The Little Mermaid(2023) is the Disney Live Action Remake to ever exist...

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[@geardog24]

At first I thought they got rid of Chef Louis because he was offensive to French chefs, but now I see they needed more screen time for Awkwafina's rap. 😢

[@annas4843]

Has any French chef ever been offended by that??? 😅 That’s the ridiculous woke culture, think everything is offensive without considering the actual people shown

[@dexstewart862]

The flick is over an hour longer than the original isn't it?!

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Honestly you think they’d do justice to Louis’s comedy kitchen battle against Sebastian in live action? A sad cut but maybe for the best they skip ruining it here.

[@chrisbrasel8060]

That's just lame pure lame. No Chef Louis hurts this movie hard Heck the stage version has him and made it better. Her voice singing is just nails on a chalk board.

[@beethovensfidelio]

@@annas4843 Not really! I mean, yes, the French accent is exaggerated and stereotypical. However, Rene Auberjonois, the voice of Chef Louis, has some French ancestry and had lived in France for a short time after World War II before moving back to the States.

[@a.t.m873]

I'm not surprised it wasn't good. To think Lin Manuel Miranda, who wrote Hamilton and Encanto's songs, wrote that awful scuttle song. Ursula, being Tritant's sister, was in the original script and included in the Broadway stage version. I loved you talking about the representation plus. Love your work.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

Disney is over-saturating LMM and I’m worried it’s going to impact his career and favorability. They need to give him a few movies off so folks can miss him and his musical style/ability.

[@bluethunder250]

This movie was not terrific, but it wasn't terrible either. And quite frankly, I hate it when people call movies cash grabs or say they have no soul, because that is an insult to the actors, the writers, etc, involved with the film.

[@Gabry4777]

​@@bluethunder250 WTF cares? The role of the actors, writers, etc is to give soul to an economic protect. It's their fault

[@bluethunder250]

@@Gabry4777 I CARE!!

[@Gabry4777]

@@bluethunder250 about what? Peoplr giving fault to the ones deserving it?

[@DanGamingFan2406]

This absolutely sucks. The cgi creatures look awful, They completely butchered Scuttle, and they tried way to hard to change Ariel. This film should just go jump in the ocean and turn to sea foam like Ariel in the original fairy tale.

[@unknownchoujin1436]

@@matthewdaley746 Wait, wasn't Scuttle a dude in the original? Why is Awkwafina voicing... never mind. It's because of "diversity", isn't it?

[@zeldagameryt4018]

⁠@@unknownchoujin1436 Probably because Disney remembered that they had Awkwafina voiced Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon and they said “Let’s have her voice another character associated with water for the funny.”

[@unknownchoujin1436]

@@zeldagameryt4018 I don't mind Awkwafina, she's a decent actress, I guess. But I don't understand what goes through the empty skulls of Disney executives. She just doesn't fit with this movie or the character of Scuttle, tbh.

[@purgeblue]

@@unknownchoujin1436Scuttle was a dude in the original, and apparently they thought it was a good idea to not make it a seagull like he was in the original movie, i don’t understand the changes to a talking animal like this

[@TheRoomforImprovement]

That courage the cowardly dog bit at the beginning was brilliant. 😂

[@jaygooese4242]

Nice opening

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

Fun fact: This is the same girl who said animation is for kids.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

To be fair, that was the academy that made them say that.

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

@@AJ-xc4qe Don't care. She said that WITH HER OWN MOUTH.

[@marshmallowfluff2nd413]

​@@AnimationFanboy2k4 So your just gonna pour hate on her?

[@annas4843]

@@marshmallowfluff2nd413so the girl is just a brainless piece of meat who says anything as long as they throw some dollars on her?

[@lessismore8533]

@@marshmallowfluff2nd413they were exposing her not hating.

[@movieandtvseriesclips2805]

The Idea that Triton and Ursula are Siblings, was originally planned for the Movie but was then cut. It was however reused in the stage show and some Novels, so this Remake wasn't the first time to use that.

[@untunedguitar45]

Though it did ultimately prove why that idea was cut in the first place

[@arnold20139]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Government uses the "Skuttlebutt" song as a new torture method.

[@matthewdaley746]

Awkwafina's so absolutely torturous.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Shills: THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, YOU'RE A RACIST! Me: No, I just hate Disney live action remakes and performative diversity that you keep shilling for. Can't wait for you to tear this apart!

[@darthcinema4262]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[@moubalisalisa6317]

You’re blind if you haven’t seen the awful racist comments online. And let those of us who love the movie enjoy it. I’m not a shill, I enjoy a movie with pleasing scenes and beautiful music. And I hate the people screaming about forced diversity, Halle has more talent in her pinky than any of you who post have in your entire families.

