YMS: The Little Mermaid

[@YMS]

Ad-free version on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/86102408?pr=true Ad-free version on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqKzgq19eJeaqbM Thank you for your support!

[@Mr.SpicyIce]

Red-Band version avaliable on the Patreon.

[@BonW]

Is my phone messing up or is the framerate on the video lower than it should be? Also, great review as usual Adam! You always make good points with it feeling completely factual and without bias, it's why I love your reviews.

[@Hugsloth]

surprised you didn't point out at 17:30 scuttle eats one of the fish, and yet ariel still seems confused about how the food chain works

[@Elfenlied8675309]

What ads? PepeLaugh

[@ElChuntyCabra]

No worries i use adblock!

[@gearguts7259]

THANK YOU for mentioning the voice acting problem, I am so fucking tired of VAs being pushed out of roles bc some shiny big celebrity would sell more.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Robin Williams was onto something but no one fucking listened. now he's dead and we live in a film dystopia.

[@Arcademan09]

Half the time I don't even know who these "celebrities" are

[@markiangooley]

@@Arcademan09I don’t either. Maybe it’s because I gave away my television.

[@timgimmy609]

As if kids give a shit about Melissa McCarthy or Jacob Tremblay. I swear it’s all Hollywood socialites sucking up and giving big jobs to their friends.

[@discountchocolate4577]

@@Arcademan09 No joke, when I first learned who was playing Ariel I thought they said Halle Berry, aka 2004 Catwoman.

[@lulucalliope713]

Ariel: "Humans eat fish?!" Also Ariel: *casually watches Scuttle eat fish*

[@Schticky]

Right are all the fish in the sea vegans? Like that wouldn’t make sense 😂

[@muffinman4544]

Not only other fish, whales are mammals and eat fish. Seals, otters, polar bears (and I think other bears), countless species of birds and way more animals ALL EAT FISH 😂 Disney owns National Geographic, that info they could have quickly emailed them internally to check…

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Wasn't she about to become shark food as well?

[@SeanWheeler100]

The idea of merpeople not eating fish is dumb. They shouldn't be restricted to vegan diets. In my novel Rubber Girl, the titular superhero's civilian identity Katie Elaz went to a McDaffy's restaurant with her boyfriend Robert Patrix, their classmate Arthur Fisher and Arthur's mermaid girlfriend Selina Gill who gets around on a water wheelchair. And Selina ordered a tuna fish sandwich to establish that she's not vegan.

[@babycabbit]

@@Schticky lol, love this comment

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Modern Ariel: "Filling the skies with fire!" Old Ariel: "What's the word? 'Burn'?" *One of these reflects that fire can't exist underwater.*

[@TheDrizzle404]

Volcanic vents sure do though, but I guess they have a different word for burn underwater.

[@niallreid7664]

​@@TheDrizzle404boil?

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

You know, I kinda prefer the mermaids of Disentchantment (even though the show has a lot of problems) , chilling around on some isle like seals feels kinda right for them. And then they would know what fire is and could even use it themselves to grill some fish or whatever.

[@mallios13]

@@TheDrizzle404 Those do eject intense heat, but not actual fire.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Makeup can exist underwater though

[@LinkiePup]

Not to mention that Under the Sea is Sebastien arguing to Ariel to stay in the sea. And they turn it into a duet. It killed the whole purpose of the song.

[@lessismore8533]

Exactly. As fun as the song is we KNOW the original Ariel didn’t agree with it

[@BahuschBahusch]

​@@lessismore8533She literally left halfway through because she was more interested in what Flounder had to show her. Now she joins in and then leaves after the song - getting mixed messages there.

[@cannandreas]

You can't deny that Awkwafina really channeled a squawking sea bird throughout her performance.

[@Mikau.]

She channels that in every performance she is in. So casting for Scuttle is 10/10.

[@deadgrveyrdgrl]

ngl when i heard she was casted i was annoyed, but she got a few chuckles outta me😂😂

[@aigistone6784]

Squawkwafina

[@goosegas2087]

​@@swarmpope9608Other birds.

[@Vulgarth1]

Isn't Aquafina a bottled water brand? Seems a bit dodgy.

[@scapeghost4212]

Sebastion doesnt look like a hyper realistc crab, he looks like a hyper realistic dead crab. Crabs dont look like that until they are boiled

[@someonerandom8552]

Omg you’re right! I was wondering why he looked so off lol Initially I just assumed it was just the usual creepy realistic animation

[@nanonano2595]

there are plenty of crabs that are naturally red. The live action sebastian is based on the ghost crab, which can be naturally red.

[@gmmartines7331]

He looks like a red ghost crab...which is what he is

[@ald7282]

​@@gmmartines7331 that is true, however mr ghost crab sebastian would drown after being submerged in water as long as he is in the movie lmao

[@Reilly5]

Looks like an alien from a horror sci fi movie lol. Every shot was an unintentional jump scare.

[@skellybean8659]

Ursula’s voice actress was a broadway star, she could act, and improvise. I swear they only casted Melissa because of her body type.

[@snarkybug4]

I still liked Melissa's performance tho

[@Dula8207]

Which isn't even the same as the cartoon 💀

[@BRAINFOXINFINITE]

Not sure if it's true, but I remember reading that Lizzo was gunning for that role and lost out to Melissa, who was shocked that she even got it.

[@Dula8207]

@@BRAINFOXINFINITE crazy cus at this point they could have casted Queen Latifah

[@lovelightstarboy]

@@BRAINFOXINFINITEgodddd I would have loved to see Lizzo as Ursula, I love Melissa but…she just didn’t work

[@dumat100]

The character design even breaks the realism. Sebastian is a ghost crab, they live on beachs, not underwater.

[@rustyshackelford4224]

Lol!

[@airship_elyta]

not to mention Awkwafina

[@s.k4713]

Also it’s a crab with a “normal” mouth. An irl crab’s mouth is horrifying it’s like a predators mouth but is still less disturbing than a crab with lips.

[@quentinmcwimberton6797]

JON!

[@Niagaranobs]

Pfp fr

[@Creampuf1977]

I was not expecting a 30 minute video. I didn't think Adum still had any fucks to give at this point. Anyways, after "Scuttlebug" was over, somebody in the theatre yelled out "What the hell was that?" and we were all laughing for a good minute. That man spoke for us all.

[@humanexister]

Was that man Krusty the Clown?

[@hegyitaho]

Why would anyone torture themselves with this

[@Creampuf1977]

@@hegyitaho We all must make sacrifices for our loved ones

[@azh698]

It's the Dante meme: "What the hell is this?"

[@Ramsey276one]

3:15 probably looking like THAT Emotionally, internally XD

[@btd0ja]

You know what’s really sad? I guarantee you they had to force Skuttle’s conversation to be underwater because it would’ve been too much extra work to animate the conversation on the surface with rippling waves and whatnot. So in this movie that’s supposed to be way more realistic and “live action,” we get to see a bird talk underwater

[@breezus3928]

No it's because they made a point that Ariel never disobeyed Triton's order that no mermaid go to the surface UNTIL the night of the shipwreck.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

They could have easily avoid that with making the rocks they were talking on bigger, so it fills out the majority of the screen...and they only have to animate a bit of water..

