The Lion King Is the Ultimate Disney.com Ultimate Survivor of Disney's First 43 Animated Classics!
Of course, we'll revisit this a while down the road. For now, it's time to discuss! Over the course of almost exactly 2 months, we narrowed down Disney's animated classics in 22 rounds! Here's a recap of what the votes looked like:
Round 1 - The Three Cabelleros, The Aristocats, Oliver & Company, The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad
Round 2 - Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Saludos Amigos, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Treasure Planet
Round 3 - Make Mine Music, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Hercules
Round 4 - Melody Time, The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh, The Sword In The Stone, The Rescuers Down Under
Round 5 - Fun & Fancy Free, Robin Hood*
Round 6 - The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound
Round 7 - Fantasia 2000, Mulan
Round 8 - Dumbo, Pocahontas
Round 9 - The Emperor's New Groove, Lilo & Stitch
Round 10 - Brother Bear, Fantasia
Round 11 - Tarzan, Bambi
Round 12 - Alice In Wonderland, 101 Dalmatians
Round 13 - The Jungle Book**
Round 14 - Lady and the Tramp
Round 15 - Cinderella
Round 16 - Peter Pan
Round 17 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Round 18 - Sleeping Beauty
Round 19 - Pinocchio
Round 20 - Aladdin
Round 21 - The Little Mermaid
Round 22 - Beauty and the Beast
Winner - The Lion King
In order to simulate the TV show as best we can, we're going to have the online equivalent of the Live Reunion episode! This is where you can come in and reflect on the game, and unwind in the mean time. What do you think of the winner? The final 4 or 5? Which movies left too early? Which ones left too late? (And why?) Did you like the game? Why or why not? What suggestions would you make? What strategies did you employ? Feel free to share your thoughts on any of the film 'contestants,' or the game itself! Or, if you want, you can just share your thoughts on the winner! It's your's to discuss whatever you want!
In a few days, after discussion here winds down, we'll gear back up for our next Survivor game. Here's Jeff Probst's little preview: it's "OTHER animation"!! You can go ahead and start discussing that game too, but don't jump the gun TOO much
.I'll also try to come in and post random facts & stats about the game. Everyone is welcome, regardless of whether you played the whole time, just a few rounds, or even if you just observed or are a newbie!
I hope everyone has enjoyed playing! And now, our
Live Reunion...
-Aaron
The last four rounds were intensely close. A lot of people were irked about my comments on the last two films' Academy Award nominations, and what can I say? I base my opinion on artistic merit and historical achievements. I didn't say they were a constitution for measuring the worth for a film, I just think they are one of the many factors. I think the success of The Lion King was a culmination of the feats from it's three musical predecessors. The Little Mermaid got animated films into mainstream culture, and it started the public's appetite for animated films. Beauty and the Beast proved that animation is not just a base form of entertainment for kids, but could rightly be classified as high art. Aladdin proved that animated flicks could be huge blockbusters, as it became the first animated feature in several decades to be the reigning box-office champ for its respective year. All this - the introduction of animated films into cinema regularity, artistic achievements, and box-office clout - laid the groundwork for The Lion King phenomenon. I would definately put it in my Top 10 animated classics, but greatest animated films of all time? All I can say is that it's slipping off rather quickly. Now who left two quickly? Mulan and Pocahontas definately and also Bambi. I found it funny that people who complaining about voting off the Walt-era classics were the same ones who voted off it off rather early. Oliver & Company also didn't deserve to be the in the first batch voted off. The round where The Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch were voted out was definately a let's-bash-the-newer-films frenzy. Who lasted too long? Two words: Sleeping Beauty. That films obviously rode coattails by using the other two classic fairy tales as a shield from votes. Also, Alice in Wonderland got way too close to the Top 10. All-in-all, I was happy with the Top 10. Great game!
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