Thursday, June 28, 2012

#1160: The Aristocats

5:45 PM / Blu-ray / Comments2 Comments

BD

(BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, UK)

Yeah, speaking of dodgy botox jobs... this is another of those completely grain-scrubbed releases, which took me by surprise as I'd expected it to be a "minimal effort" job like THE FOX AND THE HOUND. The film is certainly a long way from being the cream of Disney's crop, so I hadn't anticipated it to qualify for special attention (particularly after HD clips showed up in the WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY documentary with grain intact). The lack of grain or any sort of life to the image really draws attention to the cost-cutting, pared-back nature of the films Disney was producing during this period. I must confess to being rather worried about the upcoming release of THE RESCUERS now...

Oh, and the Disney aspect ratio lottery continues. This time it's 1.66:1, offering slightly more headroom than the 1.75:1 DVD, but still way too tight compared to the old 1.33:1 release. I swear, someone's just throwing darts at a dartboard, with each concentric ring representing a different ratio.

 
2 Comments

1. Robin said:

Any chance you'll grab some screenshots from this one too? Botoxed botch job or not, I'd love to see them. :)

(Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:36 PM)

2. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Here ya go, buddy:

http://www.landofwhimsy.com/archives/2012/06/the-aristocats-captures/

(Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:48 PM)

 
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