The series is over, we reached the present, but here's a list of movies that almost made it, and after that some thoughts that didn't get put in any previous post.

1. The Reluctant Dragon: Only interesting historically. A big step in advancing the studio and Walt himself as a brand, the way other studios used their contracted stars. A commercial for upcoming releases you were expected to pay admission for, released during the animator's strike.
2. So Dear to My Heart: Never seen it, and I'm pretty curious to. Would have been included if I were as strict in the beginning as I was in the end.
3. Bedknobs and Broomsticks: A bloated attempt at recreating Mary Poppins. If I never see this again it'll be too soon.
4. The Brave Little Toaster: Plenty of other distribution-only movies made it in, why not this one?
5. The Thief and the Cobbler (1995 Miramax release): This was an oversight that I do feel bad about. It should have been included.
6. Shrek: What is there to say about the internet's favorite movie that hasn't been said? Logically deserved to be included, as mentioned in the Secret of Nimh post, but I don't feel bad about skipping it.
7. Cars: Also should have been included as the first post-acquisition Pixar release, but it's not substantially different enough, or fun enough, to have made it a priority to include.
8. Tinkerbell: Not a theatrical release, so it falls outside the set scope. But I am a little curious what's going on in this DTV series. The rule was already bent for Disenchanted anyway.
9. A Christmas Carol: Yes, the Jim Carrey performance capture one. Another distribution deal I ignored, and intend to continue ignoring. You can't make me watch Mars Needs Moms.

Over the course of these 9 months or so, it's become clear to me that eras are real. I don't think they have clear boundaries very often, but I have to agree they exist. And the one we're in is the longest, lasting over ten years. And those ten years have had a great expansion of production, so in terms of film count it's even bigger, far bigger than any of the others by my count. And it needs to change. I haven't said this because I think all these are, baseline, pretty good. But there hasn't been a weird period, or a perspective shift, or anything groundbreaking in so long. Just iteration and improvement in technical fidelity, and hovering around the same strategies for mass appeal. Even so, Strange World recorded a big financial loss. There's a tiny hope that spurs a change from which something new can happen, but studios make stupid decisions all the time, there's no reason to hope they accidentally make a good one.

Tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, the big ranked list drops. Then this is finished. [ETA: if the above were all included, it would have been an even 90 films. 81 is still a nice number, it's a square at least.]