[@btd0ja]

@@breezus3928 But then that messes with the point that Adam also brought up, that Ariel and Skuttle are supposed to have an established friendship already. Ariel’s apparently never breached the surface before but she still has all these human artifacts and trusts Skuttle as an authority on them. Why did Skuttle ever talk to her in the first place?? Did she just dive down to Atlantica one day to hang out, and that’s how they met?? Why would a seagull want to dive several hundreds of meter underwater??

[@breezus3928]

@@btd0ja Ariel could be close to the surface, but not *breach* the surface. With her chatty characterization, it's not farfetched that Scuttle might have fished/divebombed into Ariel when she was longingly looking up at the surface one day, and Scuttle dove back down to say "Sorry, about that, kid! Whoa, what are? Are you a mermaid? I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IN FOREVER!!" blah blah until Ariel asks her about humans and from then on they meet up at that place.

[@madamefluffy4788]

More like they wrote themselves into a corner because, in the live action movie, Ariel never ventured to the surface prior to spotting Eric's ship sailing overhead; but they wanted to keep the dinglehopper scene in the movie - which happened before that fated evening in the animated classic. The only solution for that screw up was to make Scuttle a diving bird (that could inexplicably talk/breathe under water for a limited time).

[@hailhydra2296]

So Ariel is ok with Skuttle diving into the water and eating a fish in front of her but questions humans eating fish.

[@flyingsimba]

It's because Scuttle is a bird, and birds differ from humans because they don't have PETA

[@wrv341]

So true, I was hoping he would mention that in his review!

[@CashPope]

​@@flyingsimbau

[@suitdoggy4707]

It felt like a shoe horned "humans are so weird" thing. Most fish eat fish. Some fish eat their own children. The shark that was chasing her in the opening eats fish. Her friend flounder eats fish, crabs eat fish. It's actually weirder that mermaids don't eat fish.

[@gianni206]

really put the "Air" in "Ariel"

[@jethromcgl3697]

You know who would've worked perfectly for the role of Scuttle? Dan Povenmire, the voice of Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb. Hearing Doofenshmirtz's voice come out of Scuttle would've been the best part of the movie. No questions asked

[@kecym.4808]

Yesss

[@BoopinSnakeBandito]

Not like he's already on payroll anyway... nah let's just waste money on an already over bloated budget

[@kecym.4808]

@jaredjams4267 😂

[@titanblade3706]

I’d go see it for sure

[@guardianhirro]

He's also a far better rapper

[@androidsychoshocker]

This movie made me appreciate just how insanely good Sebastians original voice is. When he gets excited he pulls you in to his emotion. The new one makes me wonder how much he actually cared.

[@righteousindifference3179]

Its Jamaican but not. Like everyone who imitates it sounds awful because they just do Jamaican thinking that's the key.

[@Sunnyomori649]

Probably very little because Daveed Diggs is just fantastic and is usually full of energy, yet his performance as Sebastian is upsetting (hes a literal broadway performer)

[@m00n_beetle]

daveed diggs is an amazingly talented singer and actor but he's just... not jamaican.... and i think that he struggled with having to put that accent on the whole time and it really hurt his performance

[@Sunnyomori649]

@@m00n_beetle yeah that definitely couldve done it

[@m00n_beetle]

and like i know he played a french guy in hamilton but i feel like it's a lot easier to put on a very obviously exaggerated french accent than it is to try and portray a more realistic jamaican accent without it coming off as a mockery of sorts

[@lowfiend]

I can't hear Under the Sea without mentally seeing Adum smiling menacingly at me in a shower.

[@capyboi-776]

I remember that cursed clip too! Which video was it originally from?

[@FriendlyHougen]

​@@capyboi-776I believe it was the Frozen one

[@lowfiend]

@@capyboi-776 Frozen, when he's talking about how important music in a Disney film is. It's scary that I remember it that well, but eh. YMS is a comfy channel.

[@capyboi-776]

@@lowfiend thanks. I remember much more specific things from channels much worse than YMS. It’s not that bad.

[@half_real]

damn, i wish that were my shower...

[@TheSpiralCurse]

You know I'm not a hollywood writer man, but "they filled the sky with lights" or "they filled the sky with color" i feel is a lot less threatening than Ariel rejoicing about them rending the heavens in flames

[@stingingcake853]

yeah, also how would she have a concept of fire? In the original part of your world, she mentions "How does fire, oh what's the word, burn?" How would she know that fire works are fire, and not stars or something. Lights would make more sense.

[@HarpsiFizz]

I'm just mad that she all of a sudden knows what fire is. Y'know, when she sings later on "What's a fire?".

[@hunsler1006]

I think that's the problem, most people with 10 seconds of critical thinking could do better than most Hollywood writers

[@joslynhayes8530]

Also, no one is mentioning this but how tf would she know what fire is

[@debymello4756]

"They filled the sky with bright colors" "They filled the sky with light" "They created stars" "They colored the sky" "They make beauty with just a tube" "They celebrate creating beauty" "They make the dar sky shine"

[@unoriginalcomment7502]

Ariel says the humans light the sky with "Fire", when she has a line in a song that says "What is a Fire?". They didn't think anything through with this one.

[@QuicksilverTheElegant]

250 million dollar budget, everybody. Money doesn’t mean crap when the people spending it don’t give a crap

[@YujiUedaFan]

It's like Dawn of the Croods all over again.

[@lessismore8533]

@@QuicksilverTheElegantexactly

[@unoriginalcomment7502]

@@bigotbonded That doesn't change anything about my former point mate.

[@LJCG777]

They got murdered by youtube lmao.​@@unoriginalcomment7502

[@aenjgeal]

In the original "Under the Sea" the entire song is sung by Sebastian (save for occasional interjections from other fish) and Ariel doesn't say anything because she doesn't agree with the song. The song is essentially just Sebastian nagging her to let go of the human world, it's not her song. She jams out to it a little but she LEAVES the scene before Sebastian is even finished. It makes sense for her character to not really take part in the song, vocal ability be damned. In the new one they force Halle into it because Daveed just can NOT carry the song and he desperately needs her assistance. I like Daveed Diggs, but they sacrificed characterization for a bad casting choice

[@craigh4691]

That bothered me, too. It simply isn't Ariel's number.

[@beesknees2594]

Honestly by adding Halle's vocals to the performance they make Ariel seem like she has no motive or agency to go to the surface at all, which is crazy considering that's the entire point of the movie's existence.

[@andymorin9163]

Daveed is killer in clipping. but he just doesn’t fit here at all

[@randomness928]

This is the thing that the average person doesn’t seem to understand about musical theatre: in a musical, the songs are effectively just either monologues or dialogues set to music. Many people (seemingly including the morons who make these “live action” remakes) see musicals as stories where the dialogue is “interrupted” by music. This isn’t true, and it’s frustrating to see the drama of the story be completely thrown out the window when they start singing.

[@QueenAvacado]

In the entire movie Halle Bailey singing just feels like she’s just trying to show off her singing skills rather than actually put emotion and characterization into the vocals.

[@monkfan72]

Ariel asks if fish were just food to humans. Meanwhile, Skuttle eats a fish right in front of her. 😂

[@cerendaroth6414]

Also how Sebastian brings this up in Under the Sea with the line “they end up on the plate” to convince Ariel that the human world is bad. Like, did they just forget that???

