THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) | It's Time To Stop, Disney!

[@Steroyd666]

There's a scene in the original's kiss the girl where Scuttle threatens to sing and he gets jumped by all the other animals to get him to stfu, The Little Mermaid 89' was truly ahead of it's time.

[@englishatheart]

Ahead of *its* time.

[@mr.raslyon6626]

That's one of the best parts of the song 🤣

[@notacompleteidiot...1285]

If only people would do that to Awkwafina... 🤔

[@rayanna7188]

@Not a Complete Idiot... yep, my ears would be happy

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

I'd prefer nobody distracted me from kissing such a beautiful woman with a stupid song number too.

[@neo7566]

Just because you can sing, doesn't mean you can act. She's a plank of wood.

[@missmerbella]

Glad people are acknowledging this. I grew up loving the original Ariel because of how expressive, fun-loving, passionate and animated she was. This Ariel bore zero resemblance to the original and it was sad to watch.

[@WEKM]

"I'm kind of numb to it by now." That pretty much sums up everything Disney now a days.

[@kianrodriguez4455]

I went with my family to the theater (I don't remember which movie we watched) and the Little Mermaid remake trailer popped up. When Ariel appeared, my brother literally yelled out "That's not the Little Mermaid!"

[@wakaneut]

I'm tired of hearing Halle Bailey can sing well. Yes, she can. But I am sure there are many redheads in this world who can sing as good if not better (and can act). Disney could find her, it just doesn't want to.

[@williampearson6299]

Those Hollywood redheads are NOT real red heads. Emma Stone, Sophie Turner, Drew Barrymore dye their hair. And MALE gingers are even rarer. There's never been an accurate Jimmy Olsen with red hair, they keep casting brown and blonde men.

[@annas4843]

@@williampearson6299why Hollywood? There are so many European girls that could fit the role perfectly, it’s not that hard… want a starting point? Check kid Eurovision, plenty of talented young girls with great voices

[@gypsylee333]

​@@williampearson6299 I would absolutely not care if they hired like Scarlett Johansson and dye her hair red. Not like Halle is naturally redhead😂

[@williampearson6299]

@@annas4843 Because it's discrimination to put barriers. Everyone should have a chance to audition if you're such a democratic country. White people are just hypocrites just like when they banned integrated sports. Now blacks dominate sports because they were the BEST for the job. Halle Bailey was the best for Ariel. Looks shouldn't matter, cast the BEST person

[@adhirg]

all of the songs were auto-tuned to hell, so she can’t even sing as well as people are saying lol

[@michaelschroeck2254]

Turning princesses into girl bosses: it’s funny because the original Ariel, Belle and Jasmine WERE girl bosses. They broke the damsel in distress tripe that earlier Disney women fell into. But the modern writer thinks that anything that happened before they were horn doesn’t count or isn’t in your face enough.

[@MoonPhantom]

Well... Not girl bosses in the modern sense. It wasn't that Belle singlehandedly beat up all the wolfs attacking her, or was the one to stab Gaston... The beast did that. BUT! Belle was incredibly essential, she was the one taming the beast. She didn't put up with bullshit behavior. When Gaston tried to impress her by acting arrogant, Belle had none of it. And when the beast lost his temper and shouted, Belle again... Had none of it. And the big difference is that Gaston would NOT listen to Belle and change his behavior, while the beast absolutely listened to Belle and changed his behavior to become a better person worthy of her... So Belle's presence had incredible importance in the story without her being a modern girl boss who is the one to kill the villain. Jasmin too, of course didn't put up with any bullshit from her dad or Jafar. The reason she went with Aladdin was because he actually listened to her and they got to genuinely talk about their problems. That's how she fell in love... And when Aladdin was trying to act smart, she cut him off. And when he was genuine, she gave him a chance. So yeah... These women decided the decorum of the room. By being WOMEN, not by being super powerful warriors. they don't need to be.

[@renatoramos8834]

But they didn't become girl bosses, just horribly written characters.

[@BrokensoulRider]

@@MoonPhantom Fucking. Thank you! Ariel, Mulan, Jasmine and Belle were among the most favored disney princesses over Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty because... While they were women, they used their femininity to their best utilization. They embraced being A WOMAN, and was still strong and wonderful for it, especially because they knew when to ask for help.

[@Andromeda14161]

I know she's not a princess, but let's acknowledge Esmeralda. Standing up to bigotry even if it meant her life? She was ahead of her time too!

[@MoonPhantom]

@@BrokensoulRider I will never stop bringing up what they did so smartly with Mulan. Mulan... is NEVER physically stronger than the men around her. She's not stronger, she's not faster, she's not larger. What Mulan can do... Is thinking in alternatives. She is INCREDIBLE creative, and an incredible smart thinker, and has a skill for putting this alternative thinking into immediate action. We see it first when she feeds the chicken by tying a sack of corn to her dog. That's our first clue. That then later translate into how she defeats the pole at the training camp, using the weights to aid her rather than drag her down. She beats the hunts, again by sing this same kind of clever thinking. And her ending move defeating Shang-Yu, is not a move of strength, but she opens her fan, captures his sword with her fan, and pulls it out of her hand. She's not stronger than the men, but she has this unique way of thinking that saves China... that's how you fucking do it. You don't say. "She can just beat an entire army of men by herself cause reasons." NO! You have these OTHER qualities that are just as worth while. If not more. And you don't keep talking about how smart Mulan is, you SHOW it to us, through her actions. Like in the movie. And of course the life action movies fucks ALL of that up. Instead of the brilliant writing where we see Mulan being an alternative and fast thinker and that saves China... She now has magic Chi power, and the secret is to stop holding back and be free, and now she defeats everyone with her true self magic chi... Fucking bullshit. Telling young women they need to be like men is setting them up for misery and failure! We really need to stop pressuring women to be better men than men, but talk about how women are DIFFERENT from men, and how that role of women in society is just as important as the men's role, and it is DIFFERENT, and it's okay to be different than a man. A man will go to war and die for his woman, the woman is what gives the man's sacrifice meaning... So... how the fuck does that make the woman oppressed? Really?

