# Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise by Defunctland

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise by Defunctland and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A long YouTube documentary on Disney's living characters that commenters call delightful and worth returning to over several sittings. One critic found its four-hour length and editing weak.

## Why people recommend it

- Delightful for a Sunday watch (1 comments): "I promise if you're on HN on a Sunday, you'll be delighted by it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46349591))
- Held attention across several sittings (1 comments): "he kept asking to come back to it over the week" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351159))
- Strongly recommended by commenters (1 comments): "I highly highly recommend this video" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46352849))
- Called amazing by commenters (1 comments): "I found two amazing documentaries in the comments sections" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320887))

## What people warn about

- Long runtime and weak editing (1 comments): "4 hours, to me, screams poor storytelling and editing abilities." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46352307))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [You Can See Everything](https://hackerapproved.com/p/you-can-see-everything.md): 39 recommend
- [The Thinking Game](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-game-documentary.md): 15 recommend
- [HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hypernormalisation.md): 14 recommend
- [It's Quieter in the Twilight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/it-s-quieter-in-the-twilight.md): 12 recommend
- [BBS: The Documentary](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bbs-the-documentary.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise by Defunctland", https://hackerapproved.com/p/disney-s-living-characters-a-broken-promise/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).