Decade in Review – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1013 (#484)

Welcome to the final episode of GEEKS CORNER for 2019 and also the 2010s.  This week the geeks talk about the many different aspects of The Walt Disney Company throughout the course of this decade. What were the best, what were our favorites, what made the most impact? It is a decade in review during the course of this episode in just about 30 minutes! We hope you enjoy this episode. Please join the conversation on twitter with the hashtag #GEEKSCORNER and also leave us comments with your thoughts. Let’s go to the corner!

A look at the 2010s for the Walt Disney Company

Disney Animated Movies

• Tangled (2010)

• Winnie the Pooh (2011)

• Wreck-it-Ralph (2012)

• Frozen (2013)

• Big Hero 6 (2014)

• Zootopia (2016)

• Moana (2016)

• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
• Frozen II (2019)

 

Disney Live-Action Movies

• Alice in Wonderland* (2010)

• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)

• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (2010)

• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (2010)

• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

• Secretariat (2010)

• Tron: Legacy (2010)

• The Muppets (2011)

• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

• Frankenweenie (2012)

• John Carter (2012)

• Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)

• The Lone Ranger (2013)

• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

• Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

• Million Dollar Arm (2014)

• Maleficent* (2014)

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

• Into the Woods (2014)

• McFarland, USA (2015)

• Cinderella* (2015)

• Tomorrowland (2015)

• The Finest Hours (2016)

• The Jungle Book* (2016)

• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

• The BFG (2016)

• Pete’s Dragon* (2016)

• Queen of Katwe (2016)

• Beauty and the Beast* (2017)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

• Christopher Robin (2018)

• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

• Dumbo* (2019)

• Aladdin* (2019)

• The Lion King* (2019)
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil* (2019)

DisneyNature Films 

• Oceans (2010)

• Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2010)

• African Cats (2011)

• Chimpanzee (2012)

• Wings of Life (2013)

• Bears (2014)

• Monkey Kingdom (2015)

• Growing Up Wild (2016)

• Born in China (2017)

• Penguins (2019)

 

Pixar Movies

• Toy Story 3 (2010)

• Cars 2 (2011)

• Brave (2012)

• Monsters University (2013)

• Inside Out (2015)

• The Good Dinosaur (2015)

• Finding Dory (2016)

• Cars 3 (2017)

• Coco (2017)

• Incredibles 2 (2018)

• Toy Story 4 (2019)

 

Marvel Movies

• Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Thor (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

• The Avengers (2012)

• Iron Man 3 (2013)

• Thor: The Dark World (2013)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• Ant-Man (2015)

• Captain America: Civil War (2016)

• Doctor Strange (2016)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

• Black Panther (2018)

• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

• Captain Marvel (2019)

• Avengers: Endgame (2019)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

 

Star Wars Movies

• Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

• Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

• Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

 

Disney Attractions

• RC Racers – WDS DLP (2010)

• Slinky Dog ZigZag Spin – WDS DLP (2010)

• Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop – WDS DLP (2010)

• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure – DCA (2011)

• Goofy’s Sky School – DCA (2011)

• Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars – HKDL (2012)

• Radiator Springs Racers – DCA (2012)

• Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree – DCA (2012)

• Louigi’s Rolickin’ Roadsters – DCA (2012)

• Enchanted Tales with Belle – MK (2012)

• Ratatouille – DLP (2014)

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – MK (2014)

• Frozen Ever After – Epcot (2016)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure – SDL (2016)

• TRON Lightcycle Power Run – SDL (2016)

• Voyage to the Crystal Grotto – SDL (2016)

• Flight of Passage – DAK (2017)

• Na’vi River Journey – DAK (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! – DCA (2017)

• IncrediCoaster – DCA (2018)

• Pixar Pal-A-Round – DCA (2018)

• Slinky Dog Dash – DHS (2018)

• Alien Swirling Saucers – DHS (2018)

• Jessie’s Critter Carousel – DCA (2019)

• Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind – DCA (2019)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp – HKDL (2019)

• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – Disneyland (2019)

• Disney Skyliners – WDW (2019)

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance – DHS (2019)

 

Disney Theme Parks

• Disneyland Resort

• Walt Disney World Resort

• Tokyo Disney Resort

• Disneyland Paris

• Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

• Shanghai Disneyland

 

Disney Highlights of the 2010s 

• Marvel Movies/MCU

• Star Wars Movies

• Lucasfilm Acquisition (2012)

• Disney California Adventure Rededicated (2012)

• Shanghai Disneyland Opens (2012)

• Toy Story Land Opens at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (2016)

• Pandora: The World of Avatar Opens (2017)

• Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Opens (2019)

• Fox Acquisition (2019)

• Disney+ Launch (2019)
• Bob Iger Legacy