Default Assault

The video podcast where we take on everything - by default! Every Thursday, we delve into the crazy realms of entertainment, movies, and pop culture!

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Deleted Disney: Is “Proud of Your Boy” ALADDIN’S Most Tragic Cut?

ALADDIN's "Proud of Your Boy" stands as one of the most heartbreaking deleted Disney songs but would it have fit in the final film that we got?
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Deleted Disney: “Land of Sand” – The MARY POPPINS JUNGLE BOOK Song?

Default Assault takes a look at "Land of Sand" from a proposed MARY POPPINS Magic Compass sequence - a song which would later end up in THE JUNGLE BOOK.
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SALUDOS AMIGOS vs. THE THREE CABALLEROS – Donald Duck’s Latin Showdown

It's time for Donald Duck's Latin American showdown - SALUDOS AMIGOS vs. THE THREE CABALLEROS. Produced as part of the U.S.'s Good Neighbor Policy...
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Is THE THREE CABALLEROS (1944) Disney’s Trippiest Movie?

Flying donkeys, half woman/half horse hybrids, dancing men that turn into cockfighting roosters, and the birth of Jesus! It can only be THE THREE CABALLEROS
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Is “Keep ‘Em Guessing” the Deleted Disney Song MULAN Needed?

Is "Keep 'Em Guessing" the deleted MULAN Mushu equivalent to Genie's "Friend Like Me" from ALADDIN? With its smooth jazz and witty...
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Obscure Disney Review – “Social Lion” (1954)

By viewer request, today on Required Viewing we’re covering one of the more obscure of Walt Disney’s animated short films – 1954’s “Social Lion.”
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Deleted Disney: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES’ CG Train Sequence

Is this the most elaborate Deleted Disney scene ever? We discuss the infamous lost train sequence from 1983's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.
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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983) – The Best Disney Horror Film?

We cap off October’s look at five horror and Halloween classics with the Disney horror adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983).
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ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992) – The Medieval Dead?

We close out the EVIL DEAD trilogy with fan favorite ARMY OF DARKNESS. Having been accidentally sent back to the Middle Ages, our chainsaw-handed hero...
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EVIL DEAD II (1987) – The Best Horror/Comedy?

This week, we’re taking a return trip within the woods with Sam Raimi’s acclaimed horror/comedy sequel, EVIL DEAD II. Will Ash be dead by dawn?

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Default Disney: Make Mine Music (1946)

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Default Disney: Pinocchio (1940)

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Default Disney: Song of the South (1946)

Song of the South. Never has there been a more vilified or controversial film in the Disney canon but is there any truth in these accusations?