Disney Live Action Remakes Need to Stop

[@Sbella.b883]

As an animation student, the main thing we are taught to consider is “why make it an animation instead of a live action?” Disney used to keep this in mind with their old movies and made sure that there was purpose to the animation. It’s why every live action Disney does will struggle.

[@theintrovertedsquare]

THANK YOU, I feel like that’s what people don’t understand. There’s a reason why a lot of their stories were animated, it’s a shame people are taking the medium for granted like this 😭 Edit: I meant to write “animated,” not “underrated” lmao

[@carms.creative]

Exactly this! A well done animated movie wouldn't translate well into live action and it doesn't need to. Just leave it alone already! :(((

[@QuentrixMovies]

My animation teachers said the same thing as well. They would say a story is "too live-action" if it wasn't interesting enough for animation.

[@mhiggs8001]

Yeah I went to art school for illustration and it was why draw this instead of photograph it. What about it will you do to make it worthy of being illustrated rather than a photo. How can you justify it? You have to use the medium to elevate what you are doing in a way that can’t be done with photography or what have you, otherwise what’s the point.

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

They only struggle quality wise but as a business Disney will keep trying make the movies that anyone who grew up in the 90s and maybe the 2000s assuming they'll break a billion.

[@DragonGoddess18]

9:03 "...they could have cast Halle as a new, original Black Disney Princess" That's what I've been saying

[@Birchlead]

Yo I keep getting called RACIST for this take like um yeah I should just totally take whatever scraps Disney throws at people and be greatful and praise them for race swapping lol braindead

[@FGotz]

Had she been casted for the role of Tiana for example I guess the backlash hadn't been so hard. If there even would have been one. Just my guess tho.

[@nickit2015]

​@@FGotz also: Tiara sings more in her movie that Ariel in the little mermaid. Her talent and beautiful voice could have been used in Tiana. What a waste.

[@FGotz]

@@nickit2015 exactly. And nobody would've been angry

[@mhiggs8001]

I have to believe they did it intentionally to generate publicity and to shield themselves from criticism, because if you say anything remotely critical of the movie you are just called racist and any critique is shutdown. They should’ve made a new character or done something better with her than this.

[@polmm7915]

One day Disney will run out of idea and start making remakes on Pixar movies

[@MylingCyrus]

Live action the good dinosaur

[@polmm7915]

@@MylingCyrus Live action Cars

[@MylingCyrus]

@@polmm7915 live action a bugs life

[@katherinealvarez9216]

😱

[@peacecraft82]

@@katherinealvarez9216 Live action Toy Story

[@laurenhagarty]

Honestly I feel like a Lilo and Stitch remake that used a lot of puppetry and prosthetics and styled it self after campy sci-fi could actually have a lot of charm and heart. A more adult and mature version of that story could tackle the heavier topics as well, plus dive into the specific struggles of native Hawaiians that the movie hints at. But that's not what it will be. It will be a dark, muddy, paint-by-numbers mess made possible by exploited VFX artists.

[@Sharpe1502]

You just know that’s not gonna be what Disney is gonna do though.

[@youmadornahhh]

All these buzzwords.

[@mhiggs8001]

Another thing that angers me is if they’d just use more practical effects they could lessen the vfx burden. When you look at behind the scenes footage for a Disney film it’s all blue and green soundstages. Almost nothing is real. Hell when Chloe zhao(spelling?) did eternals the execs were shocked to see actual scenes shot practically and on locationz

[@statsy150]

The thing that gets me the angriest about live action moana is that just by watching the animated film you can easily see it’s gonna be impossible to capture the magic of Tamatoa or Te Fiti so what even is the point? I feel like there comes a point where we should actually try to stop seeing these films completely so that maybe they’ll understand, even though I doubt it. I mean couldn’t they just do theatre reruns of their animated classics that sounds a lot better for everyone involved

[@vlogily8043]

Those won’t even be live action, they might as well just take the cgi skins and not change a thing

[@venti726]

​@@vlogily8043 and the animals In that live action moana, will be like In the little mermaid & lion king, terrible CGI.

[@vlogily8043]

@@venti726 yeah and bland coloring

[@A_Midsummer_Nights_Dream]

Ikr! Why everyone thinks that animated movies need live actions!? We love animated movies because they can give us something that real movies just can't. I'm so disappointed 😔

[@carms.creative]

I would love it if they occasionally showed old classics in theatre. I haven't had the chance to watch 90% of Disney movies on the big screen so bring it on!

[@arnold20139]

What really boils me with the Little Mermaid, is that they are changing Howard Ashman's songs and theme that he worked hard on. Without the Little Mermaid/Howard Ashman there would be no Renaissance in the first place

[@bobi200samatar6]

Exactly, it's so thoughtless.

[@arnold20139]

@@bobi200samatar6 yea, just kind of sick of Disney and Menken trying to erase Howard Ashman from existence as of late

[@ariannasowder5630]

I agree! Not to be racist or anything but Halley doesn't make a good actor even bring kids into politics!

