The Vaultbreakers Collection - Disney Preservations — Page 20

The Limited Issue Jungle Book is 4x3, but not fully open matte either.

For some reason they cropped the left and right sides which should have been unnecessary.  Since the source would have been 1.33:1 that probably means it was cropped on 4 sides.

It's the same master as the laserdisc though, so that's good.

Do you mean the LD is hard to find or the Limited Issue DVD?

My local library system claims to have a copy of the DVD (they used to have a great selection of LD too), but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.  I plan on trying to get it for a look though.

Considering those era Disney films were meant to work both 4x3 and matted to widescreen, the newer 1.75:1 release is probably just as reasonable (not matted on the left and right)  and better if you have a 16x9 TV.

Also, the old DVD and LD have really washed out colors.

I have some downloadable comparison shots on the other thread.  Still, if I had my druthers, the optimal would be fully open matte 4x3 with colors more like the Platinum Edition.  But that's not being offered. :-(

Btw, if you guys are looking to bittorrent these things, you should take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonoid#d2

I don't exactly trust that the new Demonoid is a real site given what I heard the day the site came online.

@Molly: If you're referring to it being a malware site?  That has supposedly been sorted out... or have you heard something else?

Edit: Oh you mean...

Dunno, there's no proof one way or another.  If it is, it's a really bad one since they already HAVE everyone's information and emails.

@Chewtobacca - I absolutely agree.  My first choice would definitely be for a 4x3 version.  I just question how 4x3 the Gold edition really is if they cropped the sides.

My 16x9 comment was merely that it would fill the screen, but not remove anything they didn't expect to be cropped in theaters.

Doctor M said:

@Molly: If you're referring to it being a malware site?  That has supposedly been sorted out... or have you heard something else?

Edit: Oh you mean...

Dunno, there's no proof one way or another.  If it is, it's a really bad one since they already HAVE everyone's information and emails.

Basically the malware thing - I very quickly decided to treat the site as a hoax, stay away from it and recommend others to do so as well.

Yeah, I had a Demonoid login.

Chewtobacca said:

Doctor M said:My 16x9 comment was merely that it would fill the screen, but not remove anything they didn't expect to be cropped in theaters.

Ah!  That is a point.  I understand now.

And what with all this nonsense of putting both a film and its sequel on a Blu-ray (Pocahontas, Atlantis, etc.), one could hope that they'd put both 16:9 and 4:3 versions on the same disc.

They won't, of course.

But one can dream.

[Hoping that when The Little Mermaid comes out this fall, they'll be kind enough to put both the sequel and the prequel on their own Blu-ray instead of selling them separately.]

Ugh, trying to finish up Make Mine Music and then I saw this:

I knew they removed the side-boobs, but the outline of a butt through a towel?  Zuh?

Unfortunately the source I'm working with is pretty bad as you can see.  My ability to correct this scene is in doubt.

Want to know what's funny?  The top source is a VHS recording from a old Disney Channel TV broadcast.  Yup.  Disney has gone weird.

Oy.

This is annoying me all the more the more I find out. :@

Good eye, SilverWook, my Google-Fu tells me the D-TV video was 'At The Hop' and it has this scene uncensored.  (Nothing better on YouTube though.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KZJ8fnOLvH4#t=32s

It is also old enough that it lists releases in VHS, Betamax(!) and Laserdisc.

Anyone have a LD of D-TV Pop & Rock?

Considering how late they made the changes though, LD & VHS versions of MMM are probably untouched as well.

Apparently...

Several of the aforementioned songs were released on PAL VHS in Europe and Australia and on laserdisc in Japan.

• Martha and the Vandellas: Dancing In the Street
• Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
• Hall & Oates: Kiss on My List
• The Supremes: Stop! In the Name of Love
• The Doobie Brothers: It Keeps You Runnin'
• Gladys Knight & the Pips: Friendship Train
• The Diamonds: Little Darlin'
• The Beach Boys: When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
• Barrett Strong: Money (That's What I Want)
• The Supremes: Baby Love
• Johnny Burnette: Dreamin'
• Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
• The Beach Boys: Dance, Dance, Dance
• The Jackson 5: Dancing Machine
• The Four Tops: Reach Out, I'll Be There
• The Supremes: You Keep Me Hangin' On
• The Dovells: You Can't Sit Down
• Spike Jones featuring The City Slickers: The Blue Danube
• Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
• Gladys Knight & te Pips: I Heard it Through the Grapevine
• The Cadets: Stranded in the Jungle
• The Blues Brothers: Flip, Flop & Fly
• The Coasters: Charlie Brown
• Bobby Darin: Lazy River

If only I had known about this last month?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Laser-Disc-Movie-Disneys-DTV-Pop-Rock-Animated-Classic-/400488400774?nma=true&si=KfwsL%252FzGXUrSObDh9vNWNXOAke4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

One in the US though, it has that track on it.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pop-Rock-DTV-Walt-Disney-Laserdisc-Discount-Shipping-/130944155659?pt=US_Laserdisc&hash=item1e7ce1400b

I have "Rock, Rhythm and Blues" with some of that content.

Nearing completion, so here is a teaser.  While it isn't perfect, it beats hand drawing 100+ frames.  There are many more frames with boobs than you first think.

Top is VHS, middle is the DVD, bottom is my HEAVILY corrected VHS (strictly avisynth work):

Thoughts?

...oy.

Molly said:

...oy.

Is that a bad 'oy' or good 'oy'?  Is there a good 'oy'?