[@darthcinema4262]

@@moubalisalisa6317 Yeah well I've written fanfics that are better than the remake.

[@meta527II]

What's a Shills?

[@darthcinema4262]

@@meta527II A Shill is someone who is blindly convinced that any product is good and tries to convince others that said product is worth their time or money.

[@badateverything5392]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame musical is amazing; if they go darker and do a remake based on that, it will be a winner (the additional songs are incredible, and they fixed the issues with the gargoyles)!!!

[@purgeblue]

If there is one thing they have to do in order to even make the Hunchback of Notre Dame likeable is to not completly ruin Frollo and Esmeralda

[@badateverything5392]

@@purgeblue They just need to commit. The decided that 2D and 3D is for kids, and live action was for adults... So treat us like an adult audience and let it reflect in the script. Make Esmeralda Romani (in the book she was a white woman who had been stolen by the Romani people; so this should probably be updated to remove the stereotype of baby-stealing travelers). Make Frollo's brother Quasimodo's father. Have the death of innocent people to make the point.

[@disneytriviabuff8188]

Mulan: I am the worst Disney live-action remake! Pinocchio: Hold my root beer! Little Mermaid: No, hold my dinglehopper!

[@wickeddisney55]

You are seriously saying that THIS is worse than Mulan & Pinocchio with your full chest? Really?

[@eway44]

Mulan is the worst because it's horrible, boring, bad camera, gets Chinese folklore wrong, and of course the real life controversy

[@eamonclark4952]

Beauty And The Beast: Hold my grey stuff

[@Jake-nm3tb]

I still regret for making my dad pay the tickets to watch Mulan 2020

[@nicholassims9837]

I triple dog dare Disney to give the Live Action treatment to The Black Cauldron and Pocahontas

[@henrymockingbird9645]

I don’t mind the change where Ursula and triton are Brother and sister because it was originally supposed to be in the animated film wow really does say something when Disney reuses their old ideas but I do agree they nothing with idea

[@theempireeofficial3935]

Exactly, in the Broadway musical, Ursula is Trition’s sister…

[@tny1757]

Your complaints about Kiss the Girl hit the nail right on the head. There was never a controversy because the context made sense. So how do they rectify a non controversy? By being disingenuous and make their own controversy. They change the context of the film to make it problematic just for the film to virtue signal and fix it themselves. You solved a non issue by making it an issue just so you can fix it. "See! We changed it so we're right!" - The Filmmakers Probably

[@Squeaky_Squeak]

I will never forget when my mom forced me to go out to watch this at the theater, right as the prince was thrown into the water. A little boy shouted breaking the silence from across the mostly empty auditorium. "He drowned!" I almost pissed myself with laughter

[@charlottesweb5964]

When you said Ariel experiences no arc in the original, she just wants something for herself and gets it, I was reminded of a past comment from somewhere else. Ariel wasn't the one with the character arc, Eric was. Because Eric wanted the perfect girl, the girl with a beautiful singing voice who saved his life. But over time, he loses that fantasy of perfection and falls in love with Ariel, the silent sweetheart he has a lot of fun with. And I just love the fact that they both save each other multiple times in the animated ending. They work together and love each other.

[@jonnyboy4289]

Actually, Ariel isn't the character with the arc. It's King Triton (and Sabastain, too). Ariel didn't need to change or have a character arc because her want to to go to the surface because she sees humans as good people while Triton (and Sabastain) see humans as dangerous. So, Ariel's need is to stay away from humans. But, in the end, Ariel was proven right and Triton was mistaken. The surface is where she belongs and not all humans are bad (However, she did strike a deal with Ursula and put everyone in danger. We all make mistakes. But, we need to learn and grow from our mistakes. IDK. Is it really worth getting so angry over?).

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

Honestly, I'm so burned out with these remakes that I'm not gonna see this one. I wish that Hallie's talent was used on a much better project

[@andreafraustoz]

I wish to mention a curtain live action remake that's actually great, if not better, but unfortunately, someone finds it as an offensive insult to Disney's swan song. Is not like casual disney fans can have different tastes to die hard

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

@@andreafraustoz Yeah, I did enjoy the live musical version because it adds good changes from the Musical adaptation And the original film. Something that the Lion King remake should have done imo

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

@silly goober Good. Save your money

[@colbystearns5238]

That Courage the Cowardly Dog intro was perfect.

[@jaygooese4242]

I agree

[@marshmallowfluff2nd413]

I figured you didn't like but that's fine i found it decent.

[@9rbloomer836]

Great video! I do question race swapping characters who have been icons for decades, but I agree with everything I this video! Little Mermaid has been one of my favorites and they have turned it into the worst, unemotional, empty, dark, terrifying nightmare, and toxic fan experience I've ever seen! Was hoping it wouldn't get this bad with Disney, but here we are!

