Serious Disness

Returning to the chronological releases, 2015's Cinderella was the first of the remakes to be an actual REMAKE. But was it good? We both sort-of disagree, and sort-of have an argument about it. Drama!* in the new Serious Disness! *(not really)

This film defied our expectations in basically every way possible. We're joined by fellow Lion King expert and 3D animal artist Jamie Carr (@orbitalnomad) to explore whether it really is the animals that have left audiences feeling conflicted.

Disney's latest remake warrants immediate, queue-jumping discussion, so here we are with our immediate (and I do mean immediate) response. (psst, go and see this film.) Rated E for one or two pretty mild words.

Ursula has a tragic backstory, Disney need a remake exit strategy, and Gilbert Gottfried performs a beautiful love ballad. It's a minisode!

Disney make a surprising and brave statement, but then things go a bit rickety

And Other Stories. Initially planned as a brief addendum to the previous episode, actually we had a lot to talk about re: this AND OTHER sidewaysey Alice adaptations. (Explicit Content ticked because of one relatively rude word and... Jan.)

And what Dave & Jehan Found There. We embark on a big new project that'll tide us over for a fair few episodes, but sadly it has to begin here.

Positivity begins to seep back into the podcast like it was a dead arm we just rolled off. But even the genius of the film's big final statement is tempered by a couple of very significant swerves right at the end. Join us for the big final chunk.

The Negative Episode, in which we grouch, grump & call shenanegans on the parts of the film we really didn't think worked, notably the songs First Time In Forever (reprise) and Fixer-Upper. It was by this time getting very important we eat some dinner.

It's time to meet a Bunch Of Dudes and write fanfics about why Atlantis was really saved. Wherefore Olaf and Kristoff? What do they bring to the story? Have some Jelly Bellies to hand if you're playing along with the full immersion experience.