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I know I said Mulan II is awful... but Hunchback of Notre Dame II might be just as bad.
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Wait who else was a shade of grey evil? I can kinda see the mother from Tangled, but the Frozen and Princess and the Frog villains were pretty much straight evil.
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Very interesting stuff, thank you. Are they any good, do I actually have to watch those now lol? They are one of the few of those direct-to-video sequels I never bothered watching since I don't love the original Cinderella that much.
The original has the cute girl though, she is much more charming than the boy in the sequel.
Pocahontas II is the only non-Aladdin Direct-to-DVD sequel I've seen. I don't remember it being particularly bad, per se, but it was really boring. And like half the run time was animal antics, some of which was repeated from both the first movie and from earlier in itself. It had a real "slapped-together-in-a-couple-of-months" feel to it.
Back in 2011 I did a series of reviews on some Disney forums I went to where I reviewed ALL of the Disney sequels from start to finish. Fox and the Hound 2 broke me. :/ It was legit the only review i couldn't finish cause I had sooo much negative feelings towards it, and I ended up not doing all of them because of it.
Haven't seen this since I was like 6 but I remember really liking it.
I'm so glad more people are realizing how lovely a film Rescuers Down Under is. It helped contribute to my love of Australia and my desire to visit the country. Plus freaking George C Scott as the villain voice? Awesome
lmao no. By "Little Mermaid in reverse," the sequel's about a human (Ariel's daughter) who wants to become a mermaid (whereas Ariel was a mermaid who wanted to become human).
I'd vouch for Lilo and Stitch 2 actually being a lot better than given credit for and Lion King 2 being just okay. Pocahontas 2 I won't say is good at all but for some reason, I remember liking it better than the first film as a kid. Can't speak for any of the others though, although I constantly read good things about Lion King 1 1/2.
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I'm of the opinion that the only direct-to-video Disney sequel that matters is the third Aladdin movie solely because they let Robin Williams go hog wild there. Years later and I'm still laughing at his scenes there.
Notice how Genie looks more in line with his appearance in Return of Jafar and the following cartoon series? They were gonna go with Dan Castellaneta initially, recorded everything until the eleventh hour when Disney and Robin Williams buried the hatchet. They re-recorded all the lines (and let Rob improvise) and pumped some extra money into the animation and Genie in the final film looks more like his original self from the original.
Fun fact, you can catch an early trailer of King of Thieves which includes a bunch of shots not present in the final film:
Notice how Genie looks more in line with his appearance in Return of Jafar and the following cartoon series? They were gonna go with Dan Castellaneta initially, recorded everything until the eleventh hour when Disney and Robin Williams buried the hatchet. They re-recorded all the lines (and let Rob improvise) and pumped some extra money into the animation and Genie in the final film looks more like his original self from the original.
I think my favorite Disney Movie sequel is Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. While of course not being a timeless classic like the original it's a good movie in it's own right. I remember wanting it all the time with my Vovo when I was very little. It's been so long since I've last seen it, will probably try and watch it again this holiday season.
Yes, Pocahantas II was about as unnecessary as anything ever made. I think it's the only Disney sequel where the love interest basically changes in the movie (and I realize it's for historical accuracy, but very little else is historically accurate in the film and having two protagonists named John seems very confusing to me)
I loved Rescuers Down Under until I realized all the friendly animals got left in the dungeon, never to be seen again. Now it just bugs me. :(
Even as a kid I knew these were trash. There's a particular scene in Return of Jafar where Aladdin and Jasmine are having a conversation. There's a rose behind them in a vase, and as the scene goes on, what's going on with that vase makes at least three obvious changes. My sister and I laughed and laughed about that.
Just cheap and tainted the legacy of these amazing classics.
Just cheap and tainted the legacy of these amazing classics.
At least it lead to the animated series, which was a pretty enjoyable show.
I remember having fond memories of some of these sequel movies as a kid. Then I got the movies for my kids and realized how poor quality a good majority of them all. Could still enjoy a couple of them, but oof the things you don't notice when you're young.
They get their comeuppance in Kingdom Hearts, at least.
They actually die. It happens off-screen, but they get blown up lol.
This doesn't really count because it's an actual theatrical film made by Walt Disney Animation Studios themselves. All the DTV films were usually farmed out to B-tier studios.
I remember liking the Aladdin sequels, but i haven't seen them since I was young. most of the other sequels I hear aren't worth it.
Holy shit I forgot about that, goddamn lol!
Also I just remembered the Peter Pan sequel starts with them trying to escape London because The Blitz is happening. But that's the only thing I remember from that movie.
Actually, that's one thing I remember from Cinderella II that I really liked. Anastasia's love story with the baker was really well done.
I haven't watched Cinderella III yet but I heard it's one of the things they undid in the sequel so that's a bummer.
