New Releases, A Good Year?

[Escapay]

Robin Hood was in 2006, along with Dumbo.

And The Fox and the Hound!

Thanks for the info Escapay/Barbossa.

No problem.

Not good enough. We need Wonderful World of Color episodes in season box sets.

Ditto!

I'll get "Minutemen"- I really liked it

Woohoo, a fellow Minutemen fan!

(I probably should've also pointed out that my high school's mascot was the Minuteman...so there's also some school pride in there too...even if I didn't care much for high school sports.)

I wonder if Disney will ever release 2-disc non-Platinum Editions again...

[sarcasm]But Ames, don't you remember? They delayed The Aristocats from Spring 2007 to Winter 2008 in order to find more bonus materials for the two-disc special edition, just as the ad promoted it would be![/sarcasm].

Walt Disney Home Entertainment...what a bunch of disorganized and lying bastards.

Black Cauldron needs a special edition!!

I'm all for this, if they would actually add special stuff. I think that the Gold Collection of TBC is the best Gold Collection disc (I'm not just being biased), but a nice documentary would be nice. I doubt we'll see that anytime soon.

Let's make it 10 discs!

As for TBC being the best GC disc? Sorry, I'll disagree there Ames. While it does benefit from quite an exciting and fairly generous Still Gallery, as well as having the theatrical trailer and "Trick or Treat", it's a non-anamorphic transfer with a fair amount of dirt and grain. The Sword in the Stone and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are better, if only for the anamorphic picture (B&B) and the larger amount of extras on both.

I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE Disney to release "The Sweatbox", but, that too, is not very probable.

I have a feeling it's more probable we'll see The Sweatbox before we see Song of the South on Disney DVD.

Scaps

[blackcauldron85]

{I probably should've also pointed out that my high school's mascot was the Minuteman...so there's also some school pride in there too...even if I didn't care much for high school sports.)

My hometown's newspaper (in Massachusetts) is called the Billerica Minuteman!

sarcasm]But Ames, don't you remember? They delayed The Aristocats from Spring 2007 to Winter 2008 in order to find more bonus materials for the two-disc special edition, just as the ad promoted it would be![/sarcasm].

That's my point- they used to release really good non-Platinum 2-disc sets, and now...not so much. At all. It makes no sense besides them being lazy. Disney, I know that you love money. Make 2 disc sets and charge more money for them. We'd pay for them, and you'd make more money...just add some great bonus features!!!

The Sword in the Stone and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are better, if only for the anamorphic picture (B&B) and the larger amount of extras on both.

I think that those 2 are definitely the 2nd best GCs...maybe I am biased towards TBC...and I don't have a fancy TV, so nonanamorphic doesn't bother me, but I understand what you're saying!

I think we'll see "Song of the South" on DVD before "The Sweatbox"...wanna make a bet?

[Ariel'sprince]

Do you think that The Sword In The Stone will get a Platinum Edition?.

[blackcauldron85]

Do you think that The Sword In The Stone will get a Platinum Edition?.

I highly doubt that it will get a Platinum Edition- it's not on the PE list, and I don't think that it was one of the best-selling Disney titles.

[Ariel'sprince]

But it's not a popular film?.
Alice wasn't on the PE list and it will come.

[SleepingBeautyAurora]

I'd rather see Hercules as a Platinum Edition.

[Ariel'sprince]

Me too but i don't know if they'll make a Platinum Edition for it.
Thought,why don't they?.

[MagicMirror]

'Pinocchio' is currently scheduled as the first 2009 release.

I told you Pinocchio will be released in 2009 and not Snow White!.

Wouldn't 'Snow White', as a princess film, come out in October of 2009 rather than February anyway? Or has 'Fantasia' already been confirmed for October '09?

[rs_milo_whatever]

i need to see special editions for movies that never did before; Hercules,
Hunchback,The Black Cauldron, and Lilo & Stitch come to mind easily.

yes Disney, all of the DVDs above have a DVD out, but this time it
actually IS time for an upgrade, i don't see why Sleeping beauty is
getting this treatment if the last DVD was even better than some PEs out there.

i only look forward for Prince Caspian, College Road Trip, Enchanted, and
National Treasure...so i voted no; it might be an ok year but there should
be at least one good DVD for all DACs.

[Ariel'sprince]

I told you Pinocchio will be released in 2009 and not Snow White!.

Wouldn't 'Snow White', as a princess film, come out in October of 2009 rather than February anyway? Or has 'Fantasia' already been confirmed for October '09?

All the princesses films comes in October but every year they'll release one princess movie in a PE or in theather.
In 2009 The Princess and the Frog (a princess movie) will be released then so Snow White won't be released in 2009 and neither 2010 if Rapunzel will come then (like this year (fine,in 2007) Enchanted (a princess movie) was released insted of a PE of a princess movie and next we'll have a Sleeping Beauty PE),got it?.

[PixarFan2006]

This is going to be a good year in my opinion. 101 Dalmatians gets its long overdue re-release on dvd. I also plan to buy The Aristocats, Saludos Amigos/Three Caballeros Collectionm, Enchanted, and The Walt Disney Treasures Wave.

I already have the 2-Disc edition of Sleeping Beauty from 2003.

