Talk:John Lasseter/@comment-2256018-20171024202546

I'm surprised that he cancelled many future sequels and prequels to Disney animated films, such as Dumbo II and The Aristocats II. Then again, he considers DisneyToon undercutting the value of the feature animated films with the sequels and prequels were unfaithful (copying the first film made it childish, modernizing the dialogue made it dated, and changing the story from the first film and calling Disney animated movies "just simple kids' movies" showed complete disrespect towards the Walt Disney classic animated film's source material), finds Webster miscast as a character in Belle's Magical World and criticizes the episodes that were supposed to be used for shows such as Cinderella Stories, a planned animated series based on Beauty and the Beast and Team Atlantis being used in animated movies, such as Belle's Magical World, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Atlantis: Milo's Return. Special criticism is reserved for a scene in Belle's Magical World with the Beast and Webster competing over Belle as well as Belle and Beast's character derailment in the film, which ends up upsetting John Lasseter leaving Disney. He also takes time to criticize that the sequels and prequels capturing the spirit of Walt Disney and his animated movies as a whole, saying that in his opinion, they were highly overrated as movies and were never as funny as their reputation indicated. I'm not gonna act like every Disney animated movie is a masterpiece, but sometimes when Disney gets it right, they get it right. They don't need to be updated. They don't need to be fixed. They don't even really need to have sequels and prequels made about them! However, if Disney was really going to do a sequel or a prequel to a classic Disney animated film, the very least they can do is understand the source material. Personally, well, of course I understand the source material. They're just simple kid's movies! But then, John Lasseter would be like "No. They're NOT just simple kid's movies. They're movies that we are continuing to watch even today. They're movies that we remember years later, even when other movies fade from our memory. They're movies we will never forget - and for good reason! They're movies that helped shape our childhoods, through well hand-drawn animation, likable characters, entertaining songs and endearing morals. And the idea of a sequel and prequel to a Disney animated movie shaping somebody's childhood, the fact that it even has the same name as the first one... just made John Lasseter sick to my stomach! Maybe these "simple kids movies" are far more adult than anybody give them credit for. And John Lasseter guarantee that'll show, when years later, both children and adults will still be watching these "simple kids movies" while pandering sequels and prequels to Disney animated movies disappears out of people's consciousness - also for good reason! Good art doesn't come from focus groups and statistics. It comes from people who share how they see things in their own unique way."