What if Mulan (2020) was good?

[@swk48shanehosty14]

The way you create your own story of mulan feel refreshing and still can feel the original version in time to time

[@adamcooper5654]

I actually think it'd be cool if they did some sort of reprise of "Reflection" when she's cutting her hair and putting on the armor. Or like a new song. I could see that playing really well because it's an emotional moment for her.

[@matt-chew-of-steel]

Yes a reprise would be amazing!!

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

Yep a reprise would have been perfect even if they could have made an extended cut of the film just like they did with beauty and the beast and The Lion King they could have added the alternative Deleted version of Reflection in it.

[@tamerafarly7666]

This is really good! My only change would be to have Shang be more involved in the final battle. He and Mulan should be a team working together to defeat the enemy.

[@SilentSong123]

Mushu could be like a telepathy situation kinda like in the eragorn movie where the mouth doesn't move but Mulan could still hear his thoughts. He could give her battle advice or teach her what being a warrior means and kinda nudge her into figuring out what being a warrior means to her.

[@melindawolfUS]

I love the animated version in part because the first half is a fun musical and then when they reach the burned village, from then on nobody sings. It's like a reality-check and gut-punch that helps put the war scenes into the right tone. It's amazing they pulled off that drama in animation. I think the lack of music in the first half in the live-action actually makes the war scenes less of a gut-punch. I'd like to see more films give us a big dramatic tone change and pull it off as well as this older animated film did.

[@kiiroshidori4296]

My Mom and I realized just yesterday that Mushu is basically Mulan’s imaginary friend. If she didn’t have him to talk to in the animation, we wouldn’t have known so clearly how she felt and what she was confused or determined about, just like in the life-action. The three friends were also very important to show how others acted in those situations, and how she gained support from them not for being a woman, but for being herself. I think.

[@seoul6327]

the best live action films (the little mermaid, maleficent, aladdin, jungle book, etc) has everything that people love from the original but adds on to the story to build that world better. so when you remove mushu, shang and the music, the movie is already fighting an up hill battle.

[@idaf3028]

Aladdin was okay. Better then some others I could name tho.

[@wintergoat6612]

Thanks for naming Jungle Book. People always seem to forget about it. But it truly was really great live action.

[@adamcooper5654]

Disney needs to hire you! You have great instincts!

[@idaf3028]

So tru

[@emmalarson]

You explaining what you think should have happened instead was sooooo moving. I would LOVE to see your version. I didn't even bother watching the live-action after the controversy with the leading actress came out. Disney is really missing the mark on these remakes.

[@Jaheartsjonas]

Why rely on Hollywood for casting when there are many actresses from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc that can do the job justice and can speak English just fine? Tell me you don't watch Asian dramas and films (that aren't from Korea) without telling me you don't watch Asian dramas (same goes for people casting their kpop faves). Also the bit about the dragon speaking is different than say mice because dragons are fictional creatures that can speak according to Chinese folklore. As you said, he should speak but be it in a noble way. I would say Mushu should be an Uncle Iroh type. Wise but also witty and funny in some ways, not completely serious

[@ladisneyprincesse]

Agreeing with Mushu sounding like Uncle Iroh from Avatar and he would have been a great addition to the live action dragon collection alongside the Dragonheart movies, which Mulan 1998 lifted its music for their trailers!

[@serenitymoon825]

@@ladisneyprincesse Especially because the actor who replaced Mako in ATLA does a pretty spot-on impression of him. Hire that guy to voice Mushu!

[@amandahealey2216]

"Mulan, you're not going to believe this, but your reflection was up my sleeve the entire time!"

[@shanicestella2226]

In Mulan , The Little Mermaid , Pinnochio and Peter Pan in the Remakes version The protagonist is portrayed for being too OP Its like eliminating the element of struggle which crucial for the hero of the story development and makes the audience even more sympathetic with their development , You Can't make a good story with a Hero that have no flaw

[@idaf3028]

The little mermaid? Frp

[@Welast123_77]

don’t bring the little mermaid to this table… the aura of Ariel as there

[@michaelsmith4616]

I would watch that version. And i think the second reprise to reflection should go like this! " look at me, i am now the girl i see staring at me!" And it should be sung after mulan loses hope! Sorta like what they did with Ariel after Vanessa! Or Aladdin before after jafar gets the lap. That way it will be a sad reprise who also showing how she doesn't have to hide behind a mask and now can be her true self! What do you think?