[@practicalpisces]

Scuttle was changed to a *female ganet,* but yeah, a bird would not be able to talk in any way underwater. Talking requires breathing. I am not sure why the writers thought that a diving bird would fix the underwater issue (especially since Ariel going up to the surface was an important part of her character).

[@GBDupree]

I barely remember the original, but I'm pretty sure there was a scene where the bird tries to talk underwater but obviously can't and its just a garbled mess while bubbles fly everywhere. Unless that was another movie, like Finding Nemo. But if I'm right, then this is a problem that the original movie already pointed out was not possible, how do you mess up that badly with remaking something?

[@michelecastellotti9172]

​@@GBDupreedo you want me to explain it or do you already know the answer?

[@naomimills7215]

​@@michelecastellotti9172 lmao.. what a rude comment. Either do ur explaining or shut up. Both commenters offered a genuine problem in the movie and u offered no answers... Just came in sounding like a dick lol.

[@indiedavecomix3882]

There should have been a whole scene where King Triton is in a council and is completely clueless that the other mermen all match the races of his daughters. 😂 Also holding my breath for the Black Cauldron live action remake. To be fair, that book series could be amazing if it got the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings treatment.

[@les4767]

Probably, but Disney's only adapting their classic cartoons that did well at the box office. "The Black Cauldron" bombed in its day.

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

I've hit a point where whenever I find out something I love is being made into a movie, I'm filled with dread. I'm hoping they've forgotten that series exists at this point.

[@jculver1674]

They should've had a flashback scene of a young Triton hooking up with every female diplomat at the U.N.

[@NateTheScot]

Nothing will ever receive the lotr Peter Jackson treatment ever again.

[@indiedavecomix3882]

@@NateTheScot I can dream, right?

[@lostsoul2508]

The thing about Triton's wife being killed by humans isn't really something to attribute to this film, these writers didn't come up with that, my niece had to point this out to me so I had to check it out but it is actually in the 3rd animated Disney movie (a prequel think) that showed Triton's wife being killed by pirates. So no, these writers don't get points there. As for Halle as Ariel, no don't give them that, they did this deliberately and they wouldn't be as forgiving as you had we written Blade as a ginger and given them that treatment. Halle isn't that amazing a singer, and is a huge discredit to not audition a red head into the role unless they are saying no irish chicks can sing (think about it for a moment Ireland). This movie was again a mas disappointment and the sooner it flops and Disney goes bankrupt the better.

[@crystalponce5289]

Let’s start with this Halle is an amazing singer. They auditioned everyone who wanted to of every race as they stated multiple times. No one who auditioned was able to beat her. It’s not to say they couldn’t sing but they couldn’t surpass the bar she set for how it should be sung. They are also black red headed people so when you say gingers that includes them. What you meant was white people. I’ve seen some of the audition tapes of those who say they did and they for sure didn’t even come close to her. Just say you don’t like black people playing your imaginary character.

[@madamefluffy4788]

@@crystalponce5289 Not everyone likes the same thing/thinks the same way. You think Halle Bailey has an amazing voice? That's great! Countless of folks think the same way. But not everyone agrees with your POV. And saying that those who disagree are racist makes you the racist - as you're assuming their opinions are based on the singer's skin tone rather than their vocal range.

[@crystalponce5289]

@@madamefluffy4788 where did I say racist or did you type that? I never said he was. I said I’m glad he’s not a music critic because he clearly can’t hear well. You obviously can’t read that well so y’all are in a similar boat.

[@lostsoul2508]

@@crystalponce5289 - Sure thing, I don't like race swapping already established characters. Does that make a racist? I don't care. Maybe to drive the point home Chris Pratt should play black panther, after all he is an excellent actor but they didn't have him before oh wait it's because the character was established a black well Ariel was established as white.

[@crystalponce5289]

@@lostsoul2508 The fact that you even tried to compare black panther is laughable and shows you’re ignorant let me drive the point home for you. Black panthers race is central to his story since he is supposedly from a poor country in Africa. If you ever watched it and paid attention you would know this. Even majority of the lines in the movie and comic are about black people specifically. Ariel is from Atlanatica a fictional made up place and she is a fictional fish. She can be played by anyone since fish don’t have a race. In fact she’s currently being played by an Asian woman on broadway. You just don’t want her to be black at least you’re honest about it however, she is now and there’s nothing you can do about it but complain. You guys are acting like the threw the old movie in the trash and redrew it. It’s still very much there to watch. In fact the merch is still available, she’s still in the parks. It’s almost like this new one didn’t change anything at all about the original. I just did you the favor I went on Disney plus to see how many different versions of the little mermaid there are for you to watch that don’t have a black lead and there’s six including a live one with the girl from Moana not to mention even more broadway productions. It doesn’t have to be a battle of one over the other they both are coexisting. The one with a black lead may just not be for you and that’s fine but it is for someone it has an audience.

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

Disney will never stop. The remakes must flow.

[@Billinous]

Song of the South Remake?

[@fanaticentity]

Must flow😂

[@erainmartinez8175]

I'm sick of remakes

[@evildoughboy7773]

Like sewage.

[@angelinarobbins1567]

Yeah I agree with you they are never going to stop making live action remakes. They are going to keep the flow going. Grow up anybody who disagrees. They need to do live action for all of their original animated movies anyway. Because the animated movies will get TOO OLD AND BORING OVER TIME AS WILL AS FOR DECADES HECK EVEN CENTURIES.

[@FeatherRanching]

At this point, it seems like the CGI team actually is trolling them.

[@hassathunter2464]

Or is getting shafted, underpaid and the result shows how much Disney cares for them...

[@Mouse_Metal]

The CGI & VFX artists have absurd deadlines, and the result are movies released with unfinished effects.