[@griffinwetzel3059]

reminder that stitch's character design only works because it's animated. stitch has to be cute & endearing to us, but hideous & unsettling in-universe. to pull that off, you need the stylistic liberty and suspension of disbelief that come with animation.

[@colinfoley1034]

I think an underrated reason there is a Moana remake is that Lin-Manuel Miranda REALLLY wants that EGOT

[@iain9757]

And The Rock needs a franchise

[@lonellfletcher]

He's gonna be part of it?

[@fusetunes]

i bet you're right. tbh he gives me the rock vibes too so he probably pushed for it as well

[@hannah34218]

@4:03 NO. THE COSTUMES WERE IN FACT NOT FINE. Belle’s dress was an absolute tragedy and I will NEVER forgive whoever did that 😭😂

[@mikeyjamieson4715]

And it was such a downgrade from Cinderella! The ball gown in Cinderella looked fantastic, and then we get that heinous yellow prom dress!

[@800Ms-k6n]

@@mikeyjamieson4715 And it's baffling that the costume designer who worked for the Beauty and The Beast remake was the same person who did the costume for Kristen Stewart as Diana in Spencer which the latter was insanely better than her work for Belle's dress

[@Jgumyjymghjvmhvj]

Not to mention her live action doll..

[@iain9757]

My “biggest issue” is that they ARE cash grabs but Cinemas can reply on them doing bank & will get people in the door. I also think the Moana backlash would be so bad if they didn’t just LITERALLY announced a Harry Potter remake, & Live action How To Train Your Dragon film, Sequels to Zootopia, Frozen & Toy Story.

[@mysticalteration498]

LIVE ACTION HTTYD????? I'm done

[@vlogily8043]

And another live action Last Airbender on the way

[@offsewingdragons9142]

How to train your dragon was my childhood. What has this world come to.

[@iain9757]

@@vlogily8043 yeh a tv series for Netflix isn’t it ?

[@crazyducklady5500]

Oh don't tell me the other companies are getting on the live action train ugh

[@9rbloomer836]

Thanks for the video! And thanks for pointing out that making Halle a brand new princess would be a way better idea! Representation would mean more with new iconic stories that belong to those cultures than throwing them a bone with replacing an already popular character.

[@quenepacrossing4675]

It feels inevitable that eventually all disney animations will get a live action, but i was still NOT prepared for lilo and stitch to be in the horizon. I hate it here.

[@Jojo7896]

Live action stitch probably gonna be horrifying. You see already what they did to Sebastian. Which is very sad if he does look horrifying, because stitch is honestly pretty adorable sometimes. I also love how you said the ocean will look like diluted McDonald's Sprite😂

[@macymeyer599]

Forget Sebastian have you seen flounder … yikes 😬

[@DragonGoddess18]

Yup, "uncanny valley" galore

[@jesusrox4u]

Me: How do you screw up the designs of Flounder and Sebastian? Someone at Disney: *Nasal voice* They’re meant to look more like actual animals and….. Me: No shut up. This is a movie with talking animals, mermaids and a sea witch. Trying to make the animals look realistic is as dumb as making the characters of The Lion King look like a nature documentary filtered through meh colors or making Jiminy Cricket look like the rejected love child of Mr. Peanut and an actual cricket…..Oh wait…..

[@Jojo7896]

@@jesusrox4u 🤣the rejected love child of mr.peanut and a cricket.🤣

[@jesusrox4u]

@@Jojo7896 I thought it was a perfect description for the visual abortion that was Jiminy Cricket in last year’s “remake” of Pinocchio Disney unleashed on us.

[@user9180]

Moana getting a remake is really weird. Like the movie isn’t even 10 years old. At least for movies like Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast they have this nostalgic factor, which is why they’re made (and money ofc) But Moana? This remake is making it even more clear than it already is that all of these movies are cash grabs.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

3:19 Beauty and the Beast was already pretty progressive in its original version. Belle was a smart, capable, feminine character who went against societal norms. She longed to be more than just a love interest. Gaston was basically the embodiment of that whole “toxic masculinity” thing which pretend progressives like to bash so much. While the Beast showed a healthier version of masculinity, Gaston’s ego led to him becoming an oppressive control freak who rallied the people against a mostly innocent man, in order to force Belle into choosing him as a love interest. He became the real beast. All of this was done with more subtlety and grace than the newer version.

[@peacecraft82]

Hunchback was always my favorite. I couldn't imagine how they could remake that or Pocahontas in todays climate. But it would be interesting to see how they would do it. And we all know the day is going to come when Frozen gets a live action remake and it becomes the highest grossing film of all time.

