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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 24, 2017 20:40:52 GMT
After replying to this thread a few days ago, I decided it was time to watch TLOSH again... I forgot how well Disney cartoons could make even everyday scenes... VERY SCARY! Forget the Headless Horseman, Just travel into the deep woods on a dark and spooky night! " It's a quiet, peaceful place, and yet somehow... FOREBODING..." Oh... and now that you are already as scared as you can be and you are pissing & pooping in your pants... "Ya Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 24, 2017 21:18:47 GMT
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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 24, 2017 21:54:07 GMT
I know this is a bit off topic here, but... Did Anyone else have this LP as a kid? Disneyland Records: Since this website doesn't seem to have a great board to discuss this kind of thing... I made a thread in the Collectibles and Memorabilia section, which may be a bit of an obscure place to find it... imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/65222/disney-chilling-thrilling-sounds-hauntedUnless you are Nalkarj , who has already found it! As I understand, many of the sounds on the LP were used in some Disney cartoons and films... Including the " Lonesome Ghosts" cartoon, which was included as a bonus feature, at least on one of the DVD releases for " The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad".
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 24, 2017 22:08:59 GMT
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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 24, 2017 23:08:32 GMT
By the by, some of the Disney animators did their research: compare this modern picture of the church to the animated version above: Yes... Regardless of some of the Questionable Non-PC decisions, Disney made over the years... They really did do their research, and worked very hard to bring the best animation to the public. I think that is why so much of their films and other media are still so highly praised all these decades later. Yes, the " Night On Bald Mountain" segment from "Fantasia" (1940) was pretty creepy & scary too... I just happened to watch that last night!
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Post by ellynmacg on Oct 31, 2017 1:21:23 GMT
Salzmank, you didn't need to apologize for posting all those pictures--at least, not to me. I thought they were great, although I have to admit the shot of the banshee did give me pause. Darby O'Gill and the Little People must be one of the very rare films that's equally appropriate for St. Patrick's Day and Halloween. It's also one of my all time favorite movies! However, to get back on topic a bit, I agree with Salzmank and the others who enjoy TLoSH. It really has some spooky sections (including a few that manage to be scary and hilarious at the same time--no mean achievement), but it also has other virtues. I have to confess that I'm not the world's biggest Bing Crosby fan, but I just love his narration and voice-over work on this little gem. And the character animation is top-notch, including the work on some of the minor figures; I especially like the roly-poly little brunette who hustles Brom Bones (great name, that) onto the dance floor--and away from Katrina, much to Brom's dismay. Speaking of Brom Bones, does anybody else see him as something of a prototype--much more likable, of course--for another village strongman and babe-magnet, Beauty and the Beast's Gaston? The most striking difference between the two guys may be that, while Brom has his bullying moments, he is nowhere nearly as extreme as Gaston--either in his conceit or his evil. And would anybody--other than "ol' Icky", naturally--really want Katrina to end up with Ichabod (the Beast/Prince, he's not)? I don't think so--and neither would Katrina! One more point about TLoSH: it was paired with The Wind in the Willows to comprise the last "package" movie of that era, and paved the way for Cinderella--another animated feature to give a memorable role to a pumpkin...albeit as an elegant magical coach instead of a malevolent, flaming jack o' lantern. Both pumpkins end up in dirt roads, smashed to pieces. I wonder what kind of pies they would have made?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 31, 2017 5:57:10 GMT
This cartoon is probably what made me take notice of Disney since I didnt have much exposure to their cartoons before this.
Disney was actually the least offensive of the studios when it came to race caricature. Compare the controversy over the zebra centaur in Fantasia or the crows in Dumbo to the cartoons being done at Warner Bros at the same time. Even Chuck Jones did one or two racially themed cartoons.
I think the simple reason for Disney's enduring success with the old cartoons is that it was designed for a specific home audience. It was the opposite of Globalist Disney.
No chance modern Disney would touch a story like the Legend of Sleepy Hollow--and if you check Disney's wiki on it, they list Brom Bones as the villain, when that is not the case with either the original story or the cartoon. Ichabod is more of a bad guy than Brom. He's out to marry the daughter of Van Tassell for her wealth.
Ridiculous distortion by Disney executives.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 14:46:17 GMT
Bumping this for the season at hand.
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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 2, 2018 17:13:15 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 2, 2018 19:28:27 GMT
The Sleepy Hollow segment is really a marvel—fun, funny, yet also spooky and, as far as cinematic tellings go, definitive (as much as I liked the Burton Sleepy Hollow). What’s nice is that the Mr. Toad segment is also sweet and fun (and somehow autumnal in mood as well), so it’s never unsatisfying when one has to watch the two unconnected stories. ellynmacg, if you’re still here, my sincerest apologies for not responding to your intriguing and convincing post from last year. I recently rewatched Beauty and the Beast, one of the best Disney movies, for the first time in years, and you’ve convinced me that Bram is a definite inspiration for Gaston. In addition to the similar appearances and characterizations, they even move the same! I somehow found Ichabod more sympathetic in Irving’s story than in the Disney cartoon, for whatever reason. I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps seeing Ichabod’s desire more for wealth rather than Katrina is what made him less sympathetic for me, in spite of his goofy, cartoony appearance. The animation of the battle of the rivals for the lovely Katrina’s hand is especially good. Ellyn, your comment on Cinderella also got me thinking about how much 2007’s Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, one of the few Disney direct-to-video sequels worth watching (along with Aladdin: King of Thieves), borrows from the Ichabod sequence of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. There’s a lengthy sequence that has to be directly inspired by Ichabod’s ride.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 16, 2018 1:30:06 GMT
This is fun, everyone:
I love Sleepy Hollow—my family and I used to go there every Hallowe'en.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 16, 2018 2:27:37 GMT
FOUND YA … followed the trail of breadcrumbs ! Great thread Nalkarj ! Ichabod is one of the few Disney-fied stories that I have few problems with .. possibly / probably because it was my FIRST exposure to the telling of the story and it was seen before I realized that Disney didn't actually write the stories himself and had in reality, tinkered a tad with other people's tales. ! I remember being really REALLY scared by that flaming pumpkin and have always loved covered bridges since As I said elsewhere, Sleepy Hollow is one of the few places along the Hudson that I didn't get to visit in my youth.. no car ! The little film is great.. Love the montage of all the versions.
I like the "Willows" portion of the original film even tho' it bears pretty much only a passing resemblance to "Wind in the …" ~ charm-wise !
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 16, 2018 2:58:52 GMT
Excellent thoughts, Bat!
I'm watching and very much enjoying this mostly faithful 1999 Canadian adaptation—has anyone else seen it?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 16, 2018 3:28:32 GMT
has anyone else seen it? Not yet, but it shall have to wait until my 'puter connection speeds up.... stop and go traffic tonight ! LOOKs and sounds promising ! "He keeps a journal !" "What's a journal ?"
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Post by MCDemuth on Oct 29, 2018 1:12:31 GMT
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Post by cwsims on Nov 20, 2018 3:19:14 GMT
one of my favorites
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 18:13:49 GMT
This is one of Disney's best films imo. I love both of the segments. They both have great animation, characters, and stories. Pairing the two of them together created a perfect combination of zaniness and suspense. I try to watch this every year around fall.
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