[@MordredPendragon7997]

I seriously love this so much. I would watch the hell out of it, if this were the remake we got instead of the boring Mulan as a superhero remake that we go. I know you've done The Little Mermaid, do you think you'll do any of the other live action remakes? Both of your rewrites have turned out really well.

[@CaptainUnikitty]

The idea you have really sound way better than the one we got, I do hope a future generation will see this video and create something that will be more true to Disney

[@CorbieWoo]

Oh my goodness, your ideas are amazing! I actually got emotional and teared up near the end. Unlike with the awful remake we got, where I felt absolutely nothing at all while watching it. If only THIS was how the remake actually went! I think it’s sad how you managed to be more culturally sensitive and aware and come up with a much better story on top of that than the entire writing team of Mulan 2020 lol.

[@mamimelusine]

This was beautiful to imagine. These are such fun creative thought experiments. I was so looking forward to Mulan and I liked the idea of a more grounded take on a warrior woman story but that remake was dry dry dry. I’d love for you to imagine a reboot pilot of Xena Warrior Princess that was my favorite show growing up and I wouldnt want to see it spoiled but it would be nice imagine what it could have been with a bigger budget and R rating.

[@teresar6348]

I feel like you would enjoy "Mulan: Rise of a warrior". It is far more dark, and there is an English subtitled version on youtube, as it is a Chinese film. You can even see Disney's 2020 version steals some lines from it "[insert crime here, many are the same]. Penalty: death"

[@anneristeyn5256]

Your idea is awesome and gives me goosebumps. Disney must take notes from you!

[@Alt-el7ng]

Hearing the decisions for your version of Mulan…BRAVA👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@PaulKapow]

You are currently one of my new favorite ART channels. I have no idea how I got here, but I am glad!

[@LabiLabi777]

Dude, dragons spoke in Chinese mythology. They were said to be smarter than humans😐😑

[@Jaheartsjonas]

I was gonna say, dragons are a fictional animal so you cannot compare them speaking or not to mice

[@ladisneyprincesse]

That’s true! Dragonheart showed a convincing live action dragon who could speak and be witty yet funny.

[@shawnrheaume7114]

I agree with you on all of this I actually like this video rather than the 2020 version of the Mulan movie. I would rather see the 1998 animated Disney version of Mulan come to life.

[@FunFilmFare]

Literally the only good thing about Mulan (2020) was the costumes. Love your rewrite. The closest thing to your live-action Mushu was the Chinese Fireball in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

[@luiiiandmovieee]

Oh damn I shouldn't have watched this video. Now I want this live action version so bad!!

[@deamea5098]

Honestly, since the movie was panned for the one-dimensional feminism I'd like to see her mother sing a song akine to bring honor to us all about being a good Chinese girl. As well as if we're going to bring Mushu in for a comic relief stance, I'd like mushu to be voiced by an Asian comedian. Yes, I'd like to be a female comedian like Ali Wonug because I'd like yo see the other gardians looking down on her for failing Fa family during another war. This is a mission of redemption for Mushu as well. As well I think it would be interesting to see Mushu's idea of feminism change. So the movie would move from one idea of feminism to another.

[@shanicestella2226]

Just like the case of Pinocchio Remakes , in the Remakes he portrayed as a OP wood puppet that can save himself while he being imprisoned by a puppeteer without the help of the fairy So what’s the purpose of the fairy for being involved of the story ? Ariel can swim to the surface while she transformed into human for the first time so what’s the purpose of her friends ? Disney is making some mistake at writing a character here Its not to be wise for Heroes character to portrayed as Miss Perfect or Mr Perfect Because it will erase an element of struggle and development of the heroes which is an important element of the Hero character If a Hero just simply portrayed as Mr or Ms Perfect in a story all the time , of course audience can get bored easily

[@marianperez3045]

Petition to make this as a remade remake

[@ladisneyprincesse]

Mushu in live action would have worked if they had cast Jackie Chan for the voice and had seriousness! Dragonheart worked that way and the animated movie’s trailer used its music for it so omitting Mushu kinda cut Mulan off from having another photorealistic dragon to honor what they had used for the trailers!

