Show of hands, D Lovers, how many of you have seen Disney's THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN? Our guess is not that many. This week on We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill will guide you through this epic journey, much like Natty's own stalwart wolf companion helped guide her from the depression-era streets of Chicago to the wilds of Washington. Also like Natty's adventure, though, we may get a little sidetracked by the epic tree stunts, disturbingly realistic dog fighting, hobo sex cults, and above al...
Jun 18, 2015•1 hr 3 min
This week on We Want The D, it's Jill the cat person vs Vicky the dog person vs Nolan the not-a-pet person. Disney's The AristoCats is cute enough, with it's artistically inclined kittens, angelically-voiced Dutchess, and smooth-talking Thomas O'Malley, but whether that cuteness amounts to anything worthwhile depends on which host you ask. Does a pair of vicious and malicious Hillbilly Hounddogs who call the French countryside home make up for a villain's half-baked and ill-conceived plans? Do t...
Jun 11, 2015•1 hr 1 min
In the very first episode of We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill talked about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the very first Disney animated feature and as a consequence the very first of their 'Princess' films. There are a lot of similarities between that 1937 film and 1950's CINDERELLA. Both have bland main characters who have close relationships with animals, poor relationships with their step-mothers, and fall in love with a Prince with less than a dozen words exchanged. But Cinderella is ...
Jun 04, 2015•57 min
As always, Dear Listeners, we encourage you to share this episode of We Want The D with everyone you know. This week, however, we ask that you share this episode as covertly and privately as possible. For the NASA Police could be anywhere, and if they catch wind of Vicky, Nolan, and Jill's coversations about them, the consequences could be dire. Your hosts risk their own freedom in order to tell you about Disney's FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR - a movie about a less-than-epic journey in an alien space...
May 28, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Un Indian dans la Ville is a French film that Disney thought might appeal to an American family audience, so they released a dubbed over version to theatres in 1996. The film was harshly panned by critics and flopped at the box office. Undeterred, Disney thought to themselves, "what if we just remake the movie? Maybe it's not the content people are hating, maybe it's just missing Tim Allen," and proceeded to create a near shot-for-shot version they called Jungle 2 Jungle. This week on We Want Th...
May 21, 2015•1 hr 1 min
This week on We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill were so disturbed by this episode's film that their conversation couldn't be contained to our regular length. The good news is it means you all get a super-sized dose of D this week. The bad news is it's because there's a lot of in-depth conversation about subjects ranging from the downside of Disneyfication to the appropriateness of including sexual assault as a main drive in a family film. It's a dark episode for a dark film, but much like the ...
May 14, 2015•1 hr 17 min
From Air Buddies to Air Buddies V: Spooky Buddies, it is a well known fact that movies starring puppies are infalliably adorable. But long before golden retrievers were the puppies of choice, Disney released a film starring a breed of dogs known for their spots, high energy, and a genetic predisposition to deafness - 101 Dalmatians. This week on We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill are all in agreement that this 1961 animated classic is well worth revisiting. For who could ever get tired of Crue...
May 07, 2015•57 min
The year is 1992. A mere eight months away from releasing the smash hit Aladdin, Disney decides to put out a film that defies all logic or reason not only in its story or construction, but in its very essence. A film helmed by a choreographer with no previous directing experience. A film that, despite being a period piece about a two-week strike in 1899, is for some reason a musical composed by the great Alan Menken featuring none of his typically great work. A film starring a young, English, bo...
Apr 30, 2015•59 min
Ah, the circus. A world of bright lights, spinning rides, drunk clowns, and abused animals. What baby elephant wouldn't want to be born (or special-delivered via stork) into such a wonderous world? So long as said infant doesn't have big ears, at least. Because then they are in for a world of pain and misery; one where their mothers are locked up for defending them against ginger antagonizers, their fellow elephants hate them with the fire of a thousand suns, and their only friend is a mouse who...
Apr 23, 2015•59 min
The Black Cauldron was released in theatres in 1985, but wasn't made available on home video until thirteen years later. This week on We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill are asking "why not twenty years? Better yet, why not never?" Because aside from one extremely adorable psychic pig, there is very little to love about Disney's first foray into PG rated territory. Sure, there's lots of boobs and corpses that kids love so much, but that doesn't make up for a mopey main "hero," a songless bard, ...