[@joinsideke]

What are the mermaids eating, plankton?

[@thatguythatdoesstuff5899]

​@@joinsidekeThey probably eat fish eggs.

[@Elfenlied8675309]

@@joinsideke Seaweed. Mermaids are all vegetarians as per the Little Mermaid books and old TV show, and they only eat sea plants.

[@yttrash565]

She also gets attacked by a shark that's trying to eat her...

[@danielbroome5690]

It's VERY funny that they put so much focus on Eric and his sailing skills, but that ends up just being a vestigial part left over from the original movie because it NEVER PAYS OFF in the film. He and Ariel swap places and she, a person who's never set foot on a boat before and doesn't know what a steering wheel is, steers the ship into Ursula rather than the person who LITERALLY got a song about sailing inserted into the movie.

[@Nara-fd7wt]

To add to that wasn't Eric killing Ursula and protecting Ariel a reason to like him? I mean the sea creatures/merpeople who thought all humans were bad and all that (Including Ariel's father)

[@pmac_AKA_calicojack]

It’s a rule that male characters cannot save female characters anymore in film because it “takes away their agency”

[@sweetbunnybun]

@@pmac_AKA_calicojack i guess soon people will complain that male characters are inept now

[@faefindingawilltolive]

in a lot of other renditions ariel is the one to finish off ursula, and honestly, to me, it makes more sense. It's her aunt, she's the one she has the deal with, it's personal and Prince Eric doesn't have any connection to her, so it just feels kinda unsatisfying for him to do it. it would have been nice to see them work together and both be engaged in the fight but it just makes more sense to me for ariel to deliver the final blow

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

​@@faefindingawilltoliveno it doesn't. She can't even stand up to stab her here, and the price is good at sailing, it's his thing

[@pastelsunset]

Dear Disney, A character being loud and annoying isn't funny, it's loud and annoying. Sincerely, Your audience.

[@aarond7662]

how awkwafina has a career is beyond me

[@AhmedMalaki]

They still do that Even with their cartoons Will mostly it's the humor that i find it annoying rather than one annoying character don't worry they still have some annoying characters

[@Omnywrench]

I fucking hate comic relief characters whose shtick is being obnoxious and annoying for its own sake.

[@truthseeker9249]

@@aarond7662 I can answer that. Her voice sounds the way it does because her throat is damaged from all the D's she's sucked of directors, producers, writers, and executives in order to get where she is today. Because yeah there's no way in hell she got this famous because of her "talent". It's all the deep you-know-what-ing she's done.

[@truthseeker9249]

@@aarond7662 I can answer that but KZbin will just delete my naughty comment.

[@filmneuro]

Sebastian is terrifying. That is all.

[@notwwwansik]

Facts

[@JesusChristMarie]

I don’t know if Disney execs understand this, but there’s a very good reason why these anthropomorphic fish characters are purposely cartoonish and unrealistic in the originals.

[@thegnarledpirate9198]

He's okay, but definitely not Sebastian. Just a crab.

[@lilacbookshelf1909]

Flounder is worse.

[@michaelstrong5383]

It's like Disney heard the criticism about how the characters from the Lion King remake weren't emoting and try to fix that with Sebastian, but they somehow made it creepier.

[@TheCheeseTick]

15:49 I don't think that's the intention of the original Scuttle. He's not trying to manipulate Ariel or lie about the trinkets she brings while he knows better, Scuttle genuinely believes he's an expert on human stuff and that he's helping her. We get evidence of that through the spyglass gag at the start. If he was a sort of manipulative 'salesman-type' trying to trick her, we would have probably gotten more blatant clarification of that personality, like with Ursula's 'pathetic' line in her song. Love the deep dives as always though!

[@mariadamiano9385]

THIS! 🙌🙌 I agree 100%

[@barodrinksbeer7484]

I used to be called a scuttlebutt as a kid, because thats actually what being a scuttlebutt means. A gossipy person who always has the answers for something.

[@kingblanketfort]

Thank you! I mentioned that in my reply too about the OG Scuttle!

[@cranberrythecat4555]

Strong agree! Have no idea where that misinterpretation of Scuttle's character came from. He doesn't give me malicious vibes at all, that seems so off from the original intent, lol.

[@TsubataLately]

Yeah, it felt more like Scuttle just earnestly believed in his own made-up explanations. Like, he seems genuinely saddened when putting Eric's foot to his ear and proclaiming that he can't hear a heartbeat. I do think he's trying to impress Ariel, but it's more showman than salesman, imo.

[@TricksterInDreams]

Okay Ariel being shocked-upset about fish being eaten on land is funnier given that Scuttle is seen diving for fish

[@NoahGooder]

better yet right in front of her too

[@casualcausalityy]

@@NoahGooder in the words of Ursula to Ariel's face, "Pathetic."

[@quichehappens1544]

And fish in the ocean constantly eat other fish???

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I guess in typical Disney fashion, only the cute fish are sapient and deserving of rights.

[@ice-choco-Icecream]

When you mentioned "Let's highlight the singer and not the character" it all made so much sense, it's like they don't want the characters anymore, that's why the remakes feel so soulless. Meanwhile you have the actress who played Vanessa in this remake and gave her 200% on it and everyone loved it because it represented the ACTUAL character.

[@audreyelizabeths]

the actors for ursula, eric, triton, and ariel fell flat to me. it's genuinely only vanessa's actress that stood out. she really gave it her all. meanwhile all the other characters felt like a worse version of their original counterparts

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

1:15 - Look at that lighting. Look at that detail. The hand-drawn animation, the gaze in her eyes... Everything matches so perfectly. Compared to that, the live action one is... meh.

[@allydef]

@@audreyelizabeths Fr the actors/actresses didn’t really express much emotion and it was awkward to watch. It was like watching a middle schooler reading from their flashcards for a class presentation. Vanessa put her all into that character and it was the best part of the movie.

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

@@Revenant-oq9ts Let's see Paul Allen's Little Mermaid remake.

[@LabrnMystic]

I'll never get tired of hearing Adam angrily exclaim "JON!" (Corrected the spelling finally. 😅)

[@russellhunter363]

But he was trying to make a documentary.

[@typhoonthunder]

J O N

[@bananaempijama]

JOOOONNN!

[@sualocin]

Topped only slightly by Plinkett of Red Letter Media during the Ghostbuster (2016) review asking scathily "Do you get it Paul Fiege?!"

[@diskmort]

Why'd you do that...JON??

[@Ashtonyss]

I can't wait for the Princess and the Frog remake. Imagine all the awful realistic frogs and bugs.

[@UnderdarkDrow_]

Oh NO I hadn't thought of that

[@onepresence9460]

They better not touch that one.

[@godsstrongestschizo]

@@Raya-ir4tmuh a little weird bro

[@godsstrongestschizo]

@@thatitalianlameguy2235even weirder

[@jorami4838]

​@@thatitalianlameguy2235nobody but you two brought up race and BLM. 😐

[@joro8541]

I love how he keeps editing in the part where the guys in the blue suits are crawling on all fours while she’s sitting on one of them. It gets more hilarious each time he shows it.

[@mrminecraftcubeable]

It's such a surreal clip

[@JrIcify]

It's so weird. Literally the entire scene including her bra is cgi so what's the point?

