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The problem has always been that there's enough improvements people take for granted in the films that the theatrical cuts aren't strictly better. I think we're all just waiting for the day where a choose your own edit is available.

 LunarSol wrote:
The problem has always been that there's enough improvements people take for granted in the films that the theatrical cuts aren't strictly better. I think we're all just waiting for the day where a choose your own edit is available.

If you have to pick between having the expanded/extra scenes for good or for il or the theatrical i will leave them all behind. Just put in the remastered colors/images and sound and let us watch the original movies with the modern quality.

I really don't need those cgi aliens singing or crappy cgi jabba or crappy cgi dinosaurs, or any of that crap.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Thing is, the House of Mouse is better able to commission stuff as well.
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Except there are those of us who have no interest in the cookie cutter stuff the House of Mouse produces.
Star Wars is dead to me. Comic book movies are cartoons, only rarely interested.

If they put on shows like The Terror, Mindhunter, Marianne, or Mrs. Maisel then I might be interested.

Saw the "new" Greedo and Han scene. I don't know why Disney can't just return it to the original theatrical cut of the scene. Maybe someday they will. The constant changing every time a new version is released is just garbage. The only way to make the scene better is to return it to the original theatrical version.

Agreed - the latest edit to the "Han shot" scene is really strange to say the least - I just do not understand why they felt the need to mess with it yet again and in such a weird way. Must be just to generate attention and get more folks watching?

petrov27 wrote:
Agreed - the latest edit to the "Han shot" scene is really strange to say the least - I just do not understand why they felt the need to mess with it yet again and in such a weird way. Must be just to generate attention and get more folks watching?

I think they'd get more people watching if they changed it back to the theatrical cut too. I read today that George Lucas might have actually changed it when developing the 4k version prior to selling Star Wars to Disney, and the 4k version is the one that is getting streamed. Not sure if that's 100% accurate but that's one theory at least.

General question - is this service Ad free?

Only I understand the Mando episodes are 40 minutes.

I guess that could be with an eye to terrestrial rights in the future, but wanted to check.

No ads that I can see.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
General question - is this service Ad free?

Only I understand the Mando episodes are 40 minutes.

I guess that could be with an eye to terrestrial rights in the future, but wanted to check.

So far it seems Ad free to me. Saw the Mandalorian and several episodes of Gargoyles so far with no ads

EDIT: Now that I think about it, given that Disney makes a ton of money on merch and Disney Parks, I'd have to change my answer to YES, yes there are Ads. Everything Disney+ streams is an Ad.

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One article I read had the reason for the added Greedo yell: George Lucas added it as part of his tweaks for the 4K conversion before he sold everything to Disney, but it was never actually released in 4K until now. Disney just left it as-is from what they received. *sigh*

At least Gargoyles is on there, I watched it on TV when I could but I've never seen the series in it's entirety, especially the later seasons. It was always stupid-expensive to get the DVDs any time I remembered to check for them, makes it worth D+ just for that

 Kalamadea wrote:
At least Gargoyles is on there, I watched it on TV when I could but I've never seen the series in it's entirety, especially the later seasons. It was always stupid-expensive to get the DVDs any time I remembered to check for them, makes it worth D+ just for that

Yeah I was pretty excited to see that on D+. That plus Rebels, Clone Wars & The Mandalorian is worth the $7 per month alone

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Does it have the Lost Missions Clone Wars episodes (what would have been season 6?). Might be the first time those actually get a UK release if they're on there.

 Paradigm wrote:
Does it have the Lost Missions Clone Wars episodes (what would have been season 6?). Might be the first time those actually get a UK release if they're on there.

I'll have to check, but I would assume so. There's a new season that is supposed to premium in 2020

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petrov27 wrote:Agreed - the latest edit to the "Han shot" scene is really strange to say the least - I just do not understand why they felt the need to mess with it yet again and in such a weird way. Must be just to generate attention and get more folks watching?

The worst part is that the first edit to the scene was done solely because one of Lucas' adopted children said that Han wouldn't shoot first because he was a "good guy". Ignore an entire film's worth of growth, we'll do some nice revisionist history instead.


I always thought Lucas was a hack, this just cemented it for me. Makes me ashamed to have the same last name...