[@madamefluffy4788]

Triton having a diverse cluster of daughters would have made sense if Triton had a harem of wives (one from every kingdom under the sea) or adopted an orphaned girl from every kingdom as a sign of allegiance with those kingdoms. That would explain why they look so different from one another. Instead, the audience is expected to believe that they're all related to the same two parents because fish genetics are different from a humans (yeah, sorry - no. Not when the sisters are clearly representing specific ethnicities/cultures as they are). My guess behind the reason for Scuttle being able to talk/breathe under water is probably because the writers wrote themselves into a corner when they changed the plot to Ariel never having been to the surface before spotted Eric's ship sailing above and they needed a way to have the dinglehopper scene happen without Ariel going to the surface. So, Scuttle was changed into a diving bird that was capable of breathing/talking under water for a limited time in order to work around that writing flub. (never mind that diving birds are incapable of breathing under water). And from what I understand about Ariel singing (despite not having her voice) was that she was miming what she was singing in her head. Stupid, I know.

[@williampearson6299]

He possibly does have a harem but they focus on Ariel's mother because she's the youngest

[@marshmelo15]

@@williampearson6299 they say they all have the same mom and dad thou

[@nataliegavis4749]

He beat Henry the eighth who have just 6 wives!!!

[@selinapersaud7629]

It doesn’t have to be a harem, it was probably seven different successive wives.

[@selinapersaud7629]

@@nataliegavis4749 Ivan of Russia, possibly had eight.

[@kittygirl_thetortie498]

My 5 year old asked to leave the theatre because she said the new mermaid scared her. I'm guessing it's her eyes being that far apart and hair because when I asked her what scared her, she said "her face and her hair". My daughter came back home and asked to put on the original little mermaid.

[@stormryder4305]

You already handed your money to Disney. It makes no difference.

[@witchplease9695]

Sad you raised your daughter to be racist

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

@@stormryder4305 why take her there in the first place?

[@soulsurfer7702]

Look up shark tales and there is a female fish with eyes far apart that look exactly like Halle.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

​@@soulsurfer7702 yeah but Shark Tale is an animated movie where they're obviously not Human looking at all while in this movie, she looks Human but doesn't at the same time and her design doesn't fit at all. It's something called thr Uncanny Valley where something looks almost Human but there's just something off about it. Her daughter probably didn't know what she was looking at and couldn't understand it and wasn't able to view it. The Uncsnny Valley thing is a whole massive thing that spans the entirety of the Human Race and has a lot of history behind it and is intrinsically merged with our D.N.A.

[@EthanDarke]

My favorite part is when King Triton flipped a dabloon and told Ariel to call it... Also, I always thought it was weird that the merfolk are uncomfortable than humans eat fish and sealife. Like, what the hell do the merfolk eat then?

[@notacompleteidiot...1285]

I hope it's "each other". 🤗

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Human flesh

[@ericchung3177]

Mythologically? Human flesh. In Disney canon? Idk seaweed probably

[@MagicE13]

Triton should have gotten DNA tests.

[@DubaiShortsChannel]

Why don't make a full on remake, set it in the Caribbean, make all actors black and tell a slightly new story! I would totally watch it!

[@danellymani205]

The animation was also set in the Caribbean hence the Jamaican crab and corals. Denmark or the Netherlands oceans don’t have ocean flora like that. Not to mention the book mermaid (who was never named) did not have red hair. Y’all just picking and choosing what’s canon and what’s not based on your prejudices.

[@DubaiShortsChannel]

If it was so, why not to and show full on culture of Caribbean, make Eric and Triton Jamaicans, add Jamaican music?.. Call it Mermaids of the Caribbean. You perfectly know why - they don't want a NEW story, they want a cash grab.

[@danellymani205]

@@DubaiShortsChannel y’all already complaining about ginger hair , if they changed it more blatantly y’all would die on the spot. And back then there were danish settlements with black leaders (I’m from one). The way the movie depicted it is actually quite accurate. Reminds me of the USVI.

[@mr.raslyon6626]

​​@@danellymani205 Thats funny. No one fell out dead over The Princess and the Frog....this shit is more pandering to black folks, and we eat this shit up. Here's a black mermaid, now all of our problems are solved!!

[@DubaiShortsChannel]

@@danellymani205 where did I complain about ginger hair? You can't go one minute of your life without generalizing everyone under one "y'all", don't you?

[@GodfatherXXI]

I was on the edge of my seat waiting for your review like an accused waiting for a jury decision. LOVE your videos because they make sense in a currently senseless world.

[@tombreyder6719]

Same here 🙏

[@kingagrabowska9366]

Everything wrong with the Little Mermaid remake: - Terrible pacing. The movie is over two hours long and it takes like an hour for Ariel to get her legs. - Terrible music. Changed lyrics, they took out Ariel's sisters' song and the funny cook song, new songs that don't belong at all, autotune, no emotions just flexing what a good singer you are (Ariel) and the most annoying character with the most annoying voice gets the song. - CGI is terrible - So dark in many scenes you can't see anything. - Eric can't save Ariel because of sexism and girl power. Remember how in the original they saved each other back and forth. Ariel saved Eric from drowning, Eric distracted Ursula, and Ariel killed Ursula's pets so Eric could kill Ursula with a ship because he's a sailor? Well, now Ariel is steering a ship without any experience and she's in her mermaid form! It's as stupid as it sounds. If she can stand with her tail what does she need legs for? - Also, no ending on the wedding. Marriage is sexist and outdated. Instead, they go on a trip.

[@theramentumbleweed2523]

This movie is flopping. It's sinking overseas. Next week, the drop off is going to be mind blowing. I have a friend, her 8 year old daughter saw this movie with friends. They were bored with the movie, they were more interested in snacks and slushies, and watching the newest episode of Demon Slayer. When asked about the movie, the girls all shrugged, and talked about Nezuko. I lol'd.

[@stormryder4305]

It should be tanking domestically too. But NOOOO. People keep giving money to Disney, despite all the backlash.

[@theramentumbleweed2523]

@@stormryder4305 there's going to be a huge drop during the weekend. It's not going to get repeat viewers.

