Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise by Defunctland
Shares rank 10 of 17 documentary films by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Delightful for a Sunday watch
“I promise if you're on HN on a Sunday, you'll be delighted by it”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf” Held attention across several sittings
“he kept asking to come back to it over the week”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf” Strongly recommended by commenters
“I highly highly recommend this video”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf” Called amazing by commenters
“I found two amazing documentaries in the comments sections”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Long runtime and weak editing
“4 hours, to me, screams poor storytelling and editing abilities.”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf”
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The four most recommended other documentary films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| You Can See Everything | 39 | 30 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
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| Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise by DefunctlandThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I found two amazing documentaries in the comments sections”
“I highly highly recommend this video”
“4 hours, to me, screams poor storytelling and editing abilities.”
“he kept asking to come back to it over the week”
“I promise if you're on HN on a Sunday, you'll be delighted by it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.