Talk:John Lasseter/@comment-25652987-20141221232614/@comment-1672596-20150102010519

"I believe the reason why Disney still re-releases the DTV sequels is because they can still make money off of them, regardless if they're considered canon or not. New sequels may not be in development, but that doesn't mean revenue can't still be generated from the existing ones."

Problem is that the sequels were actually one of the darker periods of Disney's history, as well as a painful reminder of the mess under Michael Eisner. It would have made more economical sense to NOT rerelease them, period. Besides which, it wouldn't be the first time Disney shied away from re-releasing things even if there was a guarantee for a profit if they did that. For example, bootleg copies aside, Disney hasn't released Song of the South at all, all because they fear the accusations of racism so much even when there was literally nothing racist about it (Uncle Remus was actually more inspiring of a character, actually, and a positive role model). Then there's Path to 9/11, which Disney not only refused to release a DVD on it, but they even refused to sell the rights to another company to ensure a DVD was released, meaning they buried any potential DVD releases, something even their shareholders actually gawked at. This was despite it being a commercial success, BTW, meaning they clearly didn't take into account whether the financial payoff would even be worth it (apparently they were fearful of attracting the ire of certain politicians). Heck, they stopped doing happy meals at McDonalds and Kids Meals at Burger King due to fear of basically getting smashed to bits by health food activists, even when they would bring in a profit.

"Plus, they still have their fans, I guess."

Yeah, and so does Song of the South and Path to 9/11, yet you don't see any chances of them being rereleased anyhow. And while I will admit I thought Return of Jafar, King of Thieves, Simba's Pride, and The Enchanted Christmas were pretty good, and even Return to the Sea, while not exactly good, was actually somewhat decent compared to Ariel's Beginning (and Ariel's Beginning was definitely Lasseter's fault since he was the one who ordered for it to be rewritten into the mess it currently is), not to mention I'm actually planning on rewatching it via the Special Edition in an attempt at "therapy" to cure me of my hatred of songs that was caused in part from that movie, most of the other sequels were definitely not that good.

"Personally, I wouldn't mind these movies being re-released so much if they weren't packaged with the originals. No, Disney, I don't want to buy Hunchback of Notre Dame with its P.O.S sequel stapled to it! I guess I could always just sell the disc online, or even use it as a coaster or something."

Have to agree with you regarding Hunchback of Notre Dame's sequel (honestly, I only needed to see the trailer to get a hint that it was NOT a good movie, especially the "diamond underwear" line. And they say judging a book by its cover is always a bad thing), though to be honest, I wouldn't want to buy Hunchback of Notre Dame anyways, with or without the sequel (besides, even the original film should never have been made, since it basically dealt with subject matter that clearly should not be exposed to kids). I probably wouldn't mind the boxed sets for The Little Mermaid, though I wouldn't want Ariel's Beginning due to how poorly made that was. I'll tolerate Return to the Sea though, because that movie is tolerable compared to Ariel's Beginning.