[@milocqre]

they wouldn’t dare to make a pocahontas live action

[@Nana-cosplay-world]

@@milocqre yeah 😬

[@vlogily8043]

Lol they can’t beat Avatar 2, which is already theirs anyway

[@AlexandraRammstein]

They can't remake them cause they will lack of diversity but cannot toy around with minorities. Only they can toy around with white readheads!

[@aurea.]

Oh boy. Remaking _Pocahontas_ today, if possible at all, would require _several_ major changes. As for HoND, I'm worried about the way Disney would handle religion and Romani representation. Also, aside from a few elements in the original that I didn't care for, I just don't see how they could make it better. It's dark in all the right ways, and _The Bells of Notre-Dame_ still sends chills down my spine. Just leave it alone if you can't make something that rivals the original.

[@charliepea]

Big shame for Disney. From making beautiful masterpieces like Notre Dame or Tarzan, all they do is remake old movies and change the things that make them special for the worse.

[@adawnhowell9256]

I remember how back when Moana debuted in 2016 and I'd realized that the voice actress Auliʻi Cravalho actually was a 16 yr old Polynesian girl...literally a real life version of the character at the time...I remember thinking (and maybe commenting) that she could be Moana, but I didn't know they'd actually make it so.

[@dammitally]

I was nodding along the whole time because I feel the same way. Might have even unconsciously said out loud “Yes! Thank you!” Disney. Stop it. Get some help.

[@tasneemahmed5821]

You pointing out that Disney is manufacturing discourse IS SUCH A GOOD POINT. I have no idea why I have not seen anyone else talk about it

[@johnh.mcsaxx3637]

I've heard a few other KZbinrs talk about it. They call the practice "fanbaiting."

[@YannNovas]

I've been saying that Disney knew what they're doing by casting Halle Bailey as Ariel, since day one. The Little Mermaid movie has been riding on the controversy to get publicity and worse, they have already secured an audience because due to the backlash (and blatant racism) towards Halle, now people will go to the theater as a political statement.

[@AlexandraRammstein]

I heard there were no auditions for Ariel. They just took Halle cause Bey asked for her. So no actresses ieven got chance. Aulii Cravalho could be the best! But people don't see it. They wanted support Halle cause woke and femisim is a trend. But why portray character close tho their behavior, personalty and look. I would say I don't see Ariel in live action. I don't connect with character. I am more attach to Ursula there.

[@greenliongirl07]

I wouldn't bet on it. Some might, but it hasn't worked out for other films. They might've secured an audience, but that doesn't mean that the film will break even.

[@greenliongirl07]

​@@AlexandraRammstein It wouldn't surprise me. Her Part of your world is pretty flat, but with the other changes they admitted to making and why they could've just called her Shell and avoided controversy.

[@Des17S]

​@@AlexandraRammstein That's not even true. They said there was an audition and even if it was true, dosen't that just means they saw Halle as the perfect Ariel? She has the voice, the face, the mannerisms, and most of all the voice. Even if Disney casted her for attention, that does not mean she is going to do badly as Ariel. Have you heard her sing? Come on. People act like she so untalented.

[@Des17S]

No one is going to the movie to make a political statement. I'm watching the movie because I think Halle would be a great Ariel. The people who are blatantly racist most likely won't even watch it or give her a chance and just put bad reviews into rotten tomatoes. So many other things about the movie have changed but even "progressives" only focus on her skin color.

[@carolineh8713]

I think Encanto would be much better as a stage show than a film - the fantastical elements would work so well on stage rather than this ultra-hyper-realism thing they’re going for in the movies. Also I hope your dental surgery wasn’t too painful! ❤

[@haroldb1856]

Like the cud of a monstrous cinematic cow, Disney's films will be endlessly regurgitated, ruminated and forced down the throats of an increasingly nauseated audience, an endless Disney banquet of chewed over remakes, reboots, live action/CGI remakes, sequels, spinoffs and reimaginings. When Disney has leeched every dollar out of its own IPs, it will move onto the greener pastures of Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, the Muppets and other acquired IPs. There will be more Lightyears and Willows.

[@Mister_Dollz]

Honestly, one of the best live action Disney films, is 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians, because they’re still bright and fun, and have a campiness to them, that newer live action remakes tend to leave out. They were live action, but were still over the top like how classic Disney animated movies are.

[@Attmay]

The sequel was cringe. Even the scene where they watched *Lady and the Tramp* just looked like a blatant promotion for a much better film.

[@Souten66]

I forget who said it, but one of the guys most responsible for the Disney Renaissance said these movies work as animated features because the suspension of disbelief is already there, so a tea pot talking and singing isn’t as much of a stretch of it’s already a cartoon. Something Disney should think about with these cursed remakes

[@laurimarbaez6314]

I know its not at all relevant and its a pretty small nitpick, but Beauty and the Beast is part of Renaissance era, not the golden age. Officially the golden age consists of Snow White and the seven Dwarves, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi (from 1937-1942). Its a completely different age from The Renaissance era which starts in 1989 with The Little Mermaid and ends in 1999 with Tarzan. That aside, you made extremely good points

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

Only way to really stop is if people stop going to watch these movies. I think the only thing that could crush disney remakes are more videogame and anime adaptations

[@iain9757]

It’s WILD to think that 5 live action remakes came out in 2019. Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, Lady & the Tramp (on Disney+) & Maleficent (2) Mistress of Evil. Also while I’m speaking about Disney Dan Stevens was wasted as The Beast. Actually lots of the actors are wasted in these remakes.

