![]() ![]() If you’re around my age (I’m 36), you may well have a memory of watching this, or some version of it, via VHS. Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom is the first piece of animation ever produced in CinemaScope, and it netted Disney an Oscar. This is a major part of animation history, first of all. If, for example, Disney believes not enough people care about the presence of Donald in Mathmagic Land on Disney+, why would they strategically withhold those titles? Also, why strategically withhold titles that Disney presumes - not inaccurately, I would begrudgingly agree - will not raise the needle among its subscribers? Now, I subtweeted all of this, because putting it lightly, I think at least two of these arguments are idiotic. (All of these were presented while framing the argument as a way to chide the original tweeter for holding Disney+ to a different standard than Netflix or Peacock, and…uh…OK. 3) Many of the titles fans are champing at the bit for are fairly problematic and/or straight-up offensive, and Disney would rather avoid any undue controversies. 2) Disney is being very careful in withholding titles like these, so let’s not rush them. 1) Not enough people care about older fare, whether it’s got Donald Duck or not, so Disney isn’t adding it to the streaming service. The flip side of this argument was represented by a prolific Disney blogger, who wound up making a combination of the following arguments. So the side I’m on would ask: why isn’t it available? Why not add it? But it’s never been available in HD, before or after the advent of Disney+. ![]() It’s been released on VHS and DVD in the States before. For example, the 1959 short Donald in Mathmagic Land, nominated for an Academy Award and beloved by many animation buffs. One side basically mirrored my own frustration. As this thread progressed, I didn’t add to it but I did see the general back-and-forth between two sides. ![]()
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