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Disney continues to fail at preserving its legacy. It all started with a mouse, but it may be ending with a rat as they continue to attempt to replace their animated history with Oscar-friendly live-action “demakes” of their beloved cartoons. Snow White and Lilo & Stitch‘s live-action teasers are out, and I don’t care. The actress playing Snow White won’t shut up and keeps making things worse, but for our purposes it’s the outright disgust at their own legacy that is hurting the brand alongside the activism.

Meanwhile, when SEGA brings the Sonic and company to live-action, they respect their legacy. They listened to fans, considered sacrilege in modern Hollywood culture, and you’d think other Paramount productions would get the hint. Their successes with this franchise and the fact that Marvel Studios went downhill when Disney took it over and threw out respecting comic lore while Star Trek continues to crash and like two different movie Enterprises would send the message: respect your legacy and those who are fans of that legacy.

I did my reviews of the first and second Sonic movies and very much enjoyed them. I even liked the sequel more, and bringing my favorite Sonic character (Tails, for those of you not reading my Archie Sonic comic reviews) is only one reason. That means I have great hopes…and great fears when it comes to the third film. A new trailer dropped this week, so let’s see how that affects my expectations.

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