[@vlogily8043]

Yeah why was he not put in prosthetics or enough prosthetics and theeeeeeeen use some minimal CGI to fix things or add to his overall design?

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

More like 6 including the awful Kim possible live action movie

[@iain9757]

@@vlogily8043 but SERIOUSLY why wasn’t he because Stevens would have definitely done it

[@Optimegatrongodzilla]

Um, 'Maleficent' is not a remake, but a "what if...?"-style story that shifts things to an alternate Maleficent's perspective, so, it doesn't count. 🤦‍♂️

[@rashodmasters4299]

Thank you so much for pointing out the lion king remake not being live action. It's bugged me since day 1 of them announcing it

[@theintrovertedsquare]

Just as a friendly reminder, if you don’t want to see Disney make more live action remakes, don’t watch them in the theaters (that includes hate watching)! The only reason why they keep making them is because people keep paying to see them; Money talks!

[@fusetunes]

live action little mermaid stans genuinely scare me. i've seen so many of them throwing out personal insults literally just because someone thought one of the tie-in toys looked a bit cheap or wondered why the sisters had different names... and instead of criticizing disney's treatment of vfx workers their responses to the cgi stuff is just "uhhHuh if you aren't a vfx artist then how can you know what's good or bad!!". it's genuinely crazy how far people will go to defend what are essentially money printing machines for disney

[@theintrovertedsquare]

I’m surprised there are even stans in the first place but I’ve seen them too 😭 I’ve seen a stan harass someone who was criticizing the movie with a fake screenshot, which made it look like they were calling Halle a racial slur 💀 luckily people saw it was so obviously fake but it’s the way they really tried to keep coming at them with it AND how people were taking it seriously without asking questions or doing quick research 💀

[@QuentrixMovies]

They do be scary and brainwashed. I've seen some calling the original "poorly animated" to make the live action look better.

[@George_Fl0yd]

They’re boot lockers who worship a terrible actress who looks like sid the sloth

[@joshuaW5621]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they cast Lady Gaga as Elsa in the Frozen remake.

[@blu_ranger71]

See the problem is I'm already obsessed with the component parts of the upcoming Little Mermaid movie. It remains to be see if the final product is at least watchable.

[@-lorepheus-]

I really liked "Cinderella" for the fact that it allowed itself to be/remain a fairytale, the strengths of the story being fleshed-out while still staying on an archetypal level. Which is the basic reason for the existence & popularity of myths & fairytales, outside of time & culture, in the first place. Roles that serve as a symbolic outline for everyone finding more or less of themselves & others within them. Whatever name, race, gender or sexuality you attach to them, it wouldn't change the plot & overall message of the story at all. This is what all the other movies suffer from. There is zero room for one's own interpretation or identification of & with the supposed archetypes, respectively. Instead, the writers pre-chew every trait of a character on the basis of what they think a Western society, a.k.a. "Twitter", wants them to be, spitting out a formulaic, dull CGI pigeonhole of a movie. Denying all imaginative room for self-identification with the feelings & narrative arc for anybody who's in any form or way not like the protagonists in question. What more than often remains, is no other interpretive framework than a hyper-literal, heteronormative one - in turn taking away all the charme & century-old appeal that these stories have had for people of all ages, colors & identities. Instead of their feigned "contemporary modernizations", they create a completely static yet ephemeral, gutted shadow of a story, giving nobody nothing but a stale taste instead of timeless Disney magic.

[@gabormolnar2208]

Lindsay Ellis has really good videos on live action Disney movies. And I totally agree with everything you are saying!

[@iain9757]

Yes her BATB one is brilliant

[@09yulstube]

@@iain9757 How to make your movie more feminist -> mock Romeo and Juliet and add an analogic washing machine. Equality achieved.

[@Attmay]

She is not a feminist. She is a privileged str8 yt woman helping privileged str8 yt men colonize lesbianism.

[@justanotherhtffan]

@pettylisa5599same 😔

[@captainseg]

In defense of Will Smith, he knew that Robin Williams left a HUGE Genie shoe to fill. Which is why he didn't even acted like Robin Williams. And IMO his genie was good (for the most part) of the Aladdin movie

[@TheMeloettaful]

That's what I've heard too. Will wasn't looking to imitate Robin's performance. You'd end up driving yourself crazy trying to live up to someone else's expectations 😕. "So just do you boo." is basically what Will did. And made it his own thing.

