Disney and America
The most American of pastimes: buying stuff
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Disney is seen here as a cultural touchstone and a source of nostalgia for many, so using it as an image of evil isn't expected... unless you're already used to it
It's only really powerful if not used often, but so many have latched onto the image of Mickey Mouse as a murderer that it's become almost as prevalent as the character himself
Whether that has anything to do with the "Mickey Mouse as a serial killer" meme is another question entirely.
I can honestly say that, while I can't say I'm a fan of their business practices or some of the internal issues that have made themselves known over the company's lifetime, they've put out enough good shit that I consider them an integral part of who I am as a person (through their work, of course).
Also, I wouldn't have my Oswald ears if not for them, and a world where I can't have those is no world I wish to live in. :P
it doesn't have to be a snowman
also, they canceled Fillmore! but we will let that wound stay closed
It's kind of artificially boosting the sentimental worth (if not the actual value) of film by only doing rare rereleases instead of keeping original versions in print
now that I think about it, that must've been why we were so damn fast to buy Frozen (it came out on Blu-ray last Tuesday; we owned it last Wednesday)
(although I think that'll get better as time goes by-- people will move on, and the film will be better for it)
Other than that, it is kind of strange that the rest of it isn't quoted as much in daily life by comparison. (Context probably has something to do with it-- it's hard to drop references to "In Summer" when you're not a snowman)
and he himself is a distillation of my Soft PG-rated humor tendencies too
(I'm still wondering how he got into the palace near the end, but bygones)
Just saw Frozen last night with family.
It also gets associated with cultural imperialism, rightly or wrongly.
Wreck-It Ralph is probably my favorite of the canon these days, and I've given up on trying to find a favorite with Pixar because they've nailed it 13 times out of 14
I haven't heard much about Disney Animation's current project, though
and Emperor's New Groove has a lot of appeal thanks to Eartha Kitt and the fact that it was the first time they went for the "protag turns into an animal unwillingly" plot, making its interpretation a bit fresher than, say, Brother Bear
same directors, and I think the only one I didn't immediately catch as their work was the Croods
that was while Pixar was flirting with Warner Bros. and Disney was getting heated at the possibility of a breakup
that Didney Worl moolah kept Pixar as loyal as it gets tho
Well then. Interesting, I must've forgotten.
I knew Sanders wasn't coming back for HTTYD 2 as director, though I still remember something about a production credit...