Postby GeorgeC » October 13th, 2009, 12:35 am
What?
You guys had no faith anything good could be done with Mickey in the modern age?
None of you have seen "Runaway Brain" (1995)?
If you get the right talent and they choose to use Mickey with the right attitude, he can be an engaging character.
The problem is the mentality of Disney executives is stuck in the 1950s with the classic Disney characters instead of looking to the zenith of their theatrical careers in the 1930s (Mickey) and 1940s (Donald, Goofy)!
Likewise, the same is true with the Warner Bros' Looney Tunes characters, too. The last decent theatrical shorts with those characters were made in the early 1990s and have been suppressed or locked away except for the occasional showing during June Bugs (whichever channel they choose to show it on if they even bother with the event anymore).
Get the right people and stay out of their way and good things can still be done with these characters. Get too many managers and micromanaging by marketing then you'll get films like Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, or TV shows like Mickey's Clubhouse which reduce the characters to the level of Tele-Tubbies and Barney the Dinosaur.