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Why does Cruella hate Dalmatians? “A Dalmatian drop kicked her mom off a cliff.” - Highly paid Disney writer.

Cruella’s mom being killed by Dalmatians is like having a Gaston movie where his parents are killed by furries.

In the live action Toy Story reimagining, Sid develops a thirst for revenge against toys after his dad is killed by a box of toys falling onto his head at his factory job.

Between “there was no plan for the Star Wars sequel trilogy” and “Cruella’s tragic backstory is that Dalmatians killed her mother”, I hope every indie creator who has ever experienced self-doubt over their storytelling skills and/or professional competency is feeling very reassured.

Next Disney Origin movie: *Ursula* where she fights fat-shaming.

“Her mother was killed by evil Dalmatians” That’s so stupid I can’t even process it. Edit: having watched the movie, I actually kinda enjoyed it but this plot point is still stupid

Notice how only FEMALE Disney villains get retconned as misunderstood victims. Why not the male ones?

"She's not exactly a young 32." I DIED.

The director of this movie said that he never watched 101 Dalmatians. That is enough to know about this mess.

- Is named "Maleficent" - turns out to have been misblamed and tortured and actually cares for the heroine. - Is named "Cruella" - turns out to have been mistreated and had her mother killed by dalmatians. Can't wait for the Snow White adaptation, where the villain literally named "Evil Queen" will turn out to be a misunderstood mirror maker whose mother was killed by a snow avalanche or some bullshit like that.

Will they now also make a prequel about the Baroness and how she really wasn’t evil, but had a tragic childhood that made her that way? Why can’t we just have normal villains? Cruella, daughter of some upper class douches, who always lived a privileged life and wants more and more power as she grows up. And she won’t stop even if it means killing puppies.

The evil dalmations thing killed me. The worst writing of all time. "How do we make the dogs the villains so it is okay she wants to turn them into fur coats later?". Disney has some hacks for sure.

Disney made the mistake of trying to make it an antihero movie, when what they really should've done is to make it a "villain's journey" movie where young and idealistic girl eventually turns into an irredeemable monster. Thats why people praise Breaking Bad and Joker, they become genuinely bad people in the end, it doesn't get sugarcoated nor does the stories give any excuses for the protagonists.

"Dalmations killed Cruella's mother, that's why --" no, I can't even finish that sentence, that's tragically bad.

It’s like If Jekyll and Hyde was written by a teenage girl.

I appreciate that you separated the actors and their performance from the shit they are given to work with.

Idk what’s more cringe. Seeing Emma Stone try to act like a “badass” or Disney trying to make a dog killer a sympathetic “heroine”.

"Because in this world fashion designers are so powerful they can orchestrate murders, manipulate police and local officials, and act like political officials in their own right" Ah, so this takes place in the Zoolander cinematic universe

Joker is a tragic film about a man going mad and becoming a monster. Through basically the whole third act you are hoping to see some kind of better ending, or at least someone stopping Arthur before he hurts any more people. Cruella is a power fantasy about how a woman carves out a place of power in the world by becoming the very monster she fought against.

This movie confuses the hell out of me. Knowing the character's history I'm not sure how the writers expected to create a tragically flawed, yet sympathetic character that people could "relate" to when said character has a history of murdering puppies, for fun. Makes me wonder if the writer's have a history of murdering puppies themselves.

I literally laughed when the Dalmatians killed Cruella's mom Jesus. Disney is completely out of touch.

Cruella: I was born brilliant *Gets* *outsmarted* *by* *puppies*

"She wants to skin puppies for their fur." "Yeah, what a lady. She's my hero. We should make a movie about her." "..."

"the movie does not try to frame him as some sort of cool, edgy, anti-hero" unfortunately, every person on the internet sees him as one

I'm waiting for a disney movie called "Adolf" which is the backstory of a german child in 1900s who has been bullied in highschool and is facing depression and learns to empower his flaws and becomes the leader of Germany.

"...and then the dalmatians push her mom off of a cliff" ~Actual writer for a REAL movie (2021)

I just have to say that I hate that they turn Cruella into some kind of outcast. She is pretty clearly a queen bee type in the original -- the leader of the pack that no one should question. In fact, it seems like Anita was only her friend because it was much easier than being against her.

They try *so hard* to make her confident and smart, but she comes off arrogant and immature. It’s so annoying to see someone justify bad actions as “it’s not my fault, other people say mean things to me🥺”

Cruella in a Nutshell: The Villain did nothing wrong, YOU GO GIRL!

"Why" is a good word for these disney movies.

Disney Executive: Which one of our classic villains should we give a sympathetic POV? Disney employee 1: How about someone who wasn't that evil in the source material like Hades? Disney Executive: No Disney employee 2: How about someone who was arguably worse in the source material? Disney Executive: GENIUS! The moral of the story is don't use the cocaine before a board meeting

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only person to say “Why would I root for a person who wanted to kill dogs and make a coat out of them?”

So basically "The Joker wears Prada", except they failed to capture the essence of either movies.

