Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Coming October 10th... <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GW8U1I/ref=ase_thehomeimprovemz/103-8094372-6539807?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130&tagActionCode=thehomeimprovemz" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ ct/B000GW8U1I/ref=ase_thehomeimprovemz/103-8094372-6539807?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130&tagActionCode=thehomeimprovemz</a> Tod doesn't look great and the cover looks a bit dull with the coloring... but... AMOS SLADE is on the cover, along with Chief and The Bear (as usual) so I can't complain.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Are there any extra features? I already have the Gold Classic version, and it really isn't one of my favorites. I think I'll definately be waiting for the reviews on this one before I consider getting it.
Originally Posted By basil fan I forgot to tell you...I recently bought the old Fox & Hound DVD, figuring there would never be a release with real bonus features. So, of course, that was the signal for Disney to release one. I'm thinking of buying The Rocketeer, so get ready for a big 2-disc set. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/tarzan.html</a>
Originally Posted By tonyanton basil fan...can you buy a barebones "Dick Tracy," I've been holding out for a deluxe DVD of that one too. :]
Originally Posted By basil fan LOL literally Disney Glitches <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/dglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/dglitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, I just LOVE Todd and Copper! They're such sweet little lap lickers. We've had them over to our cottage for dinner a couple of times. ORGOCH: Yeah--only they went an' ran off 'afore we could git 'em inside the Cauldron fer a slow boil! ORDDU: I beg your pardon, dear. But it was certainly never MY intent to have such sweet little puppies for dinner on those two occasions. And I'm sure Orwen wouldn't want to eat them, either. It's no wonder they don't ever come back to visit any longer. No doubt they sensed your wicked intentions and have been traumatized by the sight of all of us ever since! ORWEN: (Sigh) We lose more friends because of you, old biddy!!!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs My babysitter got me the personalized "The Fox and the Hound and Me" book where I "visit" Amos Slade on his farm and hang out with the title characters. I'm joined by my "best friend Sean" and we help Boomer free his beak from a tree. I love the fact that for the book I'm a little brown-haired, light-skinned boy (whose face is never seen, mind you, for obvious reasons). It was also here that the villainous Amos Slade is also seen here as a gruff, but kindly old man. Actually, it's interesting how Slade, Tod and Copper progress through the film. I mean, we know what happens with the latter two, but the oft-forgotten Slade turns from a comedic Elmer Fudd-type Villain (complete with dropped pants) in the first half, to a cold and vicious killer, bent on getting rid of Tod in the second half. Kudos to Jack Albertson!
Originally Posted By BrnardM Just want to give a shout out to the Fox and the Hound. I've always thought this was an especially good film considering the point in Disney history that it was produced. As FiveBearRugs mentioned, there are some plain viscious moments in the film. Not just from Amos, but between the title characters as well. I always think of the scene towards the end when they square off. On the other end of the spectrum, the scene where the Widow releases Todd is quite heartfelt. Yes it's not perfect, and Bluth was really right: the second half would have been stronger if Chief had actually died. But if you ask me, this film is much better than people give it credit for. At any rate it sure doesn't deserve the lame follow up film that's in the works.
Originally Posted By basil fan >>the oft-forgotten Slade turns from a comedic Elmer Fudd-type Villain (complete with dropped pants) in the first half, to a cold and vicious killer, bent on getting rid of Tod in the second half.<< And at the very end, he wearily realizes that all the energy he spent on revenge just plain wasn't worth it, so he packs up and goes home. That's pretty unusual for a Disney "villain." I would rank Fox & the Hound among my bottom 5 Disney animated features, but even Disney's worst is good stuff in my book. I like it. The sequel just looks like a plain-old bad idea from the start. Having Copper abandon his friend Tod doesn't pack much drama considering we already know how they become enemies in adulthood, then reconcile. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/glitch/sdglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ glitch/sdglitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<basil fan: And at the very end, he wearily realizes that all the energy he spent on revenge just plain wasn't worth it, so he packs up and goes home. That's pretty unusual for a Disney "villain.">> LOL, is that why Amos and Denahi (Brother Bear) aren't featured in the Villains portion of your site? (Long) John Silver also has a soft side for Jim Hawkins, another unusual trait for a Villain, albeit that was in all the versions of Treasure Island (Planet) and not just the Disney one. And it seems that after Dumbo became a success, The Ringmaster, Matriarch and the rest of the circus treated him well. Didn't Amos just not like Tod from the start, and was always plotting to get rid of him? There's a Fox and the Hound 2 coming out??
