Alolan_Apples
“Assorted” Collector
Wow, I have been a member for two months now, and I'm 30 away from getting the 100 entry mark. It's true that I had a few troubles on this site, but I am forgiving it all. I've also been generous. I voluntarily helped four users get what they want or something else without asking for anything in return. But throughout the entire time, I haven't went a single day without blogging. I've been blogging since the very beginning. And throughout the entire time I was on, Bell Tree Forums had the fall background. I hear that it changes seasonally, but I've been used to the fall background since I was only a member in the fall time.
The majority of my blog on Bell Tree Forums is Animal Crossing related. The fourth entries out of every five entries were strictly AC related, as I never had an AC related entry on the first entries out of every five entries. My entries relating to the town, the ideas for the next Animal Crossing game, and other weird stuff relating to Animal Crossing all made my blog interesting. But I like talking about other stuff too, and Disney is one of them.
This is my first Disney-related entry in 50 entries. Originally, I was going to write a Disney-related entry as my 30th entry, but it was the month of Halloween, so I focused more on Halloween. I also had to share my political beliefs since it was close to the election. So I'm back on the Disney subject. It's two days away from the 25th Anniversary of The Little Mermaid, Disney's 28th animated feature and the first movie of the Disney Renaissance. So now is the good time to talk about this.
Walt Disney Animation Studios now has 54 movies, from Snow White to Big Hero 6, with Oliver & Company and The Little Mermaid being in the middle. Although there are no official eras, fans of Disney have been dividing WDAS into eras, more particularly 7 eras. The eras are based on the quality of the films and impact it has done. Also, the Disney Renaissance is the only era that is widely accepted, despite Disney not accepting the eras. Maybe they should have a "Disney Renaissance Festival" in their amusement parks, featuring the 10 animated films made at the time.
In my opinion, I have divided Disney into 5 eras, each having two sub-eras. There is the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Dark Era, the Disney Renaissance, and the Modern Era.
The Golden Age is divided into two eras: The Early Classical Era and the Package Film Era. Both eras have all but one film being released in the 40's as they mark some of the earliest films of this media giant.
Early Classical Era:
The first five films of this studio are part of the Early Classical Era. Films produced around this time are Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. All five of these are classics and are the ones that started it all. The Great Depression was a hard time. Same with World War II, but these five movies were produced around this time. Even if they didn't do well at the time, they are still classics that will never be forgotten.
Package Film Era:
WDAS had its potential at first, and then it started not doing too well. During the majority of the 1940's, Walt Disney was on a tight budget with a few staff members. With a bunch of animators and some people who can watch drafted to war, international markets shut down, and government wanting Disney to make propaganda films, they only had films composed of shorts, and the quality of these 6 films are very low. The last film has actually saved WDAS as they were able to make full-length feature films again.
The Silver Age is divided into two eras: The Central Classical Era and the Transition Era. Both eras have films released in the 1950's and 1960's and are the last 8 films made by Walt Disney before his death. It's like the good times would never end, as all of these are still classics.
Central Classical Era:
In the 1950's, Walt Disney made five films, which are Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty. Some were success, and even the ones that failed are classics and are part of pop culture. Disneyland had a Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disney World has a Cinderella Castle, and Alice in Wonderland had a sequel 59 years later.
Transition Era:
These three films are the first three to use more modern technology, and the last three produced before Walt Disney's death. As they're the last movies to be made before Walt's demise, they were a change between two eras.
After Walt Disney has died, WDAS started to go downhill. For 19 years, there was a drought in quality. For 19 years, the media giant is asleep. For 19 years, there was a change in management, and the 8 films produced around the Space Age and Computer Age (1970's and 1980's) did not do as well as the earlier films. The two eras of this time were the Late Classical Era and the Swing Era.
Late Classical Era:
After Walt Disney's death, the classics part of the Disney canon still continued, but I only consider five films after his death as classical. He did work on some of these, but they were mostly made after his death. However, these five films were worked on by the Nine Old Men, but they didn't do well since there was a change in management. When the Fox and the Hound came out, it was it. The classical era was over.
Swing Era:
After the Late Classical Era, WDAS was looking grim. These three films (The Black Cauldron, the Great Mouse Detective, and Oliver & Company) were doing even worse than the other three. The first one was a failure. Not only a commercial failure, but a failure that nearly broke off the animation branch. Not to mention, all three of these films were in a rivalry with other animation film studios, and have lost. The Dark Era was mostly called that because of the impact it has caused, which was very small.
