![]() ![]() How true that was, both for fans awaiting the Studio’s long-in-the-making return to classic stories and for the Mouse House itself, seeing as this was their proving ground on a completely computer animated movie away from Pixar. When it arrived in theaters in 2005, Disney’s animated re-telling of the classic fable carried the tagline “Chicken Little, Movie Big”. Following Blu-ray 3D releases for their recent animated pictures (released, as in theaters, with both the regular flat versions and with the extra-D), Disney continues to be the main proponent of the BD3D format, now going back to update their combo packs of originally released theatrical 3D titles to present these editions in the home.Ĭhicken Little (81 mins, 1.78:1, Rated G) Before that, we’ve already seen recent super-perspective conversions for Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King, which made half-decent arguments for traditional animation to be seen in this way (though sparingly, please there’s no reason to start retrofitting the golden age classics, which would be tantamount to using the colorization process, although I wouldn’t say no to a new Fantasia, not that it would ever happen).īut it’s actually native three-dimensional imagery that visually works best to the format’s advantage due to the inherent nature of the fully rounded elements, and although a conversion for The Nightmare Before Christmas gave us a not entirely inappropriate ViewMaster feel to the look of the film, the likes of the impressive Tangled proved that CGI was perhaps the best medium suited to the format. G-Force: Get ready to suit up with a team of elite…guinea pigs!? That’s what the G in G-Force stands for, as this miniature crew of crime fighters, armed with an array of international espionage foiling gadgetry, take on a billionaire industrialist about to unwittingly unleash a technological threat on the entire world!ĭisregarding Disney’s initial experimentation with animated 3D presentations for a handful of short subjects in the 1950s, the earliest of the Studio’s features to get the extra-dimensional treatment will be 1989’s The Little Mermaid, set for theatrical reissue in September 2013. Meet The Robinsons: Young orphaned inventor Lewis spends a day with a mysterious kid from the future, Wilbur Robinson, to put right what once went wrong, in a high spirited, at times messy, but unexpectedly emotional adventure.īolt: The star of a hit animal action adventure series finds himself a real life underdog when a location break-out goes wrong and he’s left to fend for himself in the real world…without any of the super powers his possesses on his show. Walt Disney Pictures (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 8 2011), Individual 3-disc Blu-ray and DVD Combo Packs include 3D Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc plus DVD (4-disc Bolt also contains Digital Copy), original supplements included, 1080p high-definition widescreen, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, Retail: $44.99 each ( Bolt: $49.99)įour animated 3D reissues offer a unique look at the changing face of Disney Animation throughout the period of switching from traditional hand-drawn features to CGI, the arrival of John Lasseter, and the outside influence of live-action/animation combination family comedies…Ĭhicken Little: The sky really is falling in Disney’s high-tech and in-your-face retooling of the classic story, which throws out the whole original plot and bundles in some alien invaders and enough mayhem to ensure that, hopefully, something will stick and the cracks won’t show. ![]()
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