The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition DVD Press Release

BambiFan87 · Post by **BambiFan87** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:22 pm

wheres the review...

I wanted to read it before I bought it tomorrow morning!! but oh well

MadonnasManOne · Post by **MadonnasManOne** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:51 pm

Here's something to tide us over, until we have our grubby hands on The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition. IGN.com has posted a 3-page interview with Ron Clements and Jon Musker, about the process of putting the film together, and the new Platinum Edition DVD. Enjoy!

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/736/736840p1.html

xxhplinkxx · Post by **xxhplinkxx** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:33 pm

ITS HERE!!! ITS FINALLY HERE!!! ITS OCTOBER 3RD!!! AHHH!!!!!

I CANT WAIT FOR MY COPY OF THE LITTLE MERMAID!!!

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Lucylover1986 · Post by **Lucylover1986** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:44 pm

BambiFan87 wrote:wheres the review... I wanted to read it before I bought it tomorrow morning!! but oh well

Luke's going to be up all night finishing it. Feel bad for you Lukester but hope you enjoyed the DVD.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:14 am

disneyboy20022 wrote:Is this a new scene or something with Donald Mickey or Goofy that you guys are talking about? or could I see it on the old Limited issue DVD of the Little mermaid?

It's always been there, it's just easier to see on DVD thanks to freeze-framing and zooming. Trying to find it on VHS would be murder, believe me, I tried!

Escapay

Ting Ting · Post by **Ting Ting** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:26 am

Well for most of you it's already October 3rd...but here in Bakersfield it's 11:24 PM on October 2nd. Less than an hour away until the official release here in my city!

Unfortunately, I have to wait until 3:17 to go get my copy because of school. I hope Best Buy doesn't run out of plushes by then. If my mom has arrends to run, I think I'll just give her my money and ask her if she'll stop by so that I can get my plush.

darth_deetoo · Post by **darth_deetoo** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:47 am

Joshtheleo wrote:
Lucylover1986 wrote:I just went through all the bonus features and I was really dissapointed by the making of featurette, it really wasn't that informative. The "ride that almost was" was really cool though. I wish that would've become a dark ride at Disney World or Land.
I agree, where were the interviews with all the voice actors? I had high hopes that Disney would do another onstage show like they did with Aladdin. I liked the ride that almost was, and the character art was cool, but the interface was clunky...

Well, Jodi Benson did pop up several times to discuss the movie, and there were clips of some of the other cast. Have you ever thought that people might have been either unavailable or unwilling to contribute in some cases.

I thought the documentary was quite informative. It goes into the problems the studio was facing at the time, the general mood and attitude of the studio when the film was in production (was surprised to see Jeffrey Katzenberg interviewed). It went into some detail about the story development. And there was a big focus on the music and Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, which is rightly so, as that style influenced the subsequent Disney movies enormously.

A documentary is never going to please everyone, and is always going to leave something out. It's a tricky balance between making something too long and losing the interest of the viewer or striking the right balance, and risking losing something important.

Personally, I found it to be a very enjoyable documentary, and I thought it complemented the movie perfectly. As indeed did the entire extra's package. I thought this was a disc where we got a substantial extra's package that you would want to watch again, whereas all too often these days we're given pieces of fluff, which in a lot of cases you'll never even watch once.

xxhplinkxx · Post by **xxhplinkxx** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:34 am

darth_deetoo wrote:A documentary is never going to please everyone, and is always going to leave something out. It's a tricky balance between making something too long and losing the interest of the viewer or striking the right balance, and risking losing something important.

They could make a TLM Documentary that lasts 5 hours. Not only would I sit through every second of it, but Id come back for multiple viewings.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:37 am

I HAVE MY COPY! I HAVE THE LITTLE MERMAID! YES! I'M SO HAPPY! I FINALLY HAVE IT!

I love Australia, and it's ignorance for release dates!

I'm going to go watch it now!

I'm so happy

singerguy04 · Post by **singerguy04** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:27 am

i just got done watching my copy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's really as good as we all thought, it blew me and the 2 friends that watched it with me away!!!

Also, make sure you watch the short The Little Matchgirl it blew me away as well!

This is by far my favorite PE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:51 am

xxhplinkxx wrote:
darth_deetoo wrote:A documentary is never going to please everyone, and is always going to leave something out. It's a tricky balance between making something too long and losing the interest of the viewer or striking the right balance, and risking losing something important.

