Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the April 24 article: Jim on Film at <a href="News-ID180290.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID180290.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By MissCandice When I started reading this article I was in disagreement,thinking lower prices would be better but I have reconsidered. Disney needs to threat these films with respect,or people won't view them as films,just cartoons. Great points!
Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations Jim, An interesting point of view. ) I think the Disney Company has tended to adopt short term thinking in many areas. I hope that the company fortunes will stablize and they will return to long term thinking. That will definately make creating magic easier. Thanks for writing, MouseBear
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Hmmmmm. Do I respect "Cabaret" less, have less fun with "Grease," or find "Stop Making Sense" any less wonder-inducing now that the pricing of the media on which they're sold has followed a natural market path? I don't think so. I loved Stop Making Sense when I couldn't afford it. Now as I marvel at the concert's staging and try to keep myself from singing along with the music, I certainly don't think of the entertainment coming out of my $20 copy as being "less" than it ever was to me. I need to think about this more.
Originally Posted By jdub I understand the point of the article, but I think that worse than lowering the price--far worse--is the incessant production of low-rent sequels, which really are flooding the market with substellar junk under the Disney banner and using the classic characters and titles.
