Atlantica wrote:Oh gosh .... it is absolutely AWFUL. Hate it ! She looks spaced out, and her odd forced perspective makes it look like her hair has shrunk ?!
Eugh, hoped for more after the giant fin fiasco. . .
But her far-off look shows she's dreaming and that's why we love her! Her hair is too short though, you are right.
pikachufan1336, I agree about those Walt films being great American movie classics. Cinderella is a masterpiece but. yes, I understand your "B-list' term in comparison to the other "A-list" Masterpieces by Walt. In fact I would say every film that was not a package feature up until Cinderella was their best masterpieces and Cinderella is a lesser one. Then I would say it is debatable if the following films until Walt died were masterpieces and then that there definitely weren't any more masterpieces until the Renaissance. And then I would say only Tangled, Frozen, and Zootopia are masterpieces. I feel like Aladdin was not really so big a film for people to be considered a great classic worthy of the registry. I just don't think it's as culturally, historically, or aesthetically signifigant as the other Renaissance films, but perhaps it is, cultually, because everyone conisders it as good as the other Renaissance films, don't they? Mulan...yeah I don't even get the big deal there, I agree with you about that. I'm surprised you think the silver age was the best time for Disney films. I consider the golden age to be the best.
Because the National Film Registry takes importance in preserving films, that's why I feel maybe Disney will give it a better restoration.
Sotiris wrote:Her hair and arms look shorter than they should, her lips are pinkish instead of red, the flower should be on the side and not on the back of her head, and the composition is not great but I guess it could have been worse.
I agree with everything except her arms and the composition. I think it's the best composition we could get with the sideways title. Now if you mean the sideways title is terrible, yes, yes it is.
nomad2010 wrote:Here’s the thing though... Disney is one of the biggest companies on earth. There is NO excuse for their artwork on their dvds to be anything but picture perfect. Any great graphic designer could make covers better than these. They’re never on model, the proportions are always wrong, and usually they’re not appealing to look at.
But they usually are on model. This cover is almost completely on model. Are you talking about the hair?
Disney's Divinity wrote:It’s better than the Diamond cover and the horrible DVD cover. That’s all I can say. Ursula’s coloring is right--for once***--and aside from her smile/teeth being screwed up, she looks better than on the Diamond, even despite the fact that they put her in an improved version of that awful clipart pose they’ve used for years and years. Sebastian and Flounder look perfect. Ariel has some flaws, but still better than the last time around, imo. Too bad they didn't put Triton's palace in the distance in the space behind Ariel's back. At least it’s not hideous like the Lion King cover that was released a month or two ago, so I'm grateful.
Maybe there will be a steelbook or something with a prettier cover made available, too.
***Actually, now that I think of it, this might be the FIRST time her coloring's been right on a home media release cover. Her best look was on the first VHS release but they still gave her gold earrings; the VHS re-release gave her green makeup (I hate the way her face/arms look on this cover even if I'm glad they at least used her tentacles, but it would've been better if they just copied the lithograph entirely); the Platinum gave her green makeup and golden earrings; the Diamond just the green, and finally now her coloring is correct.
Oh, yes, the gray make-up instead of green! I forgot! I, too, wish we had a different pose, but I believe all these poses are familiar, actually. Why was the Diamond Blu-ray bad? Triton's palace in the background would clutter and unbalance the composition, though. And what lithograph did they copy for the VHS?
Hardbackyoyo wrote:JeanGreyForever wrote:Maybe this will spark interest in Disney giving it a proper restoration.
I posted a comment on Disney Animation Studio's Facebook page, pleading for them to give it one.
Thank you!