The Hunchback of Notre Dame

It had the show, I guess? I never liked any of Disney’s spin-off shows as a kid. I’m slowly making my way through all the Disney sequels, and I’d say I’ve seen half of them, not counting Hunchback of Notre Dame II.

Exactly. It’s like they were guilty over the first one or something. :confused: Interesting, because it’s like the only Disney movie that really tries to be serious.

Yep. I heard that they wanted to make the sequel more kid friendly as possible. Good decision since the first one was so dark, it’s one of the last movies that comes to mind as a Disney family film.

But, that’s why I like it. It’s not vulgar or offensive, but it’s not for kids. 8D

And that’s why I like it to. :smiley:

Yeah, bu so did others. And Resculers is already a sequel. So Hercules is the only one without one.

Rescuers is the only one with an official sequel, isn’t that curious?

And I don’t think the first one was the most praised Dsiney movie. That is kinda odd.

I don’t find it odd that it’s not the most praised out of them all, because after all there are 51, but it got reasonable praise.

While most people on this site dislike it, it holds very good critics scores.

I don’t even know if you would count Winnie the Pooh or Fantasia 2000, but yeah. Sort of an odd choice, but I’m guessing it had something to do with the quality of the story concept compared to other sequel ideas. Also, at the time there weren’t any movies released in the previous ~15 years that had a strong fanbase (TLM doesn’t count), so I guess it’s not that strange.

Yes, I don’t count Fantasia 2000 as a sequel because both of them are more of a compilation of short films, and there’s nothing to pick up after the first. Winnie the Pooh can be a sequel, or a reboot, or anything and it really doesn’t matter. It certainly doesn’t follows the story of the first one, but it doesn’t contradicts it either. I don’t usually count it either.

And yes, I think it’s odd because people tend to ignored both Rescuers films nowadays, but I also think it’s a logical move because the plot is very open to keep going, and we shouldn’t forget that the original was a box office hit back in the day.

I’m surprised Snow White dosn’t have a sequel.

^^I’d like to think this is the case because Eisner and co. had just enough integrity left that they didn’t want to touch Walt’s first film, but I doubt it 8D maybe they were working backwards and just didn’t get around to Snow?

Well, Hunchback isn’t a family film in the sense that you’d want to have Granny watch the old religious man sing about people burning in hell, but I watched Hunchback a fair amount as a kid, and it didn’t scare me like Bambi or the forest scene in Snow White. It wasn’t my favorite Disney film, but I did enjoy it and understood the stuff about prejudice and welcoming outsiders, even if I didn’t get some of the more complicated themes. There are enough upbeat songs and lighter material that it’s manageable for kids. I think it’s somewhat kid-friendly, it’s just very different from most animated films. Maybe it seems so much darker because it goes so very far off the beaten Disney path of princesses and magic. I actually love that Hunchback didn’t dumb anything down for children. That’s one of the things I like best about Pixar, too- they don’t pander to what they think kids will like. They know that children are smart enough to understand what goes on and they just focus on making good films. But I see what you mean- films marketed to families can’t always be like this, you do need ones without all of these heavy themes, too.

If they made a sequel do it, Walt Disney would come out of his grave and talk some since into them.

That would be horrible. A sequel to Snow White? To me, that would be the animated equivelant to going back in the 80’s when they made Scarlett, a sequel to Gone With the Wind. I think it’s just disrespectful.

I agree. I would never want or see a sequel to Snow White.

I think most of the older classic don’t have sequels.

Yeah, for the most part it’s the renaissance films that have sequels, shows and spin offs, for obvious reasons.

Yes. Cinderella is one exception.

I kept forgetting this fun little fact for a couple weeks now. Topsey Turvey Day was back on January 6th.