So here's how I'm kicking off my time off for the week:
Contributing to EVERY single piece of the Disney+ thread from this morning. Simple thoughts, nothing more, as I go through however many confirmed Day One titles they have.
Contributing to EVERY single piece of the Disney+ thread from this morning. Simple thoughts, nothing more, as I go through however many confirmed Day One titles they have.
I am kinda ashamed to admit that I’ve never seen this movie in full. But wouldn’t the plural of “dwarf” be “dwarves”? Why spell it like that?
This one, I haven’t seen in about 16 or 17 years. But I sure do remember VHS trailers for it.
Can’t say anything about this one. Early live-action Disney was never an immediate appeal to me as a kid.
For whatever reason, me as a kid thought this was the dullest movie ever. I need to give it a second shot.
Is it just me, or has nobody EVER talked about this movie?
Um… yeah, crows playing the role of minstrel blackface. That certainly was a thing. This was never my favorite of the Golden Age films.
A stark reminder than human beings are cruel and selfish creatures.
Another one that slipped by me in my youth. Vignette packages as a movie, always an easy pitch.
Second verse, same as the first. Arriba.
Well, the claims of ownership are taking effect, since this is a Disney-Fox deal. But if they put the colorized version up, then screw everything.
A two-fer package film, good way to pump out a movie to theaters at a low cost. Cool stuff, I guess?
Music vignettes, a thumbs-up for me. But where is Make Mine Music, now?
Yet another one of those animated Golden Age films I never saw as a kid. Yet another one I need to rectify.
For whatever reason, I used to watch this movie over and over when I was younger. I couldn’t tell you why. Maybe that was the first step to my awakening, later in life.
I like to say that I’m a fan of old cinema. But I’ve barely seen any of these older live action films. Shame on me.
Another movie I used to watch over and over as a kid. Still trippy, to this day.
Y’all know no other Robin Hood movie can match the level of greatness that Errol Flynn had in 1938.
With the power of hindsight, Peter Pan was kind of a creepy concept, wasn’t it?
I have nothing to say about these other than “oh hey, nature, cool.” Same with the other nature documentaries from this time. 
So, back in 1954, this was the equivalent of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, the most expensive production in Hollywood. Except this is probably a much better film.
This probably would’ve been something to show in American history classes. For some reason.
Haven’t seen this movie in about 16 years. I recall that I wasn’t super impressed back when I was younger.
More nature. Cool.
And this is what the substitute teacher puts on, just to shut the class up for an hour.
Yep, more nature.
They really made a movie about a squirrel. Amazing. You could get away with just about anything in the 50s.
NOPE. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.
NEVER AGAIN. ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
NEVER AGAIN. ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
Even more nature. And we’re nowhere close to the NatGeo stuff.
I loved Zorro as a kid, seeing it in the Vault Disney block before bedtime. I need to rekindle that affinity sometime.
Another one I haven’t seen in full, but I’ll be sure to fix soon enough.
This was one of the most profitable productions for Walt Disney at the time. And I bet good money it’s much more enjoyable than the 2006 remake.
Um… whuaaaa?
One of the crown jewels of the early days of 20th Century Fox. I’ve heard good things.
DAAAAMN nature, you scary. Look at that sum-bitch go.
All I know is that this was a book adaptation and it’s probably a textbook case of “not my thing.”
Behold, the very first Disney remake: first done by RKO Pictures in 1940, remade on their dime 20 years later.
Help control the pet population, have your pets spayed and neutered.
The original Flubber, that I never see or hear anyone talk about.
I guess remakes have that effect, no matter what they are.
I guess remakes have that effect, no matter what they are.
And speaking of originals, I should really go back to this one to see how it was done in a pre-Lohan world.
A film that’s centered around winning the love of a very good doggo? Easiest home run pitch for a movie.
This is just WAY too much Christmas cheer for one person to handle. You gotta hone in on it, not go overboard.
So… this is the original story that was made into The Parent Trap, and this version was a tele-film adaptation. Okay then.
Choir boys. Not a big fan.
Yep, another telefilm. Because NBC needed something to fill airtime.
Wait… you mean Homeward Bound was a remake all this time?
We’ve been living a lie all along.
We’ve been living a lie all along.
And so, we lead out of the Golden Age with a pretty polarizing flick for audiences at the time.
It’s flipping Mary Poppins. Don’t have to say much more than that.
Uhhh… I got nothing for this one.
Same with this one, don’t have much to say other than REALLY - this is over 2 hours long. Okay then.
The hills are aliiiiiiiiiiiive, with the sound of one of the most acclaimed films of the 20th Century Fox studio.
Boy if this isn’t one of the most 60s images you’ll see.
Nothing to say about the movie, but this image just doesn’t have a good sense of layering to it.
Westerns. Those were a thing.
Oh dear lord I watched this SO MANY TIMES as a kid. Those songs are still stuck in my head ughhhhhhhh…
Uhhh… yeah, this is a thing.
The fact that they were able to make a franchise out of a sentient VW says a lot about us from the late 60s.
How about some early Kurt Russell for you to gaze at in amazement?
Cats and music. Ehhhhhh…
For what it’s worth, monkeys in movies are always a crapshoot. Sometimes they work, sometimes you get a baseball movie with Joey from Friends. Thankfully, this is not the latter.
“I know what happened to the goose who laid the golden egg…”
This went right by me as a kid, never gave it a second thought. Maybe someday.
They would just adapt anything into a movie, huh?
And how are we getting this but not Now You See Him, Now You Don’t?
And how are we getting this but not Now You See Him, Now You Don’t?
I repeat my previous statement. Less animal movies, more Kurt Russell. Come on, folks.
