The Cheapquel is Dead?

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    Originally Posted By Inkan1969

    So says this article from AWN

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    Originally Posted By FerretAfros

    Well, if it's true, it will be one loss that I will not grieve at all.
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    It's actually a very interesting read.
     
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    Originally Posted By mrichmondj

    It was an interesting article. One thing that it doesn't delve into, though, is how the whole D2V business came into being.

    Anyone remember the "GoodTimes" videos that began showing up on store shelves back in the late 80s? These were essentially very cheap VHS knock-off of all the Disney animated films that got prime display space in a number of stores. Well, it turns out that a lot of people bought these films, and when marketers surveyed these folks they would mistakenly identify these products as being made by Disney. Apparently, Joe Consumer thinks that any film with Snow White or Pinnochio or any other fair tale character is automatically a "Disney" film. These GoodTimes videos made a serious dent in Disney's quality ratings as more people expressed displeasure with the quality of the GoodTimes product. So, Disney made an effort to enter the genre themselves and put the GoodTimes folks out of business.

    Now, there's always the debate about the quality of the Disney D2V product, but you have to go back to see what the competing product was on the video store shelves at the time to see a direct comparison of what people were buying before Disney entered the D2V business.
     
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    Originally Posted By basil fan

    Did anybody ever watch any of those GoodTimes videow? I admit, I've always been curious about them, wondering if they could possibly be as awful as they look.

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    Originally Posted By mawnck

    >>wondering if they could possibly be as awful as they look.<<

    OH, YES.
     
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    Originally Posted By basil fan

    Do they pretty much copy the Disney storylines? I mean, Hunchback, for example, had some major changes from the book. Do the rip-off videos just copy the same changes?

    And then there's Lion King, which wasn't from a book.

    Just wondering.

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