[@stevenseagull2873]

I wish my job was to wear a blue suit and get sat on all day.

[@bozotheclown1142]

Imagine carrying Halle Bailey and getting paid for it, I would do it for free

[@SmeagolTheGreat]

​@@bozotheclown1142Halle Berry is not in this film though^^

[@cherriegetison6093]

I think the reason they made Ariel forget her deal was because someone was really upset at the idea of a character having an ulterior motive for kissing someone. In which case, just add a scene where Ariel can't bring herself to kiss him. I don't know why they thought having her lose her agency was the better option.

[@suitdoggy4707]

It already had to be a true loves kiss so the forgetting part isn't even necessary. Like regardless of ulterior motive she liked Eric to begin with and was falling in love with him with or without the deal.

[@erik_arman]

I think they were trying to adress the ”plothole” of why Ariel just doesn’t grab Eric by the neck and forces him to kiss her as soon as she meets him.

[@goosegas2087]

​@@erik_armanYes, sexually assaulting someone to get out of a situation you put yourself in is the RIGHT choice!

[@nkbujvytcygvujno6006]

That wouldn’t even be a plot hole, either, because in the original film Ursula explicitly explains that it can’t just be any old kiss, it has to be special, true love’s kiss. Ariel grabbing and kissing Eric wouldn’t work for obvi reasons, then, anyway.

[@generalgk]

@@goosegas2087 seek help immediately

[@austingilles6263]

Y'all remember in the special features for the film version of RENT when one of the actors mentioned how they kept closing their eyes while singing and the directors had to educate them on how to sing with their eyes open because that's necessary for musical theater? Every time I see Halle singing that's all I think about.

[@mallios13]

Yeah, you can tell Halle is just well versed in cliches. She's not someone who has ever had to develop her own style, let alone learned diverse styles of singing and performance. Just hit every stock beat. Close eyes, waver a note up and down, make pouty face, etc. Welcome to the School of Pop Music.

[@grantkeller4634]

That’s what happens when you slap together an affirmative action ensemble. It’s pathetic.

[@JosephAyrtonHam]

Part of the "warmth" you're talking about between the Sebastian voice actors is that the original voice actor is a baritone, while the new one is a tenor. Obviously there are other factors going into the performance, but that makes a big difference as far as "warmth" goes. They did the same thing in the stage adaptation of Little Mermaid.

[@greggreg1948]

The cadence also seems off, in the original he had proper rythm in his voice.

[@rarevisionog]

Though tenors also have warmth in their voice, even male altos have warmth in their voices, their voices are naturally lower, darker and warm. Its just most singers aren't trained that well especially tenors and sopranos today.

[@MaxTheSwagMasterC]

that turtle shot is so fucking funny dude. every damn time

[@samp.8099]

I'm still not sure what version of the shot looks the stupidest: the final one or the behind the scenes one

[@impcityangel3245]

​@@samp.8099definitely the behind the scenes one. Can you imagine what those guys were thinking crawling around in a blue suit like that?

[@JonathanGaeta]

@@impcityangel3245and they got paid to do it.

[@fnhatic6694]

@@impcityangel3245 And why are there more than two of them?

[@SeanWheeler100]

And why does Ariel have a zipper on her tail if it's CGI?

[@LPChipi]

21:02 There's no way to illustrate it clearer than this. *Original:* Ursula sings (better), while she walks from the camera and the camera follows (commanding presence). She interacts with her minions, and has this kind of sensual madame personality, the shot flows around her and then the camera closes up for the witch line for more impact. *Re-make:* Melissa Mcarthy's face. It looks like a casting pitch or a camera test, seriously

[@NashmanNash]

Modern evil can´t be sensual,alluring or even attractive...Remember Hexxus from Fern Gully?Pure environmental destroying evil...and pretty much the 2d drawn equivalent of the Statue of David

[@yurisargsyan2968]

Not only the word ''Pathetic'' in Ursula's song was now stupidly addressed to Ariel for some reason, but she addresses the line "This one longing to be thinner, that one wants to get the girl" to her two companions lmao

[@HeyitsTom999]

Oh my God, how do they keep making these movies without hiring a single person who understands anything that happens in the originals? How is it even possible?! Statistically, you throw a rock in a crowd, there's a good chance you'll hit someone who loves some Disney animated movie or another. Maybe these movies are edited by an A.I that's been hacked to do the opposite of whatever the test audiences say.

[@yurisargsyan2968]

@@HeyitsTom999 They just don’t pay enough attention cause they got the audience anyway

[@lauralaura4362]

lol i assumed they did that because they wanted to be woke and didn't wanna shame fat people but when i rewatched it i realised they still kept the lyric just got rid of the visual lol

[@yurisargsyan2968]

@@lauralaura4362 yeah that was the cringiest part. Like fine just get rid of the line entirely, why do that 🤣🤣

[@Nuvendil]

​@@yurisargsyan2968 Or don't get rid of it because URSULA IS EVIL. She preys on people's shame, loneliness, misery, and vanity. That's the whole point! They also took out the part where Ursula gives bad, cynical advice. Cause we don't want that stuff associated with villainy >_>

[@ethanhinton4549]

Ah yes, let's make Sebastian, a character who literally sings a song called "under the sea", a species of crab that can't survive underwater (or at least can't survive saltwater). That makes sense! 🤪 Edit: Also when king Triton says "you're a mermaid" does anyone else hear Nicolas Cage?

[@mallios13]

Cut to the Lion King remake where Rafiki is literally depicted as an obvious female mandrill, not a male one, despite still being male in the story. I'm beginning to think these mega million dollar productions where the folks involved flex on all the "research" they do don't actually do much basic research.

[@Antifearn]

The line “you’re a mermaid” gives me the same mockable energy as “you’re a wizard, Harry”, but without any emotion

[@someonerandom8552]

@@mallios13 Omg I watched the Lion King remake with my older cousin who studied biology and nature. So your comment reminded me of his constant “corrections” he has made regarding the new designs in the remakes. Like Disney went out of their way to make all the character designs look realistic but failed to make them biologically accurate! 😑🫤

[@MSBowen-pk6ww]

about as much sense as a mermaid who just saw humans for the first time knowing the word "FIRE!"

[@JDM-is-my-name]

​@@mallios13honestly, good for Rafiki having everyone respect his preferred pronounce and name! I know that's not the intent, but imma take it that way for the hell of it, considering that Disney is notorious against showing LGBTQ characters.

[@TheriusT]

Another thing, from the design perspective. I always felt that the idea of Vanessa's design (Ursula transformed) was that she looked like Ariel but evil. In that way, Eric could mistake her because of her voice and because he saw her in shadows he could not tell she was a redhead. The new Vanessa looks like the cartoon one. But no one could mistake her for the new Ariel.

[@kecym.4808]

can't let a person of color evil

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

In the modern Disney, skin color is indistinguishable, literally

[@callmehotnotpretty1]

these replies💀

[@brookejon3695]

​@@kecym.4808alright don't be a stupid little racist freak

[@BratzRockAngels]

​@@kecym.4808What a dumb conclusion to come to lol.