Dean Jones would do just about any movie for Disney, wouldn’t he? But this just makes me want to watch It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World instead.
Aha, the other best Robin Hood movie that wasn’t the one with Errol Flynn from 1938.
*DISCLAIMER: Herbie may not actually fly across the San Francisco Bay
Another two-fer of movies I cannot say anything about other than “okay then.”
More Kurt Russell is always a good thing.
But seriously, you can’t have this and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes without the second movie.
But seriously, you can’t have this and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes without the second movie.
Another one in the “maybe I’ll get around to it” pile. And yet another one that got pumped into the remake machine in this century.
What was going on with Don Knotts at this time? Weird projects.
Adventure! Treasure! And whatever other crap kids like in their adventurous treasure hunting movies.
At some point, someone had to ask “why?” Which lead to someone else saying “why not?”
Body-swapping. A tried and true cliché. Not the biggest fan.
Yes, I can confirm - this is nostalgia.
IT’S.
FLIPPING.
STAR.
WARS.
Need I say anything else?
FLIPPING.
STAR.
WARS.
Need I say anything else?
Another one that always passed me by as a kid.
What was up with Don Knotts at this time? Seriously.
Um… this never piqued my interest as a kid.
A Disney movie with Jodie Foster that came not long after Taxi Driver. That’s certainly something.
Apparently this was a film series. How about that.
I repeat what I said earlier about Disney adapting just about anything into a movie.
One of those movies that many call Cokemilk-I mean legendary.
Oh hey, it’s a live-action isekai film, by our current definition of the term.
Behold, the final DePatie-Freleng production before their studio was sold to Marvel, just two years later.
Notable for being the first PG-rated film from Walt Disney Productions. And that’s all I got.
Another telefilm being passed off as a full movie. Okay then.
GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME.
A fourth movie? How quickly that well dries up over time.
This time, it’s a two-part telefilm. Because, again, NBC had airtime that needed to be filled.
Another case of the definition of “not my thing.”
Let us all pay homage to the incredible work of Jim Henson. He was one of the best.
The lesson of this movie is that humans suck and we shouldn’t judge based on preconceived prejudices.
Both coming after DFE were sold to Marvel, it became their own animation studio, ushering in… well, look at the history of Marvel animated projects.
This was a weird movie. Cool, but weird.
“All Jedi had were a bunch of Muppets.”
….whhhhyyyyyyyy.
Everybody seems to have an opinion about this movie. I’ll reserve judgement until I finally see it in full for once.
The story goes, Michael Eisner’s kid really liked gummy bear candy. That’s why this show is a thing.
Why not throw a wolf into a 1930s setting?
Well… this is certainly a Christmas movie that exists.
Say it with me, everyone: TELEFILM!
Starring Abby from Dharma & Greg and Bud Frigging Bundy.
Starring Abby from Dharma & Greg and Bud Frigging Bundy.
This… I don’t even know, man. And I’m not even to the DCOMs yet.
Yet another telefilm, this time directed by WES CRAVEN.
I really need to see this again, it’s been a LONG time for me.
It feels like the production of this movie is more interesting than the movie itself.
Well, I finally found it. I found the one Christmas movie that’s actually WORSE than Santa With Muscles.
Nah. Need something more than just a dog to sell me on a movie.
WOO-OO!
Ah, our first entry from Touchstone Pictures. And this movie was one of the biggest from director… Leonard Nimoy.
Again, childhood.
Arguably the ONLY Lucasfilm production that isn’t Star Wars or Indiana Jones to be considered any kind of success.
Not sure if that says more about the projects or Lucas.
Not sure if that says more about the projects or Lucas.
Behold, the ONLY way that you will ever see Warner Bros. cartoon characters on anything with the Disney label.
A solid enough example of pre-renaissance Disney. But still kinda ehhhhhh to me.
Always a pleasant sight to see.
I remember seeing this as a kid, but barely remembering anything about it.
Just like we all expected to show up on day 1.
Um… this is where “hakuna matata” came from. So that’s neat.
Spoiler, but The Brave Little Toaster isn’t on here.
Figures, the ONE thing Disney can’t outright buy because of legal complications, and it’s a frigging toaster.
Figures, the ONE thing Disney can’t outright buy because of legal complications, and it’s a frigging toaster.
The start of the Renaissance. What a way to start with, too. Fantastic and romantic and thumbs all the way up.
Don’t go past season 8. Just trust me on that. Everything else is a zombified corpse.
Finally, a treasure adventure movie I can get behind.
I was born a few years after the Disney Afternoon came and went. So I’ll have to go back in time with this.
Another one I kinda remember from when I was really young, but couldn’t tell you about today.
Sequel-itis. At least Nimoy knew when to bail.
Still never became a fan of this whole “guy and wild animal” subgenre.
Another book adaptation, direct from Norway. That’s all I got.
Nazi punks, screw off.
Time to get dangerous?
I feel like putting on a hot pot of tea and playing Celine Dion.
This certainly is a thing. Not my kind of thing, but A thing, nonetheless.
There are movies that make you remember where you were when you first saw them. This is one of them.
(and where the crap is Dead Poets’ Society?)
Sure hope Rick Moranis enjoyed those paydays.
Now THIS is a show I’ve been meaning to go back to for a long time. I just always lack the motivation.
The first in a trend of movies being turned into TV shows. Which were… okay?
DAH DAH DAH DAH DAHHHHH DUN DUN
DAH DAH DAH DAH DAHHHHH DUN DANNNN
DAH DAH DAH DAH DAHHHHH DUN DANNNN
The only good parts of this movie, to me, are Robin Williams and the last scene. Everything else? Big fat meh.
There are three films that I can definitively call the best Christmas movies ever: Die Hard, Ernest Saves Christmas, and this.
