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Now maybe the old shows will be released more quicker onto DVD.

http://muppetcentral.com/news/2004/021704.shtml

"Nick" <> wrote:

>Now maybe the old shows will be released more quicker

You mean like the mess Disney made of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
What exactly in Disney's past bodes well for a non-revisionist set of
Muppet DVDs?

Try these perspectives:
http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/02182004.2.htm
http://www.cafeshops.com/needcoffee.9901254 -- I might buy one of those.


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More to the point, The Henson left Disney a couple of years ago because
Disney treated their home video product so badly. Case in Point; Muppet
Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol were distributed by Disney -
pan and scan - no extras. The other Muppet Movies were distributed by
Columbia TriStar - widescreen, and with not a great amount of
supplements, but a little.

Bill

>More to the point, The Henson left Disney a couple of years ago because
>Disney treated their home video product so badly. Case in Point; Muppet
>Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol were distributed by Disney -
>pan and scan - no extras. The other Muppet Movies were distributed by
>Columbia TriStar - widescreen, and with not a great amount of
>supplements, but a little.

That's not why they left as they were gone from Disney before DVD took off.

CAndersen (Kimba) wrote:

> "Nick" <> wrote:
>
>
>>Now maybe the old shows will be released more quicker
>
>
> You mean like the mess Disney made of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
> What exactly in Disney's past bodes well for a non-revisionist set of
> Muppet DVDs?

....The upcoming Spiderman box?

Derek Janssen (okay, so that's technically present/future, but, y'know...)

Moviezzz wrote:
>>More to the point, The Henson left Disney a couple of years ago because
>>Disney treated their home video product so badly. Case in Point; Muppet
>>Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol were distributed by Disney -
>>pan and scan - no extras. The other Muppet Movies were distributed by
>>Columbia TriStar - widescreen, and with not a great amount of
>>supplements, but a little.
>
> That's not why they left as they were gone from Disney before DVD took off.

It was basically over new CEO Brian's reaction to how much independence
the company would have after Jim, which, in those late-80's/early-90's
Disney-weasel days was...not much.

Derek Janssen

Moviezzz wrote:
> That's not why they left as they were gone from Disney before DVD took off.

They left (in part) because the VHS tapes had not been released in
years. The moment Columbia signed the contracts, the tapes were on the
market. And regardless of reasons or details, the point I was making was
that the Columbia DVDs are decent if not great, and the Disney Muppet
DVDs are the worst crap out there.

Bill Binder

>They left (in part) because the VHS tapes had not been released in
>years.

That's not exactly true. When Disney got the rights in the early 90's, they
released all the films again, even THE MUPPET MOVIE (which has been on several
labels). They were still widely available when Columbia got the rights.

As for the Columbia deal, it kind of helped that you had a Henson up there in
the management at Sony.

> the point I was making was
>that the Columbia DVDs are decent if not great, and the Disney Muppet
>DVDs are the worst crap out there.

Most of Disney catalogue family titles are featureless and full frame. They
treat all titles like that.