Wednesday, March 02, 2005
**This actually started out as a comment, but it just kept growing**
The problem isn't that Disney is putting out no effort movies to turn a quick profit. The problem is that Disney owns control of the original stories from their films, so if they put something like that out (whether you see it or not) it still becomes a tainted fact in that continuity. The story will NEVER be what is was before. Plus, most parents could care less about preserving any kind of "magic" that these movies had. All they care about is that they've purchased another hour and twenty minute babysitter for their kids. And, yes, when it comes to a business like Disney I CAN blame them for wanting to make money, if that's the way that they're going to do it. I suppose it would be fine if they took one their iconic characters, like maybe Goofy, and killed him off in a horribly bloody death scene or, better yet, started an entire line of rated 'NC-17' movies starring everyone favorite childhood pals in ways that you've never seen them before. After all, it's just business, and you can't blame them for putting it out there if there's a chance it could sell when none of their other ideas are working. Like it or not, Walt Disney left a legacy which came with a certain amount of responsibility to the people. The characters may be copyrighted to Disney, but those movies belong to us. They are a part of who we were growing up as much as anything else was. For all technical purposes, they're defacing national landmarks. It's not impossible for a powerhouse like Disney to come up with an original idea (Companies do it all the time.), but they would rather rape the dreams and visions of a man whose no longer around to defend his name that's slapped right on the banner of the company doing all of this. Worst yet, as a result of what they're doing there actually NOT making the money that they should in their animated movies (and they can't figure out why...seriously) and have considered all but doing away with the majority of their animation departments. Disney without animated movies? Well, I guess as long as they're making money, right? On second thought, maybe that would be a GOOD thing...
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