Disney Duster wrote:
Oh, I did consider that Sotiris, but I thought that couldn't be, and that maybe the "inspired by" part meant films like The Jungle Book or The Aristocats...until I read Beauty and the Beast would be next. I really don't like the idea of Walt's signature being on movies he had no say in.
Here is what I wish, that DHE had the guts to A.) Make this new "Signature Edition" about all the A-List films, specials and shorts Walt produced that were both Live-Action AND Animated. Imagine if it sort of merged part of the Platinum Line with the Disney Treasures line and some. Such a line could house such classics as Snow White, the original Mickey Mouse shorts, 20,000 League Under the Sea, Davey Crockett, The Parent Trap, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Peter Pan, the original Donald Duck shorts and so on. Pack it with the kind of extras that classic Disney fans would be interested in and oh my gosh, it would almost be like Disney was putting their heritage back in the center ring again.
I also wish that B.) DHE had the guts to release all the non-Walt titles in a separate, yet parallel line. Such a line could house either just modern animated hits like Lion King and Aladdin, or it could be like what I'm suggesting the "Signature Edition" line be and also house live-action hits like the first Pirates of the Caribbean, Newsies, 1994's The Santa Clause and so on. There are a lot of the classic live-action films from the 80's and 90's that are not on Blu-ray and had no extras on the DVD, so this could be a way to fix that.
One line could be the big Spring release and the other could be the big Fall release. Make it also that each release is actually a few titles released at a time, just like the Treasures, and there you go. Also make it not as limited as the Treasures. Seriously, such a series of lines could go on for a while.
If they did something like this, I'd really like to believe it could be used to get classic Disney fans excited, and maybe even feel like the company isn't neglecting them for Star Wars and Marvel fans. But, they won't do it. Wouldn't be surprised if they never even thought of the idea or something like it.
For me, it would take some seriously cool new extras to even think about buying these films
again. I don't really care what modern animators think about a film from the 1930's and the whole rap song thing frightens me. Gone are the days they get A-list talent like Celine Dion or Barbra Streisand to sing their song I guess. I'm also sick of re-buying the same Disney movies over and over again. I only have so much money and every time I buy a Disney movie again, I don't have money for things like Hanna-Barrera or Don Bluth or Peanuts. I do have other non-Disney collections and they keep getting pushed back in favor of "having the most epic Disney collection ever." Kind of tired of that, especially if DIsney isn't going to take their releases seriously anymore.
For Disney to get me to buy Snow White for the fifth time, I'd need to see some serious new extras. The kind of stuff that was made from the era of the film or is about stuff from the era of the film, and lots of it. Maybe pair Snow White with every classic Disney short made in 1937? I don't know, something like that. Since I doubt Disney is going to do that, at this point the only way they are going to get me to buy anymore of their vintage animation library is if it's the rest of the package films not yet on Blu-ray (and hopefully un-edited) and if they start being more serious about putting their TV animation out there on DVD. I NEED DuckTales Volume 4, dang it!