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	singe 2009-12-17 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	I'll tear up with you. (I wish I had a Disney icon that wasn't, well, goofy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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piasharn
2009-12-17 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for the article; I never realized how much Roy did for the company.

"Growing up, I wanted to be an animator for Disney"

When my dad was about six years old, he mailed a bunch of his drawings to Walt Disney, along with a letter asking if he would hire him as an animator. Walt Disney personally wrote him back. He told my dad that, yes, his drawings were very good, but he felt it would be a good idea for my dad to stay in school a while longer.

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	southerngaelic 2009-12-17 08:30 pm UTC (link)
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	cat_mcdougall 2009-12-17 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	As a Mom, my kids are growing up on Disney. My son - who has speech issues - can sing along with Mulan, Lion King, and Aladdin, even when he can't tell me what his favourite colour is. I love Disney so much, and plan on taking them to see Princess and the Frog next month, when I can afford it. I hope, this time, Disney stays truer to its vision, and keeps going the way it has. (Reply to this)

singe
2009-12-17 09:12 pm UTC (link)

My childhood was et up with Disney, particularly Walt Disney Presents which introduced me to all the Disney short cartoons (YAY, DONALD!) fantastic live action Disney movies like Pollyanna, Mary Poppins, Pete's Dragon and However Many Freakin' Leagues Under the Sea and plenty of the classic cartoon movies in serial form. The first movie in a theatre I ever saw was Candleshoe. Much later I was ten years old but I bawled like a baby during The Fox and the Hound.

Then, pfft, nothing. And I was bereft until The Great Mouse Detective. I swear the Disney Afternoon lineup on the Disney Channel kept me from having several nervous breakdowns in college. But my absolute Favorite Disney Memory: was dancing to the end credits of Monsters Inc. in a theatre that was totally empty except for me, my sister and my two little nieces who were three and five. They remember that as their own favorite Disney memory. Awwwwwww!

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ahiru
2009-12-17 09:49 pm UTC (link)

::sniff:: Disney nostalgia always gets me. I actually just went to see The Princess and the Frog yesterday, and while it wasn't the best Disney movie I've ever seen, it's still pretty good and a splendid return to form. And it was just so nice to see good ol' 2-D Disney animation again -- I felt like an elementary schooler seeing The Little Mermaid for the first time.

And now I'm reminded that I really need to get me some Disney movies on DVD -- I have tons of VHS from when I was a kid but I've been meaning to upgrade :P

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	shinga 2009-12-17 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	I'd have way too many Disney movies to list, I just adore them, and the news of his death hurt a lot. And real quick mention of a strong couple of underrated favorites... Treasure Planet and Atlantis. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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mister_terrific
2009-12-17 10:12 pm UTC (link)

Oboy, am I going to age myself here...

My parents were very fond of dumping my sister and me at the theater when I was younger (I was 7, my sister 12. Different times, or maybe they were hoping to ditch us.). One of my clearer memories is going to see The Jungle Book--the reason being that apparently we showed up during the movie, stayed for the second run, and (fool that she was) my sister counted on me knowing at which point we'd come in.

Yup. BOY, did I get it wrong, and BOY, did I catch holy hell.

I remember the Bob Crane and Kurt Russell live-action movies (come to think of it, good lord my parents dumped us off to a helluva lot of matinees), not to mention a boatload of Buena Vista films in school. And that leads me to my all-time favorite Disney story.

It was my sophomore year of high school. It was raining like hell and so we couldn't go outside to kill each other, so the coaches dragged us into one of the multi-purpose rooms to watch movies. We all settled down and up came the Disney logo. Yay!

And then came the title: VD ATTACK PLAN. The subsequent noise heard was our collective jaws dropping.

Yes, I very deliberately included a link to that. Otherwise you'd probably never believe me.

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wallflower
2009-12-17 10:24 pm UTC (link)

Growing up, I wanted to be an animator for Disney.