Am I the only one who thinks Mark Twain isn’t that hot a writer? The guy got lucky once, and now everyone thinks he’s the greatest of all time.
20th Century Fox had a good hot streak of PG flicks in the 1990s. This was one of their better ones.
I wouldn’t call this the highest point for Michael J. Fox.
This was NOT part of Fox’s 90s hot streak. Just go watch Major League instead.
Why is this movie so frigging inescapable? Geez.
This’ll be the first time this show has been widely available in about 15 years. But will more Raw Toonage come along with it?
I wish I could remember more about this show than I do, which is barely anything.
Behold, the movie that every frigging emo girl loves to squee over. And it’s one I’ve never seen in full.
That’s right, go ahead and boo me.
That’s right, go ahead and boo me.
Ummm… I liked The Man In the Iron Mask more.
Well, you know what they say about sequels.
I feel like I’ve seen this exact movie 4 or 5 times so far.
OHHHH MAN. This movie is SO BAD, y’all. But I love it to pieces. It’s the perfect early-2000s HBO in the middle of the afternoon movie.
I mean, geez, Blank Check is a GARBAGE movie. But it’s the best kind of garbage.
Okay, time to continue the thread again.
This was not the best time to be a Don Bluth movie. Bomb after bomb, nothing stuck. But I guess it’s not A Troll in Central Park?
Also, this was originally released by Warner Bros., later acquired by 20CF, and is now owned by Disney.
Also, this was originally released by Warner Bros., later acquired by 20CF, and is now owned by Disney.
Behold, the start of a 12-year trend: direct-to-video sequels.
Arguably, the second-greatest movie Matthew Broderick has ever been attached to. Kind of a shame that the 2019 “live action” remake set out to erase this film from memory.
Also, something something Kimba.
This is one of those movies that someone found and went “oh hey, we can put this up, too. Someone’ll watch it for Jessica Alba, right?”
I was a newborn when the Marvel Action Hour was a thing. So I got nothing right now.
Speaking as a 25-year old mostly gay male, let me just say one thing:
The thirst is now REAL.
The thirst is now REAL.
This movie got two sequels. Let that sink in.
Amazing how Spidey has always been the Marvel cash cow, even during their impending bankruptcy. That’s my way of saying there’s a LOT of this stuff.
Judd Apatow was one of the people responsible for this movie being a thing. And yes, that IS Ben Stiller.
They really tried this movie idea in 1995. It’s no surprise that it was a flop.
As a very young kid, this was one of my favorite movies. I have not seen this in full in nearly 20 years. I am not prepared for the nostalgia bomb that awaits me.
Rom-coms had a bit of a big rebirth in the 1990s, didn’t they?
This movie is a load of revisionist bullcrap. That’s all I’ve got.
I don’t think I’ve seen this movie in about 17 years. At least it’s less racist than Dumbo, so there’s that.
Remember that movie earlier in the thread with the astronaut ending up in medieval England? This is more of a "modern" retelling of Mark Twain’s famed isekai.
5% on RT.
5% on RT.
I’m more interested to see that one scene with Simba in full context.
I’ve always loved features on animators who worked in the Golden Age. I’ll definitely get around to this.
Everything that’s been said about this movie doesn’t need to be repeated by me. It’s great.
What in the crap were they thinking with this? Putting the kid from Home Improvement into a movie idea does not equal success.
See also: I’ll Be Home For Christmas
See also: I’ll Be Home For Christmas
This movie is proof that Tim Curry is beyond human.
I’ve… never seen this movie. Yes, surprising, I know. ,
I don’t know what it is, but I’ve always been kinda off-put on this movie. Shrug.
Yes, this movie really happened, and yes, it’s total garbage. Only worthwhile for a laugh at its own expense.
Some movies leave you perplexed and confused at its mere existence. This is one of them.
Francis, what were you thinking with this?
Francis, what were you thinking with this?
“Because Part 3 is never as good.”
Yes, this has both Sinbad and the OTHER kid from Home Improvement. I don’t even.
More stuff from the Disney Afternoon block that I don’t know about because I was an infant at the time.
This might’ve been my first introduction to hockey as a very young kid. This is well worth a revisit.
And where are those movies, anyway?
Ummm… I dunno.
Meh. Big fat meh to this.
Well, I mean, they brought back Dean Jones for a part of this. That’s probably the only worthwhile reason for this remake to exist.
I… never really liked this movie. Nor do I like this idea of milking the Taylors from Home Improvement into movies.
Go back to what I said about “Part 3.”
Now this is a show I really haven’t seen in 20 years. But I remember liking it a lot.
While the first may be tied up in legal limbo, at least the sequels are here. Yay…?
At least Danny DeVito is awesome here. That’s all I’ve got. And uh, something about Kingdom Hearts, I dunno.
Once again, childhood.
Oh hey, it’s the childhood adventures of Jared Dines. Fun.
You know what’s crazy? Aladdin got two DTV sequels before Beauty & The Beast did. And that movie was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
Well… it’s quirky?
No snarky comment, this is just one of those movies you always see in school. For good reason.
Yep, the most popular Marvel character that nobody cares about in 2019.
I wonder how much those royalty checks Paige O’Hara gets are for.
At least it’s better than any movie with Pauly Shore… right?
It’s yet another telefilm. And ohhhh boy, Walt's cryogenically-frozen corpse must’ve had bug eyes after hearing about this.
Part 3, man. What else can I say?
I’m curious to know how many cite this movie as their awakening of sexuality.
And here we are, with the FIRST… err, SECOND installment of the Disney Channel Original Movies. I guess they just got tired of losing money on theatrical runs with larger budgets.