[@lessismore8533]

Yes like he said there’s room for new black princesses but NOT through race swapping. Ariel was already taken. It’s not fair to OG Ariel fans

[@meta527II]

I still have faith in Disney, but yeah this didn’t need to exist.

[@plantlady42069]

I wish I still had faith, I'm jealous of you. I miss Disney. :(

[@doomarang3208]

2:05 Hey RaisorBlade, isn't that what Princess Tiana already was from The Princess & The Frog back in 2009?

[@matthewdaley746]

That film was the last gasp for 2D animation, and, yet another sign that whenever something progressive occurs, it's usually because the movement has already ended.

[@RadJack14]

Your beef with Awkwafina is more extreme then your beef with the nine realms😂😂

[@natefontana5757]

I agree with him regarding Awkwafina, I absolutely can’t stand her.

[@matthewdaley746]

It's really justified unquestionably.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@natefontana5757 I absolutely abhor enabilization.

[@natefontana5757]

@@matthewdaley746 Idk what enabilization means

[@matthewdaley746]

@@natefontana5757 Unjustifiably promoting undeserving actors.

[@Flower_Mom]

Ursala being Triton's sister could have worked. Just make her adopted and because she wasn't royal by blood she was always ignored by the family while Triton was seen as a golden child by their parents and that's why she hates him and wants to ruin his life.

[@GEMMY241]

“Except for ‘Scuttlebutt,’” that sh** was cancer” 😂😅

[@solosagara6940]

You get a like and sub for that, "BODY LANGUAAGGGEEE!" baha

[@jaygooese4242]

The best dub ever

[@Ahturos]

I think the biggest problem is that Disney push for themself to adapt thier old movies. Not the stories they used. Jungle Book I think changed so many things it helped it making it it´s own Movie. But everyone else are just trying to be the same but "fixing" the problem they feel there is in the movie. RaisorBlade mention that people felt Ariel was just after a man not understanding it is the whole surface world. Well I read some big singer or something going out not liking this version becuse she think it is still telling the message girls should give up everything for a man. So some are really thick headed or think they can´t think for themself. I like Aladdin but I did´t try to lie myself into being a prince to impress a princess. Or lie about myself for a girl at all. If you don´t think you can learn from a main character doing misstakes then you have unrealistic expectations of people in general. Like with Pinocchio not making him flawed in the Disney+ remake.

[@connorplisga3718]

I KNEW IT! I knew this would happen! Just as bad as Mulan! And people say Home on the Range is Alan Menken's worst movie. Well not anymore, because this makes Home on the Range look like the Prince of Egypt! 1989 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Renaissance 2023 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Suicide

[@matthewdaley746]

HOTR committed The Eighth Deadly Sin by wasting Bonnie Raitt, that was just one more log on the inferno of offenses it performed, wretched.

[@plantlady42069]

I never got how Home on the Range was THAT bad. Its not Disney's best at all, but people make it sound Disney Renaissance sequel bad or worse. D:

[@matthewdaley746]

@@plantlady42069 Expectations absolutely obliterated it.

[@theSBC1409]

As far as I know, in the book, Ursula was related to Triton. Whether or not it a brother/sister I don't remember. But that change is not a bad one in hindsight. Sidenote: How's your day been, Raisorblade?

[@RaheemTheDream]

10:58 Remaking Hunchback & especially at 11:03 Oh FUCK RIGHT OFF DISNEY, LMFAO!😂🤣🥸

[@subcaratothemoon1982]

Seriously, they shouldn't even touch that movie, THEY'RE INCAPABLE....

[@sweetdreams1028]

Remaking Hunchback is gonna be extra terrible considering the themes and topics in that film

[@lampshade1227]

PSA from your local black man: Y’know if Disney really cared about having black people in movies, they would adapt a movie from an actual African myth/fairy tale

[@darth3911]

Best part is that there was black mermaid myths and Disney has rights to a black mermaid they created meanly for toy lineups. They didn’t even need to make Aerial black and receive backless. They could have expanded upon characters they own and make something truly unique.

[@QueenAvacado]

The idea of Triton and Ursula being siblings was actually going to be used in the 1989 little mermaid but I guess the writers decided not to add it. In this movie though they say they’re siblings but literally never explain anything. Why the hell is Ursula a Squid and triton a merman? If they’re supposed to be blood related. We don’t get any flash back scenes or anything to really explain the history of the 2 characters. And why the hell is Eric adopted now? If he’s adopted that literally means he’s illegitimate and is technically no longer a prince! All they had to do was cast a white woman to play his mother and leave out all the adoption bullshit. They had to take away Eric’s masculinity in this film and he literally doesn’t do anything. Doesn’t save Ariel from Ursula, and of course Disney decides to make Ariel a girl boss who somehow despite never been on a ship somehow knows how to steer a ships wheel with no legs? Tf?

