Now, we come to Backstage Disney, the real highlight of any Disney DVD's bonus material. This creation only runs 3 minutes and then it loops and does it all over again, and while it's really no more than a screensaver, this time-compressed environment won me over. The sound effects make fine use of the 5.1 speaker setup, from fall's rustling leaves to winter's windy snow, from birds chirping amidst new life to a potent spring thunderstorm. "Virtual Forest" is a very simple, but pretty neat feature in which an animated tableau of forest life depicts the changing of the seasons. You can choose to read the story on your own, or have it read to you by the narrator, who makes an effort to sound like Owl and adds some asides. This one tells of Thumper's day of adventure. "Disney's Storytime: Thumper Goes Exploring" is just like any of Disney's old read-alongs. I took the quiz three different times and was assigned three different seasons. You don't get all of the same questions if you play again. Like, if you want to give Flower red flowers, that's supposed to mean you're a spring person.
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You answer a series of five simple questions, and then the quiz takes a huge leap in logic and tells you which one of the four seasons that your personality most matches. Next is the personality profile quiz "What's Your Season?", which isn't as interesting as it may sound. It makes good use of clips from the film, which supplement its nature footage. It's geared towards children, but there are some things that everyone could learn from it. "DisneyPedia: Bambi's Forest Friends" (4:10) is a featurette which reveals some facts about fawns, rabbits, skunks, and owls, devoting about a minute to each. While there are a number of them, none of them really offer the entertainment value of Disney's best set-top games, and none of them are particularly inspired in design. The games are mostly narrated by the actor who tries to sound like Friend Owl. The final activity is a slide-off between Bambi and Thumper, which can be played with one or two player. Then, we come to winter, where the first game involves finding the matching snowflake from four choices. There's another "Nature Knowledge" to provide additional trivia questions, this time in an autumn environment. There's no opportunity to skip any particular game. Unfortunately, when this is the case, you'll have to simply choose games individually from the Game Index. I still can't figure out what exactly is going on, what you're supposed to do, and what the number means at the end of each trial. (A knowledge of the film helps.)Īutumn's first game is called "Acorn Catch", and like it sounds, you catch acorns falling into a log. Next, in Summer, there is "Twigonometry" where you count the number of rabbits (Thumper's siblings) who hop across a path and "Nature Knowledge" in which you answer questions about different elements of the forest. Under Spring, we find April Showers, a memory challenge in which you echo the pattern of falling water drops. Plus, one of the games has been left off the disc altogether, it seems, as the booklet mentions a "Blooming Flowers" game that would have made 8 altogether.) (You may note that the games on the disc have different names than what's in the booklet. Some of the activities offer multiple levels, with a little variation and increased difficulty. But unlike those other games, these seem content to entertain only youngsters, as they're very basic and at times clearly educational. Like other Platinum Edition games, there's a use of three-dimensional computer animation. The games are arranged, like the movie, around the seasons of the year. The Forest Adventure game is really seven simple games in one, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. Games & Activities houses five features geared towards children and those up for some interactive or educational fun. (It's an alternative to a sequence that's actually in the film.) Over the years, there have been stories of some pretty interesting scenes that supposedly were deleted from Bambi the two that are reconstructed are far less fascinating. There's really limited artwork, and only the scene introducing Bambi to snow offers some substance. While one can appreciate the effort to recreate scenes that could have been, don't expect something like "The Silly Song" from Snow White. The two discarded sections, "Winter Grass" (0:37) and "Bambi's First Snow" (2:30), are introduced by Disney animator Andreas Deja (0:30) and presented in reverse order. In Deleted Scenes, there are two sequences which edit together recently-discovered storyboards with new readings of dialogue, excerpts of score, and some sound effects. : Disc 2 - Bonus Features, Menus & Packaging, Closing Thoughtsĭisc 2 is separated into three categories: Deleted Scenes, Games & Activities, and Backstage Disney, the bulk and real draw of bonus material. : Disc 1 - The Movie, Video and Audio, Bonus Features