[@toppiejoppie12]

15:53 I don't think that take was what's intended. Imo, OG scuttle completely believed the nonsense he's feeding Ariel. He's not a trickster, he's deluded. Look at his face at 16:11 and tell me that he's purposely feeding her a lie. It's more possible that the smug looks he gives is because he really believes himself to be an expert, and Ariel just doesn't know enough to call him out. There's also other moments later in the movie, like when he seems to earnestly listen for Eric's pulse by putting his foot near his ear, or when he tries to add 'mood music' before Sebastian steps in. Moments of floaty animation and manic expressions.. Like the movie kind of goes out of it's way to show you, the viewer, that he's just that stupid, but he's good at disguising it. Lmao sorry for the.. scuttle character analysis, I guess? The live action scuttle sucks either way but I just found it weird to compare the two as if scuttle wasn't also a dumbass in the og.

[@penelopewinterbottom]

^^this. I love YMS but I was so confused during that part of the video lmao. I haven’t seen the og in a while, but even just watching the clip that was shown Scuttle seemed more like an idiot than a conman

[@Love-Sensibility]

Scuttle reminds me of Columbo lmao

[@mastermarkus5307]

I agree. The other moments you mentioned from the original suggest that Scuttle is buying his own bullshit, and I think that's a lot more endearing than Adam's idea of a Scuttle who is essentially taking advantage of a kid to get entertainment out of lying to her? It makes him seem much more malicious than he should. The remake definitely should've had Ariel go to Scuttle to ask about human things rather than have her just fall into a random scene, but bits like "humans seem to hate coconuts" don't actually seem unreasonable for the character to think.

[@IMmephiles]

Agreed, Scuttle is overconfidently making shit up as he goes along but in a way that he himself would believe it. It's not like he enjoys being wrong, he enjoys sounding right

[@YujiUedaFan]

Live action Scuttle really is a Duck from Little Bear stan.

[@Dalia1784]

It hurts to look at especially having seen the documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. When they covered The Little Mermaid, you could see so much the animators and Howard Ashman went through to make the film. The fact that Howard Ashman and Glen Keane fought till they were blue in the face to keep Part of Your World in the film is extremely emotional. Seriously I highly recommend the documentary.

[@philosophy_bot4171]

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "If music be the food of love, play on" ~ Shakespeare

[@DustFC]

@@philosophy_bot4171 Civ IV flashbacks intensify

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

Honestly, I think Ariel singing a song in her head after giving up her voice could have been genius if it were better executed. If it were like a dreamlike sequence with a short, slow ballad, where the singing gets cut off when she wakes up while her mouth is still moving to the song, and then she remembers sadly that her voice is gone... It could have been such a good addition, emphasizing the impact of having lost such a huge part of who she is.

[@sev1120]

Hell, maybe have it be like a moment of levity in the story. Internally she's singing, crying out for Eric to recognise her, but externally she's doing crazier and crazier things

[@TheKrazeeLadee]

@@sev1120 Yes, I like that idea too!

[@Penscreen]

Yes! They did it SO much better in the stage production!

[@ECKohns]

They did the same thing in the stage show. But what works on stage is different from film.

[@kmhkennedy]

I don’t know, it’s sort of basic to remove the element that is lost so the audience doesn’t get to experience it either, to help the audience empathize more fully. It’s kind of like when a character dies but comes back as a ghost: they basically don’t die for the audience, so there is no real impact. More effective to a RUIN a song because she can’t sing. So have a duet which would have been awesome if she could sing but she cant so now it sucks. Although then you have a sucky song 😂

[@noahvance6160]

28:48 Also, in reference to this change, in Ryan George's Pitch Meeting for this movie, he mentioned how by changing this from Eric saving everyone to Ariel doing it, it removed an important part of King Triton's arc, as Eric saving the mermaids from Ursula was what finally convinced him that not all humans were monsters. So, basically, here we have another example of an important plot point of the film being changed due to the people who changed it not understanding why it was there to begin with.

[@ethanhinton4549]

Plus Ariel already saved Eric at the beginning, so then it was his turn to save her. Now Eric doesn't do crap.

[@The_ScapeGoat]

Yes but "representation (propaganda)" is important.

[@zachrohler1047]

​@@ethanhinton4549you cant have a Male saving a woman in this era? Let alone an independent strong black woman who dont need no man. Are you insane? Isnt this fun lmao

[@John_Notmylastname]

It almost like well thought out stories make sense! How dare you make sense!

[@mallios13]

Cuz gUrL pOwEr Feminists would rather fail on their own merit than succeed with the help of a man, and they'll shove that line of thinking into everything they write. All while they demand that men accept help from women.

[@tiedie3995]

It's sad when a KZbinr has a better understanding of art than the people who are paid millions of dollars to produce it. YMS is the hero we need right now.

[@Terestrasz]

Actually? It's mostly the people at the top who get paid millions. Usually the director and the top actor(s). (And even then? Sometimes they get stiffed too.) The vast majority of the people involved in production are paid largely in exposure. This is one of the reasons why the writer's guild and actors are on strike right now.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

He has technical and theoretical understanding of music. At least thats wat I get watching his video on the in depth lion king analysis.

[@rustytoyota]

Yeah a Twink talking about movies is what the world needed the most RN.

[@guuguuguuguuguuguu]

adum could make a great movie tbh. he definitely knows how better than the people who make these shit remakes

[@ElFreakinCid]

@@rustytoyota I don't think you get what a twink is if you think Adum fits the bill just because he's gay.

[@ZachPrime]

The entire ending is what makes me so blindingly angry at modern writers that I think I have become actually ill. The entire point of the climax of the animated movie is that King Triton was wrong about humans. It is not just that Ariel fights back and learns her lesson it is also about Triton witnessing a human, who has no stake in this fight outside of his selfless Love for his daughter, to attack a creature many thousands of times bigger than him. It's a win for the ocean and a win for the land. Removing that from the movie removes the plot from your movie.

[@chelscara]

They changed all the choreography and half of who's singing what in ways that make 0 sense. Of course they changed that too. Whoever did this understood 0 things about this movie thematically.

[@storygirl33]

I agree.ita ridiculous to not let Eric strike the fatal blow to Ursela. it was a main plot point that king triton has prejudged all humans leading to bitterness distrust and a whole lot of misunderstanding. But now Eric doesn't do anything to redeem humans, once King Triton comes back from the dead, there is no reason to not be furious at Ariel or accept her and Eric as a couple.

[@andrewheaney4874]

That’s… actually a fantastic point! I feel dumb for not noticing that before.

[@highTranscendant]

Reminds me of how the Aladdin remake had Genie trick Jafar at the end instead of, you know, Aladdin

[@348tacos7]

Can’t have the man save the woman anymore in Hollywood. Nah but fr what was the point of Eric anyway? Removing his final act of selflessness removes any arc from his character. The point was…. Mermaid saves man in the beginning. Man saves Mermaid in the end. Both out of selflessness. Both to unite land and sea. Also Eric is an actual pirate when Ariel again can’t even identify a fork, and just learned to walk. The only reason i could see for them putting Ariel in place of Eric for that scene was to appease the people who would complain about the man being the savior. No other explanation really makes sense

[@sunnydaze2712]

Jodi Benson did the singing but they brought in Sherri Stoner to do the mannerisms. The animators animated from watching her act out the scenes. Both women get props for creating the beloved character we know today. But Stoner is the reason we have all of Ariel’s quirks and mannerisms. You can have a voice but you don’t have the whole character without the body language too.

