# Disney Classics with Sequels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306 "2008-07-13T04:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/1 "2008-07-13T04:54:25Z")
So I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Disney sequel. No Cinderella 2 or Aladdin: Return of Jafar or any of them. Are any of them any good? I’m going through lots and lots of movies with my daughter now, and it’s so fun to watch her enjoy the classics as well as the new stuff. I’m just wondering if it’s worth my time to get Little Mermaid 2 or whatever. Anyone have opinions? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/2 "2008-07-13T05:58:08Z")
I like _Aladdin and the King of Thieves_, and _Bambi II_ (which was originally going to be called _Bambi: Prince of the Forest_, which is a much better title and I am annoyed they changed it) , and _Lilo and Stitch: Stitch has a Glitch_, and _Lion King 1½_ and thought they were really a lot better than you might expect, though not near as good as the originals. I’ve seen a few others that I didn’t like, and there are many more I have never seen. But they’re aimed squarely at kids, rather than families, so they should appeal to the under-8s if not the adults. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/3 "2008-07-13T06:28:46Z")
Please do yourself a favor and avoid Return of Jafar. It’s a real stinker. I haven’t seen most of the Disney sequels, by choice. There have to be better movies to waste time on. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/4 "2008-07-13T08:27:06Z")
If you’ll count Toy Story as a Disney Classic (it’s not much newer than Aladdin, after all, but it is Pixar) then it has a fine sequel. The Rescuers Down Under is arguably a better Disney film than The Rescuers. I say better Disney film, not better film, because The Rescuers’ biggest problem is that it’s not quite “on” tonally as a Disney kid’s movie- it’s scary, harsher, and more realistically brutal than The Rescuers Down Under. I like both, and the book they’re based on (which is almost completely different; the only real similarities are the existence of Miss Bianca, Bernand, and the Rescue Aid Society.) I can’t remember Aladdin and the King of Thieves (the threequel of the Aladdin set) at all- only watched it once, I think- but I was recently reminded Jerry Orbach sings a good villain song in it, so it’s worth watching for that if you like Orbach. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/5 "2008-07-13T13:33:57Z")
I sort-of watched a straight-to-video Disney sequel a few months back. I was waiting for my car at the shop and they had Cinderella 3 playing in the waiting room. I was there long enough to sit through the whole movie and it really wasn’t too bad. I had brought the newspaper & a book (I had known I would be waiting for a while), so I didn’t pay super-close attention to the whole thing, but eough to follow the story and my kids would probably have quite enjoyed it when they were little. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/6 "2008-07-13T13:50:24Z")
My kids have seen Cinderella 2 and 3 at friends’ houses. As far as I could see 2 was pretty awful, and 3 was not terrible. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/7 "2008-07-13T17:22:50Z")
I’ve seen about 75% of the Disney sequels. They just make me sad and angry that Disney is willing to put out crappy sequels (and prequels and movie-based cartoons) just to earn more money. The only one I actually enjoyed was Toy Story 2. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/8 "2008-07-13T19:18:49Z")
[List of DTV Disney sequels and/or DTV originals](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_direct-to-video_films). Thankfully, Lasseter’s putting an end to them. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/9 "2008-07-14T01:53:09Z")
I guess neither of them are Disney movies, but the _Balto_ sequel and _Fieval Goes West_ were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/10 "2008-07-14T01:59:25Z")
[QUOTE=Leiko] If you’ll count Toy Story as a Disney Classic (it’s not much newer than Aladdin, after all, but it is Pixar) then it has a fine sequel. [/QUOTE] Indeed. _Toy Story 2_ was originally meant to be released direct to DVD, but it turned out so well, it went to the theaters instead – how rare is that? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/11 "2008-07-14T02:07:08Z")
Didn’t Eisner have the TV animation department making the straight-to-video sequels? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/12 "2008-07-14T02:12:56Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Didn’t Eisner have the TV animation department making the straight-to-video sequels? [/QUOTE] He did have outside animation studios do them, at least. Theere may have been crossover with the TV branch. There was a studio in Sydney that did a few of the DVD films. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-classics-with-sequels/456306/13 "2008-07-14T02:24:03Z")
Most of the DTV movies were done by DisneyToon Studios in Australia, although a few were done by the TV animation department.