Lady and the Tramp, no front flap?

[Tarzan.]

I think that Disney doesn't have a specific rule to add to their slipcovers this flap. Before I thought that the flap on the slipcovers was specifically for the Platinum Editions and the Special Editions, but then they release Mulan without one and I couldn't believe that because they release TLK2 with a flap and I am completely sure that Mulan is better than TLK2 for obvious reasons so in that moment I realize that they add the flap just when they want. I just hope that they add a flap on TLM because this is one of their best movies and this flap will give to it more elegance.

[Escapay]

this flap will give to it more elegance.

More elegance? They might as well make them gold plated...

I would think the gift set alone would make the release have more elegance, but hey, whatever floats your boat (be that a flap on a slipcover or a slipcover in general)...

Escapay

[The Lizard King]

How sad is it that one who despises slipcovers so much knows so much about the buggers?

I was thinking the exact same thing!

TLK

[2099net]

Ah, I think a brief natural history of the slipcover will explain everything.

Although it may seem strange, it is only recently that the Slipcover family of animals were discovered. While biologists following evolutionary theory had long speculated on their existence for many years, it was only in the year 2000; the turn of the millennium; that two fellows of the Los Angels Natural History Museum managed to raise the finance for an explorative expedition.

The presence of such animals as Dusticas Bibologicus (common name, Dust Jacket) and the Sleevius Vinylrex (common name, the Album Sleeve) had led the scientific community to speculate that a similar parallel evolutionary path would have been followed, but based on a symbiotic relationship with DVDs, rather than books or old-style long play records.

Professors Jackson and Smyth managed to present their theory in manner convincing enough to secure funding from the Walt Disney Company, and set off for the untouched islands off Bora Bora, in their quest to find and catalog a new species of animal.

At first they had limited success, the highlight of the first three weeks was the discovery of a new specious of Dusticas Bibologicus – and it was only on the final week of the expedition that a Slipcover was found. In fact, Jackson and Smyth found a breeding pair of Slipcovers, nested around a clutch of newly released Universal LD to DVD ports. Immediately naming the species Slipicus Coverex, the pair returned to Los Angeles to present their find to their expedition sponsors at Burbank.

Everyone was overjoyed with the find, and work was soon begun on not only getting the pair to breed, but also to bond with some still in development Disney DVDs. It was here that the second surprise was revealed. While the evolution of the Dust Jacket and the Album Sleeve was slow due to the extended breeding time between each successive generation, the Slipcover was capable of reproduction at incredible rates. This the evolutionary process was considerable faster. In fact, Jackson and Smyth, with Disney’s support, were able to hold back on mass farming of the Slipcover while they attempted several experiments of carefully selected crossbreeding.

It was around this time that word got out that Disney was in possession of an ever expanding herd of DVD Slipcovers. They too sent teams to the islands off Bora Bora and returned with Slipcovers. Lacking the vision of Disney and Jackson/Smyth, these studios quickly began farming their slipcovers, and in 2001 the first DVDs with a slipcover were released.

Disney didn’t worry. The cross-breeding experiments were proceeding with great success. The Slipicus Coverex/Dusticas Bibologicus pairing in particular producing some impressive off-spring – the Slipicus Bibologicus (common name, “Opens like A Book”). This, combined with the high quality of their Platinum DVD releases were producing impressive results. The sustenance of Disney’s Platinum DVDs resulted in Slipicus Bibologicus with strong, thick skins, a healthy glossy shine and, to the surprise of everyone, Velcro® fasteners.

Finally, Disney was happy with the breeding program’s results, and the Slipicus Bibologicus was factory farmed, and met great critical success when released with the Beauty and the Beast DVD.

Disney’s Slipcover farming had much more success over the next few years, Disney’s high quality disc contents creating generation after generation of healthy Slipicus Bibologicus herds, while other studios were stuck with farms of the plain Slipicus Coverex.

However, it was around this time that Disney made a fatal mistake. As demand for DVD grew, Disney created DVDs with more and more ‘fluff’ supplements or, more shockingly, no supplements at all. The Slipicus Bibologicus found it hard to grow strong with such a light and inconsequential host to draw sustenance from. Lacking the strength to fight off natural ailments, whole Slipicus Bibologicus farms found themselves afflicted with Slipicus Flu, a highly contagious virus that quickly leapt from slipcover to slipcover.

Disney managed to stop this epidemic from wiping out the whole of their Slipicus Bibologicus herds, but didn’t have enough livestock for their DVD releases. In the ultimate humiliation, Disney had to ask rival studios to farm Slipicus Coverex for their DVD releases such as Mulan and Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas.

Disney tried hard to build up Slipicus Bibologicus stocks, and did manage, thanks to the jam packed content of releases such as Mary Poppins and Bambi to continue to farm Slipicus Bibologicus and several DVDs were released with the “Opens like a Book” slipcovers as a result. However, it is thought that Disney, as well as providing substantial supplements to nurture the Slipicus Bibologicus also injected steroids into the slipcovers.

Sadly, the Slipicus Flu was slowly mutating as well, and Disney’s livestock continued to dwindle. Finally, in an act of desperation to save a few breeding pairs of Slipicus Bibologicus a concentrated culling exercise was carried out on the herds. This is why this year’s Lady and the Tramp comes with a plain Slipicus Coverex.

However, Disney still has a number of untainted breeding pairs of Slipicus Bibologicus left, and they are slowly building up the numbers. It is thought that when the time is right, a whole new series of DVD releases with “opens like a book” slipcovers will once more come from Disney’s farms.

[TheSequelOfDisney]

The Lion King wasn't based on a book.

You've never heard of Shakespeare's Hamlet? It was a BOOK!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King

TLK

It says that The Lion King was INFLUENCED by Hamlet. Disney didn't base it off of it. They just used Hamlet as a tool, just like they used Bambi as a tool.

[Finchx0rz]

You've never heard of Shakespeare's Hamlet? It was a BOOK!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King

TLK

It says that The Lion King was INFLUENCED by Hamlet. Disney didn't base it off of it. They just used Hamlet as a tool, just like they used Bambi as a tool.

And Hamlet wasn't a book, it was a play.

[The Lizard King]

And Hamlet wasn't a book, it was a play.

And my copy of Hamlet is in a BOOK called The Complete Works of William Shakespeare! From what medium do you read Hamlet? Parchment?

TLK

[The Lizard King]

It says that The Lion King was INFLUENCED by Hamlet. Disney didn't base it off of it. They just used Hamlet as a tool, just like they used Bambi as a tool.

Just like you are a... Oh, never mind.

TLK

[The Lizard King]

Technically, it was PLAY but then I'd just be mincing words.

Yes, you would, since most people I know read a copy of Hamlet from one of the oldest media known to humankind -- a BOOK!

TLK

[Loomis]

Technically, it was PLAY but then I'd just be mincing words.

Yes, you would, since most people I know read a copy of Hamlet from one of the oldest media known to humankind -- a BOOK!

TLK

Well, I was just talking in terms of its original format, which probably wasn't a book.

I often forget what time zone I am in, being from the future and all.

Get your paws off me, you damn dirty apes!!!

[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]

It says that The Lion King was INFLUENCED by Hamlet. Disney didn't base it off of it. They just used Hamlet as a tool, just like they used Bambi as a tool.

Other influences on The Lion King was 1988 film "The Land Before Time", Exodus from the Bible and Joseph Campbell's excellent book "The Hero with a thousand faces" . . . which also by they way was the major influence on Star Wars. To say it was "based" on any one source in particular would be incorrect.

Oh . . . and slip covers rule!

Steven.