These were much more innocent times, back when Lindsay Lohan wasn’t a socialite punch line.
This… no. Just no.
One of the most late-90s ideas you can think of. Can’t fault them for it.
Well, yeah, of course this was bound to happen. Welcome to the era of One Saturday Morning.
You know why doing live-action versions of The Jungle Book is kind of cheap? Because there are ENOUGH of them already.
When I first saw this, my eyes went real wide open. This is one Pandora’s Box that I never - NEVER - want to reopen again.
Sure, why not lift the outline of Romeo & Juliet for this movie.
But, clearly, it’s inferior because it’s missing one crucial element: THE DIAMONDS, MY GOD!
But, clearly, it’s inferior because it’s missing one crucial element: THE DIAMONDS, MY GOD!
So… why does Disney have this movie, of all random movies? Because of their acquisition of Saban Entertainment.
This movie is garbage. Absolute trash heap.
Antz sucked. Suck on that, Katzenberg.
I’ll get back to you all on this one. Haven’t seen it in forever.
I only remember the commercials for this show, not the show itself.
Movies like this are amazing time capsules as to what we all thought the future would be like. And oh, how wrong we were.
Disney just never made their “martian” movies work, did they?
Everyone knows of the start contrast between Doug and Disney!Doug. And no, a second movie never came.
Behold, one of the better modern adaptations of an older source.
Pictured: how to make your DCOM stand out, by virtue of gimmick.
Take your pick: “I only swim freestyle.” or “Stupid Smarch weather!”
Upon further hindsight, this is NOT the worst Star Wars movie. No, that honor would come to the next one.
Also, “the pods are really fucked right now.”
Also, “the pods are really fucked right now.”
THIS is the one DCOM that everyone and their mother knows. I think it has more to do with Katey Sagal being awesome in it.
Remember what I said earlier about Matthew Broderick? THIS, by far, was the biggest movie he ever did for Disney.
On account of it being a giant dank pile of awfulness. Though it did make “All Star” into a meme two years before Shrek did.
On account of it being a giant dank pile of awfulness. Though it did make “All Star” into a meme two years before Shrek did.
Speaking as someone who was not in the target audience for DCOMs… what even were these kinds of movies?
Umm… yeah, I don’t frigging know.
I was also not a Fox Kids… uh, kid, at this time, so no comment from me.
Apparently this was SO scary that they didn’t do another horror-themed DCOM for seven years.
See what I said about SMU for this.
Can’t say I was ever a fan of this story. But 27 million people watching on ABC clearly were.
A rare good Christmas production from the house of Mouse. Thumb-thumb.
Did teenage girls in 1999 still go gaga for Joey Lawrence?
The rare case where the sequel is on par with the original film. Also the only movie I ever saw in a THX-certified theater.
I absolutely adore this movie. This was my first introduction to orchestral arrangements, or as all of you call it, “classical music,” and combining it with some incredibly vivid animation had me hooked as a kid.
I bet you good money that people won’t make the joke about My Hero Academia and Sky High for this.
I can’t be snarky about this without coming across as a jerk, so… yeah.
Childhood continues to be tender and fuzzy.
At the same time, childhood continues to be incredibly cringy. I liked this movie way too much as a kid, and now? Ughhhhhhh.
It’s more nature. Whoopee.
I’ve seen this done better in episodes of Married With Children and Excel Saga.
Um… pass? I got nothing again.
At the very least, this movie doesn’t have a bullcrap bait-and-switch ending like Pay It Forward did. So that’s a good thing.
This is that one movie that most people know about, but couldn’t probably explain what it actually is about.
Again, I shrug.
A show set in Sacramento. That’s certainly different.
Behold, your one chance to see footage from Ed Edd n Eddy on a Disney platform.
No joke, there’s a scene in this movie that has a kid watching Ed Edd n Eddy on TV. Even Disney knew it was the biggest cartoon at the time.
No joke, there’s a scene in this movie that has a kid watching Ed Edd n Eddy on TV. Even Disney knew it was the biggest cartoon at the time.
Generic DCOM idea is generic.
Awful DCOM idea is awful.
The lesson, here, is to never abuse the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Lion King II was an anomaly, sure. But THIS was the start of Michael Eisner’s “cheap-quel” initiative.
What I want to know is, which version is going up - the theatrical release, or the director’s cut?
I guess Caroline Rhea found time outside of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Hollywood Squares to do a DCOM?
It’s the only mainline X-Men project in the 2000s that matters and is good.
But how did they get this? This was done for Kids WB.
But how did they get this? This was done for Kids WB.
How to Mad Libs a title, right here.
That’s gonna be a no from me, “dog.”
No, the ultimate Christmas present is not fake snow in Los Angeles. That’s just a cancer hazard.
It’s never good when your movie is more well known for its memes than the movie itself.
Sequels. Just… sequels.
I remember this show quite fondly. Because, you see, as a 7 year old boy, I also had the viewing habits of a 13 year old girl: TRL and this.
I had the pilot movie for this on VHS as a kid. And I now ask why I wanted it.
Sadly, nowhere in this movie does TJ ask “but does it djent?” - I’m disappointed, too.
EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!
You see a pattern here? A whole lot of “next generation” stuff going on. It’s glorified fanfiction.
Ummm… yeah, I continue to not know.
Clicheeeeeeeeeee.
We all had the hots for Kida. Don’t even try to tell me otherwise.
Yeah, so this is one of the more… interesting DCOMs, at the very least.
This movie should not have worked but WOW it works super well. Earnest and enjoyable.
Remember that horse movie with Joey Lawrence? They made a sequel. No, I don’t know why.
Some ideas just leave you scratching your head. This is one of them.
