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Old 08-07-2020, 01:00 PM   #2601
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I'll probably wait on Mulan forever, because making live action versions of Disney movies is nothing but a money grab.
I haven’t seen any of the others (fell asleep halfway through Lion King) but Mulan looks like it could be good. Another one I’d be interested in seeing is Hunchback of Notre Dame. But maybe PC culture won’t let that one through. The animated movie is fantastic though. Maybe I should just watch that one again.
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Old 08-07-2020, 01:12 PM   #2602
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I felt that way about the Lion King.. so you made a CGI movie based on an animated movie? Why?

I actually prefer the animated version. I'm not looking for realism in my Disney movies..
I'm just looking for 90 mins of escapism.

But I do see your point.
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Old 08-07-2020, 02:10 PM   #2603
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I liked the Jungle Book. That had more its own vibe than being a straight shot for shot remake. The voice actors they used also seemed to put their own spin on the characters and provided some pretty memorable performances. The entire cast of voice actors was great.

My girlfriend enjoyed Beauty and the Beast. I was bored. The Lion King seemed totally pointless. It really felt like the original, but with less personality.
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Old 08-07-2020, 02:16 PM   #2604
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I liked the Jungle Book. That had more its own vibe than being a straight shot for shot remake. The voice actors they used also seemed to put their own spin on the characters and provided some pretty memorable performances. The entire cast of voice actors was great.

My girlfriend enjoyed Beauty and the Beast. I was bored. The Lion King seemed totally pointless. It really felt like the original, but with less personality.
I thought Beauty and the Beast was pointless and resulted in me having zero interest in seeing any of the other disney remakes.
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Old 08-07-2020, 03:14 PM   #2605
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Mulan is one that could be different than the rest. But we'll see.

Live action Lion King is an abomination. Not sure why Disney thought taking all the characters in a movie and taking away their ability to convey any emotion would work.
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Old 08-07-2020, 03:25 PM   #2606
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Mulan won't be a musical and it won't have talking animals. It might actually be a pretty good action movie.

Remember that Disney is pushing hard for the Chinese market on this one, where the Mulan story is a pretty big part of the culture. I believe their goal was to tell a more-serious version of the story than they did with the animated version.
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Old 08-09-2020, 06:20 AM   #2607
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Live action twist to Mulan: the little dragon she talks to isn't real, its because of a brain injury and she's making everything up in her mind. The princess is actually a middle aged white guy who lives in northern Minnesota, he chose "Mulan" because it sounds like "Mullen" his favourite hockey player growing up.

It's set to be directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

What a twist!
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Old 08-11-2020, 08:38 AM   #2608
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Wasn't sure which thread to put this but apparently Disney isn't going to be putting out older titles on physical 4K anymore. They will however continue to put out 4K releases for new films. This wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that Disney now owns Fox so several of those titles will never see a 4K release. They will focus all their attention on streaming those titles in 4k instead.

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Old 08-11-2020, 08:51 AM   #2609
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Unfortunately, physical media is dying.

I used to have hundreds of DVDs and Blurays but realized I just wasn't rewatching them enough to warrant the space they were taking up. I still have about 40 classics/favourites I hang on to but they rarely make it into the player before I just watch the same movie on a streaming platform.

The only thing I really miss is the deleted scenes and commentaries. Even then I only watched a few of the better ones.
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Old 08-11-2020, 08:54 AM   #2610
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One thing I like about Disney+ is that they make the deleted scenes available as extras. I'm not sure about the commentary tracks.
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Old 08-11-2020, 09:45 AM   #2611
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Unfortunately, physical media is dying.

I used to have hundreds of DVDs and Blurays but realized I just wasn't rewatching them enough to warrant the space they were taking up. I still have about 40 classics/favourites I hang on to but they rarely make it into the player before I just watch the same movie on a streaming platform.

The only thing I really miss is the deleted scenes and commentaries. Even then I only watched a few of the better ones.
This. To me, streaming has replaced Blockbuster browsing. I have 4 IKEA towers crammed with DVD's and some spilling out all over (I need a 5th) because I love movies and love watching them and liked to have a bunch at my disposal for whatever mood struck me.

Now, I pop over to Netflix, and cruise around until I see something that looks interesting and watch it. It very much reminds me of the times I'd wander up and down the Blockbuster aisles until something caught my eye.
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Old 08-11-2020, 10:52 AM   #2612
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I have a rather eclectic collection of dvds. You really don't know how many things arn't available on streaming services, until you try to find them in order to save the effort of going over and getting it off the shelf.

AppleTV has a lot of harder to find stuff, but all rentals are 6.99, even for crappy 80s fare, and that's highway robbery.

It's just like anything else in todays world, the freedom to choose is slowly being eroded in favour of what certain companies feel we should watch. Thinking of the weird nonsense that used to be available at the local video store just makes me feel like I'm a slowly boiling frog currently in an Orwellian nightmare.
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Old 08-11-2020, 11:02 AM   #2613
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Unfortunately, physical media is dying.

I used to have hundreds of DVDs and Blurays but realized I just wasn't rewatching them enough to warrant the space they were taking up. I still have about 40 classics/favourites I hang on to but they rarely make it into the player before I just watch the same movie on a streaming platform.

The only thing I really miss is the deleted scenes and commentaries. Even then I only watched a few of the better ones.
In put all my physical movies into binders and got rid of the cases.

They still come in handy for when I am going in vacation to a place with no internet, for example some cabins.

A major issue I've found in that streaming quality has slowly improved to the point where non-hd DVDs are largely unwatchable.
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Old 08-11-2020, 11:31 AM   #2614
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I've never found Netflix picture quality to be all that good. I don't have Disney + but I assume it's the same. Netflix is watchable for some stuff but if I really want to watch a film I love and soak in every last detail the Blu Ray or 4K is the only way to go.
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Old 08-11-2020, 01:42 PM   #2615
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I have a rather eclectic collection of dvds. You really don't know how many things arn't available on streaming services, until you try to find them in order to save the effort of going over and getting it off the shelf.

AppleTV has a lot of harder to find stuff, but all rentals are 6.99, even for crappy 80s fare, and that's highway robbery.

It's just like anything else in todays world, the freedom to choose is slowly being eroded in favour of what certain companies feel we should watch. Thinking of the weird nonsense that used to be available at the local video store just makes me feel like I'm a slowly boiling frog currently in an Orwellian nightmare.
This is where Plex fills the void. For anything not on streaming services you can either download a torrent (easy) or rip it yourself from DVD/Blu-Ray (slightly harder) and make your own streaming platform
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Old 08-11-2020, 02:34 PM   #2616
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I have a rather eclectic collection of dvds. You really don't know how many things arn't available on streaming services, until you try to find them in order to save the effort of going over and getting it off the shelf.

AppleTV has a lot of harder to find stuff, but all rentals are 6.99, even for crappy 80s fare, and that's highway robbery.

It's just like anything else in todays world, the freedom to choose is slowly being eroded in favour of what certain companies feel we should watch. Thinking of the weird nonsense that used to be available at the local video store just makes me feel like I'm a slowly boiling frog currently in an Orwellian nightmare.
I worry about Disney owning all the Fox titles now they will go back and censor/sanitize some films. Disney + has already made minor edits and removed scenes or changed dialogue to movies like Splash, Adventures in Babysitting and Toy Story 2.
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Old 08-11-2020, 07:16 PM   #2617
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Any altering or censoring of past films should result in the original version becoming public domain. That would make them think twice.
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20th Century Fox is now called 20th Television. Not sure what happened to the other 19. Good call Disney, ya morons.
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An interesting look at the visual effects process.


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