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shdwrlm3 - you dislike other sequels for being repetitive, yet you enjoy Lion King 1.5, which was by definition a rehash of the original.

Heh, point taken. However, the reason I enjoyed Lion King 1.5, and not, say, The Little Mermaid II or even The Lion King II, was because TLK 1.5 never pretended to be anything other than what it was. Besides that, TLK 1.5 had some incredible animation, and IMO, a very clever take on the original story.

...you can't accuse the sequels of being cheap and repetitive, and then support the TV series too.

When I said that Disney's TV shows showed more imagination, I was actually referring to all of Disney's TV toons-- not just those based on movies. There are really only 3 cases that I can remember where a movie spawned both a DTV sequel and a series. Those would be The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Out of those, I'd really only like to see Aladdin on DVD (favorite scene: "Stick out your tongue and touch your nose."). As you pointed out, TLM was incredibly repetitive, and Timon & Pumbaa, while funny at times, also tended to be repetitive.

Hercules and Tarzan don't really belong with the other three, because we haven't seen their true sequels yet. I loved Hercules from the few episodes that I've seen, but The Legend of Tarzan felt kind of off to me. The new guy they got to play Tarzan (Michael Weiss, I believe), just played Tarzan so cold. And how they found anyone whose New Yawk accent was even more out of place than Rosie's is just beyond me.

So, coincidentally, the two series that I didn't much care for also had corresponding "II" sequels I didn't much care for either. As for Return of Jafar...

I'm always amused people who disliked Jafar would love to Aladdin the series on DVD (although that is slightly better).

Despite the terrible animation (well, not so much terrible but inconsistent), I actually didn't think Return of Jafar was that bad, especially when you consider that it was originally meant to be a pilot for the TV series. I think the reason why many people do dislike it is because it showed Disney that they could make more money on unnecessary sequels.

But yes, I do agree with your point that the sequels have been getting better and better, which gives me a lot of hope for Mulan II. However, I just can't shake the feeling that most of the DTV sequels just seem so unnecessary.

Also, it's just occured to me that it's possible a DuckTales release could either coincide with - or be entirely dependant upon sales of - the Treasure of the Lost Lamp DVD

If the latter is the case, I'll be buying 10 copies of Treasure of the Lost Lamp to make sure they release the rest of the series.

I'm thrilled to have Gargoyles coming out on DVD. Love, love that show.

The only other Disney shows I would really want on DVD would be Aladdin and Hercules. I already have the 86 Aladdin episodes taped, but I would love them in that pristine DVD format. As for Hercules, I just would want it. Such a brilliant show.

This is so cool, it was one of my favorite animated shows.

shdwrlm3 wrote:

Also, it's just occured to me that it's possible a DuckTales release could either coincide with - or be entirely dependant upon sales of - the Treasure of the Lost Lamp DVD

If the latter is the case, I'll be buying 10 copies of Treasure of the Lost Lamp to make sure they release the rest of the series.

If that is the case, they obviously don't want the effort of releasing it in Australia.

It has only been released exclusively to one store (albeit a major chain) - something Disney have been doing more and more with 'specialist' titles here (Fables; 'Everybody Loves'). They even leased 'Walt - The Man and the Myth' out to an independent distributor (MRA) who made a hash job of it.

I love this show and will defenitaly purshace it. I hope it sells well, so we can see other Disney Television shows out on DVD.

Oh, I forgot to add that the Gargoyles DVD was originally planned for late last year, but was pushed to this year to coincide with the series' 10th anniversary. I believe the 10th anniversaries for Ducktales and other series have long past, so maybe Disney will wait for their 15th or 20th anniversaries to release them. Hopefully we won't have to wait that long, but pushing Gargoyles' release date allowed them to add more special features, so I wouldn't mind waiting if future DVD releases get the same exceptional treatment.