Disney Ups Their Platinum Releases - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Damian · 05-13-2003, 01:52 PM

Hopefully I'm not posting a second thread on this. I just read it over at The Digital Bits

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...the studio revealed that it plans to accelerate its Platinum Edition DVD release plans. Part of the reason for this is that the company expects HD-DVD to be available by 2007, and they want to get all their catalog animated titles out on standard DVD by then (presumably so they can then do it all over again in HD). By accelerating these plans, we mean that the studio now intends to release their Platinum catalog at a rate of two films a year, one in March and one on October. Also, they now plan to leave them available for two years at a time, and then take them off the market for only five years (as opposed to the ten-year moratorium they'd previously announced). And they've added several more titles to their eventual 2-disc Platinum line-up, including Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Peter Pan.

The specific release schedule is TBA, but here is the new list of Platinum titles on the way:

Snow White (released 2001)
Beauty and the Beast (released 2002)
The Lion King (coming 10/7)

TBA:

Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Bambi
Cinderella
Lady and the Tramp
101 Dalmatians
The Jungle Book
Sleeping Beauty
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Peter Pan

I'm glad Disney is making this move. Making us wait a year for a single movie I always thought was kinda stupid. And a ten year moritorium was even more stupid. Of course this means that Disney is anticipated re-re-releasing them in the HD format when that becomes available so the question is....do you buy now..or wait for the new format?

JakeLipson · 05-13-2003, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by Damian
Hopefully I'm not posting a second thread on this.

No, you're not. Actulally, it's the third.

Being the resident Disney fanatic, I beat you to the punch the day Disney announced the speedup to investors and was copied three days later. Sorry, but there's the link to my thread if you want to talk about it there. I do agree with everything you said, though (except the question of if we should wait for HD: absolutely not, I'm buying these ASAP!) I can see why they tried the old schedule business-wise. Still, this is VERY good news that will benifit both us fans and the company!

Damian · 05-13-2003, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by JakeLipson
No, you're not. Actually, it's the third.

DAMN YOU JAKELIPSON!!

Go ahead and close it then moderators.

SeptGrl80 · 05-13-2003, 06:21 PM

I read on one of the Disney DVD sites that The Little Mermaid one is coming out in 2008 which is one of my favorite movies I have a long wait ugh. 1 year after that will be HS reunion yikes.

Damian · 05-13-2003, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by SeptGrl80
I read on one of the Disney DVD sites that The Little Mermaid one is coming out in 2008 which is one of my favorite movies I have a long wait ugh. 1 year after that will be HS reunion yikes.

Okay I officially feel old.

The Little Mermaid has already been released but I think Disney already put it on moritorium. You may still be able to find a copy some where which should hold you off until the Platinum comes out. If they are doubling up on the releases per year I don't think it will still take five more years until it comes out but I may be wrong.
I usually am.

SeptGrl80 · 05-13-2003, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Damian
Okay I officially feel old.

The Little Mermaid has already been released but I think Disney already put it on moritorium. You may still be able to find a copy some where which should hold you off until the Platinum comes out. If they are doubling up on the releases per year I don't think it will still take five more years until it comes out but I may be wrong.
I usually am.

I already have the Limited Edition but I reeeeeeally want the one with all the extras. I hope its worth the wait

LBPound23 · 05-13-2003, 08:04 PM

I think Little Mermaid now should be coming by 2005 at the latest (and probably, the earliest). I've heard rumblings of an IMAX re-release for January '05, a la Lion King and next January's Aladdin. So, presumably the DVD would be coming the fall of 2005. Which is better than the fall of 2008, but still a ways off.

Glad I got the Limited Issue as my freebie with Snow White. Awesome movie, one of my favorites!

SeptGrl80 · 05-13-2003, 08:22 PM

OMG Little Mermaid on IMAX would be so awesome, I'v never been to IMAX but I want to so badly and I don't care if I have to hitchhike all the way to Boston I'm not missing this.

sub780lime · 05-13-2003, 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by SeptGrl80
OMG Little Mermaid on IMAX would be so awesome, I'v never been to IMAX but I want to so badly and I don't care if I have to hitchhike all the way to Boston I'm not missing this.

its worth it if you get to a good title, Starwars was awesome, Lion King Great, i imagine Mermaid and Aladdin would be awesome aswell

mlemmond · 05-13-2003, 09:18 PM

I noticed that Hunchback of Notre Dame wasn't on that list and i know the the dvd came out last year but I held off getting it thinking a Platinum Edition was coming down the pipes sometime.

Is a Platinum Edition of Hunchback of Notre Dame coming or should i go ahead a get the version already out?

Morticia · 05-13-2003, 09:43 PM

please continue discussion in Jake's original thread thanks.

05-13-2003, 06:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
SeptGrl80 Actor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts	Little Mermaid I read on one of the Disney DVD sites that The Little Mermaid one is coming out in 2008 which is one of my favorite movies I have a long wait ugh. 1 year after that will be HS reunion yikes. __________________ ~ Mandie ~ My DVD Collection

05-13-2003, 08:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
LBPound23 Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: New York, USA	I think Little Mermaid now should be coming by 2005 at the latest (and probably, the earliest). I've heard rumblings of an IMAX re-release for January '05, a la Lion King and next January's Aladdin. So, presumably the DVD would be coming the fall of 2005. Which is better than the fall of 2008, but still a ways off. Glad I got the Limited Issue as my freebie with Snow White. Awesome movie, one of my favorites! __________________ UltimateDisney.com: The Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD - News and views on all of Disney's movies.

05-13-2003, 08:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
SeptGrl80 Actor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts	OMG OMG Little Mermaid on IMAX would be so awesome, I'v never been to IMAX but I want to so badly and I don't care if I have to hitchhike all the way to Boston I'm not missing this. __________________ ~ Mandie ~ My DVD Collection

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Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	please continue discussion in Jake's original thread thanks. __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

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05-13-2003, 09:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
mlemmond Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC	I noticed that Hunchback of Notre Dame wasn't on that list and i know the the dvd came out last year but I held off getting it thinking a Platinum Edition was coming down the pipes sometime. Is a Platinum Edition of Hunchback of Notre Dame coming or should i go ahead a get the version already out?