THE RESCUERS is the sole unreleased Disney animated film... (1 Viewer)

[DaViD Boulet]

Personally I don't consider Little Mermaid or Pocohontas to officialy have been released on DVD because the picture quality on both is so horribly bad that they are unwatchable IMO on any large-screen system.

Truly shockingly bad grain that was NOT present in any theatrical presentation makes it look like you're watching the movie through a swarm of flying insects.

What gives?

besides...they need to be 16x9...

-dave

 

[James Reader]

I have the R1 Little Mermaid Limited Edition and yes the grain is distracting.

However I have the R2 Pocohontas and cannot remember any grain issues when watching. Why would their be grain on the R1 version?

 

[MarkBurton]

Hopefully, it will at least have the same specs as its Region 4 counterpart....

Water birds - A Walt Disney True Life Adventure
Cartoon Short - Three Blind Mousketeers
Sing-Along Song - "Someone's Waiting For You"
Toon Disney - Under The Hat Villians
THE RESCUERS Scrapbook
Set-Top-Game - The Ultimate Case

 

[DaViD Boulet]

Nice to hear the R2 Pocohontas is better. It *really* is incredibly bad in R1. Don't know why...but it is!

BTW, is it 16x9 in R2?

 

[James Reader]

Just checked: No it's not anamorphic. The picture displays slight evidence of grain, not no where near as bad as The Little Mermaid. I wouldn't have noticed it unless I was looking (Note: I've only sampled a short segment)

If does have a range of supplements though:

The Making of Pocahontas (TV Special)
Multi-Language Reel "Colours of the Wind"
"Follow Your Heart" Interactive Adventure
Production:
-- Character Design (VHS of Glenn Keane lecturing)
-- The Music of Pocahontas
-- Storyboard to Film Comparison
-- Abandoned Concept "In The Middle of the River"
-- Deleted Sequence/Song "If I Never Knew You"

 

[Charlie Essmeier]

I'm still waiting for "Victory Through Airpower." Until we have that, we don't have all of the animated stuff.

Charlie

 

[Jeffrey Gray]

Don't worry, that is confirmed to be in Disney Treasures Wave 3's "Wartime Cartoons" set...

 

[Dylan Davis]

Look for Sleeping Beauty on 9/9/03!

 

[David Lambert]

Dylan, you just guessing/wishfull thinking, or do you have a source for that information?

 

[Kevin M]

Isn't there some negative hub-bub about the OAR of the upcoming The Absent-Minded Professor DVD?

 

[David Lambert]

Isn't there some negative hub-bub about the OAR of the upcoming The Absent-Minded Professor DVD?

It's not upcoming, it's out.

It wasn't in the original widescreen, it was fullframe.

It wasn't in the original black-and-white, it was colorized.


Bastardized all the way 'round, if ya' ask me.

 

[LukeB]

The specs listed on Disney's website suggest that our disc will be identical to the Brazil/Mexico DVDs released.

 

[MarkBurton]

LukeB, looks like you're right again!
http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/mo...s/2161803.html
Bonus Feature(s):
"The Ultimate Case" Set-Top Detective Game
"Water Birds" True-Life Adventure
"The Rescuers" Scrapbook
"Under The Hat" Villains
"Three Blind Mouseketeers" Silly Sympony Animated Short
"Someone's Waiting For You" Sing-Along