[@jamesbryant5762]

I remember hearing rumors about Kevin Hart will be voicing Mushu

[@rachelhamilton8669]

7:15 It would be perfect to include the STUNNING series of reprises, "Written In Stone" that Stephen Schwartz wrote for the stage adaptation 🤩 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpyodY1-YsedoLc They would totally steer it in the direction of the more serious drama that you're envisioning kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIPYeJdne9WrrZY These songs just give me CHILLS, and they are criminally underrated kzbin.info/www/bejne/npenZ5KEbpuobZI

[@isaiahsamadan6883]

I think Liu Yifei remains fitted for the role of Mulan, I'm not going to change her, if WRITERS MAKE A WELL-WRITEN compelling, realistic character of Mulan that makes us empathize with her and should have atleast flaws and internal conflict. Its not the actress fault, its the writers who wrote her and I think Liu Yifei is a good actress and fitted for Mulan but she got wrong writers for beloved Mulan to bring her to reality.

[@medtle1]

The actress chosen for disney's live-action mulan was only chosen because she can speak english, was born in a white country (canada in her case), AND has an acting career in china large enough to be recognized by chinese viewers, even though numerous chinese people said that she is a terrible actress. [The casting director and director claimed that she was chosen because of her athleticism and she didn't look "dainty", but i don't buy that because that actress is definitely not the only chinese actress from a white country that can speak english and is athletic. Yes, Asian female beauty standards are different from non-asian female beauty standards, but that doesn't mean they had a hard time finding a chinese woman that is athletic and didn't look "dainty". Liu Yifei was just the one that had a large enough acting career in china for disney to notice her.] There were asian people working behind the scenes in the animated movie (including two asian women writers) but zero asian people working behind the scenes of the live-action movie. The white live-action mulan crew and disney executives disregarded asian-americans because chinese people complained about animated mulan being too "asian-american" and thought they were capable of making a more "accurate" mulan movie that would appeal to china just from watching chinese mulan movies and shows. Well, they were proven wrong because China found the live-action mulan to be too Americanized and even more of a bastardization of Mulan from ignorant white folks who will never understand what it is like to be chinese. [And they would have realized that much sooner if they had just listened to Asian-Americans.] Because of that, they just screwed over the asian-american actors and actresses involved in that movie.

[@jackvue722]

There's so much wrong with your comment. Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan, China and later became an American citizen. She began acting in 2002 and is one of the biggest stars in China. She was named one of the 4 Dan actresses in 2009, meaning she's one of the 4 most bankable and popular actresses in China. Her acting isn't top tier, but she has greatly improved since her earlier years. The issue isn't Liu Yifei, but Disney. Disney tried so hard to "represent" a culture that they didn't really care about. So, at the end they ended up creating a bastardized caricature of it. Even though Dreamworks' Kungfu Panda also got a lot wrong with Chinese culture, Chinese audiences could feel the love that the film makers put into it. Disney made a movie to pander, while Dreamworks made a movie with love. As an Asian-American with friends from mainland China, we are quite different from one another. Asian-Americans are still Americans. There's reason why movies about Asian-Americans stories don't do well in Asia. So even if Disney consulted as many Asian-Americans as they could and had Asian-Americans working on the production, it still would have been too American. You also need to remember, for a lot of Asian-Americans their knowledge of Mulan comes from the 1998 animated film. For the people in China, their knowledge of Mulan comes from the ballad.

[@medtle1]

