The original Ghostbusters film received a collector's edition release, so why shouldn't the top-notch sequel get the same treatment? Don't get me wrong, I am very pleased with the standard release of Ghostbusters II last summer. I was happy to see both standard and widescreen formats, and I appreciated the cast bios and credits (which was only on DVD-ROM for the first film). But I strongly feel that Columbia should go all-out with a special edition for this classic 1989 comedy. They saw the success that the special edition of Ghostbusters met. So, please let us have a feature-filled edition of this worthy follow-up.

What it should have:
Dual-layered single sided, Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) only, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II Trailers, 5.1 Dolby digital surround
Music Video for Run DMC's "Ghostbusters", and Bobby Brown's "On Our Own" (if not a complete isolated music audio track)
Making-of featurettes
Audio (and video) commentary from any one involved (it would be great to hear Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, but if Columbia could only get the three who talked on the GB disc Harold Ramis, director Ivan Reitman, and producer Joe Medjuck...it would be good enough)
Some nice 3D-animated menus...I can see it now, the museum with Vigo, the river of slime, the Statue of Liberty...it would be great. Something along the lines of what they did with the original.
Deleted scenes
Gallery of still photos, conceptual sketches, special effects progress.
Storyboards, storyboard vs. final movie comparison.
Special effects section, including before-and-after effects option.

Basically, Columbia should go back and do a full-blown Ghostbusters II DVD in the same way they did for the first Ghostbusters. I can see why they would not have done it originally at the same time as the first movie, because they were taking a gamble as to whether or not people would take a liking towards the feature-filled original. But now that they have witnessed the success of the Ghostbusters: Collector's Series DVD, one of the best selling discs of all-time, they should give us some features along with this terrific sequel.

Lastly, a minor comment, the DVD should have the basic "no ghost" logo on the cover for the reason that well, this is going to be on its own. The two Ghostbusters movies released together had the same type of artwork design for the disc covers. Well give us the original Ghostbusters II logo on a black background. It would look great and would differentiate between the standard and collector's versions if the movie.

Of course, it would be terrific to have some episodes, if not all available on DVD. The classic episodes would be make perfect additions to anyone's DVD collection. I'm thinking they could fit 10 episodes or so per disc. These episodes would of course be the official shows, the commercial-free 22-minute episodes. They probably wouldn't put more than 5 episodes per disc, but they should put as many as they can or whatever seems feasible. The episodes would be the perfect recordings, no editing mistakes, no commercials, no voice-ins that appear on FOX. Full-screen in stereo, with some extra features, like cast biographies and filmographies included on each disc, in addition to behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the show, commercials, and special television features such as E! Behind the Scenes: Home Improvement. If they released twenty discs with 10 episodes each, plus an additional 21st disc with just the series finale...it would be absolutely great. I highly doubt Touchstone and Buena Vista would release classic episodes on DVD, so for the time being it looks like our video tape collection is the best thing. If they do release any episodes, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just the series finale, as that is the only episode currently available to buy on video cassette.

Alternatively, they may package the episodes by seasons. For example, Buena Vista could release a DVD of the Halloween Episodes, Thanksgiving Episodes, Christmas Episodes, etc. They could even release a new DVD each month....

Another thing they could do is release three episodes from each season, two seasons to a disc. That way, three episodes from Season 1 and three episodes from Season 2 would be on Disc 1. Disc 2 would have 6 episodes (3 from the third season, three from the fourth), and so on... If they did it that way, there would be 24 episodes available on four discs, plus there would likely be a fifth disc with the entire Season Finale. Twenty-five episodes out of 201 wouldn't be very many, but it would be cool. My suggestions for the three episodes from each season (so many hard decisions, since I would love to have official recordings of all of them):
Links are to Episode Descriptions on Duncan Taylor's Home Improvement Archive

DISC ONE:
Season One (Pilot, Flying Sauces, Yule Better Watch Out)
Season Two (I'm Scheming of a White Christmas, Howard's End, Shooting Three to Make Tutu
DISC TWO:
Season Three (Crazy for You, 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas, Slip Sleddin' Away)
Season Four (Borland Ambition, Quibbling Siblings, The Route of All Evil)
DISC THREE:
Season Five (A Taylor Runs Through It, Room Without a View, Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights, The Longest Day)
Allright, so season five was just too good to pick just three episodes...in fact I could have extended it to ten or more...
Season Six (I Was a Teenage Taylor, The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry, Workin' Man Blues)
DISC FOUR:
Season Seven (A Night to Dismember, Believe It or Not, Rebel Without Night Driving Privileges)
Season Eight (Bewitched, Home for the Holidays, Chop Shop 'Til You Drop)
DISC FIVE:
Season Finale - Long and Winding Road, all parts

As the first entirely computer-animated film, Toy Story would receive a direct digital transfer from Pixar Studios. This means that Pixar would transfer it from their computers right onto discs, as they did with the standard and collector's editions of A Bug's Life. It is official that the film is coming to DVD, and I would expect a full-blown version with features galore. So what should the Toy Story DVD have? A lot....here's what I would love to see on this disc when finally released...

the 1995 film in anamorphic widescreen and standard formats
Original trailers
Cast bios and filmographies
Director's Commentary from John Lassetter
Isolated Sound Track with Randy Newman's Score
Production Notes
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Poster and Art Gallery
"You've Got a Friend in Me" video by Randy Newman
3-D animated menus
Interviews with the cast and crew
Anything else Pixar can think of

Disney and Pixar really should go all out with this DVD, one of the most-anticipated in the industry. Why not just include everything they can. Even if it becomes a somewhat pricey 2-disc set like A Bug's Life: Collector's Edition, I'm all for it. This is an incredible movie, and it deserves a worthy DVD version. The picture is going to look incredibly clear, as it does on Bug's Life, I just can't wait for this.