It’s amazing how Disney forgot in the original she was not even a fashion designer. Just a wealthy woman who dressed nicely. Even in 101 Dalmatians 2 she refers to herself as “as over-financed heiress”

At this point, Disney may make a movie on how the Evil Queen from Snow White hates fair people because a fair person killed her mom. So now the only the Evil Queen is allowed to be the fairest person of all.

I have feelings that people are just gonna look past the fact that cruella is a horrible person who threatened a couple and then kidnapped their puppies to skin them and turn them into coats, but it's fine she's an ambitious strong female character she can do whatever she wants.

So...having Cruella tumble out the back of a garbage truck wearing a dress made of trash is supposed to be part of a triumphant montage displaying her super-totes-amazing fashion design skills? Because back in 2001 when _Zoolander_ showed us 'Derelicte,' we were supposed to be _laughing_ at the idea of literal garbage being glamorized as high fashion.

I'm expecting a Smaug origin story where we find out he was saving that gold for the starving chuldren of Gondor.

you know, i once watched this thing called Twisted, the Untold Story of a royal vizzier. it was a play that told the supposed real story of Jafar from Aladdin. and it was perfect. it had excellent comedy and excellent tearjerking moments and in one of the song, a bunch of other disney villains appeared, all telling how the true story was wrong and how they were actually tragic, like Ursula wanting for equality for everyone but being usurped from the throne by the king guy (dont remmeber the name), Gaston actually loving Belle for who she was and wanting to rescue her because he thought she was in actual danger, Captain Hook just wanting to teach peter pan responsability so that he wouldnt end up like him, Scar wanting equality for both the lions and the hyenas and when cruella went, she said that she just wanted a coat full of puppies and everyone boo her out and disney literally thought they could made her a sympathetic character

Best outro quote I have ever seen "Go Away Now" it is perfection.

"Dalmations killed Cruella's mother!" Stop Disney. Please. Just stop these films. For the love of entertainment, just stop.

Unpopular Opinion: The whole “misunderstood antihero” trope is getting annoying and overused. Not every antagonist needs a sad backstory. Some people are just evil. Plain and simple.

Imagine if cruela ended up losing all of her friends and having nothing left but a bunch of yes men encouraging her behavior. That would've been cooler than what we got

Cruella vandalizes a store window and becomes a fashion icon, but when I do it I get community service!!

Cruella hating Dalmatians because they throw her mom off a cliff is one of the funniest things I’ve heard in my life, Disney really puts no effort on their products now.

-“Lemme get this straight: you think a bunch of cgi dalmatians pushing a woman off a cliff is funny?” -“I do. And I’m tired of pretending it’s not.”

Everyone that works with me keeps going on about how awesome a movie Cruella is, and I keep explaining to them that a puppy killer is not a good female role model. Then I tell them to watch Alita Battle Angel instead. Then they call me an idiot.

One thing I didn’t get about this movie is the timeline. The original story, both movie and the book takes place in the 1950’s. Meaning Cruella at age twenty, would have been around the 1920’s if not earlier. The whole this takes place in 1970’s angle felt more like a nostalgia grab at retro 70’s rock, rather than continuity.

This was Disney’s attempt at Joker. A failed attempt.

This movie should have ended with John Wick coming after Cruella.

So....its the devil wears Prada, only without the talent, interesting characters, plot that made sense....or anything fucking good?

Emma Thompson's character felt a lot more like Cruella than Emma Stone's character.

They legitimately gave her Batman's origin but with dogs instead of crime.

the moral being "act like a sociopath to get ahead in life" says a lot about this movie's creators.

"I want VENGEANCE for what happened to MY MOTHER! Also, I'll make some fur coats while at it uwu"

Not to mention the plot hole at the end of the movie where Perdita and Pongo are apparently siblings…..

"Sir, Cruella is literally a villain that wants to kill puppies. How can we make that sympathetic?" "Easy. We show a scene where evil puppies murder her helpless mother." Just when you think Disney's potential for absurdity has been reached, they take it further.

Wait wait wait. Cruella's mom was dropkicked off a cliff by dalmation guard dogs? That's...really fucking funny.

What's funny is even Emma Stone herself said that Joker and Cruella are not the same

The beginning of the video made me think about the Loki series and how my expectations were so low and how I knew with every fiber of my being this show was going to be subpar just like the rest of the Marvel series. But ended up proving me wrong. It’s been so long since I’ve felt absolute bliss watching a show. ESPECIALLY something made by Disney.

Finding out that one of the Dalmatians dropkicked Cruella's mom to her death makes this film hilarious on a whole other level.

It's ironic. The original film was kind of a critique of the fashion industry and these shallow, fashion-worshipping fashionistas. But the remake wallows in the fashion industry.

This movie could have worked if it weren't a cruella movie. Cruella is an interesting character, but what was shown in this movie wasn't the cruella we knew and loved, it just uses it's name and clothes to make it marketable. If they didn't try so hard to make cruella the main character, this could have worked alright. Also, no fur plotline? How could you take out one of the most defining pieces of a character and expect people to not feel alienated?

It wasn’t just Dalmatians that made her crazy for fur. She was obsessed with skinning rare or endangered species. Hence the white tiger in the first live action. And one design lead her to wanting to skin puppies for a fur coat. She moved from endangered exotic animals to domestic animals which became a scarier twist to her personality. This film shows non of that…

"What did dalmatians do to her, kill her parents?" - "Yeah, about that..."

