On that subject, I had something else to offer up -- namely, that
The Lion King could have had fewer plot holes, less issues with a "gay" Scar, and a lot creepier, all if they had kept
one scene. The way I currently envision an alternate Disney Renaissance:
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) -- winner Best Picture Oscar
- Aladdin (1992)
- The Lion King (1994) -- keeps the "Be Prepared" reprise scene
- Dragon Lake (1995) -- known for absence of Disney "songs", replaced by use of ballet interludes; more or less the story of "Swan Lake", with dragons instead of swans
- Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) -- a dark, rather adult film for Disney (pretty much as OTL, only the talking gargoyles are essentially shown to exist only in the imagination of Quasimodo); may even get a second oscar nomination TTL
...
- Treasure Planet (1997) -- somewhat high science fiction (more so, anyway, than what was eventually made OTL -- no sailships, 19th century clothing, ignoring air, etc)
- Aida (1998) -- modern framing device removed, ending changed to happy one where Radames and Aida live
- Kingdom of the Sun (1999) -- closer to the original idea behind OTL's Emperor's New Grove
- Fantasia 2000 (2000) -- may involve different sketches