Yet even w a milestone like that coming up I have no doubt Disney (or rather Pixar) will shun this films existence through it all. Sad that the original Rescuers never gets any attention from the company now... What the hell's their problem???
shareDamn! Guess this film really is ignored! No ones replied in nearly 24 hours (or been active on this board period since then)...
Almost as tragic as The Princess and the Frog board suffering more or less the same fate as this one within the years thatve passed since its release, while RETCH!!! Frozen's board is still at least fairly active even some years after ITS release! Et tu, John Lasseter (aka Mr. Anti-2d!!!)???
Nobody but classic Disney fans care about this film anymore. So what? I could fill this board's character limit with titles of animated films that don't get the attention they deserve. The Rescuers and Princess and the Frog are probably underrated, but there are bigger fights to worry about in the quest for animation respect.
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Penny is certainly my favorite Disney heroine. One of my favorites, at least.
The movie is not a huge home video bestseller on the level of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King as it was a few decades ago. And there's not a huge cult following fan base for the film that inspires Disney to create new content for with every passing home video release. So, Disney gives them a standard re-release every couple of years.
Also, the 1970s were not a high point for Disney animation. The animation relied heavily on the Xerox process with some animation recycled from previous Disney films, voice actors were constantly reused, and the story structure were loosed, disjointed, and episodic. This movie had elements of these tropes, with the exception of the story structure. However, with a basic story centering around mice rescuing a little girl, the story may come off as standard, routine, and not do too much for audiences.
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The movie is not a huge home video bestseller on the level of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King as it was a few decades ago.Well, the fact that you had to actually be specifically looking for this film to even know that Disney planned to make its US DVD debut back in 2003 doesn't help. It's a tremendously unfair comparison, as those other films you mentioned are constantly "in your face" as Disney gives them non-stop publicity. Not to mention that those films are not released on home video formats time and time again looking as if you were watching through a pair of pantyhose, which is the case for The Rescuers to this day.
I would concede on my point and give you the benefit of the doubt, but Disney gives pretty much every title of their classic films extensive interims between their re-releases. By 2010, it would be hard to find a Platinum Edition DVD of Beauty and Lion King on shelves except to purchase online. Merchandise and other ancillary products, I'm not too sure about, but when Disney means "a limited time" for the latest edition of their classic films, they mean "a limited time".
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Can't believe this movie is criminally overlooked. It deserves recognition when it's 40th anniversary comes next year.
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