I'm pretty sure that a movie of this nature from Pixar deserves a collector's edition. This 1999 critically-acclaimed sequel is just hitting much of Europe now, after making a HUGE splash in the USA. The second highest grossing animated film ever, TS2 is one of the 20 most grossing films of any kind in America, and the Best Picture (Musical/Comedy) at the 2000 Golden Globe Awards. Well, I am very excited for a DVD version, which will be released in the middle of Spring, if all goes well. It will definitely contain the outtake credits featured in the re-release of the film. A collector's edition would also hopefully contain the following:

film in anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen (perhaps Pixar will even go all-out with the reformatting process it did for A Bug's Life)
30-second "It is coming" teaser, 2-minute theatrical trailer, television ads
Disney Channel's Movie Surfers Go Behind the Scenes of Toy Story 2 (I hope)
Cast and crew interviews
Audio commentary from John Lasseter, producers, maybe even a track of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
outtake credits
Production Notes
Poster Gallery
Art Gallery
Documentary on progress of film from its early direct-to-video stage to Thanksgiving 1999 release
3-D animated menus
Documentary on Celebrity Actors providing voices
Isolated Soundtrack with the Randy Newman score and songs from Sarah McLachlan, Riders in the Sky, Robert Goulet
Cast bios and filmographies
Some kind of "Woody's Roundup" feature similar to but more in-depth than the official website section
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE PIXAR CAN THINK OF AND FIT ON A ONE OR TWO-DISC SET

This is one DVD that EVERYBODY is heavily anticipating, and it certainly will be released soon (but not soon enough)...so hopefully Pixar goes all out and does a class A job with the DVD of TS2 this spring.

Surprisingly, nothing has been slated by Disney yet for a release of this classic 1997 family comedy. While more live-action Disney films are being released in digital format, this film has been overlooked thus far. It would make a great DVD for sure.

What it should have:
The film in ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN and FULLSCREEN formats--two viewing formats really is necessary...even if Disney has to make the disc two-sided or dual-layered
Interviews with the cast (these exist for a fact, so Disney should include them with the disc, as they did with the CD-Rom presskit..though even more than the ones on the presskit)
Making-of featurette (could look at different filming locations, as well as plot, story, re-teeming of John Pasquin and Tim Allen, etc.)
Photo Gallery (stills from movie)
Animated menus would be nice, but are not necessary
DVD-Rom material (a few games would be nice)
Cast bios and filmographies (a rarity on Disney DVDs...should appear with this star-filled movie)
Audio commentary from Tim Allen and John Pasquin (would be quite neat)
Production Notes
Fullscreen and anamorphically enhanced widescreen: Original trailer, awesome fullscreen television ads
Perhaps some isolated soundtrack clips of the songs (such as "It's My Life", "It Starts in the Heart", etc.) plus the score is awesome

I know it's a lot to include, but if you're gonna do a DVD release for such a good film as this, why not do it right the first time? While I don't see Disney and TFI releasing the disc anytime before the fall, it is one that will be nice to own...provided it's done right and contains a bunch of bonus goodies.

As Jonathan Taylor Thomas' best non-animated film, Man of the House is a comedy the whole family can treasure. Nothing, not surprisingly, has been announced from Disney about releasing the 1995 movie, which co-stars Chevy Chase and Farrah Fawcett, onto DVD. But here's what it should include:

Movie in FULLSCREEN (a widescreen version would be nice, but should be secondary)
Cast bios and filmographies
Fullscreen theatrical trailer
Any other material they have from the making-of: featurettes, interviews, etc.
photo gallery
DVD-ROM content

Like Man of the House, Disney has not expressed any interest in releasing this 1995 adventure film to DVD. What could be neat and included is the alternate version of the movie that the Disney Channel has ran.

What it should consist of:

Film in FULLSCREEN and widescreen
Cast bios and credits
Theatrical trailer
Cast interviews, making-of featurette (something similar to the brief documentary in Mighty Joe Young but longer and better)
Alternate Disney Channel version
Stills from the Film

Nothing much else to say, it's just one of those enjoyable movies that should be available in DVD format, but isn't.

Just a suggestion, more than a most wanted DVD. It's Zach's best movie, and hasn't been released on video. So a feature-less DVD (expecting nothing more from Disney) would be welcome. The movie in fullscreen and maybe a few trailers and cast bios.

Well for now, my VHS version of the movie is more than fine, many people want a DVD release of this film. In fact, it is one of the most requested DVD titles today. Disney could sure make a load of money off a disc release for this movie, with or without features. Perhaps a standard and collector's version would happen. It's odd that its direct-to-video inferior sequel has been released on DVD, but not this one. Maybe Disney is going to go all out with features (which would not be hard to do with all the movie-related footage they could include) and is planning a release in time for Christmas 2000....well, I doubt it, judging from past Disney work on DVDs.