And really poorly written Am I right? *Background sitcom laughs*

U ok?

Same. And my second-tier Disney villain is depression, with a lot of fakeout deaths but it always comes back.

@@thisismysea I hope you get through it

Badly drawn huh? Have you tried using glasses? Bad writing thou, not much you can do about that😅 In all seriousness, hope you do better soon

In all seriousness, being restricted like that can be frustrating

Inkyminkyzizwoz yeah

well i mean im sure people who have been restricted like that would rather live in literal poverty and be free than being cooped up in a palace. and no its not the same because everyone NEEDS to do this and that means EVERYONE , but in melody's case she sees people come and go her whole life

I think one's priorities can really change when your child's life is threatened.

yeah but freedom.

True dat

Dysfunctional family

I mean, it KINDA makes sense when you think about it. Ariel was at least somewhat justified because this time the other world presented an actual threat to Melody.

Vetarlit Torf But Triton also had a reason. Ariel’s mother died from humans so obviously he wouldn’t allow anyone to go up. They both just want to protect their loved ones.

See, that’s how parents turn out sometimes. The irony.

Dat HD animation

The cel animation in the original added a bit of "grit" to the characters, which I think contributed to the older look of it. Digital animation is so clean, it kinda buffs out any imperfections found in cel animation.

Likely a slight change in style to appeal to little kids. Just my guess

I get that its an animation change, but what if merpeople aged differently than humans and had shorter lifespans. Ariel's 16 in merpeople time could be equal to early 20's in human time. When she became human, her body went from looking early 20 something to 19. What if the reason it took a kiss of true love to make a mer human was bc it required energy from the human to change the body and properly age them

XD

Nicole the Weirdo didn’t the beast in Beauty & the Beast die and was resurrected

Wouldn't wild if she just stayed dead and they're like "different continuity, forget about it"

Omg then you must have seen that one trailer! I thought I was the only one! And yes

Nicole the Weirdo I love your pfp are you a Hamilfan

Emily Mortimore Yep! I drew it myself.

And it never works out does it?

@@monabohamad2242 nope never

Leave Britney-I mean. Leave Aurora alone.

I'll add a pseudo-Disney example here: No, let's not have Ventus clash with his evil half and forge the all powerful X-blade ("Some say 'kai,' but the meaning is the same")! Let's just keep him cooped up in the Land of Departure instead!

Well, Aurora was under a curse, so it was probably some kind of entrancing siren-call type situation. But the rest don’t really have excuses. With Anna and Elsa, it was one mistake, they just need to learn to be careful. And I get Eric and Ariel trying to protect their daughter, but they could have moved somewhere that wasn’t right on the ocean they are trying to avoid, instead of staying there and hoping Melody just ignores her entire backyard.

What's also interesting is how Ariel and Eric (though they married young) only had one child? I see them as the type of people who really love children! My only guess is that Ariel and Eric were so traumatized at the thought of Morgana killing their children that they decided to only have one? Makes protection simpler when you only have one rebellious, willful child 😉

@@HismerciesareneweveryAM But that would've been interesting I think (if you also put more effort into the plot). Melody could become a mermaid and have a brother who becomes a merboy.

What about descendents?

Princess Perfect it’s not really canon and also it makes 0 sense with any of the stories and where/when they take place.

Princess Perfect ew

RIGHT

This is the perfect title

Yess!!

This made me think of Honest Trailers 😂😂😂😂

I mean you ain’t wrong but I still love it

Yeah

Yeah

Soo true lol😂

Yeah

Carys Janzen haha right!!

To be honest, that is an exceptionally simplistic view of abuse, but I understand that you didn't mean anything by it.

Yea except it’s only a 30% to 40% of that happening

@@turnip332 And that combined with the original abuser-becoming factor is 60 percent.

Tbh, I think one's priorities can really change when your child's life is threatened.

Her dad isn't even abusive...

Different water density?

It's SpongeBob physics all over again

@@YedidahMVO Hey, if we're underwater how can there be a-

Spongbob gave them some advices

It is possible but the glass of water has to be extremely salty

I think it was a Royal recital. And the prequel takes place a year before the first movie so things probably settled in by then.

@Miguelle Landry is a perfect 10 Ariel is 15 in the prequel and 16 in the first movie.

@@ScionStorm1 I thought you said she was 15 in the sequel and 16 in the first I was So confused XD

The Ariel from The Little Mermaid 3 and the Ariel from the original movie are like completely different characters.

@@cbismarck07 which movie are you calling the little mermaid iii?

Specially when they retcon and/or contradict the first film, either by stating certain things happenened when they actually didn't, contradicting the character development from the first, or making up characters saying they were around in the first one. ... like Lion King 2.

I mean Cinderella 3 wasnt that bad?

