Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoWhy Tolkien Found Walt Disney ‘Vulgar’www.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkWhy Tolkien Found Walt Disney ‘Vulgar’www.atlasobscura.comStern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·13 hours agoThis article never does fully explain why, only taking the issue one step further: Tolkien refers to Disney’s works as “vulgar.” Tolkien also believed that fairy tales had become hopelessly infantilized It seems just a matter of personal distaste?
minus-squarepilferjinx@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoDisney had a great whimsical vibe back in the early days. The old tales were usually fucking grim. Both have a place to exist.
minus-squareMrselfdestruct25@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 hours agoHe also wasn’t a fan of the direction Disney took Marvel and Star Wars.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 minutes agoJarJar? /Insert Elvish for “unforgivable?”
This article never does fully explain why, only taking the issue one step further:
It seems just a matter of personal distaste?
Disney had a great whimsical vibe back in the early days. The old tales were usually fucking grim. Both have a place to exist.
He also wasn’t a fan of the direction Disney took Marvel and Star Wars.
JarJar? /Insert Elvish for “unforgivable?”