Word: disneyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their quest for synthetic perfection, the cruise lines have created their own ports of call. Disney's Castaway Cay in the Bahamas features three beaches and a 12-acre snorkeling lagoon. At Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean's 140-acre island, aquamarine waters lap at the white sand beach, while snorkelers explore a 16th century sailing ship and a small plane that the company submerged to give divers a sense of adventure. Alas, what Royal Caribbean calls a controlled shore experience some others have labeled a limited amusement experience. "There's nothing here but some palm trees," complained LaDonne Herring...
...some kid-targeted comedies and an adult thriller or two. Then, of course, everything goes wrong. "The most interesting thing this summer," says Harry Knowles Jr., the dweebmaster of the movie-gossip website Ain't It Cool News, "is that we don't have Warner's Superman film or Disney's Mighty Joe Young or Universal's Hulk coming out, as they were originally slated to. We've had three big dropouts...
SMALL SOLDIERS (July 10). After MouseHunt, DreamWorks keeps acting out its Disney animus with this warped take on Toy Story. Nuclear-powered action figures (think of an Arnold doll with Chucky's soul) march amuck. More artillery than LW4, but less bang for the buck...
MULAN (June 19). A girl becomes a woman warrior in this chow-mein cartoon: Chinese savor meets American-do. Now that industry analysts no longer expect every Disney animated feature to do $300 million domestic, they can appreciate the suave storytelling and cross-generational lure of a nice little epic like this. And accountants at the Mouse House can expect black ink, not Mulan rouge...
QUEST FOR CAMELOT (May 15). The Disney formula may have become predictable, but is it imitable? Warner Bros., with its first all-animated feature, hopes so. The film's troubled production history and its wan trailer suggest otherwise. The power-pop score and name-brand singers may make the CD a hit, leaving Camelot as its own ancillary marketing device...