[@renamon5658]

No one wants to go under the sea

[@henrymockingbird9645]

Peter Pan and Wendy looks like an art house film compare to the little mermaid 2023

[@homecruz7743]

The Raisor MerBlade!🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️🐠🦀

[@jacobhays8678]

I just wish they make NEW movies ABOUT these minorities. You’ve done it before, Disney. They’re called “Princess & The Frog” and “Moana”, and they’re both really good. Still haven’t seen “Encanto” though.

[@darth3911]

Funny thing is they even had a different mermaid which was originally written as black which would have made a much better candidate for a black mermaid story. Why rewrite the face and receive hate and backlash when you can stick with what’s liked.

[@Andromeda14161]

Every time i hear that Scuttlebutt song, all i can think of is JRoc from Trailer Park Boys doing that "awah!" booty thing and now i just imagine how funny it would be if JRoc was Scuttle.

[@jross9553]

The moment the trailer was made I knew you were going to make this video

[@cedricgaming8844]

Oh I love that courage the cowardly dog reference

[@johnnygallagher5718]

According to the guide to merfolk tie in book of this remake there’s a prehistoric whale in this continuity.

[@brianlevine871]

I've given up on these remakes since "Beauty and the Beast" (and technically Aladdin, which I saw part of while visiting some relatives), so I'm skipping this one. I do hope, however, that Halle Bailey will at least have better films to work on in the future. As for Ariel in the original, while I can understand some of the complaints given to her, I still think there's some genuine charm in her character. Also, the Broadway show did a much better job at expanding on Ariel's desires while also having an equal understanding with her dad and maintaining what made her likable.

[@lessismore8533]

What complaints did she get?

[@brianlevine871]

@@lessismore8533 Most people that criticized Ariel felt she left her family and world behind just to live with a guy she barely knew, and felt she didn't grow as a character (i.e. wanting to live on the surface and getting that in the end without any consequence, even with Ursula's pursuit of her). I personally disagree with these issues though, since I viewed it as more like how some people want to travel to other countries and explore their culture, and may even find love there. It also helps that Ariel showed interest in the surface world long before seeing Eric. That, and Ariel contemplated on whether or not to go through Ursula's deal, as shown during the latter's song, and still showed love for her family in the end (especially her dad).

[@masterseal0418]

That intro with Ramses' Curse is perfection! But you know this remake is shit when Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy actually have amazing acting and singing performances unlike the rest. I'd rather play KH2 with Atlantica once I give this treachery a go, but reminder that no one should watch these live action remakes anymore. If they make terrible reimaginings of Disney movies you grew up with, ignore them altogether so it would be a likely chance the big cheese would not make these remakes anymore. So btw, a review of The Little Mermaid 2023 releasing at the end of Mermay? Neat!

[@mikaelafox6106]

Not neat, mermazing. 😂

[@masterseal0418]

@@mikaelafox6106 Roll credits. 😌

[@DragonitaPurple]

disney has really sunk so low that they're taking the "any publicity is good publicity" approach. whatever happened with making good animated movies again instead of rebooting every movie in their catalogue to "live action" for jaded adults?

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

Ursula was always tritans sister She used to rule the ocean at on point according to her in the original

[@ching-jungyang62]

I'm calling it! Disney will ruin "Hell Fire"!

[@michealgomez5373]

thanks for the review I can't believe they took out all the things that I actually wanted to go and see in the movie as a live-action movie

[@diegobareno5820]

I always knew they would underplay the destruction of the grotto. I saw it coming a continent away.

[@missmerbella]

Whenever clips from this film are shown I try to increase the brightness on my computer. 😂

[@lollybirdy]

4:34 tritons dad is posidon god of the sea and water and shit lmao Edit: oh and he made horses. Edit 2: also i find this funny but in greek mythology i could only ever find triton having one wife or lover. I find that quite funny with what theyve done in the remake lol

[@DWAkhaten]

6:57 - 8:14 Awkwafina and Lin Manuel-Miranda sat down and decided to give all the kids in the movie theater some trauma.

[@marshallburlew7549]

I think you need to study a little more on your Greek Mythology Raisor. It's been established for a while now that Triton and Ursula were siblings. Their father was Poseidon, Greek God of the Seas. In Greek Mythology, Triton is literally the son of Poseidon and his mother is Amphitrite, who was a Sea Nymph or Nereid. Which is where the original legend of the mermaid is said to originate from. The Trident that Triton wields was passed down to him by Poseidon and it's said that the seashell that Ursula has was given to her by him as well.

[@jurgen1395]

I’ve only seen two films with awkwafine (raya and the last dragon,Shang Chi and the legend of the ten rings) her song is something that insane people listen to

[@matthewdaley746]

Not nearly as insane as the studio execs that keep giving her work, it's past time to cut the cord while our collective sanity remains intact.

