Tue May 03, 2011 6:10 am

Updated first post with video/audio specs and breakdown of discs included in each edition.

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Tue May 03, 2011 6:26 am

WaltDisneyFanBoy wrote:
ajmrowland wrote:I'm sure Disney's not gonna include Cine-Explore. They like to cut corners on these releases and usually include existing commentaries rather than new ones. The exception is Dumbo. Even Princess and the Frog-a new movie-had just an audio commentary rather than Cine-Explore.
What's cine-Explore?

It's a type of visual commentary, where film clips and images are used to compliment the standard audio commentary. Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio had such features.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Tue May 03, 2011 6:27 am

ajmrowland wrote:I'm sure Disney's not gonna include Cine-Explore. They like to cut corners on these releases and usually include existing commentaries rather than new ones. The exception is Dumbo. Even Princess and the Frog-a new movie-had just an audio commentary rather than Cine-Explore.

Don't forget Alice and Bambi, which both have in effect an evolution of Cine-Explore (even if one was on DVD before). The storyboard PiP track on Princess and the Frog may have stopped a Cine-explore type presentation. Or it could just be because Disney simply crapped out the disc - they certainly didn't put any effort into the "normal" special features for Princess and the Frog.

Mason_Ireton · Post by **Mason_Ireton** » Tue May 03, 2011 9:08 am

hmm ya think the newer Disney films (i.e Lil Mermaid-Lion King) would probaly get the cine-explore experience. Wonder if Lady/Tramp might get a 2 disc blu ray, hopefuly.

What's the bonus feats for this edition?? unless Yammiguy already posted, then i apologize for askin a stupid question.

yamiiguy · Post by **yamiiguy** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:05 am

Mason_Ireton wrote:hmm ya think the newer Disney films (i.e Lil Mermaid-Lion King) would probaly get the cine-explore experience. Wonder if Lady/Tramp might get a 2 disc blu ray, hopefuly.

What's the bonus feats for this edition?? unless Yammiguy already posted, then i apologize for askin a stupid question.

They haven't been announced yet.

Prince Edward · Post by **Prince Edward** » Tue May 03, 2011 7:17 pm

Disney has updated the profile picture on their Facebook-page for The Lion King:
www.Facebook.com/DisneyTheLionKing

zackisthewalrus · Post by **zackisthewalrus** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:48 pm

The Disney DVD website has confirmed that all of the editions of this release (including the DVD-only Edition) will be released October 4th. http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/coming-s ... tualPage=1

nachonaco · Post by **nachonaco** » Sun May 08, 2011 7:40 pm

So do you guys think this means we won't see 2 or 1 1/2 as individual releases?

WaltDisneyFanBoy · Post by **WaltDisneyFanBoy** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:17 pm

nachonaco wrote:So do you guys think this means we won't see 2 or 1 1/2 as individual releases?

No, I don't think, there will be another release

Sky Syndrome · Post by **Sky Syndrome** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:59 pm

Here's a great picture that could have used for the cover of the Blu-ray or the DVD. It doesn't get used enough.

Marce82 · Post by **Marce82** » Tue May 10, 2011 3:07 pm

Interesting you post that image. I am from Argentina, and that WAS the original VHS cover over there. Well...sort of.

Lion King was the ONLY Disney movie that was released both in spanish and in english (with subtitles) in Argentina (and I suspect all of latin America). The english version had the US cover, and the spanish version had this red sunset type poster as the cover. Which, if I recall, was the main poster used when the film was released.

I liked the US VHS cover better :) I think it has one of the best layouts and designs of any disney cover. Great rendering on the background...but I never liked the rendering on the characters...made them look kinda rubbery.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Tue May 10, 2011 6:16 pm

2099net wrote:
ajmrowland wrote:I'm sure Disney's not gonna include Cine-Explore. They like to cut corners on these releases and usually include existing commentaries rather than new ones. The exception is Dumbo. Even Princess and the Frog-a new movie-had just an audio commentary rather than Cine-Explore.
Don't forget Alice and Bambi, which both have in effect an evolution of Cine-Explore (even if one was on DVD before). The storyboard PiP track on Princess and the Frog may have stopped a Cine-explore type presentation. Or it could just be because Disney simply crapped out the disc - they certainly didn't put any effort into the "normal" special features for Princess and the Frog.

Yeah, but that really pretty much neglects the pip capabilities in favor of seamless branching to a separate encode.

rs_milo_whatever · Post by **rs_milo_whatever** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:27 pm

Marce82 wrote:Interesting you post that image. I am from Argentina, and that WAS the original VHS cover over there. Well...sort of.

Lion King was the ONLY Disney movie that was released both in spanish and in english (with subtitles) in Argentina (and I suspect all of latin America). The english version had the US cover, and the spanish version had this red sunset type poster as the cover. Which, if I recall, was the main poster used when the film was released.

In Mexico I only recall the Spanish version being out (at least on release day) and it was the exact cover from the US except from the fact that Mexico used skinnier, more durable, cases.\

Do you mean that you guys had this cover?

That cover is kind of cool, the same cover with a sunsetty background has pretty awesome collectible value.

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