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Yeah, I don't understand that at all. I haven't seen anybody who is upset about WALL-E being included. Also, most of the Netflix titles Criterion has released are arthouse titles. It's not like Criterion is just pumping out Blu-rays of every Netflix film. Roma, Marriage Story, Irishman and...

Amazon has resumed pre-orders, but it is now more expensive than the $24.01 from last week. The review from Blu-ray.com is up, which is the first review I've seen for this title. The new bonus features sound great, so I'm excited to get this edition. But this release does not include Presto...

Amazon has now suspended pre-orders. The product page says, "Temporarily out of stock. We are working hard to be back in stock as soon as possible." I'm not sure if "out of stock" is the right phrase for something that hasn't been released yet, but I guess the $24.01 price point was very...

Amazon has now dropped the price of WALL-E Criterion to $24.01, which is 52% off its $49.95 list price. That's less money than I usually pay on street date for a standard Criterion Blu-ray, much less one of their 4K discs. Even a Barnes & Noble sale wouldn't get it that cheap. I don't have...

Disney is developing another Planet of the Apes franchise movie which is to be directed by Wes Bell. So it is possible that they could bring out a UHD release of the original themselves to tie in with whenever the new one is supposed to come out. I wouldn't count on it, but I certainly think...

I think you are right. As I recall, Best Buy had exclusive steelbooks for those movies on street date, but they were Blu-ray + DVD rather than UHD. It wasn't until later that Disney decided to make their steelbooks UHD+Blu instead of Blu+DVD.

You probably won't have to do much waiting. If Barnes & Noble does their 50% off sale in November when they normally do, WALL-E would street during that sale. Song of the South is a Disney film and therefore reflects upon Disney as a company even if another studio puts it out. I don't think...

I shelf my Pixar titles together. I also shelf my Criterion titles together. I haven't decided yet what I will do with this edition because it will have dual citizenship.

We don't have to guess. The SRP is listed as $49.95 on the Criterion website. https://www.criterion.com/films/33246-wall-e There will be new supplements that Andrew Stanton was involved in, and he supervised the new transfer. The Digital Bits says...

Fantasia and Sleeping Beauty both had excellent Blu-ray releases back when Disney still put care and attention into the format. I'm really not sure what else Criterion could add in terms of supplements that Disney didn't already put on there. WALL-E has the advantage of being a contemporary...

Of course. I didn't mean to sound surprised that Stanton's name is on it. I was just pointing it out as a differentiation between how Criterion treats their releases versus how Disney treats their releases of the same title. This puts more focus on Stanton in particular as a filmmaker rather...

It is interesting to note just how differently Criterion is treating WALL-E than Disney did, even just based on its cover. Disney is extremely concerned with branding for the studios involved, so all of their titles list the studio first. This is the cover of my original Blu-ray edition. The...

Understood. I would still be very surprised if they begin licensing out catalog titles on a regular basis, but we'll see. It is also important to note that a Criterion release of this title is probably not going to appeal to the family demographic. Disney's own version will continue to be...

I don't see Disney shutting their home video department altogether anytime soon. They will continue to focus mostly on high-profile new releases such as the Marvel films and other new theatrical release titles. Catalog titles have been significantly reduced recently as we know. But this...

There are several Pixar films which are as good or better than any title in the Criterion Collection. However, I would be really surprised if Disney licensed out a ton of them. Of course, this release surprises me too. But as of right now I'm viewing this as a one-off until we hear otherwise...

I understand the connection and the joke. But Hello, Dolly! is significant enough that it deserves to have its own release.

And yet Disney has released WALL-E on 4K already back in March 2020. I want to be very clear that I don't have any insider information here. But my guess is their willingness to license this probably means that they think they have made the money they are going to make from their own 4K...