[@jurgen1395]

@@matthewdaley746 what

[@matthewdaley746]

@@jurgen1395 She's a hack that's been in films, few are great, but, not, because of her, and, it just gets even more painfully obvious with each performance.

[@mikaelafox6106]

She shouldn’t have been in this movie since she already voice acted for the dragon in the Raya movie. That’s like casting Josh Gad as Flounder.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@mikaelafox6106 Josh Gad needs to turn down Disney for the inevitable third Frozen film as he can actually act, lest he surely will find himself typecast, period.

[@cellytron]

I always kind of thought Ursula and Triton were siblings, maybe not as a kid but definitely as an adult, it just made sense to me somehow. Very much like Scar and Mufasa. “Why does HE get to be king?!” But yeah… the tentacles. The only thing I can think of is that Ursula did something REALLY AWFUL, like she brainwashed the humans to kill Triton’s wife or something, or nearly destroyed the sea kingdom. And so in punishment, not only did Triton banish her (to a place that’s like 20 minutes away and that his daughter finds with little trouble, but okay)… BUT he also used his staff thing to turn Ursula from a mermaid into an octopus. Maybe Octopi are just gross to them, or Ursula was afraid of octopi. Who knows.

[@nicholassims9837]

I strongly think Ursula should have been in The prequel movie .

[@cellytron]

@@nicholassims9837 omg right?! Instead of Sally Field as their random governess. Pat Carroll was still alive, she even voiced Ursula in Dreamlight Valley. I bet she would have happily done the movie.

[@mikaelafox6106]

Pirates killed his wife, but maybe Ursula spell cast them into doing so.

[@mr.toonski2238]

So I personally have no problem with Ariel being black in this movie. What I have a problem with is how some people are responding to it. It bothers me how many people are resorting to calling any who questions why Ariel is black a racist. You know that's not always going to be the case. They might not like it because they could think that Halle Bailey isn't a good fit for her or etc. It just seems extremely spiteful to accuse someone of being racist just because of that. Could you imagine if The Princess and The Frog came out today and people started accusing others of being racist just because they thought the movie was bad. It's the same thing as those left wing numbskulls who thought that anyone who gave Black Panther a bad review racist. It's so fucking stupid. I just wanted to get that off my chest.

[@Match25]

Diversity doesn't mean profit diversity means critic shield.

[@seaopalthemeren]

Hi raisorblade, just wanted to say that since the first movie, ursula and triton have been hinted as for those two to be siblings...and by the musical, it was placed that they are siblings...

[@GraveyardMaiden]

Ok if Disney is remaking hunch back they better 1) make it pg 13 and 2) cast Ed Sheeran as Quasimodo

[@marthabulter]

There there is a deleted scene where are Ursula and Triton siblings in the original haven't watch the movie yet but I know every watch the remake yet it's also at Broadway musical when they are siblings too so it makes sense for them to be related going to make them siblings but the remake is still probably bad

[@mikaelafox6106]

Ariel’s sisters look like previous Disney princesses. You’ve got Elsa, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Aurora, and Isabel from Encanto. The CGI on them is really bad. They move like marionette puppets. And why are they wearing clothes? If it’s fish scales, why does it look like Mulan mermaid is wearing a blouse with ruffled halter top straps?

[@beethovensfidelio]

Well, it’s no “Splash: The Musical”! 😂 For those who don’t get the joke, it’s the name of a fictional Broadway musical (albeit based on a real 1984 film) that was produced by the fictional Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building”.

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

For me, the only good Live action Disney Remakes are Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Cruela and Lady and the Tramp. In the meantime, I’d rather stick with the original while I wait to watch on Disney Plus.

[@beethovensfidelio]

To be fair, some of the changes in the 2023 live action remake such as *Ariel killing Ursula in the climax, Ariel singing about her first time on land (albeit through her inner thoughts), and Ariel’s multiracial sisters* existed in the 2007 Broadway show of the same name. In fact, alongside “Splash”, the 2007 Broadway show is a better live action remake of “The Little Mermaid”.

[@musicaddic95]

I know someone may have said this so forgive me but: Wasn’t the idea of Ursula and King Triton being siblings a fan theory for a long time? Now Disney is picking up and running with it? 😵‍💫 NNNNOOOOO!!!! I’m not excited for the Hunchback 💀

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

Actually, Disney started it in a live on stage "The Little Mermaid" musical. But I too always wondered how she got the tentacles.

[@ZelinkSupporter]

Disney already has a black Disney Princess Princess Tiana So, the whole "We need more black Disney Princesses" arguement means nothing to me

[@endplanets]

[Shrug] Maybe Aeriel's mom was a shapeshifter and the kids looks like what she looked like at the moment. Or I guess Tritent could be a shapeshifter too in this case. Which would explain Ursula as his sister. Whatever.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

Maybe Triton grew up to be like his father Poseidon.