I missed this, earlier in the thread.
No comment.
No comment.
Same with this. No comment.
You could probably make a whole movie out of Billy Crystal doing stand-up as Mike and it would still be a hit.
A Christmas setting that has Bryan Cranston as someone other than Tim Whatley? You better believe it.
Well, it’s not a DCOM, it’s an… ABC Family… OM. One of the first to come after the Fox Family and Saban sale.
I am still trying to figure out why there was a Michael Bolton cameo in this movie.
Um… yeah, basketball. Cool.
whyyyyyyyyy.
How about that Canadian military, eh?
The absolute definition of pointless.
There’s a LOT to unpack with this movie so I’m not even going to try and touch it now.
Dull. Just a dull movie.
BORING.
AWFUL.
DULL.
WHY IS THERE A 1950S DINER IN STAR WARS.
I DON’T CARE THAT YOU DON’T LIKE SAND, HAYDEN.
BORING MOVIE.
AWFUL.
DULL.
WHY IS THERE A 1950S DINER IN STAR WARS.
I DON’T CARE THAT YOU DON’T LIKE SAND, HAYDEN.
BORING MOVIE.
Best show with the best ending and a best OTP.
I recall liking this movie. It’s okay.
Teenage mysteries are not my thing.
So, this made it on the Day 1 list, but the movie didn’t. Curious as to why.
Did… anyone, at all, like this movie?
Young people on a rhythm team. This was a trend in the mid-2000s.
There are times where DCOMs mirror Hallmark movies for levels of sappiness. This is one of them.
This movie features a young Kat Dennings, before she became television’s leading star of anti-comedy.
Oh, and speaking of Hallmark movie sappiness, ughhhh this one.
Again, TWO sequels.
Childhood was passing me by at this point.
Behold, one of the biggest box office flops for Walt Disney Pictures. Shame, too, this is supposed to be a pretty solid movie.
Kids are jerks and are a great way to convince me to not watch your movie.
This was everyone’s jam, let’s be real.
I just… really? We couldn’t get the TV series instead?
We have the one outlier of the DisneyToon sequel productions, as this one actually did get a theatrical run. Doesn't mean it's any good, though.
This movie stunk. It stunk SO HARD.
Now we’re well past childhood.
Yep, more sports-oh shoot, Brie Larson is in this? No joke? Cool.
This was always an inevitability, and a sign of the Disney star formula: TV show, then movie, then music career.
A sequel made on the super-cheap: compiling episodes of a TV pilot that never got greenlit. Kida deserved better.
I saw this in theaters, opening weekend. It still holds up as one of the best from Pixar.
How to do a finale, DCOM style.
The very first PG-13 film from Walt Disney Pictures, the first in a long-running series, and still the best of them all.
Clichéd clichés are cliché.
Meh and nah.
I was so not the target audience for this by 2003, so… pass.
How to make a backdoor pilot for a TV series of a film:
Nature, but colder.
And here’s that series.
This was the true start of the downward trend for Disney animation.
It’s another one of those “based on real sports stories” movies. That’s all I’ve got.
I saw a better version of this movie, it was called Thir13en Ghosts.
This was the point of too much Recess.
Case in point.
What if Black Stallion… but YOUNG?
There is a LOT more to this movie than meets the eye. I’m not sure I want to tackle it right now.
This was a thing. We can’t ignore it, we need to accept it and carry on.
Guess who’s back getting those Mouse checks? That’s right, it’s Kurt Russell!
Was this really necessary? We couldn’t have just given Timon & Pumbaa more time on Toon Disney in 2004?
Nah fam. This ain’t it.
We all grow up too fast.
I wish I could say more about these thematic movies without coming off like a tool.
Who’s bright idea was it to have Roseanne as one of the cows?
Ah, nature. Always something to be filmed.
They somehow found a way to stretch this character out for five years. I’m impressed.
Remember when people thought we would have weird electronic contraptions that are shaped like the VideoNow player in the future?
Not a big moneymaker for Disney, and I don’t think this ever saw a super wide release.
This is like the fourth or fifth thing I’ve seen Brenda Song attached to so far. She’s made her whole career on this stuff.
Uhhhh…… yeah. This happened.
Sequel-itis claims another one.
Why was this necessary, DisneyToon. This came 20 years too late and you all know it.
I still stand by this being the best Star Wars documentary of them all.
I dunno.
The top 3 superhero movies are, as follows: The Avengers, The Dark Knight, and this.
Again, sequel-itis.
The only thing I know about this is that Spike Spencer has a role in it.
This is one of those movies that only really works on an IMAX screen.
Childhood is coming to its end.
I’ll say it again, this is a movie I saw with my family in the theater. Many regrets were had.
So… this is a super artsy-fartsy movie from Danny Boyle that was under the banner of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Makes sense for Disney, I suppose.
Makes sense for Disney, I suppose.
Only in a DCOM will you see the white man be on the same level of “good guy” as the native tribe.
Born to make history? Perhaps. Maybe this is a date night movie for Yuri and Victor.
The only reason why I know this show this much is because I had rabbit ears for TV for a few years and this was on ABC on Saturday mornings.
Suck on ALL of it, Bonnie, everyone loves Kim and Ron hooking up.
It even gave the show another run of episodes, which was NOT policy at the time.
I’m sure this is interesting for some people… I think.
I remember seeing this in theaters with my grandmother. She’s the one who introduced me to Star Wars.
This was NOT born to make history. At all.
Was it really all that super necessary to have a giant NASCAR tie-in for this movie?
At least it wasn’t Doogal.
Strange, this is here but the show isn’t.
Chronologically, Stitch! The Movie is the sequel to this, despite coming out two years prior.