[@matthewmosier8439]

​@@stormryder4305 Disney likely bought a lot of tickets

[@captain_malaysia6855]

NEZUKO CHANNNNNN

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@theramentumbleweed2523 remember they need to share ticket sales with the theatres too so imagine the cash they keep if it underperforms

[@L0V3000]

With all that time padding they could've expanded on the sisters. It was as if Disney made them flashy for merch sake but gave only Ariel personality. -Did they miss her while she was on land? -How do they feel about her souvenirs? -Did they support Triton wanting to imprison her? -Thoughts on their late mother? -What are their roles in the family? -What are their personalities? -Why didn't they have a song when they fill a pew but Scuttle did?

[@breezy3392]

This, yes. I wanted more on the sisters. They could have made a whole original story on the sister dynamics instead of retreading old ground

[@williampearson6299]

@@breezy3392 Maybe they are gonna do a Disney spinoff tv series.

[@beerdragon4583]

Don’t ask questions. Just consume product then get excited for the next product.

[@veeclash4157]

They were only there to fulfill a diversity quota. Disney loves to tokenize and virtue signal but they lacked the imagination to use Ariel’s new multiracial sisters in any meaningful way.

[@williampearson6299]

@@veeclash4157 So? Equality feels like oppression when one is accustomed to privilege, yes? Talentless losers like you cant' fathom black people winning in every field possible. There are literal Nepo-babies in Hollywood. Diversity quota with a TALENTED actress is a step up. White people just don't like competition. They didn't like it during segregation an were rightfully booted out of sports like basketball.

[@Hanmacx]

Can't wait for Black Tarzan 😆

[@iro6758]

I can't wait for the crossover event where he barks at people and bangs on rain drums to defend wakanda...

[@josephensworth7044]

What about an upcoming Snow Black movie??

[@andrewblanchard2398]

TARZAN takes place in Africa so yeah

[@stormryder4305]

Black Tarzan, Black Jane, Black Ape, Black Parrot, etc, since they're so obsess with BLM stupidity nowadays.

[@SunBunz]

A non-binary white Pocahontas!

[@billtweedie5879]

Why cant we just have new movies made

[@tylere.8436]

Why can't we get 2D films from them, the things that they started out with...

[@iro6758]

Yeah, but how could they directly pervert your culture by doing that?

[@stormryder4305]

1. They don't have talents, because they hired PoC's hacks. 2. They're coward piece of s-h-i-t who are unwilling to take risk. 3. They're lazy parasites looking for easy cash grab. 4. Woke propaganda to rewrite the past, and to belittle Caucasians.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

New movies with unique stories and well written characters would be great.

[@tomboyraider1015]

I honestly really miss traditional 2D animation.

[@breezy3392]

The different races of Ariel's family might have been a good story element if they had actually built mermaid lore around it to explain and make an actual story out of it. The sisters do look beautiful ❤

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Meh, the original ones looked better. Also, how the fuck is triton, a triton, the brother of ursula, a cecaelia? Was their mother echidna, the mother of all monsters?

[@susano.o]

Sure triton been busy busting out his nuts all over the world just like zeus

[@reginaphalange9417]

they changed the motivation of Ariel, they changed Eric's backstory, they changed lyrics of one song because omg the fact that a man could do the first move when there is clearly a silent attraction is now the worst thing...

[@Leamichellefan2244]

They changed too much.

[@valeriebreidenstein8362]

Not to mention that in the OG Ariel was the one to make the first movie and Eric was the one who was unsure (which can be clearly seen by him pulling back when Ariel tried kissing him the first time).

[@christopherp.1391]

Nope gonna disagree with you. In Aladinn Jasmine had a voice acter and a voice singer for the roles. They did NOT have to race swap to have Hallie's voice for singing. The Ariel character is PLAINLY described in the fairy tale. YET they switched out the race for not only virtue signal points but as a shield if the movie tanks. Knights Watch had Shad showed the 43 changes the remake had over the original movie. The remake added a hour to it compared to the animated version and YET skipped out on the chef song. They changed song lines in some songs and then they had that awful "ear grape" of a song from Awkafina, god knows why they are trying to make her a thing these days. I never heard of her and once looked into her. She seems like another influencer type trying to break into hollywood. She isnt funny, and her music leaves alot to be desired.

[@osets2117]

She is an influencer trying to break into Hollywood

[@metallicnole4514]

I wonder how they are gonna handle the hercules remake since the russos are producing it

[@merkinert3773]

You expressed the race swapping well. If it goes badly, the bean counters can say, "It's not our fault! We were following the numbers!"

[@crystalponce5289]

@@osets2117 She’s not an influencer trying to break into Hollywood she already broke into Hollywood a while ago. She already had several albums with her sister. Won many awards and nominations and was a star of a hit tv show prior to this.

[@crystalponce5289]

You guys keep talking about the original this the original that when Hans wouldn’t have approved of Disney take on the little mermaid in the first place! In fact it almost didn’t happen because they wouldn’t go in a darker direction. So leave the original tale out of it. Just say you don’t like black people and you don’t want them to play the fictional made up characters. Y’all scream and shout hire the best person regardless of race but when they do that your mad because it’s not you. It’s a tale about a half fish that came from someone’s imagination they can be whatever and whoever they want them to be and you nor any other negative persons opinion will change it. The movie is already out stay home and suck it up. Y’all are worse than five year olds seriously.

[@Xanegoh]

I've said this before and I'll keep saying it, Disney should just re-release their animated films in theaters. It costs them nothing to do that, it'll bring in old fans who'd like to see them again on the silver screen, and it'll bring in new fans. It's an absolute win for everyone.

[@williampearson6299]

They don't want to pay residuals to the original team. It's a business move. Besides, isn't Disney secretly a tech company?

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

​@@williampearson6299 I've never seen that mentioned before, I just know them as the company that makes shit movies and decisions.

[@williampearson6299]

@@CerealExperimentsMizuki Have you noticed what people are in to these days? Fifty Shades of Grey, Twilight, After franchise don't scream quality, and neither does Fast and the Furious but they make a billion dollars. Blame the audiences

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

@@williampearson6299 both 50 shades and twilight died off a decade ago, this ain't 2012 mate. Marvel and Netflix and Fartnite and tiktok are what's popular these days. And I hate all of them. I did enjoy Marvel when it was good though and Guardians 3 and the Spiderman movies were great but everything else they've done is a horrible failure yet they still make Billions. 10 Billion to them however isn't much.

