"Finding Nemo" DVD - Bonus Features & Artwork!

[Luke]

Actually Fullscreen is when a movie is originally in a format of 4:3.

Well even that can be misleading, since those movies won't be "Fullscreen" on a 16:9 TV.

Pan & Scan is more accurate for "Foolscreen" DVDs, although a number are Open-Matte, which doesn't involve much (if any) panning & scanning.

And technically 1.85:1 16:9 DVDs could be "Fullscreen" for 16:9 TV owners.

But you're right in that "Fullscreen" is misleading jargon when applied to films that are modified. To the uninformed, it might even sound "better" than Widescreen.

[Choco Bear]

i love the new cover 1000000000x better than the fake plain one also i like the carboard boxes it protects the actuall cover and there usually shiny and i like shiny things

[Starion]

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Add two soft plush toys and a collectible pin for only $10 USD more.
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[Sulley]

Another positive remark about the cover. Firstly, I do like the outside box (it makes it seem very collectible, although Disney does need to work on consistency, which it looks like they might be doing), and also it seems that the old "Walt Disney Pictures Presents" logo is coming back. (The one on original theatrical posters of '80s and '90s films. I prefer it much more than the silly logo displaying an underlined "Walt Disney" above small-printed "Pictures Presents". Maybe I'm just getting a little picky, but I didn't realize how much I liked the original logo until they changed it (I believe with the release of The Emperor's New Groove). I even preferred the simple label of "Walt Disney" over this recent jargon, even if Walt himself had nothing to do with them (See The Little Mermaid and Tarzan DVDs). Anyways, I'm glad the original's back.

[Eeyore]

Put me down as a "do not like" the new cover. I wasn't crazy about the demo cover, but it was far better than this one. The best one was the one sheet, with the huge shark behind them as they cowered.

I don't know why this is so difficult. You make a poster image that's good enough to sell your film around the world in tens of thousands of theatres, it's the artwork that you see the moment you visit findingnemo.com, but when it comes time to sell the dvd, suddenly "we need new art".

[2099net]

Forget about the cover! I just don't like this "trend" of doing "Enthusiast" discs and "Family Friendly" discs.

For one thing - there's no reason why Enthusiast features can't be Family Friendly (and vice versa). Splitting them off onto two discs is just encouraging people to totally ignore one of the discs. ("Widescreen - what do I want to watch a movie with black bars for?"). It's not going to convince the doubters that there's actually a lot of merit in the Disney 2 disc releases - and therefore will add weight to Disney's argument that 2 disc sets aren't popular and most people would prefer 1 disc releases!

Secondly, I personally would much rather have all the non-film essential special features on the second disc. I'd rather sit down for a good few hours and explore all the supplements together.

While I think much of the second disc looks like "fluff" I'm not against that as it is important to have something for the young children. However read through the second disc's contents and you'll see that absolutely nothing on it relates to the making of Nemo, or the Nemo film specifically (I guess the "Pixar Animation Studios Tour" will be sort of generalised). So in short I feel splitting the contents onto 2 discs gives an excuse to cut down on the actual film related special features, while upping the non-film related special features for the children. The children's section of the Monsters, Inc. disc was quite small in comparison to the listing for the second Nemo disc.

I just feel that all of this is a concequence of having to have the DVD out as soon as possible. I'm sure all of the second discs supplements were "in the can" before work on the actual movie was anywhere near finished. I'm sure this approach was decided in order to speed up the production of the DVD for an early release.

The sad thing is, most of the people on this board seem to think getting the film out NOW! is more important than waiting and recieving a good, balanced release later.

I may be coming down on this release too much, but for me, reading the specs this doesn't feel like a 2 disc Disney collectors set. More like a 1 disc "Treasure Planet" disc, with more content for children. I suppose it just depends on how lenghty and deep the documentary on disc 1 is.

[Luke]

I'm not crazy about the line being drawn between "Enthusiasts" and "Families" either, but I feel it's important that they're getting the meat and potatoes on Disc 1. And I'm sure there WILL be hours of worthwhile extras between the two discs; it just means you'll have to switch discs at some point. I hope the documentary on Disc 1 is as good as it sounds, something thorough and AT least 30 minutes, preferably closer to 45-60 or even longer.

