Could’t you have Wait until the little mermaid remake come before this video was made?

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i don't mind some of the changes, as change can be refreshing. but to dramatically change the core aspects of a specific character's identity (ie, base personality, and character design) is completely unnecessary for the most part. I'll admit, the way the Little Mermaid tried to do colour-blind casting is smart, but also problematic for several reasons (I'm not just talking about Halle Bailey here). Triton has 7 daughters, now it's never really mentioned whether all 7 daughters share the same mother, not at least in the original movie, and since they mostly looked like actual sisters, we never questioned their parentage. In the new film, Triton still has 7 daughters, but they are each a different race. For any child that has any sort of understanding of how genetics work (and most of them do at 13), this immediately implies that Triton was either a polygamist or liked to "sleep around", now to be fair, the Greek Myths of the gods (which the Little Mermaid is loosely based on) don't mess around by saying the gods did in fact like to sleep around often, but for a company that built it's legacy on family-friendly entertainment, this kind of implication is a huge no-no. And before you say, that colour-blind casting is not meant to be taken seriously, there are 2 types of comedy films. the first is an outright comedy, a genuinely funny script paired with expert comedic performances; then there's the "parody style" comedy, a type of low-budget comedy where the actors are just riffing off each other regardless of how bad the jokes can get, or how awful the production quality is, sometimes it can be in the "it's so bad it's good" category, it doesn't mean that there aren't any good parody-style comedies, just that most of them are trash. an example of a good parody-style comedy where colour-blind casting worked well, is Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Cinderella is played by R&B singer Brandy, her Prince is played by Filipino actor Paolo Montalban and his parents are played by Whoopi Goldberg (black) and Victor Garber (white). Now i'm no geneticist, but i don't believe that a White man and a Black woman can produce an Asian baby, so obviously the casting is not meant to be taken seriously, especially since it's based on a stage-musical that is loosely based on the original animated film (ie the 1997 Cinderella is not an official remake), whereas this Little Mermaid is a fully-fledged remake of an older film that was loosely based on a Danish story. Secondly, now i'm gonna talk about Halle Bailey here, if they are gonna stress that colour-blind casting is not to be taken seriously, then why would they race-swap the main character for an official remake of a well-known older film. If Ariel remained white, while her other less well-known sisters were racially/ethnically different, then nobody would've batted an eyelid at it, Halle could've still had a major supporting role as one of Ariel's sisters and nobody would've cared that she's black, and casting her in an originally Caucasian lead role makes it seem like the film is following the "blackwashing" trend of recent Hollywood movies. But then if Hollywood casts a white actor in the originally black Shaft role, then people will go nuts. The reason why people care so strongly about Ariel, is because she is by far and away the most popular Disney character, many boys (of all ethnicities) had a massive crush on the red-headed mermaid, and most of them can't see an actress of any other race filling that role, kinda like how perfectly cast Margot Robbie is for the Barbie movie. Realistically speaking, the only reason why they gave Ariel's sisters different vibrant hair colours and styles in the original movie, is so that it's easier for them to be differentiated, Ariel's bright red hair and blue eyes stood out because of another cartoon red-headed bombshell that had her feature film debut a year earlier - Jessica Rabbit.

DISNEY'S LIVE-ACTION REMAKE HOT 🔥 GARAGE HOT 🔥 GARAGE.

I know I’m gonna get some heat for saying this, but changing the color of Ariel’s skin, making Sebastian and Flounder look realistic instead of lively, and changing the lyrics to “Kiss the Girl” got me to say no to the remake of The Little Mermaid.

Mulan 1998 is still a classic

Unfortunately I must agree with this, she didn't even cut her hair in remake.

The main thing is that it's a story from the east. The 1998: movie well fun was an insult to the story. The 2020 was a vary bad attempt to fix this. As for the cutting of hair men had long hair so cutting it would not work.

@@tyleryardley845 its never been stated to be in insult, many chinese love the animated version.

I have a feeling if he was forced to watch the 2020 remake as punishment for his misogynistic behavior towards the original and women in general, Chi Fu would end up having newfound respect and appreciation for the original Mulan.

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So long as people keep taking their kids to this dreck, they will keep making them. The almighty dollar is all that matters.

Until people stop watching them

I didn't think it was that bad at all. certainly gave chills down my spine which was the point.

At least Luke Evans and Melissa McCarthy got to perform their respective villains’ songs from the original and give their own take. What’s the 2019 Lion King’s excuse?!

​@@mlggamer5296I didn't have a problem with the 2019 version of Be Prepared either since I thought it could work for an seriously evil villain and have better visuals in the proper film.

@@mlggamer5296 it was crap -10/10

Imagine they won't let Frollo sing "Hellfire" in the live action remake of Hunchback of Notre Dame.. That would be the same level of stupidity

He saw the future where classic works get tarnished and tried to warn us. We didn't listen.

