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Me too. Would love to see more seasons released.Kevin Martinez said:Is this step one in getting the rest of the series out? I hope so.
What's odd about the whole this is that the release announcement boasts an "Awareness" of Tiny Toons that is 20% higher than average. So why haven't the other seasons been released yet?Me too. Would love to see more seasons released.
So it was from WCI Home Video, in a big cardboard box?I still have my VHS from 100 years ago.
Standard cardboard yellow slipcase same size as VHS cassette.Jesse Skeen said:So it was from WCI Home Video, in a big cardboard box?I still have my VHS from 100 years ago.
Not long ago when I suggested this title for WB's MOD program, I got a lot of negative response that is wasn't gonna happen, not enough interest, etc. Then just a few weeks later when it was announced, you can trace this thread back to see how little interest there was. so I'm not expecting a review, but I did buy it and according to USPA tracking my copy was 30 minutes away a few hours ago so maybe I'll get it this weekend.Scamp said:So, any review coming for this dvd release? The little I've been able to find on the web has not been very good regarding the image or sound quality of this release with those posting saying that you'd be better off just sticking with your old VHS copy. Anyone purchase and have a chance to watch yet? Any HTF reviewer planning to check it out?
Wha? There is a world of difference between a theatrical movie and a DTV movie. Wonka was the former. Tiny Toons Vacation was the latter. 1.33:1 for TT is OAR and from what I read on the back of the packaging that is how it's presented.NY2LA said:I wonder what AR they'll release it in...
Back in the day Warners preferred "Full screen" (then 1.33) for "family" titles. Remember when they announced the SE DVD of WILLY WONKA in full screen ONLY and we all had to squawk and wait until they released it in Widescreen OAR? Now that Widescreen IS "Full Screen" I can't imagine the masses are going to love those vertical bars anymore than they loved the horizontal ones.
TIny Toons was photographed on film with post produciton done on SD video. The master tape is SD video. VHS and Laserdisc softened the picture enough so that the rough picture wasn't as noticable.NY2LA said:Frankly I'm not expecting much as Warners can't even be counted on for new transfers on Blu releases, but we'll know soon enough. Checking Amazon, someone has spammed the reviews with a mountain of incoherent gibberish, possibly to obliterate the almost unanimously bad reviews this DVD has gotten, the consensus is the quality is awful, some say worse than the VHS, obviously no new transfer, and WB didn't even bother to put images on the cover that represent the actual movie. At this point Wb needs to hear a big WTF? from people they soaked for this cheapie disc.
So what? I don't believe there is a world of difference. Studios sure didn't care when they were cropping everything in sight to make it fit 4x3 for "family friendly" titles (in other words for the masses who didn't understand and/or like letterbox) Those folks who were most likely to complain that "something was wrong" if their TV wasn't filled took precedence over the rest of us who wanted the whole frame even it it meant black bars.Tom M said:Wha? There is a world of difference between a theatrical movie and a DTV movie. Wonka was the former.
Yeah, and I think if it weren't for that bloody awful "stretch mode" we'd still have folks complaining that their newfangled widescreen TVs aren't filled by the old 4x3 stuff. Personally since I prefer a wider AR, I wouldn't mind if there were some panning and scanning of 4x3 material to fit 16x9. There was a time when studios gave us both. There is certainly enough room on this disc for both 4x3 and 16x9. I see some discs doing it, going back about 3-4 years. Now don't everybody jump on me, I'm not advocating they go and crop GWTW (again), I'd just like the option.Tom M said:Tiny Toons Vacation was the latter. 1.33:1 for TT is OAR and from what I read on the back of the packaging that is how it's presented.
So they should go back to the film and make a new master! We're not talking brain surgery. And why aren't we hearing the same complaints with the whole Tiny Toons and Animaniacs series?Tom M said:TIny Toons was photographed on film with post produciton done on SD video. The master tape is SD video. VHS and Laserdisc softened the picture enough so that the rough picture wasn't as noticable. Now, the clarity of DVD combined with better quality TVs is revealing what those "Post on tape" productions really look like. The same complaints have been made about the Disney Afternoon series and several other animated (and live action) series.
I suggest you do because apparently that's all Warner did. Warner didn't bother to remaster Willy Wonka for BluRay. They have the film. I have a friend who reviews for several online and print outlets and he tells me WB and TCF are among the biggest culprits for releasing Blu Rays with old transfers. I sincerely suggest you all check out Amazon's page for this title and once you sift through the bogus spam 5 star reviews (and ya gotta wonder why there are SO MANY of them) you'll see that the few real reviews of this DVD (people who have actually watched it) all say it looks awful.Tom M said:I look forward to Carter's thoughts but the reality is that this is the best this DTV movie will look unless Spielberg decides to rebuild the movie for HD (yeah, right). But, I might just save myself some money and transfer my Laserdisc to DVD.
Most players and tvs have the option of cropping the fullscreen video just after the stretch option. Such a feature on a disc would be worthless and not worth the effort.NY2LA said:Yeah, and I think if it weren't for that bloody awful "stretch mode" we'd still have folks complaining that their newfangled widescreen TVs aren't filled by the old 4x3 stuff. Personally since I prefer a wider AR, I wouldn't mind if there were some panning and scanning of 4x3 material to fit 16x9. There was a time when studios gave us both. There is certainly enough room on this disc for both 4x3 and 16x9. I see some discs doing it, going back about 3-4 years. Now don't everybody jump on me, I'm not advocating they go and crop GWTW (again), I'd just like the option.
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Wrong. If such a crop feature had been included in old 4x3 TVs, studios still would have had to do Pan and Scan for the "Family Friendly" crowd who won't do it, or won't understand, and for the fact that a static crop will sometimes leave out something important. Pan/Scan to 16x9 has already been done as a choice on 4x3 titles, such as Alastair Sim's Scrooge.Tory said:Most players and tvs have the option of cropping the fullscreen video just after the stretch option. Such a feature on a disc would be worthless and not worth the effort.