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Old 10-13-2023, 09:24 AM   #1
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100 years with Disney

Next Monday, 16 October 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most iconoic animation studios ever.

The upcoming years, millions of people came to know Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale through short films and comics and in 1937 an animated full-length film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was produced. The old fairytale it was based on had been published in 1812 by the Grimm Brothers. Animated full-length film from Disney, often based on an old fairytale, would soon become an annual tradition.

During World War II, war propaganda short films were produced to support the Allies.

On 17 July 1955 the first Disneyland Park was inaugurated near Anaheim. 68 years later, we have six such resorts across the planet...

On 15 December 1966, Walt Disney himself passed away, aged 65.

In April 1983, the Disney Channel was introduced and on 12 November 2019, the company introduced its own streaming subscription service, Disney Plus.

In late 1980's and early 90's, Disney also scored successes with cartoons like Ducktales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Darkwing Duck and Goof Troop.

Around the same time, Capcom and Virgin Interactive Entertainment, developed successful video games based on Disney cartoons and movies.

Between October 1993 and mid 2005, the company ran its own ice hockey club, the Anaheim Ducks.

In January 2006, Disney purchased Pixar and in September 2009, they also purchased the rights to Marvel Comics, followed up by the rights to Star Wars.

By the early 21st century, animation was widely replaced with computer animation and these days, the company is developing live-action versions of old Disney movies.


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Old 10-13-2023, 11:44 AM   #2
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Mickey Mouse should’ve kept his big cheese-sniffing nose out of the culture war, because now he’s lost the trust of his most important customers: the parents.

It’s a shame. I used to really love Disney. It’s a huge part of my childhood.
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Old 10-13-2023, 11:53 AM   #3
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Old 10-13-2023, 01:08 PM   #4
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The Mickey Mouse episode of South Park will forever be one of the best episodes, ever.
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Old 10-13-2023, 01:31 PM   #5
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I used to really love Disney. It’s a huge part of my childhood.
I used to enjoy the cartoons and video games I mentioned here.
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Old 10-15-2023, 07:51 PM   #6
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I finished watching the short Once Upon a Studio on TV and I was tearing up by the end. It was such a beautiful moment to see all of the characters come together. Hearing some of my all-time favorite characters voiced by Paige O’Hara (Belle), Robby Benson (Beast), Tom Hulce (Quasimodo), Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas), Jodi Benson (Ariel), Jim Cummings (Baloo, Winnie the Pooh), and Lea Salonga (Mulan) sing “When You Wish Upon a Star” was simply lovely to listen to.
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Old 10-16-2023, 01:11 AM   #7
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Legendary studio of hope and dreams, which turned into monstrous corporate giant, effectively embodying everything that can be wrong with a corporate culture.

Quite a sad end.

Iger was an idiot - he thought that he can compensate (doubtful) lack of Disney's own creativity, by buying other properties. Funny thing is that Disney effectively had killed those properties (as well as actively killing their own) by lack of creativity and just to be a part of culture war. Which means they did it all absolutely for nothing.

They didn't get money, didn't get reputation, effectively ruined multiple franchises, all for the good boy points for freaks from Xwatter and their business overlords.

I wish I could ask Iger "Was it worth it?".
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Old 10-16-2023, 12:48 PM   #8
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Watched the 100 years short that was lovely
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Old 10-16-2023, 07:36 PM   #9
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I also think Once Upon a Studio marked the first time Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson sang together at the same time. Although they both sang "Something There" in Beauty and the Beast, the two of them sang the song separately.

Here's a video of all the characters who appeared in the short.

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Old 10-17-2023, 04:15 PM   #10
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Yeah, I'm OK with celebrating the first 90 years. The last 10? Pretty soul crushing. I have a 6 month old and I know that I have to protect her from anything new they're putting out, and that's pretty sad.
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Old 10-22-2023, 10:05 AM   #11
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Here's another look at Once Upon a Studio. I was right that it marked the first time Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson sang together.

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Old 10-22-2023, 10:44 AM   #12
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Once upon a studio was amazing, Mickey's scene with Walt was sweet too
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Old 10-27-2023, 06:51 PM   #13
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Now Disney has released a behind-the-scenes of the recording for Once Upon a Studio.

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Old 11-17-2023, 11:36 AM   #14
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Disney's celebratory film Wish is getting mixed reviews ahead of it's widespread release next week

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...w/71606175007/

https://variety.com/2023/film/review...ne-1235792825/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ne-1235648321/

https://deadline.com/2023/11/wish-re...on-1235614133/
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I know that we've talked about Once Upon a Studio more than a couple of times here, but the whole short can now be seen on YouTube for free.

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I got the 100 year edition of the Japanese Mickey Mouse Robo.



Original version for context



Don’t get me wrong, I like the original fine. But I like the unifying color scheme more and there is more articulation. I do wonder why they replaced steam boat Willy.
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Old 12-28-2023, 07:48 PM   #17
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Wow.
Its almost begs for a story, where Disney polices world with a giant robots, shaped as cartoon characters to eliminate "bad consumers" and "wrongthink".
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Old 12-29-2023, 11:18 AM   #18
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I know that we've talked about Once Upon a Studio more than a couple of times here, but the whole short can now be seen on YouTube for free.

I watched the short at my friend's house on Disney+. Not amazing but better than everything they put out this year.

Those Mickey Mechs look pretty dope!
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I got the 100 year edition of the Japanese Mickey Mouse Robo.

https://media.entertainmentearth.com...73f66798xl.jpg

Original version for context

https://www.neatorama.com/images/201...se-voltron.jpg
Gundam Mouse. (C'mon, I'm not the only person that thought of that.)

I saw the 100 Years Of Disney clip on Youtube. The House of The Mouse can really do some neat stuff. I just wish that they would do so more often.
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Old 01-05-2024, 11:22 AM   #20
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I also like the Disney Imagination Belt they are coming out with. Has a clear Kamen Rider inspiration to it.



While I do like Rider drivers, imma skip on this though.
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