Idea! Disney Movie Channel

jamminjake245 · Post by **jamminjake245** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:00 pm

Why is there no such thing as a Disney Movie Channel? It could show classics, animated, Disney Channel Movies, etc. Disney has soooooo many movies that you probably wouldn't see the same movie twice for a year. lol It could feature 24/7 Disney movies from The Parent Trap to The Little Mermaid to Muppets Wizard of Oz. Does anyone agree with me on this?

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:20 pm

I do, that's a great idea!

Isidour · Post by **Isidour** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:49 pm

I don´t, they would have to repeat a 8-hours schedchule so they could have enough material for one month, if they show diferent movies per day

becaue,who would watch the same movie 7 times in a week?
but if they add some classical shorts,it might work

jamminjake245 · Post by **jamminjake245** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:01 pm

Yeah shorts to for when movies fall a few minutes short of the next half hour mark. It would be commercial free. Disney has so many movies that there would not be any repeats.

Disneybell · Post by **Disneybell** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:23 am

I think that would be a great idea and they could have classic shorts and the little music videos with the songs with classic disney clips like they had back in the day on the disney channel

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:58 am

That would be great! I'd watch that channel alllll the time.

rb_canadian181 · Post by **rb_canadian181** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:57 am

Disneybell wrote:I think that would be a great idea and they could have classic shorts and the little music videos with the songs with classic disney clips like they had back in the day on the disney channel

I remember those on the canadian family channel! and yes i think it would be an awesome idea to have a movie channel. it would be so good for families and all of us disney fanatics. but wouldnt they loose a massive amount of movie rental profit? it would work on their be-half if it were PPV.but say it cost 2.99 or 3.99 to watch the movie, thats not so bad...its Disney!

We'll pay anything!haha

stlewis75 · Post by **stlewis75** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:28 pm

I'd heard that, before his little feud with Eisner, Roy Disney had suggested turning ABC Family into a channel called "Classic Disney." They would have showed all of the things that Disney Channel used to before they built up their current schedule of ten repeating shows that are on all day and all night. They probably want to be able to sell everything to audiences instead of giving it to us for free on a channel... but I'd even subscribe to such a channel. And selling everything on DVD is going to take forever. There are so many movies and TV shows from the beginning of Disney that they'll never get through them all. I would love to get a Disney channel that shows classic Disney stuff... no more "original series" for me, thanks. Get into the vault and make a new channel!

chaychay102royal · Post by **chaychay102royal** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:04 pm

That would be a great idea, except I was under the impression that this "Disney Movie Channel" idea was already on the Disney Channel but with some television shows.

magicalwands · Post by **magicalwands** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:21 pm

That would be the coolest channel ever. I'd turn to that channel every time I turn on the TV.

goofystitch · Post by **goofystitch** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:48 pm

I don't really so much want a movie chanel as I do a Vault Disney channel. About 5 years ago, Disney Channel would turn into Vault Disney at night (like Nick at Night) and would play old Magical World of Disney, Zorro, and Mickey Mouse Club shows, as well as a classic Disney movie each night. They even played Saludos Amigos long before it was available to own. I miss it so much. They also would play a half hour of classic shorts a night, if not more. There are so many classic Disney programs and movies to fill a weekly schedule with.

Mouseketodd · Post by **Mouseketodd** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:14 pm

Yes, a Disney Movie Channel would be nice, but maybe limiting in format (the word 'movie'). Perhaps Classic Disney Channel. There's so much to show: live action movies from Treasure Island to modern day... True Life Adventures... The Mickey Mouse Club (50s, 70s & 90s)... cartoon shorts and animated movies... television programs/movies... Walt Disney Presents/Wonderful World of Color/Wonderful World of Disney... Christmas specials... behind the scenes... after school cartoons... the Muppets library....

When I was in Jr. High (I'm now 37), we had the Disney Channel. Some shows and programs -- even offerings like a Red Skelton special or a Laurel & Hardy movie -- were shown on a monthly schedule: a handful of movies (think The Barefoot Executive, The Rocketeer, The Journey of Natty Gann, The Black Hole, etc.) shown various times during the month (HBO, Showtime, Cinimax did/does this, too.). And there were regularly scheduled programs like DTV (songs shown to various Disney cartoon clips), Mousterpiece Theatre and Donald Duck Presents.

