New Disney Streaming Service: Disney+

[Ben]

Well, at least you got it and didn’t have to suffer the ignominy of *not* getting the job you’ve obviously capably been doing for three years! Good job! Or, er, perhaps more appropriately, well done!

[gaastra]

A "toons who are in rescue rangers" folder has been added. Also the rescue rangers show is in the top trending.

[Daniel]

Golly, that's great!

[Daniel]

Dropping today:

:
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Episode 1 & 2
Man In The Arena: Tom Brady (Finale)
Raven's Home - Episodes 6–10 (Season 5)
Gigantosaurus - 8 Episodes (Season 3)
We Feed People
Bad Boys
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Hubble's Cosmic Journey
Mission Pluto
This Magic Moment
Believeland

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NCIS – Episode 10 (Season 19)
Papas Por Encargo - Season 1
The Great North - Episode 14 (Season 2)
Bob's Burgers - Episode 16 (Season 12)
Family Guy - Episode 16 (Season 20)
American Dad - Episode 2 (Season 18)
Eye Wonder - Episode 1-6
Mira, Royal Detective - Episode 13-20
Chibi Tiny Tale
De Worsten Van Babel Op De Camping
Secrets of Aunt Katie - Season 7-8
Wild Russia
Port Protection Alaska
Building Wild - Season 2
Alaska Animal Rescue
Awesome Animals
NYPD Blue - Season 1-12
Wu-Tang
Drain the Titanic
The Resident – Episode 19 (Season 5)
How I Met Your Father – Episode 4
This Is Us – Episode 18 (Season 6/Series Finale)
Patti Cakes
Jumper
JFK
Daredevil
What's Your Number
The Negotiator
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House 2
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

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The Hardy Boys – Episode 6 (Season 2)
The Con
Underworld, Inc - Season 1-2
Bob’s Burgers - New Episode (Season 12)
Family Guy - New Episode (Season 20)
The Great North - New Episode (Season 2)
The Simpsons - New Episode (Season 33)
Hubble's Cosmic Journey
Brubaker
Heat
L.A. Confidential
The Negotiator
Once Upon a Time in America

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The Hardy Boys – Episode 6 (Season 2)
Grey’s Anatomy – New Episode (Season 18)
Big Sky – Episode 14 (Season 2)
The Simpsons – New Episode (Season 33)
Station 19 – Episode 14 (Season 5)
Unknown Europe
Parched

[ShyViolet]

Golly, that's great!

[Ben]

Once Upon A Time In America…ooh, I wonder which version, and if this means Marty has got closer to his restoration of the closest to the full thing as possible version he has been working on!?

Also, funny how some other notable 90s Warners movies now seem controlled by Disney, thanks to their distribution deal with Regency through 20th Century. LA Confidential? JFK? Pretty big catalog titles popping up in places other than HBOM!

[gaastra]

[Ben]

Ooh…! Was never the biggest Willow fan, but this looks pretty faithful, and nice to see several callbacks in music and cast.

[Randall]

I loved Willow when I saw it in the theatre back in the day. Of course, I was young. It doesn't quite hold up now, but I'm still curious about the new show.

[Daniel]

The nostalgia from the music! Nice to see Warwick Davis reprising his role.

[Ben]

And Joanne Whalley, natch! That was kind of a surprise.

[EricJ]

I remember Chris Claremont co-writing a couple of Willow fan-fiction novels in the early 90's, but before Disney got Lucasfilm, that was as far as the "Justice for Willow!" movement ever got...

Once Upon A Time In America…ooh, I wonder which version, and if this means Marty has got closer to his restoration of the closest to the full thing as possible version he has been working on!?

Scorsese film-restoring Leone? Hadn't heard about that...Details?

[Ben]

I only know it was, or has been happening over time.

Ooh, look, there: I literally just typed in your "Scorsese film-restoring Leone" into Google and apparently it’s been done since 2012…!?

Oh, no…wait. That’s not right. The Independent has the best description there, but then that's 2012, and this was released on DVD and Blu-ray after that.

But…I know I have seen more recently that Scorsese has talked about the additional-additional "lost" footage being located, and working on an as-close-to-the-original version. Here's what's been put together so far…

— Leone's fabled six hour-plus workprint cut. The producer had agreed for one three hour movie, but Leone turned in his magnum opus and had been promised final cut. This was debated to be released as two movies, before a compromised four hour version was agreed upon. The six hour is presumed lost and was never screened.

