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Potentially exciting news for fan editors and fans of physical media: Disney is releasing a massive Blu-ray box set featuring all of its Feature Animation films and all of its Pixar films, and rounding the list with a handful of other films (stop-motion, DisneyToons, etc.) to round the list out to 100. Included in this list are some Pixar films that haven’t seen a physical release until now, including 2020’s Soul.
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-legacy-animated-film-collection-100-discs/
I admit I love the concept of this more than I love the execution. It occurred to me several years ago that a 100-year box set for Disney would be a great idea, and I’ve often speculated on what might make the set. All the theatrical Disney and Pixar animated films make sense, but the remainder of the choices cause some head-scratching. The only live-action film is James and the Giant Peach, possibly because it contains some animation (stop-motion). But if hybrids are included, where are Mary Poppins and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
All of the DisneyToon movies included had a theatrical release, but the very first DisneyToons movie release (which was theatrical), DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, is excluded.
Honestly, I would even rather cut back on even some of the lesser feature-animated and Pixar movies to include a healthy portion of live-action movies. Films from The Absent-Minded Professor to Pirates of the Caribbean contributed greatly to Disney’s legacy but they have no showing anywhere. The Muppets are sorely overlooked here as well. One might argue that we don’t need yet another physical release of a Star Wars or MCU movie, but they would make more sense on a box set celebrating Disney’s 100 years than Planes: Fire and Rescue, which bafflingly did make it onto this set.
Still, as I stated in another thread today, I’m glad for any physical media release from Disney at the moment. Earlier this year, the company announced that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 would be the last physical media release of any of their movies in Australia, which made me concerned about what might happen in the States. This upcoming box set is a sign that Disney realizes there still are some people who like to add movies to their shelf.
(Mods, if this post should go to another sub-forum, let me know. Thanks!)
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-legacy-animated-film-collection-100-discs/
I admit I love the concept of this more than I love the execution. It occurred to me several years ago that a 100-year box set for Disney would be a great idea, and I’ve often speculated on what might make the set. All the theatrical Disney and Pixar animated films make sense, but the remainder of the choices cause some head-scratching. The only live-action film is James and the Giant Peach, possibly because it contains some animation (stop-motion). But if hybrids are included, where are Mary Poppins and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
All of the DisneyToon movies included had a theatrical release, but the very first DisneyToons movie release (which was theatrical), DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, is excluded.
Honestly, I would even rather cut back on even some of the lesser feature-animated and Pixar movies to include a healthy portion of live-action movies. Films from The Absent-Minded Professor to Pirates of the Caribbean contributed greatly to Disney’s legacy but they have no showing anywhere. The Muppets are sorely overlooked here as well. One might argue that we don’t need yet another physical release of a Star Wars or MCU movie, but they would make more sense on a box set celebrating Disney’s 100 years than Planes: Fire and Rescue, which bafflingly did make it onto this set.
Still, as I stated in another thread today, I’m glad for any physical media release from Disney at the moment. Earlier this year, the company announced that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 would be the last physical media release of any of their movies in Australia, which made me concerned about what might happen in the States. This upcoming box set is a sign that Disney realizes there still are some people who like to add movies to their shelf.
(Mods, if this post should go to another sub-forum, let me know. Thanks!)