I probably watch this movie 20-30 times one summer. My niece loved it and anytime she would cry, I would throw this on snd she would stop. Oddly, I barely remember anything about it
I've mentioned it before, but DisneyToon Studios (the animation studio that made almost all of the infamous Disney Sequels) was very under-appreciated, in that they got no respect from anyone (neither their bosses nor the fans), but they weren't to blame for the low quality of their work. They were just doing their jobs under terrible conditions, as best they could.
I read an interview with the director (I think it was the director) of Pocahontas 2, and he said that he got called to the studio head's office one day and they told him "You're making Pocahontas 2." So he said "Can I have a copy of Pocahontas 1, for reference?" and the studio head responded with "It's not out on VHS yet, so no. Have the script on my desk by Friday." So the director walked back to the studio and called out to the animators "Have any of you seen Pocahontas 1? And if so, can you tell me what happened in that movie?" The director hadn't even seen the original movie, and yet Disney wanted him to produce a sequel with zero resources or support.
The problem wasn't a bad studio, the problem was that Disney management at the time didn't give a shit. The Disney Sequels were product, meant to grab easy money from suckers, while driving the sales of other product. The positive quality of movies like Aladdin 3 and Cinderella 3 is due to the efforts of the low-level studio employees, not the high-level Disney management.
When Disney merged with Pixar and Lasseter took over, he fired the head of DisneyToon and let the studio do what they want with the Tinkerbell franchise (Disney was trying to expand her character, because before Frozen, Tinkerbell was Disney's single biggest moneymaker), and DisneyToon made six Tinkerbell movies, with only one real dud among them (if you ask me).
And then Lasseter made DisneyToon make his "Planes" movies for him because his own studio Pixar got tired of his "Cars 2" shit, and then DisneyToon got dumped when Lasseter was fired and Disney bought Fox and picked up Blue Sky Studios, and Disney decided that they didn't need two different B-teams.
I read an interview with the director (I think it was the director) of Pocahontas 2, and he said that he got called to the studio head's office one day and they told him "You're making Pocahontas 2." So he said "Can I have a copy of Pocahontas 1, for reference?" and the studio head responded with "It's not out on VHS yet, so no. Have the script on my desk by Friday." So the director walked back to the studio and called out to the animators "Have any of you seen Pocahontas 1? And if so, can you tell me what happened in that movie?" The director hadn't even seen the original movie, and yet Disney wanted him to produce a sequel with zero resources or support.
The problem wasn't a bad studio, the problem was that Disney management at the time didn't give a shit. The Disney Sequels were product, meant to grab easy money from suckers, while driving the sales of other product. The positive quality of movies like Aladdin 3 and Cinderella 3 is due to the efforts of the low-level studio employees, not the high-level Disney management.
When Disney merged with Pixar and Lasseter took over, he fired the head of DisneyToon and let the studio do what they want with the Tinkerbell franchise (Disney was trying to expand her character, because before Frozen, Tinkerbell was Disney's single biggest moneymaker), and DisneyToon made six Tinkerbell movies, with only one real dud among them (if you ask me).
And then Lasseter made DisneyToon make his "Planes" movies for him because his own studio Pixar got tired of his "Cars 2" shit, and then DisneyToon got dumped when Lasseter was fired and Disney bought Fox and picked up Blue Sky Studios, and Disney decided that they didn't need two different B-teams.
It has Tim Curry as a dramatic evil Organ piano. For that alone, it deserves to exist.
Yeah, you can tell because it appeared to be a mini-series.
I remember there was an octopus that made ticking noises instead of a crocodile lol.
Bambi II was good, too.
A sequel based on the dog's dream TO SING IN A DOG BAND.The Fox and the Hound, that folksy movie about prejudice, got a sequel
His rendition of "Deck the halls" is almost reason enough to see that movie...
The direct to video sequels are one thing, but who else watched the Tarzan animated TV series?
I remember there was everything from Clayton's sister coming to the jungle to hunt Tarzan to a woman with magic powers who could turn into a leopard.
I remember there was everything from Clayton's sister coming to the jungle to hunt Tarzan to a woman with magic powers who could turn into a leopard.
My thoughts exactly lol. I think I knew about some sequels but I don't think I knew these were out. Granted they're not for me and I don't care but it just feels.. wrong that they even exist.
I've seen the vast majority of Disney's DTV sequels (I know, I know).
None of them are good, and it's very rare indeed that any of them get past flat terrible. Hunchback II is fucking awful, but it's probably not the worst- Cinderella 2, Belle's Magical World and Bambi II are just putrid.
None of them are good, and it's very rare indeed that any of them get past flat terrible. Hunchback II is fucking awful, but it's probably not the worst- Cinderella 2, Belle's Magical World and Bambi II are just putrid.