How many parents are rejoicing over this news? Disney has decided to stop making those cheesy, cheaply animated, direct to video sequels to their popular children’s movies.

It’s about time!

I know my daughter always wants these when she hears about them, but I have yet to see any sort of consistent quality or great storytelling in them. As the article notes, Return of Jafar aside, perhaps.

The animation in the sequels tended to make most parents cringe. I don’t know if kids always notice that consciously, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they realized something is off with the quickie sequels.

Now I just have to hold firm and convince my daughter that Cinderella III is not a must-own. She really, really wants it. And darn it, I think it’s in the previews of one of her other movies. I’ve seen reviews that make me hopeful that it will be tolerable if she does ever get it, but there are also some reviews that make it sound really horrible.

I’m not so sure that I want to find out which it is.

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