Disney is one of those companies that I have a love/hate relationship with. I love some of their movies but, they don't see them the same way that I do. I have several favorite Disney movies that are in dire need of a proper Blu-Ray release. It seems like Disney likes to neglect these films by treating them like a bastard stepchild.
One of my favorite movies that Disney has distributed is The Brave Little Toaster (1987). It is a common misconception that The Brave Little Toaster is a Disney movie. Technically speaking, it wasn't made by Disney. It was made by Hyperion Animation with The Kushner-Locke Company. Disney only bought the distribution rights to the film. However due to Disney purchasing the distribution rights, they scrapped the theatrical release of The Brave Little Toaster. Instead of releasing it in theaters, it debuted on The Disney Channel and then went straight to video.
The Brave Little Toaster was made in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. However this film hasn't been seen in widescreen since it was screened at Sundance Film Festival. Every DVD of this film is in fullscreen. The region 1 DVD has a very bad transfer that shakes. This movie has a cult following. It's timeless and needs a proper anamorphic widescreen HD transfer. In 2017 The Brave Little Toaster turned 30 years old. Disney didn't acknowledge this film turning 30 and never honored it with a proper DVD or Blu-Ray release in it's original aspect ratio. People would buy that in a heartbeat. Even the director, Jerry Rees expressed interest in a proper DVD release. He had no say in the DVD release that Disney put out. I really want to see this movie get a proper anamorphic widescreen release. It deserves it. I guess Disney hates money.
Another one of my favorite Disney movies from the 90s is A Goofy Movie (1995). I remember going to see this one when it came out in theaters. If it wasn't for this movie I wouldn't be interested in AMC Pacers. Goofy's car in this movie is an AMC Pacer wagon. All car things aside here, A Goofy Movie also has a cult following among fans. Just like The Brave Little Toaster, A Goofy Movie has never received a proper anamorphic widescreen release or a Blu-Ray. In fact it's only been released in fullscreen format. In 2015, the 20th anniversary of it's release Disney neglected to give A Goofy Movie a proper release on Blu-Ray. I do believe this movie was planned on having a Blu-Ray release as a double feature with it's direct to video sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) but somehow it got put on the back burner by Disney. Again Disney apparently hates money.
The third movie that needs a proper Blu-Ray release is Disney's Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.(1993). This film is a remake of The Incredible Journey that came out in 1963. The remake is more well known than the original version. In fact this movie has never gotten a widescreen release in physical form. I think a widescreen version was released to the digital streaming market and, I heard that there was a widescreen DVD that was released in Mexico? I could be wrong about Mexico getting a widescreen DVD release but I did read that somewhere online. I can't remember the site offhand. Ironically the film's sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Fransisco was given a proper Widescreen DVD release whereas the original only has a fullscreen release. Again with this film having a cult following, it's time for it to see a proper HD Blu-Ray Release.
Since Disney owns Star Wars, they need to do one thing to please the fans, release the original unaltered Trilogy on Blu-Ray. Many years ago the unaltered theatrical versions got released on DVD but there was one major problem, they were in non-anamorphic widescreen and on top of that the transfers were pretty bad. Disney would be really stupid to not release the original unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-Ray. They are practically sitting on a goldmine here. Star Wars fans would kill to have a proper Blu-Ray release of the unaltered trilogy. I don't know why Disney hasn't done this yet. I know there is a bootleg called the Despecialized trilogy out there but we need a proper release from Disney.
C'mon Disney step up your game and just Shut Up and Take My Money already!
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