{"id":1732,"date":"2007-02-04T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/they-keep-re-doing-it-and-never-get-it-right\/"},"modified":"2007-02-04T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T18:34:00","slug":"they-keep-re-doing-it-and-never-get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/02\/they-keep-re-doing-it-and-never-get-it-right.html","title":{"rendered":"They keep re-doing it, and never get it right."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Curiouser and curiouser.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may recall that I posted an item here two months ago<\/a> complaining about the tight cropping of most of the cartoons on More Silly Symphonies: 1929 \u2013 1938<\/a><\/i>, one of the most recent entries in the \u2018Walt Disney Treasures<\/a>\u2018 series of DVDs.<\/p>\n

At the time, I noted that The Goddess of Spring<\/i> (1934) was not<\/i> \u201cwindowboxed\u201d like the other films, and I assumed this was because Disney was re-using the version they had made six years ago, when it was included as a bonus feature on the \u201cplatinum edition\u201d of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/a><\/i> (1937).<\/p>\n

But now it seems I was wrong about that.<\/p>\n

UltimateDisney.com recently put up reviews with screen captures of More Silly Symphonies<\/a><\/i> and another new release, It\u2019s a Small World of Fun, Vol. 4<\/a><\/i>, which also<\/i> includes The Goddess of Spring<\/i> \u2014 but the version on that newest disc<\/a> is windowboxed, which the version on More Silly Symphonies<\/i> most definitely is not!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This made me curious, to see how the windowboxed image compares to the equivalent frame on the earlier versions of this cartoon. So I pulled out my copy of Snow White<\/i> and fired up the cartoon \u2014 and I immediately discovered that the Snow White<\/i> version is actually different from the More Silly<\/i> version!<\/p>\n

The Snow White<\/i> version begins with an MPAA seal of approval, which is followed by the image on the left, whereas the More Silly<\/i> version begins abruptly with the image on the right:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can see ever-so-slight differences between the Snow White<\/i> and More Silly<\/i> versions of the frames below, too \u2014 in terms of the cropping and the colours, I mean (alas, I wasn\u2019t able to capture exactly<\/i> the same frames, in terms of the characters\u2019 poses, etc.):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But what really<\/i> surprises me is that the windowboxed image from the It\u2019s a Small World<\/i> disc actually seems to incorporate more<\/i> of the original animated frame \u2014 though it still<\/i> cuts some of it off!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is very<\/i> irritating. I can appreciate that colours and the like might vary from one transfer to another \u2014 but dudes, is it really so hard to keep the entire<\/i> frame, the way the animators drew<\/i> it!?<\/p>\n

And why is there a new<\/i> version with every<\/i> DVD release!?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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