FerretAfros
Well-Known Member
While there are a handful of things that from the Fox acquisition brands that sound interesting, my overall impression is that this just felt like a random Twitter wishlist, hastily thrown together in response to a friend's question. Which is to say it's all the most predictable, unispired, unexciting options available.
Even some of the more surprising announcements, like Sister Act 3, the Three Men and a Baby retread, and the Rescue Rangers series continue to tap into the nostalgia for Disney's back catalogue, rather than bringing anything new to the table. While Disney has always had a lot of admiration for their previous work, there seems to be almost no focus or desire to do anything truly new. If it's not an animated feature centered around princesses and/or magical elements, it's all existing IP all the time.
One of the few announcements that caught me off-guard, but makes some sense in hindsight, is the Tiana musical-comedy series. While there's plenty of potential within that world for a great series of adventures, storylines, and new characters (certainly more than Moana on her isolated island), it's kind of odd for them to invest in a film that they've generally ignored since it hit theaters more than a decade ago. With this increase in attention on PATF for home audiences, which has presumably been in the pipeline for a while, the Splash Mountain conversion doesn't seem as completely bizarre (though it still seems ill-conceived). However, as Gadget's Go-Coaster has made abundantly clear, television shows just don't have the same staying power in the minds of the general public; it's the movies that the average people care about, and I'm still not convinced this particular one has enough staying power to warrant such a major permanent park fixture.
That said, I'm still not sure what they mean by "long-form series," a term they used many times yesterday to describe many offerings. Hour-ish episodes? Half-hour? I assume it's longer than the "shorts," which in turn are longer than the "bite-sized" offerings, but the nomenclature seems to be a departure from how Disney has typically discussed these things. Usually I would guess it means hour-long episodes, but that seems like a lot for animated shows geared toward kids.
Even some of the more surprising announcements, like Sister Act 3, the Three Men and a Baby retread, and the Rescue Rangers series continue to tap into the nostalgia for Disney's back catalogue, rather than bringing anything new to the table. While Disney has always had a lot of admiration for their previous work, there seems to be almost no focus or desire to do anything truly new. If it's not an animated feature centered around princesses and/or magical elements, it's all existing IP all the time.
One of the few announcements that caught me off-guard, but makes some sense in hindsight, is the Tiana musical-comedy series. While there's plenty of potential within that world for a great series of adventures, storylines, and new characters (certainly more than Moana on her isolated island), it's kind of odd for them to invest in a film that they've generally ignored since it hit theaters more than a decade ago. With this increase in attention on PATF for home audiences, which has presumably been in the pipeline for a while, the Splash Mountain conversion doesn't seem as completely bizarre (though it still seems ill-conceived). However, as Gadget's Go-Coaster has made abundantly clear, television shows just don't have the same staying power in the minds of the general public; it's the movies that the average people care about, and I'm still not convinced this particular one has enough staying power to warrant such a major permanent park fixture.
That said, I'm still not sure what they mean by "long-form series," a term they used many times yesterday to describe many offerings. Hour-ish episodes? Half-hour? I assume it's longer than the "shorts," which in turn are longer than the "bite-sized" offerings, but the nomenclature seems to be a departure from how Disney has typically discussed these things. Usually I would guess it means hour-long episodes, but that seems like a lot for animated shows geared toward kids.