[@sirquaffler542]

That lip bite of Ariel's is burned into my memory, ever since I was a little kid.

[@Mazra42]

Some of the international dubs of the original movie also used two performers for Ariel: An actor doing the acting scenes, and a singer doing the singing scenes.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

While hallerial did all in one emotion: emotionless. Shes the goat

[@ProcrastPerfection]

What I love even more is how much of the emotion was there even in Howard Ashman’s demo of the songs. He had such a complete vision for the protect

[@shmunkyman33]

So what you're saying is to never underestimate the importance of body language?

[@wordsfromblerds]

It’s honestly wild how every single Disney Remake REFUSES to even get slightly creative with the musical numbers.

[@miciarokiri5182]

and yet they are still miles below the quality of the original. Like, how can you both lack any new creativity AND fail to meet the mark to that degree?

[@not_cicero]

It's a travesty how Lin-Manuel Miranda keeps getting jobs, he ruins everything he touches

[@schnek8927]

@@miciarokiri5182 Because they trade any creativity that might have existed in the original for what they consider "broader appeal", which usually means removing anything that stood out and turning all the vocals into that horrible modern "wailing" or whatever it's called... Who needs a good singing voice when you can just go "AAEEeeiiiiiiIIIIIHHhhhiiiIIIIAAAaaaAAAaaAAAAIIIIIiihhhHH"

[@danandtab7463]

I feel llke behind the scenes there's a tug of war between "let's make it all different!" and "let's keep it the same" and they both lose at once.

[@cbennett7480]

@@not_cicero I was about to defend this by pointing to 'Tick, Tick, Boom", which he directed, but that also was a big homage and extensively used Andrew Larson's work.

[@haalfnhaalf]

Adum saying "There IS no plaice, there IS no bass!" sounds so Dr. Seuss to me it enhanced the review like 20x

[@hughjanos3992]

i do not like it on a plane, i do not like it on a train sam i am

[@GrayD_Fox]

@@hughjanos3992 I will not watch this film in a car I will not watch this film at a bar, Sam I Am

[@PeripheralVisionary]

No joke, Adam’s knowledge on music and how they enhance or detract from a film has led me to appreciate music more than I would have otherwise.

[@FringeSpectre]

And yet, ironically, Adam's music kind of sucks lol

[@chyandinii]

​@@FringeSpectre- are you the guy who kept bitching on stream chat about Adum laughing at more Cool Cat trailers lmao

[@FringeSpectre]

@@chyandinii I never catch his streams when theyre live, so no.

[@heckingbamboozled8097]

@@FringeSpectre Completely different musical contexts, man

[@kgraff4755]

Yes! It makes me appreciate how masterful Disney USED to be with their music. Everything was intentional and made beautiful films.

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

If there's any positive that can be taken from these terrible live action remakes it's that some of them have helped me appreciate the originals that much more.

[@cinegoth4144]

When The Mulan one came out, I got excited because then I could appreciate the original much much more.

[@michaelstrong5383]

​@@cinegoth4144Mulan was never my favorite Disney movie, but I heard enough about the remake for me to appreciate the original more than I originally did.

[@jdraven0890]

This is certainly the case with Lion King - I rewatched it and damn, it's really good. For too many years, it was on in the house to entertain kids and you take for granted just HOW good it is, visuals, songs, everything.

[@QueenAvacado]

The only remake I’ve enjoyed was Cinderella. Maleficent came close to being good but it had problems. Every other remake has been dog shit.

[@onepresence9460]

These remakes make us appreciate animation as an art form for storytelling and it should be treated equally to live-action. Wait for them remaking Treasure Planet and Atlantis and making us appreciate the originals a lot more.

[@Howesenberg]

I'm picking up on the positive change in Adum's energy in this video, the added extra skits, the added jokes in dialogue, it's all just fantastic and this is my favourite video in a while.

[@IanDerp26]

I agree! I know Adum is the silly cynical movie guy but I kind of appreciate how much fun it seems like he had with this one. The dodgeball bit was the most emotion I’ve ever seen that man exhibit and it was AMAZING.

[@Howesenberg]

@@IanDerp26 Agreed. Also at the end, seeing the audio outtakes and the piano playing was just awesome to see that side of him more. I don't watch Twitch and I know his streams give a more personal level of content from the highlights we get, but to see more of that in the YMS videos really adds to the experience

[@melonyrobinson9944]

In the Broadway musical, Eric also had a song, which they clearly tried to top here and failed. The song from the stage version, Her Voice, 1) is gorgeous, and 2) while it doesn't move the plot along a ton, it conveys Eric's confusion and desperation and how he is almost haunted by the voice he heard, which fuels his internal conflict later in the story (where he wants to choose Ariel despite being still drawn to "the voice") Ariel's added song also sounds like it's trying to compete with "Beyond My Wildest Dreams", which in the musical takes the place of the scene in the og movie with her and Eric in the market (and uses some of the instrumentals from that scene) and is about how excited and grateful and fascinated she is to be on land I don't know why we needed new music when iconic Disney composers already wrote additional bangers for freakin' Broadway!!!!

[@beethovensfidelio]

They should’ve just done a pro-shot of the Broadway show since it already had Ariel’s multiracial sisters, more development on Eric, the romance between Ariel and Eric being expanded upon, and Ariel killing Ursula.

[@YujiUedaFan]

I don't get why they don't just hire broadway actors, because honestly, who could understand a character better than someone who's JOB it is to perform them multiple times a week?!

[@Katyamuffin]

I didn't know about this so I went and found a video of Eric'w song from the musical and holy shit you're 120% right. Why didn't they just use thattt

[@melonyrobinson9944]

@@Katyamuffin glad I could introduce you to the song! They low key did the same thing with the beast in the live action batb by writing a new song instead of having him sing "if I can't love her" from the Broadway version

[@spider-insider7981]

Sebastian looks like one of those disgusting comedic close-up shots from Spongebob

[@2dheethbar]

🤣

[@sonicfanboy3375]

*MOAR*

[@pighogdogvomitingfrog7196]

Or what Marge Simpson sees when Homer shows her his pet lobster, Pinchy

[@YMSHighlights]

21:33 - I really appreciate the shoutout here. Thanks to Adam and Fanboy.

[@108108qwerty]

Adam recognizes talent when Adam sees talent baby

[@imaginaryfanboy]

💜

[@hardy_har]

♥️♥️♥️ good luck with KZbin's terrible bureaucracy.

[@smokey024]

So nice for Adam to give Adum a shoutout

[@alexandramenter9292]

we love you, Olivia!!

[@HeartAttackMan004]

All these hyper realistic animal characters remind me of those ironic "this is how smash graphics will look in 2013" memes with uncanny depictions of the characters.

[@joinsideke]

DISNEY HIRE THIS MAN

[@sonicfanboy3375]

​@@joinsideke*HE'S USING UNREAL ENGINE*

[@error-try-again-later]

​@@sonicfanboy3375 _in any way he can._

[@kyleneopperman6186]

The fact that they not only didn’t cast a drag Queen to play Ursula, but then had the gall to invite a slew of drag queens to the premiere for promotion… Devine was literally the inspiration for the character, and Pat Carrols voice was so perfect because it had that ominous male like undertone to it… it could’ve been such a cool full circle moment.