They could make a TLM Documentary that lasts 5 hours. Not only would I sit through every second of it, but Id come back for multiple viewings.

yeah, seriously, there's no such thing as a documentary that is too long when it comes to this. worst case scenario, they split it up in a few parts. they don't need to worry about the viewer loosing interest, seeing as its a dvd extra. its not part of the movie, and its not on tv. so they should be free to cram as much stuff that will fit on the disk as possible.

KubrickFan · Post by **KubrickFan** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:05 am

Kyle wrote:They could make a TLM Documentary that lasts 5 hours. Not only would I sit through every second of it, but Id come back for multiple viewings.

yeah, seriously, there's no such thing as a documentary that is too long when it comes to this. worst case scenario, they split it up in a few parts. they don't need to worry about the viewer loosing interest, seeing as its a dvd extra. its not part of the movie, and its not on tv. so they should be free to cram as much stuff that will fit on the disk as possible.[/quote]

I doubt that five hours of material can be put onto a single DVD, without losing image or sound quality. I wouldn't mind though. At least at that way every aspect of the production could be followed without rushing it.

universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:14 am

Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!

KubrickFan · Post by **KubrickFan** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:21 am

Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!

Yours in november? That's strange. Okay, in Holland we still get it two weeks later than America (on October 18th) but why do you get it a month later?

MerXAN · Post by **MerXAN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:22 am

MadonnasManOne wrote:Here's something to tide us over, until we have our grubby hands on The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition. IGN.com has posted a 3-page interview with Ron Clements and Jon Musker, about the process of putting the film together, and the new Platinum Edition DVD. Enjoy!

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/736/736840p1.html

This is very nice.....Thank you.

By the way, do any of you know anything about the R3 release? I have a friend that lives in Hongkong and she'd like to know the release date there.

Scamander · Post by **Scamander** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:25 am

Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!

The UK PE of TLM is R2 and R4, so in Australia it's the same DVD but there it will be released tomorrow. You can buy it from http://www.cd-wow.net without shipping costs!

EDIT:
http://www2.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2 ... ode=387419

universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:31 am

KubrickFan wrote:
Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!
Yours in november? That's strange. Okay, in Holland we still get it two weeks later than America (on October 18th) but why do you get it a month later?

I know it sucks big time!

Scamander wrote:
Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!
The UK PE of TLM is R2 and R4, so in Australia it's the same DVD but there it will be released tomorrow. You can buy it from http://www.cd-wow.net without shipping costs!

Thanks, that's a very nice gesture but I don't like buying my DVDs off of the net. I'm really fussy when it comes down to picking my DVDs, I'd rather go to the Disney Store and check out which has the best case, I'd be really annoyed if I got sent one with a minor dent or a slight crack. Plus I wanted to get the boxset of both "TLM" and "TLM2". Thanks again though.

universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:35 am

KubrickFan wrote:
Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!
Yours in november? That's strange. Okay, in Holland we still get it two weeks later than America (on October 18th) but why do you get it a month later?

I double checked the date and it's out in the UK on November 6th.

Scamander · Post by **Scamander** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:51 am

Scamander wrote:
Nick Bryant wrote:Why is it all of the platinum editions were released in October in the UK and finally the most antcipated one of them all and my favourite movie of all time, get's released in November?! It's not fair, I want mine now!
The UK PE of TLM is R2 and R4, so in Australia it's the same DVD but there it will be released tomorrow. You can buy it from http://www.cd-wow.net without shipping costs!

Thanks, that's a very nice gesture but I don't like buying my DVDs off of the net. I'm really fussy when it comes down to picking my DVDs, I'd rather go to the Disney Store and check out which has the best case, I'd be really annoyed if I got sent one with a minor dent or a slight crack. Plus I wanted to get the boxset of both "TLM" and "TLM2". Thanks again though.[/quote]

Yeahh... I understand that. If I could I would buy it in a shop, too. But in Germany we have just the single-Disc edition, so I ordered the UK-Edition from cd-wow.net. Btw, in Germany is not one Disney Store and last week I was (just one day) in Venice and was really surprised and happy to see one and then... then I forgot to go inside and remembered too late when I was again on the Garda lake

MerXAN · Post by **MerXAN** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:54 am

Behold!

The UD review!!!!!!

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/littlemer ... ition.html

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