Apr 16, 2015•59 min
In this week's fan-request episode of We Want The D, Vicky, Nolan and Jill go down the rabbit hole into the back-assward world of Disney's animated celebration of ennui, Alice in Wonderland. Beloved among stoners and D-Lovers alike, each of our hosts struggle to remember just why that is, as it becomes clear that their apathy is matched only by Alice's own. Whether it be Jill gushing over bitchy flowers and a strange desire to play a game of "button-button who's got the button;" Nolan's feeling ...
Apr 09, 2015•58 min
We Want The D goes full live action with the star-studded Angels in the Outfield! A feel-good romp about a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt praying that the Los Angeles Angels win the Pennant and a group of angels led by Christopher Lloyd who grant his wish. Just kidding, this movie is anything but feel-good. It's got the saddest orphans ever, the most deadbeat of all deadbeat parents, surprise cancer, GM-pushing pill addiction, and an overall disregard for fair play and sportsmanlike conduct. Strap o...
Apr 02, 2015•57 min
This week on We Want The D, we're dipping our toes in the water of the strange and often sad world of live action Disney by watching the mixed live-action/animation film Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Why not Mary Poppins, you ask? Because Vicky, Nolan and Jill are suckers for self-flagellation, apparently. All the Nazi-fighting suits of armour in the world couldn't save this movie from its backward soccer rules, awkward midlife romance, boring songs, and disgusting garbage cats. But we got to...
Mar 26, 2015•55 min
Disney's Peter Pan was a childhood favourite for all of us, but looking back, the horrors of this movie extend far beyond simple racism toward Native Americans. Join us in our second fan request as Vicky, Nolan and Jill shatter their childhood memories by discussing Pan the cult leader, Hook the sharp dresser and PTSD sufferer, Tinkerbell the abuse victim and psychopath (with bonus body dysmorphia!), Wendy the brainwashed innocent, and the rest of the cast of characters who help perpetuate the c...
Mar 19, 2015•54 min
Welcome, dear listeners, to the most contentious episode of We Want The D yet. As Disney takes us on an experimental programme of picture and sound, Jillian delights in the smorgasbord of cute pegasus families and dancing hippos, Vicky struggles to contain her anger and confusion, and Nolan suppresses yawns of disinterest. But how can you blame them, with a film chock-a-block with odd Sorcerer hiring practices, media player visualizations, a unicorn donkey, and green blobs of nothing in particul...
Mar 12, 2015•52 min
Vicky, Nolan and Jill would like to apologize to their Mexican, Brazilian, and all other Latin American friends for this episode of We Want The D. They apologize for the silly accents. They apologize for a lack of knowledge when it comes to traditional dance or other cultural touchstones. They apologize for Donald Duck's extremely troubling sexual aggression. They apologize for forgetting the word 'piñata.' They apologize for not having any idea what or where Baia is. They apologize for it all, ...
Mar 05, 2015•43 min
Vicky, Nolan, and Jill go under the sea to talk about the film that saved Disney from a near two-decade slump and redefined the company's direction for the next decade. And if Vicky is to be believed, it's all thanks to Alan Menken, her one true god. Join our hosts as they obsess over King Triton's nipples, Ariel's pubes, Ursula's tentacles (and boobs), Scuttle's heatstroke, Flounder's ineptitude, and each little jamming clam - down in the muck here on We Want The D!
Feb 26, 2015•55 min
A debate rages on this week's episode of We Want The D. Is Disney's Robin Hood uninspired recycled laziness, or is it an underrated classic? The line is drawn in the sand, and Vicky, Nolan and Jill are divided like never before. Things they can all agree on: The decidedly sexy foxes; the distrubingly abusive co-dependent relationship of PJ and Hiss; proper animal proportions; and Clucky the Hen's awesomeness. Oo De Lally!
Feb 18, 2015•48 min
Vicky, Nolan, and Jill discuss the heartwarming tale of a lonely craftsman who builds himself a little puppet boy for company, only to find himself in WAY OVER HIS HEAD when it terrifyingly springs to life. Gepetto may be the OG unfit parental figure in the Disney canon, but there's plenty more than that to discuss! Topics include: the wardrobe choices of anthropomorphic cats; sexy sexy goldfish; the gayness of an actor's life; being terrible at your job; FOX's newest reality show; and a not-ins...
Feb 12, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Vicky, Nolan, and Jill kick off their podcast journey with Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the 1937 feature film that started it all. While undoubtedly a classic, the movie raises some interesting questions, like, "what kind of head injury did Doc sustain?" "where did the evil Queen get her handily labelled spell books?" "does the Prince ever speak any dialogue, or does he just sing?" "what is wrong with Snow White's face?" All that and more, presented in glorious Technicolor!
Feb 06, 2015•1 hr 24 min
