Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/08/08 18:33

GMAN wrote:

> In article <6rd5o354mt50uckpup2n2fnru1ru3kmdgo@4ax.com>, noone@nobody.com wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:28:49 -0800 (PST), The alMIGHTY N
>><natlee75@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've been able to download high-definition versions of many of Walt
>>>Disney's animated classics on Xbox Live Marketplace. Granted, these
>>>are not 1080p (or even full bitrate 720p) versions but they're still
>>>high-definition and they're still watchable right now by anyone who
>>>owns an Xbox 360.
>>>
>>>It just seems strange that with an obvious need to attract more
>>>consumers to Blu-Ray, big studios like Disney, Fox and MGM have been
>>>so slow to release their big catalog tentpole franchises which would
>>>surely provide incentive for movie fans to make the transition to high-
>>>definition.
>>>
>>>If I can watch The Aristocats, Oliver and Company, 101 Dalmations, and
>>>Treasure Planet (not that I would ever want to watch that) on Xbox
>>>Live Marketplace in HD (albeit more to the lower end of the spectrum),
>>>why can't I watch those movies on Blu-Ray on my Playstation 3?
>>
>>
>>Well, I've waiting long enough for "Song of the South," and finally
>>bought an underground DVD at a flea market. I would gladly buy an
>>official Disney release, but they won't do it.
>
>
>
> I'll be right in the line with you to buy that one. I too bought a pirated
> copy from ebay, but would love to have an original. If Gone with the Wind can
> be on DVD, why cant a movie like Song of The South?

Leaving aside the whole argument of Bob Iger finding out that wait, you
mean Uncle Remus WASN'T a slave?-- 0_o??

There's the little problem that they want to keep it as a "niche"
collector's item for the Treasures tins, just in case:
Not that they don't have any confidence in the movie for its audience by
itself--But the fact that deep down, it's still an hour of live-action
Bobby Driscoll, has given them ideas about what to do with that version
of the equally 40's-static "So Dear to My Heart" that never did
materialize seven years ago...BOX-set!! :)

Derek Janssen
ejanss1@verizon.net

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