A movie about golf? That is a very tough sell for me.
Parents, do your kids a favor and show them this instead of garbage like The Wiggles and Baby Shark. Help expand their minds a bit more.
Uh… frak if I know.
Yeah, this movie stunk. We all know it.
I saw this movie in theaters. It was borrrrrrrrring.
Frigging telefilms, man. I don’t know.
There are so many movies that make me shrug.
I would like to forget that this whole thing exists. But they won’t let me.
Again, great in IMAX, not so for anything else.
Well, it had been a few years since a movie was made into a TV show.
Bad! Bad Michael Eisner! No dessert for you!
A retelling of a Japanese film form 1983, about a real-life Japanese expedition to Antartica in 1958.
Would we call this whitewashing?
Would we call this whitewashing?
This was a thing. I wish I knew why.
A DCOM version of The Simple Life. No, I’m not making it up.
Yeah… I saw a lot of this show. There was nothing else on at the time, when you only have rabbit ears and everything else on Saturday mornings sucked.
This is the one case where Dreamworks did it better.
This is also an acceptable substitute to show your kids instead of Baby Shark.
We let this get two sequels. How did we let that happen?
Get those Disney paydays, Brenda, I won’t stop you.
So we get this, but not the other (and less awful) movie. Frigging why. And don’t let it be legal complications either.
Burnout much?
Sequel-itis seeps in, but hey, at least this one didn’t cost $357 million to make.
Big. Fat. Shrug.
This show? Ehh.
Can’t get Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, but we get this.
Can’t get Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, but we get this.
Oh hey, it’s the Marky Mark movie that inspired all of those out of shape losers to try out for the Eagles.
This was when the group were trying to become “real.” Ask any pop group put together by a TV exec about how well that works out.
Because why not give THIS a sequel? Hey, at least it’s not Cinderella again.*
*for now
*for now
Sadly, no, this is not anime. But it does have Double D as Peter Parker and Naraku as Dr. Doom.
Yeah, it’s harmless preschool stuff. Eh.
Again, I just don’t have anything to say.
Two horses died in production of this movie. Also another one from the Fox library.
TWO SEQUELS. HOW AND WHY.
Okay, by NOW, they had to have run out of sequel ideas, right?
Jump rope. FLIPPING jump rope. Come on, man.
DING DING DING! It’s the most pointless DTV sequel ever made! A movie that nobody asked for and nobody wanted! And it killed the video cheap-quel concept forever!
Well, at least for Disney.
Well, at least for Disney.
Tom Selleck. That’s all I’ve got.
Oh boy, these movies are getting more expensive and this one didn’t gross a billion…
The throes of childhood have been passed on to the next generation.
Oh boy, it’s a sequel to Johnny Tsunami, a sequel that… someone… asked for…
A movie co-produced and marketed exclusively for the Chinese market. Yep.
Liberate Hong Kong.
Liberate Hong Kong.
Clearly, this movie needed more food puns.
Teenagers scare the living [blank] out of me. They could care less, as long as they get to see Zac Efron.
The longest frigging summer vacation ever.
TSST. TSST.
Yes, long before The Rock was Hollywood’s most in-demand action star, he was cutting his teeth on crap like this.
Spooktacular, I guess?
Of their sitcoms at the time, this was probably at the bottom of the totem pole.
We’ve gone from DTV sequels, to DCOMs, to… well, this. Mood whiplash.
You know who else really loves Christmas a LOT? Christina Milian.
The sequel, but not the first one. Okay.
This movie is a self-fulfilling prophecy of pointlessness.
For if you want a time capsule of Miley before she went totally cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, here you go.
The right people in the wrong movie.
The beginning of the biggest serial film series in history. And it's pretty good, too.
I lost the ability to care after how boring the first film was.
NatGeo stuff is never boring, at least.
Grooooooooan.
So this is for the movie? They actually got it from Warner Bros., how about that.
Now a 3-piece, and wouldn’t survive the rest of the year.
This came out only because someone remembered that this was still on their production board for a few years.
You just can’t take the same premise and put it in a new location. That’s just a cop out pitch idea.
Maybe one day, I’ll actually watch and finish this series.
In a perfect world, this would be the end of it all.
The days of 2D animation for straight to video sequels were over. It’s all CG now.
A big fat MEH to this movie.
Oh hey, it’s the Nicktoons show. Neat?
My blanket statement for all of these DisneyNature movies is as follows:
Neat?
Neat?
It’s the other Nicktoons show, featuring Steve Blum!Wolverine.
This is what you put on when you’re babysitting a 3 year old.
*may not actually be in 3D
Whales. They’re cool.
The formula I mentioned earlier: TV show, movie, music career.
Who was the frigging genius that thought Oliver should be a solo star?
What if… secret agents? Lame.
Pandas are cute.
Liberate Hong Kong.
Liberate Hong Kong.
Um… this is neat?
What is this, a CROSSOVER episode?
No, just another bland DCOM.
No, just another bland DCOM.
Big ol’ shrug at this.
If nothing else, this’ll attract some curious eyeballs.
A franchise before franchise woes.
I’ve been told that this is an excellent movie. I need to see this sometime.
Ah yes, the first Disney XD original movie, or DXDOM. Cool?
Don’t be an obsessive stan. Just don’t.
Once again, Fantano says it for me.
I will be forever perplexed that Fox managed to make this into a film franchise. And that it aired all the time on Cartoon Network of all channels.
A documentary about the start of the Disney Renaissance. I'm interested.
This show is proof that It’s A Laugh Productions grew too powerful for its own good. We should have put a stop to them when we had the chance.
Y’all are lying if you say you didn’t get teary-eyed in the end.
Oh hey, more clichéd crap. Goody.
