Are you guys serious?
Does that little star (Disney Rewards) really bother you that much?
If so, you can always send me the code from inside!
I have a 3 year old daughter who would love to have her point value increase!

Just email it to me!

Thanks!

DAVE

Wow, that artwork is good. I haven't gotten any Disney dvds so far, but this one is the one that will change that. I have always had a place in my heart for this one. The live action ones were just a bad joke. This is the real deal.

lee09 wrote: Could be one of the best cover arts we've seen on Platinum Editions so far. The star logo on the bottom left does kill it. Just photoshop it out...

Great stuff but - I gotta get this one as I don't have the other one.....

This one is worth a double dip.

Oh, remember when Disney was still good? When they actually hired talented voice actors to do their animated films instead of lining up every A-list jerk-off they could think of?
Although, I hear Enchanted is pretty good.
In any case, I love these platinum editions. I just watched the Jungle Book the other night, and the new sound mix was mind-bogglingly good.
I'm kind of puzzled about Sleeping Beauty being the next one up for platinum - the 2 disc version they put out a few years ago is still one of the best animated DVD releases in my collection. Great extras, phenomenal transfer, cool packaging - I seriously doubt if they'll do anything other than re-package that release with some new artwork. And that's too bad, because, as others have already pointed out, there are plenty of other old Disney titles needing a better release.  

William Coffey wrote: Je Ff wrote: The Black Cauldron

I wish they'd redo The Black Cauldron on DVD. The current one's... OK, but the non-anamorphic transfer and kinda lackluster 5.1 track kills it.

I never bought the DVD of it. I'd watch a c**ppy VHS over a c**ppy DVD any day. at least the c**ppy VHS has a nostalgic childhood feeling to it, where the DVD can just seem like a waste.

The artwork's pretty but they relaly should remove that supid star.

Artwork added...

Classic Disney, & one of the best. A definitive must buy.

Cheddar J. Cheese wrote: [quote=Kyle Mertes wrote] ... Sleeping Beauty was Platinum in Oct. 2003 if memory serves me well.

Sleeping Beauty was never a Platinum Series DVD, even though you did get the release date right.

The best Disney classic special edition was TOY STORY: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, because of the fact that it was made by Pixar.

Well I for one "Pete's Dragon" needs a Special Edition.  There is 20 minutes of deleted footage that has never been shown on home video.  I would also like to see a Special Edition of "The Great Mouse Detective"

I want them to release Pinocchio, too.  Maybe in 2009, as the only other Platinum Edition coming out next year other than this is Sleeping Beauty in October.  

I love this movie.  I'll be going about my day and I'll get random scenes from this running through my head.  Not sure why.  Probably becuase I watched this one a lot growing up and then had to watch it half a bazillion times more after my younger sister was born.

OHHH YES!!!!!

I've been waiting for this for years. It's about time. Now if they would only get around to doing Pinocchio.

Yay! Another Disney classic I must update on my collection. I agree with whoever hates the newly recorded songs, they do nothing for me.

All together now: Creulla DeVil, Cruella DeVil if she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will...

This is the Disney release I have been waiting for! Want it now!!!

I know the Disney films are mainly for kids but some 'proper' extras wouldn't go amiss. Something in-depth, illuminating and anecdotal about the making of the film.

I hate all this interactive game s**t, and especially newly recorded songs by some piss flap.

Press Release:

Quote: BURBANK, Calif., October 26, 2007 – For the first time in nearly a decade, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment unleashes 101 of the world’s most famous dogs when Walt Disney’s original dog classic, 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition comes to DVD March 4, 2008 for a limited time only. 101 Dalmatians is the true Disney Dog classic, considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative Disney animated films. This all-new two-disc Platinum Edition is a must-own for fans big and small, featuring beloved characters Pongo, Perdita, and their 99 puppies, as well as one of Disney’s most deliciously evil villains of all time – Cruella De Vil (ranked on American Film Institute’s Best Villains of All Time List).

101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition is brilliantly restored with enhanced picture and sound and includes all new, never-before-seen bonus features that will have fans of all ages howling with delight: An all-new interactive ”Virtual Dalmatian” game with over 101 possibilities to adopt, train and care for your very own virtual puppy, deleted songs, behind-the-scenes featurettes, an in-depth look at the personal correspondence between Walt Disney and Dodie Smith, (author of the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians), and much more.

One of the most cherished and sought-after Disney classics of all time, 101 Dalmatians is among the last films to bear the personal touch of Walt Disney. This original classic is available for a limited time only before it returns to the Disney vault.

Bonus Features

• Disney’s Virtual Dalmatians
Adopt, name, train and care for your very own virtual puppy where there are over 101 possibilities.
• Puppy Profiler
Find out which dog you’re most like!
• 101 Pop-Up Trivia Facts For The Family & Collector
Discover 202 amazing things You Never Knew about the movie as you watch it – with 101 pop up
facts for the family and 101 for the collector
• All-New “Cruella De Vil” Music Video
The classic song “Cruella De Vil” gets a contemporary twist when multitalented teen Disney Channel
star Selena Gomez performs the song in a brand new video!
• Redefining The Line: The Making Of 101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians is considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative Disney animated
films. Go behind the scenes with its creators to find out about everything - including the technological
innovation of the Xerox process in animation.
• Cruella De Vil: Drawn To Be Bad
Inspired by flamboyant actress Tallulah Bankhead, Cruella De Vil has become a villain that movie
fans love to hate. Marc Davis, an animation legend and one of Disney’s immortal “Nine Old Men”
reveals how this iconic character came to be.
• Sincerely Yours, Walt Disney
Experience Walt Disney and Dodie Smith’s (author of the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians)
actual correspondence during the movie’s production.
• Deleted Songs
Songs written for the film - finally come to life!
• And Much More!

When Pongo and Perdita, a pair of adorable Dalmatians play Cupid for their human pets, wedding bells soon ring! In a short time, the dogs become the proud parents of 15 winsome puppies, but their happiness is short-lived. The wicked Cruella De Vil wants to buy the all puppies—to make a coat! When her dastardly offer is turned down, she orders her bumbling henchmen Horace and Jasper to abscond with the puppies as well as every other Dalmatian puppy in London. Pongo and Perdita must rally a network of animals across England with the “twilight bark” to help find Cruella's secret hideaway and rescue 99 precious puppies.