Little Nemo was ehhhh... The original concepts were thrown out, the movie could have been so much better, it could have been a great film, but there was so much meddling... the writers all left.
The wierd thing is though, there are many other films that have had multiple directors and/or writers, yet ended up being classics. In fact, multiple directors and writers used to be the norm in Hollywood! So I guess part of
Little Nemo's problem was just bad luck, but also the lack of any kind of ultimate consensus from the various creators.
Cobbler and the Theif was just a shame, but at LEAST the movie came out very good. Weird, but very good.
I remember seeing the promo for the "tampered with" version in 1993, I believe. I did first mistakenly think it was a rip off of
Aladdin, lol. But even so, I was amazed at how weird and intricate the animation seemed. It was literally like nothing I'd ever seen before.
Having seen the Recobbled Cut recently (an attempt to remake the movie the way the creator originally intended), I'm even more blown away! It was a triumph of animation and years of effort (literally years!). And very gutsy to have the main characters silent for pretty much the whole film.
In comparison, the "Tampered with" version tried to shove in dialogue where it didn't belong and stick in songs that were just phoned in. There's some good parts too, I did like some of the voice acting, despite the awkward dialogue. But overall I appreciated the Recobbled Cut's attempt to appeal to a wider audience and challenge viewers to have a little patience and not expect noise every two minutes. And again, the animation was incredible and probably better than we deserved.
Tying it back to Nostalgia Critic, I can't watch
Thief and the Cobbler now without thinking of that song, "Paranoia, paranoia, everybody's comin' to get me! Just say you never met me! I'm not sick, but I'm not well!" Lol