Did A.I. Create This Little Mermaid RIPOFF?

[@Saberspark]

Video is still processing, sorry about that but hey, at least you don't have to look at the movie in 1080p :)

[@Lansboen]

1p already seems too much

[@Alfie_chat]

Okay

[@RebeccaKartzmark]

You could be 240p and I'll still watch you

[@Raggy_df]

Yeah I saw that thought my phone had goofed

[@dinko12]

Its alright

[@Emi_Lore]

Just to clarify, in the original book, the sisters of the little mermaid actually give their hair to the sea witch in order to save their sister.

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

Mnhm. In the old Japanese animated movie of the little mermaid I learned that. It was one of my favorite movies growing up. [The English dub of it anyways.] Which that mermaid was named "Marina."

[@kritzkrieg14]

yes, they gave the hair to the witch for a dagger. So the princess had to kill the prince with it otherwise she would turn into sea foam by the dawn. She tries while he's asleep and ultimately can't bring herself to do this. Then she simply accept her fate. Sad shit.

[@PikaLink91]

@@kritzkrieg14 Which is why I'm glad Disney Disney-fies these old stories to make them less depressing. I mean I heard that in the original Sleeping Beauty the prince r*pes Aurora, and I just wanna look into the authors eyes and ask " Who hurt you? Why are you like this?".

[@PikaLink91]

@@PestilentAllosaurus Did she even have a name in the original story? I gotta watch that movie someday though.

[@PikaLink91]

In general I gotta give this movie props for actually involving her sisters more. The Disney version was mostly just a solo show with Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian.

[@anacarolina9071]

Fun fact: "Sereia" is actually the Portuguese word for mermaid. So she's basically "Princess Mermaid", really love the creativity.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@gingerdog8203]

​@@p-__ lemme sniff

[@manboy4720]

princess mermaid? never heard that before in a film...

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Princess Mermaid, the mermaid princess

[@captainmackerel4482]

Ah, classic King Human.

[@amedotuniverse652]

Ok, as bad as the movie is... The twist of having the human prince turn into a mermaid so he and the little mermaid can be together is actually a pretty interesting idea. It's clearly not utilized well, but if written into a better ver. of this story, this might've been decent-

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@um_idkw]

​@@p-__ I don't care.

[@truthhurts9819]

Wtf is this reply section? 😂😂😂😂

[@um_idkw]

@@truthhurts9819 I don't know.

[@KhaledSamer-rs5js]

why is nobody realizing the fact that the movie is AI Made ? I Find it AMAZING for how far humanity reached in AI technology..

[@prod.n8te]

The fact there are no water effects when they move (like bubbles or those water trails) and that their hair sits perfectly still despite being fully underwater just makes it look like they're all flying on the air... it looks so weird and uncanny.

[@Frenchaboo]

This animation is so fucking uncanny, I still can't get over it. Horror game makers only wish they could create something this horrific.

[@victory_snow8220]

What makes it worse is that the same animation style and character models are used for a collage-type web show aimed at adults to..."relive stress."

[@MoondustManwise]

@@victory_snow8220 oh gods i thought some of these looked familiar

[@glimmerstantroop46321]

Fr

[@thatstockin]

@@victory_snow8220no wonder why the models are somewhat high-quality

[@1Thunderfire]

I feel that you can only ever create this kind of horror unintentionally.

[@Alfie_chat]

I find it amazing how the asylum has never been sued

[@Masterofhammers]

Maybe they just can't be sued.

[@kamanyiro5903]

I like to think the only reason they havent been sued yet, is because their films by comparsion make the films they are ripping off better.Basically like necessary evil.

[@harrypotteryescaillouno45]

It happened 2x. One for American Battleship, and the other for Age of the Hobbits.

[@Sasha-zw9ss]

I am more surprised that they SURVIVED.

[@huskobusko]

​@@kamanyiro5903 ha! and it'd be twice as hilarious if that wasn't even what they were going for!

[@simplyepic3258]

I've animated 3-4 minute music videos before and let me tell you, doing an entire production on your own is not easy. This is actually quite impressive to me even if it isn't good. Props to him for doing all this on his own. He's definitely found a niche with these low-quality films, and it works. Those facial expressions are gold.

[@Dark_Flame_Master]

Lol I tried to do a 5 second animation of an eye opening and closing some time ago just to see if I could do it and how it would be and I gave up after like two frames… 🥲 I could never animate an entire movie by myself. But I also tried out stop motion animation in the way that the artist William Kentridge does (always using the same paper and just erasing and redrawing and taking photos of it) for a school project and it went better. I made it 1:40 min long and I had maybe 3000 frames in total. It’s not amazing, but it was still extremely exhausting. So, for a movie animated by a single person, this is actually quite ok.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@K1ttyGam3r]

@@p-__ the fuck you even focusing on some dude’s farts so much for… have ya got something to tell the rest of the class? 🤔

[@gumbitoicic9977]

​@@p-__ Saberfart*

[@ChainsawGenie]

*Fumiko's Confession* Another notable example. ^_^ ,b

[@cat.2260]

18:37 Her flopping on the ground like that absolutely sent me

[@CadDriftarus]

My drenched ass after a full work day of dishwashing:

[@MyTw1stedImag1nation]

Why is my sense of humor like this.😅😂

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

It’s called The Asylum because everyone who works there is criminally insane.

[@samwallaceart288]

No, it's called the Asylum because people who go in _are driven insane_ by the warden.

[@iwanttobelieveit]

Alsume

[@0815Horst]

But at least they have fun!

[@BierBart12]

They seem insane, but they were able to pull off a necromantic ritual to bring the original Little Mermaid writer back to life

[@candycandygalaxy]

⁠@@iwanttobelieveit ALSUME 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@legendsofshyrin8149]

It’s funny how the models aren’t even that bad for the humans/mermaids. They ALMOST look good.

