Disney and Disney and Disney!

[NatashaBrown1]

Disney has always been my love and it is my beloved childhood I watched a lot of Disney films and cartoons as I grow up I really want to know what Disney means to you guys and how much do you find yourself connected with Disney Btw, who else misses Playhouse Disney?

[QueenofBabyLoon]

You'll find out quick that I am a party-pooper.

I was that kid. You know, that horrible kid that didn't believe in fairytales and had to deconstruct Disney movies and destroy them to the point no one could enjoy them after because of me.

Disney was that one thing I worshipped for its art while not paying attention to the story whatsoever. You'd ask me the difference between Snowhite and Sleeping Beauty and I would stare at you blankly, because it virtually more or less had the same freakin' story to me.

This being said, I loved the 101 Dalmatians, Pocahontas, everything pretty much that hadn't been made by Disney himself. Disney's art was way better than anything the studios produced. But the stories the studios produced were way better than anything Disney devised. It leaves me perplexed even today.

[mariusthered]

as a company i am not a fan of Disney at all they are dominating the movie industry and forcing us to have bland story lines, and what they have done (or let happen) to star wars is dam right sinful (deep breath don't rant)
they make everything with the dam name on it three times as much and basically use the emotions of children to rob parents.
however i do have respect for the Disney cartoonists. the old stuff is always worth looking at for reference although i will have to agree story wise a lot of movies are bland . ( and making little kids see bambi's mother die was just dam right cruel. i was three when i saw that and got teased by my brothers for years over it)
I think it's a shame that disney are now using computer base models for characters so they end up with same face syndrome, it's just lazy if you asked me. that is one reason i liked the movie coco it was unique
I could rant about this for ages but i hate long posts so that's my answer I like the art but not the company.

[bakasama25]

Hey now, I don't blame Disney for making Star Wars bad. I just blame Lucasfilm for NOT having sequels movies planned in advance which led to a lot of other problems. Disney should get blame for not checking what Lucasfilm was doing wrong.

My interest in Disney is more on the historical and how the company is run. DId you know that the Walt Disney Company was founded by the Disney brothers, Walt and Roy? Or that company was doing so badly in the 1970's that the company considered selling everything except the theme parks off? Or that Walt's nephew Roy, started a Disney war to save the company.

[Moxxi]

I'll never get tired of watching the animated films from the Disney Renaissance! So many great memories when those movies came out. Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and the Lion King will always be my favorites from that era.

[Klaustasya]

I'm probably part of that minority who doesn't like Disney. Like, i have nothing against it but it never thrilled me to be honest :\ no specific reason

[mariusthered]

yes i have two books on the history of the company. i know the truth behind the shiny painted good guy image , but i dont want to get into all that. i gave my answer and gave it honestly, i stick to it. talented artists aside they are a greed machine.

[J.Lovelace]

I'm a big Donald Duck fan. My love for comics started with Donald Duck comic books and magazines. I didn't care that they were targeted at boys and I bought them semi regularly until some point, stopped around high school I guess. But every now and then when I see a new issue in the stores, I buy it right away. Now my book shelves are lined up with DD compilations and manga XD

I don't really care about the other Disney stuff though. I enjoyed some movies, but mostly I'm just in for the angry duck XD

[punkarsenic]

i was always a dreamworks kid - even in the trash era. they gave me megamind for my loyalty.

that said, i have a lot of love for disney movies like mulan, treasure planet, and lilo and stitch - but im not much of a fan of the oldest stuff, its very pretty but kinda dull

[joannekwan]

Well growing up in the 90's I was exposed to their renaissance so we had the good stuff. My favorites were The Lion King, Mulan, and Tarzan, also I really loved Atlantis that others weren't so keen on. But I liked how different Atlantis was and the setting was just too cool.
I also fucking LOVED Winnie the Pooh when I was little. A boy having adventures with friends based on his irl stuffed animals?? That was ME.

I don't mind some of their more recent works, Moana has to be my favorite of their CGI films.

Also I'm just speaking of Disney proper, not Pixar creations.

But I'm definitely not a Disney fanatic like I know some of my friends and acquaintances to be.

[andrew17]

Very much into Disney as a child. I had a complete collection of the IPC 'Donald and Mickey' comics, which reprinted old Carl Barks stories along with a few more modern British originated ones. The earliest ones had black and white sections printed on the pink paper as the financial times, I remember, probably a cost saving exercise in 1972, but to me it made it that little bit special. Alas, Disney itself was in the doldrums, Robin Hood was hardly a classic and they seemed to be concentrating on producing dappy live action movies with Kurt Russell in them.

[OliviaMerteli]

I liked it okay as a child, there was some good films in the 90s. But generally, compared to the original stories they are inspired of, Disney films are really bland and simplistic. Even as a child, I was bored by their repetitive narrative and stereotyped characters.
And there is too much songs to my taste.

[danitasibert]

Man, Disney was that magical thing for me as a kid, it was different that looney tunes and other cartoons/movies. maybe because it had theme parks and resorts and stuff that made me think that it was the most magical place in the world!
back in the 90s i would always want to go the Disney world/land (whichever one it was) but i never did when as we kid, my grand parents would go and they bring back souvenirs.
it just isn't the same... I hope i can go one day....

[Azifri]

I have a tower of Disney comics (Lustiges Taschenbuch) and it keeps growing
It was also thanks to the Disney comics in Spanish that I got better in conversational Spanish when I was a kid.

[Jenny-Toons]

As a kid, my Disney thing came mostly from the old-school movies, Toon Disney and Jetix.

I think my favorite shows were Kim Possible, Recess, Chip n Dale Rescuer Rangers, and Pucca. I'd used to watch them over at my grandmother's house because she had cable back then.

For the movies, I adored Snow White, Fantasia, The Arisocats, and a few others I can't name XD

[Harmony-S-S]

Disney means childhood, and it's something that I won't stop watching even if I'm old and wrinkly ! You're never too old for Disney

[NatashaBrown1]

Yeah I am always fascinated with the art of animation Disney had created during the early 30s to 60s. Within the limitation of technology, the quality of their animations was still so unique and real. It always strikes me

[NatashaBrown1]

Awwwwww I also remember watching Winnie the Pooh and hummed with the music at the end where Pooh always sits next to Robin and with the music !!! It's just so touching and warm. Sometimes, now and then, when I watch that clip online again, I'll always have tears in my eyes.

[amortelito]

When I was a kid I never liked the cheesy, childish and sugarcoated Disney moves. Now as an adult I appreciate much more the innocence and joy of old movies. Also, I can see how inventive and beautiful the animation was and how passionate the teams were about the projects.
I miss old animation, 3D looks so empty and "sterile" in my opinion.

[Kotopopi]

My Disney princess parody comics went super viral the past year allowing me to reach the 50k followers on Instagram that I have today and ensuring me a source of revenue (with commissions) at a time I had none.
So, thank you Disney!!

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