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When Disney launched National Treasure in 2004, America was riding high on the euphoria of post-9/11 patriotism.
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Disney+ expands the National Treasure universe to train a younger generation to be codebreakers and “treasure protectors,” but its look and politics are different.
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This being a Disney+ product, the youthful exuberance can grate on the nerves.
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George W. Bush had just been reelected, and some people were gung-ho about defending the union and kicking terrorists butt.
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Three years later, National Treasure: Book of Secrets hit the multiplexes in the wake of Dubya’s dirty war and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
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but the sequel still made bank (despite similar reviews that greeted the first movie).
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Whatever the political winds, a franchise was born – one that includes one fancy prequel after another.
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Fifteen years later, have times changed?
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National Treasure: Edge of History: Got a little lost at the end there?
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the blurring of history and myth can be beautiful on TV, even if it gives a nightmare in the real world.