[@PingerSurprise]

It's cool to have good looking models. But if you can't animate them properly, all of the work put into them is useless.

[@gr9032]

It's not the models, it's the animation

[@xcyan_lilyx5788]

This movie looks like sh*twatch gold tbh. Those animations are so cursed that my first response was to laugh

[@luc-eh3ox]

they look like overwatch p*rn😶

[@Howaboutyes11]

what are u on lmao ☠️

[@geardog24]

This is exactly what I'd imagine a CGI Big Mouth movie would look like.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@thema1998]

Don't give Netflix ideas! 😆

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I really don't which mouth movements are worse: This or Homeward (the Onward knock-off)?

[@PikaLink91]

Except this animation doesn't make me wanna hurl.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Well, all the characters here do have big mouths. So there's that.

[@BierBart12]

"Jerma Anakin" I'm fucking dead. Also, the main character looks uncannily like a Sim I made in sims 4 once, with a massive amount of og mods. Probably one of my proudest creations

[@Burmilla.]

Jerma

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

Ngl the woman who voices the sea witch did a great job. Her voice has a nice raspiness I'm addicted to listening to. I hope she gets more villian roles from actually good companies

[@fuckwit107]

She's been in quite a few big films. Dee Wallace, look her up.

[@Mugsy_is_offline]

@@fuckwit107cool.

[@Nottyastro]

I wish the animation was better so that I could better appreciate her performance

[@Bashaka104]

​@@Nottyastrowuah wuah

[@tooth2887]

I watched this video and didn't pay attention to the VA's since... the animation has... quirks as we can see, but I think I agree after hearing her again. she might be the only redeemable thing about this movie lmao

[@tim_the_traveler]

"Anakin hated sand so much, he jumped on a boat, and never looked back" Never will get over the Anakin hates sand jokes, they all are funny

[@ZorotheGallade]

This stuff is probably canon in the expanded universe anyway

[@vikinggamer7727]

​@@ZorotheGalladeit's a cannon event bro

[@not_avaliable]

i think the best one was the one that mentioned how in hte original trilogy vader is always on the front lines for his missions, but the second its a sand planet he stays on the ship

[@nikeyboy5371]

@@not_avaliable That would definitely explain why he didn’t go looking for Obi-Wan on the sand planet he was hiding on.

[@bobica100]

Anakin skywalker

[@lucillemurphy1102]

The worst part is the end result is better to me. The prince becoming a mermaid because he wanted a life of adventure and can do so with the princess seems like a great ending. It’s too bad it was brought to the table by asylum

[@beethovensfidelio]

So it rips off the ending of “Splash” (1984) AND the ending of the live action remake of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” in terms of the prince giving up his life on land to be with the mermaid, and the prince and the mermaid wanting to explore the world together.

[@lucillemurphy1102]

@@beethovensfidelio okay was Splash good cuz I kinda wanna see this ending in a good movie.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@lucillemurphy1102 Yes Splash was good but it's live action.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@NunyaNuni]

@@lucillemurphy1102 Splash was good for its time. Bear in mind it's quite old now. If you can appreciate it for its time then you'll enjoy it. It's a sweet rom-com.

[@MintYeng]

The plot of the villain is like: ''She's bald, she's bald and she's torturing people who have hair''

[@krajicsek13]

Isn't that the Tree Witch from Adventure Time who sat on Jake until she got a piece of princess hair?

[@Miss.Chilito]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4GXn6x7iMtsh9k

[@themightyflog]

Dude animated a whole movie by himself. Imagine if he had a budget of 2 or 3 million even and had a small team. Imagine if he had 20 million. The animator is actually quite impressive especially doing it all by himself in 3-5 months. I have to give props knowing the process.

[@honaleri]

Same- I'm really impressed. This is the best looking Asylum film AND its basically one guy. And that's... a lot of work and a lot to have created all alone. I think it doesn't look bad at all, the mouth movements and the death in the eyes is the major issue, if that was toned down, it wouldn't look like a bad film, a mid ranged one actually, very good for like KZbin quality to say the least. I'm pretty impressed with it. More so then that- I think if he had some help with facial animations and someone to make models, he could make movies himself and probably go along way. I'm pretty inspired actually.

[@benjaminrobinson3842]

Yeah, I get a split reaction when seeing the clips from this movie. It's not as good as a "real" film made by a proper animation team, but it's *way* better than you'd expect from one guy working on his lonesome. I mean, just compare it to the "Joshua" movie, which was also basically a one-man project.

[@gummypusswatterson1322]

i doubt that's all his work. most of it is likely animated by ai using cascadeur or taking mo cap animations from mixamo.

[@renamamiya158]

well its motion capture, they are expensive sometimes but you basically just move around theres no animating involved.

[@domolutz]

@@renamamiya158 well... you obviously never worked with Motion capture if you think it just works out of the box especially with stylized characters

[@Aickelodeon]

What's crazy is, the models aren't bad, and the animation (for being done solely by *ONE* man) isn't entirely awful. Imagine if this dude had more funds, more time to hone his craft... he 100% can go _way_ further than bargain bin Mockbusters! EDIT: i ALSO LOOKED A MIKE'S PORTFOLIO! Dude he's talented for a solo animator/artist. Which tells me The Asylum just didn't give him a reasonable amount of time to truly show what he's capable of.

[@B.N_Chicken]

Give link? Can't find his works anywhere.

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

Or actually creative ideas.

