the best and worst of disney sequels

   What do I really think of Disney sequels? Are they better than the original films we come to love, or they just wash ups of the originals?


   To me, and to everyone else, I think it's just an excuse for Disney to make money and produce nothing but sequels of their amazing movies like "Peter Pan" or "Aladdin" and even "Cinderella"
 Even though now they're making remakes of them as well which is even five times worse.


   It all started with Aladdin and "Return of Jafar" and what I thought about that well, three words... too much Iago.  I am not a huge fan of Gilbert Godfried and apparently he is in almost every scene. Sadly, Robin Williams wasn't even voicing the genie in this one, it was the guy who does Homer Simpson's voice, Dan Castellaneta.
  Even if he is a really good voice actor, this was not one of his great voice works.

This involved Jafar coming back and seeing revenge on Aladdin, Jasmine and all the rest. I wasn't a huge fan of this one, but it did start the TV series "Aladdin" what ended it, another sequel.


   "Aladdin and the King of thieves" This was somewhat better. Not because of Robin Williams coming back, but the story seemed to focus more on Aladdin and how he wants to know what happened to his father, who he soon realizes is the new King of Thieves and left his wife and Aladdin to go "treasure hunting" By the end Aladdin joins his father to find what he is searching when all the time he was trying to find him. I guess it was fine. I'd say somewhat better than Return of Jafar, but not great.



   Another one I wanna talk about is "Extremely Goofy Movie" After the first "Goofy Movie" they wanted to make another. This one, I think in my opinion was ok. Not great, but Ok. Max is in College and Goofy has no College degree, so he has to be in the same College his son is in to receive one. Meanwhile, Max and his two friends are in the X-Games and some snooty wannabes are challenging Max to the next game to be the new towel boy. Goofy wants to be a part of Max team but he joins the wannabes who he later finds out are cheating and he has to warn his son.


Some one's I didn't care for or didn't want to see would be:

  Beauty and the Beast Belle's magical world (or tragical world whatever you wanna call it)

 Pocahontas 2 Journey to a new world

Little Mermaid 2 Return to the sea

Cinderella II: Dreams come true
and

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

Those were considered one of the worst of the sequels but one of these sequels I have to think was better than the original and that is:
Cinderella III: A twist in time

   It might not be the best, but it is better than the second sequel.

   One of the evil step sisters, Anastasia (voiced by Tress McNeille) discovers the Fairy Godmother's magic wand and accidentally freezes her. The evil step mother to keep the wand and make everything back to the way it was before the glass slipper and make Anastasia wear it instead. It works and she hypnotizes the prince so he doesn't remember dancing with Cinderella.

   The evil stepmother's plans start to work but soon, with a touch of Cinderella's hand, the prince starts to think maybe Anastasia isn't the right one. Anastasia feels the same way but soon, Cinderella is taken away. Happily, she comes back and tells the king everything going on and what really happened.
  Sadly, Anastasia is replacing Cinderella and Cinderella is cast away. By the end, the truth is told but not by Cinderella, but by Anastasia.

   As I said before, she wanted true love and not as someone else. Everyone deserves true love. This might be why I actually be why I place this (along with Lion King's Simba's pride) as my top Disney Sequel.

   Are Disney Sequel's really bad? Well no. that's really on the viewer to decide. Sometimes they try too hard to please the people that loved the original. It could work, and other times it could bomb. When you get a good sequel you will know it's a good one and not just by the viewers, but how you like it.
       Ciao Bloggers.

what's with the powdered wigs?

  Saw Amadeus yesterday and I was wondering? Throughout history all the great thinkers and writers and historians always had a powered wig on their head when they were doing important things like signing the declaration of the independence or what not.

  I always asked myself...were they ashamed of their own hair or was it something that was obligated?


If was a male in that time period or a female, I doubt I would want to wear a wig, why? I would be uncomfortable first off as well as not to by style. What did their hair look like back then?

Who knows. I read George Washington was a red head and wore a wig most of his presidential life. Guess he never wanted people to know he was a red head.

The powdered wig style went out eventually but was popular at the time of Wolfgang Mozart who sadly died young and the movie Amadeus did an amazing portrait of it.

   F. Murray Abraham portrait Salieri and explained the madness he went through helping Wolfgang Mozart with his music while his went unnoticed. Suddenly going into sudden maddens and explaining to a priest what happened through his life to make him how he is.

   Although it was never as true as it was to life. Salieri and Mozart weren't really enemies and yes Mozart died very young but they never hated each other. They enjoyed the way their music was and how it sounded.
   Not going into madness at the end.
Thomas Hulche did an amazing job as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham had to learn how to play classical music before becoming Salieri.

 And the powdered wigs, was the style of the 17 and 1800's but it seemed not to have lasted long. The women wore powdered wigs yes; however, they also had interesting hair styles.

   There was another style of hair called Frontage hairstyle that was more for women that was popular that did not need powdered wigs, cutting their short and making it look as if they are wearing a wig but they use heavy curlers.

   Hairstyles come and go, but the powered wig style is one that is very known to be glad to be gone for good. If it ever did come back, it would only be for movie roles that took place in the past around that era of the early presidential of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson.
Amadeus was one of them. Bringing back a talented composer Wolfgang Mozart. Thank you. He would be smiling in the skies tonight like he did when it came out in 1984.

Ciao for now bloggers

Are family traditions meaningless?

   Yesterday was Thanksgiving and so many people ate dinner, and watched football or the parade or the dog show (a greyhound won this year)

    Sometimes, traditions can mean more than that. It can mean being with family and spending a lot of time together.
   Traditions are different with family, from cultures or tv shows, sometimes it can be as simple as one person celebrating by themselves.

   Our traditions in Thanksgiving are very different. For some families, they would go visit their spouse or go to a restaurant and eat a turkey, but we, every single year, we are doing the turkey, the stuffing, the green beans, mashed potatoes and carrots.

    We get up early and I used to get hyped up watching the 'what they used to be called Boscov's' but now called Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philly. My cousins and the three boys go there and have fun.
   This year wasn't much of  an amazing show. They had been around for 97 years.

   We used to eat late at night around five or six o'clock but ever since my late aunt passed away, we've been eating a little earlier and we like it.

  

  Some people don't mind eating early so they can digest their food and maybe later have some pie. We are big pie people in the family. I don't like pie. I'd rather a nice slice of cake and this year, we did something different going to Longwood Gardens.

   It was enjoyable.

  But as I was saying does it mean traditions are meaningless if they are changed? Do old traditions die out?

    No it doesn't mean that all. It just means there's something new to desire. A new tradition is born weather it's on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years.

    

      Our Traditions remain a tradition for a reason, to be with family, to be there for one another through hard times and knowing one day won't hurt if you spend it with the ones you really love.

    Traditions are never meaningless. And Christmas, I think they have a special meaning in all our hearts, even it has been becoming more commercial lately and closer as well.

    With Christmas inching around the corner, their traditions are the most special of them all and I'm not going to let any holiday commercials or 'Black Friday' psychos who love to shop right after they eat their turkey. For me family comes first. Holiday traditions will never die for me. Till then enjoy your family traditions no matter what Holiday it is.

Ciao for now Bloggers