After watching Disney’s latest restoration, I’ve come to the conclusion that I want a pet – probably a cat. But if I can get a dog as beautiful as Lady or the Tramp then I can see myself going for a puppy. Disney’s new transfer of the 1955 classic gives the movie a fresh coat of paint that makes it look new again.
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We have two copies of Disney’s spit polished, brand new The Lion King Blu-ray set! I have this set and it’s pretty amazing! To qualify to win is simple – follow us on twitter at twitter.com/eclipsemagazine (or for you tech heads #eclipsemagazine). After you sign up for our twitter feed send an email to contests@eclipsemagazine.com with your full name and address. In the subject make sure you say The Lion King Contest. This contest will run until Thursday, Oct 13. Two winners will be selected at random on the 13th. There is an EclipseMagazine.com facebook page at facebook.com/eclipsemagazine. This contest is courtesy of our friends at Disney Home Video. The Lion King Diamond edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack is available now. Hit the link for more details on this set.
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Disney’s 50th Animated movie recently hit the old Blu-ray format. Knowing how well Disney generally does with it’s Blu-ray releases, I was expected a feature packed release to celebrate this major milestone in the studio’s history, instead Disney Home Video plays it safe and phones it in, in this “featureless” Blu-ray” release.
Grade: C
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Disney has been phoning it in lately on some of their recent Blu-ray releases. They have pulled out all the stops for Tron: Legacy. This five disc set includes the 3D, regular Blu-ray, Digital Copy and DVD versions of Tron: Legacy, if that’s not enough they go the extra mile and give us the Blu-ray version of Tron The Original Classic. Let’s give Disney mad props for giving us the complete Tron Experience right out of the gate without the double dip trip.
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I loved Tron: Legacy, it was one of my top 10 films of 2010 and it holds up well on Blu-ray, even better because I didn’t have to watch it in 3D – that is until I get a 3D TV in a few weeks. The youngification of Jeff Bridges is just downright creepy. You can check out my full review of Tron: Legacy here – http://eclipsemagazine.com/comic-books/23627/
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Another one of Disney’s classic animated masterpieces finally comes to Blu-ray. Disney scored a huge mega hit with the live action version of Alice in Wonderland, so why not bring back their classic animated movie? The new 60th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray disc features a gorgeous transfer of the movie. When watching it, it’s hard to believe this movie is so old – other than the fact that it wears its old fashioned values on its sleeve.
It goes without saying that the animation looks as crisp and clean as it did 60 years ago. The colors are rich in detail and you can see the love that went into every brush stroke. I’m not a purist about most things, but I am when it comes to animation and animation movies. I will always prefer and love real old fashioned brush strokes and cell animation to today’s computer animation. As competent and amazing as computer generated animated films from the likes of Pixar, Dreamworks Animation, etc. are, I can never get past how soulless a lot of it looks. Yeah Toy Story 3 looks stunning, but it doesn’t have the “soul” that hand drawn animation has.
Grade: B-
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