What’s going on here?Īt its core, An Extremely Goofy Movie is a reform against the American capitalistic system, one that rewards those fortunate enough to attend higher education and punishes those that are not. Because of this, Disney didn’t have to shell out the big bucks to bring a major celebrity back into the fold, as they did with the Lion King and Aladdin sequels. Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings, et al were verified company players by 1995 surely the list of Disney cartoons in which they don’t participate is much shorter than the ones in which they do. (Yes, I know Pauly Shore is in the film). The main difference between the original film and other Disney films of the era is that Goofy doesn’t feature any A-list voice talent. Neither could this sequel have been very expensive to make. And let’s face it: An X Games subplot in The Hunchback of Notre Dame or Tarzan would’ve just been weird. Given that ESPN and the X Games were at the height of their popularity in the late 1990s, Disney surely had to show off its shiny new toy. Call it a low-risk, low-reward experiment.īetween the release of the original film and An Extremely Goofy Movie, Disney had purchased ABC, which owned the sports channel ESPN. The phenomenon sorta worked in 1995 with A Goofy Movie, as the film ultimately turned a profit the Disney brass likely didn’t expect a breakthrough similar to Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast. There will always be die-hard Disney fans who will see any piece of intellectual property the company puts forward, whether it’s an original film or a new story revolving around one of its OG characters. Is there any artistic merit to be found? Or was each film mostly conceived as an excuse to print more money? Join me as we search for the answers from the wonderful world of Di$ney. Each week, we’ll look at the House of Mouse’s various sequels, prequels, spin-offs and various misadventures relegated from the silver screen to the small screen. After breaking the mold in 1934, Disney has never shied away from creative marketing and release strategies to wring every last dollar out of its most beloved pieces of intellectual property. Few companies throughout the history of the world have been so shameless in their pursuit of the almighty dollar as the Walt Disney Company.
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