The_Iceflash wrote:Question: Why can't we be satisfied with the Treasures? Just asking.
I can only speak for myself I personally dont care about Live-action materal. Thus im not going to comment on those sets, but I feel for pepole that do want more of those materal.
On Animated sets I would like them to correct several errrors that I find with on the many sets (I have said this before; long post a head).
On actuall content:
1. Opening and closing titles, What we are currently seeing are not what the original movie goers in (im not going to say a word about the silent materal as we can be glad that something still exist) 1928, 1929 and 30's, 40's, 50's, shaw. Specially those shorts that were distributed by (Celebirty Columbia Pictures, United Artist Pictures and RKO Radio Pictures. I do believe that more of those original title cards exist than we actually got to see on the WDT line (untill we get confirmed other wise). What we are seing are reissue cards from later theater/TV distribution or recreation cards that look similar to the original cards that got removed but do lack the charm of the original cards so I did like Disney to restore as many titles as possible but I do believe that they didn't do that when they originally produced the Walt Disney Treasuries. Having original title cards also confirms to me what the short was actually called, in theaters, example off wrong tittling can be found on MMBW2 were the a short titled there as Just Mickey that name is wrong (confirmed by animation histrorian David Gerstein) as the correct name is Fiddling Around (also confirmed by David). This same David have also confirmed that the original titles for Band Consert (first regular color mickey shorts do exisist, to name an example).
2. Opening music all shorts that have reissue/recration cards might also lack there original opening music, I can only confirm 3 shorts having wronf opening music and all of them are on the Donald vol 3.
3a. Aspect Ratio on all pre 1932 needs to be window boxed, as I do belive many shorts on first Silly Simphony set and MMBW1 lacks picture information. This belive of mine comes from the fact that you see more of the frame The Skeleton Dance on the Oswald set than on the Silly Simphony set too name an example.
3b. I dont think any of Academy Ratio shorts (from 1932- onward) are to thightly or badly framed if there are case(s) that im not a were off then I do hope they see them and correct such possible error.
3c. The scope cartoons are probably ether croped or are at lest badly framed since and Beezy Bear is an good example of this as the Bears line up against the wall as suspects and you dont see the main bear on the left site. Wile I have seen a youtube clip of same cartoon were you see all the bears but you lose insteed information on the right.
4. Uncensored cartoons were replacement disc have not been prepered for example The Castaway, Clock Cleaners, Three Little Pigs, not sure on El Terreble Torador as lack of sequnce there might have more to do with dehorting of original source materal when short was restored.
5. Remastering problem, many cartoons specially on the Rarities set and Donald vol 2 (appart from the War time shorts) were remastering from second rate source materal, so I did like them to use first rate materal as they seems to have did on other sets and do better remastering every were else were needed. If they are willing give every singla short a blu-ray treatment (i.e HD tranfer), when they feel they are ready to start releseing this materal to Blu-ray and if done right those can be look similar amzing to Snow white or Pinocchio to name an example.
6. Out of Sincrone-sound (I voice-sound not following the mouth movements) error on Runaway Brain, I dont notce this errror myself but some pepole on here say they see this error quite a clearly, my therory is that ether UK verion which I have of the cartoon was corrected or as im not native on English thus I have more problem of notice this error, more than any other error I have notice. and I dont have heard off any other cartoon suffering from this kind of error
On the sets them selfs than actual content
7. Chronological order off Mickey Mouse BW cartoons and Silly Simphony cartoons (currently none off those sets are in chronological order so it is hard to figure out the evolution in those shorts
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8. No play all features on Complete Goofy and MMBW (later would probably be correct automatically if they fix error no 7)
9. I would only allow Maltin to "babble" in intros we are grown ups thus dont need any one to hold our hands when we view those cartoons. Watching few shorts always out side the main feature and Maltin before earlier sets are irritating. Note: Not an American thus contents that might offend Americans dont offend me.
10. Im still upset that they included Mouseworks/House of Mouse cartoons on the Donald vol 4 as I find it downgrading the set too included TV material on this set, let alone material not made during the time of Walt or the nine old men (assuming they ever did anything TV related), I would include insted those 3 solo Chip and Dale cartoons (similar to Figaro on the second Pluto set) and 2 1965 Donald Cartoons. If not then I would like to get the much speculated second rarites set. And of coures the the TV animated materal produced during Walt's life time should be given seprate relesese(s) on line as well. House of Mouse stuff however should be given a seprated DVD releses out side the Treasuries line (which I would gladly buy).
Following is general rant why limited run is not a good thing based on my personal view (not aimed at anyone specially)
11. Limited run series have its pros and cons, the cons the content might seems more valuable, with all this fancy packing but I did not buy all those sets because I do want an fancy looking tins on myself to collect dust (I personally keep every DVD in DVD wallet as makes the Discs more accessibility, I bought it because the content is wonderful and everything that you should expect from Walt Disney, if you or anyone bought the tins to look nice on your/his/her shelf without even open it and watch the content then I do think you or those people missed the entirely the Idea of Walt's original product to entertain and make people happy not to collect dust, I don't consider those kind of people Disney fans or atlest fans of this kind of material, and that is bad if and actual fan mis out because of those people. Also there greedy people that buy many sets to sell the tins on outrageous prices at later date and causing actual fans millions of Dollars, and I have seen some bad cases on ebay and elswere, to support his point of mine. So I feel for actually fans that wanted the material but didn't because greedy pigs and morons that are not actual fans of the contest bought the tins. That alone could have resulting in actual fans turning to torrent sites to download illegal copies of the sets, I would think that seeing number of illegal downloads per sets could say more about how much this content is watched than inconsistent number of tins per wave. So I personanlly would drop the Idea of this kind of materal should be limited runned, They might ether make the sets soon as they are ordered or produce x number of sets for first release and then after that produce more sets soon as they are orderd thus making sure that those that want the materal can get it. I think they should also be willing to make "replacement" disc soon as lost original matteral turns up (im not going to name any examples)
SO IM 100% clear im not willing to re-buy the TREASURIES CONTENT all ready RELEASED SETS UNLESS THEY CORRECTS THOSE ERROR I HAVE LISTED IMPORTANTLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
The rival Warner Bros have been prepering Looney Tunes shorts since 2003 for Blu-Ray.