If he was still alive today, this would be the world's best, "I told you so".

Considering how the head of Disney is acting that is sadly true

That’s what these remakes are.

​@@jcj268The only remake I'd like to see is the Hunchback of notre dame

Yeah it’s such a good and unique little lesson in like less than 30 seconds and it’s done in such a unique way that you won’t forget it. It’s one of my favorite movie quotes of all time.

Doug Walke/Nostalgia Critic: "Money means nothing without caring. And all you care about is making money off of these because they're popular, even if you don't understand why. They may look like the original characters and sound like the original characters, but poorly copying what they did doesn't make them the original characters. It just makes them a poor copy." Keep in mind, this was back in 2019.

Nnna man nha man

Plus it's part of her character it's putting that centre-stage. Doesn't she usually sing and animals come and help her or interact with her?

I actually liked Cinderella one of my favs, that’s interesting you brought up, because i never questioned that until now why didn’t she escape, I could see that, but saying that when you’re in a hostile situation or in a an abusive home i get that there trying to show how strong she is, but the best course of action is to escape that, so that would of made more sense even though she was trying to escape in the original movie, that would make ALOT more sense, and plus i think in the original opening of Cinderella showed us her spirit and how she is not letting her life no matter how bad it is affecting her spirit.

I agree, Cinderella is one of the few disney live actions I actually enjoyed because it changed a bit and I never liked the animated version that much (Ever After is still the best version of the tale), and everything made sense to me. In this movie, Ella's kept trying to find happiness even in the dark. So when she was locked up she decided to find her happiness in the memory of her moments with the prince.

I think it's a very accurate portrayal of child abuse and how being under such a hold for so long makes it hard to break away.

Indeed, They didnt even Watch the movies.

I agree

Nah, it's a remake with a few changes such as Alice already being there before. If it was a sequel to the animated version, there'd be continuity problems.

​@@mattiasolsson1523how so? It's implied to be a sequel to the original

@@tanandalynch9441 Yes, sequel to the original animated film. Alice was a child in the animated version, this one she’s 18 i think? So sequel and NOT A REMAKE.

something can be deliberate while still being a poor choice. and there are more ways to convey that without making it nearly black and white

And it’s not necessarily a remake of the original Alice in wonderland movie from the 50s. It’s a little bit more of a sequel and remake together, whatever that would be called. Since Alice is not a young girl in this film, she is returning to Wonderland, which she thought was just a weird dream and coming to realize that dreams can be a reality and finding her destiny. I actually really enjoyed the movie, and saw nothing bad about it at all. Honestly, not having any musical numbers sung by any of the characters, makes it pretty good, having character singing in such a serious scenario, would make things a little weird.

I’m pretty sure in the book Alice beheads the jabberwocky as well. I actually adored both the live action Alice movies

Also I could of sworn when she did remember there was color in wonderland when she was a kid because she added color, especially for the red queen

I would agree with you there, because in the movie of Alice In Wonderland it was muted colours for a reason, because of that, but when you compare it to The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan & Wendy those don’t make sense due to the vibrant colours of the original.

It had good actors that did the best they could with what they were given. But the script was just meh. It seemed like they were trying to make it realistic and woke at the same time.

@@stevenceja4706 at least Will Smith’s genie still got silly and crazy just like Robin Williams version.

@@jonkeiser6092 No argument there. Will Smith was one of the best parts of that movie.

@@stevenceja4706 absolutely!

Yeah He was whispering for one minute and then yelled the next minute

Yes. Why cut it!? It's the most bombastic villain song ever, imo.

The live action remake didn't even have the musical charm the animated one had.

I turned it off during be prepared. Most of the voice actors are still with us, so it's strange that only James Earl Jones was the only one to come back/be asked? Plus their voices are so distinct it's hards to watch it with anyone else. The lion king 1994 is my favourite movie and Scar is my favourite character. Be prepared in the live action just killed me😂😂😭

It was stupid

Little mermaid changes her race becoming black.

​@@Gvair22Stop being so racist.

​@@michaelwinters4231If you mean that that's racistic then looked at how the butchered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Now it is more like "Cole black and the seven woke guys". They butchered the movie, before it even comes to cinema. That's not racism. That's Disney trying to force everyone into accepting wokeism

​@@Gvair22of all problems to list out,? because of skin colour??!

Many people were critising this decision. Just like upcoming live-action Snow White, it has awful grasp of source material because of wrong actors. You all remember films like Last Airbender (live-action adaptation of greatest Nickelodeon's Avatar: the last Airbender) or Gods of Egypt. You all critised it for choosing European and American actors instead of Chinese (for Avatar) and African (for Egypt)

Yep. One of the best and most bombastic villain songs!

I saw that clip and I had to skip ahead. Be prepared is my favorite song from the movie. Be Prepared was Scars big theater moment and they completely took it away.

