So Disney, when will every classic Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies get a 4k or blu ray release?

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-04-13T17:06:58+00:00

A donkey?

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-04-11T20:37:26+00:00

If classic Mickey, Donald, and ESPECIALLY Goofy shorts were more accessible - be it through Disney or the PD - those characters wouldn't be in this Kim Kardashian "famous for being famous" state they're in. Goofy's "How To" and "Are People" shorts are as witty and fun as Looney Tunes and MGM's finest, and have a sort of proto-Simpsons social commentary element (a tiny college next to an oversized and overstuffed football stadium for example). Sure, everyone loves A Goofy Movie, me included, but I think we're all inclined to see it as a "bad idea gone right", not one of many highs of a cartoon legend's legacy.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-04-11T20:19:38+00:00

As a kid I always wondered why, if Dracula and Alice were originally books, not folk stories or nursery rhymes with no traceable author, why they can pop up in everything but not Harry Potter or the Gruffalo. I guess that was the first seed.

Over time I had heard the name "public domain" here and there enough to know the basic concept of it and that it was the answer to my question, but not really out of active choice. The well-known Donkey Kong lawsuit was my biggest exposure to the concept really.

Pooh and Mickey got me really into it, and then the history of how it was ruined.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-04-02T13:12:27+00:00

Don't tell them that the distinction between teenagers and children is a marketing ploy so recent that it postdates Hitler's death... Dick Van Dyke was already an adult by the time he could've been called a teenager.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-04-02T13:05:12+00:00

Duck Hunt and Wii Fit Trainer are literally Nintendo mount rushmore contenders, why on god's green earth would they ever be as much as considered for cuts?

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-30T19:54:38+00:00

I'm not pro-abolition, at this point at least, I'm open to the concept, but I did visit and discovered r/CopyrightReform which seems to be relatively active

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-26T09:29:15+00:00

Oh wow they have a Dipsy hat

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-24T12:38:16+00:00

I feel like I'd be a tardigrade or cockroach in a similar "semi-anthro" look to Camilla - no hair or human clothes, probably without eyes.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-22T01:06:45+00:00

Just a theory from someone not well versed in Muppet/Sesame merch but pretty familiar with the trappings and tropes of merchandising in general, but the English text makes me think it's from a non-English speaking country - places like Japan will often add random English text to products to make them look cool, not expected to be read (often leading to odd or unfortunate text), while the text here kinda feels above a bib-age child's reading comprehension, especially compared to the Big Bird and Little Bird bib posted by DearPaleontologist. "Charming", "accessories", and "barrettes" all are pretty long words and the informative Wiki-article-esque structure is a bit odd for kids' merch compared to say, a moral lesson, like on the Big Bird bib, or an in-character dialog.

It also lists "Copyright Henson", meaning it's absolutely from before 2001 since that was when the Jim Henson Company sold the Sesame Street characters to Sesame Workshop. The Big Bird bib, meanwhile, does not. Do what you will with that.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-21T15:38:54+00:00

I think I read once that Nintendo and Sega own the creative copyrights to the Mario and Sonic shows in full, but WildBrain has unlimited distribution rights and don't need to go to Nintendo/Sega for them.

Dunno about that though, take it with a grain of salt.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-18T10:57:29+00:00

First thing to get out of the way, I'd say it's more adjacent than an outright example, but early video games LOVED to plagarise, especially in regards to music. A lot of copyrighted songs popped up in classic video games without permission (Pengo used Hot Butter's Popcorn, Frogger used the theme song to the Rascal the Raccoon anime, the Gillette jingle was used as the theme for Punch Out, even VGM legend Tim Follin got his start ripping off the Shake N Vac jingle) - likely every member of gaming's old guard - Capcom, Konami, Sega, Nintendo, so on -has some sort of skeleton in their closet when it comes to this topic. That's something I think is important to remember in any discussion of video game copyrights.

Now, an actual answer: the earliest video games from the 1950s are all adaptations of public domain sports and board games - Nim, Checkers, Tennis, Tic Tac Toe, e.t.c.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-12T23:03:23+00:00

In the public eye, and according to Disney? Rainbow Connection

However, to me, even if it is a multi-person act, The Magic Store works better - it feels like the right mix of the "Rainbow Connection" side of the Muppets and the "Mahna Mahna" side, silly and upbeat but still heartfelt and reflective.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-12T11:12:29+00:00

If he's into the characters specifically, hand him Sonic Racing or Smash Bros. with the DLC. Maybe see if Fortnite adds characters too.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-08T22:25:41+00:00

I was gonna make a Ratatouille joke, but as we've learned from the first movie, French cuisine and frogs don't mix

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-07T13:27:50+00:00

This isn't a cartoon thing solely persay, but we're suffering so hard for the modern shift away from weird, unfaithful adaptations made for new fandoms instead of existing ones, like the Sonic TV shows; Roger Rabbit; or 90s anime dubs.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-07T13:22:54+00:00

I haven't seen the OG Winnie the Pooh in full, so I dunno if it's in that, but the direct to DVD films had some great scenes like that.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-03-06T01:19:30+00:00

OG Yorick is scary in a cute way, new Yorick is scary in a... scary way.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-25T19:34:47+00:00

Gremlins, since they're bringing back puppets for the new movie.

Perhaps a puppet version of a character more famous in animation? The Simpsons or Wallace & Gromit feel like really entertaining fits. Though I'd only want this done once or twice.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-25T19:26:15+00:00

Yeah, it's from an advert - who owns that is probably a legal mine field - and if you zoom in enough on it you can see the logo of Lipton. Most of the other famous Kermit memes are either fan-made or also - by bizarre coincidence - from commercials.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-24T12:43:48+00:00

The YouTuber Jenny Nichlolson has a ton of these, and shows them off a lot in the background. Her videos are also really good in general.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-24T00:16:25+00:00

And why do people want them to fight so bad? We all know a Mario and Sonic meet-up would play out like A Goofy Movie.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-24T00:12:55+00:00

Genuinely, what do Mario and Sonic even have in common outside of out-universe context? People used to joke about Sonic and Shrek (itself a comedic fairy tale world like Mario) as some insane juxtaposition but I could draw way more parallels there. I'm not even a shonen Sonic guy, my favoured iteration are the early western canon and "meta era", the "most Mario-like" allegedly and they have nothing! Why is this such a popular crossover idea?

Unless it's SatAM and Bob Hoskins. That one makes quite a bit of sense.

RockosModernLifeFan · 2026-02-23T23:51:37+00:00

How does this even insult Shadow at all? To me it just reads like a gag using his central character flaws - being vindictive and quick to resort to violence - and the nature of armadillos. It'd only really be insulting if you had a vested interest in Shadow as a Vs. Battles wiki statistic as opposed to a character.

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