[@bulborb8756]

I swear Disney has no idea what made the original's so beloved, where as their live-action remakes of these films are received so poorly and since things have been getting worse and worse, it's as if this company can't even bother to give a damn and are slowly digging their own grave

[@ReidStakelum]

8:29 I have that someone is related to Mary White House

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

I actually had a fun time with this one over the last few remakes, but then again it's another shot for shot remake. However, Halle Bailey did won me over for her take as Ariel. Looks like this year, it might be her biggest year yet!!!

[@sjmhadsock4586]

From what I heard the Ursula being tridents sister was from the Broadway show

[@diremiralis1998]

When Spotify spammed me with I wanna be where the people are, I knew it was bad

[@natashalopez1453]

You know that scene in Full Metal Jacket when Vincent Denafrio has gone crazy with the shotgun? Yeah that’s me every time I hear “The Scuttlebut” song. Lin Manuel Miranda should lose his Tony because of that abomination!

[@arturosandovalsaito2704]

Alright. Who wants to see the people behind this crap turn into sea foam like in the book the original movie is based on?

[@sliverstarX42]

I'm probably one of the few black people who care less about being represented in media since entertainment is all I really care about. If this remake was at least halfway entertaining, I could forgive some of the changes made (even though some were justified by egregious lies or completely unnecessary). Sadly it wasn't. It only generated a "meh" feeling in me compared to the original, which holds an unshakable place in my heart. It wasn't atrociously bad, but it wasn't good as a standalone movie either.

[@lessismore8533]

I’m black too and didn’t care either 😂

[@juliabrand1547]

Don't forget Home on the Range for bad songs.

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

The fact that Disney has reverted back to making live action remakes and all the while using the same names just makes me sick to my stomach. I mean it’s like me saying: “If I name a dog Scooby, does that make HBO’s Velma better or worse?”

[@sammyfield5426]

Hey raisorlade, what with you talking about live action remakes lately, are you making a video about the httyd remake.

[@charleshall7526]

I'm saying this as a vaguely-Little Mermaid Disney Adult who liked it, but still gave the movie a 6-7/10 at best. Disney didn't pick Halle due to to representation. They picked her based on merit, and then capitalized on the response from TikTok afterward. The belief that Halle got the role solely due to diversity initiatives is why so many of us think people are being racist. One of the main complaints with the other remakes like Beauty and the Beast was that they hired actors who couldn't sing and had to use autotune. The director was ready to dial it in until he watched the Grammys and saw an 18 year old girl not only performing at the ceremony, but using a similar vibrato and vocal tone to the original voice actress. He then found out she was already a Disney television/movie actress the company was happy with, a fan of the original film franchise, and a musician who could improvise appropriate changes to modernize the songs. Halle was also great with kids, good at interviews, and could sing the songs live for ceremonies. She still had to audition, and after the audition they tried to replace Halle by seeing hundreds of other actress including natural redheads. Don't you think any actress would be dying to star in this movie, just to get their name out there, even with the bad reputation of the remakes? White actresses had the chance to compete and they didn't get the role. After seeing the movie myself, as someone who even watched the TV show, Halle did an excellent job as Ariel. You could clearly read her emotions and intentions from her facial expressions even after she lost her voice. If I had one minor complaint, she didn't really do the big and goofy body movements that Sherri Stoner came up with for Ariel in the original movie. Separately, a lot of us do see similarities between Halle and Ariel, such as the small body, round face, the nervous giggles, etc. The other live action actresses don't resemble their characters, such as Lily James not looking like Cinderella; but they get passes because they're at least white. Halle should get the same pass. When people say things like "Halle should have just been Tiana", they're telling us all black women look and act the same - when Halle looks/sounds/acts far closer to Ariel than Tiana. Disney decides who Ariel is, like when they cast a latina actress in Once Upon a Time. I'm not speaking for all black people here; but a lot of black people have this same view. Stop saying Halle got the role due to representation alone. Like with the stage show, when the actors and audience told the producers they had a diverse cast, Disney's marketing team pounced.

[@Gabry4777]

Halle cannot act. She should have only dubbed this film😒

[@mikaelafox6106]

Zendaya could’ve been a good choice. She can act and sing. Ariel wasn’t small. She was lanky. Unless you mean slim? I didn’t like Lily James for Cinderella. She didn’t fit the role.

[@henrymockingbird9645]

Give Mary the mole some credit at least that song was sang by Carol Channing you know an actor who can actually sing unlike Awkwafina if her song scuttebut is any to go by she can if her life depended on it

[@matthewdaley746]

Awkwafina is the latest example of the industry throwing all of its resources behind a, "celebrity," that simply has done nothing to deserve it.

