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As a double dipper, my advice is to buy it for the new extras (the grail of this release alone is the new documentary).
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Yes, that extra 15 minutes in the making of documentary (or is it a whole new making of documentary?) may be worth getting it. I'm not sure if I will get it until I read other people's opinions.
Like I said above, maybe the new stuff from the making of documentary makes it worth it.Atlantica wrote:I'm stuck .... If I have the Diamond Edition, is it worth importing this one or no ?

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Hmmm .... thank you for advising. Its more because if Disney are going to start a new collection on this, it would be nice to have them. Though everyone has said, its bare - bones, and no new art is being used. Would be more convincing if they did a different take on their coverart, as thy did with Sleeping Beauty.
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Actually I believe the art of the Evil Queen on the cover is new, and actually it keeps in line with the villain and hero's backs to each other form that Sleeping Beauty's cover had.

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Sheesh, the more I learn about the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Signature Collection release, the less excited I am for this fall's Beauty and the Beast. Even though the writing's been on the wall since the Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition re-issue, it's disheartening to know that two discs of content will be condensed to one, with the addition of 40-odd minutes of YouTube Generation puff pieces that don't have the same value as the content dropped to make room for it. 
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We're getting a longer documentary, so that's something. At any rate, just contact Disney and tell them your complaint, I'm sure they'll listen and improve the line.
Incidentally, it's a shame this line is focusing on movies because it would've been a perfect opportunity to also release box sets of the shorts.
Incidentally, it's a shame this line is focusing on movies because it would've been a perfect opportunity to also release box sets of the shorts.
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Really? Sorry if I come across as condescending, but just because you're stating an complaint, it doesn't mean that it will be taken consideration to. And Disney have rejected complains priorly. Not always, but they have.Mickeyfan1990 wrote:We're getting a longer documentary, so that's something. At any rate, just contact Disney and tell them your complaint, I'm sure they'll listen and improve the line.
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so is every cover now gonna be the hero and villain(or secondary character?) standing back to back with a plain white background? how boring.
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I wish Disney would offer the digital download for a cheaper price if you already own a previous version of the movie. I don't want a new Blu-ray as I have the Diamond Edition, but I would like the digital download, but it is almost the same price as just buying the new physical copy of the film. $20 just feels too expensive for a digital copy of a movie.
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I don't think it's condescending at all. I would question Disney, too. Frankly, I've given up on Walt Disney Home Entertainment. Their various missteps over the past few years have made them a joke in my eyes. Obviously, they don't care about the quality of these discs anymore, just the quantity, as evident by the fact that the top-selling home video of all time is for a disc that has only two making-of featurettes: one of which is less a making-of and more a dance-off.DisneyFan09 wrote:Really? Sorry if I come across as condescending.Mickeyfan1990 wrote:We're getting a longer documentary, so that's something. At any rate, just contact Disney and tell them your complaint, I'm sure they'll listen and improve the line.
Reading a sentence like "We're getting a longer documentary, so that's something" is like giving someone a drop of water when they could use a glass. It's not a worthwhile something. It's an insult.
If we want to quantify it solely by numbers, this 2016 documentary merely adds 16 minutes* to the 2009 "The One That Started It All" documentary, but the 33-minute running time is still shorter than both the 1994 LaserDisc documentary (38 minutes) and the 2001 DVD documentary (39 minutes). And regardless if this new documentary is extended or not**, all have largely told the exact same information, just by different people, or by the same people who get older in successive documentaries. Honestly, the quantity of the documentary running time isn't the even issue for me, rather it's the quality and actual content. When all of them basically regurgitate the same studio-mandated rags-to-riches, folly-no-more stories, all that gets upgraded are the cameras used and the ages of the speakers. At the very least, offer stories and production ephemera that's been documented elsewhere and contextualize it within a more intense look at the making of a film.
*I wouldn't be surprised if the added 16 minutes is just some of the Hyperion Studios features that didn't get edited into the 30-minute "Studio Tour" documentary. If you tally up "Family Business," "Where it All Began," and "Working with Walt," you'll have roughly 16 minutes.
**Or just the pre-existing featurettes edited together, see above.
Oh, lordy, preach it, sister.DisneyFan09 wrote:just because you're stating a complaint, it doesn't mean that it will be taken consideration to. And Disney have rejected complains priorly. Not always, but they have.Mickeyfan1990 wrote:At any rate, just contact Disney and tell them your complaint, I'm sure they'll listen and improve the line.
I've written aplenty to them in the past. But form letters from both Disney's home entertainment division and their legal department make for depressing responses, so I've stopped writing to them. Especially as the past few years have shown it's apparent that they're not listening. Otherwise I'd be enjoying the full extended editions of movies like Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Pocahontas, a decent selection of bonus features for The Rocketeer, and an actual Blu-Ray release of The Black Hole. Instead, I get to look forward to barebones Disney Movie Club exclusives of live-action titles that don't even offer lossless audio or the pre-existing DVD bonus features.
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I made complaints to Disney several times and they told me they went right to the respectful departments for consideration, so it's clear that they care about us.
With that, the DVDTalk review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/70269/sn ... en-dwarfs/
With that, the DVDTalk review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/70269/sn ... en-dwarfs/
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If only it were that simple. I wish I still had that kind of naïveté.Mickeyfan1990 wrote:I made complaints to Disney several times and they told me they went right to the respectful departments for consideration, so it's clear that they care about us.
All that's clear is that they've received your complaints. Form letters to the extent of, "We've received this and sent it to the proper department." Any "consideration" simply is a formality to acknowledge receiving feedback.
If they did care, they have a strange way of showing it. How often have people complained here that yet another title had an underwhelming slate of new bonus features, with worries over what would be dropped from the old release? How often would people pass on re-buying a movie again because the older release was still good enough for them? How often have digital-exclusive features annoyed people to no end?
Ten years ago, there was an excitement for these releases, even among the few missteps. In 2005, people complained that Tarzan lost its bonus disc when they re-released it to DVD. Today, extending one featurette to 30 minutes at the cost of losing 90 minutes from a bonus disc is now cause for celebration. When exactly did half-assing a release become good enough? I've taken to anticipating new releases with a sort of dread, a sense of "what are they going to do to screw up this one?". As a consumer who's been satisfied by these products before, this is their way of alienating me from purchasing more. They are taking the steps to entice people to NOT buy their products, while offering small tokens to those who do, rationalizing that such stupidity is good enough. It's not good enough.
That's not them caring about us.
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I'm really only interested in the longer documentary as I own both platinum and diamond editions.
If any of you gets the bluray and wants to trade the digital copy, PM me
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Is it worth going back and purchasing the Platinum Edition DVD instead ? I've seen it on amazon.co.uk going for quite a good price, used.
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Hey,
Does anyone know which spanish dub this release will carry? (1964 or 2001).
If anyone can check, this is the 1964 dub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyWr68DcMmQ
Thanks everyone!
Does anyone know which spanish dub this release will carry? (1964 or 2001).
If anyone can check, this is the 1964 dub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyWr68DcMmQ
Thanks everyone!
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Has this been posted anywhere else? And this makes me a little POed that they are skipping Pinocchio once again!
I am very excited for Beauty and the Beast though!




