So we can thank Rescuers Down Under for that too. These were pretty much all feculent garbage. Sorry, couldn’t say that with a straight face. These studios, despite not having the resources and experience of the original creators, nevertheless managed to create new and wonderful expansions of the existing works, creating sequels that could stand up and sometimes even surpaaaaahaaahahahahahahaha! Because of this, the business of making sequels was then farmed out to other animation studios. Secondly, this was the first narrative sequel in the Disney canon, and the last until Winnie the Pooh in 2011. The success of Little Mermaid caused that, sure, but so did the failure of Rescuers Down Under. But in the twenty-five years since Little Mermaid there have been seven princess movies. In the sixty odd years prior to Little Mermaid, there were a grand total of three princess movies, compared to fifteen that focused on talking animals. People often forget this, but the princess movies are very much a minority in the canon. Firstly, there’s the fact that its failure pretty much ended the talking animal-centric Disney movie until Dinosaur a decade later, and paved the way for the total dominance of the Disney princess movies. But make no mistake, this is an influential movie. That one.” and ask you coldly not to raise the matter again. It’s certainly not like they disavow its existence like The Black Cauldron or Song of the South. But you get the feeling that if you mentioned this movie to someone in Disney they’d be like “Oh yeah. But Disney have always seemed to smell red-headed stepchild on this one. Maybe? It got decent enough reviews, and I think it’s probably safe to say that it’s more well-regarded now than its prequel, which was one of the most successful animated movies of all time. Might it have become a hit if they’d waited and let word of mouth spread? I dunno. Jeffrey Katzenberg famously pulled all the advertising after it had a less successful than expected opening weekend. On its release, The Rescuers Down Under was a flop, although it may have been a self-inflicted one. And if you’re looking for a culprit as to why the Disney movies of the Renaissance Era are utterly totally bound with steel hoops and unbreakable adamantium chains to slightly reliant on formula, this is your reason. Yeah, this movie is not what people were looking for.
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