EXCLUSIVE - Mulan: Special Edition DVD Review!

ichabod · Post by **ichabod** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:51 am

It sound like this will be a good dvd unlike last years lion king fiasco!

akhenaten · Post by **akhenaten** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:52 am

i have bought the r3 dvd and i beg to differ...or maybe perhaps its because r3 dvds lack a few features..but its not as good as sleeping beauty.only one step ahead of the lion king dvd IN THE MAKING OF DEPARTMENT.contents wise..lion king has more.one thing im thankful for is that the production crew spent less time talking about the mulan phenomenon (if there were such thing) but more on the story, origin and technology.good job.

picture wise...the original film didnt require much clean up except for enhancement of color and there were no animation alterations..

there were two early presentation reel.one from 1995 and the other from 1996.

the much talked about shadow puppet sequence was only for a minute.not like the still i saw in the art of mulan book.the jackie chan music video is STUPID.the kung fu moves notwithstanding.and nope there were no trailers for the r3 release in malaysia.we have the same features as HK ..practically its all the same.only our packaging doesnt have the dragons surrounding the mulan logo.

the discs art for

disc 1. mulan holding crikee..an old artwork

disc 2. imperial city in red.

by the way...i bought the three musketeers..dont think that im a disney basher cause im not.but this movie doesnt give me any impact.still im buying the R1 for collection's sake.and i got a three musketeers jigsaw puzzle set with the three musketeers R3 and a mulan postal pad with cool pictures for the mulan dvd. i will try to show them if anyone's interested.

mulan 3 1/2 of 5 (dvd rating)
three musketeers C+ (movie rating)

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:30 am

Thanks a lot for your comments, akhenaten!
Do you guys know a site from where we can get screencaps from the DVD (region 3)?

akhenaten · Post by **akhenaten** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:34 am

i cannot do a screencaps of the r3 dvd since my dvd rom is r1 encoded.and the region killer doesnt seem to work.however. i can do a comparison of the limited issue dvd and the special edition vcd. if u'd like.

sorry bout the double post.the net line got cut off and i reposted.

umm..how do i attach a pic to my post?

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:51 am

Well, if there is no problem for you, that would be really nice!
Could you tell us about the new enhanced HT mix?

akhenaten · Post by **akhenaten** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:56 am

there weren't any. only dolby digital 5.1 but the EHT is dolby 5.1 too isnt it? only with a different mix?
the comparison pics r done.teach me how to attach

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:15 am

akhenaten wrote:there weren't any. only dolby digital 5.1 but the EHT is dolby 5.1 too isnt it? only with a different mix?
the comparison pics r done.teach me how to attach

Yes, it's 5.1!
As for the pictures, you need an online directory to store it. Can anyone here help with this one?

Sideburn · Post by **Sideburn** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:51 am

akhenaten wrote:i have bought the r3 dvd and i beg to differ...or maybe perhaps its because r3 dvds lack a few features..but its not as good as sleeping beauty.only one step ahead of the lion king dvd IN THE MAKING OF DEPARTMENT.contents wise..lion king has more.one thing im thankful for is that the production crew spent less time talking about the mulan phenomenon (if there were such thing) but more on the story, origin and technology.good job.

picture wise...the original film didnt require much clean up except for enhancement of color and there were no animation alterations..

there were two early presentation reel.one from 1995 and the other from 1996.

the much talked about shadow puppet sequence was only for a minute.not like the still i saw in the art of mulan book.the jackie chan music video is STUPID.the kung fu moves notwithstanding.and nope there were no trailers for the r3 release in malaysia.we have the same features as HK ..practically its all the same.only our packaging doesnt have the dragons surrounding the mulan logo.

the discs art for

disc 1. mulan holding crikee..an old artwork

disc 2. imperial city in red.

by the way...i bought the three musketeers..dont think that im a disney basher cause im not.but this movie doesnt give me any impact.still im buying the R1 for collection's sake.and i got a three musketeers jigsaw puzzle set with the three musketeers R3 and a mulan postal pad with cool pictures for the mulan dvd. i will try to show them if anyone's interested.

mulan 3 1/2 of 5 (dvd rating)
three musketeers C+ (movie rating)

Hi akhenaten! If you do buy the R1 versions, can you please do a R3 vs R1 comparison? If there's no diff, I may just buy the R3 versions... Thanks!

akhenaten · Post by **akhenaten** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:56 am

sorry for the late reply.

ill try to post screencaps of the r1 limited issue and the r3 tomw..i got exams today.

Sideburn · Post by **Sideburn** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:16 am

akhenaten wrote:sorry for the late reply.

ill try to post screencaps of the r1 limited issue and the r3 tomw..i got exams today.

oh i meant an apple-to-apple comparison of the R1 SE and R3 SE... and also the R1 musketeers and R3 version (if and when you do buy the R1s)... in terms of any extras, audio options etc, coz if the contents are the same, I'll go for the cheaper R3

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:36 am

Here you have a few screencaps from the region 3 DVD but, unfortunately, they are very little.
http://disney.jbug.net/Special/2004/040815/index.htm

By the way, does anybody know what this special box is about?

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:27 am

Sorry to latch this on here, but rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd throw it in here:

No Mulan 3

Dark Horizons posted some stuff on a industry bash the other night, and had this to say about Mulan:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040820a.php
"The gorgeous Ming Nah was there talking about Mulan and the upcoming Mulan 2, but said that as far as she knew, "there's no Mulan 3 but I'll do anything", adding that she originally tried voicing the classic Chinese character as a high-pitched teenager but was told to use her own voice. Alan Menkin, then Oscar winning composer of Aladdin, played a medley of songs from that film..."

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:49 am

Loomis Wrote:

Sorry to latch this on here, but rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd throw it in here:

No Mulan 3

Dark Horizons posted some stuff on a industry bash the other night, and had this to say about Mulan:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040820a.php
"The gorgeous Ming Nah was there talking about Mulan and the upcoming Mulan 2, but said that as far as she knew, "there's no Mulan 3 but I'll do anything", adding that she originally tried voicing the classic Chinese character as a high-pitched teenager but was told to use her own voice. Alan Menkin, then Oscar winning composer of Aladdin, played a medley of songs from that film..."

This is sad I thought Disney would make Mulan 3 to make a trilogy.
I really want to see Mulan 3 why did Disney cancel this sequel.

DisneyChris · Post by **DisneyChris** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:54 am

Joe Carioca wrote:Here you have a few screencaps from the region 3 DVD but, unfortunately, they are very little.
http://disney.jbug.net/Special/2004/040815/index.htm

By the way, does anybody know what this special box is about?

Just for your information, that region 3 DVD is from Taiwan.

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