[@StoutShako]

It'd probably be more accurate to say that the original VA had an ominous "masculine" tone more than "male", because she IS supposed to be a woman, just a very husky voiced one. That's so awful that they did drag queens that dirty tho and they couldn't even grace us with a (cis) woman who could do The Voice™️ right... C'mon Disney, do you want your woke accolades or not??? 😂

[@coolcomment8]

Something about Scuttle's underwater scene actually ruins Triton's motivation later for being mad at Ariel. Because Scuttle is underwater, Triton had to be mad that Ariel was at a shipwreck instead of meeting a seagull above water. From what I could tell, Triton wasn't really concerned about the sharks she encountered rather than she went to a human-made structure. Later in the film, however, all of Triton's daughters including Ariel were cleaning up a shipwreck! Is he fine with them going to shipwrecks or not? With Scuttle being above water in the original, it reinforced Ariel's desire to be on land and Triton had a simple but understandable reason to be mad at her.

[@hahano9586]

Also doesn't make much sense for a seagull to be chilling at the bottom of the ocean

[@christophermartinez4104]

Didn't think I'd go my entire life without hearing Adam sound like Michael Jackson but I'm glad it happened

[@daniellavaladez7820]

That part was hilarious omg

[@vivianepadilla1692]

That and toilet paper being chucked at him during his beautiful singing performance

[@Neville133]

BRO SAME 😂

[@sakurasensations4786]

Accidentally used a double negative there, but yeah I’m glad too lmao

[@sorguinazia]

Almost choked laughing, was not expecting any of that “WHATS IN THE BOX YEEEHEEE”

[@connorhull9215]

23:32 "He's really good at portraying emotion but it just seemed kind of out of place compared to everybody else." Dear God, these movies are so soulless that it's gotten to the point where emotion is out of place in this musical.

[@ThePuppin]

Something VERY few people mention is the "part of your world" reprise on the rocks and the 3D rigging on her hands making Ariel look like the grudge scaling up the rock. It was terrifying

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

More like gollum eyeing his preciousssss

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

All we’re missing is the death rattle and snatching

[@truthseeker9249]

She looked like the sociopathic ex-girlfriend who won't leave you alone.

[@lessismore8533]

😂😂😂

[@Schrodinger_]

When Ursula said to Ariel "It was you. You were the Little Mermaid all along", I broke down in tears.

[@rutgerhauerfan]

Oh she did NOT say that..... Right?

[@BozeDoesGodsWork]

These jokes right here are getting old tbh. Too many people are using it

[@TheAndrewj96]

@@BozeDoesGodsWorkCould be worse. Could be a fucking Morbius joke.

[@Duskool]

The Little Mermaid was inside us all aloung

[@sweet__cherry]

@@TheAndrewj96 I lovedddd when Ariel said "It's Morbin time!" Before she finished off Ursula.

[@swagwolfgang]

Awkwafina is a prime example of nobody telling her shes not funny because they feel bad and she has somehow made a career out of it

[@matthewisguy7336]

This.

[@TheDreamingJune]

It's amazing how that woman still keeps getting roles despite having no talent whatsoever.

[@swagwolfgang]

@@KE-yq2eg i know its bullshit and im sick of it

[@ericdugal8818]

Her name is a shitty bottled water company too 😂

[@TheAndrewj96]

Absolutely. I liked her in The Farewell, but that’s about it.

[@bentramer682]

The "What's in the box!?" Segment will be remembered probably forever. It's just that great.

[@Cherokeechuck9]

That and the dodgeball were all time adum bits.

[@Shinkajo]

I don't laugh often these days, but I did then

[@Togro1990]

Like why isn’t this a real movie

[@RockyRakoon]

Now this is some really great criticism of the new TLM. When someone says they don’t like the movie or that it’s bad, they are mostly accused of “racism”. Stop using Halle Bailey as a shield to avoid the truth that this live action adaptation is of bad quality. Ariel’s race is the last thing anyone would care about when it comes to this movie. Like where did the 250 mil budget go when the main promo they did for the movie was calling out people for “being racist”?

[@damkylan3]

It’s the last thing any normal person would care about, but if you think nobody cares about her race, well congratulations for going outside and not spending too much time on the internet. Genuinely. But that does not mean they don’t exist. Plenty of racism to go around along with the people pretending this movie is good by crying racism out of hand. Neither one is a made up issue.

[@andrewheaney4874]

Absolutely true, but there were plenty of actual racists complaining about Ariel being black, though. Calling the film “woke” only because of that… which is just blatant racism. Of course, not everyone said that dumb bait shit, and to accuse someone who never brought up race in a review of being racist is indeed disingenuous, but some people (I refuse to call them reviewers) did.

[@alexg1778]

​@@andrewheaney4874mate, they didn't need to race swap her. It's not the end of the world that they did but it was pointless and race bait in and of itself.

[@andrewheaney4874]

@@alexg1778 Or, just maybe, she nailed an audition with her singing? Obviously they could have cast someone else, but her singing talents make me think that they cast her because she nailed an audition and that’s all Disney cared about at the time. They aren’t THAT woke that they would do that, contrary to what a bunch of actual racists have to say about it. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a TON to hate about this movie. The race of the main character is not one of them. If the race of the main actress is a problem to you, grow a fucking pair. Edit: my last sentence is a general statement, I mean to say this to anyone who went apeshit over a black person playing Ariel, not specifically anyone in particular.

[@Painkiller1189]

@@andrewheaney4874 I would've believed you entirely maybe 2 or 3 years ago, but race baiting is a cheap trick disney and netflix have been using for a while to avoid criticism and get easy money. They are pretty much saying "We didn't pick these actors because they are the best, just because of their race or skin color", ironically that's even more racist than whatever hater you could find on social media

[@KuramaKyubi9]

My wife loves disney, and has tried to excuse a lot of their recent... creative projects. This movie made her finally turn to me and say "This company has fucking lost it."

[@catabat49654]

Every Disney adult has their breaking point

[@KaylaMarie_]

Interesting the lion king didn’t do it

[@righteousindifference3179]

My wife said she liked it. But she was looking at her phone most of the time and is an idiot.

[@lifeisadrag7705]

@@righteousindifference3179 I hope your wife gets both better taste and a better spouse

[@righteousindifference3179]

@lifeisadrag7705 we all get what we deserve in this life.

[@jangofett7421]

The much better way Disney could cash in on nostalgia is to make new films but in the animation style of the 90’s era

[@jojbenedoot7459]

This is such a good plan it's ridiculous that they don't do it

[@QGfk1]

2d animation is infinitely cheaper, if they thought it was marketable they would be doing it. Disney's only value is their existing IP. you can complain all you want about these movies being soulless dogshit but they're made to make money and they make lots and lots of money

[@ed_aguilar_01]

That would require effort and giving a crap and disney believes if a 2d animated film doesn't make $30 billion dollars, it's a failure

[@suitdoggy4707]

@@QGfk1 Just as YMS said these IPs was the Disney renaissance. There are large groups of Disney fans who eat this nostalgia up like it's gold. Idk even know why we're surprised anymore. Disney did the same thing with their straight to dvd era. An crazy enough it works. This live action made more than the animated movie by 300 million.

