Waiting for Disney to die

This morning I discovered that the dedicated Star Wars fans of the world will have to suffer through not one, not two, but THREE Disney attempts to make a good thing theirs. I'm sure you're thinking, wait a minute, Kait, how do you know it will be that bad? How do I know, dear reader? Because history repeats itself...itself...itself...

Let me give you a timeline. Disney's first remake was Snow White. Was is good? Yes. Did it stay true to the original? Absolutely not. I'm not saying the original was better(it's gruesome), I'm just giving the facts. This happens with every fairy tale Disney remakes. Most of them are good, but they are not the original tales, they are Disney "happily ever after" remakes.

Next we have the stuff Disney invented itself. It fares much better with this. The trend I see with this, though, is almost all of them are partnerships with PIXAR. Here's the list: Finding Nemo. Brave. Monsters Inc. Toy Story 1 to 3. A Bug's Life(not sure if that one was very good).  Cars 1 and 2. Up. Wall E. Ratatouille. The Incredibles.

Have you noticed the trend? Can you think of any other good movies made by Disney, without Pixar, and not remade from a book? Did I hear you say 101 Dalmations? Sorry, that was a book. Disney really screwed that one up, too. Did you say Mary Poppins? That's actually a series of really great books. Sadly, the movie bears very little resemblance to those books.

Surely the next thing coming to your mind is Oz the Great and Powerful. Now, poor Frank Baum is probably turning in his grave right now. The people at Disney COULD have read the OTHER 6 books in the Oz series, found the REAL backstory, and made that into a movie. But NO! They blatantly ignore the fact there is a real backstory, and go ahead and invent one that's so bad it's SICKENING!

Therefore, it does not bode well for Star Wars. I think I may just hide under my bed and try to ignore the screams of pain coming from the nearest movie theatre when the first new movie comes out. I feel very, very sorry for you if you live within twenty feet of a movie theatre. Then again, you're probably used to it.