From: andrewshead	Date: June 25th, 2007 11:16 am (UTC)		(Link)

Wow.

I find that shocking. I can't believe that Disney is going to leave that money on the table.

	From: amnewsboy	Date: June 25th, 2007 12:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The Pixar guy has a major point, though -- those films are pretty embarassing for the Disney brand. I mean, take a look at the list of movies that they based off of singular Disney smashes:

The Return of Jafar (1994)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Belle's Magical World (1998)
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
The Lion King: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
The Little Mermaid: The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
The Lion King 1½ (2004)
Mulan II (2005)
Tarzan II (2005)
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
Kronk's New Groove (2005)
Bambi II (2006)
Brother Bear 2 (2006)
The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)
The Little Mermaid III (2008)

It's totally a profit motive... ESPECIALLY the ones that are a) made from classic Disney movies, as opposed to those post Little Mermaid, and b) from historical stories (I mean, come on, Pocahontas II?)

	From: kyouteki	Date: June 25th, 2007 08:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Out of all of those, I think the only ones I enjoyed at all were the Aladdin sequels. And, sadly enough, I've seen all of those except for the last 6 or so.

	From: loatiloat	Date: June 25th, 2007 04:35 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I don't think it's clear that it made Disney more money. Look at how much each Pixar movie grossed lately as opposed to the recent Disney movies. It felt like less of an event when each Disney movie came out -- maybe because of all the crappy DTV sequels. Sometimes less is more.

I so wanted to link to a Saturday TV Funhouse (from SNL) where they make fun of all the sequels but it's not on youtube. :(

	From: brakusjs	Date: June 25th, 2007 12:18 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Disney has had a lot more misses than hits in the direct-to-video movie sequels, so I'm surprised it took them this long to finally give that up.

Oddly enough, the Japanese have had more luck creating direct-to-video OVAs (Original Video Animation) with various Japanese series.

	From: emarosan	Date: June 25th, 2007 02:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'm so glad the Pixar guys are giving Disney the swift kick in the balls they needed.

I remember reading that the first thing the Pixar folks did was reinstate the hand-drawn animation studios at Disney, because for some idiotic reason, they had decided to shut them down in favour of the computer animated studios. Very glad Pixar nixed that stupid mistake.

	From: lambertman	Date: June 25th, 2007 09:30 pm (UTC)		(Link)

How does that affect my preordered copy of 112 Dalmations: yet Another Freakin' Dog?

	From: jillthepill	Date: June 26th, 2007 04:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I never understood why they wasted their time on those things, anyway. I tend to avoid the "fake" sequels anyhow!

	From: islevampir	Date: June 27th, 2007 07:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

WOO HOO!!!!

*Happy Dance ensues*