It's funny. Despite being the "Girl's Brand" Disney used to be good at making things that guys could get behind. Aladdin, Gargoyles, Tarzan, Stitch (before they completely neutered him for marketing purposes.) Treasure Planet could have been a solid franchise if they hadn't actively sabotaged it.
It's like they just can't help but shoot themselves in the foot when appealing to guys is involved.
Its the ancient "two demos" problem that producers force in all media. All those old shows had their two demos covered, in that it was made for boys but still had a chick character or a "love story/arc" for girls to technically be appealed to.
Once you couldn't just have a background/weaker girl, or one whose entire point was being the love interest, they were forced to try and push them into the men's roles. And in doing so, just drove those boys out because it just doesn't work the same way.
It's funny. Despite being the "Girl's Brand" Disney used to be good at making things that guys could get behind. Aladdin, Gargoyles, Tarzan, Stitch (before they completely neutered him for marketing purposes.) Treasure Planet could have been a solid franchise if they hadn't actively sabotaged it.
It's like they just can't help but shoot themselves in the foot when appealing to guys is involved.
Its the ancient "two demos" problem that producers force in all media. All those old shows had their two demos covered, in that it was made for boys but still had a chick character or a "love story/arc" for girls to technically be appealed to.
Once you couldn't just have a background/weaker girl, or one whose entire point was being the love interest, they were forced to try and push them into the men's roles. And in doing so, just drove those boys out because it just doesn't work the same way.