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Re: Sleeping Beauty BD - 2008
I wholeheartedly agree Mathew. I think Disney is going to be seriously disapointed by the numbers with Sleeping Beauty. While one of their classics, it's not their best known. Also the equipment is still relatively expensive, and those of us who own it are not really into games, etc.
Hopefully by the time this disc hits the market there will be some affordable standalone Blu players available.
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05-15-2008, 04:26 PM
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I wholeheartedly agree Mathew. I think Disney is going to be seriously disapointed by the numbers with Sleeping Beauty. While one of their classics, it's not their best known. Also the equipment is still relatively expensive, and those of us who own it are not really into games, etc.
Hopefully by the time this disc hits the market there will be some affordable standalone Blu players available.
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I think they may have chosen Sleeping Beauty because, though it was their second jump into widescreen feature animation, it was the first one that was really designed with widescreen in mind. Shooting Lady and the Tramp in CinemaScope was somewhat of a last second decision and was shot simultaneously flat at 1.33:1.
It was also a large format film (Super Technirama 70) and as such may be one of the best to show off in the HD format because of the level of detail that was put into the artwork.
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05-15-2008, 04:31 PM
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Re: Sleeping Beauty BD - 2008
It was also due on the Platinum titles schedule.
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06-11-2008, 11:27 AM
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Some more info (including video) here regarding Disney's plans for their first BD-Live title.
2.55 for the first time. Original audio found in Germany.
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06-11-2008, 11:54 AM
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Better not be.... Super Technirama 70 OAR is 2.20:1.
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06-11-2008, 11:55 AM
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What bothers me about Disney titles is they use filters on the soundtracks. Their remixes are completely flat, the life sucked out of them through dehissing and noise reduction. My nephew actually ripped the transfers from most of their DVD's and then used the older soundtracks, either from laserdisc or earlier DVD releases.
And they sound better. Much better. Amazing and sad. 
Death to PG-13! And now death to DVNR too!!
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06-11-2008, 11:58 AM
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Some more info (including video) here regarding Disney's plans for their first BD-Live title.
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2.55:1? Thats funny because the aspect ratio of Technirama was 2.35:1 when converted to CinemaScope and 2.21:1 when projected in 70mm. The actual full frame of Technirama was 2.25:1, so if they are going to crop it to 2.55:1, I think some folks are going to be very disappointed.
The story in that link must have some misinformation.
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06-11-2008, 09:22 PM
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I'm hoping it's the same as Warner's announcement that HTWWW would be 2.89:1, when most sources refer to Cinerama as being 2.59:1; a simple typo.
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06-12-2008, 04:53 AM
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2.55:1? Thats funny because the aspect ratio of Technirama was 2.35:1 when converted to CinemaScope and 2.21:1 when projected in 70mm. The actual full frame of Technirama was 2.25:1, so if they are going to crop it to 2.55:1, I think some folks are going to be very disappointed.
The story in that link must have some misinformation.
Doug
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There is a Sleeping Beauty trailer on some Disney discs and the AR looks to be around 2.3:1, so we will be fine.
With regard to correct aspect ratios the new formats have an excellent track record, so far no title in my collection deviates significantly from its original AR. |
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06-12-2008, 07:32 AM
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I'm hoping it's the same as Warner's announcement that HTWWW would be 2.89:1, when most sources refer to Cinerama as being 2.59:1; a simple typo.
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Thats not a typo. It will be 2.89:1. See my post on another thread -
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...9-post132.html
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06-12-2008, 03:21 PM
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What bothers me about Disney titles is they use filters on the soundtracks. Their remixes are completely flat, the life sucked out of them through dehissing and noise reduction.
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Oh, no. And I thought my analogy between butchering a soundtrack to cater to those who can't tolerate hiss and killing the detail to cater to those who think film grain is evil was just that--an analogy. |
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