Episode 55:
That Fellow In The Coat: A Look Back at Disney's Animated Features (1996-1999) That Fellow In The Coat talks about Disney's work in the late 1990s, including one of their most mature efforts, a continuation of a classic and the start of their downward spiral in quality. In this episode, he discusses The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), Tarzan (1999), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Date And Time: 2011-07-01 09:40:24
Comment: (Yeah, yeah, waited way too long to say this) How is subtlety boring? I'm serious. It almost sounds like your only reason for calling Mulan that is because it's not flat-out obvious with its messages and isn't afraid to have a number of quiet moments to set up a mood without having to tell us what's going on. (Something Disney rarely does) And come on, give Mulan some credit: she's probably the only lead Disney female who ever chooses her own destiny instead of having some kind of magic push her in the right direction. I can respect you not liking the film all that much, but it just sounds like you're looking at it the wrong way. The other films I cannot argue with. I actually fully agree with you on those. (Though I don't think Hercules is bad, just okay)
Name: Ebalance
Date And Time: 2010-10-12 00:07:15
Comment: These movies were all kinda meh... I like Mulan, except for the craziness w/ the huns surviving A FREAKING AVALANCHE!!! Hercules deserves an award for mythological inaccuracy... Prince of Egypt has the weird message that... God is a Jerk? I prefer Joseph, which has a nice message about forgiveness. Tarzan... okay... they made some weird changes though... ironic that the villain is named Clayton... and gorillas as opposed to the "Anthropoid Apes"... well... the music was kinda good... You know I think what happened here is Disney made a string of bad choices regarding stories to adapt... Hercules, Notre Dame, Tarzan... originally all quite dark... I like Fantasia 2000, and I'm glad they made it... I'd like to see more Fantasia-like things... however... it just isn't as good as the original... I think the best parts are "The Firebird" the opening one w/ the butterflies... and the Gershwin one... the weakest one I think is the whale one... it's boring... (I took animation from a semi-reknowned animator who got ripped off by this... he had earlier done a well known animation of whales jumping through starlight... and his is much better, too)
Name: cgsilverscreen2020
Date And Time: 2010-10-08 22:25:27
Comment: hunchback is my favorite animated disney movie
Name: Sara
Date And Time: 2010-09-13 19:34:07
Comment: The Hunchback of Notre Dame was good. Hercules was good. i love Mulan. Tarzan was okay. i love Fantasia 2000!
Name: Isabella
Date And Time: 2010-08-06 11:10:18
Comment: the hunchback of notre dame is my favorite disney film i thought hercules was okay i like mulan i HATE tarzan and i love fantasia 2000
Name: danparkerstudios
Date And Time: 2010-08-05 23:15:09
Comment: Now, I loved The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. They were my childhood favorites. I've watched Tarzan a while ago and I enjoyed it more than the Squeakquel. As for Mulan, I remember one of it's songs a long time ago and I loved it. As for Fantasia 2000, I'll give it a shot.
Name: Grant
Date And Time: 2010-07-14 00:08:41
Comment: I disagree with you on Mulan. It's one of my favorite Disney movies and it's music is definitely one of the best. How can you not like "Be a Man?" That's the manliest song in all of Disney! Plus Mulan is also my favorite Disney Princess (technically she is added as part of the franchise). She;s brave, kicks butt and makes up for her lack of spunk with awesome fighting moves and intellect. She took down the Hun army with an avalanche and survived! How many Disney princesses pull off an awesome stunt like that?
Name: Chris
Date And Time: 2010-07-12 17:18:05
Comment: How The HECK Can Disney Put The Usage Of Hell In A Kid's Film(At Least There's No R Rating)
Name: Neil Dunsmore
Date And Time: 2010-05-17 16:26:17
Comment: Say, I can't remember if you ever went into this, but have you ever seen A Goofy Movie, and if you have, what did you think of it? That Fellow: I have seen it. It's pretty fun, yeah.
Name: robert
Date And Time: 2010-04-26 06:20:07
Comment: were can I found the DVD of Fantasia 2000(that is the only Disney classic I havent seen)? That Fellow: I'm afraid it's currently in the Disney Vault, but Disney is planning to release it on DVD and Blu-Ray this December.
Name: Monty
Date And Time: 2010-04-12 02:34:55
Comment: I hate Mulan and Hercules, why because Mulan just feels like it LACKS that magic touch that disney has as well as hercules. But on the bright side, Tarzan was REALLY GOOD, Hunchback of notre dame was also good, in fact Frollo is one of disney's best villains. I haven't seen fantasia 2000 yet, but I will see it once it is on Blu-ray and Dvd and P.S. I'm chinese and I HATE Mulan.
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2010-03-21 21:07:28
Comment: I am gald you like The Hunchback of Norte Dame as much as i do.I also think that Hellfire is the greatest villian song ever made. I also say this film is up there with all the great disney classics and one of disney's best,even if the gargoyles are not best charecters in the film
Name: Cam
Date And Time: 2010-02-21 21:21:48
Comment: "making Quasi likeable"? That's not the ONLY major change they made, they actually had to MAKE a villain out of Frollo, instead of just a vain priest and they had to make Phoebus a nice character instead of the vain douchebag he was in the story. And I always thought Phill Collins' songs were awesome for Tarzan, but maybe that's because I had that soundtrack on tape and listened to it all the time :/
Name: Robert Larsson
Date And Time: 2010-01-16 09:16:47
Comment: Mulan is actuly a mutch more evolved carachter than Jasmin(witch dont have any personality at all). The Only Disney movie that feels like two hour is Poccahontas and Cinderella. The Gargoyles should be on your Top 11 annoying nostaligik carachters becose they destroy the movie. PS:Hercules was very popular here in sweden.
Name: Andrew Valenkov
Date And Time: 2010-01-03 17:48:09
Comment: Mulan sucks. As a Disney adaptation. And Phil Collins rocks!
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2009-10-03 06:48:18
Comment: I would assume most fans of the films do. Though, I only have Hunchback on DVD.
Name: blockhead293
Date And Time: 2009-10-02 17:47:33
Comment: Dear Mr.Fellow,did you know that i have a vhs release of the hunchback of notre dame?[not the orginal vhs release]
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2009-08-20 20:24:45
Comment: To Gabe: Mark Henn may have animated both characters, but the dismal writing didn't help much in making the character more interesting. And I would have no problem with Hunchback being rated PG. If a perfectly innocent Disney film like Lilo & Stitch can get a PG rating, then I don't see how a film that deals with so many adult themes up-front couldn't have.
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2009-08-20 14:52:10
Comment: however mr fellow mulan does share the same singing voice and animator with jasmine by the way i think if it was'nt for those gargoyles hunchback would have been rated pg tell me what you think of that
Name: ALEX 95
Date And Time: 2009-08-15 18:42:08
Comment: GREAT LOOK BACK. CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE
Name: EHH246
Date And Time: 2009-08-13 22:12:16
Comment: In Ron and John's defense, they did Hercules in order to get to do Treasure Planet, a movie they wanted to do since the 80s.
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Date And Time: 2009-08-13 21:34:52
Comment: I thought Mulan was really good, it had originality to it. She wasn't some perfect enfeminate slut, she was a slightly masculine, hard working girl that didn't give a damn about some prince. Prince of Egypt was extremely well done, but is highly biblicly inacurate! Tarzan was good, the animation is excellent, but it lacks a ceratain touch!
Name: Kristi
Date And Time: 2009-08-13 19:35:46
Comment: While I do agree that Mulan is average, I don't agree that none of the songs are memorable. "Reflection" and "Make a Man Out of You" are very well remembered by many people.