Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26261400-20160803213132/@comment-1916997-20160804042515

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I didn't really see it as a problem, because there were a ton of Disney elements in Season 1. People always seem to forget that. I doubt that. It was more of Disney elements and iconography vs Direct Disney insertion. There is a clear difference, at least to me as the observant viewer.

Snow humming a merry tune to a bird, doing chores, and staying with dwarves is nodding at Disney, subtly and beautifully. Disney's created Elsa talking about how the cold never bothered her with the blue icy dress and static sister and in law and exact copies of things.......hmmm, parody or stealing? XD

I agree that at least at first it didn't seem to be an issue as even I sort of grew on board awaiting for season 4, but it took me out, as an online fan who reads the interviews (so not so common), and see Adam and Eddy explain how they won't do what the show was founded upon but a direct (mostly) complete transfer into the show.

They toned it down in season 5, but it leads to ridiculous questions like---Why does Hades' hair burst into flames? The only answer has to be "Because...Disney". They offered no reason, provided no backstory, and no purpose besides him doing it every episode or no apparent reason.

Given the track record, it's hard to give in to the hype. Aladdin and Jafar are the Disney coming. Jafar was totally fine, so they can either maintain or just go down because there's not much they can improve upon. Aladdin looks to be promising too. However, I thought the same for Hades. I thought the same for the Queens of Darkness. Sort of boils down to another more pressing issue: insufficent payoff. I get the point, but it was a little more heavy handed, even in season one, then you are implying. Almost all the characters in Season 1 wore at least one outfit that was referencing their Disney outfits. Furthurmore, almost all characters that are unnamed in the original story, took their Disney names: Grumpy, Doc, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Bashful, Dopey, Maleficent, Jiminy, Monstro, Blue Fairy, Belle, Maurice, Gaston, etc. References to the Disney movies were made with songs and things only found in the Disney versions (like the Chipped Cup). See my point?