Awesome sig, phantom. And yeah, Baymax will be the Groot-like innocent cutie/crowd pleaser. But I think the other five will gain a strong following as well.
Yeah, and not just Part of Your World but even Kiss the Girl! Man knows how to run the ship but he can be pretty clueless when it comes to steering in the correct creative direction. That's why Ashman, Menken and co. were Heroes of the Renaissance!
Check out this amazing video of Ashman coaching Jodi Benson's (Ariel's voice actress) recording of "Part of Your World". He wanted the lights out in the studio so that Benson could get a feeling of being "trapped underwater" in the darkness. He really wanted everyone involved to pour their heart and soul into the song:
We lost him too early.
That's definitely true about Katzenberg, but he needed artistry of Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, John Musker, Ron Clements and others to usher in the magical Renaissance. It was a wonderful situation of the right people coming together at the right time.
Nopes. Nine Realms is our galaxy hence why Earth is one of the realms (Midgard). Though I don't blame anyone for thinking the galaxy in "Guardians of the Galaxy" is our galaxy. "Guardians of a Galaxy" doesn't quite have the same effect, I guess.