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Disney's Pixar Short Films Collection

post #1 of 29
11/3/07 at 9:18pm
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Nice to finally have some of these on one disc - and to watch the progression in computer animation. The last one, Lifted, I found to be the best overall - quite funny. Pricing as usual is a bit stiff but watching The Ghost Light and Mike's New Car in 1080 was worth it for me. The Special Feature on the history of pixar was a nice addition as well and informative - HD of course!
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post #2 of 29
11/4/07 at 1:38pm

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Originally Posted by Brent Avery
Nice to finally have some of these on one disc - and to watch the progression in computer animation. The last one, Lifted, I found to be the best overall - quite funny. Pricing as usual is a bit stiff but watching The Ghost Light and Mike's New Car in 1080 was worth it for me. The Special Feature on the history of pixar was a nice addition as well and informative - HD of course!
Is Knick Knack the "re-boobed" version??

Thanks
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post #3 of 29
11/4/07 at 2:10pm

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^In the review in the SD thread, the reviewer said it was the Finding Nemo version. And you can bet that this will be the same.
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post #4 of 29
11/4/07 at 8:38pm

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^In the review in the SD thread, the reviewer said it was the Finding Nemo version. And you can bet that this will be the same.

And here, as it was in the SD thread, it is still a shame.

I would have thought Pixar would hold themselves above the "revisionist" fray.
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post #5 of 29
11/5/07 at 8:51am

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I don't know, this isn't exactly the Eyes Wide Shut censoring. I honestly don't care if a couple CG toys have D-cups or A-cups.
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post #6 of 29
11/5/07 at 9:47am

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Speak for yourself, Brandon...I need my CG titties!
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post #7 of 29
11/5/07 at 10:04am

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LOL!

That's almost signature worthy. Almost.
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post #8 of 29
11/7/07 at 9:01pm

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anyone own cars and ratatouille on BD? are their respective shorts included there as well?
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post #9 of 29
11/8/07 at 6:09am

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anyone own cars and ratatouille on BD? are their respective shorts included there as well?

According to the back of the packaging, the shorts are included. However, they are referred to as being ported from the DVD features. So, they are probably in SD, but I haven't verified that. It would make sense from a business perspective however, if you want HD shorts, you have to buy the separate The Pixar Short Films Collection.
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post #10 of 29
11/8/07 at 6:15am

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Lifted and One Man Band are both presented in glorious hi-def on the their respective discs.
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post #11 of 29
11/8/07 at 6:25am

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Brett, OK, thanks for clearing that up. That's excellent. I will say that I am still glad I purchased the Short Films Collection because it will be nice to watch all the shorts in one shot without having to fumble through many discs to do it.
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post #12 of 29
11/8/07 at 7:48am

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I went through this entire disc last night (there MAY have been one or two shorts I skipped over in my zeal to watch favorites and those I hadn't seen before) and report it IS terrific!

One oddity. The menu music seemed MUCH LOUDER than the volume on the shorts themselves. Loud enough that I had to be sure to turn down or mute the volume on my receiver whenever the shorts finished and the menu was about to pop up.

Did anyone else notice this?!

I was listening to the DD 5.1 over the coaxial from by BD player to receiver. I did not think to give it a try on my 5.1 connections and the PCM audio track. I'm still working on configuring my system (getting all the bugs worked out) as I integrate the BD player.

I also watched the documentary on the history of the Pixar shorts and found it quite informative and entertaining at the same time. It's something to watch the metamorphosis of the Pixar guys and their gear from the mid 80s to present. Funny to see Ben Burtt's name on their first effort (through LucasFilm).
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post #13 of 29
11/8/07 at 8:11am

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so this being vol 1
only meaning this is the first set of expected future volumes?

all the shorts are now on br?
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post #14 of 29
11/8/07 at 8:17am

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I imagine that they are "future proofing" by saying Volume 1. Theoretically, in 4-5 years there will be enough for a Volume 2.
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post #15 of 29
11/8/07 at 8:36am

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Originally Posted by TonyD
all the shorts are now on br?

Yup. Even ones you've likely never seen (early stuff before Luxo, Jr.) Look great.

And, again, the doc is really interesting.

There are also rarely seen Luxo, Jr. clips taken from Sesame Street that are kinda cool.

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I imagine that they are "future proofing" by saying Volume 1. Theoretically, in 4-5 years there will be enough for a Volume 2.

Kinda like Mel Brooks' History of the World Part 1
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post #16 of 29
11/8/07 at 8:41am

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I think I read that there are 3 shorts in Vol 1 that have never been on home vid. before.

Mine should arrive shortly. Can't wait to check it out.
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post #17 of 29
11/8/07 at 8:53am

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Kinda like Mel Brooks' History of the World Part 1

See - Pixar on Ice!
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post #18 of 29
11/8/07 at 2:02pm

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I would have thought Pixar would hold themselves above the "revisionist" fray.
Far from it. I believe there have been some tweaks to Ratatouille from its theatrical to video release.

Here are some Brad Bird quotes from an article in this week's Home Media Magazine:
“We added little geek stuff like the top tuft of Linguini’s hair blowing in the wind during a motorcycle ride,” Bird said. “John [Lasseter] came up with the idea of having Remy receive a little chef’s hat at the end of the movie and put it on his head in the last scene. I also slipped in extra notes for music for the home audio. If they give me the extra time for Blu-ray, I’m always trying to make the movie better.” http://www.homemediamagazine.com/new...ticle_id=11472

Regards,
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post #19 of 29
11/8/07 at 6:27pm

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Wow. I had no idea, Ken. Thanks.

