This means that Aladdin is set in the year 10,300 at the earliest. When the Genie is giving Aladdin a makeover, he declares that his fez and vest combo is “much too third century.” Also, the Genie announces that he’s been locked in the lamp for ten thousand years. I was provided with a copy of the Blu-ray Ultimate Collector’s Edition for review purposes.Disney has led people to believe that Aladdin takes place in the past, but what if that is not true? A popular theory states that Aladdin is set in the future and it can be proven by a handful of hints dropped by the Genie in the movie.

If you enjoyed the film or missed it in theaters (or, like me, went to see it at the drive-in on a rainy night and spent half the film collecting wet lawn chairs and blankets and the other half trying to appreciate the film’s amazingly-detailed computer animation between swipes of the windshield wipers in a steamy van full of kids), you can now own the video in several formats, including the Brave Ultimate Collector’s Edition with DVD, Blu-ray 2D and 3D, DVD, digital copy, Blu-ray Bonus disk, and cool 3D cover.Īnd when you get to the special features, watch the foreign trailers for yourself and tell me if you don’t agree! Image: Disney/Pixarīrave sparked some interesting discussions and disagreements among the GeekMoms and GeekDads this year. The journey of discovery into the forest by the disobedient child? That’s straight from Spirited Away - as is the nightmare-inducing witch. The willful Merida character was obviously inspired by the teenage heroine of Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service.

But from watching the Japanese trailer, it’s clear that Brave is an anime masterpiece in the tradition of director Hayao Miyazaki.

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