amp316 said:
Let's take a look at a list of a very large film company's sci-fi films. Let's take a look at Disney's sci-fi films:
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea -1954 (I guess this is okay for a 1954 movie.)
Babes In Toyland - 1961 (The visuals in this are great if you're a color blind cyclops on acid.)
Blackbeard's Ghost - 1968 (It has Peter Ustinov, and pirates, and lameness.)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks - 1971 (Mary Freakin' Poppins was better than this!)
Pete's Dragon - 1977 (Puff, The Magic Dragon is better.)
The Black Hole - 1979 (This one's actually pretty entertaining for it's excellent soundtrack and extremely outdated special effects if you can find it on TMC at 3:45 A.M.)
Tron - 1982 (This one I actually like. It's sequel isn't as good.)
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids - 1986 (The first in a trilogy which Rick Moranis refers to as "Honey, I Shrunk My Career.")
So there you go. There's a definitive list of the science fiction films that Disney has made. When you look at it, it doesn't look like Mr. Lucas did a very bad job at all, does it? I hope that you guys are happy that you are getting what you're asking for and that's a company that made The Cat From Outer Space in charge of making the next Star Wars trilogy. When the next trilogy stinks, remember that this is what you wanted.
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Let's look at the movies from your list I've seen and put them into correct genre perspective:
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea -1954 => a minor scifi classic; decent as scifi movie, mediocre as Jules Verne adaption
The Black Hole - 1979 => good and dark scifi movie with excellent score and good effects, huge flop; I like it, but it had no chance against Star Wars 2 which came a year later and was eagerly anticipated by the world's first movie franchise fanbase
Tron - 1982 => today a scifi cult classic, visually visionary, flopped; I love it, but again: had no chance against Star Wars 3 which came a year later
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids - 1986 => nice scifi family movie, did the job, entertained quite a few people, was successful for an 80s Disney movie
Babes In Toyland - 1961 => not scifi, a family fantasy movie
Blackbeard's Ghost - 1968 => same
Bedknobs and Broomsticks - 1971 => not scifi, a family fantasy/animation movie
Pete's Dragon - 1977 => same
I'm not sure what you wanted to prove with ths list anyway, but don't underestimate Disney's current CEO Robert Iger. I think he knows what he does, or at least he seems to me. I'm not sure if I'll like everything he'll greenlight, but at least the two latest important Disney animation movies were very good (The Princess and the Frog) and brilliant, respectively (Tangled - despite it's ridiculous unisex-attempt-title and despite its obscene budget it's one of the best Disney movies in decades imo).