[@book-hoarder5664]

I know some people thought that Disney underutilized him. Like, they WANTED him to replicate what Robin Williams did but Will wasn’t down for that. When he sings Never Had A Friend Like Me, if you listen to the end credits version where the studio actually let him do him, it sounds really great. But they didn’t do that, and now we have a soulless Genie

[@NotAnotherAccount735]

@@book-hoarder5664 A Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Genie would be iconic on each own without disrespecting none of these actors and the amazing stuff they brought to the table. Really it was the dumbest idea ever to not let Will Smith do what he does best. He wouldn't replace Robin Williams, but that wouldn't be his job, it would be so different that there wouldn't be a comparison.

[@Eternaltorment]

I'm quite fond of the Alice in Wonderland remakes, also the jungle book remake is pretty good as well.

[@KonniWynn]

oh, the earlier remakes had some good ones. Jungle Book is my favorite, because it just switches genres entirely and has amazing visuals and the child actor is great! I have to disagree with the claim that the second Alice film is great. I liked it when it came out but seeing it again I saw all the bad things really clearly.

[@leonardo.diCATio]

The Alice and Wonderland one has the best acting of any of these. Every person puts in their all, and aren't afraid to make the character their own. They lean into the cartoon aspects, and it pays off!

[@eternalbliss330]

@@leonardo.diCATio nah the lead actress was not playing to her strengths at all😭 + all the others were so over exaggerated and gimmicky and not in a good way. that’s probably due to tim burton’s direction tho

[@salemmarz3809]

i’m assuming you mean alice’s adventures in wonderland (the og book) because yeah honestly i read it recently, and was honestly surprised how much fun the old movie had with it, keeping the characters but changing points of the story, even adding their own characters for some reason a lot of adaptations of the book take a very dark turn, which is very interesting since the book is weird and lighthearted, not unsettling and scary

[@salemmarz3809]

@@KonniWynn yeah, im fine with darker alice interpretations, but it was more boring than interesting

[@nigelikin7462]

The answer to this problem lies with all of the people who go to see these films. If people didn't go to see them, Disney would finally get the message and "hopefully" stop making them. Imagine how much money Disney would lose if nobody bothered watching these films. Nobody is forcing us to watch them, so it's up to the public. Most viewings are probably just out of curiosity to see what Disney have done with our favourite films. So if these films make a shedload of money that encourages Disney to make more, whose fault is that? It's up to us everybody

[@MollyKillers]

Since this live action era is their new thing I just wish Disney would go back to the reimagine era instead of the shot for shot remake era. Alice in Wonderland was great so was Malificent and even Dumbo was pretty good for what it was. And the reason they were good was because we got to go back to a world we loved but got a new story. Disney already knows people love this style of storytelling I mean they have a very successful book series of this style aka the “What If” series where they reimagine classics such as ‘what if the kiss didn’t wake Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘what if Rapunzel’s mother was given the moon flower instead of the sun flower’. If they just made movies like that I would be pretty on board but instead they just make CGI remakes no one asked for.

[@vlogily8043]

Once Upon a Time… is even interesting though it was just a soap opera with all sorts of Disney characters and some they haven’t done much or anything with

[@droth1031]

The sad part is, this is nothing new. The early days of Disney Channel, back when they were still a premium channel, featured a bunch of live action adaptations of animated features. They didn't have CGI to fall back on, so they had the Jim Henson Creature Workshop design puppets.

[@Mindyzzzzz]

Nobody is asking for live action anything. As for Hailey I totally agree, n I'm already knowing if the movie doesn't do well they will blame her 😐

[@RhoadesLessTraveled]

God. Please not a live action Stitch. I love that little alien so much, and they can't do that to him. ):

[@baldvinjonsson142]

The whole remake trend has to stop somebody teach disney to draw doodles again please.

[@zarathustra642]

GUUUUUUUUUURL when you said “live action stitch” my stomach churned

[@Em-uy9wj]

Live action stitch is going to haunt me now thank you 😂😂 but for real I can’t stand these, and the idea of a whole movie of realistic frogs a la lion king had me so upset so I’m glad that was just a Twitter thing LOL ~~ good luck with your tooth and thank you for sharing ur thoughts

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

I've pretty much boycotted Disney (no theme park visits, no Disney+ subscription, no theater visits) because of how they treat their workers at their theme parks. It's also concerning they hold a near-monopoly on media that's growing like crazy. As a corporation, Disney keeps getting worse. They are ruthless capitalists and can't put a progressive facade over their greed no matter how many WOC they cast. I won't watch the movie - not because of Halle, but because of the workers and everyone else that suffers at the hands of this awful corporation. The reboots are the tip of the iceberg.

[@salemmarz3809]

i think being critical of disney is one of the exceptions to being a disney adult so youre good

[@salemmarz3809]

and i feel so bad for halle bailey, because shes genuinely so talented and deserves better than just some mid remake that will barely add to the original movie

[@Prototype-357]

Either when they run out of classics or when the generation that grew up on those classics wisen up.

