Wendy Pleakley
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I do enjoy the people who think they know what Walt Disney, who died in *checks notes* 1966 would think of a movie released in 2022.
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'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film
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TP2000
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I would agree with you.
We have absolutely no idea how Walt would evolve and change into the 21st century had he lived to be 100 or more.
There's just no telling. Barack Obama, after all, openly opposed gay marriage when he ran for President twice in 2008 and 2012, but by 2013 he had suddenly "evolved" (his word) to embrace gay marriage and no one questioned that for one moment. Walt Disney likely would have evolved from 1966 to 2023.
Heck, by now, Walt may have evolved way past Socialism and might fully embrace Cuban-style or North Korean-style Communism and might be producing films openly denouncing the United States by this point. One never knows how one is going to "evolve"!
Californian Elitist
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Maybe Walt talks to people who step inside his office from beyond and tells them things?
Heppenheimer
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As a fan of Westerns, I can't help but root for Disney's only animated attempt at the genre. I at least kind of liked Home of the Range when I first saw it, whereas Strange World left me completely flat. Maybe its just that for me, tepid a tepid Western will always win out over tepid Sci-Fi.
Heppenheimer
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I can make a pretty good assumption what he'd think of the box office performance.
LittleBuford
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That’s fair enough. I’m not really a fan of either genre, so neither film had a head start with me. It’s an interesting coincidence that both feature a Quaid brother.
LittleBuford
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But we all agree it performed very badly at the box office.
Heppenheimer
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Hah, I'd forgotten that Randy Quaid was in Home on the Range and I even had that yodeling song in my head.
DCLcruiser
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I feel like Searcher was designed for John Krasinski, and then he didn't do the voice. I don't see Jake much in the character.
Phroobar
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I think if they went with the Sweeting Bullets ghost story idea for Home on the Range instead of the Rosanne cow thing it would have been a lot more successful. An animated cowboy ghost story idea would have been pretty cool and could have linked in Phantom Manor.
Phroobar
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Advantage is you can see all your movies and watch stuff you probably forgot you own. You can watch them on your phone.Oh, crap. You're going to make me talk to the nice lady at Crutchfield again, aren't you?
I have a bunch of old and beloved movies and shows on DVD and Blu-Ray. I recently packed them up and moved them two states away. And right after coming out of the Christmas season where I watch a lot of them for sentimental reasons (Pee-Wee's Christmas Special, SCTV Christmas shows, Dean Martin Christmas Specials, etc.). Plus the currently unfolding winter shelter-in-place season where I make my Aunt Ingrid's Swedish Glog recipe and then watch a bunch of old winter-themed faves I have on Blu-Ray like... Airport, All About Eve, Valley of the Dolls, Ski Party, Auntie Mame, etc., etc.
I do get what you're saying, but there's something comforting about putting a physical disc of some sort into a machine for me.
It's ceremonial, really. But it's only about 15% (at most) of my screen time now, so I kind of enjoy the ceremony.
And here I thought I was so cool for having a 4K laser projector on a modestly sized 100 inch screen that retracts unseen into the ceiling.
Prince-1
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And you would be wrong.
LittleBuford
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He may not be wrong, but at the end of the day, it’s irrelevant.
Prince-1
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No, his statement is absolutely wrong. No one has a clue what Walt Disney would think about on any topic today. If he was still alive, his views on almost everything could and most like would have evolved over time. The only thing I think he would agree upon that it was a failure at the box office and that is it.
LittleBuford
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I meant he may be right that Walt Disney would have disapproved of the film. But as you say, it’s all just guesswork given that he’s long been dead, and it’s also a thought experiment with no practical bearing on anything.
Prince-1
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He certainly could have disapproved of the film or he could’ve said it was groundbreaking. It’s just silly to think anyone knows either way.
ElvisMickey
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Groundbreaking
? Here’s the problem…there are a few people in this thread, yourself included, who take it as a personal attack that not only did most people NOT want to see this movie, but most of those who did see it, found it a snoozefest to say the least. The same thing happened with Lightyear, etc. It should be understood by now that Disney, and some folks here, should realize that these movies DO NOT make money. People don’t want to watch these type of films. Universal is kicking your *ss because they make fun, entertaining movies. Start looking at things objectively without taking everything as a personal attack. And no, the man who made Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, etc., would not enjoy a boring movie about climate change and plants with horrible characters.\
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LittleBuford
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I’ve taken offence to many things said in this thread (because they’ve been truly offensive), but why on earth should I or anyone else take it as an attack that there are people who don’t want to watch Strange World or who’ve seen it and didn’t enjoy it? I don’t think you’ll find a single post to support such a farfetched claim.Groundbreaking
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Prince-1
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Not one person on here has said they loved the movie. Most said it was ok or well below average but just because you hated it doesn’t mean everyone has to.
LittleBuford
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Same with the Lightyear thread, which contains lukewarm reviews at best. I enjoyed Strange World much more than Lightyear, but I didn’t love it, which isn’t the same as saying it’s terrible, because in my view it isn’t. But apparently the only authentic opinion to hold about the movie is a purely negative one, because . . . Walt’s office.