@@jackvue722 thanks for correcting me about the actress's citizenship. I definitely agree that the actress wasn't the problem, but disney was since they claimed to portray a culture they don't care about. However, this doesn't disprove my point about her only being chosen because she could speak english that was understandable to the white production crew. Maybe she improved later on, but when it was announced that she was chosen to play mulan, numerous chinese people (from china) criticized her and disney picking her because she was well-known to have terrible acting skills. [You can have terrible acting skills and still be well-liked and famous.] It also doesn't disprove my point of disney needing to talk to asians (both asians born in asian countries and asians born in non-countries). And i am already very well aware how different Asians born in asian countries are from asians born in non-asian countries. Asians born in asian countries might not care or know why asians born in non-asian countries keep fighting for representation both on-screen and behind the scenes and why they complain about racism and cultural appropriation, but asians born in non-asian countries are more aware of how non-asians perceive things and how asians born in asian countries perceive things. If Disney had actually interacted with asian-americans about an idea for live-action mulan, they would have realized that the movie was a bad idea and scrapped it right away because they would have learned that there was zero way for them to make a mulan adaption that would please China because China will never accept a mulan adaptation that isn't made in China. And even if disney still decided to make the live-action mulan movie after all that, at least having asian-americans working behind the scenes like they did for the animated movie would have prevented some issues that came across because the crew behind the scenes of live-action mulan had zero asians. Yeah, it would have been too American to chinese audiences if they got asian-americans, but disney wasn't going to be able to avoid that no matter how hard they tried to please China at the expense of asian-americans and it is way better for them to have asian-americans working behind the scenes than having no asians working behind the scenes at all. [Disney didn't even bother to try out Asian-American actors for the main roles of that movie. They strictly went to China and didn't bother to research and pick an actress Chinese audiences would have preferred. The only time you saw Asian-american actors in the movie were when they were playing the background characters. And Asian-Americans know that disney has no issues finding talented asian-american actors that could have filled those major roles. They just didn't bother because both non-asians and Asians born in Asian countries see asians born in non-asian coubtries as "unprofitable" and "unrelatable".] And it is funny that you mentioned Kung Fu Panda because whether Chinese audiences realized it or not, even Kung fu panda had asian Americans working behind the scenes. The only difference are between that movie and disney's mulan (both animated and live-action versions) is that king fu panda has talking animals instead of humans so asians born in asian countries and non-asians don't have to visualize asian-americans when they watch Kung fu panda compared to mulan. (Animated disney mulan was made with love too, but chinese audiences probably don't care about that because asian-american women writers wrote the movie and that movie had mostly humans so they couldn't divorce asian-americans from the movie.) [Then again, maybe that is why the live-action mulan had zero asians working behind the scenes compared to animated mulan. Maybe the Asian writers, costume designers, and consultants knew that live-action mulan was a terrible idea and knew that disney would never be able to make a mulan adaptation that would please china (especially with their behind-the-scenes crew being all white) and backed out when they heard the idea. There is also the issue of live-action mulan being filmed near concentration camps and the actress saying some political things that upset a lot of people, but the first issue could have been avoided if they talked to chinese people and the second one is probably just a coincidence.]

[@shawnrheaume7114]

Though I do like to which character that they added to the movie

[@M星の水晶]

There is a good 2020 version. It's Mulan rise of the warrior 2009. It's 100% China made. So expect subtitles. and It does have it's "made-for-TV-Drama" moments, but it has ALL the promises that 2020 Disney made, but never delivered. including a female antagonist that changes sides. In terms of characters like Mushu... it's unintentional, but the 2009 give Mulan a childhood friend. that discovers and helps hide her while they're in the military. And musical wise. Making them instrumental would be better. But the 2009 made ONE song. And it was put in a very emotionally driven scene. and probably one of the best scenes in the film.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

I needed MORE songs, not less. And Shan Yu, Shang, and Mushu's removal was criminal. I feel awful for saying this, but I'm glad the remake did terrible.

[@shawnrheaume7114]

And wish that the which character was portrayed differently

[@sawboaz242]

They need to remake the movie.

[@johnylitalo4163]

You should write live action versions of Bambi, The Sword in the Stone, the AristoCats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, the Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver and Company, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan and Brother Bear?

[@davidloisel1822]

Disney is in preparation of “remaking” The Black Cauldron, but instead, they are going to adapt each book into a films, just like Narnia :)

[@yeonmirae7816]

the poem is very inspiring for a story I think..

[@serenabuffagni8870]

Ok, I thought I was the only one who couldn't watch past the first 20 minutes 😰😰and Mulan is my favorite animated movie 😰

[@DanaArmas]

i love this movie 💖💞💞💞

[@user-TheFaze]

Hundreds of good movies with this theme or similar. Warlord with Jet Li (and I think Jackie Chan) was really good

[@SilentSong123]

Well Mulan was written as a ballad and music is a big part of Chinese culture from my understanding at least so I don't see why the songs would be cut

[@BlayeArt]

The film we should have gotten!!!