[@selinapersaud7629]

@@CerealExperimentsMizuki yeah, but universal isn’t turning out everything good as it lately. You can’t just leave it all in one studio.

[@TheEverSoTalented]

The least problematic thing about this movie:- Halley Bailey singing..... The most problematic thing about this movie:- Halley Bailey acting... And btw I had to tell myself that the reason Ariels sisters look that way is because they are from different continents...King Trident must have had some ŭber strong swimming seed......as he paid a visit to the SEVEN HOES in the seven seas haha!

[@missmerbella]

Agreed. Her acting ruined it for me. There were other issues with the film, certainly, but I think a lot of them would have been improved had the lead actress been stronger. A really expressive, charismatic actress could have carried this film.

[@superneilcomics8196]

Disney NEEDS to hire experienced super talented ACTUALLY creative people even if he or she is white and straight. Disney NEEDS to pay them well and have it as ONE writer for one project.

[@geardog24]

It's probably best they didn't talk more about Ariel's mother, because then they'd have to bring in stroy elements from Little Mermaid 3.

[@madamefluffy4788]

Better the story elements from The Little Mermaid 3 than that god awful 'Poor Unfortunate Souls: Story of a Sea Witch' tripe.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

Wait there was a Third movie?!?! I didn't even know that there was a second movie let alone a third godamn.

[@andrewcarlton6196]

One problem woth the phrase "best person for the job" is when most people say this ypu find out it was either a closed casting or they only called for some with a specified identity. If i remember correctly Arial was a closed casting

[@missmerbella]

This was very obviously a "star vehicle" for her. Having Beyonce as your rep definitely has its advantages.

[@JoeSpringer97]

Disney could have just taken out the original cells and reshot them in 4 or 8K, and rereleased them theatrically. Probably would have been a lot cheaper, and they would have made money hand over fist.

[@SeanWheeler100]

But who would go see a movie that they already have on DVD?

[@LordCousland]

Exactly! But for some reason people think that 2D animation is inferior to "live action" khm.. computer animations... or Pixar style animation. I think 2D needs a revival.

[@michaelplowman8674]

@@SeanWheeler100 You'd be surprised. Disney would release the classics in the 80s even though people had the movies on VHS. What you sell is the experience of seeing it on the big screen. It costs maybe 150M with refining it and marketing. So if it takes in only 500M, you clear 150M roughly and revitalize the merchandise versus needing 500M just to break even which is still a loss.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

​@@SeanWheeler100 because they can see it again but much higher quality, it's a massive thing and has been going on for decades especially in the anime medium.

[@SeanWheeler100]

@@CerealExperimentsMizuki Seeing it in a high quality would be more useful for posting screenshots. You can see it just fine in the original quality. And you can't post screenshots directly from the theater without holding a camera or phone that ruins the quality.

[@stephenrice2063]

"What happens when Disney runs out of animated movies to do live action remakes of?" Then they do animated remakes of the live-action remakes. Duh!

[@williampearson6299]

A shared cinematic Disney Princess universe like Avengers

[@usonohoshi6165]

Would be VERY amusing if they adapt live action versions of the direct to DVD sequels.

[@stephenrice2063]

@@usonohoshi6165 And I thought I was being Evil!

[@keystrix3704]

I just noticed that in the cover, they shove the love interest all the way in the back. Symbolism~

[@mallninja9805]

I think it's hilarious that a young "singer" would choose to name herself after a brand of bottled water. But if "bland and tasteless" was the comparison she was inviting, then she nailed it!

[@KimJImagery]

It's NEVER going to stop unless people stop watching them. Unfortunately we have sheeps who will go see carp like this always

[@SunBunz]

I can’t wait for a live action Princess and the Frog with Elle Fanning as Tiana and Chris Pratt as Dr. Facilier! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dareloooo]

How stupid

[@BrokensoulRider]

Nonononono. They better not touch that movie.

[@SunBunz]

@@BrokensoulRider pffft. _NOTHING_ is sacred or safe. You know that.

[@BrokensoulRider]

@@SunBunz Sadly. Don't remind me.

[@channelZER01]

Wouldn't care

[@englishatheart]

She isn't even close to the real/animated Ariel. Her voice doesn't fit (it's too overly produced and doesn't have the emotions needed), and she is not a good actress. Even if it wasn't wrong to race swap (it is, because it's insulting to both sides -- it's saying that the characters weren't good enough as they were, and it's saying the race they're turned into doesn't deserve original characters), she doesn't fit. She just doesn't. One thing I have to add: Copper hair IS red hair. As a redhead with copper-colored hair, red hair comes in multiple colors. Her hair looks far more brown than red, though.

[@WrathDrago]

So auburn more in colour.

[@christisrisen6774]

She Is a Beautiful young woman with a Phenomenal Singing Voice But she just Doesn't look anything like Ariel Not even close clearly Disney Was More Concerned with Hale's Voice Rather than Cast someone who Looks like the 2D animation. Hale just Doesn't fit. And i don't Understand why Disney didn't just Cast Hale in Her own Brand new Movie with a whole new Character

[@missmerbella]

Agreed. She was a plank of wood and had ZERO of the enthusiasm, passion, vibrancy, etc. of the original Ariel. It was frankly hard to watch.

[@infinity_flair]

Don't ask questions. Just consume product and then get excited for next product.

[@kylegoff5331]

Thank you for acknowledging how shit Aquafina is

[@neodigremo]

Halle Bailey can sing indeed, but frankly what I have heard is not right for this movie. Probably the performance but it feels like a performance, concert style, and not like Ariel singing about her feelings. Contrast with, say, Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables. Her version of I dreamed a dream is heartwrenching in ways a perfectly performed version is not. It sounds like what Fantine would sing, not the actress. That is part of robs the magic from it.

[@missmerbella]

I agree. Halle's acting felt very flat/wooden to me.

