MEL’S MUSINGS

It’s no secret that there are many sequels to popular Disney movies. I guess Disney decided, “Hey, why mess with a good thing?” That would certainly explain the 42 Aladdin movies and the 73 The Lion King movies. According to this article, there will be a Toy Story 3 coming to theaters on June 18, 2010, and Cars 2 in the Summer of 2012. I’m actually looking forward to Toy Story 3, since the first 2 movies were amazing. Supposedly, all the original voices will be returning…well, I’m assuming all the original voices except for Jim Varney (voice of Slinky Dog in Toy Stories 1 and 2) unless they plan on raising him from the dead. Given that this is Disney, anything is possible, right?

Cars 2 has me scratching my head though. I’m surprised there were enough people who liked the first one to justify the cost of making a sequel. In fact, I own the DVD and have yet to be able to sit through the entire thing without sawing logs.

The article also mentions several other animated movies in the makings. No doubt just sequels waiting to happen.