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| From the perspective of someone who has only watched The Rise of Red. |
As an outsider to the Descendants IP, my first formal experience was with the 2024 film The Rise of Red, which I felt had some neat ideas but an uneven execution. Unsure if I would invest any further into it, the opportunity came with the recent sequel film, Wicked Wonderland, which, as a testament to traditional advertising, I learned about through a bus stop ad while running errands. Like the previous film, my interest was piqued at the prospect of seeing more of Wonderland after getting a taste of it in The Rise of Red. Unlike the previous film, Wicked Wonderland did see a premiere on Disney Channel, but I waited for it to be on Disney+ the following day before watching it, and found it to be an improvement over its predecessor in many respects.