The final, after only 2. Such is life, in a way.
They’re multiplying. They’re growing too powerful.
Now, every week can be Shark Week.
If it wasn’t for Mr. Peanutbutter acting like an idiot, Bojack would’ve gotten that Oscar nomination.
Was this show any good?
Too many butterflies for my liking.
Well, for anyone who wants to see a pre-Euphoria Zendaya, this is your chance.
Medieval reincarnates. That’s certainly a thing.
I can’t help but feel like Kingdom Hearts III is going to draw more eyeballs to this flick. Pretty good movie, too.
This movie just never felt as big as it should have been. Yeah, great soundtrack from Daft Punk, but something was just missing.
Again, harmless preschool programming. Still better than those garbage YouTube singalong videos.
Neat?
What if the kids from The Breakfast Club were a band?
Neat?
Because… somebody… wanted this spin-off?
It’s that Disney XD show you don’t remember.
The last gasp of traditional animation. It failed and we failed the children as a result.
Y’all really liked this series a lot, huh?
If you’re too tame for Carrie and Heathers, then this ABCFOM is for you.
Frak if I know.
This show was cool. We could use more of it.
How successful could a show about a vet practice be?
SIXTEEN SEASONS.
SIXTEEN SEASONS.
The hot girl and the geeky boy get together? What a concept. Totally original.
Can’t fault them for trying to breathe new life into them. And for what it’s worth, it started strong enough.
Because SCREW YOU, there’s never enough Christmas schlock.
A fresh reminder that teenagers are petty as crap.
Always the white people who take priority in casting. Typical.
Is this the series with Deadpool, or am I thinking of something else?
Neat?
Yes, a Disney-produced telenovela. 240 episodes.
May this series somehow, and someway, earn a second life.
I’d like to compliment this more, except it falls victim to those pesky DCOM clichés.
Definitively one of the best animated projects of the decade. And it even has Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale in it.
One of those movies that I’ve heard good things about, but rarely hear people talking about.
To quote Bam Margera, “A f(lipp)ing cobra, dude?!?”
What.
No, seriously, what is this.
No, seriously, what is this.
I can’t think of anything to comment for this. I’m drawing a blank.
Yep, a franchise with no woes.
A nearly perfect film, from start to finish. Anything else would have been overkill.
Put this on for your young kids when you go to Grandma’s for Christmas.
Bird Up?
This doesn’t feature Tori Spelling taking a header at the Benihana so I’ve got no interest.
A fine reminder that, once upon a time, Selena Gomez had a normal Hollywood life.
I saw this in theaters with my folks. Not a good movie in hindsight.
This isn’t my kind of documentary, so… eh.
“The movie is gonna be elsewhere for a while longer, so this’ll do in the meantime, right?”
Ehhhhh.
Get it? The lazy title is IRONIC.
Is this one good, too? I need a header on all the post-Fox Kids animated Marvel shows, which ones are good and aren’t.
You’d be surprised at how effective Disney is at making dogs into a marketing machine.
Again, every week is now Shark Week.
Here we all thought Natalie Portman was baggage for these movies. Little did we know.
The biggest frigging movie that everyone is sick to death of.
Always consider the source, and if it’s skewered or not.
The actual plane is on display at the Carolinas Aviation Museum here in Charlotte. Cool history.
The clichés just keep on coming, don’t they?
Um… puff piece.
The start of the end.
7 seasons and counting. People love those NatGeo Wild vet shows.
What a title. Nothing fancy, it’s just BEARS.
Neat?
Neat?
Technology will be the second coming, and it will hit us while we’re looking for a DCOM that bucks the trend. This isn't it.
The sequel all the 90s kids wanted. I’ve heard good things.
Behold, the movie that finally gave Dave Batista his big Hollywood break. It’s also a really good movie, at that.
Again, technology.
Also, right now, science is building a better tomato.
Also, right now, science is building a better tomato.
The show that finally did Darth Maul right and made him into more of a character. And gave him an honorable way out.
Again with these vet shows, man.
There’s more stuff here that I don’t know than I do know. Obvious, I know.
I never did see this movie.
Lego Star Wars.
Okay.
Okay.
How dry can the DCOM well possibly get? Behold.
Neat? I guess?
Oh yeah, this movie was a thing. Arguably the weakest of the “mainline” MCU films.
I know that a lot of people rave about this movie, but… man, I dunno.
Get it? They just put a “2” on the previous title, because it’s being IRONIC.
Once again, we should have stopped It’s A Laugh Productions before they got too powerful.
They were too powerful by this point.
They were too powerful by this point.
Again, okay.
How to make Paul Rudd a made man, forever.
This was tailor made for the “Tumblr crowd.” AKA, not me. So I got nothing.
A tech company in India ripped this off for their bootleg antivirus software. Not even kidding.
Siiiiiiiiighhhhhh…
Frak if I know, so here’s a tidbit: “In Canada, due to a technical error at the end of the movie, the last ten minutes were replaced with the Teen Beach 2 music video, "That's How We Do”.”
Still a better representation of the original movie than the live-action movie. And kids love it, apparently.
Yet another later-period Pixar movie that nobody talks about.
Where the buffalo roam. That’s all I’ve got.
Ah yes, the beginning of the unnecessary rage from diehard Star Wars fans who forgot all about the lull of the late-1980s.
I’m sorry, but I’ll take this over those dumb Ewoks telefilms.
I’m sorry, but I’ll take this over those dumb Ewoks telefilms.
AKA, “oh yeah, this movie happened.”
Uhhhhhhh… Iuhno.
Well, for the five or six people who are diehard Lab Rats fans, enjoy that non-ending.
Racism is bad. Y’all shouldn’t have to be told this.