[@Sentanette]

tru

[@jamangel]

Lmao

[@PearlCradle]

Where can I find the portfolio? You've got me curious, and Google isn't helping

[@ZorotheGallade]

So, about the hair thing. In the original fairy tale, the Sea-Witch is more of a literal bargainer. She warns the mermaid that not only will her human feet hurt as if she was walking on needles the entire time, but if she can't make the prince fall in love with her her heart will literally break and her body will dissolve into sea foam. When the prince starts falling in love with another woman, her sisters go to the sea witch and beg her for an out, giving their hair as compensation. In return the sea witch gives them a cursed dagger that will free the little mermaid from the spell if she kills the prince with it. However at the last moment she finds she can't go through with it, throws herself back into the ocean and dies. Yeah, fairy tales.

[@КалинаТодорова-э9б]

Yeah, looks like the children from Hans's time had nightmares from their own tales.

[@elleofhearts8471]

actually interesting that you cant get anything for free in the original. Wish fulfillment requiring equivalent exchange gives a story a lit of potential that no subsequent remakes took full advantage of 🤔

[@SheilaDeBonis]

Right...except for the last part. Not that the little mermaid's death is wrong, it's just a little too simplistic to say that's all that happens. After she turns into foam, she's told by some voice that it's now her duty to watch over children at bedtime, protecting them from nightmares and heartbreak. So it kind of goes from one mythical species to another: the little mermaid becomes the little pixie... Or angel? Or sandman? But there's a reason Disney named her Ariel. She becomes a sky spirit. Anyway it's said the story is an allegory for a crush Anderson had on a (male) fellow writer after he rejected him.

[@stevenhiggins3055]

@@SheilaDeBonis So, the voice speaking to her was God (Hans was a devout Christian and many of his stories have religious undertones) and what she became was, I believe, a Sylph, and the deal was that if she did that duty for 100 years or something she'd get a soul, which is why she wanted to marry the prince to begin with because in exchange for being immortal Mermaids don't have souls and have to marry humans in order to become fully human and obtain one. As for ha's crush well, he wasn't rejected because he never actually confessed those feelings. He wrote them in a letter but never sent it because his belief in his faith wouldn't allow him to actively peruse a homosexual relationship. When the letter was found after his death the friend did say that he didn't feel the same way, but that he also felt sorry for the pain those feeling caused Hans.

[@Nico_2202]

@@stevenhiggins3055she essentially became a fairy type creature, and while doing good deeds and watching over the children she’d eventually be able to get a soul and enter heaven (in the little mermaid universe mermaids live 300 years but don’t have an immortal soul, so no mermaid afterlife) if during her travels she saw a good child the time it would take for her to get the soul is shortened, bad child, lengthened.

[@EcoFreindlyWoodVeneer0]

4:52 “You can throw me in a dungeon if you want, But it won’t change the out come of the spell!” *turns into seagull*

[@Woopsdiditagain]

They really mixed in EVERY Disney franchise. The villain looks like Mother Gothel AND has a similar motive and off-brand Marinette goes to school + is a fashion designer. They are literally them oh my god.

[@skyshunts]

Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought they look like gothel and Marinette

[@LikaLaruku]

Dingo Pictures liked to do that too.

[@mdafneirais]

Also, her crown looks really similar to the one from the Scarlet Witch

[@iiiunixo]

No wonder goofy ahh chin man and marinette rip off wanted to get married, the guy kinda looks like Adrian but if he was sold on temu 💀

[@Woopsdiditagain]

@@mdafneirais omg you're right Have you seen Season 5 yet? :0

[@RandomGuy0627]

The worst thing is that this movie had potential. The twist of the prince becoming a mermaid is nice change and the voice acting is actually pretty decent. The only problem with the film is the writing and the animation. If someone got the idea to remake this move with a better budget and good writers, it could be really good. Edit: Thanks for making this my most liked comment lol

[@p-__]

my farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@Archon3960]

Do it under any other producers than f-ing Asylum though. B/

[@xryesies3462]

Potential?!?! 💀

[@kaygrrl9004]

Same really. I like the thought of the prince turning into a mermaid instead of her turning into a human. It’s definitely different from the usual.

[@meriahpoo7131]

​@@p-__Fr fr

[@natthevilone]

Love how bootleg Moana just looks pissed off 100% of the time. If you were to watch the whole movie without any sound you'd think every single character in the movie killed her whole bloodline and that she's seeking for revenge.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@trixieW03]

@@p-__ why would you even bring up a topic as stupid and unwanted as THIS BULLCRAP?!!!

[@jones7119]

I'd be perpetually pissed off too if I was in an Asylum film

[@eldrxtch_weird0]

​@@jones7119 Same 😂

[@natthevilone]

​@@jones7119 real 💀

[@Verifieduy]

There isn't even any water atmosphere, its like they're flying💀🙏

[@noneofyourbussines8080]

There's something so uncanny in the way the witch delivers her lines, she literally SCREAMS every word 😭😭😭

[@myflyisopen.8732]

AAAAHH! Sareia!

[@ZorotheGallade]

You've heard of sea cows, now get ready for the sea ham

[@КалинаТодорова-э9б]

Yes, she almost doesn't have a voice, like my dog, called Bobby. Bobby died from kidney problems he was maybe 9 years old and every time he barked he was struggling to be loud.

[@kelseyjaffer]

it’s not bad! at all! it just sounds like it hurts!

[@BierBart12]

She even has that telltale hoarse sounding tone that AI voices often have

[@sophiab7689]

The girl pretending to have saved the prince is definitely based off of Marinette from Miraculous Ladybug. Literally has the same color palette and is a fashion designer.

[@NoiseDay]

What a strange character to rip for the rival love interest.

[@philipphalter926]

a mix of kida and ariel fighting over anakin with marinette ... sounds like some weird fanfic

[@StrawberryBunnyBoba]

Something so funny to me that the mermaids are almost always shot above the waist, so you can’t even tell they’re mermaids

[@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai]

Yeah 😆🗿

[@jemwolf99]

Probably because the tails can't be mocapped as easily as legs and require actual animating lol rip

[@AAA-pl6wn]

I knew I’d recognize who worked on this movie from that distinct “mouth wide open showing both rows of teeth when talking”!