If Disney thinks this is too risky, or there's no available property to reformat in this manner, perhaps they could do the Vault Disney approach mentioned above (I'm not really acquainted with what it offered.). Perhaps 3 nights a week, there could be blocks of time devoted to expanded programming:

Comedy night: Cartoon shorts, The Shaggy DA, Herbie, Blank Check...

Family night: Pollyanna, Old Yeller, Tron, Beauty and the Beast, The Rookie

Vault Disney night: Snow White, True Life Adventures, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Sword and the Rose...

Short series/serials: Gallagher, Swamp Fox, Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow, Zorro...

Current programming: Lizzie McGuire, Phil of the Future, That's So Raven...

Disneyland night: Misc. modern and vintage programming tied to a rotating Disneyland themes (much like the TV show did): Frontierland = Pirates of the Caribbean, Treasure of Matacumbe, Westward Ho the Wagons; Tomorrowland: The Black Hole, Walt's pitch for EPCOT, Man in Space; Fantasyland; Main Street....

Cartoon night: Animated classics, shorts and specials

When my wife and I began getting premium content (DirecTV, cable...) maybe 4 yrs ago, I was looking forward to 2 Disney Channels and ToonDisney. Wow, to see the Disney library! But, no, what I saw was simply programming for pre-teen girls, and afterschool-type cartoons. It's fine to program for target audiences, but please find some time for other fan segments. I can remember theme park promotions a couple of years ago addressing parents along the lines of: Remember what it was like to visit Disney as a kid? Share the experience with them.

Those 20, 30, 40, 50-year olds grew up on Disney programming, too! Please let them partake again -- and share THAT with their kids! My two daughters have enjoyed some of the content from The Mickey Mouse Club DVDs. They laugh at North Avenue Irregulars and the original Freaky Friday.

Thanks for this great topic. It's not hard to see how I'm fully behind it!

By the way, Disney, THANK YOU for continuing to publish from your library on DVD (ie Johnny Tremain, Old Yeller, Davy Crockett, The Black Hole, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spin and Marty, North Avenue Irregulars, etc.)

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:07 am

If they invented a new channel, they should make it a Vault Disney Channel like everyone mentioned. However, does anyone think that that may affect DVD sales if they did so? A lot of what I believe was Vault Disney material is on the Walt Disney Treasures sets, so could a channel like that appearing affect the sales?

Anyway, it would be nice for a channel full of vintage things (sorry jamminjake, I much prefer the idea of that to the movie channel idea

), yet I'm wondering what their is to fill it, and that's something that worries me. I can imagine them repeating the same things over and over again, which does concern me as the novelty of the whole thing would then just go away. And admittedly, I can't see myself sitting through the Davy Crocket and Mickey Mouse Club shows...

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:31 am

I don't think Vault Disney would get very good ratings. I admit that when I was 10 or 11, I changed the channel when it was time for Vault Disney.

DreamerQ18 · Post by **DreamerQ18** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:33 pm

I am all for the idea of another Disney Channle. Although i think that if they had a movie channle onl then that would affect Disney DVD sales or help it. The idea is a risk, howvere I am all for a Vault Disney Channle just because it is called Vault Disney dosnet mean it has to be all old 1950s Disney but that should be the majority. it could have stuff from 1970s and stuff and that would be just as cool.

I to admit when I was younger I would change the channle, but now that I am older I have moe of an appreceation for all the classic televison and would like to see it back. (I guess the saying is true you dont knw what you have till it is gone.)

Maybe there is still hope for this channle (Come on Roy

)

my chicken is infected · Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:32 pm

They wouldn't have to just show only Disney movies. Disney Channel used to show all kinds of stuff. I still remember when I taped the WIDESCREEN versions of The King and I and My Fair Lady from Disney Channel.

cobra · Post by **cobra** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:10 pm

why arent disney channel movies animated?

drnilescrane · Post by **drnilescrane** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:16 am

They would be if Disney didn't shut down all their Animation studios.

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