[@fairytalepurityanalyser6056]

Maybe Javier Bardem likes the original 1989 version and was just as disgusted by this 2023 version the same as everybody else?

[@featherguardian6023]

I’m so Numb into the Disney Live Action Remakes at this Point but even I must admit they Need to Stop Making Them,is Poisoning Nostalgia and making Unnecessary Changes.

[@williampearson6299]

I read somewhere that Disney wants to do a shared Cinematic Disney Princess Universe like Avengers

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

Reck It Ralph did it first and better than Disney ever could dream of.

[@williampearson6299]

@@CerealExperimentsMizuki Not really. That movie bombed. But we have had plenty of crossover universes like Disney's Descendants trilogy, Once Upon A time and KZbin fan videos. The concept has been around for a while. People want a shared universe but don't lie how Disney is going about it. Sad that "race" is the final nail in the coffin.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

@@williampearson6299 you missed my point entirely. It doesn't matter if you didn't like that movie, it still did the shared Universe thing far better than Disney could ever dream of because Disney just doesn't try anymore and yeah we've had plenty others, but I never brought them up and only mentioned that movie because it's one that everyone knows and likes.

[@lessismore8533]

This video was freaking hilarious! Was laughing the whole time!

[@callmecloudy6225]

I don't get why Ariel wasn't allowed to fall in love by the writers, they couldn't possibly have went far enough with that for fans not to say anything. It goes completely against half the plot, and it just doesn't work to make Eric a simp she's traveling with

[@williampearson6299]

Eric isn't a simp. He wants to travel, that's what his song is about. He feels like an outcast in the Kingdom

[@soulsurfer7702]

In 20 years they will probably complain saying this movie was problematic because it’s saying mute girls can’t fall in love or have a normal love story.

[@jonnyboy4289]

Because they want to "fix the problem" of "Ariel being a boy crazy and 1-dimensional damsel who just wants a man."

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Do you mean "it's time to stop, Disney", or "it's time to stop Disney"?

[@TriforcePlayer2]

Thanks for this. The original can't be beat.

[@stephenrice2063]

I would suggest that you try the Cinderella remake. The plot was different, and it actually worked pretty well. The character relationships were well handled, for example. There's more backstory, so we don't start out with an orphan and stepthings. The prince and the king are better, I think. There are some minor annoyances: they relegate the classic songs to the closing credits--would it have killed them to let HBC do them in their proper places? The animals don't talk, but they still have the wit to foil the villain at just the right moment. So on the whole, I think it justifies its existence.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

101 Dalmatians 1996 worked its way around not having talking animals with well trained animals and more humour with the humans. Of course John Hughes assisted big time in the script with his slapstick phase and Glenn Close is perfectly casted in the live action Cruella role

[@Willowy13]

Cinderella is the best movie to be adapted for any race and any set because its theme is universal: original mom dies, widowed man remarry aand the step mom is a beach, step daughters may be mean.

[@selinapersaud7629]

It did something better than staying faithful to the original animated version. It stayed more faithful, to the fairytale in my opinion then the original animated version.

[@precoius]

How dare you make a positive comment!? I’ve been scrolling for ages and this is the first thing I’ve seen that isn’t totally negative.

[@lessismore8533]

@@selinapersaud7629yes Cinderella 2015 is the best live action remake

[@thecleeze6359]

Yeah, so what's super awkward for me to process is that I never saw 'The Little Mermaid' as primarily being about 'interracial relationships'. I saw the primary focus of the original film as, "Wish I could be part of that world." I was kind of a nerdy kid, quiet, shy. (and I was a kid, and it WAS a kids movie, after all) I identified it with a desire to be one of the popular kids, doing the cool stuff I wanted to do, but that it was hard to do. If only I were . Taller, richer, less shy. If only, 'I had legs' maybe. If you really listen to the lyrics to the original song 'Part of Your World', I think it's obvious how incidental Prince Eric is to the actual desires in the mind of the character. If you listen to the new version, it's missing something. Spaces. Pauses and inflection that impart feelings of childlike wonder. The remake version, uh, feels rushed. I'm listening, but I'm not feeling the same feelings (and the visuals contribute to that). I mean, I think they realized this song pretty much encapsulates the main point of the movie, since they used it in all the trailers and advertising, but strangely it never mentions love, or marrying a guy. ...and I didn't even really love the original movie. The characters were flawed, some were super simple because that aspect didn't matter for the story, and the music was good. Race and interracial marriage never came up in my mind. I thought the main point was about wanting desperately to be somewhere else in life, trying hard to do that, realizing that you can, the quick and easy path is usually a trap, and that at the end of the day parents will understand. Something like that. Maybe that you want to move to a different country or something. Change 'your world', so to speak. You can, it might be hard, people might try to trick you, but ultimately you can do it. So uh... yeah, I KNOW what Disney is doing now, and that's what a lot of companies are doing. Seems like they're really missing a lot of themes that people can feel and identify with, and that's why not as many people like their movies now. "Up where they walk. Up where they run. Up where they stay all day in the sun, wanderin' free. Wish I could be part of that world."

[@j3fr0uk]

The Aladdin remake scarred me for life!... EDIT: One thing I've noticed in media/films etc on both sides of the pond. They're dumbin down everythin, basically book burnin and also creatin more hate amongst the majority of the population...

[@williampearson6299]

Well, people today are dumb.

[@TheEldritchGod]

I must admit Halley Bailey is a freaky fish person with those eyes.

[@DogmaBeoulve]

Everything else aside, I love the thumbnail you decided to go with in the end, but that second-to-last one was pretty great, too! XD

[@anthonyguidas2012]

Your thumbnails are great, the look on your face tells me everything I need to know about this movie. Definitely be skipping this one, thanks 👍

[@valerierae76]

Uncharted waters was a let down. I would have found it being better if they made that the scene in the original where Eric was going to give up on his search for the singing girl for Ariel. It's a inner conflict where he has to choose the girl who saved him and the girl he's falling for now, despite them being the same. Then, you can include the flute, since he had that in the original, and at the end, show him throwing the flute. I love representation of instruments and it would have been amazing to hear the flute representing his chase for his savior and at the end he throws it to show him willing to give it up.

