See, I get your point on wanting princesses that look like you. But I was more thinking of looking at an individual movie as alienating. I can see how all of them combined not having any minority princesses was not a good thing, and I completely agree with the idea that more are needed (and needed as originals).
I’m quoting this again because it’s such a head-scratcher to me. I cannot for the life of me understand on what basis you’re making such a claim, and with such certainty to boot. Perhaps you or someone else could point me to a source, or at least explain how you might have arrived at this conclusion.
Right. I can think of one scene that was in the trailers repeatedly that was never in the animated original: Eric spinning Ariel and then coming together in the island town scene. Never happened in the animated version.
So I have not seen TLM 2023. I did pop over to Wikipedia and read the plot. It may not be frame by frame but it appears to be the same at the animated film.
Admittedly I haven't seen Cinderella in like 7 years, but was Cinderella really different either? Everyone keeps talking about it being different, but I thought it was very much the same (in fact I thought that was part of why I didn't like it as much as Maleficent).
We’re you this mad at the Brandy version of Cinderella in the 90’s
Mad? I’m not mad about any of these types of changes, I’m just saying it’s not necessary and the response to it tells you why
But the same applies to Cinderella. The idea that the latter was promoted as a loose adaptation while The Little Mermaid was misrepresented as a frame-for-frame remake is just an invention with no basis in fact. One of the first things we knew about Mermaid was that it would feature new songs. This was announced back in early 2020, which means that audiences had a more than three-year “warning” that they would not be getting something identical to the original. And that’s to say nothing of the “But they’re changing Ariel!” furore that followed the announcement of Halle Bailey’s casting in 2019.
I haven't seen it either. Just read the plot. Pretty much the same as the animated.
I don’t remember the trailer well enough, but I believe that particular scene is also there in the original (unless I’ve misunderstood what you’re referring to).
Yeah, I’m not sure I get this either. Been a while since I saw it but I tend to think of Cinderella as the most frame by frame redo of all of the live action films. Outside of the animals not talking IIRC, I thought it was pretty much the exact same thing as the original.
Here is my thoughts on this. The reason I would say sold as a direct remake is because of one thing, the trailers. I went back and rewatched the trailers for Aladdin, beauty and the beast, lion king and mermaid. And just as I remembered, they're 99% nostalgia bait. From the music they play, to the scenes and lines they put in. It's all selling "Here's the movie you know and love, only now in live action!" So maybe they have never said it, but they are sure implying it from what they show in my opinion.
Disney has films with new characters out now such as Elemental and Theater Camp
But Mermaid was no less faithful to the original than those other films were, except for The Lion King. Moreover, it fully delivered on whatever nostalgia its trailer promised, right down to Jodi Benson’s cameo. Disney has never promoted any of these films as direct, frame-for-frame remakes, nor did it claim or imply any higher degree of fidelity for Mermaid than for the others.
That’s great, but Disney needs to be Disney again. Be creative. Come up with the next hit princess movie without milking the old ones and ruining them in only a way Disney can do
They’re trying to do just that with Wish.
Well hopefully you get your Wish in about 3 months.
That’s a big what if. I don’t deal in what ifs. What we do know about this film is sad. The lead actress’ personal opinions will absolutely have an affect on the character she is portraying and thus the overall quality of the film.
Precisely because I want to voice my opinion. The people put in charge of this film do not love the original and hate it so much that they are incapable of putting together a thoughtful, tasteful retelling of the story. Do I expect a film that came out in 1937 to be the same as one next year? No! But there is a difference between a tasteful remake and one done almost out of spite.
You think Disney is doing this remake out of spite?