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Here are some Brad Bird quotes from an article in this week's Home Media Magazine:
“If they give me the extra time for Blu-ray, I’m always trying to make the movie better.”

Bird's apparently been studying under George Lucas, eh?!
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post #20 of 29
11/9/07 at 11:04pm

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
And here, as it was in the SD thread, it is still a shame.

I would have thought Pixar would hold themselves above the "revisionist" fray.

The Digital Bits review linked to this from 2003 (that shows before and after pics)...

http://jwz.livejournal.com/206726.html


>Update: A friend at Pixar says:

> The reason for the breast reduction was to get a G-rating from the MPAA. Apparently they threw a fit at the original version. There was some outrage from the team at the change, but the Studio decided they'd rather make the change than not show the short at all.
>
> On an additional geeky note, the short obviously had to be re-rendered, and apparently trying to re-render code almost 20 years old was a technical challenge in and of itself and took a couple of months to sort out all the bugs.
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post #21 of 29
11/10/07 at 4:30am

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Originally Posted by Ken_McAlinden
Far from it. I believe there have been some tweaks to Ratatouille from its theatrical to video release.

Here are some Brad Bird quotes from an article in this week's Home Media Magazine:
“We added little geek stuff like the top tuft of Linguini’s hair blowing in the wind during a motorcycle ride,” Bird said. “John [Lasseter] came up with the idea of having Remy receive a little chef’s hat at the end of the movie and put it on his head in the last scene. I also slipped in extra notes for music for the home audio. If they give me the extra time for Blu-ray, I’m always trying to make the movie better.” http://www.homemediamagazine.com/new...ticle_id=11472

Regards,
Just for clarification purposes, I think some of you need to watch Ron Epstein's podcast of a Bird interview that some of the HTF Administrators attended last week in LA. By the way, the writer of that article was at the same interview which is why you need to see the podcast for full disclosure instead of mine or that writer's take on what Bird was talking about. Anyhow, as I was sitting in the audience during his interview, I got the clear indication from Bird that he wants his films to be the best they can. He mentioned some of the work done on his film for the theatrical release weren't up to his expectations and that he wanted them corrected. However, due to a business decision (the corrected work wouldn't be ready for its theatrical release date), he relented, but was determined to have those film sequences corrected for the video releases since timing wouldn't be an issue in that case.


It's really a great interview that I recommend all of you watch which really gives some insight into Bird, who is always pushing to get the most out of his films. The links to the Bird interview are at the bottom of the page linked below.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/blu/Welcome.html




Crawdaddy
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post #22 of 29
11/10/07 at 6:30am

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Originally Posted by BrettB
Lifted and One Man Band are both presented in glorious hi-def on the their respective discs.

Ghost Light is in HD also on the Cars Disc.

Doug
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post #23 of 29
11/10/07 at 6:42am

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Wow. I had no idea, Ken. Thanks.



Bird's apparently been studying under George Lucas, eh?!


To be fair to both Brad Bird and George Lucas, film makers are rarely completely happy with the released version of their films. I believe it was Lucas who said "films are never finished, they are abandoned". But Jack Warner is quoted as saying "I don't want it good, I want it Thursday".

The point being, Warner was right. If you give the film maker unlimited amounts of time to finish a film, you'll never get it. They will tinker with it forever. As a film maker myself I've come to realize that nothing motivates like a hard deadline. But there is always that impulse to go back and fix the little things that have bothered you, even years later. For a director the released film is almost always a huge compromise.

Doug
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post #24 of 29
11/10/07 at 10:45am

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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I believe it was Lucas who said "films are never finished, they are abandoned".
I think Lucas was paraphrasing Orson Welles when he said that.
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post #25 of 29
3/24/08 at 11:47am

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It's a few months late but did this come with a slipcase (like Cars and Ratatouille did)? Yes, I've got collector's OCD.
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post #26 of 29
3/24/08 at 11:58am

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Originally Posted by TravisR
It's a few months late but did this come with a slipcase (like Cars and Ratatouille did)? Yes, I've got collector's OCD.

Yup.
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post #27 of 29
3/24/08 at 12:08pm

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Thanks for the info. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for the slipcase one now.
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post #28 of 29
3/24/08 at 12:16pm

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It's a great release, Travis.

Whenever I have some friends over who want to see my HT, that's usually the disc I go to because it includes short self-contained stories with great PQ & SQ. Always a crowd pleaser.

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As an aside, did anyone else ever notice the volume discrepancy between the music that plays during the menu and the volume of the rest of the disc's content?
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post #29 of 29
3/24/08 at 2:42pm

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
It's a great release, Travis.

Whenever I have some friends over who want to see my HT, that's usually the disc I go to because it includes short self-contained stories with great PQ & SQ. Always a crowd pleaser.
Yeah, I bought the DVD (since it was the 'old' days of the format war). I love the Pixar stuff so much, I don't even mind rebuying it a few months later. Bizarrely, I'm more concerned about the dopey paper slipcase than the $20 or so that I'll spend on it again.
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