After the 19-year age of darkness, there was an era where Disney was at their best. These 10 films (with the exception of one) produced at this time were high quality compared to the 27 films before and the WDAS films that were in theaters during the 21st Century. Films made around this time were primarily musicals where the songs tell the story rather than act as bonuses like the earlier films. And all of the movies (with the exception of one) got nominated for at least one Oscar. And for the first time, no WDAS movie produced at this time were box office bombs, even though the non-Disney counterparts were mainly commercial and critical failures. The Second Golden Age and Second Silver Age are the two sub-eras of this era.
Second Golden Age:
The first half of the Disney Renaissance was Disney at their best, and they have not been beaten since then. The second half didn't do as well, but that's only because the first half had four big hits that did better than the best of Disney's Classics. The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Lion King are not only the best of the Disney Renaissance, but they will never be forgotten for a long time. The only movie that didn't do as well was the least successful of the Disney Renaissane, and it was sandwiched between The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
Second Silver Age:
The second half of the Disney Renaissance was still Disney at their best, but not as well performing as the first half. Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan, just like the four big hits, are animated musicals with original scores. They may not be as successful, but they were still major successes.
After the Disney Renaissance, WDAS had a mixed era. Films have transitioned in many different styles. Despite creativity and plot issues being the only problems in some of the films, technology has developed far enough where animation and sound effects are high quality. Just like the other four eras, there are two sub-eras of this era.
Second Dark Era:
The first era after the Disney Renaissance was Disney at their worst. After the Renaissance, they started going downhill. In my opinion, the Emperor's New Groove and Lilo and Stitch (and maybe Brother Bear) proved it wrong, but the other films did prove that these films are Disney at their worst. With a lack of creativity and less appeal to anyone over the age of 12, these movies ranked lower than the other films made by the same studio.
Revival Era:
After the 11 films of Disney at their worst, they have rebounded, making normal films again. They are primarily 3-D animated films like the mainstream media, as they are the most modern films of Disney. Frozen, Big Hero 6, and Wreck-it-Ralph are the most recent films, and are part of this era.
That's enough Disney talk on the StarFall Press for a while. You are free to comment as you wish.
The majority of my blog on Bell Tree Forums is Animal Crossing related. The fourth entries out of every five entries were strictly AC related, as I never had an AC related entry on the first entries out of every five entries. My entries relating to the town, the ideas for the next Animal Crossing game, and other weird stuff relating to Animal Crossing all made my blog interesting. But I like talking about other stuff too, and Disney is one of them.
The Eras of Disney:
This is my first Disney-related entry in 50 entries. Originally, I was going to write a Disney-related entry as my 30th entry, but it was the month of Halloween, so I focused more on Halloween. I also had to share my political beliefs since it was close to the election. So I'm back on the Disney subject. It's two days away from the 25th Anniversary of The Little Mermaid, Disney's 28th animated feature and the first movie of the Disney Renaissance. So now is the good time to talk about this.
Walt Disney Animation Studios now has 54 movies, from Snow White to Big Hero 6, with Oliver & Company and The Little Mermaid being in the middle. Although there are no official eras, fans of Disney have been dividing WDAS into eras, more particularly 7 eras. The eras are based on the quality of the films and impact it has done. Also, the Disney Renaissance is the only era that is widely accepted, despite Disney not accepting the eras. Maybe they should have a "Disney Renaissance Festival" in their amusement parks, featuring the 10 animated films made at the time.
In my opinion, I have divided Disney into 5 eras, each having two sub-eras. There is the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Dark Era, the Disney Renaissance, and the Modern Era.
The Golden Age:
The Golden Age is divided into two eras: The Early Classical Era and the Package Film Era. Both eras have all but one film being released in the 40's as they mark some of the earliest films of this media giant.
Early Classical Era:
The first five films of this studio are part of the Early Classical Era. Films produced around this time are Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. All five of these are classics and are the ones that started it all. The Great Depression was a hard time. Same with World War II, but these five movies were produced around this time. Even if they didn't do well at the time, they are still classics that will never be forgotten.