[@dashi7070]

I lost it when she hit the beach like a wet sack of potatoes. That alone gets the movie a 10/10, that and the 400% mouth animations

[@wieldylattice3015]

You mean a betrayed sack of flower?

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

They used motion capture to do that. Threw a dead fish onto a flat countertop

[@JesusDelgaCI]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josh-ni7li]

Jesus loves you my friends

[@josh-ni7li]

@@wieldylattice3015you matter to Jesus : )

[@sheanartisthunty]

Honestly I’m not mad at the art style. The animation is what’s really bringing it down aesthetically for the most part

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@sheanartisthunty]

@@p-__ good for you buddy

[@millys.]

@@p-__ woah, someone give this dude an oscar

[@GaudiFanYAY]

Anyone who has read the original Little Mermaid story will not be surprised by the hair plot twist. SPOILER FOR THE ORIGINAL H. C. ANDERSON STORY: In the original story, the little mermaid sacrifices her tongue (yes, tongue), to the seawitch to gain legs. However each step she takes will feel like being cut by a 100 or 1000 knives (depends on the version). On the third day, if she fails to kiss the prince, she will turn to foam on the waves of the sea. Her sisters gives up their hair to the seawitch to save their sister, an the seawhitch gives them a shell-knife that the little mermaid must use to kill the prince an she will turn back into a mermaid (and once again, depending on the version, regain or not regain her voice) and not turn into foam. The seawitch is not an antagonist, she is just a trader/dealer in the original story. Also the reason for why bodyparts are so important to mermaids: They don't have souls. Mermaids live forever, but have no soul to enter the afterlife (atleast in the versions I've read) So a tongue or hair is not something small. For all the mermaids truly have is their bodies. Also the sisters became fully bald. Like, no hair. And I think they could not grow anymore hair either. Also they, all of the sisters, had the most beautiful hair of all mermaids, and it was a big part of their self-identity.

[@Nightman221k]

You're description is very accurate and well done. The only thing that's different is that mermaids live a lifespan of ~300 years, not forever. They turn to seafoam when they experience death, but that's all these is they never go to heaven since they don't have immortal soul.

[@lucitum.world1998]

Great and tragic love story, deaaar!! 😿

[@morganyoung3557]

Pretty much, but none of the versions I have read really have a three day time limit, that only seems to be the Disney version. The only thing I head was that is the prince gets married to someone else she will turn into sea foam on the morning after the wedding. So she could be human for years and all she needed was to have the Prince fall in love with her and marry her.

[@nunyabusiness3652]

Damn imagine giving up all your hair for your sister to turn back into a mermaid, only to watch her turn into sea foams instead.

[@soaphia1987]

​@@nunyabusiness3652That is tragic 😢

[@AlyaAdrianna-nk2tx]

The face are so uncanny... Maybe because the eyes aren't moving. The eyebrow moves, the mouth open and close, but the eyes stood still. No widening eyes out of shock and anger? No pupil dilated?

[@ProjectLethargic]

I love the fact that due to the weird animation everyone's constantly smiling somewhat sinisterly, so whenever a character moves closer to the camera it looks like they're threatening someone

[@mr.cool_rullz]

At this point im convinced the asylum is made purely from people in actually insane asylums

[@r0tten.b0y]

Well duh, how'd they get the name? Lol.

[@ZekeDidNothingWrong]

Hey, some of us mentally unstable folks can still write pretty decently! /s

[@brawler5760]

@@ZekeDidNothingWrong I actually believe that shit.

[@Manticorn]

I was in an "insane asylum" (psychiatric hospital) and actually, they had TV there that used PlutoTV, a free TV app supported by ads, and PlutoTV has a channel with only The Asylum movies. I remember watching a zombie Asylum movie there. It was so poorly shot I thought maybe it was a gameshow. This terminology is, like, 50 years out of date, and from the time they were electrocuting and lobotomizing patients so is considered Very disrespectful.

[@thewafflrman5326]

Damn that’s insulting. I’m offended. 💀

[@HannahTheInsomniac]

I'm sorry, but throughout these clips from the movie, I felt so triggered by the fact that the mermaids didn't look like they were underwater- I can understand if animating things underwater is hard, but even SpongeBob was able to pull this off. There are MANY flaws when it comes to this one movie, but the water thing I cannot ignore. The mermaids and sea creatures look like they're just floating midair BAHA Edit: Alright, maybe spongebob isn't a great comparison since it's a 2D show with a higher budget, BAHA, I apologize- But still, I just really hate it how they look like they're just- Flying mermaids- At least add some bubbles or somethin 💔 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LIKES AND COOL "BRINE POOL" FACTS?? (Never gonna see the Goo Lagoon the same again-) I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Asulym couldn't even bother to at least animate a few bubbles in those scenes.

[@PikaLink91]

Are you kidding? No one in SpongeBob look like they are under water.

[@HannahTheInsomniac]

@michaelstrong5383 You speak facts- Asylum is a monster for all of these low quality movies 💔

[@HannahTheInsomniac]

​​@PikaLink91 True, the logic around walking around underwater is strange in SpongeBob, but at least they acknowledge the fact that they are underwater with random bubbles here and there- Unlike this horrid movie I am still confused how Spongebob and Patrick are able to start fires (OR HOW GOO LAGOON EVEN EXISTS, I TOTALLY FORGOT)- but we don't talk about that, aha ✨️

[@alyssaklimes3879]

I'm pretty sure the mouths look so weird cause their tongues don't move with words making it uncanny

[@admiralofcuteness]

Why is the mermaid king pretty good looking and well-animated while everyone else looks like a genuine deep sea nightmare creature

[@dragondelsur5156]

Mf's shaped like Aquaman, what do you mean?

