In 2007, DisneyToon studios produced and released the first
film in a planned line of films centered around the Disney princesses. Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your
Dreams featured stories about Princesses Aurora and Jasmine and starred
Erin Torpey, Linda Larkin, Corey Burton, Gilbert Gottfried, Barbara Dirikson,
and Jeff Bennett.
The first story, Keys
to the Kingdom, King Stefan (Burton) and King Hubert (Bennett) leaving for
a royal conference leaving Princess Aurora (Torpey) to reign in their absence.
The second, More than
a Peacock Princess has Jasmine (Larkin) tired and bored of her usual
duties. So she seeks more responsibility.
Rumor has it that this film is what caused John Lasseter to
cease production of all the sequels DisneyToon was working on. This is the film
that prompted an entire reworking of the studio. And for good reason, because
this is the most pointless piece of fiction I have ever seen. The worst thing I
have ever watched. And I’ve seen most of Elf.
There’s two stories that are introduced with the princesses
telling the toddlers watching the video that they’re about to see something
that taxed them, but they followed their hearts and everything worked out in
the end. I may not be part of the demographics targeted for the film, but I
figure even the target demographic would be rolling their eyes.
If I’m correct in understanding the second law of thermodynamics,
then everything produced is driving the universe towards entropy and total
chaos. Which means that this film contributed towards the complete unraveling
of the universe. And while everything does, this was a complete waste of a
contribution.
The music’s ok, and was even nominated for a no-name award.
But that’s just a thin veneer on trying to make something so skull crushingly
pointless even marketable.
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