I am not at all interested in the DTV sequels.

[Anne]

I voted yes.

Of course, it could always be better but I'm happy with the expected releases.

I'm really looking forward The Aristocats, that's one of my favorite disney movies and I will surely double-dip on this one. I might need to wait a couple of weeks before buying it because of money reasons but I will eventually pick it up!

I'm also looking forward 101 Dalmatians on Platinum Edition.

I'm not that excited about The Jungle Book 2 and Saludos Amigos & The Three Caballeros. I'm not sure yet if I'll double-dip on those ones.

As for new movies, I surely appreciate the release of The Little Mermaid III and, although I'm not sure if I'll like Tinkerbell or not, I will surely give it a chance!

As for Sleeping Beauty, I'm happy with the Special Edition I have but I'll buy the Platinum one anyway... both on DVD and Blu-Ray.

And since I haven't seen Enchanted in theaters I'll be more than happy to see it on DVD!

[Chernabog_Rocks]

I think I'll take a leaf out of Reyquila's book and say I'm excited about any of the dvd's coming out for Disney this year, simply because it's Disney I still own a lot of VHS versions so I'll be saving all my money to keep on top of things.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

I voted "no".

Classic Caballeros Collection is what I'm looking forward too most. Even though the treatment is nothing fancy, the fact Disney's is even releasing these movies again and will be promoting these characters more makes me happy. I don't own The Three Caballeros on DVD yet and don't even own Saludos Amigos and since this is the best release these movies will ever get in quite some time, I'm certainly picking.

And of course I always look forward to the Walt Disney Treasures.

Everything else: meh.

The Aristocats, isn't a favorite, but I might buy it when the price drops. 101 Dalmatians and Sleeping Beauty are hands down, two of the most blandest, most boring and most overrated animated films ever made. Not really looking forward to either, even if DVD is Snow White quality (and there's a better chance we'll get Song of the South on DVD this year than that happening). I was actually slightly disappointed with Book of Secrets, I'm still in debate in actually buying it, the one thing certain is I'm not in a rush like I was with the first to getting it. Of course, I boycotted that piece of dog-turd known as "Enchanted" in theaters and I'll never buy this evil filth on DVD either. I might rent it out of curiosity, or wait for it to come on the Disney Channel, but really, what's the point? I've never been a fan of direct-to-video sequels, and the upcoming ones don't look interesting either. And to heck with the Disney Channel crap.

I am looking forward to seeing Narnia and Wall-E in theaters though, so I'm not currently thinking about them coming to DVD.

In terms of home video, unless you own a Blu-Ray, not the most exciting times for Disney fans.

[Ariel'sprince]

,I boycotted that piece of dog-turd known as "Enchanted" in theaters and I'll never buy this evil filth on DVD either.

Enchanted is not an "evil filfth".

[2099net]

How any anyone think 2008 will be good?

1] Haven't learnt from the past two or so years of SUBSTANDARD DUMBED DOWN, SHOVELWARE Disney has been releasing on DVD what 2008 is most likely to consist of?

Even the past few Platinum editions are nothing but weak shadows of the range's former glory. Peter Pan was an insult to every single Disney DVD fan. So it's misguided at best, and total denial at worst to even have any hope that Disney is going to change the quality of their releases in 2008.

2] What does 2008 promise so far that indicates 2008 will be good?

Look at the discs we do know about for 2008. What about list of bonus features on Enchanted? A storybook, three (I assume) short featurettes, some deleted scenes (again, based on recent releases only a few minutes, and not all of the deleted scenes available) and some (no doubt due to having to be family friendly) highly edited bloopers.

Same for The Aristocats - lots of nothing, resulting in nothing. 101 Dalmatians sounds okay (certainly compared to some of the recent Platinum editions) but even that wastes an hour on a set-top virtual puppy plaything rather than - I don't know, doing something useful with the space like presenting the viewer with matted and unmatted viewing options. The Caballeros Collection is nothing more and nothing less than shovelware.

And yet Disney doesn't seem capable of shoveling the contents of their International Lilo and Stitch Special Edition onto US discs. The days of comprehensive 2 disc releases which set out to entertain and inform curious viewers is over. Now Disney thinks all you're worth is games, bland music videos by bland Disney sponsored teenage acts and sneak peek trailers.

3] Disney's re-released a sizeable number of titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007 already. There's really not that many more that they can re-release. And what do we have that we do know about? More Pooh. More DTV re-releases. More Clubhouse. Tinker Bell and Little Mermaid III show some promise, but beyond that... Even the releases from their theatrical animated movies will no doubt be 1 disc and dumbed down, just like the last couple of years' have been.

[UncleEd]

Wasn't Snow White confirmed as a 2009 release by an internal retailer memo?

Sweatbox is on DVD already isn't it? Isn't thatthe film Sting's wife made?

[Ariel'sprince]

No,and it can't be since the Princess and the Frog will be out in 2009 so Snow White can't be released then.

[2099net]

No,and it can't be since the Princess and the Frog will be out in 2009 so Snow White can't be released then.

Why?

[rs_milo_whatever]

theory is that Disney only releases one Disney Princess film a year (not counting DTVs and their special editions)
in either theaters or Platinum Edition DVD