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    R.I.P. Walt Disney Treasures series? See post #82!

    Optimistic, ain't ya. Lots of people were sure they wouldn't fire all the animators and sell all the animation desks. Which would you rather bank on? "The department full of MBAs (who just released a disc with the video wires crossed) would never be that dumb" or "I'd better write to Dick...
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    R.I.P. Walt Disney Treasures series? See post #82!

    It's not all about money. Some of it is also about pleasing your bosses and their bosses and their bosses' supporters. If Roy wants his TLA's on DVD, Roy darn well gets his TLA's on DVD. In other words, Home Video is shutting down the Treasures because they can and they want to. They're...
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    R.I.P. Walt Disney Treasures series? See post #82!

    Not at all. The "smell test" is that the home video folks would rather use their resources on such guaranteed home runs as High School Musical 7 3/4, rather than waste their time making and marketing DVDs of a bunch of stupid old cartoons that nobody but those Disney animation geek weirdos care...
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    The Fox and the Hound 25th Anniversary Coming - OAR?

    This bit shakes my faith in that whole discussion on that website. I thought it was common knowledge that "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" was widescreen. The VHS editions of the original shorts even chopped off a big chunk of the titles. At this point, I wouldn't believe any Disney...
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    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Little Mermaid - Disappointingly NOT Recommended

    In regards to the audio, David is right. All the voice tracks sound like they've been heavily denoised and EQ'd. They sound wooden, distant, like all the life has been squeezed out of them. There most definitely is a "spread" to them . . . not sure what exactly they did, but it's there. If you...
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