The Little Mermaid (2023)
 

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Well this won't cause any drama

I wonder if the priest gets a boner in this version as well

Maybe itll review better than Pinocchio

They wanted the rage bait.

What’s the issue? That’s it’s being remade or they cast a non-white Ariel? Wasn’t she announced months ago?

Looks good

Golden penis on the poster?

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Kids these days will never know such joy. :nono:

Don't you know all mermaids are Caucasian. jfc.

They should just add a white mermaid in who constantly complains to the King about everything and everyone. Maybe that would placate the mayosapiens.

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It's all about authenticity! Don't you remember how accurate the original movie was to the Hans Christian Andersen story? I mean, come on.

I remember all the outrage about a talking and singing Jamaican Lobster instead of a traditional talking and singing Danish lobster.

There was no such nonsense.

exactly

I'm not the target demo, and I'm not necessarily the nostalgia bait target demo. Little Mermaid was kinda one and done with me back then, Under da Sea was a banger tho.

I just feel stunt casting really isn't worth whatever agenda value they think they're getting out of it. Casting news gets backlash from older fans, backlash gets backlash from other fans. Things go quiet. Then comes the trailer, rinse and repeat the backlash cycle. These people are sexist/racist, no no they are sexist/racist. Production defends decisions, calls people bigots. Reactionaries make click bait youtube vids. An actress will close their social media, rinse repeat.

Then the movie drops and it's not even good because modern fantasy writing in general is horrid. Blame the reactionaries, and reactionaries blame production. Rinse repeat. It's all kinda tired. And very avoidable. But I imagine the situation will solve itself in a while, but not for Disney who can whether the storm.

Mulan had no stunt casting and it was still a mess so there's a bit more going on here.

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My oldest sister has the original movie as part of her Holy Trinity of favorite movies. The simple fact that this is a remake is enough to upset her, all other factors not taken into consideration.

Yeah a live action remake of their entire 90s streak has not yielded a single success.

Is this a straight to Disney+ deal like Mulan and Pinocchio have been?

It’ll prob n be a soulless , mediocre remake at best.

Beauty and the Beast was both a success commercially and critically

But it is worth noting that this thread is populated by people talking about an outrage that isnt present. Thats the marketing ploy at work. No one cares. They just wont watch. 98% of people talking about "mayonnaise" outrage wont watch. Negative advertising is deliberate but ineffective.

I liked Aladdin & The Jungle Book live action movies....

The Lion King remake is sitting in the top ten highest grossing movies of all time (without being adjusted for inflation) and is set to receive a prequel movie.

I take issue calling the lion king live action.

Actually yeah Jungle Book was great.

Disney productions are a special class where of course they will make money, if we're talking them being the quality level of what they're trying to recreate ermmmmm.

Lol WHAT

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These people GET PAID for this shit. :lol:

I don't remember the original song/lyrics/moment, but I'm sure people are making a bigger "outrage" over the change than it actually is.

Also in the article:

Disney movies being made by people who dislike Disney movies.

This is probably the biggest issue. All their live action remakes are like this, bar maybe the first one or two that they did as they were "new" and "different" at the time.

Dunno why they can't focus their energies on new films altogether. Enchanted and Disenchanted were both enjoyable enough.

I thought you meant the Dalmatians movie at first.

There's Caribbean versions of mermaid mythology that Disney could have used as a base for a Little Mermaid reboot that would be justifiably distinct, checks all the boxes they're hellbent on checking now, Sébastien's two iconic tracks would be still fit tonally, and the reactionaries wouldn't have a leg to stand on because nothings being 'butchered' in big yellow thumbnail font.

And I might be bias but those mermaid fairy tales are much cooler. It's sort of like race changes in superhero media when there's a ton of minority superheroes ready to kick ass. It's like they rather bait reactionaries for industry clout.

Haha, I actually forgot they even existed!

I'm referring to the string of new-ish ones... The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Dumbo, Aladdin etc (admittedly, I liked Aladdin).

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Against all odds, this thing is managing to stay afloat, no pun intended, with the reviews and scores. It was at 71% on Rotten Tomatoes with critics last I checked; over 80% with the commoners. Maybe Disney finally lucked out and found a formula.

Its audience score is <50 verified people. Bit too early to use that number. Maybe it holds maybe it doesnt but its a bad metric regardless.

I don't think there is a large % of people upset at her casting. Seems like the loud minority.