@@midnightmage5970 Neither was Aladdin and the King of thieves but they do feel like bad fanfiction nonetheless. Mulan 2 didn't really feel like fanfiction and yet it was arguably the worst of all.

Ale Igarabide hey don’t insult the movie!

Bruh all fanfic is bad

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wanna know a fun fact? that was actually just natural footage of me turning on the camera and starting to record the video, but I thought it was so perfect I ended up cutting the intro for it 😅

Seamus Gorman that is amazing

Seamus Gorman good choice, I like natural go with the flow Seamus clips :)

Ariel was probably 18 when she gave birth or something so that’s probably one of the reasons.

@@cmd0317 ok that's kinda disturbing, but well maybe it was something common at the time

@@rockhistoria2537 haven't you heard of teen moms? It's pretty normal in most places even today

@@mxhsvn_b7866 yeah I know, here where I live those things are pretty common, I just say that they are not normalized as they were before, like- in the old times, most girls married when they were around 15-16 years and had kids around 18-19 years

@@mxhsvn_b7866 Don't mistake "it sometimes happen" with "normal". Different things.

Right!?

Also, WHO THE FUCK BULLIES THE PRINCESS OF THE KINDGOM. Can you imagine going to the Royal ball of Henry the 8th, seeing one of his children and going "HAHA, FUCKING DUMBASS" you'd be executed.

T h e *P l o t* T h o u g h

Idk maybe the people who intended the ball were sworn to secrecy. Since people might believe Ariel was a witch.

@@frogradar I just laughed out loud so suddenly my sisters looked at me like i was crazy XD omg

Yes! Ha!

James Hamaker mulans sequal is the only one that’s actually good

At the very least, her death provides a legitimate personal reason for Triton's actions and his feelings about humans in the first movie.

Well duh! Sequel or not, the first musical number is the most you'll get of a parent in a Disney film!

Doesn't that also explain why King Triton and Ariel were always bickering?

Same! He was and will always be a crab, not a lobster.

He is a crab. There are jokes written in the musical, people call him a crab, why is this even a question?

@@leftoverlemons930 I was literally about to write your exact statement. Who the hell is out here thinking Sebastian is a lobster??

Also in under the sea there is a lobster, the blue one, and he clearly looks really different to Sebastian.

Growing up I would tell my family "it's a crab, I swear!" and me being like 11 then, nothing I said mattered, and they were like "iT's A LoBsTeR!" and it annoyed the hell outta me.

I want the little mermaid version of wicked godammit.

There is even a prequel movie? I know there was a prequel tv series, because just like how every disney film of this era had terrible direct-to-video sequels, they also nearly always had unnecessary prequel tv series that made absolutely no sense and were a complete mess canonically when compared to the story and character arcs of their respective movies. But I never knew there was a prequel movie. (EDIT: i hadnt finished the video yet, when I read this)

Uhm cause her past is basically just sister to triton who wants the throne... Mate your asking for a film of her trying to get the trident which we know she will fail at and ultimately die... We don't need movies to explain the backstory of a character we need movies to do their job and get it across in however many they planned to make in the beginning (other wise you know it wasn't planned and is just for money)

Because Sebastian told Ariel "Melody went into the sea" or something among those lines

@@LadyMythos315 Yeah but she should look for her at the surface not a the bottom of the sea.

Well magic does exist so she probably just assumed something magic related happened

@@LadyMythos315 Sebastian wouldn't have known she went "Under da sea". None of them could have known. Look how shocked Ariel was to see Melody as a mermaid.

@@LaKellita wait you're right I never thought of it that way

"I don't actually love prequels" was flashed up on the screen while he said it but, yeah, my sarcasm detector would've malfunctioned if I hadn't read it

Monsters University?

Technically, if you love sequels, then you don't hate sequels.

C. Moore I don’t think he was being technical

What a missed opportunity!

I appreciate the pun

Except Escape 2 Africa created a beautiful meme

@@ihavetowait90daystochanget26 moto moto

Wooaaahhh sea what you did there... Kill me

Lol😂😂😂

Roll the Credits!

hey denki!

Melody would 100% think her mother lost it

Your pfp explains my face before I burst into laughter

The effort felt more genuine thats for sure.

Same

I loved Ariel’s Beginning as a kid, especially the music and because we actually got to see the mom. I recently saw Little Mermaid II for the first time and really didn’t like it. It’s probably at least part nostalgia that makes me think the prequel was so much better, but Melody was so high pitched and annoying to me that I really found it difficult to care about her. I think I just liked the characters and the journey better in the prequel than I did the sequel.

Finally!! Yes I love Ariel's beginning it's always been my favorite when I was younger and even now. I loved the music and the animation was so much better and I hated the second one.

@@calmwaveofchaos1878 I agree

Lol.