ME TOO. When I was little, my family went to Disney World and like the only thing I wanted to do was go to the animation studio. I told the animator who did the sketch demonstration that they needed to make sure they had a spot open for me when I was older, because this was where I was going to work. I think I was eight or so.

When they closed down the animation studio in Orlando a few years ago, I cried, not because I still thought I was going to be an animator, but because Disney was so much a part of my childhood.

My first real memory of seeing a Disney film was being four or five and sitting in my elementary school gym for a special screening of Oliver and Company, which is still one of my favorites.

Other favorites: The Great Mouse Detective, Robin Hood, The Rescuers (and Down Under!), The Sword in the Stone, The Aristocats, The Jungle Book, The Fox and the Hound, Peter Pan...I watched the videos of those so many times I'm surprised they didn't fall apart. I remember staying up late to watch the Oscars to see if Beauty and the Beast won Best Picture, and seeing Aladdin in the theatare. I'm grateful Roy helped make so many of my childhood memories possible.

(wtf, why I don't I have any Disney icons?)

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jedi_dwh
2009-12-17 10:26 pm UTC (link)

That's so sad. When I was eight years old, I remember watching the "making of" special for Beauty and the Beast. My parents called me in to watch it, I guess because they knew I loved cartoons and was fascinated by computers. When they talked about how they did the ballroom scene, I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard. I didn't realize it then, but that's pretty much the first step I took down my current path. I'm now working as a production support techie, training to be something... I'm not sure what yet. I want to explore animation, FX animation, and lighting. Right now I'm working on the animation training program.

Also, the first movie I ever worked on was a Disney movie, G-Force. I don't work for Disney, mind you, I just keep getting assigned to productions they hire us to work on (I'm currently on Alice in Wonderland).

I grew up loving Disney movies, I get to work on Disney films now, and it really saddens me that Roy Disney is gone. :( The industry has lost someone truly great.

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whimsy_chan
2009-12-17 10:34 pm UTC (link)

Oh, man. I grew up watching Disney animated movies--one of the networks used to show Disney movies on Sunday evenings, which we taped on our Beta machine. I swear, I wore out the tapes on Robin Hood and Lady and the Tramp.

And I remember when The Little Mermaid came out--I didn't see it in the theater, but I got the tape (I think for Christmas). My cousin and I watched it over and over and over. We could recite the whole movie line-for-line. I probably still could, for that matter. And starting with The Lion King, I saw every Disney animated film that came out in the theaters for years. I was in college and bouncing off to see Mulan like I was twelve.

I love Disney 2-D like burning. I am ridiculously excited to go see The Princess and the Frog. Props to Roy for making it possible.

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finchbird
2009-12-17 11:09 pm UTC (link)

One of my first memories was seeing The Little Mermaid when I was two or three. I don't remember much of the experience beside the fact I kept moving from one seat to another (it was the first time I experienced A/C and I'd switch between seats when one got too warm) and how scared I was of Ursula.

Beauty and the Beast is still my favorite Disney movie and I kinda had a crush on Lumière when it came out. Oh, Jerry Orbach, the world has not been the same since you left us. ;_; Mulan is my second favorite. Captain Li Shang, be still my heart. *___*

I haven't been really good about seeing Disney movies in the theaters in more recent years, but I'm totally going to see The Princess and the Frog during my break.

Thank you, Roy. You were truly a great person!

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evilsqueakers
2009-12-17 11:38 pm UTC (link)

Mr. Disney was a big fan of referring to the past to define the future. He told a biographer: “The goal is to look over our shoulder and see Snow White and Pinocchio and Dumbo standing there saying, ‘Be this good.’ We shouldn’t be intimidated by them; they’re an arrow pointing someplace.”

And that is exactly why he was so vital. He got it when many others didn't and don't. He grew up in the studio, understood why it was important, and that you have to be loyal to those who trust the brand. I never did like Eisner and he was there for a chunk of my life.