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Those are custom covers, but I imagine the real covers will end up looking quite similar. The Alice one looks a little odd with the Queen of Hearts so small. That role would be better given to the Cheshire Cat or the White Rabbit imo.Matt wrote:Has this been posted anywhere else? And this makes me a little POed that they are skipping Pinocchio once again!I am very excited for Beauty and the Beast though!
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What are the chances that BATB and Alice will be given proper restorations for their upcoming blu-ray releases? I would like to see them with untampered coloring for once, and while that may occur with Alice, I have little to no hope for BATB.


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These are fan-made covers. It even says so on the image itself. Also, there has been zero indication that Alice in Wonderland is joining the Signature line. It was neither a Platinum nor a Diamond title so I highly doubt it'll be a Signature one. Pinocchio still has a chance of being included since it was in the Platinum line.Matt wrote:Has this been posted anywhere else? And this makes me a little POed that they are skipping Pinocchio once again!
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The Platinum and Diamond line were both different. Alice in wonderland would actually have a chance to be in this line IMO. It would fit into the Walt Disney Signature Collection as well. And where does it say it was fan made? I do not see that lol. But looking at them closer they do look fan made. However, I am sure they will be very similar due to the Snow White cover. 

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Especially with the live-action movie's success and the impending sequel, I think it's quite likely that Alice will join.Matt wrote:The Platinum and Diamond line were both different. Alice in wonderland would actually have a chance to be in this line IMO. It would fit into the Walt Disney Signature Collection as well. And where does it say it was fan made? I do not see that lol. But looking at them closer they do look fan made. However, I am sure they will be very similar due to the Snow White cover.
If you look closely at the covers, on the side it says @customsag2016


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