What

😂😂😂😂😂

He's definitely a crab. Lobsters are a lot bigger and longer and Sebastian is tiny

The kid in the sequel also calls him a crab

And in Moana, the crab guy who sing “shiny” references Sebastian in a easter egg at the end of the movie so

Could've sworn he was a lobster...

No you're right Andgie, Seamus is just silly lol.

Wow, I never thought about that. Screenwriters!

THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE

I thought Ursula was Tritons half sister.

구미호 dam

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but _wouldn't Morgana be able to steal the trident herself then? If she's a "descendant" than what's she need Triton's granddaughter for?_

@ChaosRayZero Morgana father wasn't Poseidon that's why she couldn't take the trident.

Oh snap, get rekt

So Zeus basically. Or Poseidon. Whatever I guess.

Poseidon didnt raised him right

I love your user

Disney Fake Out Death

This came out before the musical you moron

maybe she is a half-sister with no royal blood so she wasn't a threat. so Ursula just ignored her.

@Aqua Luna ahh, that makes sense

That would've been a much better movie. It didn't need to be more complicated, and the makers ignored that it was a perfectly valid reason on it's own to carry a movie. Say Ariel keeps going to the surface and finally almost dies like her mom, her dad saves her and is furious but also explains about her mom who he never talked about much before. Ariel agrees to stay away from the shore, but becomes sadder and sadder. She resolves to sneak away one last time and prove to herself there's nothing special up there, just dangerous two-legged folk. But then, Ariel maybe does something like while exploring, catches a favored toy that a little girl on a ship drops overboard and when the girl cries, stows away on the side of the ship like she did Eric's waiting for a chance to return it. As she does, she sees the girl with her parents and realizes her father is wrong and there are good people and things above, too. She sneaks the toy back on board and swims away. If they really had to include Melody, it should've ended with a scene where little Melody asks if that's when her mommy met her daddy, and Ariel smiles and tells her that's a story for another night, princess, now time for bed. There. That's literally off the top of my head in less than 5 minutes and it's already less-crap than the sequel. I never saw the entire prequel so can't say but I've probably got a 50/50-shot it's better than that, too. Maybe the re-written sequel, if it must exist, can feature Melody sneaking away past the safe-ocean boundaries to have an adventure like her mommy did and getting kidnapped by Ursula's sister, transformed into a mermaid so the human's can't find her, but rescued by her mermaid aunts, the sea squid is defeated by Triton, and Melody is returned to her mother, with promises to only visit safely and with permission. Ta-da. (and yes I meant sea-squid. half-sister, y'know. just for a little change-up.)

But less enjoyable.

I like cookies yeah Yzma is my favourite villain Marina isn’t as threatening as Yzma tho Yzma was hilarious

She even LOOKS like a young Yzma

@Sunny Sketches me too

@@mayra22oterolopez She should have just been Ursula

Honestly the only thing sequels do right is the music. It's still relatable songs if you separate them from the plots!

For a Moment is really good, but I argue LM3 has no good music. Her mom has the best song in the movie and it's just a short little lullaby.

It could be worse, if he misnamed the song "Just For a Moment" (sorry HSMTMTS fans) in this very vid.

The plot of “Ariel’s Beginning” sounded like ‘Footloose’, which I only got from that one video where that guy reviews in Disney films in a few words.

RedMD ariels beginning helps with theories

No lie I kinda liked ariels beginning it was nice and we learned more about the sisters

"*alarm sounds*" *"real shit"*

TheCringyVideos🤓 ngl I hate the new comment section

@Xaxisca_ Draws: ikr same

Yeah I'm watching KZfaq on my tablet because the comments are still at the bottom

@cool gamer: Lucky lmao I wish they would change it backkk

@@thecringyvideos5903 same

YESSS THEY WOULD BE BEST FRIENDS

Same

I can’t get a copy of the vhs, no one is shipping to the uk! once this whole virus is over I will track one down though I’m sure!

Not sure about it n the UK but they are both on Disney+ in the US so might be able to find them on there.

@@SeamusGorman4 just forgot to mention this, Belle's Tales of Friendship is just some episodes of Sing Me a Story with Belle cobbled together to make a "sequel", so I just saved you the trouble about that.

TV series, since that has continuity of character. Flounder in the prequel has virtually no shared personality traits with original Flounder.

Oooo a scandal 🌝

Eowyn Sisterdaughter: see I personally think the same! But, and this is insider info, if you ask Ariel at the Disney Parks “how did you meet Flounder?”, she’ll answer with the story from the prequel and not with the story from the series. The Disney Parks don’t see the series as part of the official canon that they use to train the character performers. so idk what to think!!

@@whatdoyousuppose *I think it means they don't understand character development and weren't willing to research their own lore. * If Ariel's beginning is their canon start, that means Flounder went through something enormously traumatic, or that hanging out with Ariel erodes his confidence. Kinda depressing. The TV series meeting makes their relationship more wholesome.