[@nicolekathrynlee3637]

I agree with what you said about how you can't capture the magic of the animation in live-action version.... but they could certainly make it more magical, whimsical. colorful, and FUN. Why are all of the live actions so so so DARK??? They're so serious, dark, and the CGI is UGLY

[@gingergoddess8953]

The only thing I disagree with you on is Emma Watson being 'fine' as Belle. As the BatB remake began the whole 'cash cow progressivism' trend, Emma Watson began the "let's cast a name over a talented actor who can handle the part" trend. Emma was an atrocious Belle. She acted like AI was beaming her onto a sound stage, and her singing as so bad they had to steal the autotuning from Cher's "Believe" to make the soundtrack palatable to dog ears. There were probably 20 other big name actresses who COULD sing who could do the role, and probably thousands more no-names who would have killed for a chance at the part.

[@Charlie-vt8qr]

They’ll only stop when people stop going. The problem is people complain but nostalgia compelled us to go. This includes me. Not to mention the fact the loop hole of watching them via Disney plus just makes them think people want to see it but don’t want to pay theater prices.

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

Didn't Disney start off as an ANIMATION studio? I wish they would go back to animation and quit with the live action remakes.

[@danielmendes8975]

Tbh I think with the live action Alice what made it decent is it didn’t really feel like a remake of it makes sense-it felt like a completly different interruption of the original story

[@waddledeedeee]

whatever happened to traditional 2d animation?? why does everything have to be photorrealistic, 8k, a million fps, i can see the pores in your face live action these days??

[@DanielZeal]

Disney's greatest accomplishment of the 2010s is undoubtedly these gay secret agent characters who can be edited out (or edited straight) in international markets.

[@valc5491]

I learned about this live-action remake by randomly scrolling on Reddit and I won't lie, I thought it was an April Fools joke or something... I still wish it was an April Fools joke or something.

[@Pollo.a.la.crema.]

Imagine an ANIMATION studio that specializes in showing the beauty of animation trying to convince their same viewers that live action versions are BETTER than their original takes..WHAT ?!

[@st3458]

I never understand why people on Twitter do fan castings when they hear a Disney live action of something is gonna be announced same thing with marvel because Disney they have a timeline and shedule on when things are released so when something is leaked or announced there most likely already have the casting done that’s why majority of live action casting be somone that never on a fan casting list because the movie already been casted or already been casted and filmed there just waiting to release it on shedule because some of these movies because of the effects and stuff take like maybe 2 or 3 years

[@booboygt]

Love the YMS reference. I showed that to some friends who do NOT like long KZbin videos or know who YMS is, and they were dying at how much detail is in the YMS lion king video. And that’s only part 1!!! 😂

[@bigchez2855]

The Rock won't stop until he tanks the reputation of every media conglomerate. Anyway, hope you recover from your procedure as smoothly as possible.

[@LulaRu]

Sad that the newer generations won't have their own "renaissance", new classics. Instead they have these soulless, dark and forgettable rehashes. At least they can stream the original versions. Creativity left Disney, it went to Dreamworks and the Spiderverse.

[@Attmay]

When Illumination can make a better movie out of an IP Disney legendarily fumbled 30 years ago, that speaks volumes.

[@Dave102693]

The animators at Disney forgot how to 2d on the movie side; at least the tv side knows both 3D and 2d animation. But that’s still fucking stupid.

[@realfoxywolfy]

You know what's funny? Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the filmmaking duo that was back then directing Solo: A Star Wars Story, had been fired from the project by Lucasfilm (on June 2017, I think). And they went on producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (it won the Best Animated Feature Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards) and its sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Disney literally firing people that has the creativity in filmmaking, now look what Disney has become.

[@EAcapuccino]

05:14 - YEP! Mine too, I adored Aladdin as a small boy in the 90s! 09:57 - That 1 too!

[@cheshirerose2001]

Even though I didn’t really like Maleficent (mostly because I am huge fan of the original Sleeping Beauty) I can at least respect that it tried to tell a new story. Beauty and the Beast is when I gave up on these remakes and all I can say is I’m glad I stopped watching them after. It’s annoying how people will say we are just “mean” and “close-minded” for not liking these shitty remakes Real shame that Halle Bailey’s talent is being wasted in the upcoming Little Mermaid remake.

[@HayeJosie]

Disney is so cgi obsessed. If they were to use old movie tech (puppets, models ect.) and create a new spin on the originals (like ouat or the alice remake) then disney could realy do something with a live action remake. I don't hate the concept of live action, IF it's done right. It's not been done right since alice.

[@DanLMblogs]

I don’t agree with her about Aladdin (except the will smith part) but as a middle eastern/ Asian person, who isn’t white like you, we LOVED Aladdin. It was much needed. Especially since middle eastern/ south Asians are literally the least represented minorities in Hollywood.