[@Indonesianboy]

This why disney should hired you

[@alexxhernandez965]

Chinese GOT but with a musical flare with hint of Bromance 😅

[@DeclanCorey]

Disliking Mulan (2020) because of Disney filming the movie near Xinjiang concentration camps where Uighurs - a subset of Chinese Muslims - were being forcefully sterilised and basically genocided while Disney thanked the government responsible for the genocide >>>> disliking Mulan (2020) because “the entire filmmaking crew was white” (I know that was only a brief problem you mentioned in this video, but I am still shocked beyond belief and confused as to how you never once mentioned the filming location controversy during any discussion of the Mulan remake)

[@shawnrheaume7114]

I like the 1998 Mulan movie better

[@trueblueedits4673]

The fact they got GONG fuckin' LI on the job and somehow it was still horseshit says a lot.

[@matt-chew-of-steel]

James Wan as director!

[@dianelevesque137]

She's good ❤

[@shawnrheaume7114]

I agree with you on this video

[@SilentSong123]

Mulan is one of my all time favorite Disney films and the disgrace they brought to this film urks me to my core. The original Mulan was whitty charasmatic heartfelt. I saw none of those characteristics in this actress whatsoever why was she so wooden and stale. There was nothing likeable about her. I really liked the idea of the witch though I had my reservations they couldve made a cool statement with that idea instead they just kill her off she was severely ly under utalized and don't get me started on the absence of Li Shang or the bond between father and daughter that was clearly shown in the original. Why give Mulan a sister when she had a little brother in the original ballad

[@nao-bo4yz]

you couldnt make me watch this movie if you held a gun to my head

[@Iloveminji88]

Actually the phoenix idea is good (because in China it stands for feminism). i’d love if the phoenix is funny and voiced by awkwafina

[@explodingdynamite7319]

I Don’t Even Know What To Say About This Movie!

[@80sdreamwave32]

Just one most lazy bad Disney live action movie 😞

[@maceasestefania1410]

I didn't like the live action Mulan.

[@shawnrheaume7114]

Mulan 2020 is the WORST DISNEY REMAKE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!

[@sammcfarlane2494]

I love interpretation better.

[@mistafay]

It's just copy-and-paste + you're just rehashing the original story.

[@shawnrheaume7114]

This is why I didn’t like the 2020 remake of the movie Mulan

[@MegaBatDragon8000]

It's way too different from the cartoon

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

But the action scenes were a lot more serious than the original because the original teaser trailer for the film originally made it look more dark and serious.

[@BitLee-informarif-kreatif]

What if Tzuyu "Twice" as Mulan?

[@Cupcakkagina]

Jisoo could play mulan

[@Indonesianboy]

She is korean not chinese

[@Cupcakkagina]

@@Indonesianboy so what ? Look wise she looks like mulan and she can speak Chinese too , naomi scott as jasmine wasn't arabian too she was indo-british but slayed as jasmine , the Racheal isn't german but still playing snow white in the live action adaptation . Jisoo can act , beautiful (looks like mulan) , have charm (not boring and dull like liu yefei) , can sing , has a deep voice which can be easily mimic as a guy's voice . Over all jisoo is a north asian girl (don't wanna be racist but it's hard to differentiate them ) and also during the whole 2023 little mermaid era everyone was yelling watch Ariel's story not her race or nationality , so why not ? It will be great if the make a new live action mulan and casted Jisoo as mulan . ( sad fact jisoo's English isn't that good so....)

[@Jaheartsjonas]

Your blind kpop fandom is clouding your judgment, Korean and Chinese are two different cultures and people from each do tend to look different from each other. Also if Mulan is going to pass in her bit as a male in Ancient China, she should not be played by someone known for being glam and having had extensive plastic surgery. All your points are incorrect

[@Cupcakkagina]

@@Jaheartsjonas stfu 9

[@toriazheng3598]

@@Cupcakkagina I know she can speak some Chinese, but to what extent….

[@shawnrheaume7114]

I agree with you on this video