Disney!

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

Also, does anyone else remember watching the Disney Channel? You know, before they started showing... crap?

I loved Gargoyles Recess Lloyd in space Aladdin (TV show) and Goof Troop. (Im sure theres others I liked I cant think of anymore off hand.)

[Giant Tope]

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

I kind of grew up in an age where Disney focused less on animated films and more on Live action Films. Not that I haven't sat through quite a few of the classic animated features.

The animated films are usually good, but it's kind of hard for me to take them seriously, usually because the plot is the generic "princess meets and falls in love with the generic charming guy." Also, I got sick of Hakuna Matata pretty friggin' quickly.

You know, out of the 53 animated feature films Disney's produced, there's only three films that fit that description: Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. Respectively released 1939, 1950, and 1959; nearly ten year gaps between each film.

Even if you fit any film that features a female lead that falls in love with a male character, that'd be 8 (Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Princess and the Frog) out of 53. You'd be denying yourself of so many wonderful films if you discount the the 45 other films.

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

Also, does anyone else remember watching the Disney Channel? You know, before they started showing... crap?

I don't think there was ever a period of time where they didn't show crap. If anything, Gravity Falls is pretty dang great. I'm glad the guy who did Imaginary Friend got his own show.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by coolsome

I loved Gargoyles Recess Lloyd in space Aladdin (TV show) and Goof Troop. (Im sure theres others I liked I cant think of anymore off hand.)

Didn't watch Gargoyles,I love Recess & Lloyd In Space,Aladdin was pretty good, & I don't really remember watching Goof Troop but I love A Goofy Movie.

[Jennifer]

I pretty much was glued to the Disney afternoon through my entire childhood. The only one I didn't particularly care for was Marsupilami.

[Laserschwert]

Although Marsupilami isn't a Disney thing, but created by Belgian comic artist André Franquin (who's also known for his "Spirou and Fantasio" comics).

[StrongBrush1]

Thinking back on it, I realized something: there used to be a time when Shia LaBeouf wasn't just a walking joke. Seriously, go watch his performance in "Holes" and you'll begin to wonder if it's even the same guy. That or an episode or two of "Even Stevens".

[DAISHI]

Every town
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs
But not in Nottingham
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave
We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not in Nottingham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaQtKZUKlVg

(You should really listen to this Mumford and Sons cover)

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by Laserschwert

Although Marsupilami isn't a Disney thing, but created by Belgian comic artist André Franquin (who's also known for his "Spirou and Fantasio" comics).

The 1990's animation adaptation was by Disney though. I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but it wasn't my cup of tea back then.

[Laserschwert]

Oh, didn't know that

[Shadowknight1]

Rocketeer...REBOOT?! CURSE YOU DISNEY!!!!!!!!!

[DAISHI]

Arrrgggghh. THHAAAANNNKKK YYOYOOUUU DDDIIISSSNEEEYYYY

[Shadowknight1]

Part of me wants to have faith since this is the first thing in recent memory that Disney has rebooted, but...then I read up what is supposedly being done to Robocop and I cringe at the thought of the same kinds of things happening to The Rocketeer. The Rocketeer and Flight of the Navigator are two of my favorite Disney movies and I think both should be left alone.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Shadowknight1

Part of me wants to have faith since this is the first thing in recent memory that Disney has rebooted

Even if we only look at live action films, Tron: Legacy less than two years ago isn't in recent memory? What about trying(and failing) to reboot John Carter of Mars? What about Alice in Wonderland? The Muppets? Underdog? Sorcerer's Apprentice?

[GuruGuru214]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Even if we only look at live action films, Tron: Legacy less than two years ago isn't in recent memory? What about trying(and failing) to reboot John Carter of Mars? What about Alice in Wonderland? The Muppets? Underdog? Sorcerer's Apprentice?

Tron: Legacy was a sequel, not a reboot. They may have been in a new computer system that looked totally different, but the storyline continued on from the first movie.

I wouldn't call The Sorcerer's Apprentice a reboot either. Honestly, the gap between the original Fantasia material and the live-action film is so huge, I'm not even sure what you'd call it. Maybe "loosely inspired by the Fantasia short". Very loosely.

[Darth Marsden]

Aside from Jennifer Connelly's somewhat-wooden performance (though she did make up for it ), the original film was amazing. I doesn't need a reboot, just a decent Blu-Ray releas- OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE DISNEY.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

I wouldn't call The Sorcerer's Apprentice a reboot either. Honestly, the gap between the original Fantasia material and the live-action film is so huge, I'm not even sure what you'd call it. Maybe "loosely inspired by the Fantasia short". Very loosely.

It's as much a reboot as Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are reboots. It's in that weird gray area where the Fantasia short and the live action film are obviously adapting the same source material, so it's "another adaptation", but it's an adaptation that frankly would not exist without the previous adaptation's existence. No way modern Disney would adapt Sorcerer's Apprentice if it hadn't been adapted in Fantasia first.

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

Tron: Legacy was a sequel, not a reboot. They may have been in a new computer system that looked totally different, but the storyline continued on from the first movie.

I wouldn't call The Sorcerer's Apprentice a reboot either. Honestly, the gap between the original Fantasia material and the live-action film is so huge, I'm not even sure what you'd call it. Maybe "loosely inspired by the Fantasia short". Very loosely.

John Carter also wasn't a reboot, as the only adaptation of the novel ever made was a direct to DVD movie 3 years before the film (and the Disney movie was in production long before that).

The Muppets wasn't a reboot either but a sequel, as it continued the storyline of (and referenced events from) the previous movies.

[GuruGuru214]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

It's as much a reboot as Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are reboots. It's in that weird gray area where the Fantasia short and the live action film are obviously adapting the same source material, so it's "another adaptation", but it's an adaptation that frankly would not exist without the previous adaptation's existence. No way modern Disney would adapt Sorcerer's Apprentice if it hadn't been adapted in Fantasia first.

I admit, I don't know a whole lot about the original source material for The Sorcerer's Apprentice. But the film is so fundamentally different from the short on basically every level, the only thing they seem to have in common is the same VERY basic premise, and that cleaning scene in the middle of the live-action film that comes off more as a homage than anything.

[coolsome]

Does anyone know if this



Is region A, B ,C or ABC?

[Darth Marsden]

I'd imagine it's what used to be PAL, given the title. I believe it's known as "Basil the Great Mouse Detective" in the US. I could very well be wrong though - it's been known to happen from time to time.

Not that it matters. It's Blu-Ray - there's no region locking.

Also: I WANT IT.

EDIT: According to Wikipedia, the 'Mysteries in the Mist' edition DVD was never released in Europe, so...

EDIT2: According to Blu-Ray.com, it's Region A. Again though, there's no region locking on a Blu-Ray, so...

EDIT3: Sadly, it appears this is not one of Disney's best Blu-Ray conversions. Boo!