Now Roy can read to Walt.

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	I don't have a Disney icon, so have some Dylan Moran ladyrogue 2009-12-17 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	I am such a Disney fan that I not only have an entire folder full of Disney songs on my computer, I can sing along to everyone of them. Great Mouse Detective was my first and I still have the poster I got from McDonald's back then. Also I was a total nerd for the live action movies. Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Pollyanna, Mary Poppins, you name it, I probably saw it. (Reply to this)

hallidae
2009-12-17 11:55 pm UTC (link)

Unfortunately, I can't remember my first Disney movie very well, as I was way too young at the time (Mama swears I slept in her lap the whole time). In television, however, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh practically raised me from the ages of 1 - 5, to the point that I refused to watch anything else (except Sesame Street). My oldest and most cherished possession is a now-ratty old stuffed Pooh Bear that was given to me in the hospital when I was born.

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pantyless_angel
2009-12-18 12:32 am UTC (link)

Kingdom hearts is the closest I have to a Disney icon.

Disney was huge part of my childhood. It's what got me interested in art, and while I'll never be a great artist, it's always been the best way to relive stress for me. I'll always be grateful for that.

The Lion King was the first Disney movie I can remember seeing in a theater. It's always been my favorite, at one time I had every line in the movie memorized because I watched it so much. I still have all my lion king toys and plushies. I was also a huge fan of the Disney Afternoon. I watched it everyday after school.

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bienegold
2009-12-18 01:01 am UTC (link)

The Little Mermaid was IT for me. I was four when it came out (I think), and I was basically OBSESSED (even if Ursula's death did scar me for life). I had a huge puzzle, lunchbox, sleeping bag, basically everything but dolls. And, because I received the very, very easy version of the music for my 5th birthday (the huge notes with the letter in them), I was able to basically teach myself piano several years earlier than my mom was planning.

I also loooove the classic films, and I like going back and rewatching them and freaking out over some of the voice acting now that I know who people are. (Like George Saunders as Sher Khan. ZOMG.)

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pyrrah
2009-12-18 01:15 am UTC (link)

My mother is a big fan of animations, so I grew up watching the things she loved. My first Disney movie was an Arabic dub of Snow White in the early 80s. I remember watching that religiously everyday (it was the only thing that kept me quiet and obedient for a while). It was until the Little Mermaid that I really fell in love with Disney. It was my first fandom. I read up on the production and promotion of every film during the 1990s. I eventually drifted away by the time Tarzan came out.

I saw The Princess and the Frog on my graduation day on Monday. It was the best graduation present I could have dreamed of.

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aaron_agonistes
2009-12-18 01:29 am UTC (link)

I saw The Jungle Book in the theater (the 1985 release) as a tiny little thing. While all the other little kids were scared of the tiger, or the monkeys, I was freaked out by The Snake With Red Swirling Eyes That Will Make You Do Things (and a couple years later, I had the same reaction to Roger Rabbit). Freaked out to the point that crying didn't suffice - I tried to hide under the theater seat.

So in retrospect, I can thank Disney for my love of psychological horror. Big growling monsters are scary, sure, but they always get defeated at the end by a lucky stroke - it's the ones that get inside your head that you really have to watch out for.

Also, Ursula. God do I ever have to thank Disney for Ursula.

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kijikun
2009-12-18 02:09 am UTC (link)

I remember seeing the 'older' Disney animated movies at day camp growing up. I also one of my best memories of my father his him letting me stay home from school and taking me to see Little Mermaid (which I haven't been able to watch since he died without crying and missing him). He made a big day of it - took me to the book store to by me a copy of the Hans Christian Anderson tale, lunch at my favorite restaurant at the time so I could get clam strips, letting me wear one of my holiday dresses - it was like my birthday.

But then this is the father that made sure he and my mom took me to Disney World, even though he hated crowds and lines and had serious social anxieties issues.