[@witchplease9695]

I enjoyed the little mermaid and Halle was clearly casted for her talent. A new princess would have still faced backlash or flopped.

[@JustMisterFox]

A live action Stitch COULD work if you got someone like Chris Walas, the Chiodo Brothers, or Rick Baker. If anyone could pull off a live action Stitch, it'd be the people who made Gremlins and Critters.

[@HenrickMathieu]

Disney is a dumpster fire as a whole now. They ruined star wars and they'll ruin everything else

[@LuisSanchez-by7mh]

At this point there is no originality to modern filmmaking. Where studios would rather go with what’s safe either in popular pop culture genres like comic book films or Star Wars, live action remakes or reboots, sequels of movies that came out years ago, or shameless cash grabs. I wanna see more movies from creators like Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Damien Chazelle, Robert Eggers, Alejandro G. Innaritu, Takashi Miike, Hayou Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda, Alfonso Curon, Ryan Coogler, Ridley Scott, and Jordan Peele. Many other directors who can direct and write good movies

[@TheMeloettaful]

It'll only be a matter of time before Encanto gets a live action remake as mentioned here. I think it's a given if a certain Disney animated property made a bunch of money at the box office It'll probably get The Treatment eventually down the line 😓. Or maybe they'll take a chance on a lesser successful animated movie just to see if that works instead 🤷‍♀️. Who knows at this point what the heck Disney is doing.

[@mhiggs8001]

Disney is creatively bankrupt. Mulan was egregious and so is the little mermaid. They are completely soulless and awful. Terrible. Yet somehow they go on to make so much money.

[@tomasjonson9107]

while i agree with most of this, i think the little mermaid live action is surprisingly enjoyable. give it a shot!

[@MeMarcusTheCreator]

I liked it as well. I also liked will smith in Aladdin.

[@AR-ed8jp]

As a life long The Little Mermaid fan, I can proudly say I won’t spend a DIME on this live action. The characters don’t look like a reflection of the animated film, so why would I? And they’re changing the lyrics to the songs and also modifying the plot. HELL NO. Disney is dead to me!

[@iain9757]

I hope the tooth issue goes well, just take all the pain meds and get rest it’s the best thing. As just sleeping it off really helped my tooth canal a few years ago.

[@leonardo.diCATio]

I'd be okay with the remakes, if they had any vision of creativity. Let's take the Broadway Lion King musical. Instead of freaky CGI lions, they did costumes *inspired* by the animals and characters. It gave a cool effect that didn't fall into the uncanny valley. If Disney was willing to take creative liberties like that in the visuals, everything would be so much better imo. But instead they're lazy and rely on gimmicks.

[@vlogily8043]

And to think eventually we will get a Minions live action movie, what exciting times!

[@mini_mew775]

It's obvious they already ran out of ideas when all they release is stupid live action remakes. I didn't hate the first few but it's getting stale real quick

[@eristineforever6934]

OH MY DISNEY! The Disney Live action remakes do NOT need to stop. They are freakin amazing. In fact, I prefer them over the animated ones and my favorite Disney Live action remake is Beauty and the Beast. So gorgeous, phenomenal, breathtaking, emotional, tear worthy, and amazing. Chef’s kiss. I would be so pissed, frustrated, irritated, sad, and confused if they did stop. To me, they are THE best things Disney has ever made. Ever. Disney, never stop making Live action remakes. Never. Keep them coming. I will buy them all and watch them all the time.

[@nerdoftheatre]

I absolutely love Sideway's video on the live action remakes. The music OF the movies make the movies what they are. And I love what he says about Will Smith's performance as the Genie. "Friend Like Me" in the movie itself? It is bad. Why? Because They are trying to have Will PLAY Robin Williams version of the Genie. However, they have a different version OF THE SAME SONG in the credits, however, it is Will Smith doing HIS version of "Friend Like Me" and it is SO much better than whatever they decided to do for the in-movie song. And I think Sideways does bring up a good point - Disney is clipping the wings of it's live action performers. They have to perform to what the original cast of the animated movie did, they cannot make the movie their own. Those little imperfections that made the character more unique and brought out personality in the character? Nope, nonexistent. Especially in those musical performances, Disney removes any sense of personality to them and just autotunes the hell out of any and all of their performances. I've only seen Cinderella in full. All other movies I have seen clips of. But like, they're bad... and also like, weirdly dark? Like, people like the movies because of the color and the music (among other things). How do you get that wrong SO BADLY?

[@QuentrixMovies]

It doesn't matter how "good" these remakes are, they will always just be cheap imitations of much better movies. Honestly the most pointless movies ever made other than to make $$$

[@DanyUiy]

When live-action Beauty and the Beast was announced the runner ups for Belle were Emma Watson and Anna Kendrick, and I really really hoped Anna didn't get the part because I just knew the movie was going to be bad. No shade to Emma, it's just that because of the fact that she isn't a singer, the failure in a musical wouldn't affect her career as badly

[@LazyRittz]

would not be surprised if the Rock pushed for this after the flop of their MCU movie.

