Disney Duster wrote:PatrickvD wrote:
That's not a bad idea actually. Time travel is awesome.
Wait, so you thought Cinderella III was good after your hate when you first heard about it and your proclaimed hatred of all Disney dtv sequels?
I hate the concept of DTV's with their disgusting outsourced animation. I never said there couldn't be good ideas in them. Aladdin & The King of Thieves has some nice ideas for example. But the concept behind DTV's is fundamentally flawed from both a creative and business viewpoint. Making sequels to Disney's classics and releasing them as babysitters is just insulting to everyone involved in the making of these films. You think that's what the animators on Bambi were hoping? "Geeh, I sure hope they have a bunch of Australians copy our work to make a sequel for all the moms who need some time alone about 60 years from now." It's so cheapening to Disney's brand. The damage, I think, will never be undone. WDAS is still playing second fiddle to Dreamworks and PIXAR in the public's view, despite delivering similar quality. We know lion King 2 was outsourced, but the average Joe does not. Now the public thinks the studio that made Beauty and the Beast also made Hunchback 2 so why spend another dime on a ticket for a WDAS movie? People stopped taking Disney seriously, because they didn't take themselves seriously. You'd think I would have explained this enough by now, I feel like such a broken record repeating this over and over.
So as I've said many times before, DTV's fundamentally hurt the Disney brand. While a big budget, live-action fairytale remake starring Hollywood's finest, plus a great director, is something that actually does not hurt the brand. So why waste a clever idea like time travel on something cheap like a DTV when you could use it in a live action film like this? Plus, it's not like anyone is ever going to make a straightforward live action fairytale. They all need a twist these days so it might as well be a smart one.