Why was that not included on the DVD? Could it just not fit on a single disc the way it was originally? The fact that stuff like this exists and is just sitting there gathering dust is secondary to how the movie itself is being treated, but it's still bothersome.darkrock17 said:
They cut the making of for the 2009 release? I guess they thought talking about restorations would be boring to kids.MatthewA said:
They didn't used to. Pollyanna had a wonderful segment on its restoration that explained how color negative works without getting too technical. And The Disney Channel used to have lots of informative segments like these. Today's Disney would never do anything like Man in Space. Even the Disneynature stuff is just re-hashed BBC footage from Planet Earth instead of stuff they actually shot themselves, like the True Life Adventures were.darkrock17 said:
You beat me to it, Matthew. What a wonderful segment that is!MatthewA said:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Love Bug were just "special editions" though they were Vault Disney releases to the core. Then there were the scaled-back versions of the two Witch Mountain movies and the first Apple Dumpling Gang. Those looked like they were supposed to be "Vault Disney Lite" discs, but after that, we were lucky to even get anamorphic transfers, never mind extras!classicmovieguy said:
I said this on the Ichabod and Mr. Toad thread, that Disney has become too cold in the last 10 years or so.MatthewA said:
How long does it run? The 2001 DVD for Bedknobs runs a little over 20 minutes, but the 2009 DVD cuts it down to 11, with the aforementioned cuts being all of Scott MacQueen's talk about the restoration.darkrock17 said:
I'd settle for getting the same version of the movie we got on both DVDs, a laserdisc, and a VHS tape. But you are right, and Mr. Browne's quote about regretting lost opportunities later more than applies here.Escapay said:
It's shocking and sad to me that the Disney Channel got rid of Vault Disney as little kids don't watch late night so why not show older stuff that adults might enjoy. Instead it's 24 hours a day of the crap that passes as entertainment on the Disney Channel today. My nieces watch and like it but I discourage them as I find it unwatchable. It's like a distillation of the worst of sitcoms from the last 40 years. I won't say more because you can watch it for yourself. I've noticed that Disney owned ABC has kind of started to include this same kind of brain-dead programming. i.e. check out Mystery Girls.darkrock17 said:
I was exposed to some of those shows when my sisters were at the right age to enjoy them. Bad enough they subjected me to Barney the Dinosaur when I was a toddler (and even worse that they dumbed down Sesame Street in response to its undeserved popularity), but at least that didn't tarnish Walt Disney's legacy by association. My father always insulted the shows I watched, but when I objected to the shows my sister watched, he said, "they're harmless." No, they're not.SFMike said:
I haven't watched the tape in awhile now, but I think it ran almost 30 mins, 24-25 minus the commerical brakes, but as I said even they were interesting as they had triva questions and other bits of behind the scenes information. I'll have to watch it again and see, the making of documentary aired before the film played complete and commerical free.Escapay said:
You're not saying anything that hasn't already been said before, this would of been the best time to get Angela to film new stuff because she's currently 88, so this would of likely been Disney last chance to use her.classicmovieguy said:
They could have sacrificed one or both of the Mickey and Donald cartoons on the Gold Collection DVD (though Vanishing Private is one of the best WWII-era Donald Duck cartoons) and fit it in its entirety.darkrock17 said:
The cartoons made sense when they were apart of the Golden Collection line, but after that on these reissues, they were only added as Disney was too lazy to actually come up with new features as they can't be bothered to actually spend a few months the vaults and pull out some worthwhile things.MatthewA said:
