New Disney Lineup For 2012

It was just announced that Disney would be bringing out a wide variety of new cartoons between now and next year. For years critics and some jaded Disney fans have concluded that the company isn't doing what it should be doing as far as bringing out Quality entertainment. Goofy teen shows aside, the problem lies in The Straw Man Argument of WHAT WOULD WALT DO.

Since The Main Head Honcho isn't here to make the decision most fans are under the assumption that Walt had all the answers. He was only human and  did make mistakes from time to time even if he would never admit it to anyone other than his brother, Roy who had even greater doubts than him. But Uncle Walt was a risk taker as much as he was a believer in dreams. And as almost everyone knows it takes more than wishing on a falling star to make things happen.

In recent years their company has done some very risky things as far movies are concerned. They brought us a Princess who didn't start out as one in The Princess And The Frog but were criticized for not involving Alan Menken who wrote songs for the film, They experimented with a CGI animation with Tangled that did have his songs but again the reverse was true because some felt it shouldn't have been computer generated. And yet they failed to bring that same kind of magic to Mars Needs Moms by Robert Zemeckis who if I remember correctly did work for The Polar Express. He had intended to do a CGI remake of The Beatles Yellow Submarine which thankfully fell through.

In The TV Animation area they bring us Ducktales in The 80s then House Of Mouse in 2007 or thereabouts then drop the ball by reducing Mickey to doing shows for 5 years olds which would be fine IF he and the other Disney toon characters weren't reduce to being Babysitters.  

Now according to an LA Times article Disney's Animation Studios plans to raise up their ammunition with more toons with bite to them with other creators such as Craig McCracken who was given the boot by Cartoon Network as well as others from Nickelodeon. Marvel has gotten into the act to compete with DC Nation. It's GOOD to see Disney getting back in The TV Animation again.

However the issue still remains with the core franchise. What's being done for Oswald The Lucky Rabbit outside of The Epic Mickey video game and the merchandise only in Japan? Is that all he's good for? It was believed that Craig could've been the one bring him and Mickey into a show but that's been thrown out the window since he's working on a toon called Wander From Beyonder.

We can only hope his 85th birthday will bring us good things and with it new cartoons or a new series.