[@henrymockingbird9645]

@@matthewdaley746 I have to disagree with you awkwafina is talent and can be funny when given the right material you want proof of that go watch crazy Rich Asians but with her role as scuttle it just feels Disney just let her do what the hell she wanted to do in The recording booth

[@matthewdaley746]

@@henrymockingbird9645 That's your right, but, CRA was an ensemble piece her limitations become unavoidable when there's nobody else to distract you from her, sad, really.

[@loyyyylo]

Despite its changes I still enjoyed this movie

[@artbytesia]

One thing that gets me is that Disney thought people would pick apart Song of the South for being "racist," when this stinking movie is WAY more racist! I would know; I watched Song of the South last night, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that it really ISN'T racist! In the meantime, this remake has fricking SISTERS in DIFFERENT RACES when in the original, they were WHITE! How is that not racist?!?

[@somethingcreative32]

Wait wasn't Ursula already Triton's sister?

[@homecruz7743]

No. That was an idea they had for the original that they changed. However the sister thing was included in the Broadway show

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

That thumbnail tho. I love when you add hipster Ariel Meme without glasses To show how excruciating this movie is.

[@beethovensfidelio]

If I wanted to watch a live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, I will watch “Splash” (1984) instead. Sure, “Splash” was released by “Touchstone Pictures”, but since “Touchstone Pictures” was a LABEL created by Disney in order to release “mature content” without undermining the wholesome “Disney brand”, “Splash” still counts as a DISNEY film. Heck, “The Little Mermaid” was initially rejected by Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg out of concern that it sounded *too similar* to “Splash”. And well, they’re not exactly wrong about that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3yYkKZ9r8ierMU In fact, to avoid turning “The Little Mermaid” into an animated remake of “Splash”, the Disney animators gave Ariel *red hair* in order to distinguish herself from Daryl Hannah’s blonde mermaid character Madison from “Splash”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpWwfppshLihZ7Mm15s

[@pennysanchez7656]

I rather watch the Stand By Me Doraemon movies that are currently on Netflix than this! No seriously, why the f**k is everyone sleeping on those movies? JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE, AND YOU SHOULD TOO!

[@dovahkiin6488]

11:00 No. Please tell me this is a sick joke. They can't keep getting away with this!

[@DSzaks]

Honestly, remaking Hunchback could actually be really cool. Ditch the annoying gargoyles. Lean into the dark and sinister overtones of the original even more. Cast people that can actually act. Unfortunately Tony Jay is not longer with us to give us another rendition of Hellfire, but I am sure there is someone out there who could do a good job. Could be freaking awesome. But of course it won't be. It's modern Disney we're talking about after all.

[@Nogardtist]

i got an better idea little mermaid a black original character that likes to travel the world and swims to distant unknown lands to north where vikings exist or something they dont speak the same language and their body language would be the focus the viking doughters or himself lost a relic or someking of valueable item that sunk to the bottom there weird things going on in that part of the abyss where getting a relic wont be easy the viking king sees the item orders everyone to hold the hostility cause they see mermaids as demonic hostiles some character villain development bla bla bla everyone gets it but that wont make money and milk populart for cash grab who even wants to be original then remaking what people already know is cheaper and much more profitable

[@Green0Destroyer]

When you remake something aren’t you actually supposed to remake it?

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

In the words of the Cinema Snob (Brad Jones): “If I wanted a good Little Mermaid movie, I will stick with the original movie from the 80s.”

[@nagyakos8467]

Say what you will about Awkwafina, Sisu is still my favourite thing ever in the history of forever.

[@CapedCrusader77]

*talking about it in general*

[@dracoscorpio753]

Good thing I saw the mario movie instead when it was 1st out

[@BrianWanke]

“Is the Disney Live Action Remake to ever exist”

[@negressprincess]

If y’all think this is bad just wait until next year. We’re getting Snow White live-action and I heard that she’s not even going to marry the Prince plus the dwarfs won’t be in the movie.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

If people haven’t forgotten Peter Dinklage fussing over the dwarfs in the film already, the film needs to avoid more controversies but who cares. The film is doomed from the obvious wrong casting already.