— The "compromise" was the 269 minute Cannes cut, which played at the festival in 1984 to rave reviewers and a standing ovation in 1984. For some reason, this version wasn’t released either as one or two movies, and was truncated down to…

— The disastrous American theatrical cut, which was taken out of Leone's hands by a different distributor who wanted it under two hours. Apparently many attempts were made to make it as short as possible, and it arrived finally at 139 minutes…and flopped heavily.

— Redemption somewhat came with the 229 minute European cut, which is the version that was most widely available and how many of us know the film originally. This is still apparently now the "television" version of OUATIA that remains the "default" studio cut.

— What is now called the Extended Director's Cut is the one restored by Scorsese’s Film Foundation in 2012 and released to disc. This puts back 22 minutes of the cut 40, for a 251 minute version that restores various scenes and whole roles that were cut previously.

It was while I researching which version was on Blu-ray, and finding that it’s apparently out of print, that I stumbled on the news that Scorsese was excited to have found the missing 19 minutes and wanted to complete the film to Leone's original 269 Cannes cut length. This was definitely within the last year that I read this, as I did think then that hopefully it would be completed for the 40th anniversary in 2024, when hopefully a nice new 4K edition will be made available.

I would imagine that the Disney+ (haha, it tickles me that OUATIA is now a D+ movie!) version is either the usual European cut, or the Extended version, since I’d have expected to hear much more fanfare if Scorsese had finished a true restoration of the original full Cannes cut. I guess work is slow as the film's rights are split between the US and international (apparently the reason the last 19 minutes have been so tricky to put back), so neither side will want to pony up the costs for completion (and then who gets the rights?).

The wait continues…but hopefully Marty will be successful in the next couple of years…

[Daniel]

Dropping today:

:
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Episode 3
Club Mickey Mouse (SEA Version) - Season 4
A Fan's Guide to Ms. Marvel
Mack Wrestles
Mickey Mouse Funhouse - 5 Episodes
Glee
Hollywood Stargirl

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Pistol
The Resident – Episode 20 (Season 5)
NCIS – Episode 11 (Season 19)
How I Met Your Father – Episode 5
Abbott Elementary
The Great North - Episode 15 (Season 2)
Bob's Burgers - Episode 17 (Season 12)
Family Guy - Episode 17 (Season 20)
American Dad - Episode 3 (Season 18)
Alice's Wonderland Bakery - Episode 7-12
Mickey Mouse Funhouse - Episode 12-16
When We Rise
Killing Eve
Rudolph’s Bakery: De Jonge Bakers
Time Scanners
Wild Islands
Eyewitness War
The Orville: New Horizons – Episode 1
Fire Island
Titanic (1997)
The Sixth Sense
Pride (2014)
Slumdog Millionaire
A Cure for Wellness
Sunchaser
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
This Boy's Life
Guess Who
Texas Storm Squad

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Dollface
Bob's Burgers - New Episode (Season 12)
Family Guy - New Episode (Season 20)
The Great North - New Episode (Season 2)
The Simpsons - New Episode (Season 33)
Fire Island
The Thing About Harry

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The Hardy Boys – New Episode (Season 2)
Station 19 – New Episode (Season 5)
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Grey's Anatomy – Season 18 Finale
Bob's Burgers – Season 12 Finale
The Simpsons – Season 33 Finale
Big Sky - Season 2 Finale
American Dad – Episode 1 (Season 17)
Family Guy – Episode 1 (Season 20)
Colossal Machines – Season 1
Breeders – Seasons 1-2
Good Trouble – New Episodes (Season 4)
Fosse/Verdon
Disney Junior Ready for Preschool (Shorts) – Seasons 1-2
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House 2
Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son
Elektra
The Girl Next Door
Just My Luck

[EricJ]

A Fan's Guide to Ms. Marvel

Lesson 1: She DOESN'T HAVE freakin' "energy fists"!

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Specifically, the Kevin Kline/Michelle Pfeiffer/Stanley Tucci one, which could give James Cagney and Mickey Rooney a run for its money.

...THIS is why we (in the US) can't have nice Disney/Fox theatrical-catalog channels.