[@Scringus]

boobis

[@SunsetEnvy]

Cuz he got them d cups

[@amroncaddet3464]

​@@SunsetEnvy and I'm gonna suck all the milk from his boobas 😩

[@Ghoosteny]

@@Scringus Ah yes, yes boobis a fellow boobis connoisseur

[@AzaelRulz]

"She's bald! She's bald, and she's torturing people with hair!"

[@raindeer9787]

Literally my exact thought xDDD

[@RackMarcelino]

Lol 😂

[@Imabird3452]

He's BALD! BALD!*Gibirish*MY EYES

[@HalfMoonProphet]

I don't know why I read this like "they're eating her" from Troll 2

[@jacejackson5253]

​@@Imabird3452I heard it in my head😂😂

[@Sp3ctralI]

I like how the sisters’ “ugly” hair cuts are just pixie cuts and other pretty common short hairstyles

[@lalocadelosgatos668]

and the way they look at each other like 😯😦😧, like they were checking how bad did they ended up looking

[@apollosperineum]

obviously short hair is 💥👺 HIDEOUS ☝🏻🙀

[@wellthen.......9384]

3:47 If you pause the video right here and you put both your buds in or headphones you can hear Steve guttenburg gasping for screentime and its sad

[@apollogarvan9446]

I think I know the reason Sereia has tattoos and various inconsistencies in fashion, and it's hilarious. Apparently, to prevent theft, some creators of human vrchat models often put tattoos on the base skin as an identifier. Often, they're overtly elaborate sleeve and chest tattoos. If one were good at texturing, it'd be fairly easy to replace. in fact, I'm almost too sure that much of this movie's assets are very likely purchased assets from various 3D stores, just animated in-house. While ordinarily this wouldn't be a huge problem, they aren't animated very well, which makes it all very obvious they aren't using their own assets.

[@Mariewolf_94]

i was thinking these models looked like VR models and, if it's true motion capture was involved, they probably ARE VR models, but Asylum doesnt know how to work w/ VR and thats why the motions and mouth capture looked so bizarre and uncanny throughout a majority of the movie

[@Facade953]

King Triton is Jason Momoa in this and she actually looks like his daughter.😅

[@uwuowo8081]

Yeah I'm sure you know a lot about VRchat models, boy. You're probably going very in-depth into those models, especially the furry ones.

[@apollogarvan9446]

@uwuowo8081 well, I do make things for em, so of course I know.

[@uwuowo8081]

@@apollogarvan9446 knew it. you look like a vrc artist.

[@cat-napsss]

The animation is like in some kind of limbo of it being horrendous, yet with some things looking unreasonably good for what it is. Like, some of the lip syncing and part of the expressions are just so fluid, but only in small parts. And while exaggerated, the body language isn’t too bad either.

[@Caldella]

It's like the creator got complaints that their facial animation was too muted and flat, so they made it more realistic but also cranked it up too high. So it's unnatural again but in a new, horrible way.

[@melanieschaefermeyer6955]

Poor Saber sounds so defeated in this video. Interestingly enough, it also includes some of his best quips. “Nothing is sacred and life is meaningless,” as well as, “I am simultaneously impressed and disgusted.” 😂

[@mochimochiarts]

God, the hands look they they just slapped a jpeg of a palm and fingers onto the models

[@VoidHearted]

I actually like that the guy becomes a merman rather than the girl becoming a human. It’s a good twist on the original trope. I’d really like a higher quality movie with that sort of ending

[@starvoltnexus3139]

Yeah too bad. We got it from two garbage remakes

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@beethovensfidelio]

@@starvoltnexus3139 Eric doesn’t turn into a merman in the live action remake of “The Little Mermaid”. What other version of “The Little Mermaid” are you thinking of outside of the Asylum mockbuster?

[@creativerealms]

If anyone would use AI to make an animated film, it would be the Asylum. So yes I can believe it.

[@Cajek2]

AI wrote it, incompetent humans did everything else

[@walkingbrassplate1615]

I mean, it’s not out of character for them to pull of shit like that lmao

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

The dialog feels like AI, especially when he showed a sample of the bad guy's voice acting and she repeated three times in a row that she couldn't be defeated lol

[@beitophh]

15:50 I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT 😭😭😭😭

[@Medirby]

I actually really like the designs of Jerma Skywalker and the Dad. The voice acting is also decent for some of the characters. Those are my only compliments.

[@HappyLovesNymph]

Jerma Skywalker looks like he could have a solo movie...

[@chocodoeeyes]

I like the white queen’s design too, her expressions are more subtle. It’s almost ethereal even with the poofy buns and the unicorn horn crown is pretty. Even her name, Queen Opal I love it! Idk its clearly random but it kinda works, I might want to use this design for reference

[@Ramsey276one]

JERMA SKYWALKER XD

[@Omura6083]

jerma985 skywalker

[@lovefromwonderland]

This movie, if it was made by AI, is honestly a perfect example as to why using actual artists is more beneficial for a project than using a computer to save money. Problem with AI is that there no passion or heart. A computer has no love for what it’s making. It just creates. And I can promise you that when you’re making an animated movie, tv show, or whatever, it will show. No one will watch a show if it’s just robotic and soulless.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

AI just primitive rn, soon it will be able to replace humans and allow us consumers ultimate freedom is create anything we want! Give it... Errr two decades minimum, optimistically a one decade should be enough but on the chance I'm wrong, two decades minimum unless our earth dies

[@lovefromwonderland]

I know that you may think that AI will be able to replace humans soon enough, but I can tell you that’s a road you don’t want to go down. Trust me. You will never ever get anything like your favorite shows ever again. Breaking Bad? Nope. Avatar: The Last Airbender? Nah. Friends? No way. Is that really a future of entertainment you’re looking forward to? Are you really okay with that? Cause I can tell you that’s a future I don’t want to live in.

