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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: DVD Wish List

The discussion in the other thread got me thinking...

Let's say Disney was re-releasing all three movies (or more importantly, making ROJ and KOT special editions. I STILL don't see how Patch's London Adventure or Jungle Book 2 gets a freaking Special Edition DVD, but that rant is for another thread Laughing

), what special features/games/tidbits/etc. would you like to see on the DVDs?

Salukfan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:05 am Post subject:

The original:

- Pre-"Black Friday" stuff. Especially the stuff from the Babkak/Omar/Aladdin/Kassim days.

- More Robin. All that drama aside (or even spoken about), it'd be nice to hear from him.

ROJ:

- The missing footage, definitely.

- We also know that there are some missing episodes in production order; if there's anything on these episodes (storyboards, whatever), maybe we could get a little on this disc? Since, you know, the TV series DVDs are probably never coming. Laughing

KOT:

- I'm really interested in the development of the film. Is there any visual material from the "Mozenrath as the villain" days, or was it cut before it reached the boards? What changed when Robin came on? Did the movie become longer because of it, or did we lose plot stuff for other characters?

- Random game: A virtual paper doll. Dress up Jasmine, ala the sequence in the palace. It could be worth a 2-second look.

I'm sure I'll think of more later, but this is harder than I thought it would be. Laughing

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject:

That's why I didn't even say the series. I already know that's a wistful thinking wish list. IF we get those DVDs, they're gonna be episodes on a disc. That's it. Maybe a cute intro the menu screen, but you're not looking at much past that Laughing

I keep hoping one day they'll have a "lost episodes" DVD, or shoot, just tell me what they were about.

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject:

Ah, I figured out something I want! A virtual tour of the palace! Preferably in the first movie before it gets destroyed every few weeks Laughing

Salukfan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:

What about some mock interviews and stuff? I would vote for KOT or ROJ here... interview Abis Mal, Cassim, Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Jafar, whoever. Do it like a satellite press junket, with the interviewer asking some really embarrassing questions. They can get a famous interviewer to do the voice... but in the end, we see that the interviewer is actually Iago. Or, you know, Genie, which would actually make more sense, but Iago's "modern" enough for it to work. Laughing

Or there could be mockmentaries! "Where they went wrong..." starring Jafar/Iago or something. Give their "history," little fumbles along the way, famous mistakes and bungles, whatever.

Finally, can they redo that awful KOT DVD game to include Sa'luk? Geez. They picked some guys who aren't even in the Forty Thieves! Laughing

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

Ooh, yeah, but it's gotta be good questions. Not dumb ones like "What's your favorite pretty princess dress, Jasmine? Smile

" that someone in marketing wrote. I want some hilarious questions Laughing

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Or where they are now! Laughing

I've learned to appreciate that game more after watching Aladdin play through it. He gets all excited when he finds Cassim. "Look, it's my dad!! Very Happy

"

Salukfan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

I think it'd be funny if the interviewer kept asking Jasmine questions like that... and she got increasingly frustrated by it. "Being a princess is more than dresses and glittery jewelry, you know, it's---" "WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?!" " Evil or Very Mad

"

There MUST be a Cassim/Iago one. I want to know the kind of trouble those two got into. Laughing

... yeah, I can see why Aladdin playing it would make it better. Laughing

But I still think Cassim enjoying playing children's birthday parties has something... wrong about it. Laughing

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

Now THAT would be awesome, even if I know they'd never do that Sad

...I don't know if they'd be able to put what they've been up to on a children's DVD Laughing

He gets frustrated when he can't find the people, too, if only because he has to listen to that guy on the game patronize you for looking in the wrong spot *every* time Laughing

. But yeah, unless when they say birthday parties they mean for adults that's a little weird Laughing

Calluna · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

The alternate ending for the original movie, with "Arabian Nights (Reprise)" and the peddler's true identity. It's one of the few movies with a fully-animated ending that was never used; why not put it on the DVD, when other movies get rough-animation and storyboard-only alternate endings included as special features?

Also for the original, an actors' commentary! Come on, you know you want to hear an hour and a half of Scott and Gilbert. Laughing

More cut songs; I'm sure there are more that even we don't know about.
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Salukfan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

Salukfan · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject:

Calluna · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject:

Aren't all DVDs not rated anyway? Wink

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject:

Calluna · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

There are two alternate endings Laughing

. One follows closer to the ending of KOT and the other is the ending to Aladdin as it is now plus the bit with the peddler instead of Genie lifting up the film reel.

I have storyboards of both of them myself, so if there's a finished version out there I don't own it.