Amen brother

I spit in the faces of the remakes’ directors!

the classics will always be the best

I think so too. So he can take care of Belle, really a villain acting to be honest.

Exactly it adds to The Narrative of him being the real beast. That's what I said. By doing something so heinous it informs that climax

He technically did that in the original, wanting to send him to the Looney bin

There's an unintentionally hilarious detail in the remake. Early on, Mulan comments on how the makeup she wears to meet the matchmaker makes her face stiff. The obvious message being that they're trying to force her into a role that robs her of her individuality and ability to express herself. Then she wears the exact same expression throughout the entire movie, never displaying any emotion whatsoever and turning her into just another Mary Sue protag that's good at everything with no effort. The fact that nobody on staff, at any point, caught that obvious hypocrisy, made me laugh.

It is just so hypocritic when consider those actor actress in live action Mulan who support Chinese government but enjoying their freedom in US during my place of democracy in Hobg Kong..and they belive it (Don't anyone sare told me they force to do,they are much believe what they say with no excuse.)This remake it just like a typical Chinese kungfu movie than any disney movie.

As a writer, not exactly. I love dark and mean spirited shit but I do actually try

​@@girlygirlsummer5761 but there are those that think that making a character suffer will automatically make us care about him or her If they try too hard to be mean-spirited, people will stop carrying, because they know that everything will work out for the character in the end

​@@girlygirlsummer5761 2004s "Around The World in 80 Days" is one of them

Amen

Or part of an agenda

I like what they did with Gaston in the live-action in the original we knew he was a hunter he was a narcissistic brute but they upped his violent streak and drove home how much of an ass-whole he was with the whole revealing that he would seduce and sleep with widows as well as him wanting to kill bells Father himself and ultimately leaving the man in the woods to get eaten by wolves.

Truth.

I disagree that he was a faithful adaptation. Animated Gaston was conceited but not a murderous psychopath. The adaptation took him from a town hero who is used to getting what he wants (largely because he works for it. Those antlers in decorating didn't hunt themselves), to a blood thirsty and debaucherous maniac. I don't think Gaston would have come close to murder in the original if he would have seen the beast as human instead of an animal.

@@AJPapi Gaston is still a faithful adaptation from the animated film-in fact, I'd argue that the live action version was nicer. He actually starts off giving Belle some well-intentioned advice (unwanted, but not unusual for the time period) and politely asks to have dinner with her. Having the wolves kill Maurice means Maurice is still killed fairly quickly compared to the original where he is sent to the insane asylum right away. Do you have any idea what insane asylums were like back then?

As much as I dislike the remake, that was at least a nice jab at the scene of Dumbo getting drunk. I admit I got a chuckle out of that part.

I'm actually surprised Tim Burton didn't have the pink elephants on parade scene in the remake. If he had added the scene, they'd have been elephants with black and white stripes.. because for some reason he's obsessed with black and white stripes.

No argument there whatsoever

THIS!

The remakes are so good unless it's Cinderella and mulan and Peter and Wendy

Do you thinks its worse than making Nazi propaganda videos or the appalling racism in song of the south?

@@allyphifer7279 lion king is crap

Yeah i can agree with that, i love the dark themes as well, and a bit dark twisted tales or fairytales as well, but i don’t mind the brighter stories, as well.

I agree. I prefer the original Baloo, and what they did with the music in the remake was just stupid, but literally everything else was better in the remake

I don't think that mogwli not going to the man village in the remake was a problem thats why in the animated one, there was a pt 2 to tell us what had already happened in the man village after leaving us curious to know what would happen after the original film , and I think that was enough unless you want them to do another pt 2 real life remake 😂

Yes. Both are totally diferent.

True. I kinda like the live action version more for its grittiness.

Fro what little I've heard, Tim Burtons "Alice" sounds more like a ripoff of the A. G. Howard "Splintered" book series, which is a dark take on "Wonderland."

But it's still called "Alice in Wonderland" and features a girl falling down a rabbit hole. It's more of a remake than Maleficent.

@@SeanWheeler100yeah true.

animation department still puts out gems just too much time between each one

Agree 100%!

We were right to hate that remake.

if thats true than god dam these writers are dumb

It's to bad this video was uploaded a couple days too soon. I would have liked to see The Little Mermaid's changes to be a part of this video.

Its also funny to me that Ariel is joining Eric in his voyage. Ariel wants to be "part of that world" but still goes exploring and traveling seas😂😂😂

@@cameronmcewen9666 it was a box office success

Thank You! People today are just so damn sensitive about everything!

@@star-boltlover9609 you mean americans are sensitive XD

⁠@@star-boltlover9609I can see where that idea can come from which is why context is important. Even without the scene that song will put me on edge just picturing my fav ship and just about screaming at them “Kiss already! Stop procrastinating!”