[@ChainsawGenie]

@@lovefromwonderland The 'people' in charge of (far too) many studios aren't willing to deliver what their audiences want *now* - they'd rather (attempt to) push misandric and/or racist (read: anti-white) nonsense through false accusations/shaming and other foolishness, knowing full well it will all wind up in the media landfill. 9_9 Those who want more satisfying media will have to make it themselves (if they don't want to commission an indie animator/studio to do it). And considering what's happening behind (way too many) closed doors, the dystopia you detest may sadly become reality so be prepared (to fight, if need be).

[@douglasflores41]

​@@lovefromwonderlandyes

[@Howitgoes799]

@@danielsurvivor1372You’re too optimistic.

[@thefrizziestdrycat_05]

Anakin x Moana is something nobody needed but now we have, thanks to this cursed film

[@pepepecaspicapapas4726]

Well, people ship Elsa with Jack Frost

[@ally939]

Jerma x Moana, on the other hand, is something we all needed

[@Just_A_Rando29]

​@@pepepecaspicapapas4726 at least the ship makes sense more than anakin x moana

[@denverarnold6210]

Moanakin?

[@SleepyNixe]

​@@denverarnold6210 I read moaning ... I'm 💀 😂😂😂

[@cassiejohnson9410]

Listening to Saberspark say the names of famous charaters makes this feel like one of those How to trail your drangon, frozen, Guardian, and Brave fanfictions XD

[@mellyq92]

I have to give them props for trying to incorporate the original Hans Christian Andersen story instead of remaking the Disney version. I always enjoyed the fact that in the original the princes fiance really does save him from the beach and is a nice person as opposed to Ursula transforming herself to a woman and mind controlling Eric. I even enjoy that they tried to incorporate the scene where the sisters go to the sea witch for help and give their hair as payment. That said it doesn't seem like they were incorporated well or in a well written movie which makes me sad because it h0ad potential

[@bobi200samatar6]

I adore the Disney animated movie, but I really want a high budget adaptation of The Little Mermaid that sticks to the original plot and message of the fairy tale. Give me my death anxiety movie!

[@Nico_2202]

@@bobi200samatar6as a child I’d watch this animated series of Hans Christian Andersen stories, little mermaid included, it’s only about 20 minute episodes but they’re pretty faithful to the originals.

[@liljatupsu]

@@Nico_2202I think I remember something like that (though the only episode I remember was the ice queen one) Any idea where I could find it?

[@Nico_2202]

@@liljatupsu I believe the English name is “the fairytaler” you should be able to find some clips on KZbin

[@ashcashgamer5770]

2023 is the year I would like to call the Mermaid Year! The live action remake of the 1989 Disney film was released, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken has evil mermaids (including an Ariel clone) in it, and now we have A.I generated movies. And you can see why everything shouldn't be made in A.I software...

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317]

Honest trailers will have a lot of fun with mermaid movies this year 😂😂

[@michaelstrong5383]

Last year was the year of Pinocchio; this year is the year of the mermaid. Who knows what 2024 will be?

[@mackenziegivens6061]

We also had Mer-May last month with people making mermaid AU'S of their favorite media.

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah

[@NinjaPastry]

I guess I'm in the minority of thinking that with actual time and decent money, this could look and sound SO much better. I like how they look, I like their designs. I think with a more professional approach to it all, things would actually look better; less rubberbanding, less ridiculous facial movement, smoother animation, etc etc. I really think it has a chance with investments or a proper studio.

[@Pollicina_db]

I also agree but yeah we’re a minority lol

[@themightyflog]

my thing is I know the budget of these things. Under 150K. Most gets paid to actors and since Mike does it all on his own he gets a big chunk. He was advertising making movies for 75-150K in a few months. Imagine if this dude even had a budget of 5 million and someone else wrote the script.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@darianstarfrog]

Hard agree

[@chaoscreature]

9:33 Although her animation is.. messy (coming from an animator, I understand how hard face rigging is) her character design is actually pretty good. The colors go well together and her eyes match her hair.

[@WhiffyPlush]

I'm honestly shocked that The Asylum still exists. I'm very curious on how well these films do to keep the lights on.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts.

[@gspotcyplick]

They always have the curiosity factor going for them. I remember me and a few friends back in high school would rent their odd offerings most weekends. They can be a lot of fun to watch and mock.

[@eternallyconfusedneveraware]

@@p-__ That's a bold statement. I'm gonna need a taste test to make sure you're not just making that up.

[@Frenchaboo]

I do too, because while I remember watching and loving a ton of crappy mockbusters as a kid, that was in the VHS/DVD era. I don't get why anyone would buy this when they can just sit their kid in front of youtube or netflix.

[@APsychicMonkey]

The budget for this film was 99% to pay the voice actors. I'm sure they don't need to get a lot of sales to break even. The animator should have more self respect than to work for this shady company, but he seems happy in his little niche.

[@DialecticRed]

11:40 "Anakin takes Moana to his family and to the castle" Brand new sentence moment

[@TayoEXE]

I find it ironic that the prince's fiance is dressed like a modern girl and yet the setting is pretty clearly a time where he is expected to marry a princess by arrangement. Like, it feels like such a clash of ideals and time periods. lol

[@Cryptid_in_the_Cellar]

"She's bald and shes torturing people with hair!"

