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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

The movie was *ok* (way too many leads and Audrey's lips made me want to get out an eraser and fix them), but the animation was gorgeous. I just stare at the pretty Laughing

Syera · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

Yeah, it was pretty, I have to give it that.

It always struck me as being a rather weak clone of Stargate, though. *Shrugs*
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

I've seen a comparison somewhere between it and SG-1. I think Rebecca did one for SGA itself even though SGA was after the Disney movie. I have to say, the resemblence on both ends is frightening Laughing

Syera · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject:

I'm talking about the original Stargate movie. Y'know, that awesomeosity with Kurt Russel and James Spader. Wink

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Jas · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject:

persian85033 · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject:

If they're going to make sequels, the animators, should be the same ones who did the originals. The voice actors, too.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:

That sounds easier than it is. I mean it *can* be done, but it's really really expensive.

Then again, if you're going to put that much money into making a sequel, you might as well continue right?

Syera · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:21 am Post subject:

I have to agree. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. There are a few cases where, yeah, you're going to have to get a new actor. Sometimes you can get people so good at imitating the original, you can't tell the difference. Sometimes... sometimes your replacement is so off-kilter that it's a defilement to the character.

Speaking of sequels, I saw the preview for Stuart Little III on... some movie. I have a bad feeling about this one. A very bad feeling.

It's animated in CGI.

It appears to have a plot spawned from the Dusty Filedrawer of Plots.

And Nathan Lane doesn't voice Snowbell.
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AmethystFae · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject:

I'm very disappointed with most Disney sequels. The only good ones are of the Aladdin trillogy, but maybe that's a biased opinion.

Cinderella 2, I can't believe they had the audacity to call a movie. I'm a bit reluctant to see Cinderella 3, but the only way I can judge it fairly is by watching it when it comes out.

I tried to like The Little Mermaid II, but Disney could have done better. I don't like how they pulled this sister of Ursula's out of their butts, and obviously came up with a new way to tell an old story. (without a prince, of course.) I just think there were so many story oportunities out there, and Disney went with a way too predictable one.

We are watching Return to Neverland right now, and that one's a disappointment, considering Jane wasn't such a brat in the original book. And, HELLO! Captain Hook was killed! (Ok, so we didn't see it in the Disney movie, but he couldn't have outrun that crock.) There are other adventures in Neverland besides Captain Hook, and Jane was an idiot, because to say "I don't believe in fairies" when there's one right in front of you is just plain moronic.

I don't know if I'll watch Bambi II. I didn't even make an effort to get the first movie on DVD, so I don't think I'll watch the second one.

On my Dumbo DVD, they said something about a Dumbo sequel. Did Disney pretty much scrap that idea?

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject:

Oh well then you'll be happy to know they are (or were. Maybe Pixar stopped it) making:

Brother Bear II
Cinderella III
Fantasia/2006
The Fox And The Hound 2: Friends Forever
Hercules II: The Trojan War
The Little Mermaid III
Mulan III
Oliver & Company II
Peter Pan 3
The Rescuers III
Sleeping Beauty II
The Tinkerbell Movie

It's never going to end *bangs head on desk*

Iago · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

xfkirsten · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:55 am Post subject:

Nez · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:41 am Post subject:

I don't think they're working on Mulan 3 anymore, but from what I heard, they are going to revive 2D animation for a live action/animated film called "Enchanted".
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:57 am Post subject:

APK · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

There is a way Disney can keep making unwanted sequels without getting people so angry about it. I mean, even if a sequel is really good people tend to put it down before watching it and here's why:

It's the TWO that gets people so angry. Or the 3. If you can make a sequel without directly stating it's a sequel, people will be mad but not AS mad.

Bambi II was originally going to be named Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest. It's long but more appealing. They could have just shortened it to Bambi and the Great Prince. It's a miquel after all, not a sequel so I don't know why they named it Bambi II. I'm just glad they didn't name it Bambi 1 and a Half Rolling Eyes

Jasmine and Ariel both had a series. They also have a Princess Collection set--a mini adventure series but not the same as a sequel. I believe Belle had one too, where they showed her adventures in the castle before the beast became human again. It's like a mini adventure series of 4 or 5 episodes. It's not the same as a sequel, so no one was upset. Plus, the animation and voices weren't crap.

If they absolutely HAD to give Cinderella a II and a III, even though they DIDN'T--they should have given her a box set and labeled it "Princess Collection" a collection of her adventures, but not a sequel and not a series.

They should have done the same with Mulan. It would have expanded their Princess Collection merchandise and given the "ignored" princesses a higher status.

It makes little girls happy, it gives the parents quiet time, AND people don't get as angry because "technically" its not a sequel or a series.

Instead of Fantasia 2000 or Fantasia 2006 they should have done what they did with Aladdin

NOT Aladdin II but Aladdin and the Return of Jafar

NOT Aladdin III but Aladdin and the King of Thieves

NOT Beauty and the Beast the Christmas Special but Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

They should come up with something like Fantasia: The Mystic Waterlilies Rolling Eyes

It's more artistic and its not pushing the II or III in everyone's faces.

Fantasia 2000 had a nice ring to it, because 2000 was the millenium and everyone was riding on the millenium bandwagon and wearing silver and thinking the world was going to be rearranged Jetsons Style Laughing

Fantasia 2006 does NOT have a nice ring to it. It's just remining people that studios are out of ideas, no matter how good Fantasia 2006 might be.

When they came out with that Princess thing a few months ago (a DVD with Jasmine, Ariel, Cinderella, and Belle) no one got angry. It was a DVD with some stories in it.

now, I understand they might not be able to do this with everything. You can't give Kuzco, Herc or Aladdin a series and label it "The Princess Collection" Laughing

But they could still try it with others. Also, they can't avoid that it's a sequel if the characters have kids.

(Didn't they come out with a DVD for just the villains, once? I don't remember)

Didn't someone on AC say they were going to make a sequel to Pinocchio? Evil or Very Mad

Let's hope that's just a rumor or will be stopped before its released but if they MUST, they should make it a "collection." A DVD with a story about Copper and Todd (to avoid making a seperate Fox and the Hound II) and some other Disney guys.

anoter hint to making people less angry about sequels is: Put actual heart and effort into it, like they did with Bambi II. And DON'T give the canon characters kids. Just don't. Laughing