Package Film Era:
WDAS had its potential at first, and then it started not doing too well. During the majority of the 1940's, Walt Disney was on a tight budget with a few staff members. With a bunch of animators and some people who can watch drafted to war, international markets shut down, and government wanting Disney to make propaganda films, they only had films composed of shorts, and the quality of these 6 films are very low. The last film has actually saved WDAS as they were able to make full-length feature films again.
The Silver Age:
The Silver Age is divided into two eras: The Central Classical Era and the Transition Era. Both eras have films released in the 1950's and 1960's and are the last 8 films made by Walt Disney before his death. It's like the good times would never end, as all of these are still classics.
Central Classical Era:
In the 1950's, Walt Disney made five films, which are Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty. Some were success, and even the ones that failed are classics and are part of pop culture. Disneyland had a Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disney World has a Cinderella Castle, and Alice in Wonderland had a sequel 59 years later.
Transition Era:
These three films are the first three to use more modern technology, and the last three produced before Walt Disney's death. As they're the last movies to be made before Walt's demise, they were a change between two eras.
The Dark Era:
After Walt Disney has died, WDAS started to go downhill. For 19 years, there was a drought in quality. For 19 years, the media giant is asleep. For 19 years, there was a change in management, and the 8 films produced around the Space Age and Computer Age (1970's and 1980's) did not do as well as the earlier films. The two eras of this time were the Late Classical Era and the Swing Era.
Late Classical Era:
After Walt Disney's death, the classics part of the Disney canon still continued, but I only consider five films after his death as classical. He did work on some of these, but they were mostly made after his death. However, these five films were worked on by the Nine Old Men, but they didn't do well since there was a change in management. When the Fox and the Hound came out, it was it. The classical era was over.
Swing Era:
After the Late Classical Era, WDAS was looking grim. These three films (The Black Cauldron, the Great Mouse Detective, and Oliver & Company) were doing even worse than the other three. The first one was a failure. Not only a commercial failure, but a failure that nearly broke off the animation branch. Not to mention, all three of these films were in a rivalry with other animation film studios, and have lost. The Dark Era was mostly called that because of the impact it has caused, which was very small.
The Disney Renaissance:
After the 19-year age of darkness, there was an era where Disney was at their best. These 10 films (with the exception of one) produced at this time were high quality compared to the 27 films before and the WDAS films that were in theaters during the 21st Century. Films made around this time were primarily musicals where the songs tell the story rather than act as bonuses like the earlier films. And all of the movies (with the exception of one) got nominated for at least one Oscar. And for the first time, no WDAS movie produced at this time were box office bombs, even though the non-Disney counterparts were mainly commercial and critical failures. The Second Golden Age and Second Silver Age are the two sub-eras of this era.
Second Golden Age:
The first half of the Disney Renaissance was Disney at their best, and they have not been beaten since then. The second half didn't do as well, but that's only because the first half had four big hits that did better than the best of Disney's Classics. The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Lion King are not only the best of the Disney Renaissance, but they will never be forgotten for a long time. The only movie that didn't do as well was the least successful of the Disney Renaissane, and it was sandwiched between The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.
Second Silver Age:
The second half of the Disney Renaissance was still Disney at their best, but not as well performing as the first half. Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan, just like the four big hits, are animated musicals with original scores. They may not be as successful, but they were still major successes.
The Modern Era:
After the Disney Renaissance, WDAS had a mixed era. Films have transitioned in many different styles. Despite creativity and plot issues being the only problems in some of the films, technology has developed far enough where animation and sound effects are high quality. Just like the other four eras, there are two sub-eras of this era.
Second Dark Era:
The first era after the Disney Renaissance was Disney at their worst. After the Renaissance, they started going downhill. In my opinion, the Emperor's New Groove and Lilo and Stitch (and maybe Brother Bear) proved it wrong, but the other films did prove that these films are Disney at their worst. With a lack of creativity and less appeal to anyone over the age of 12, these movies ranked lower than the other films made by the same studio.
Revival Era:
After the 11 films of Disney at their worst, they have rebounded, making normal films again. They are primarily 3-D animated films like the mainstream media, as they are the most modern films of Disney. Frozen, Big Hero 6, and Wreck-it-Ralph are the most recent films, and are part of this era.
That's enough Disney talk on the StarFall Press for a while. You are free to comment as you wish.