[@MIAM_MIAM_CUISINE]

cannot fucking get over the villain's driving motivation is literally that her wig got snatched

[@Proserpira]

There is magic in the original story. Surprisingly, there are similarities with the original story. Mainly, that she goes to the surface on her birthday and that she gets in trouble for going alone, as well as swimming away when a girl shows up. Basically when she walked, it was like walking on glass. She had to kill the prince before sunset if she wanted to become a mermaid again, or she would turn into sea foam. Seeing how in love the prince was with his bride, she couldn't bring herself to kill him, and let herself turn to foam. However, she became a daughter of the wind, and as mermaids have no souls, she would have to work for 300 years to bring happiness to humanity, and would in exchange gain a soul and ascend to heaven. When children are good and make their parents proud, the daughters of the wind laugh, and they lose a day of labour they have to do. But if children are bad, they cry, and each tear adds a year to their work. And that, friends, is the condensed original story of the little mermaid. No talking fish, no evil witch, and The little mermaid didn't actually even have a name.

[@beethovensfidelio]

There was a sea witch, but she wasn’t evil.

[@QJ89]

One extra facet I remember from the original: Our heroine is told that humans are repulsed by the look of mermaids (something I never thought made much sense, but there is a strong Christian overtone to this tale). So what Sareia's turtle companion tells her about not letting people see her makes... some sense. LOL. Christian.

[@vaimantobe3034]

The daughter of the wind bit is from an updated version. Originally she just turned into seafoam and became deader than dead. Apparently the moral was harshly enforced!

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

@@vaimantobe3034 "Kinder, if you cry the seafoam get depressed further"

[@Bubba-64]

There was more effort made in this comment than in the entirety of this movie

[@IdkWhatToMakeMyUserNameLoI]

16:06 “She’s BALD! She’s bald and she’s torturing people with hair!”

[@Green-Raccoon777]

An Evil version of Bayonetta, obviously.

[@MusicPerson-to3wb]

“Its Chris Pratt” ‘It’s Clefairy’ “Fuuuuuuu-” 5:17

[@PrinsaVossum]

The fact Saber says "tailcoats" instead of "coattails" is something I can never get over.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@jurassickaiju14]

"I don't like sand. It's rough, and coarse, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. That's why I love you, Sereia. You live in the water, not on the sand. I want to be part of _your_ world." -This movie's Prince Anakin, probably

[@ally939]

Beautiful, thank you

[@egg_bun_]

This was good

[@beethovensfidelio]

Don’t tell him that the ocean floor consists of sand. 😂

[@rolanslide8509]

Dee Wallace isn't just the mom in E.T.- she's actually a pretty prominent figure in the horror community, starring in movies like Critters, Cujo, The Hills Have Eyes, etc. Seeing her in this is... wild. She ate though

[@haleyhersh3850]

Is it bad that I only know her as the mom from E.T 😂?

[@Davidanimates23]

7:05 as a human I cannot see turtles

[@MatsuyoRific]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the other girl looked like Marinette. The hair, the red dress, and she's a fashion designer? Yeah, she's definitely based on Marinette. It's not even a Disney show, it just airs on Disney Channel in some countries.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

I swear that crown is a reality hopping miraculous.

[@optiquemusic6204]

Maybe I missed something, but did Darla (Marinette) die? Otherwise, I don't think she would appreciate not-Eric calling off their wedding to be a merman with Saline. I'd give this movie props for bring up that conflict from the original story. But that would mean complimenting this movie.

[@hikawagetsbitches]

apparently some of the models aren’t made in-house so it could be a model of marinette

[@MatsuyoRific]

@@hikawagetsbitches It's definately not the same model. I was talking about her design elements and character traits making her resemble Marinette. The fact that she has blue hair, wears a red dress, and is a fashion designer

[@tacticaldroid5975]

12:42 WE MAKING IT OUT OF ATLANTIS WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

[@angelasmith7830]

WE GANNA KISS THE GIRL WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

[@HowDidIGetH3re]

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bryede]

19:29 love how her eyeballs aren't animated to follow her head.

[@RackMarcelino]

Wth

[@francescacastronovo647]

AI ass movie fr

[@Ilovecheese-qr6db]

Why did she have a robin mask for a second?

[@ChingaTuMadre-p5z]

15:52 "Oh My Gosh! She's bald..She's bald! And she's torturing people who have hair!!" I had to..

[@joesmutz9287]

I always love when an actor knows they're in trash and just decide to go all out ham

[@leinadlink]

17:45 I knew that looked extremely funny for a reason. That is straight up a mixamo stock animation without any tweaks done to it. They just attached a sword to her hand LMAO

[@geo1136]

It's kinda upsetting cause most *not all* of the models are actually not that horrible, same with *some* of the voice acting, but as we see the movements on the models are just...cursed

[@catsock]

saw that tear away dress and suddenly i was watching the entirety of barbie and the three musketeers from start to finish in my head

[@GrimSpookz]

When you really, and I mean REALLY, pay attention to the animation - you actually feel like you're in a fever dream and you cant wake up. Its so scary, but so mesmerising.

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

I feel the A.I. took things from the Japanese version of "The little Mermaid" which was closer to the books. The mermaids English version's name is "Marina" which is close to Sarina. And her sisters give up and cut their hair to make a cure for the spell to save their sister after hearing from Marina's Dolphin friend things went bad. And that she had to kill the Prince before sunrise with the poisoned dagger made by the Sea Witch.

[@imhappy7632]

the poisoned dagger was in the book, from what I remember

[@mdkl73]

I mean maybe it just took from the book then?

[@LikaLaruku]

It's not Sarina, it's Sareia.

[@GROV3RRRR]

11:50 Their arms clipped through each other😭😭

[@ThunderbolttheFox]

Many of these underwater scenes look like they're not actually in any water, but levitating in the air.

[@eljaminlatour6633]

I like how you poke fun at movies, by not calling a character by his or her name but calling them after a similar looking character.

