The Disney Classics

[CyberCubed]

All the prince's all had bland and boring personalities in the early movies. Even Eric in The Little Mermaid was just "a nice guy" and we didn't learn too much about him. Wasn't until Alladdin where they developed both the male and female leads properly.

[Leo656]

Well, again, they weren't trying to.

Not that the princes in those fairy tales ever had much by way of character, anyway. They literally existed only as the last-minute plot device to save the day and sweep the princess off her feet before the Happily Ever After. They weren't supposed to really be more than that, even in the originals. I had most of the fairy tale books as a kid. Did you even read any of them?

......Pssssh, look who I'm askin'.

[snake]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

All the prince's all had bland and boring personalities in the early movies. Even Eric in The Little Mermaid was just "a nice guy" and we didn't learn too much about him. Wasn't until Alladdin where they developed both the male and female leads properly.

It was never a focus on the princes though. Princesses sell.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yup. Especially to hungry dragons or evil witches..... (That's the gamer in me talking, LOL!)

[Mandy Chan]

Aww I love the classics such as The great mouse detective, Robin Hood etc. I feel great mouse detective was a pretty under rated movie. Hardly no one talks about it sadly..

[BubblyShell22]

Great Mouse Detective was an awesome movie. My sis named her dog Toby after Toby from that movie. The Black Cauldron was another one of my sister's favorites, and I liked it, too. Gurgi was the best. "Crunchings and munchings are in here somewhere."

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Great Mouse Detective was an awesome movie. My sis named her dog Toby after Toby from that movie. The Black Cauldron was another one of my sister's favorites, and I liked it, too. Gurgi was the best. "Crunchings and munchings are in here somewhere."

Oo, also loved Great Mouse Detective. That friggin bat is one of my favorite characters. My favorite quote from him has to be,"Oh, she got ma wings!" It's difficult to understand half the things he says, but Fidget is still one of my favorite minions of all time. Robin Hood is another great film, although I could never listen to Hamster Dance back in the day without thinking of that movie because of the chipmunkified bit from the beginning they used in the song!

[Leofan26]

Oh man, the Great Mouse Detective was brilliant. It was dark for an Animated flick and if your new to the film you never would have guessed what would happen next. I watch that film a few times and never got bored of it.

Animated Robin Hood was another good one.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by Leofan26

Oh man, the Great Mouse Detective was brilliant. It was dark for an Animated flick and if your new to the film you never would have guessed what would happen next. I watch that film a few times and never got bored of it.

Animated Robin Hood was another good one.

I only saw GMD around three or so times as a kid in the 90's, so I rewatched it on Netflix recently. Yeah, I'd forgotten how dark that film was! Cool.

[Mandy Chan]

Great Mouse Detective also has such an under rated villain. I think Ratigan is pretty awesome.

[DarkLightDragon]

Originally Posted by Mandy Chan

Great Mouse Detective also has such an under rated villain. I think Ratigan is pretty awesome.

When you have a character voiced by Vincent Price, of course he's going to be awesome.

[Mandy Chan]

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

When you have a character voiced by Vincent Price, of course he's going to be awesome.

Ha ha I guess thats true

[DarkFell]

The funny thing that I read out of my Disney book of Villains is that animator Glen Keane thought that Ratigan was such a fun character to work on because he was just this sewer rat stuffed in a suit smoking that cigar. There were other personality quirks to Ratigan that Keane liked, but the rat suited in the suit smoking a cigar sorta got his interest.

Here's more info on Glen Keane.http://50mostinfluentialdisneyanimat.../6-glen-keane/

Keane was looking through photographs of people in London during the 1800's and came across some gentleman wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar. Then he pictured Ratigan doing the same thing. Glen described how perfect it was - that this sewer rat is dressed like a king and lives as a king.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

The funny thing that I read out of my Disney book of Villains is that animator Glen Keane thought that Ratigan was such a fun character to work on because he was just this sewer rat stuffed in a suit smoking that cigar. There were other personality quirks to Ratigan that Keane liked, but the rat suited in the suit smoking a cigar sorta got his interest.

Here's more info on Glen Keane.http://50mostinfluentialdisneyanimat.../6-glen-keane/

Thanks DF. This could help me win Disney Trivia yet again this holiday season! Always fun learning about these animators.

[Wildcat]

I'm gonna assume the original Toy Story is considered a classic.

How about a Live Action Toy Story? That would be cool. Its set in the real world anyway. The characters could be like the actual toys you buy in real life. CGI of course..not stop-motion.

Doesn't have to be a remake.

[Gunpowder]

Toy Story isn't Disney, though. It's Pixar.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

Toy Story isn't Disney, though. It's Pixar.

Which is a branch of Disney.