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The Aladdin DVD Press Release

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:30 pm
by Jack
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<font size="5"><u>FIRST TIME EVER ON DISNEY DVD</u></font>
<br><font size="7">ALADDIN</font>
<br><font size="4">SPECIAL EDITION</font>
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Platinum Edition 2-DISC DVD Available October 6, 2004

Featuring All-New Song “Abu is a Great Pet”
From Alan Menken
With Never-Before-Seen Animation
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Welcome to “A Whole New World of Special Features” as this jaw-dropping, groundbreaking, brilliant, unfathomable, best-movie-of-all-time is presented
with such outstanding special features as: TWO versions of the film; an all-new song “Abu Is A Great Pet” by songwriter Alan Menken; all-new animation created exclusively for the DVD;
a Virtual Arabian Desert Trek; unprecedented interactive games and more!

<center><b><u>ABOUT THE DVD FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
DISC 1</u></b></center>

<b>THE PALACE</b>
• Two Versions Of The Film:
Original theatrical release (we're lying - its the IMAX version)
Special Edition with all-new song “Abu Is A Great Pet” seamlessly integrated
into the original film, and even though it is only 30 seconds, it still makes it a special edition and vastly improves the film for families everywhere!

<b>STREETS OF AGRABA</b>
• The Making Of The New Song “Abu Is A Great Pet”
• Aladdin Personality Profile Game

<b>ALADDIN’S GHETTO</b>
• All-New “A Whole New World” Rap Music Video
Performed by the Disney Channel’s “Whole New Stars,” including Little Romeo, Lil Bow Wow, Aaron Carter, and Eminem!
• Sing Along Track

<b>DESERT</b>
• Rescue Princess Jasmine – Disney’s FIRST EVER ONLINE DVD GAME!
• Punch Gilbert Gottfried – 16 ways to beat up the annoying comedian in mind-blowing 6.1 DTS

<b>JASMINE’S BEDROOM</b>
• Alternate Scenes - Jasmine Gets Her Hand Cut Off (0:05), Genie Appears (0:01)
• Oh yeah . . . an Audio Commentary. Don’t bother with it, just play the games – they’re more fun!

<center><u><b>DISC 2</u></b></center>
Experience a fantastic new array of in-depth, “immersive”, “experiential”, “embelishy”, “bestest” behind the scenes features!!!!!!!!

<b>VIRTUAL ARABIAN TREK</b>
• With Iago the Parrot as your guide, listen to the annoying voice of Gilbert Gottfried yell at you till you feel like punching him as you venture across a virtual sea of sand – created in the computer with poor graphics and a cheap attempt to fool the consumer into thinking its actual footage of Arabia!

<b>MAKING THE MOVIE</b>
• Enjoy the all-new, comprehensive, in-depth look behind the scenes of Aladdin, with your host: Gilbert Gottfried! It lasts a whole 9 minutes!

<b>VIRTUAL GALLERIES</b>
• Tour the vast closet full of pictures with a tour guide to comment on the artwork for you. That’s right . . . its Gilbert Gottfried!

<b>TRAILERS</b>
• Since your kids have short attention spans, we’ve made it easy on the parents by not having the full movie release trailers, but rather a 20 second clip of the trailer for the “Whole New World” Rap Music video performed by Disney Channel’s “Whole New Stars”!

<b>SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM MICHEAL EISNER</b>
• Sit back relax, and listen to Micheal Eisner talk of his plans to redo all Disney films in CGI, abolish the original versions, discontinue making-ofs and only release games on the DVDs, and to top it off, families can watch with delight as he flips off film fans and moons them with his big, fat, gleaming white butt!

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:38 pm
by Matty-Mouse
Stop bad mouthing Iago/Gilbert Gottfried, he's great!
Very funny idea though, but now to the off topic board with you!

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:44 pm
by Luke
Naughty, naughty. :headshake:

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<font size="5"><u>FIRST BANNED ULTIMATEDISNEY.COM MEMBER</u></font>
<br><font size="7">JACK</font>
<br><font size="4">SPECIAL EDITION</font>
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:P

:lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:23 pm
by Jack
LUKE: LMAO! :lol:

But seriously, I do like Gilbert Gottfried in Aladdin. He's funny and all, but he can get annoying at times. :wink:

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:24 pm
by Disneykid
Rofl! :lol: That was great. :D

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:11 pm
by Porce
LOL!!! I can imagine that's similar to the real thing... :P :roll:

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:29 pm
by Matt
I was almost believing that one! :lol:

Man! You got my hopes up! :( :P

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:40 pm
by Loomis
You bastard :D

I got excited there for a minute. Although "embelishy" gave it away instantly :D I like that word though!

And stop bashing Gilbert Gottfried. His Patrick Swayze in 'Clerks: The Animated Series' (released by Miramax) was uncanny :)

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 7:10 pm
by indianajdp
"You had me at big, fat, gleaming white butt, Jack.
You had me at big, fat, gleaming white butt."

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 7:35 pm
by Jake Lipson
This was not amusing.

And, oh, yeah, another thing - Aladdin is due out on October <b>5th</b>, 2004, not the sixth. Next year's got 366 days in it, thank you very much.

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:18 pm
by BasilOfBakerStreet427
"Abu's A Great Pet".Funny song name.

G'Day!

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:46 pm
by Paka
Oh, stop being so anal, Jake. Yeesh - gawd forbid anyone ever make fun of the sacred Platinum Editions. :roll:

Very funny "press release", Jack!! I especially liked the riff on "Morning Report" with "Abu Is A Great Pet", and its "Making Of..." featurette.
Seriously, though - those specs are eerily close to (what will probably be) the truth - kind of a depressing omen of sorts. :-P

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:23 pm
by Luke
Jack's press release has found its way to other DVD forums. :D

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:25 pm
by Brink!
lol you had me until the rap video
first i was going "ooh no a rap video"
but then i thought aaron carter/eminem
like that'll ever happen :lol: :lol: :P

greetings Brink!

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:29 pm
by Prince Adam
[quote="Loomis"]You bastard :D

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No need for language! It was just a joke! I'm sure Jack didn't mean to spark any bad feelings!

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:07 pm
by Jack
Luke wrote:Jack's press release has found its way to other DVD forums. :D
Where? :lol:

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 5:09 pm
by Jake Lipson
DVDFile for one.

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 5:45 pm
by Loomis
Prince Adam wrote:
Loomis wrote:You bastard :D

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No need for language! It was just a joke! I'm sure Jack didn't mean to spark any bad feelings!
Uh, yeah...hence the big :D smilie next to the 'You bastard'.

I know it is hard to believe, but even my backwards brain understood that this was a (very poor) joke.

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 5:47 pm
by Luke
I thought the big grin was like a big angry grin like "Look at my teeth - GRRRRR." ;)

And it's actually pretty funny (and scarily on-target with Disney exec's thinking) once you accept the fact it's a joke. Bravo, Jack. You're still banned, though. ;)

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:15 pm
by Jack
Wow, I wasn't too far off from the recent news reports. :lol: :wink: