A thought experiment for you, D-Lovers. Given the title of Disney's 1975 movie, ONE OF OUR DINOSAURS IS MISSING, what do you think the plot could be? If you're anything like Vicky, Nolan and Jill, you may have come up with some ideas based on past experience. Maybe a monitor lizard is pelted by gamma rays and gets bigger. Maybe some weird combination of rudimentary claymation and green screen is used to tell some wacky tale of a Dinosaur going to college, or even more likely, gambling. But nope, instead we get literally one of the most racist movies our hosts have ever seen, starring Peter Ustinov and a number of other white character actors made up to look "Chinese." It's bad, guys. It's real bad. 

No point in burying the lead - Disney's MR. MAGOO is a terrible movie. Just truly awful. We won't waste your time describing the countless ways this movie fails to be more than an exercise in torture - after all Vicky, Nolan and Jill spend an hour doing so in the podcast you're about to hear. But just know that this movie has a seven (7) on Rotten Tomatoes. A seven. And that's not one of those really low scores because there's only three or four reviews - twenty-nine professional critics contributed to that score. And you know what? The two that actually count as "fresh" reviews should have their credentials removed and burned in a fire, and be forced to watch Mr. Magoo over and over again as punishment for their endorsement of this incoherent garbage mess.

Vicky, Nolan and Jill just can't get enough of that high seas adventure, so we're getting back on the boat and going back to where it all began with Disney's TREASURE ISLAND. Not only was this the movie that launched a thousand(ish) attempts to create pirate movies that all inevitably flopped, until a certain franchise based on a theme park ride over fifty years later; not only is it the first fully live action film Disney ever made; but most importantly its the movie that created many of the tropes you recognize when you think of what a pirate looks and sounds like. And that alone is worth the price of admission.

There were some high hopes going into this week's episode of We Want The D. This Wonderful World of Disney original movie seems to have a lot going for it: It was one of Keira Knightly's earliest leading roles; it's a Robin Hood story, which have generally been well-received on this podcast; and it came highly recommended from a loyal and beloved listener. But it's all for naught, no matter how much Vicky, Nolan and Jill may have wished they liked this movie. It's too difficult to look past how the title character gets sidelined for a long-haired Stephen Moyer, even when she's easily putting out the best (and pretty much only good) performance. It's too distracting looking at the bizarre costume and production design. It's too cringe-worthy watching the barely choreographed "fight scenes." But despite all it's shortcomings, it's still a blast to talk about, so enjoy this week's look at PRINCESS OF THIEVES.

This week on We Want The D we're heading back into the Disney Dark Ages with DRAGONSLAYER; a movie so outside the realm of Disney's brand they didn't even put their title card in front of it. This movie makes a lot of mistakes: trying to blend Disney's family friendly image with a dark fantasy movie replete with bloody virginal sacrifices; casting an actor who later defined his career by playing weirdos and oddballs as a heroic and romantic lead; being badly written. But for all those mistakes and missteps, and for all the House of Mouse may want to pretend they never made this film, this movie actually defined a decade of fantasy films and influenced some of the genre's greatest modern storytellers. Add in some innovative and still-impressive special effects and you have a recipe for a classic episode of Vicky, Nolan and Jill being torn between praise and condemnation all in the same breath.