@@eowynsisterdaughter No the TV series literally isn't included at all in her character training guide lol I've seen it. Sucks because I love the TV series too! but a lot of performers go out of their way to reference it anyway even if it isn't officially part of their training material, especially if a guest asks them about characters like Urchin or Gabriella

It's also similar to "The Tail of Emily Windsnap": 12 yr old girl forbidden from swimming by her overprotective mom, discovers she's 1/2 mermaid and grows a mermaid tail, then finds a secret kingdom of mermaids ruled by a king who hates humans, because of how he lost his wife. Oh and one of Emily's parents is a merperson who broke the law falling in forbidden love with a human they rescued from a shipwreck.

Except Moana doesn't just work on the basis of Noone talking to each other

Don’t compare the beauty of Moana to that trash.

@Amelia de Farias Not every story. You just have to know where to look.

Moana of Montunui cross the ocean to find Maui and restored the heart of Tefiti to save her island and keep her family from starving. Melody ran away from home, stole from her grandfather and trusted a complete stranger but for some fins 😑...put some respek on Moana

this is good to hear thank you :))

Same!

Yes

Yeah I really missed it

I'm so happy he seems to enjoy making videos again! I want his work to bring him as much joy as it brings us.

It's so true 😄 Personally, if I'd been in Melody's place I would've chosen to become a merboy

Oh?

Really?

Good?

Ik i loved that movie

The Lion King 2 is hands-down the best Disney sequel! For some reason they did really well with that one... (TLM 2 is my 2nd favorite sequel)

Cinderella 3 didn't need to be made either, but it has time travel and that's always a win for me.

I need to watch it nowww what do u watch it on

Safa Aliyah Disney+

Technically, Ariel was a better parent to Melody than Triton was to her. She was patient with her, she did her best to raise her as a normal girl and she seems to offer her emotional support regularly. And unlike Triton, Ariel's motive to keep Melody away from the sea was to protect her from an actual threat.

Vetarlit Torf Triton was probably paranoid. His wife died from humans, so he saw them as a threat from that. He still didn’t need to yell at Ariel constantly though.

@@vetarlittorf1807 Triton had like 20 kids

From watching the film way too many times as a child, I always understood it as "nobody but an heir can remove it from that stand" not "no one else can hold it". Possibly this could be extended to "only heirs can make it do magic", but it ain't Thors hammer.

*cries in Broadway Jr. edition school play*

@@mjpeng6516 Same!

"I want to greet my loving subjects And then have them as a snack!"

the prequel is its own cannon! As the animated series follows first flim.

LOL

RanD0M D00D we found the new darla

Angel Bechtol just u

I will never be able to unsee it now...

I remember watching kronks new groove it’s not that great

I think I have seen you comment on half-asleep Chris

Still contradicts the original anyway

monsters university is one of my favourite films ever, but with that said I don’t think it’s a good prequel...maybe I should make a full video talking about this hmmm 🤔

I would watch that video

And btw I really like your videos. Keep up the good work 😃

Seamus Gorman yes! I would like to hear your thoughts on why

It’s basically the footloose remake but without miles teller

Right?

It would happen and it could have made the movie feel more different it could have been a mother, daughter road trip or something

Same, i liked it cause of the childhood bias

I too have childhood attachments to the movie. I didn't mind Melody (I mean she's like 12, whatcha expect?) but my main problem was how out of character Ariel was.

@@smileyboi9174 She just needed to be written better

Absolutely. I think it can be improve, but i mean... At leats is not like Pocahontas 2

be happy nope. king triton does

Nadine Oh yeah. Your right

there’s an Ariel in both stories! 😂

Footloose: Now without feet!

Literally though 😂

Cute as in "awww" or cute as in...you know?

@@jamillatorres7226 I had a crush on Melody as a kid lol

Yes!

F

jules the third makes me so angry haha I hate that it erases anastasia's relationship with the baker and her character development in general 😭

Hey, the soundtrack isn’t that bad for a Disney sequel.

I thought you were james, i fell on my bed and died, until I saw the word fan, 😶 welp

You're describing King Triton, right?

Bruh I never liked King Triton and this was the last straw-

Footloose...

Lol

I actually love that movie, for some reason I never liked eric and the fact that he wasn't in the movie made it super enjoyable (for me and yes I know its a prequel so he couldn't be in it) and like you said it was such a pretty movie but I am also biased I loved it a lot as a kid

I’m your 111th like😁❤️

Lol sweetie the colors are hideous, the plot dull, the characters off model, songs are useless, the villain pathetic.

@@latrolettteeeeeee ok we understand but could we pls let the poor thing enjoy the movie, and what's with the "sweetie" thing, she isn't your wife nor your daughter, that just comes off as bizarre

@@latrolettteeeeeee it’s called an *opinion*