Am I the only one who thinks that Disney's animation department is getting a little desperate?
I mean, we've had Lion King 2, Pocahontas 2, Jungle Book 2, Peter Pan 2, Aladdin 2 and 3, Cinderella 2, Little Mermaid 2, with Mulan 2 soon to come and spin-offs of Lilo & Stitch and Beauty & the Beast. Almost all of these are just dodgy cash-in inferior sequels - why do they do it?
[This doesn't include Disney-Pixar, by the way. They're fantastic, and Toy Story 2 was great.]
But why are we getting all this garbage from Disney, now? What happened to masterpieces like Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King and Aladdin? Have Disney animators just run out of ideas or something?
yeah i know exactly what you mean! I think they tried to redeem Aladdin in the third installment, it was a bit better than the second, which was just crap squared! Yeah it is a bit riduclous, but they did the right thing with Aladdin and made it into a series which is decent for cartoon series. And they have a Lion King 1 1/2 coming out which is about Timon and Pumbaa, and just a comedy. I know its not Disney but what about Shrek 2, think its gonna be any good?
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With the exception of Toy Story 2 the rest of the Disney sequels have been pretty poor 'straight to video' features, its only to make a quick 'buck or two' on franchises that are already successful formulas.
Those films were all made within a short time period of each other. As a matter of fact.......didn't those three come out back to back to back without other pictures being made between them?
Disney has always been like this. They'll have a hot streak of a few great movies.......then go cold for a while. Look at the real classics (stood the test of time for longer than 10 years).......Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmations, The Rescuers, The Great Mouse Detective, etc. ........all were good movies but had alot of lesser quality movies before and after. Did we really need a Rescuers down Under? Or a Fivel Goes West?
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I agree that Toy Story 2 was one of the only good sequels Disney has ever made and I persoanlly like Lion King 2 but that maybe just because the Lion King is my favourite Disney. I also agree that some of the other sequels are not exactley good.
Being an Aussie, 'The Rescuers Down Under' made me laugh because it was so bad in places. The opening scene we are running through tulips. Near Uluru. In the Red Centre. It's desert. What the &*%$ are tulips doing in the desert??
I could tolerate that movie, but yeah, it was nowhere near their best.
And Fivel, etc. - can't remember them too well, but they're not exactly classics, now are they?
The problem is, Disney has a great movie, then wrecks it by making a dodgy, superfluous sequel, often direct-to-video [and what does that tell you?]. I mean, I loved Disney as a kid, and still do enjoy them now and then, but it irritates me how they compromise the classics.
I noticed that too. Pretty much all the sequels suck, but I will check out Mulan 2. I loved Mulan.
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Yeah, I didn't mind Mulan either. I guess they can make a sequel for that one, because Mulan and Shang never ACTUALLY got together [though we all knew they would...] It's when there is NOWHERE to take the story that the second movie bugs me.
Has anyone else noticed every sequel Disney makes to a good classic movie SUCKS. I mean they always suck, they ruin the first movie why doe's Disney continue to do this. i heard there making a sequel to Mulan whic will suck as well. I mean none of them are compelling as the first.
I wouldn't be suprised if they came out with a Sequel to Bambi and pinnochio.
Can anyone give me some insight on why Disney does this?
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Almost all of these are just dodgy cash-in inferior sequels - why do they do it?
Dec 27th, 2003 11:21 PM