[@TotalSH]

Huh... So if I heard correctly, Sereia said her sisters went to the surface when they were 15. That's... actually true in the book. Little Mermaid only knew of the human world from stories from her grandmother and sisters when they went up at 15. Disneys versions didn't have this so....1 point to Asylum I guess 😆. Maybe the AI was programmed to actually read the book

[@thehillisalive]

IIRC there is a prequel short story of Ariel's 15th birthday where she sees the surface for the first time as well; I think she meets Scuttle in it but it's been a long time since I've even thought of it

[@p-__]

my farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@aidenferris4735]

5:39 why was the turtle manning while she thrusted😂😂

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

If AI really did make this movie, it shows why making AI generated movies is a bad idea.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Given their previous animated content, it seems to be human-made, unfortunately.

[@EggieAnimates]

AI-made a lot of things are a bad idea

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@EggieAnimates We use AI in a lot of our products (Photoshop uses it, for example) because, at the end of the day, it’s still a tool. What we really need is human involvement/guidance, not just letting it do what it wants without consequences.

[@Just_Voden]

13:35 Off brand Miraculous ladybug had me laughing! The fact she's a fashion designer like in the actual show is hilarious!

[@philipphalter926]

well, asylum is anything but subtle when it comes to ripoffs

[@nathangamble125]

You know what... Based on what I've seen in your review, this version of The Little Mermaid is fine. It's not great, but it's not bad, especially considering the size of the team and budget. The first 3/4 of the story seem pretty faithful to the original book, and the plot twist at the end is interesting, if not very well executed. The models, animation, and environments are obviously nowhere near Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks quality, but they're not terrible.

[@breendart134]

Yeah, this is pretty much my exact reaction too lol

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark’s farts 💨

[@dadadadeadgirl5602]

Tbh the story in theory could've been good if the execution wasn't terrible. Like I don't just mean visuals, but the writing seems pretty abysmal.

[@zyerkos]

the models look similar to, if not the same as, the ones used in some r18 animations lol

[@stormshadowsmet1915]

The glowing tattoos look more like the ones you see on the sirens from borderlands if you're playing on switch

[@BloodPlusPwn]

I think the animation is actually fantastic for a single person. Like, that's actually insane. I am very impressed with that. If the writers put in a fraction as much work and skill as the animator did it would've been a great movie tbh

[@ttrung0101]

I agree!

[@uranusouji9703]

Oh it's very probably motion capture- so less animating and more cleaning up

[@Blastertronus]

That mouth movement man, I can’t ever get enough of it.

[@henryhyde8939]

The movie is godawful sure, but I can barely get one project done on my own and this dude went and animated a whole movie by himself 😂 Respect

[@F0UR3V3R]

if this guy had: -Bigger budget -More time -Proper motion capture software he couldve made some good animation.

[@NUCLEARARMAMENT]

​@@F0UR3V3RHow much money do you think his salary was? Or at least the budget quoted for this mockbuster?

[@F0UR3V3R]

@@NUCLEARARMAMENT I dont know?

[@Gastemaz]

​@@NUCLEARARMAMENT2 pesos and a kitkat

[@rethner]

Start of the video: Your Baldur's Gate 3 character when you finally decide to make a weapon strike after 15 minutes of struggling to decide

[@kissun.13]

18:42 I’ve been imagining this "prince turning into a merman to be with the little mermaid" scenario for years and the fact that that vision got realized in a low budget knock-off movie is…kind of conflicting?? Lmaoooo 😂

[@beethovensfidelio]

In a 1999 episode of “Hercules: The Legendary Journey” titled “My Best Girl's Wedding”, Iolaus becomes a merman, and he and the mermaid Nautica happily swim together. Then again, it’s possible that episode was meant to be a shoutout to “Splash”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX6pf6NqhpqGiLcm59s .

[@starvoltnexus3139]

And then a live action Mockbusters I apologizes

[@beethovensfidelio]

@@starvoltnexus3139 What? “Splash” is not a live action mockbuster since it came out in 1984, 5 years before Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”.

[@GenieVillain26]

Not only does she get an Elsa dress, but I noticed that the dress she wears when she becomes human looks like the dress from Aquamarine that the title character does that wrap around thing with the sleeves.

[@Crowfeather-lq4nd]

18:02 "What an incredible coincidence!" needs to be a meme

[@Snowy_snow561]

LMAO

[@andreasnickmann370]

17:21 The Asylum's new franchise: Plasticchairnado Plastic chairs. Tornadoes. Enough said

[@jeandutoit1226]

Plasticnado

[@PikaLink91]

18:25 I am baffled that Saber didn't mention that this scene is literally ripped right out of Aladdin.

[@mattwo7]

9:28 All these comparisons to characters from other movies and you didn't even notice she's a dead ringer for Mother Gothel? A weird mix of her aged and de-aged and forms.

[@bluegal5134]

You know what? This kind of animation with some of these models would look AMAZING as a medium for a horror movie. Parts of it kinda remind me of stop motion, and a whole lot of stop motion properties can make something look extremely unsettling. For example, the short "Opal" from Adult Swim.

[@catsnuggie]

follow me, i'm on the brink of visual epiphany!

[@fungustheclown666]

Jack staubers entire video career is a good representative if ehat it could look like given the right layers and designs

[@BierBart12]

13:43 That "papa" character looks exactly like RTgame

[@sillemarie7902]

i'd love to see a studio make a movie based more on the original little mermaid, cause its such a beautiful story.

[@optiquemusic6204]

Beautiful, if a little unpleasant. Imagine if every step you take feeling like you're walking barefoot on shattered glass. Of course, there are a few good direct-to-video takes on the original story if you know where to look.

[@nori5810]

Toei Animation did that in the 70's

[@greek1237]

Toei Little Mermaid 1975 film is what your looking for.