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The THIRD Aladdin movie is EXCELLENT, I attribute much of this to the presence of Robin Williams over Homer Simpson.
Cinderella III was decent,above average. The Lion King sequels were superb. Aladdin:Return Of Jafar,top-notch Return to Neverland: The best of 'em all
This is in contrast to just about everything else but especially Lady And The Tramp II,Cinderella II,Mulan II,and Atlantis II
Return of Jafar was good if you ignored the god awful animation QUALITY.
I liked Prince of Thieves too, although it wasn't the godsend some fans seem to think it is.
All the Lilo And Stitch sequels are decent, although that franchise lends itself better to sequels to begin with.
Lady and the Tramp II wasn't half bad either.
Atlantis II is a Guilty Pleasure of mine.
Lion King 3 was a riot. Part 2 was So Normal Its Average.
The worst ones have to be the Cinderella sequels and Hunchback of Notre Dame II.
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My favorites:
Lion King II/ Lion king 1/2
Aladdin II
Jungle Book II (Yes...I liked that one....)
Cinderella III
Rescuers down under
Least Favorites:
Hunchback of Notre dame II
Brother bear II
Little Mermaid II/III (Although I didn't find the latter too bad)
And that's about it.
edited 3rd Oct '11 12:37:07 PM by Masterofchaos
Hey, Jungle Book 2 at least had some catchy songs.
Jungle Book 2 wasn't awful, it was just rather meh. It was basically a lower quality semi remake of the original.
I admit most of Disney's Winnie The Pooh stuff is done rather well. It seems one of the few franchises that writers have a consistant understanding and respect of it's universe. Even some of the feature length holiday specials like Springtime For Roo have some rather funny moments and entertaining character chemistry, as well as some ingenius musical numbers.
"Sniffity sniff, whistley wheeze, Here it comes, a great big sneeze..."
Bambi II was also rather decent, and did a decent job trying to humanize the cast. Granted it was intended to be a theatrical film originally (and was in certain areas such as Europe).
It wasn't absolutely terrible, but... well...
Basically.
A bit of irritating Character Exaggeration, a couple additional personalities (did they have to make Shanti quite like that?), and the addition of John Goodman (note to filmmakers: John Goodman should not be the go to person to play any character who is fat and jolly. Please, stop giving him roles he probably shouldn't have - I could've gone my whole life without hearing him try to sing Bear Necessities, thanks).
Tony Jay as Shere Khan is the one part of that movie that I can absolutely say was good without at least one thing that bothered me. Everything else I liked about that movie had at least something that irked me.
As it is, I don't dislike it, but I don't think it's a good movie, really...
edited 4th Oct '11 9:07:46 AM by KnownUnknown
Uh John Goodman was Sully from Monsters Inc, and Sully is about as fat and jolly as it gets,.... when he isn't doing his job that is.
Also Little Mermaid II really wasn't that bad,...if anything it was the original with a reversal of ideas going from a mermaid who wanted to be with human,to a human who wanted to be in the sea. Truthfully I find to it to be So Okay, It's Average like the original
edited 4th Oct '11 10:52:25 AM by terlwyth
It may have been a quick go to since Baloo's initial replacement VA (Ed Gilbert) had recently passed away. I've heard Corey Burton and Steve Curtis Chapman have also voiced him since then, though I don't know if they sound any better. I think Goodman was okay, he didn't quite replicate the character, but he had enough similarities to not make it too unfitting.
Tony Jay was good, I just wished they hadn't taken all the charm out of Shere Khan's character in the sequel. In the original he was highly whimsical and affable, making him steal the show throughout his rather brief role. In the sequel they try to replicate his super sinister Tale Spin incarnate, albeit with none of the lawful complexities that made that interpretation interesting.
I admit Shanti just seemed like a generic Excuse Me Princess type, a stark contrast to what we saw of her in her brief role in the original.
A lot of interesting Jungle Book stuff has came from Disney (Tale Spin, Jungle Cubs, the live action film, which had more innovative sequels that borrowed a teensy bit more from the books), the sequel itself actually seemed the dullest revival of it.
edited 4th Oct '11 4:24:18 PM by Psi001
I actually thought Mulan II and Cinderella III updated the characters very well. Shang wasn't a boring general anymore and actually improved their romance rather than "WE WORK TOGETHER, NOW FALL IN LOVE!", and the prince and Cinderella actually made them work their love rather than given.
Aladdin and Lion King sequels were top notch. Stitch is pretty good (and sets up for the TV series) as well as the finale movie, but Lilo and Stitch II was just a boring re-tread of the movie.
Lady and the Tramp II and Fox and the Hound II were crap.
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Disney DTV sequels I've watched, in descending order of preference:
Those are the only I can think of that I'm both sure I've watched and am sure are Disney DTV sequels. I've also watched The Rescuers Down Under and Fantasia2000 (don't remember the latter that well though) but I don't think either of them were DTV. "The Daily Show has to be right 100% of the time; FOX News only has to be right once." - Jon Stewart
I tried to watch the Lion King 2. It was pretty mediocre (which in Disney sequel terms = decent) until it got to that awful musical number where the mandrill initiates that stupid love song when the two lions float down the river, at which point I declared "fuck this" and decided to watch something less painful, like 2 girls 1 cup.
They never travel alone.
Except that wasn't DTV.
I thought The Lion King II was decent. 1.5 is So Okay, It's Average in my eyes.
Out of the Lilo & Stitch sequels, the only one I think is any good is Stitch Has a Glitch. I used to like the TV series and the movies that sandwiched it, but now they just bug me for whatever reason.
None of the other sequels I've seen left enough of an impact for me to even remember how much I liked them when I was younger, except the abomination known as Cinderella II.
I put on my robe and tinfoil hat...

That's because he's voiced by the lovely Tim Curry (Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Nigel Thornberry).
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