Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Why Bambi II is better than Bambi.
Slate Magazine: "Last year, when Disney acquired Pixar, it installed Pixar big shots John Lasseter and Ed Catmull into positions of power in its flagship division, Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lasseter and Catmull are making their presence felt. A few weeks ago, they announced a dramatic reorganization of Disney's animation departments, eliminating one of the company's most lucrative, yet most criticized, products: straight-to-DVD sequels of classic animated films like Bambi and Cinderella."
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I find this conclusion rather shocking because I was so used to generalize Disney sequels as cheap knock-offs to their predecessors. The thing that probably strikes me as the most significant is that the article seems to describe the Disney sequels as holding qualities that resemble the charm of the original movies. What I can't necessarily find is that the charm exists within the new story and new theme. Sequels are somewhat harder to portray because the story that follows up the previous story usually desires to have basis within that original story. The sequel has a lot more to live up to unless the original was a piece of barnyard defecation. So I'm rather intrigued by this article's perception of how Disney sequels succeed considering the amount of effort that is portrayed by its straight to DVD status.
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