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I feel exactly the opposite about signing up for Disney. I will not. The reason is stated in Fast Food Nation, paraphrased as: "Disney was the first company to
by xrd 7y ago
I feel exactly the opposite about signing up for Disney. I will not. The reason is stated in Fast Food Nation, paraphrased as: "Disney was the first company to direct market to children." They are still the company I most fear.
As an example, I hate going to the super market with my kids. We don't watch a ton of Disney movies, but even so, they are bombarded with Frozen shit six years after that movie came out. There are all kinds of things to buy marketed with Frozen that my kids would have begged for, IF we had been watching Frozen incessantly, if we had Disney+.
I will NOT be signing up for this. I would much rather watch the shows on Netflix that I know will never have plastic junky replicas occupying on shelf space in the supermarket. Frozen was an amazing story, and Disney has fantastic writers, directors, and animators, but I don't want them hypnotizing my kids and then trying to sell them shit for years.
I'm probably in the minority in that I have never seen one of the Avengers movies, and could care less about those blockbusters the author listed. But, I really do think we are entering a new phase in media consumption where I as a parent can choose my own streaming needs (HBO, for example, with little that my kids watch) AND I can find the right combination for my kids (Netflix and YouTube) that fits my need to avoid marketing to my children. I'm sure someone in those channels will find a way to sell crap to my kids, but it'll take some time.
I think there will still be people who want to watch the Avengers sixteen times on their five different screen sizes, and will sign up for Disney+. But, it might not be as many parents as they would hope for, and I have alternatives and won't be one of them.
- IgorPartola 7y agoI have two girls. Netflix seems to have the most girl-positive shows that aren’t cheesy or cheap. I generally have a pretty negative view of Disney and wouldn’t sign up for it for the same reasons as you.
- jkmcf 7y agoI agree. My daughter loves Spirit. OTOH, she also loves Disney's Elena of Avalor, which I think is exceptionally well done. The Disney stuff targeted at older kids seems pretty horrible to me.
- xrd 7y agoYeah, Disney has definitely improved with their content. I don't like being marketed about Frozen, but I do love the story of Frozen: the love of two sisters saves them NOT a handsome man. It's just that Disney is like the scorpion and the monkey story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog). "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature." They just can't help but try to sell a bunch of shit to my kids.
- xrd 7y agoYeah, care to share what shows you enjoy watching? I have two girls as well. I'm flirting with the idea of a review site for parents with the same concerns as you and I have. Maybe you want to write about what shows you enjoy putting in front of your girls? I'm curious? Here is an example of the site: http://kidti.me/2019/review-monument-valley-the-most-brilliant-game-there-is-but-for-kids/ http://kidti.me/2019/review-monument-valley-the-most-brillia...
- IgorPartola 7y agoThat’s not a bad idea. My kids love She—ra and Glitter Force. The latter is a pretty formulaic adaptation of Sailor Moon, but it is well done. PJ Masks is all the rage now. Octonauts is very educational. Puffin Rock was their favorite when they were younger. There is also Story Bots, with Snoop Dogg. What’s even better than all this though is how much they love the podcast Wow in the World. It’s an NPR thing. I don’t even mind listening to it in the car (I told my kids from a very young age that kids music does not work in my car for some reason. Saved my sanity so many times!)