There is a clearer way to describe the difference between Cruella and Joker: Joker didn't try to make him a hero. He is simply the protagonist in a tragedy.

As usual you nailed it. I dont know how youre able to sit thru all these shitshows but we appreciate ya takin one for the team. 99% of studio films are the same crap. I want to be entertained not lectured to.

This whole film and idea behind it is like a sarcastic idea that has gone too far... like in that one South Park episode Mother killed by dalmatians = Grows up to kill & skin dalmatians Hollywood has broken through the bottom of the barrel and hit bedrock

When I heard that dalmations killed Cruella's mom, I laughed and thought it a joke. Oh, how foolish I was.

Imagine "was dropkicked off a cliff by a disgruntled Dalmatian" being on your tombstone forever

3:38 okay, but _Project Runway_ with extra murder sounds like a really fun premise, _if_ that's what the story's about, _and_ you can take the gloves off and actually have people killed and not be a prequel to a Disney movie

"Cruella became a villian because some dalmations pushed her mom off a cliff". I can't even begin to process the utter stupidity of this shit.

We all know why Disney made this movie: they needed a Harley Quinn, so they tried to make Cruella a Harley Quinn like character, but it just doen't work like that.

So moral of the story: don’t be raised by a single mother.

I needed to find a review like this. After seeing how much praise this movie is getting and the reviews..

I remember having nightmares about cruella as a child. She was a brilliant and timeless villain. Now she is a little woman that likes dresses. Thanks disney for making a movie that makes me fall asleep.

The part where Cruella jokes about turning the Dalmatian into a coat made the audience of my function clapp like wtf should I feel good about animal abuse?

“Bloated and self-indulgent” - Like every Disney movie made in recent years

Cruella could’ve been an amazing negative story arc character. Started like a villain and ended as a villain, with a small chance of redemption midway through the film but threw it all away to become a monster instead. Joker it is not, but it could’ve been.

The other day I watched the 1950s Disney movie Third Man On The Mountain where it's celebrated European history and was wholesome and nice and even though that was long before my time on this planet, it made me wish that I lived back then. Walt Disney must be rolling in his grave at what has become of his baby.

When I heard that Cruella’s mom was pushed off a cliff by Dalmatians I thought it was a parody. I’m still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor after that clip.

They saw Joker and were like, "Who can we use to do the same story?" And chose the woman who wanted to skin puppies.

I want to see how Disney is going to make Scar sympathetic. Poor Scar.

Davy Jones is the only Disney villain worthy of having a prequel movie made about them.

“...And then the Dalmatian did a backflip, snapped the mother’s neck, and doomed the world.”

Saddest part is Disney already had a definitive live action Cruella back in the 90s played perfectly by Glenn Close. But nah, let's forget that ever happened!

Speaking of the original version of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians; the backgrounds of that movie have this really endearing quirkiness to them. Something about the color palette and quality reminds me of the illustrations Quentin Blake did for Roald Dahl’s books. I remember seeing somewhere that the artists on Disney’s Big Hero 6 used the backgrounds of 101 Dalmatians as inspiration for the aesthetic of Big Hero 6, and I think it was to BH6’s benefit that they did, as that movie also has beautiful scenery and design. Kinda makes me wish we got another BH6 honestly.

I find it weird that Dalmatians weren’t even that related to the story aside from killing her mother. In the original story, she’s a villain who kidnapped 101 Dalmatians so that she can make an expensive coat for herself.

*Disney writer after a 5 day cocaine fueled bender:* “Okay okay guys, just hear me out. What if... just what if... we had Dalmatians kill her parents?” *Disney:* “Absolute cinematic genius, you’re promoted.

My running theory is that ones enjoyment of this film is directly proportional to the amount of time you’ve spent at Hot Topic in the last 10 years.

I agree with nearly all of your criticisms except for the film's message about being vindictive to get ahead. Cruella is an origin story of a villain; she's supposed to go from bad to worse, and she likely wasn't supposed to be anyone's role model. But I agree with everything else you said. Excellent video as always!

Disney shitting out a soulless cash grab based completely on people's nostalgia of a movie made by people with actual talent that cared about their work? I don't believe it!

Wheel of Morality: "Animal abuse is cool!" Audience: uhh.....

“I was really determined that Cruella be as bad as possible... I hope Cruella is the character that people love to hate.” Glenn Close, when interviewed about her role in the live action 101 Dalmation film.

I can't wait until Disney comes up with Ursula's backstory movie about oppression and body positivity.

As a stand-alone this was pretty well done. If they try to transition to puppy killer cruella with this cast and premise, it won’t work.

Next up: Disney's 'Lil' Adolph!' - the delightful tale of the adorable baby Hitler, misunderstood, fiercely fabulous and ready to turn up the burners of justice!

Up next, Gaston watched as a boy when his parents were killed by eggs.

I have heard her comment about marriage so many times followed by "Yassss Queen!!" When Cruella was every bit the awful self absorbed monster as the Baroness before her