Disney's Films and Discs... Dissed, Missed, or Dismissed

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command explores the Toy Story star's adventures as a Space Ranger--along with a wacky, ramshackle cast of teammates. It's irreverent, it's weird, it's funny...and yes, it's been summarily dissed by the House of Mouse, essentially removed from existence. Here, we remember--even appreciate-- what Disney, apparently, is desperate to forget.

The Small One is unique among Disney cartoons. It's not particularly humorous. It's set over 2000 years ago. And it's undeniably Christian in both narrative and tone. Such religious reverence was rare then, and unthinkable now, for a company that worships only clicks, views, and the almighty dollar. But once upon a time, Disney dared to acknowledge a certain Lord...one infinitely greater than the corporate world.

Chicken Little marked the end of a certain legacy--the abandonment of 2-D animation in favor of a 3-D, computer-rendered future. Founded on such classics as Snow White and The Little Mermaid, Disney was now intent to learn that arcane science of CGI...and Chicken Little was the first to rise from the company's fiddling. Years later, the film's barely remembered--seen, perhaps, as more the embarrassment than a necessary experiment.

Mars Needs Moms is about a boy's love for his mother. And weird, anti-patriarchal Martian politics. And feminism encapsulated in a militant police state.

And why being probed by aliens is always worse through the head than through the butt...