Originally Posted By FoxHound I have the personalized Fox and the Hound book, too!(Somewhere I also have a Jungle Book one). It is funny, because the book mentions our long-gone dog! The sequel is one of those "middle-quels" that are becoming common with Disney: something about Copper joining a band of dogs at the Grand Ole Opry, and leaving Tod behind. Very unusual.
Originally Posted By basil fan I did have Amos Slade on the site, but read it over & deleted it--I just didn't see him as quite a real villain (even though he hunts in a posted area). I don't think of Denahi as one iota of a villain. Beyond Experiment 62 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/stitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/stitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs ^^^ That was why Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet and Brother Bear wreaked havoc with my Collection of Evilâ„¢. L&S had a lot of antagonists (I finally declared Gantu as the official Villain), Silver was very sympathetic and likable (which was probably why Scroop was added for evil tasks) and Brother Bear really didn't have anyone evil. In the case of the latter, I decided Denahi as the Villain since he does the revenge thing throughout the movie (complete with Evil Goatee, lol) before realizing he's about to kill his own brother. I, however, am sure there are many LPers here who are on my side when I say that the Cheshire Cat is not a Villain.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just watched Brother Bear last night, and I think I would probably have Kenai as the villain. It is one of the more mature stories that Disney has done, which makes it harder to make everything have such black and white answers to it. I guess it sort of depends on what your definition of villain is and from which perspective you are looking.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Yech! This movie is one of the worst Disney Animated movies. And for some reason they don't even spell "Tod" correctly, it should be spelled "Todd"
Originally Posted By basil fan That's his name in the book. I have nothing against mid-quels as a rule, but you need something interesting to say about the characters' lives, not the same lesson we already learned about them. For Disney Girls Only <a href="http://www.whatistsgalore.com/disney/girls.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatistsgalore.com/ disney/girls.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<FerretAfros: I just watched Brother Bear last night, and I think I would probably have Kenai as the villain. It is one of the more mature stories that Disney has done, which makes it harder to make everything have such black and white answers to it. I guess it sort of depends on what your definition of villain is and from which perspective you are looking.>> Kenai could be the 'part one' Villain, due to his attitudes and actions before he turns into a bear, in which Denahi would be the 'part two' Villain. Nevertheless, the McDonald's Happy Meal figure of Denahi sits on my Shelf of Evilâ„¢. I believe the Disney Store Brother Bear PVC set had Denahi looking mean. It does depend on the viewer's perspectives on who is and isn't a Villain, or what does or does not make a Villain. There are obvious baddies such as Captain Hook, Maleficent and Cruella De Vil, and then you had other characters who were classified as Villains, who may or may not have been. Case in point, in Frank and Ollie's Villain book (and I know I've mentioned this several times, lol), Ichabod Crane and Brer Rabbit are considered Villains. Brer Rabbit did do a lot of trickery while Ichabod mooched off of food and was after Katrina for her money. In the Disney Treasures card set, Panchito from 'The Three Caballeros' is classified as a Villain. In the 1997 Villains trading card set, you'll find the Indian Chief from 'Peter Pan'. The Queen of Hearts is a Villain, and of their regular 10, even though there has been a lot of opinions that she never did anything truly evil. Alice in Wonderland was notorious for having 'gray' Villains since it appeared that everyone was always after her. Besides the Queen, the Cheshire Cat shows up a lot in Villain merchandise, and even the Mad Hatter and March Hare appeared in the 1998 Villains sticker set. Again, it's all on your perspectives; one might think that Dr. Jumba Jookiba is the Villain in 'Lilo and Stitch' since he appears to be the primary antagonist, but it appears that that honor goes to Captain Gantu. Amos Slade does show many signs of Villainy thoughout the film, and I believe that it was also the Bear that might have made him change his way about killing Tod. In fact, it could be this moment in which the Bear becomes the new Villain of the film. The Bear was a threat to Amos and was about to kill him, had it not been for Tod's interference. Slade attempts to kill Tod again, but Copper gets in the way, as if to tell his master "He just saved your life, and you're still going to hold a grudge?". He realizes that maybe it wasn't worth it to kill his neighbor's pet. At the end of the film, he goes back to being the gruff and grumpy grouch.
