This petition is affiliated to the fansite Balto Source :
http://baltosource.timduru.org/en/
This petition is affiliated to the fansite Balto Source :
http://baltosource.timduru.org/en/
- Customers will be more interested in buying the sequels if they own the first Balto. So, releasing the first Balto on DVD will boost the sequels sales, too.
- All of the animated classics films now have a special edition DVD, even less popular films- why not Balto?
- Balto has always made good sales on videos, the same would be sure to happen with a new DVD release.
- The current DVD release does not respect the film in any way : the cover is not appealing at all (such a cheap cover can even turn out people by thinking it's not the "true" Balto film), there are no real extras (where are the deleted scenes? the commentaries? things that BOTH kids and adults like...) As a reference, the cover for the VHS versions and the theatrical release was much better.
And the film ratio was transfered into a bad span-and-scan 4/3 format instead of the original theatrical widescreen format, which means a great part of the original image is cut. Also, most of the TV sets sold in the market now are widescreen, and most people don't like watching full screen DVDs on them.
- We've encountered lots of people who want to buy the film, but the current DVD cannot be found in local stores. The only way to find it is by ordering on web shops, which does not seem a good way to sell films to children. How do you expect that people will buy something they can't find? Also, you never released any DVD pack with the Balto films, so releasing Balto 1 as a single shouldn't be a problem.
- Balto is clearly a "sleeper hit" : a film which most people in the world don't know about, but which everyone who has seen it once liked immediately. Balto has never been promoted properly, as a result many people who could be interested in it just don't know about it. If they saw some advertisement for the film (for the occasion of the release of this SE DVD), they would be immediately attracted and would pick it up.
- Special Editions DVDs released for other animated films have always made good to top sales.
- Releasing a DVD costs much less than making a new sequel. Also, this will boost and revive the popularity of the Balto franchise by a lot, and it could bring more opportunities for this franchise in the future.
- Both the fans and "regular" customers would be interested in such a DVD, which is not the case when you release a sequel.
- Balto fits very well the current brand of franchises you're developing : a simple and clean film for the whole family.
- It is the perfect time to release special edition DVDs : almost everyone own DVD players now, including children.
- All Balto fans are waiting for such a DVD eagerly, and the Balto fan community is growing bigger and bigger...
Ive loved them all i1st is the best and the ones fallowing were good, but couldn't hold up to it
Balto are, and will always be me hero!
they are severly neglected! there was barly any advertisment for them and almost no items made for balto,we need this special dvd!
I love the Balto films. They are cute and inspiring and just good classic movies that entertain no matter how many times that you've seen them.
they're awesome films!
I have liked Balto ever since I was little. To a point were I would really like to see a fourth movie, or maybe a series to keep the name alive.
I think they are all amazing, but the first in unboubtedly the best. The plot and characters are all brilliant, it is a fantastic experience to watch.
I love the film series, one of my all time faves!
My feeling are that the films are great and hopefully that they will make this Special Edition DVD and hopefully Balto 4 if any possibility.
I love all of them! They should definitely make more!
I love all of them! They should definitely make more!
balto is my ABSOLUTE favorite movie!!!!!!!! i would buy it in a heartbeat!
They are the best movies i've ever seen they made it to my top ten movies in the second, third and fourth place.
It is an amazing movie,i grew up with it and i love it a lot!
the movie the story and the event's are awesome i mean the iditarod dog race is a tribute to Balto and the path Balto and all the other dog teams took he deserves to be famous once again LET IT BE KNOWN
The first Balto was by far, the best. But the second one was pretty great too. I love his daughter! The third one was okay, but not nearly as great as the first and second one! When I was a kid, I loved the first one so much, I named one of my toys after Steel! I still have that toy!
I think the Balto movies are awesome. Very good storytelling and very good characters. A true underrated classic.
I love them sooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Balto you rock!!
Balto Rocks!
Balto is the best!
i love them to death!
Balto is one of the underappreciated animated films of our time. It is also one of the most mature animated films of recent years. Balto was not made for children, a fact which the egregious direct-to-home-release sequels have overlooked. Though all of the characters are dogs they are mature dogs, who do not burst into song at the drop of a bone. They quarrel with each other over issues of racism, they fall in love, and they have motivating backgrounds which they do not feel motivated to exposition. Above all the characters of Balto are well drawn because do not know everything about them. We do not know just how Balto’s parents came to meet and why he lives with Boris, of why Steele is such a hard-ass, or why Boris does not choose to fly with the other geese. These are open questions that could have been explored and answered in later films, and so many fanfictions have attempted to draw their own conclusions. They are questions which we are deserved to ponder while seeing the film as its creators intended.
I think the first one was amazing. The second was good, but not up to the Balto standards. The third was... alright.
He is a true hero thats needs more attention I LOVE BALTO
the balto mvies are moving, and heartfelt stories, that are great for the whole familty to watch
Since the movie Balto was released near the same time as Toy Story, it didn't receive much "hype". The Balto movie was amazing, and I still watch it on video cassette today!
they mean alot too me and my childhood, i love that film and it should be realised on special edition dvd!
Very good films.
i love the balto films thy are so good and heartfelt
i love balto so much!
Balto is one of my favorite animations growing up I'd love to see it on dvd
The Balto films, are just heart-warming stories for children and adults who are children at heart. It is also some what educational because it is based off of a true story.
Well, I only catch a small glimpse of the films on one of my mate screen and later on I get interested then later I became a fan of it ROCK ON BALTO!
Actually I would rather prefer a complete "REMAKE" of the whole trilogy since I think there a couple of things that still require a couple of tweaking such as the story lines and plots for the both sequel but at any rate posh looking special edition DVD box would rather make a GREAT replacement to my and previous DVD release of it....
As always the first one is always the best but all in all, the trilogy is pretty good.
That movie and the sequles really touched me. They really impacted my life
I really loves dogs and this movie has enough dogs and animals to warm my heart so i strongly suggest BALTO should be more worldwildly recognized.
The Balto films are amazing especially for animations!
awesome rewind and lets play them again
The Balto films are amazing and they are part of my childhood.
I have loved this movie since it cam out. It's my favorite children's movie of all time.
These movies were my whole childhood, to see them come back to life would mean the world to me.
More Features maybey like create your own balto for dvd rom and comentary and widscreen version and deleted sceens too. It is such a great movie and there was no efort put into any othe the dvd movies for special features or any thing
The two Balto sequels, in my opinion, are rather weak in both animation and story, but I still own both sequels just because they're part of Balto I guess. I'd rather they have a really good sequel made by artists willing to recreate the characters more true, but it's an old movie! Just leave it as a classic. I'd still buy them though, that's how much I love this wolf-dog.
They are all great films about showing who you really are.
I love Balto 1 to death, but number 2 and 3 I will not bother watching. I think that 2 and 3 r retarded, cuz it's like making a sequel to Titanic, or Valkarie. You just can't change real stories into sequels, unless u put it into parts...