Blue Sky really milked this franchise too hard, huh?
Yep, dogs. Dogs doing stuff. Remember, don’t bet on stupid pet tricks - this is an EXHIBITION, not a competition.
Please, NO WAGERING.
Please, NO WAGERING.
It’s the 100th DCOM, and in true Disney tradition… it’s a remake.
I mean… okay? Sure?
Sell those Lego kits, I say.
Don’t site this show as inspiration for creativity, kids. It only enables bad behavior.
This was the first film Steven Spielberg directed for Disney. At least that looks good on a resume?
I recall that many a white parent was kinda upset over this show being a thing.
I don’t even know. Yet another cog in the remake machine.
Two thumbs from me for this.
Ehhhhhhh never got into this. Just felt like it was too reliant on its gimmick.
Maybe one day, Mars will become like what we know of it in Cowboy Bebop.
Cool stuff all around, not much to complain about.
Maybe one day, we’ll see what got cut from the first draft of this movie.
SAVE THE FRIGGING PLANET FOR FRAK’S SAKE.
Um… something about sea turtles in Finding Nemo, I dunno.
Innocuous and inoffensive. More worthwhile than the people behind Johnny Johnny.
James Cameron really has a strong fascination for the bottom of the sea. Too strong, even.
Um… someone asked for this, I guess?
“To truly understand 'what the hell,' we must go all the way back to ‘when the hell.’" - Scott Wozniak, 2019
Look at that, we’ve gone from cheap DTV sequels to a rather strong DCOM sequel.
And of course it was a backdoor pilot. That’s how it always is.
Look at that, the norm has been bucked. Sure, it’s a very Disney-fied kind of “drama,” but the sincerity is still appreciated.
Some eyes are just too big for their own good.
You know what else is neat?
Liberating Hong Kong.
Liberating Hong Kong.
I wish I knew why this was made into a thing.
“HURP DE HURP HURP MILLENIALS AM I RIGHT?”
This should not have been.
This should not have been.
Live events like this really only work when it’s live. Not as effective after the fact.
Hey, it’s more NatGeo stuff, and that’s cool.
Once again, not the audience for this so I can’t say much.
Uhhhhh… timeskip, okay. Neat, I suppose.
There’s just way to frigging much Spider-Man material, I’m sorry.
I’ll leave the ethics question regarding this documentary to the rest of you.
It took two years after this piece for the 2 hour marathon to be broken. But it’s not an official record because of reasons.
Yeah… this show. Eeesh.
I dunno. Do kids like this?
It’s cool and insightful. So… yeah.
Again, I ask, was this good?
Jeezus, Jim, LET IT GO.
Should I touch this? I’m not sure how large a pole I need to touch or not touch this.
Damn, nature, you scary. Again.
Y'all like puff pieces, right?
BAH-BAH-BAH-BAH-BAH-BAHHH!
This is dumb, even for DCOM standards.
I’m running out of things to say about this NatGeo stuff.
When one demographic doesn’t latch on, go for the youngest possible. To greater results.
Yep, it’s… more NatGeo stuff. Nothing super eye-opening here.
So this was exclusive to the Philippines? Interesting.
I’ve only seen this show in passing, a few times. And I have no idea what it’s about.
Okay, so, all of us old people remember Bug Juice from 20 years ago. They really did a revival of this show, recently. Interesting.
Yep. A SECOND remake. Because why not.
I feel like this would be shown in schools nowadays.
Now THIS is more interesting, and is not something anyone with extreme fear of heights should watch.
In a perfect world, we’d see more of this, and then we’d see something for Young Avengers happen.
I’ve heard really good things about this, so I might have to give this a look sometime.
You’re better off just rolling a D20 to make your decisions than have randos on the internet do it for you. Frigging kids.
Just how many frigging Lego specials are they going to do for Star Wars?
Let us not give Elon Musk any more attention than he already gets.
More fodder for science class. Whatever.
I’m very puzzled by this. Why make a sequel, nearly 20 years later, and have it feature frigging Perez Hilton and Lil Yachty?
Yet another NatGeo animal feature. I’m really running out of things to say, just give me SOMETHING to talk about.
OH. OKAY. Now we’re getting somewhere. So, yeah, make sure the planet is in good hands for the next several centuries, and let us all continue to groan and cringe over the fact that Donald Trump is a goddamn moron.
The frigging balls of them to put this up on day 1. I applaud that.
You know… just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should.
"The series was originally reported in 2017 as a reboot of the Herbie franchise in development for Disney XD."
Elsa, please?
Elsa, please?
Yep, it’s more nature.
Oh boy, it’s that movie that apparently nobody liked and everyone bitched about anyway. Because, in the year of our lord 2019, everyone’s personality traits are solely defined by media consumption.
Why do we let Tim Burton continue to do this?
Bear Grylls and wolves. That’s certainly a combo.
This seems pretty fun and fluid. Anyone who’s seen it, can you confirm?
“We landed on the moon!” - Lloyd Christmas, 1994
So is there more coming? Because if this is only six episodes, that feels like kind of a waste.
Wolves are cool. Ain’t that right, Koga?
Neat stuff.
The cost is about 400 dollars per day.
Reuniting real-life musical groups from various high schools. Could be interesting.
It’s amazing that this idea wasn’t thought of before now.
Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, huh? Well, at least it’ll be better than the THREE Tim Allen movies we got.
WHHHHYYYYYYYYYY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE RID OF THIS. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD AND BURIED.
I THOUGHT WE WERE RID OF THIS. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD AND BURIED.
Good doggos can only go so far.
And, finally...
YES. YES YES YES. This looks so good and I am here for it.
YES. YES YES YES. This looks so good and I am here for it.
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