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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?

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[quote="Syera"]The other day, I was a-thinking about sequels in general.  Disney sequels, especially.

When they make an initial movie, they obviously need it to be original enough to stand on its own.  Thus you're not likely to have something [i]too[/i] trite.

When it comes to a sequel, however, whoever is put in charge of writing it doesn't often seem to care about making a new and fresh story - they'll toss together every cliche available to make a sequel.  The only reason these stories stand [i]at all[/i], as far as I can tell, is due to the popularity of the first.

Look at TLK - ([i]Kimba[/i] aside - chances're good you probably didn't see it) it probably didn't jump out and scream too many bloody cliches at you.

TLK2, however, has a completely overdone storyline.  You know - good old Romeo and Juliet.

So, the secret of making a sequel with Disney, it seems to me, is to take well-loved characters, pull a few cliches out of the bag, and toss a story together to form a (very often) nauseating cocktail.

Any thoughts on this?

[i]Author's Note: Please, please, please don't arbitrarily turn this into another thread about SGA.  I'm starting to feel like I'm being shoved aside like an old dead chicken these days, y'know what I mean?[/i][/quote]

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