Topic of the Week - Sequels: Disney at it's Finest

In some cases, I love sequels and what they bring. They provide the continuation for the story, the characters and the overall direction that we originally love but that of course is not the tale for all sequels in truth. Some sequels are cash grabs or simply hollow copies of what came before and I can't think of a better example than the recently released The Lion King and no not the animated one that was basically perfect and the one everyone loved but the carbon copy one with the only differences being it being CGI and of course the dull performances as well as the poor pace in story and action sequences. Also, we can't forget the cut song numbers that everyone loved. The film did great nevertheless of course because it's Disney and it's The Lion King, however it did poorly in critical acclaim by both critics and fans but of course once Disney sees green in something than that means it's sequel time.

Since the movie made well over a billion dollars, Disney as seen fit to make a sequel or rather a prequel to the well established story that was a bit tarnished by it's CGI counterpart. What I hated about the film is that in every way that they tried to be different from the original they failed or made things worse, never better. Now with the sequel/prequel on the way, I have very little hope for it to be any good. Very few of Disney's CGI reboots have been any good with the recent example of Mulan tanking not only because of the pandemic but because it did what The Lion King did and failed at being different and better than their original counterpart.

Sequels can be great, sometimes we even get the best film in the series as a sequel. Take for example The Dark Knight, The Godfather Part II, Empire Strikes Back, and Spider-Man 2 which showcased how good sequels can be. Sequels can be good and even sometimes reboots but when the process of making the film is solely built on making money off an idea or another film, the film than gets lost and all creativity and love gets tossed out the window and what we are left with is a hollowed out version of what could have been. Like I said, sequels can be great but sadly I don't trust Disney to really hold up their end of the bargain as we all saw what they did with Star Wars and there other sequels/prequels and the countless reboots. How many times is it going to take for us to realize that really all Disney wants is the money in your wallet. This has been the Topic of the Week, thanks for reading. Ricardo Signing Off