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I really think Disney should release four disc sets, just like the Lord of the rings trilogy. That would be good, since one disc will be for the movie, another disc for galleries, the third disc for games, and the final disc for the actual making of the movie features

Well I think that this is an idea that would be very possible and also plausible. There would be more than enough material to fill four discs as the background stuff on each film is immense! Although the problem would be, would Disney be bothered to prepare such a large amount of stuff?

When it comes to future releases, Disney will have to do something to get the publib's interest. I mean The Lion King is one of the biggest selling DVDs of all time, so why would people buy it if next time round it has the same bonus features? It may not happen in the next decade, but soon i think that 4 disc dvd may become the norm.

It would not be possible. You are talking about a five hour movie vs a 1.5 hour movie at most. Plus no costuming and effects department which took up a huge portion of the extras on those discs. I dont think enough interesting material exists. In fact outside of Aladdin and Snow White two disks has been a stretch.

Well, maybe they can show us the actors doing the voice overs or something.

They usually do that on a 2 disk set. What do you want to watch the entire hour and a half of voice overs? No thanks.

I don't think Disney will release 4-disc sets. The only 4-Disc sets I've seen were for trilogies(Star Wars or Indiana Jones) or t.v. shows. Though Disney does own some t.v. shows that could come on 4-disc sets, I don't think Disney really has any trilogies(unless you count those cheapqueals). However with The Choronicles of Narnia coming out, I think we can expect a 4-disc set from Disney soon.

This may work for a few Disney movies; but not the majority of them. There aren't many non-television 4-disc sets out there. The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions are the most obvious that come to mind; however there are also these two:

1. Dawn of the Dead (1978) - This one includes 3 different versions of the movies w/ bonus features on discs 1-3, and a fourth disc which is all bonus features.

2. Gone with the Wind - Like the LOTR sets, the movie is spread over the first 2 discs; with the bonus materials on discs 3 and 4.

I think the upcoming Titantic Special Edition is giong to be 4-disc as well, though I'm not going to buy that one. And the Extended Edition of Gladiator will be 3-disc.

Disney could've made Beauty & the Beast a 4-disc set, since they included 3 different versions of the film on their actual release. It would've made for much more satisfying transfers, and audio commentaries on each instead of just one (perhaps a director's commentary on the theatrical, voice-cast on the special edition and animators for the work in progress). Then the 4 disc could've been exclusively bonus material.

Mr. Toad wrote:It would not be possible. You are talking about a five hour movie vs a 1.5 hour movie at most. Plus no costuming and effects department which took up a huge portion of the extras on those discs. I dont think enough interesting material exists. In fact outside of Aladdin and Snow White two disks has been a stretch.

I beg to differ. Many of the movies released could've seen much more making-of material, not to mention publicity! The characters could have more in depth views about the voice, the design, how it's personality was decided on etc... Also, in my opinion, Disney has never revealed too much about the process of writing the scripts and songs. It has always been the usual stroyboards, rough, clean and final explenation!

I don't think they would have enough material for 4 discs, but there's gotta be at least enough for 3, at least with the platinum releases. There are still many areas of the making of the movie and the publicity where they can go into more depth (premiere, sound effects, auditions, script and song writing).

Alan wrote:Well, maybe they can show us the actors doing the voice overs or something.

I would love to see more coverage on the voices, since it's what I like the most about making an animated movie. Remember that they filmed all those hours of Robin Williams' improv while making Aladdin.

It would surely be possible to have a 3 or maybe even 4 disc set with Disney movies.

If Narnia makes over $300 million at the Box Office I wouldn't be surprised if they'd release a 2-disc and a 4-disc box set. It's the type of film for such a treatment. As much as I'd love it, I don't think people are waiting for 4-disc sets of Aladdin, Little Mermaid and The Lion King. Very few people would spend that much money on a 4-disc set of a movie wich is considered to be a children's film. Of course we know better

I think four discs is a bit of overkill for Disney films. Three discs, on the other hand, seem quite plausible. Disc one could be the film, disc two could be new "making of" materials, and disc three could be vintage and promotional features (that would ensure that we'd get trailers, tv spots, ad campaign galleries, and original TV specials). Beauty and the Beast would've really benefitted from this because then the Work in Progress version could've been given its own disc, allowing the main feature to breathe and not get plagued by digital artifacts. I think it'd be nice for the Platinum Editions to be 3-disc sets and every other animated feature be a 2-disc set. That way, everyone wins, and the Platinums are still treated more special than the other classics.

