Tuesday
12Aug2008
Win 'Mulan' and 'Mulan II' DVD Set from The Big Picture
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 5:00PM 
This week, you can get your hands on a special two-DVD set
featuring
Mulan and
Mulan II from The Big Picture and
Walt Disney Home Entertainment. I always felt that Mulan was a little
undervalued; if you look at the films around it, from The Little Mermaid
through Tarzan, its visual style is probably the second-best of the bunch
(behind Beauty and the Beast, and even then, Mulan is hardly too
many lengths back).
Both films have been given new life in this DVD release,
getting enhanced transfers that really make the animation stand out. The sound
is really good, too; it's been boosted to a 5.1 Dolby Surround, and Mulan
even features a Mandarin language track for added authenticity.
It's a good item to have for collectors, and there are
plenty of Dinseyphiles out there looking to add to their collection. And it's
also good just to watch Mulan again. Yes, most of the Disney animated
films of the 1990s were following the same basic formula, and that's why I think
Mulan holds up so well. You can even hear an early
Christina Aguilera tune on the soundtrack;
"Reflection" was recorded when the singer was just 17.
So if you want to win Mulan and Mulan II
from us, we'll keep it simple: What former ER cast member supplied the
voice for Mulan in both films?
If you know the answer,
send us an e-mail by this Friday, August 15th
at 10pm Pacific. We'll draw winners at random and notify them this weekend.
Wherever you are, you're eligible to win, so give it some thought and drop us a
line.
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