[@yourclairygodmother]

Here's the thing: changing the main character's race but not changing anything substantial about the story isn't real representation. What you've done is tell the same "white" story with the same "white" character just with a different skin tone. Instead of making unique stories with underrepresented groups like Turning Red, Encanto, etc., what they're doing is essentially telling minorities that they best they deserve is unoriginal table scraps. Besides, you know that Ariel will revert to being a white character when all the media attention, praise, and fan-protection is soaked up. This has happened with ALL the live-action Disney princesses. I went to Costco last month with my family, and toy section had nothing but white Ariel dolls and books. No black Ariel in sight. So even during the movie's marketing campaign, they were STILL pushing the white Ariel. Remember all the fuss about Raya being the first Southeast Asian princess? Only a year later after her movie's release and all of her praise, attention, and merchandise is GONE. It's literally just a bunch of rich white guys using minorities to push their crappy products. How on Earth is that "diversity" or "inclusive" when, after the predominantly white businessmen scoop up their profits, all mention of said "diverse character" vanish off of websites, shelves, park grounds, etc.? Spoilers: The upcoming Hispanic Snow White movie is going to be so pandering that it's gonna make Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs look progressive by comparison. And no, it's not because of race: it's about wanting higher quality films for people of all races and fighting predatory marketing campaigns that target already venerable minorities. (Also, I find it ironic that the same people defending Halle Bailey as Ariel were the same people who years prior were complaining that Naomi Scott was too white to play Jasmine- despite not actually being white- in the Aladdin remake and threw temper tantrums over an original white character being used in that same movie for a single scene.)

[@via3155]

How is this a white story? And why change it just because a person of color is in the role? Like what the fuck do y’all be talking about 😭 and no one and I mean absolutely no one is focusing on Naomi Scott the same way Halle is under a microscope for taking on the role of Ariel.

[@yourclairygodmother]

​@@via3155 I meant to say retelling the exact same story as Disney's 1980s animated version just with a black mermaid is NOT a substantial enough reason to remake the entire damn movie.

[@via3155]

@@yourclairygodmother they were gonna remake the little mermaid regardless….casting Ariel as a black woman was not the reason behind this my god you people are so beyond delusional

[@yourclairygodmother]

@@via3155 Halle Bailey could be the whitest, red-headedest mermaid on the damn planet and this movie still would've been awful. And yeah, Halle Bailey isn't a good actress in the slightest so she wasn't the "best choice" for the part. Her performance aside from the songs sucked. If I wanted to see Bailey's performance, she and her sister could've done covers of the songs on KZbin and I would've gotten more of a pleasant experience. You're so desperate to come across as "smart" or "superior" that you're fishing for gotchas that aren't even there. And "delusional?" You're defending trash Disney remakes, THAT'S delusional!

[@mikaelafox6106]

@@yourclairygodmother It’s clearly not the exact same story. If it was, Eric would be actual royalty, and there’d be a kitchen fight between Sebastian and the head chef.

[@esmeraldadelatorre8676]

Tell me what characters this far in live action had been purposely removed everyone in the comments?

[@ultimatetrashboy419]

Why couldn’t guy fieri play Ursula?

[@beethovensfidelio]

Because Guy Fieri can’t sing and act!

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

I love this movie

[@justinsarcedo9355]

Doesn't a live version Little Mermaid exist? Oh wait. Once Upon a Time series does almost all the Disney characters live action alot better than the film adaptations. This movie felt kinda meh or okay. Rather watch Once Upon A Time series for something different. They removed alot important and good things of the original film. 1. Ursula true personality. This 4:05 is what Ursula really is. Overly confident and master schemer, she view as herself as beautiful and relishing very moment. Her eels actually maybe minions. But, she treat them like her children running errands for her. Also, she is a sore loser and actually cheats to prevent Ariel from beating her. The live action feels a little dial down version during the introduction scenes. 2. Chef Louis. 5:42 Why? He wasn't offensive or stereotype. He was a enthusiastic chief loves his job and takes pleasure serving food the royal family. 3. Sebastian. The live action is kinda meh. Original Sebastian is so expressive and dramatic for a royal advisor. 4. The Fluffy Dog. Max the Dog that greet Ariel and prevent Eric from marrying Ursula during of the movie? 5. Eric saving Ariel. Had to remove that redeeming moment from him? So, King Triton is correct and Ariel should go back home. Why does that scene look like that was ripped off from.... Oh wait! That princess and the frog where Tiana smash the talisman from witch doctor to stop his black magic deals. So, Tiana saved New Orleans from The Witch Doctor is not special since it was animated. But, Hailey Bailey's Ariel killing Ursula is special in real life? Oh irony. These remakes feels pointless now. If anything just watch Once Upon a Time series or another adaptation from another film studios over these remakes. Also, RaisorBlade. That intro is hilarious. 0:10 Oh no. What is he up to... 0:15 Nevermind. That makes sense.

[@Jetblast01]

Remember...Hercules will be centered around TikTok culture. And we thought Scuttlebutt was bad enough, we haven't seen true cringe yet. Also, representation like raceswap is lazy and insulting. Should ask for better representation or if you are going to raceswap, do something DIFFERENT like The Wiz's take on The Wizard of Oz.

[@matthewdaley746]

Awkwafina is absolute cringe.