Cost too much money takes too much time 2d amination d Wasent profitabel enough thats why its called common sense. Disney aint gonna go back to 2d amination the less money they make the wont risk that is that simple 😊

What about living things they could’ve done it stop motion style and it going to be directed by the same guy who did Mulan (1998)

It also doesn't help that they changed the film to suit the Chinese Communist Party, who are repressing Uyghurs in the very location used for the film. It's disgusting that Disney sold out like that.

Thank You! I made the same point in a more recent post (as in about an hour ago, LOL). It may be a nitpick, but it still deserves to be said.

HAHA! YES!

Zootopia features no humans. How could it possibly have a live-action version? But they might still do it, as long as the box office projections are promising.

@@MegaMaxiepad photorealistic, whatever. I just don't want it to happen anyway

@@hunterrousseau3770 , if Disney actually went ahead with such a misbegotten idea, this video would have to be updated--with live action *Zootopia* in the #1 slot!

@@ellynmacgregor8210 yeah, that would be bad, wouldn't it? Huh?

@@hunterrousseau3770 Definitely!

Yeah i wouldn’t necessarily put Alice in Wonderland in that camp, it had a reason for muted colours and also The Lion King has muted colours for part of the film as well, yeah i think Alice In Wonderland changes a lot for the original in a good way, because not only she is not a kid anymore, but she is in adulthood trying to figure who she is going to be and sometimes imagination takes you away from the real world and solves all your problems and i think every adult feels like that, just to escape all of it, and that’s what Alice represents.

"tHIS mAGIC bELONGS tO nO bOY!"

At least they left out the red man song due to offensive racial stereotypes.

Was it, i didn’t know that.

Which shows that drug use is still alive and well in Hollywood.

Oh, made that comment too. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

And it’s spelled with a “Y”.

@@brycecarroll9665 and it's "Jabber", not "Jaber." I know--picky, picky, picky...

Oops…sorry. Maybe this time I need to check the spelling. 😁

It’s aggravating to see them discard 2D animation like it’s nothing

Except here's the problem with Walken's I Wanna Be Like You: it doesn't fit. Because the movie hadn't established itself as a musical. Also, there's no build-up to it. It relies on the original for context and serves no purpose other than nostalgia. In the original, the song was personality-driven, it fleshed out the bombastic atmosphere of the bandar-log and it foreshadowed Mowgli's mastery over fire.

@@vetarlittorf1807 I mean I guess so but even then I thought it was pretty good

I like it when the remakes attempt not to be a musical like their animated predecessors. It at least gives them some attempt to distinguish themselves from the original than be copy-paste.

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Some are mostly good, some are disapointed, and some are just bad.

I prefer the Animated One

@@chasehedges6775 The remake is animated too.

@@danielledewitt1 It’s CGI tho but it’s not really ANIMATED!

@@chasehedges6775 It is animated you fool.

All of Disneys older stuff is better tbh

The Jungle Book Remake was ok but the kid who played Mowgli was adorable

Because it wasn't trying to be just lazy rehash of original.

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I agree, I think making the live action EXACTLY like the original makes it boring. BUT I'll also say that some changes end up decreasing the quality instead of making it better or more unique. I really enjoyed the Cinderella movie exactly because it changes things but in a way that gave more character to Ella and specialky the prince, who in the animated version didnt even have a name. On the other hand, some changes like the ones in Alladin and Mulan specially did not have the same effect, at least not to me.

Or aquarium

More like they didn't make the cut.

@@MegaMaxiepad You mean the filet. 😁😁😆😆🤣🤣

Agreee. The are unnecessary

But all that money they are making...They are a business afterall

@@BiGSmoke-.- Business is going under with these remakes.

yep

Agree, 101 Dalmatians from 1997 is great.

And there’s a deleted scene where she writes a letter to the prince explaining who she is and asking to meet with him. She takes it to the palace and the grand Duke burns it before Kit can read it…

@@angelfishlex1 oh really I wasn't aware of that

Exactly, the beast even called it "another illusion of the enchantress". We all got closure about the characters and the couple in question saw deeper into each other's souls. This book scene became a centerpiece at my wedding. The movie overall was our theme. It means the world to us.

Couldn't have said that better myself! They are nothing but an insult to the classics and shouldn't have happened in the first place!

@@poke125 Exactly!

Aw come The Jungle Book remake wasn’t that bad in fact I feel like it’s the only best one.

@@enderethan144 Jungle Book 2016 Remake was mediocre but the kid who played Mowgli was adorable and gave a good performance

@@chasehedges6775 I thought I told you we’re enemies remember…JWD Hater 😡

At least they kept the songs --and even added a few. "Speechless" gave Jasmine a solo song--and a darn good one at that.

I enjoyed 2017's Beauty and thr Beast

i agree