My dad made me a fan of Disney (and this is the first year I haven't gone to a Disney park in years) and the reason I still love them, and why the Wish Upon the Star music makes me cry.

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moriath
2009-12-18 02:24 am UTC (link)

For a brief time I wanted to be a Disney animator, but what I really wanted to do for them was voice acting. I grew up on the 80s and 90s pictures, and I was sure that I would be a huge money saver for them because I could act *and* sing (Anika Noni Rose in Princess and the Frog is apparently the first time they used the same actor for acting and singing!).

Favorite Disney movie is, hands down, The Lion King. Scar was just so delightfully evil and started me on my love affair with villains. I just loved how devoted he was to his evilness. The winter after the movie came out my family made a trip to Disney World and I about threw a fit until my parents bought me a Scar stuffed animal (ruining the surprise my mom had planned - she was going to have one sent to our hotel room for me, but every time we passed a souvenir store with Scar I would start to beg again! I was such a bad child).

Also Pocahontas was huge for me the summer it came out. Looking back I'm not really a fan, but my mom knew a girl who worked at the local movie theater who could easily pass as Pocahontas so she made her a costume, working off of pictures in my Disney Adventure magazines since this was before we had the internet and easy access to early stills and promo images. To thank my mom, the theater gave us an unlimited pass to the movies that summer. Since we didn't have air conditioning, we ended up going to the movies at least once a week, usually to see Pocahontas since it was one of the few things my younger brother and I could both watch.

Oh! Another important Disney movie: Pete's Dragon. I used to have a big green stuffed dragon that I named Eliot. And the end of that movie makes me cry every damn time I see it now (any movie/story where the imaginary friend has to leave just kills me. My husband has forbidden me from re-reading The Velveteen Rabbit thanks to the mess I become!).

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supersyncspaz7
2009-12-18 03:38 am UTC (link)

;_;

The first Disney movie I remember seeing was either Cinderella or Lady and the Tramp, and I remember them because while we were going into the local video store (this was before we got a Blockbuster in town, so it was late '80s or something), I fell in the parking lot and scraped both my knees, and I have memories of watching one of those movies with huge band aids on my knees, sitting in my dad's recliner. The first one I saw at the movies was The Little Mermaid (and I left totally terrified of Ursula). I remember taking a school trip to see Aladdin (and having strep so bad I could barely talk) and begging my dad to take me to Snow White when it was rereleased. One of the only movies my brother and I could always agree on when we were kids watching was The Jungle Book.

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This is about the park, not really the movies, but with Disney they aren't that far apart.

xero_sky
2009-12-18 04:53 am UTC (link)

For a few years, right up until my dad died, we lived in Anaheim, and they took me to Disneyland for my birthday every year. Usually it was a work day for somebody, so we waited until the evening to go. The park was always open late in summer, and so we would stay until it closed. Warm dark nights, with a million lights, my birthday, and the Pirates of the Caribbean... even pre-Depp, it was pure magic, the kind that someone with a Disney surname must have been hoping for, at some point.

When my dad died, we had to move to Colorado, and it was many years before I got back to Disneyland again. But even now, the first thing I remember when we go back is what it felt like to stand there holding my dad's hand and watch all the lights come up.

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thoms
2009-12-18 05:25 am UTC (link)

The first Disney movie that I remember seeing was Bambi, of course I cried when Bambi's mother got killed. The one that really resonated with me was The Lion King... and my dad just ate up that I loved it so much. When it came out, we had had a Disney Store in our town for a couple of years, and for my birthday that year, he Lion Kinged me out... an alarm clock, a lunchbox, the video. All of those things came to college with me the next year. When I heard last night that Roy had died, I got my box of them out and put them back up, just as I had had them on a shelf in my dorm, with a picture of my father stuck to the lunchbox. I haven't been able to watch that movie since he died, and I want to now, but I don't think I'm ready.

I also just listened to "Baby Mine" and started bawling my eyes out, so I'm thinking no.

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