I wish the "Treasures" would come out as 4 discs !....

Waiting for all the Donald Duck shorts is murder !

Disneykid wrote:I think four discs is a bit of overkill for Disney films. Three discs, on the other hand, seem quite plausible. Disc one could be the film, disc two could be new "making of" materials, and disc three could be vintage and promotional features (that would ensure that we'd get trailers, tv spots, ad campaign galleries, and original TV specials). Beauty and the Beast would've really benefitted from this because then the Work in Progress version could've been given its own disc, allowing the main feature to breathe and not get plagued by digital artifacts. I think it'd be nice for the Platinum Editions to be 3-disc sets and every other animated feature be a 2-disc set. That way, everyone wins, and the Platinums are still treated more special than the other classics.

great thinking, I especially agree on Beuaty and the Beast

Disneykid wrote:I think four discs is a bit of overkill for Disney films. Three discs, on the other hand, seem quite plausible. Disc one could be the film, disc two could be new "making of" materials, and disc three could be vintage and promotional features (that would ensure that we'd get trailers, tv spots, ad campaign galleries, and original TV specials). Beauty and the Beast would've really benefitted from this because then the Work in Progress version could've been given its own disc, allowing the main feature to breathe and not get plagued by digital artifacts. I think it'd be nice for the Platinum Editions to be 3-disc sets and every other animated feature be a 2-disc set. That way, everyone wins, and the Platinums are still treated more special than the other classics.

I agree.

Oh dear. I know somewhere many months ago, I said the more discs, the better but 4 is a bit overboard. Actually it's really overboard for a Disney movie!

Hmmm, Disneykid stated it nicely.

how about a "Lion King" 4 disc special edition?
something like "The circle of life is complete..."(Disney watch out for Georgy L. and being sued)
The whole three movies and the best extras of all the three DVDs or the Broadway musical includeed?

Three disc version of Lion King might be cool, but Disney wouldn't do that, too expensive and takes too much time! Gosh people you know Disney isn't loaded with money!

Like others have said, a 4 Disc Edition is overkill for a Disney animated film in a way, mainly due to the fact that they're not long enough. However, I do think that a 3 Disc Set would be nice for some movies. As others have said, the picture quality of Beauty and the Beast could have been better if the three versions of the film were on seperate discs with certain bonus material; one for the kids (containing the special edition with all the fluffy games etc for kids), one for the collector (containing the work in progress edition with all the making of material) and one for everyone (containing the original theatrical edition and approachable to all material).

I actually think that if a Special Edition of Bedknobs and Broomsticks is released, a 3 Disc Set would be a good idea; because two versions of the movie exist (the original theatrical cut and the intended cut available on the current DVD release), I think that 2 Discs for each film version and an extra disc for bonus material would be a good idea.

I really doubt that disney would release any of the classics on 4-disc. Let's face it, there is a HUGE difference in the LOTR trilogy and any of the disney films. LOTR gets every age group where as msot disney films don't. It's easier to sell such a large format to everyone than it is for kids especially. Besides us, a lot of people don't even watch the special features, so i don't think a 4-disc would sell.

On the other hand i agree that a 3-disc would have a much better chance, especially when there are multiple versions to a film.

This is a little off topic but i wish that disney would offer the choice of widescreen or not right b4 the movie starts for every movie, an example in Monsters Inc. This way all of us that know better can have our widescreen and then all the people who complain can have their full screen.

Back to multi disc DVD's... How about we just focus on getting ALL the classics on 2-discs b4 we start thinking about 3 or 4!

singerguy04 wrote:This is a little off topic but i wish that disney would offer the choice of widescreen or not right b4 the movie starts for every movie, an example in Monsters Inc. This way all of us that know better can have our widescreen and then all the people who complain can have their full screen.

On the animated classics DVDs, they are just presented in their original aspect ratio and nothing else, which is excellent. I don't know why certain companies have stopped putting both versions on the DVD (PIXAR used to put widescreen and fullscreen presentations on their DVDs, but not for The Incredibles). I guess they don't do that anymore so they can have more disc space for extra features. That's why they need to have at least one more disc, to have just as much bonus material, and both ws and fs versions of the film.

Disc 1: feature presentation (original aspect ratio)
Disc 2: bonus features
Disc 3: Feature presentation (fullscreen)