Disney Not Doing 2 Disc Releases Anymore - Don't Believe It! (1 Viewer)

[Mark-W]

I have to concur with Damin on this:
Disney never implied that their true
Disney-defining classics would not
get the 2-disc treatment they deserve.
And, in fact, the news of abandoning 2 disc editions
for FUTURE releases hit just as the
Lilo & Stitch group had
put together all of their bonus materials for 2 discs.
(And they are/were not happy, per many reports.)

Sanders (the director and voice of Stitch)
at least got to supervise the editing
(or should we say butchering) of his bonus
features to fit on a single DVD edition, which I cannot
image made him feel particularly thankful to Eisner.

Word has circulated that since Lilo & Stitch
is the biggest animated money maker for Disney animation
studios since prior to Hercules that Eisner may
be letting a 2 disc set come to fruition after all.

(That, and frankly, Eisner should probably do what he
can to keep Sanders and his troups down in Flordia happy,
since he is already putting ridiculous demands on them
as it is: he uped the "due date" on their next project
by a year!)

Still, keep in mind that the world of animated cinema
is getting awfully crowded, and that Disney has lost
its distinction, especially with the removal of Katzenberg
and the relocation of several excellent, top, artists to
other studios.

Frankly, the extras on current theatrical releases
are getting REALLY redundant.
We've already had too many
"How we go from storyboard
to screen" documentaries...yawn.

Sleeping Beauty is the kind of classic that
can support a distinctive 2 disc set. The film used
a unique art style, brough on board unique backgrounds
and the use of 70mm is breathtaking.

It is a classic that hitorically, for the studio, can
bolster their image. Any films animated films past
The Lion King really can afford to be given
nice 1 disc DVDs and not be scrimping on extras.
Well, that is my opinion anyway,
and I, for the record, love Lilo & Stitch.

I hope for a redo of Lilo & Stitch
if only to get a commentary track from Chris Sanders,
who is the best thing to happen to Disney animation
since Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.




Regards,

Mark

 

[Elvie]

Regarding the Tarzan 1 disc vs 2 disc versions in Canada ...

Went to the store the day of release with a friend ... I bought the 2 disc, she bought the single disc version.

I'm pretty sure that Atlantis was the same, although neither of us bought that one. But like Steve Blair said, perhaps it was a Canadian thing *shrug*

 

[LukeB]

The exact release dates for Tarzan were February 1 (standard) and April 18 (Collector's Edition). That was the last Collector's Edition to not arrive day-and-date with the standard release.

 

[James Reader]

Going back to the French 2 disc Peter Pan disc which started this thread here's the specs of the second disc:

* Documentary "9 legendary organizers of Disney"
(9 old men?)
* Short-measuring "players of Pan"
(no idea - voice talent?)
* History of Peter Pan
(story of the creation of the play?)
* The album of Peter Pan
(galleries?)
* Making Of of Peter Pan
(making of?)
* Karaoké of the songs "You fly away", "Crocodile, crowned reptile", "A the Indian file"
(sing-along-a-songs?)
* History with reading "the mischievous world of Peter Pan"
(stoybook?)
* Peter Pan 1924 - Peter black and white Pan and dumb man produced by Paramount in 1924 (1h41)
(the complete 1924 silent version of Peter Pan?)
* The gallery of posters
* The French gallery of posters
(obvious)