Kingdom Hearts

[Dirty Duck]

This may be an unpopular take but I think they should drop all the Disney stuff from the franchise, it's only holding it back. And not just for my own personal taste, but for generational/demographic reasons too. Are Disney animated films that relevant any more?

Short answer is yeah they are. Inside Out 2 is one of the top 10 highest grossing films ever right now, and even films that don’t necessarily register much on my radar like Moana 2 seem to make waves. But KH does now potentially have access to Marvel and Star Wars which are obviously relevant to an older audience. I don’t really feel too keen to see them in KH for whatever reason-it’s hard to articulate why in a way that doesn’t just sound like I’m being a purist but properties they’ve purchased just feels different to me. Theres lots of recent Disney films I’d like to see made into worlds without them creeping out into the acquisitions.

Also I’m a big fan of the original KH stuff buuut at the end of the day the series started as this crazy crossover and it’s a big part of the magic for me. In some ways it feels like a relic of a bygone era where that was novel as these days everything has crossovers with everything in a way that largely feels soulless. KH drew me in with the Disney stuff and I do feel like it’s integral even if over time the KH stuff becomes more important. But I definitely don’t want any worlds like Frozen in KH3 where it’s mostly a retelling of the events of the film.