The Dragon's Cave

Welcome  to the first article in my new series, Missed Potential. For today's title, we're taking a look  at something that, while I do kind of like it, I hesitate to say it's great. In 2015, Disney Channel premiered it's highly promoted film, Descendants. A movie about the children of Disney villains learning to be good. Since it's premiere it's received its fair share of both love and hate from viewers, gaining and average 6.4/10 on IMDB  even though the most frequent rating on the same site was 10/10. It's been getting a lot of stuff even after premiering, including a series of animated shorts, some novels from a bestselling author, and even an upcoming sequel. When I first heard about this movie, I was all on board for it. Unlike a lot of people on the Internet, I don't hate Disney Channel movies. I haven't seen all of them, but I actually enjoyed titles like Let it Shine  or Geek Charming . But what I really liked about the premise to D...

I've decided to bring back my "How to Fix It" idea with a new name and a new approach. From now on, I won't just be taking something that was horrible and try making it better. Instead, I'll be taking a look at stories that I believe actually had potential to be amazing, but missed it. The quality of the title being discussed can range from "kind of good" to "Oh please, make it stop!"  Let's be clear, though. I will only make a post regarding a story (movie, comic, book, etc.) if there are enough things I'd change to make an entire post. If the only change I'd make is to remove one scene or tweak the lighting on the set, that's not enough. I need to be able to change a lot in order for something to qualify. Another change is that I intend to use visuals in this series. They can range from screenshots to my own illustrations (or other artists when/if I start asking for commissions on Deviantart). Here are a few titles tha...