Disney FSF- Part of Disney Online Streaming

I love science fiction and fantasy, but I never watch the network dedicated specifically to those genres because it is more dedicated to cheap movies and knock-off reality series than the entertainment that got the viewers' imaginations' going.  This is the network for more accessible genre based entertainment.

Cartoons will certainly make up for a bulk of the series on this online network.  The main four include: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Gargoyles and Tron: Uprising.  The network includes more older and outdated animation such as Droids, Ewoks, X-Men: The Animated Series, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Darkwing Duck and Aladdin.  As well as more modern cartoons such as Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Kim Possible and Motorcity.

Of course live-action series will definitely have a presence on the network, such as the classic Tomorrowland episodes of Disneyland.  Other series to air will be Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Series, So Weird and Phil of the Future.  Also available will be series for older audiences such as Legend of the Seeker and a few of the initial episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

There will be plenty of movies to air on the network.  Following the lead of Sci-Fi channels on television, corny outdated sci-fi movies will be a plenty.  Such as the ones aired on Disney Sunday Movie in the eighties such as Fuzzbucket, I-Man, Mr. Boogedy and Earth*Star Voyager.  Several Disney Channel Original movies such as Not Quite Human, Zenon, Stepsister from Planet Weird, The Thirteenth Year and Pixel Perfect will also make the cut.

As for blockbusters there are plenty to chose from.  Including classics: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Darby O'Gill and the Little People and the Witch Mountain series.  Sci-Fi movies that failed to initially find an audience will find new life here.  Features such as Island at the Top of the World, The Black Hole, Tron, Something Wicked this Way Comes and Flight of the Navigator.  Other movies include Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Dick Tracy, Spaced Invaders and the recent John Carter.

Other features included in the network's vast library will be various animated cult classics such as The Black Cauldron, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.  The lesser known Star Wars spin-offs known as The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor will also be made available.  As well as a few of Marvel's animated features such as Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and Hulk Vs.

Disney Online Streaming

Last December Disney signed a deal with Netflix which was my main reason for me signing up with the service.  Get to watch a few classic animated films, several of their post-renaissance works and now their classic shorts (a subject to which I have devoted several blogposts to). However I think that Disney dropped the ball a bit by going exclusive with Netflix rather than starting their own streaming service.

Disney had similar initiatives such as the mail order Disney Movie Club and the television subscription based Disney Family Movies.  However in a post YouTube, Hulu and Netflix world they are not relevant.  But Disney does has a large enough library that is not getting used to their full potential.  Their brand name is much more recognizable and revered than any other studio or company, I really think that Disney would have been better off trying to start their own streaming service.

Disney could easily bring what was great about cable to the internet.  I often have a difficult time just filtering through all of the options of Netflix.  I think that Disney has enough desired quality programming that isn't being used on television, home entertainment or the internet to create a great online database of programming.

I would split Disney's programming into five different networks that will be part of one online subscription.  The networks will all be specific to genre and audience but as a whole they will allow the Mouse House to reach pretty much every part of the family.

The networks are:

Disney Schoolhouse- Educational and Learning Based Programming with something for the youngest of viewers and plenty of series and movies to watch as a family.

Disney Family Classics- Some of the most enduring programming from the past that still holds up in the present and remain relevant in the future.

Disney Comedy Channel- TV series, animated shorts and movies designed to make you laugh.  Sitcoms, cartoons and family comedies that are suitable for the whole family.

Disney FSF- The network for Fantasy and Science Fiction programming.  Anything outside of reality that expands the imagination goes here.

ABC Streaming- A network for young adults and grown-ups that can be blocked for children by the family's discretion.  A wide variety of some of the best television series and movies of the past thirty years.