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Oh, and having the service on the 7 day trial is awesome. There are no ads and the content is stellar.

 Paradigm wrote:
Does it have the Lost Missions Clone Wars episodes (what would have been season 6?). Might be the first time those actually get a UK release if they're on there.

We've already got it on Disney Life.

Although, prior to that I did make use of alternate channels to watch it.

 Galef wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Does it have the Lost Missions Clone Wars episodes (what would have been season 6?). Might be the first time those actually get a UK release if they're on there.

I'll have to check, but I would assume so. There's a new season that is supposed to premium in 2020

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Do you actually mean premiere, or are you suggesting there will be a higher-cost version of the subscription service?
The way things are these days, I can't tell.

Voss wrote:

 Galef wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Does it have the Lost Missions Clone Wars episodes (what would have been season 6?). Might be the first time those actually get a UK release if they're on there.

I'll have to check, but I would assume so. There's a new season that is supposed to premium in 2020

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Do you actually mean premiere, or are you suggesting there will be a higher-cost version of the subscription service?
The way things are these days, I can't tell.

No, I did mean premiere. I work in insurance, so I type the word premium often enough that my fingers must have gone on auto-pilot

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So it looks like the Wifey is sold on going ahead and making our Disney+ a permanent thing. I'm elated.


Also, finally got around to seeing Captain Marvel since it is something I could only see streaming with the kidlets not around as Joy is reticent that the MCU is far too violent. I sincerely don't see ANY of the bad things that people claim about this movie. Maria Rambeau came off more wooden than Danvers, and Danvers was brainwashed.

I thoroughly enjoyed Captain Marvel. Just nice little touches, and Ben Mendhelson is superb.

Sadly, honest criticism was lost beneath a flood of incel drivel, having a go because the woman expressed an opinion.

I am loving this show so far (up to Episode 2).

I wanted to say more but can't work out how to put spoiler tags, lol.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I thoroughly enjoyed Captain Marvel. Just nice little touches, and Ben Mendhelson is superb.

Sadly, honest criticism was lost beneath a flood of incel drivel, having a go because the woman expressed an opinion.

Oh, don't get me wrong, Brie's diatribes were a little... problematic at times. I don't pin it on malice, I pin it on enthusiasm.

Finally launched in Oz.

Will work out how to get it working soon...

[EDIT]:And I have Disney+.

First thing I did was start up the 90's X-Men, just to hear the theme.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Finally launched in Oz.

Will work out how to get it working soon...

[EDIT]:And I have Disney+.

First thing I did was start up the 90's X-Men, just to hear the theme.

A man after my own heart I just gotta figure out how to get my Samsung TV to download the Disney+ app

The amount of stuff here is kinda overwhelming.

Wait... I can watch Aladdin, Darkwing Duck and Clone Wars whenever I want?

This is silly...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Finally launched in Oz.

Will work out how to get it working soon...

[EDIT]:And I have Disney+.

First thing I did was start up the 90's X-Men, just to hear the theme.

The allegedly stolen theme!

 Baragash wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Finally launched in Oz.

Will work out how to get it working soon...

[EDIT]:And I have Disney+.

First thing I did was start up the 90's X-Men, just to hear the theme.

A man after my own heart I just gotta figure out how to get my Samsung TV to download the Disney+ app

Have you tried kicking it?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Baragash wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Finally launched in Oz.

Will work out how to get it working soon...

[EDIT]:And I have Disney+.

First thing I did was start up the 90's X-Men, just to hear the theme.

A man after my own heart I just gotta figure out how to get my Samsung TV to download the Disney+ app

Have you tried kicking it?

I was getting there After switching it on and off a few times the app eventually appeared, well into S2 of the X-men cartoon now

So Jelly.

This is almost certainly punishment for our former Imperialist Ways!

I watched Iron Man for no other reason than I could.

 Kalamadea wrote:
At least Gargoyles is on there, I watched it on TV when I could but I've never seen the series in it's entirety, especially the later seasons. It was always stupid-expensive to get the DVDs any time I remembered to check for them, makes it worth D+ just for that

Awesome, I did not notice that was on it! I am in the exact same boat when it comes to not having been able to catch the entire series, and now I know where my weekend is going to end up going...