[@andrewtaylor940]

The Beauty and the Beast “see we made a character gaaaayyyyyy!!!” Was utterly hilarious. Because the characters name is literally “The Fool” Every time they do this shit they step on a rake. It’s Loony Tunes Levels of Hilarious.

[@alexfriedman918]

After Halle Bailey ran her mouth … repeatedly, nothing she does on screen will ever make me think of her as the least bit likable! Hollywood needs to learn to keep their traps shut!

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

The actress for black tinker bell even shot her mouth off saying them being in this race swapped remakes can help different races see themselves on film. So they’re fine with sloppy seconds?

[@ET_Bermuda]

Yeah, Jar Jar Binks had to finally step aside so that Scuttle could utter the words: "Hold my beer."

[@jenn2839]

One thing that became painfully obvious is Halle's clearly a singer, not an actor. But don't you dare say that, you racist!

[@missmerbella]

100%.

[@jimthar17]

I don't even like the way Nora talks, nevermind hearing her sing.

[@HeyMcfly01]

Favorite line: The show was so busy trying to be so many things to so many people, it forgot what it was trying to be in the first place." It was long for sure.

[@felixfirefox777]

so many different ethnicities kids? hm.. Mrs. Triton have an interesting journey..

[@muajin]

Even peter and wendy was a dumpster fire.

[@angermacfadden2702]

I enjoy your balanced opinion. Appreciate you gave the good acting credit.

[@adan3956]

the mouse has had its time. it is now to finally put him out of misery

[@mr.raslyon6626]

No, its just the entire company needs a Twitter style purge of the woke cultists. Disney can be a great company again, once you cut the cancer out.

[@cootmaster]

i like the background music in your piece

[@DogmaBeoulve]

Personally, I absolutely hate the inherent racism of race-swapping characters - because you know with them, it is, 99% of the time, all about the identify politics and nothing to do with merit and it's just racist, there's no way around it. I don't mind when it's done tastefully and when a case for merit is made OVER hardcore adherence to the original story. In Cinderella 2015, the "diversity" is done logically and believably through the captain of the guard (a sub/supporting character) and, especially, through the *other* kingdoms coming to the ball. Some of the kingdoms being represented are from quite far afield, so, obviously, they're not all strictly European and even if that's something that doesn't feature in the original story (it's been too long for me to remember properly) it's still something that is easily believable. The world is diverse and, naturally, anyone from other kingdoms and nations from other parts of the world would also be naturally and believably diverse. I haven't seen The Little Mermaid remake and I don't plan on it, but from all of the promotional material and trailers alone, you can see what a shitshow the racial identity politics are not just with Ariel, but with her sisters. Well, they're her sisters in the original, I don't know what the hell they are now because they're a super varied bunch and it doesn't follow logically or believably at all because you've only got a few options to explain it and one is dumb and the others are just gross. To have such a diverse group of daughters/princesses/sisters that means that either King Triton or the Queen had a harem/whored around - that's the gross part. The third explanation is just dumb and that would be that they're adopted... which is just silly XD I haven't seen King Triton in any of the promotional material (i've not made a point to go and sort through any of it) so I don't know what color he is, but, obviously, with Ariel being black now one or both of her parents have to be black, too. But being Disney and being retarded, I wouldn't put it past them to just make Ariel magically and inexplicably black, because racist subversion : / Genetic awareness is just too much a part of the common consciousness now (also we're not all tiny children anymore that don't understand) to make such ridiculous logical & biological faux pas because it puts the political slants front-and-center and that's just a deal breaker for me, no thanks. I mean, they could have worked hard to make a NEW and DIFFERENT and ORIGINAL story to push their own black princesses but they don't, instead they change the original because they can't be bothered. It's transparently racist and I just hate it. On top of that, they make other weirdo leftist changes to story and song lyrics because they're such perpetually offended, tone deaf jackasses that they ruin the other parts of the movie, too. The original was something I could get behind and I'm not your typical Disney fan, either. I haven't seen their entire collection and I don't make a point out of seeing a new Disney movie just because it's Disney - my tastes tend to lie in other things. It's also funny that despite being a half Caucasian, half Native, straight male, that I can identify with the original Ariel - I love her best-known song "Part of Your World" it's incredible, it's classic and it's one I can feel, too. I can't even begin to identify with the race swapped Ariel because of all the politics inherent to everything that's been done to this iteration of it and it's from the top down. It's a clear push from Disney higher ups and it goes right through the creative process, the writing and right on down to the actors and actresses. The actress for Ariel is on-record as loving the changes and being totally on-board with all of it... and that's just par for the course, these days.

[@williampearson6299]

Black people can't be racist. They hold no power in these situations as the casting agents and corporates are majority white. They might have 1 or 2 tokens but that's it

[@Bri-nc8yp]

You wrote a to much for a Disney movie. I didn’t finish reading it. It’s not that serious for you to write a whole book to air out your anger that they cast a black woman in a feminine role.

[@lSix_Pennywise]

I went and saw it (there was barely anyone in the theater to see the movie 😂), and I agree with *everything* you said about the characters, you are so right! The movie was so lame when it came to the emotion! The only character that really saved the movie for me was Ursula's performance. Without her, the movie would've been an absolute bore. 😪😪😴😴😴 And if a bird ever came in my room singing "Scuttlebutt" (yes, that is the name of the stupid song), I would strangle that bird. 😡🤬

[@legendaryvicius]

The thumbnail was awesome man lmao. Thanks for the vid!

[@spunkybrewster1972]

I like that Thorias always seems like he's a hair away from completely losing it.

[@susandolan9543]

There's a short YT video showing a group of black women getting into a fight about TLM while the movie was playing in the theater where another black woman complains that she was going to get her money back. A black guy tried to break up the fracas but seats got destroyed and popcorn, napkins, smashed drink cups strewn all over. The was part 2 on another video showing the aftermath with a disappointed black father and son standing up in a lighted theater. Apparently the movie was stopped and everybody told to leave. So much for "representation".

