When you discuss the films of Walt Disney Animation Studios of the 21st century, “Meet The Robinsons” is often overlooked. It’s a shame, Because it is one of the most underestimated films in the studio, Tell a story of sincere science fiction filled with laughter and reflection. Although the film was a disappointment at the box office, totaling $ 170.5 million on a budget of $ 150 million, it received generally positive criticism of criticism. He also aroused a certain online notoriety, with fans of the film who were children when he reached theaters 18 years ago, now revisiting it and, in some cases, sharing it with their children.

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“Meet the Robinsons” presented an exciting science fiction world and, taking into account its prominent use of time trips, used intelligent history mechanisms to explore different eras in time, in particular the year 2037, which, which, *Snear,* We are closer to now that we are not in 2007. The implementation of time travel in the script has effectively explored the personal and emotional trips of the film Lewis film (Jordan Fry), and the antagonist, The Bowler Hat Guy (Stephen Anderson). He also played well for big laughs, with one of the most memorable sequences of the film presenting the memories of the childhood of Bowler’s hat as a roommate of Lewis, Goob, who, just like Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) in “Cobra Kai,” never overcome his devastating loss in a make-gold event. This leads at the time always simular and relatable oh-si in which Goob runs through the corridor of his school in the comic self-pity, snubbing the compliments and invitations of his classmates, with his adult reflecting by the voiceover, “They hated me all.” To date, no time in a Disney animated film has only made my teenager felt more seen.

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Despite the end of a narratively satisfactory note, “Meet the Robinsons” easily left the door open for a new expansion, thanks to its slew of memorable characters and solid construction of the world. Unfortunately, although a direct suite for video has been in development, it has never taken off, which is disappointing given the mature potential that the film has left for new stories.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, DisneyToon Studios produced direct follow -up to the video of some of the theatrical outings of Walt Disney Animation Studios. Some of these suites were based on the era of Disney’s Renaissance films, notably “Beauty and the Beast”, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”, as well as films that follow this time, like “The Empoeor’s New Groove”, “Lilo and Stitch” and “Brother Bear”. According to Jim Hill media,, Many consequences were in development in DisneyToon studios, including “Dumbo II”, “ “Chicken Little: The Ugly Duckling Story”, and of course, “Meet the Robinsons 2: First date.”

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However, the Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar Animation Studios in 2006 for $ 7.6 billion. With the acquisition, the promotion of the director of “Toy Story” John Lasseter as head of the creation of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. One of Lasseter’s notable decisions was to cancel the DisneyToon video of the DisneyToon video at the time, saying that such films had devalued the reputation of the Disney animation catalog. And with that, “Meet the Robinsons 2: First Date” would never see the light of day, And DisneyToon himself would close in 2018.

Although Disney has long removed its direct suites from video, the rise of Disney + leaves an open door for a new expansion of some of its intellectual properties. TV shows based on “Star Wars” and the Marvel cinematographic universe served as anchors for the streaming service, but a large part of the success of the platform is based on children visualizing the animated catalog. Of course, the first “Moana” succeeded and commercially succeeded in its initial theatrical race, but Disney + was the place where the film won an even greater life, becoming the most broadcast film of all time, maintaining first place from 2020 to 2024.

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Obviously, “Meet the Robinsons” is not as popular as “Moana”, but if more fans watching the film that the children present it to their children today, perhaps the interest will be renewed. A theatrical sequence is probably out of the question, given the feedback from the original film’s box office, but a television series focused on the more important adventures of Lewis and its inventions, or perhaps a series taking place in 2037 and beyond, highlighting the futuristic life of the Robinson family would be a great story to tell. Above all, it would also be great to see the new adult version of Goob, since Lewis made him a solid by awakening him to catch the winning ball in his Little League championship, preventing him from his cursed path to become the guy of the Bunler.

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