Soldato
Disney's ongoing quest to remake everything from their animated feature back catalogue.
The l:d was not looking so good for this one
The Little Mermaid (05/2023) live-action Disney remake
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Disney's ongoing quest to remake everything from their animated feature back catalogue.
The l:d was not looking so good for this one
Caporegime
Another thing ruined and to no longer care about
Man of Honour
Making the move from animation to live action whilst maintaining and respecting what made the original so iconic is challenging for any studio, but it's impossible to ignore that Disney have absolutely nailed it here. Frankly inspired casting.
Soldato
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lol What a surprise. Is it too woke for you now? Its a kids film.
This will be hot garbage.
Caporegime
All these Disney films are pretty much part of my generations childhood/teenage years.
What's woke about it? All the animations are superior to all the live remakes
Caporegime
You realise they still exist? This changes nothing
Song of the South was a kids film but somehow doubt they will remake that
Soldato
Caporegime
Sings around the note too much for my liking but thats just something I absolutely hate. Something that girls always do when they can sing a bit. You're not Mariah Carey and even if you were I wouldn't like it!
Beyond that, the trailer they have put up is dark and a seemingly really poor quality 1080p resolution. As with almost every live action remake from disney, it will lose the charm of the original.
Soldato
Has anyone seen the Pinocchio remake? it's horrific!!
Must say if any Disney flick needs a remake, it’s this one. The original is absolutely appalling with its messaging for young girls - being serious here 
Basically, all that matters is you’re beautiful - **** being happy with your lot, just go max for broke on a fantasy. You’ll never have the body proportions of Ariel, but never mind just keep focussing on your beauty. In fact, you don’t even need to speak to find your true love!
Basically, all that matters is you’re beautiful - **** being happy with your lot, just go max for broke on a fantasy. You’ll never have the body proportions of Ariel, but never mind just keep focussing on your beauty. In fact, you don’t even need to speak to find your true love!
Soldato
I get the feeling some people will be re-enacting the scene from Blazing Saddles where the new sheriff is riding into town over the casting.
Soldato
Not referring to the lead's skin colour here, but the trailer is really dark! Couldn't really see much of what was going on until I turned the brightness right up and even then it looked really dull. I guess it's supposed to make the surface world look more inviting? Still don't like it.
As for the skin colour... Meh, is anyone actually that bothered? Yes it's another lazy race swap, but I'm not aware of any particular reason why Ariel should be one race or another.
I fully expect it to be rubbish though, as all live action Disney remakes seem to be.
As for the skin colour... Meh, is anyone actually that bothered? Yes it's another lazy race swap, but I'm not aware of any particular reason why Ariel should be one race or another.
I fully expect it to be rubbish though, as all live action Disney remakes seem to be.
Soldato
The original 1836 story is by Hans Christian Andersen in which he said "her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea" so the drawings made at the time show a "fair skinned" mermaid but "clear" doesn't really give a tangible idea of a skin tone to be fair. Most people will know the animated version and, if I had to guess, they'll base their opinions on skin tone around that rather than OG story.
Thats the worst bit for me, I enjoyed the animated films but the remakes have all been just terribly made, even outside of various changes that were made to suit Disney's target audience, and I think they just deserved better treatment than the Live action versions have given them.
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Seeing how Disney operates in their live action remakes, does this mean the Mulan one is extremely racist because of the lack of diversity?
Mulan is by far the worst of the live action remakes. I’m really not one for this whole “ewww Mary Sue” bandwagon that applies to any female character that exceeds expectations…. But god damn Mulan in that remake
One of my very least favourite films.
One of my very least favourite films.