What to watch on Disney+: A critic's guide

Once upon a time, there was a magic kingdom called Disney - more of a magic empire, really - which, having annexed ABC television, the Muppets, Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox, set its sights on streaming media.

Welcome to Disney+, a wonderland of film libraries, intellectual content, spinoffs, remakes and various forms of generally family friendly brand exploitation and cross-promotion throwing wide its gates Tuesday. For $6.99 a month (or $69.99 a year), it's significantly less expensive than a single ticket to Disneyland - you'd have to be some sort of ... Scrooge McDuck to argue it doesn't give value for money.

Even in the age of home video, Disney operated on a model of scarcity, taking films out of circulation for years in order to boost sales on the way out and create excitement on the way back in. Streaming, by contrast, operates on a model of abundance, selling subscribers a dream of opportunity, more candy than they can ever eat. But so much candy! Most every animated Disney feature from then to now; the Pixar catalog; more "Star Wars" films and series than you can shake a light saber at; Muppet movies going back to "The Muppet Movie";