The positive side to splitting the two versions of the film onto two discs means that the quality should be flawless. While I had no problems with the MI DVD, putting the separate films on separate discs does make some sense from a disc space perspective. Clearly, the movie is the most important thing and even 5 hours of video for supplements won't take up the kind of space that two versions of the film (>3 hours) would, since the film comes from a higher-resolution source, and will certainly be given more attention to video/audio quality, plus all the additional audio tracks.

[Tascar]

I personally think that they should just always have the widescreen version only and simply imbed those uncommonly used tags that will allow the player to automatically pan-and-scan. I don't care if it doesn't work well, sucks for the foolscreen fans.

As for the kiddie fluff extras, I don't understand what kid would possibly enjoy them. Maybe I was just a really screwed up kid, but I intensely enjoyed the old Walt Disney Presents on the Disney Channel and all the stuff on the technical aspects of animation, the multiplane camera, etc. I was intensely interested in the technical aspects of animation as early as when I was barely 10. I would never have enjoyed the silly crap that's on some of these discs.

As for the horrible DVD games, these companies have to realize that they totally suck, especially in today's day and age where every family who has a DVD player probably has a Playstation 2 or an X-Box. I can't see how a kid would play the crappy DVD Trivia / Find the Treasure games instead of Halo, Super Smash Bros, Dance Dance Revolution, or Kingdom Hearts.

[Porce]

As for the horrible DVD games, these companies have to realize that they totally suck, especially in today's day and age where every family who has a DVD player probably has a Playstation 2 or an X-Box. I can't see how a kid would play the crappy DVD Trivia / Find the Treasure games instead of Halo, Super Smash Bros, Dance Dance Revolution, or Kingdom Hearts.

No kidding. I never understood why every animation DVD has to be loaded with games that even a 3-year-old would get bored with. It's a waste of space. Thank God they don't put games on the Walt Disney Treasures. Just imagine, on The Complete Goofy set you could do a pogo stick parking game for "Victory Vehicles" or a fishing game for "Goofy and Wilbur."

[2099net]

I've nothing against set-top games and read-alongs on Disney discs as such. Some of the Disney games have been somewhat entertaining.

However, I feel the slew of such features on the second disc of Nemo is a result of having to have the disc ready for an early release. It seems that most (if not all) of the second disc has nothing to actually do with the making of the film, and is padded out with "fluff".

Notice how the original Bugs Life Special Edition and Ultimate Toy Box don't include any children's features and as a result cram in much more about the actual films - from concept to home video release.

I can't remember anyone complaining about waiting almost a year for "Monsters, Inc" to be released on DVD. Why can't Nemo wait that long?

[Luke]

I don't think the DVD would be much different if it were to come out next summer. Five months after theatrical release gives plenty of time to compile supplements through three months after theatrical release. Sounds like they were documenting the making of the movie over the five years or so it was in production - I don't know what more you could want that they can't do in time for the DVD. Whether they do it or not is another matter, but I don't think the quick turnaround is problematic.

[Prince Adam]

One Pixar executive was quoted in Disney Magazine last winter saying "We really do animate these movies for the DVD."
Sounds like a poor excuse to make a movie...

[Tascar]

One Pixar executive was quoted in Disney Magazine last winter saying "We really do animate these movies for the DVD."

I'm glad to hear that there are idiots working at Pixar too.

[philipp616]

I hope the documentary will be interesting like the one on the Roger Rabbit Disc. (it should be also 60 minutes long or even more)

Better one big Documentary as much short ones like on the Lion King DVD...

[indianajdp]

Well, count me in the group that prefers this cover to the one that was circulating earlier this summer. That one looked too "staged"...almost like a PC game cover.

[Luke]

Well, count me in the group that prefers this cover to the one that was circulating earlier this summer. That one looked too "staged"...almost like a PC game cover.

Now that you mention it...it DID look like a PC game cover.

[philipp616]

Well, count me in the group that prefers this cover to the one that was circulating earlier this summer. That one looked too "staged"...almost like a PC game cover.

Now that you mention it...it DID look like a PC game cover.

now that you mention it... it is nearly the Cover of the finding nemo game




Edit:

[indianajdp]

Dammit I said PC not CONSOLE.

Now see, I know nothing but I can surely tell the difference between a good DVD Cover and one that should only grace the front of a children's video game.

I think that should make me eligible for some sort or prize