[@RogueFox2185]

After Moana along with Lilo and Stitch, I’m guessing that they’re probably going to do Tarzan next and race-swap him too. The creative well is so dry at Disney that they might just do it.

[@Skleet]

I HOPE they raceswap Tarzan with a black actor. Would LOVE to see the references to him being an ape go over horribly 😂

[@thewafflebat3722]

God help them if they race-swap Tarzan, the outrage will write itself. More likely they'll dumb him down and make him completely helpless, and race-swap Jane (and make her the bestest, strongest, most intelligent girl in the world, obviously).

[@Skleet]

@@thewafflebat3722 Sadly, your suggestion is probably more accurate. But I’d get the biggest laugh out of a black ape man 😭😂 That could cancer itself, I swear to god

[@stormryder4305]

They can't stand male lead character. It has to be female boss type. So it will be most likely gender-race-sexuality swap; Black lesbian woman. Or, Black Jane saving Tarzan's ass.

[@MoonPhantom]

I keep saying it, the rules for what is racist is so one sided. I mean imagine that the animated Peter Pan was made today.... And Mr. Smee was the EXACT same character as before, but now he's brown... That would be called racist... Even though he's the same. If we made the same. "Snow white and the seven dwarfs." and all the dwarfs, the comic characters, were now asian... Racist... You can make funny caricature characters of white people... But don't you fucking DARE do it to any other race. Now it's racist! There's no fucking way the crows from Dumbo are worse than "Mr. Smee." but people have been LOOKING for things to call racist for ages, so they do it.

[@Turuial]

I thank you for falling on this grenade for the rest of us! As always: FOR THE ALGORITHM!!

[@Twee13]

Triton was high on seaweed.

[@JoshuaRyanErwin]

It was so progressive of Prince Eric to help Ariel set up her Only Fins...

[@kofinart]

Lin (Rap Obsessed) Manuel Miranda is responsible for the rap shit

[@toweypat]

You picked the right thumbnail hehe.

[@MrHero17]

If I’m not mistaken the live action Hercules with Chris Pratt is next

[@dkmenace1990]

It's Snow White with Rachel Zegler going for a potential third box office bomb.

[@alexfriedman918]

Either they are telling us biology isn’t real, or the Kingdom Under the Sea really needs to invent paternity tests ASAP!

[@4tsin4bisga4]

Hahahaha the rock pose was the best! I almost choked on my tea when it came up. 😂

[@reginaphalange9417]

6:53 maybe he was told not to act too furious or violent because modernity doesn't allow it anymore, who knows...

[@mattbaltimore7195]

Love your thumbnails at the end of the vid, Thorias...... Also, never knew you also watch Friendly Space Ninja videos.....

[@vintageswiss9096]

The characters don't look like they are underwater, because they had to CG all the water scenes. All of them. They hired an actress that couldn't swim...

[@cindysin2347]

Ariel's face isn't wide enough for the distance between her eyes.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

The multi racial aspect of Ariel’s family makes no sense. Casting Awkward-fina is cringe on every level.

[@mrdexs]

Yeah they seem to be shoehorning Aquaphena into everything. She was in Nick cages vampire movie, she just took me out of it.

[@jeremiahperryman948]

Is nobody else going to mention how in this remake scuttle is no longer a seagull but an entirely different species of seabird lol!!!

[@gypsylee333]

Yup they race swapped the damned bird too 👎

[@hollow314]

I'll do u one better, Eric's adopted dad is the one who banged Ariel's mom then she give birth to Ariel, but got found out by both side so they have to end their life together

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

4:44 Apparently the creators made each daughter a different race as a little in joke to the Seven different Seas. In short Triton has a daughter that could be native to each sea if that makes any sense.

[@stormryder4305]

With the same mother? That still make no sense.

[@GraveDigger35]

Unless Triton is pulling a Zeus, this still doesn't work

[@SeanWheeler100]

Maybe Triton could actually be mixed and each daughter could inherit the skins of his great grandparents?

[@muajin]

Makes me wonder if Triton got it on with women from other countries. *I get that each one represents a sea..but these girls obviously have different baby mamas*

[@daneyal7162]

This video's thumbnail picture is perfect! XD

[@Mouse_Metal]

At this point I´m surprised Ursula wasn´t swapped into a man.

[@jenn2839]

very true

[@gypsylee333]

She was the villain so they kept her white because white is bad to them.

[@Hanmacx]

If Erics father killed Ariels mother Kinda reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, in a good way 🤔

[@duringthebluehour]

They could have hired Jonathan Shiff to helped them with this movie. He had experience creating the h20 tv shows. Thats a tv show and the mermaids looked way better than what they did in this movie. The tails were handcrafted I think.

[@christisrisen6774]

If your Not deaf or hard of Hearing you WILL DEFINITELY BE After Hearing the Scuttlebutt

[@kreese-yi2nb]

It's time to stop Disney indeed.

[@toddacious07]

Did... Did they just lowkey cuck King Triton for the sake of diversity and inclusion...?

[@shanicestella2226]

Disney supposedly hired a Broadway actor and actress for Ariel and Eric role Because Broadway actor and actress can multi tasking at sing , dance and act Halle can sing for sure but the acting is subpar

[@milestrombley1466]

Disney has turned the Little Mermaid into sushi. 🤣

[@inazuma3gou]

The thing is, with the vibrant colors of coral reefs, steel drums, and tropical fish, the original animation has a Caribbean tone and having a dark skin girl like Halle Baily have made sense. The new live action is much darker and scarce light, which is more like the Scandinavian waters and the original redhead Ariel would have made more sense.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

The Jungle Book remake didn't add anything new. The identity crisis thing was already in the original.

[@frea2191]

The funniest argument against a black Ariel i heard was: "it doesnt make sense, that she is black. black skintone came to be, to protect from the sunlight, but the watersurface reflects most of the sunlight..." 🤣

[@teoleno4019]

There's no sunlight under the sea. So how the f*k is she black?