Hello Everyone
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Nelson and I just became a member here at UltimateDisney.com, as I'm a member the the Toon Zone website as a part of the "Termite Terrace Trading Post" that discusses classic theatrical animation from Hollywood's golden age.I'm currently studying to become a film historian and I have a pretty good knowledge when it comes to classic cartoons.
Like all the rest of you Disney fans, I am looking foward to May 18th 2004 when wave 3 of the Disney Treasures are "FINALLY" released and that date can't get here soon enough.The one Treasure collection that is at the top of my want list is "ON THE FRONT LINES" which will include every single wartime cartoon ever to be released by the Disney Studios and you don't know on how important it is to Disney with this release and I'll explain why.
For many of years, Disney has been the butt of jokes when it came to releasing their classic cartoon shorts being censored on home video, many fans have gotten tired of it, while Turner did release their classic MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons uncut and uncensored.Times have since changed and the tables have been reversed and now Disney has all the advantages over the folks at Time Warner and Disney is releasing their cartoons on the Treasures set uncut and wait to you see the OTFL collection.
Although the WW2 Disney cartoons don't stand up to the excellent WW2 cartoons made by Warner Bros. but the Disney cartoons to hold up on their own and are must see.Regarding classic cartoons that feature stereotypes and how they are deemed racist and offensive, I think that these cartoons have every right to been shown today in their proper historical context, as these cartoons(along with Warners, MGM, Terrytoons, Paramount, Columbia, and Universal) that contained ethnic stereotypes should not be ingored by any means.
True to form, I wouldn't want to offend anyone by these Politcally incorrect cartoons, but I wouldn't want these classics to be buired either.
So what does anyone else thinks?