[@iain9757]

You mean DC movie, the rock hasn’t been in any Marvel film

[@LazyRittz]

@@iain9757 oh lol. Yeah I can't keep track of them

[@Dave102693]

@@iain9757 yet

[@dillpickle-no9hl]

I hope everything goes well with your tooth. I have a big dentist appointment tommorow where I'll be getting a lot of work done, and it makes me feel less alone to hear other people talk about their dental issues openly.

[@omorogbeiye1351]

I hope the live action remakes stop

[@Nana-cosplay-world]

I’m just waiting for a live action tangled, I’m just waiting

[@Dave102693]

I’m waiting for Frozen first. I wonder who are they gonna cast as Elsa and Anna? 😂

[@samsamtherising]

Lilo and Stitch is my favourite too!

[@80sdreamwave32]

Disney has become remake reboot company 🙄

[@ceecee4729]

This shows how undervalued and underpaid the writers must be No value for original content anymore... apparently that's too risky

[@jaycharice]

Disney is also doing a reimagining of the aristocats. Did anyone ask for that?!😂

[@Attmay]

It actually took a lot of courage for Disney to admit that carbohydrates don’t have a good track record of predicting the future. And now, that sequence is retroactive advertising for two of their Asian theme parks.

[@Dave102693]

Lmfao

[@Youknowimheavensent]

I agree but you better believe that I’ll be in the front row for princess and the frog

[@JoMarieM]

The only Disney live-action remakes I've seen that I actually like, were 101 Dalmatians back in 1996 (mainly because they mostly used live animals, and limited the amount of CGI that they used), and Cinderella. With some of the others I've seen, I've been much less impressed. With Mulan, everything that was fun and lighthearted in the original story was taken out of the film, and it was turned into a drama/action flick. Also, the Mulan in the live-action film wasn't as relatable. The Mulan in the original animated film was just an ordinary girl who knew what she had to do, and she went out and did it, and she worked hard to gain the respect of her fellow soldiers. The Mulan in the live-action film was born with special powers, and she didn't seem to have quite as difficult of a time as her animated counterpart. Lady and the Tramp lacked much of the warmth and charm of the original, and I didn't care for the new Lady with an attitude -- I prefer the sweet and docile animated Lady. With Dumbo, I particularly hated the ending -- you had two elephants that were used to being cared for by people, and you were just going to stick them on a ship and send them all by themselves to who knew where, to completely fend for themselves? And as for the new Little Mermaid film -- Disney had the chance to create an AMAZING new character with its first black mermaid, with a completely new storyline, but all they did was give an existing character a different skin tone, without even changing the name. I think that Disney has been running out of ideas in recent years, hence all the live-action remakes, and I'll be glad when they get off this live-action remake binge!

[@mahermonzer4364]

Love your content so much. Thanks for everything.

[@hipstereagle6050]

6:40 the YMS video on lion king is the greatest video of all time

[@oscarmora7710]

The Golden Age of Disney Animation started with Snow White in the 1930s. Beauty and the Beast is part of Disney Animation’s Renaissance era.

[@PabbooRedfeaher]

Emma Watson was Horrible but I like all the rest of the remakes I'm excited to see the new Little mermaid she has a beautiful voice

[@michaelgriswold5663]

I’m almost surprised the topic of the live action Hunchback of Notre Dame fancast that went viral didn’t come up. It was so widespread that Josh Gad, the reported producer of said remake, reposted the fancast making everyone think it was real, only for him to have to clarify that it was indeed a fancast and therefore fake. His original post was teasing people, trying to get people to want the movie, and then once enough people expressed excitement over the idea of it, they were “lol, great. That was fake, but good to know that if it does get made, it will have a huge following.” It is manipulative, and very cash graby. Not quite as bad as a Moana remake so soon after it’s release, but still. Feels manipulative.

[@aurea.]

Yeesh. Definitely feels manipulative.

[@Attmay]

Disney adults are gullible and will believe anything.

[@libbiesalmon7409]

As someone who’s favourite movie of all time is Aladdin, the live remake is the absolute WORST film I have ever seen. Robin William’s genie is untouchable.

[@kalaniwhite2408]

LION KING DID NOT NEED A LIVE ACTION

[@sam02082]

Thank you for your commentary, my friends and people I know love these remakes and I feel a lil crazy for not liking them but they are straight up bad films. I feel like Disney is ruining my childhood with these! Quit being lazy and come up with something new. I honestly feel like Disney shines the best in animation too, stick to what you're good at Disney and screw the rest

[@jamlym4974]

They clearly intend to remake all of their most successful movies until they completely run out. Then they'll have to make something new.