I'll never understand people's hatred for Disney's sequels, spin off shows and live action remakes.
Little Mermaid: Return to the Sea is by far my favorite Disney princess movie, and Melody deserves to be an official princess alongside her mother. Mulan 2 my sisters and I watched so much as little kids that we wore out the disk, as we rewound it to watch certain scenes on repeat. Lion King 2 and 1½ are both amazing and I don't know which I adored more. Peter Pan: Return to Neverland perfectly managed to bring everything full circle. Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time is wicked awesome at exploring what if the villain won. Pocahontas 2 was far more historically accurate (though admittedly it still left alot to be desired on that aspect) and actually gave her her historical love interest this time. Hunchback 2 gave my boy his happy ending he deserved with a girl he loves, two bestfriends that claimed him as their brother, and an adorable little nephew who adores him. Return of Jafar and Aladin and the King of Thieves are both action packed masterpieces almost as memorable as the original.
And while I havent watched near as many of the TV shows as I have the sequels (anything shorter than an hour has always had trouble getting my attention) Emperor's New School was my jam growing up, I would race home from school to watch it both on my lunch break and after school, and would sing the opening song and 'Our Academy' both on repeat all the time. And the Tangled cartoon, while I haven't seen all of it yet, is beautiful and hilarious and fits seamlessly into the feel of the movie, and I watch it with my 6yo sister when we have time. And if I knew before this year that there were more TV spin offs that I missed by not watching much TV as a kid I would have binge watched them all in my gap year between HS and Uni.
And don't even get me started on the live action movies! Like Maleficent!?!? That movie is so stunning and a beautiful twist on the classic tale. My only complaint is that they should have included at least 'Once Upon a Dream' in the actual movie, though the rendition in the credits is jaw droppingly beautiful and haunting. And now we get a second one too?! Yes please! Cinderella?!?! Give me more of Ella and Kit! Their dynamics in this movie were so adorable and made them both more real and 3D. Once again my only complaint is not enough singing in the actual movie itself, they had 'Bibity Bobity' and ' 'A Dream is a Wish' recorded and ready to be in it, but they chickened out and put them in the credits instead, I do absolutely adore 'Lavender Blue' and it fit perfectly. Beauty and the Beast?!?! Jaw droppingly spectacular!!! Like yeah the side plot with the magic book was a little weird. But Belle as an inventor?! Yes!!! Their little storytime walks in the garden? Bonding over all of their favorite books? Way more depth and yet the same feel as her teaching him to read. And his backstory being explored? Beautiful and that poor baby just needed someone to love him! And the music? I'm not sure what song blew me away most! Jungle Book?!?! The CGI in this was beautiful and that one little boy deserves all the awards for how deep and true his acting felt! And now Aladdin?!?! All I have to say is I'm 'Speachless'! Like yeah Jafar wasn't as obviously terrifying in this, and Will Smith will never be Robin Williams, but it worked! The visual, the humor, the music, all of it captured the essence and magic of the original! And don't even get me started on how perfect Aladdin and Jasmine and their chemistry were! And Jasmine as Sultana?!?! YES!!!! And yeah both Dumbo and Lion King are odd choices to do 'Live Action' as they're gonna be almost completely CGI, but so far Disney hasn't let me down with Live Action, so I'm hoping for the best.
Anyone who hasn't watched the sequels and spin off shows and live action movies is missing out on tons of great content, and I feel infinitely sorry for their grumpiness making them act this way.