[@KironVB]

2D films don't do well with modern audiences. Disney already tried this with Winnie The Pooh and ended up shuttering their entire 2d animation film department from disinterest. The disturbing thing is these Live action garbage films are insanely popular, grossing more than the originals.

[@scientistservant]

I love how Sebastian in this film is a species of crab that *can't survive in the ocean*.

[@kingblanketfort]

Let alone that the bird was talking and surviving underwater. Animal Science major here and yeah.. scenes like that are GRATING.

[@nanopanda]

my mom deadass told me she liked the new one because its realistic and im like "yes, mom. the realistic mermaid that you can totally connect with. the fish look so real that i dont wanna cuddle them, i want them for dinner."

[@mega_bird700]

It would be more realistic if they showed the mermaids being the menace of the sea like how they are in mythology.

[@Keznen]

@mega_bird7003 Which mythology? Mermaids appear in various mythologies and have portrayals ranging from beneficial and wise to child abductors that scream threats of violence when stopped. And modern "sirens" don't count, since the actual sirens from Greek mythology were half-bird, not half-fish. They lived on the rocks near the sea and sang of forbidden knowledge.

[@maddieb.4282]

@@Keznenpatronizing and pedantic, you must be popular in real life

[@Keznen]

@@maddieb.4282 You are a prime example of Dunning-Kruger effect, Miss Ad Hominem. And anyone who seriously cares about popularity is a loser with low self-worth. Sounds like you're one of them.

[@KenjiAsakura09]

@@maddieb.4282 They're the "ackschully" guy irl

[@Moviemakers05]

Also Eric killing Ursula is important cause it shows triton that humans are not bad which is why he lets Ariel be with him Ariel saves his life and he saves her life changing that makes it pointless for triton to turn her human thank you for this review i have been waiting so long for you rip this film a new one and now I can die on my death bed

[@tiablue9106]

ikr? ariel made the point earlier to triton "you don't even know him", at least in the original triton saw/heard that eric took on a giant sea witch to protect ariel. making more sense why he'd entrust him w/ her (and eric gives him that lil bow at the end) in the remake, triton still knows nothing abt eric but just let ariel be w/ him. I've seen ppl say his turnaround was flimsy in the original but the remake took it to a whole new level edit: and on a semi-related note, ppl always clap back at ariel for calling out how triton didn't even know eric bc at that time she didn't know eric either. but at very least when she saw eric fighting to save his crewmates and dog from the sinking ship she could tell he was a good guy--same thing at the end when triton sees what a hero eric is/that he's good enough for ariel

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

I just like the horrific tone and atmosphere in the original, which I'm convinced had to have been inspired by "The Call of Cthulhu." When I was 5 I legitimately had to hide under blankets to make it through her colossal eldritch abomination phase.

[@zevburrows2055]

A point in the original film that seemed to get lost in the remake: Sebastian is very clearly established as the court composer to Triton, hence the line "I should be writing symphonies, not tagging along after some headstrong teenager" and his ability to orchestrate and arrange "Under the Sea" and "Kiss the Girl" on a whim. In the remake he's regulated to just being essentially the majordomo with no connection to music, so it makes the energy and intent behind those songs less special and less visually impactful/memorable. ROB (said in a similar voice to JON). ROB.

[@DisneyDahling]

I love how he's still yelling at John Favreau

[@tiablue9106]

tbf the success of the jungle book and lion king remakes likely influenced the remakes going forward

[@Butwhythough881]

⁠@@tiablue9106It’s weird how Jon Favreau made one of the best as well as the worst disney remake.

[@cesarzpontu8886]

​@@Butwhythough881and those both sucked

[@Butwhythough881]

@@cesarzpontu8886 Did I ever say they were good? it’s clear he only did them to get into Star Wars

[@-ism8153]

15:53 I'm pretty sure he's just an idiot, not consciously misleading Ariel. Look how excited he gets when he holds up the fork, staring intently at it.

[@cattywampus492]

That "What's in the box?!" Michael Jackson mash up may be the single funniest moment to ever come out of YMS🤣🤣🤣

[@robbiedart7422]

Genuinely that had me cackling, I am so pleased I endured all the hours of complaining for that moment.

[@HeyitsTom999]

My final thought on this movie is this: 19:44 that shot of Sebastian swimming directly towards the camera activates the same response in my brain as a facehugger in the Alien films. I can only assume this was not the intended experience.

[@pighogdogvomitingfrog7196]

It forces me to imagine what it'll feel like when those hairy scratchy crab legs land on my face, and he puts those salty fish-smelling mandibles in my mouth

[@pedrovazquezmar6591]

Put it at X2 speed and it's a FNAF jumpscare

[@matthewisguy7336]

⁠@@pedrovazquezmar6591 put it at X.25 speed and it’s the longest 4 seconds of your life

[@djackson4605]

That hard hard cut to John Oliver as a "'vague celebrity" was delicious.

[@lulucalliope713]

I liked him on Community. That's literally all I know him from.

[@vixiestarfire]

Vanessa’s actress barely had two words in this movie but her acting and facial expressions in the little screen time she had, such a good job imo! I was living for her performance, I didn’t expect it at all I actually was squealing with excitement cause the rest of the movie was so MEH I was so surprised

[@abbs__stainable234]

I totally agree! I swear she NEEDED more screen time cause like, I genuinly wanted to see more of Vanessa

[@uglybetty8747]

She was the ONLY best thing bout the movie nd I was rooting for her Lmaoo

[@truthseeker9249]

SHE should have been Ariel. If only she could sing.

[@lessismore8533]

She looked just like the cartoon too

[@ArtsyNimbus]

Adam dodging toilet paper was funnier than it should've been to me

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

It looked pretty real. His reaction time was great lol

[@Andidrew4ty2]

It’s all in the timing

[@MSBowen-pk6ww]

I will be subscribing for his lovely version of Ariel singing!LOL :D

[@friendlypup5650]

Had me laughing my ass off

[@matthewisguy7336]

7:01

[@requiesticat]

Thinking of the broadway musical, they did a lot of creative things with it. New songs were added, and they were legitimately good. King Triton sings one called "If Only" that feels like it could be from the original movie. The practical effects and costumes were also visually impressive; it all made the actors look like they really were underwater. I wish the Disney remake would have taken notes from the play and added those songs.

[@rosiediamond9142]

Beyond my wildest dreams is superior

[@victoriah7852]

@asentientcloud8762 They add new songs instead of pulling from the Broadway musicals so they can be nominated for Best Original Song for the Oscars.

[@chengarqordath]

@@victoriah7852 And probably because they'd have to pay whoever wrote the Broadway songs if they used them in the musical. The Mouse doesn't like paying people.

[@miciarokiri5182]

@asentientcloud8762 you mean take inspiration from ACTUAL LIVE ACTIONS? Heresy!!!!!

[@victoriah7852]

@@chengarqordath That could be part of it, but the new Broadway songs were still written by the original composter Alan Menken, there’s just a new lyricist because Howard Ashman died. I’m sure it cost them way more to have Lin Manuel Miranda write entirely new songs than it would to pay one extra guy a lyricist credit, but they want the Oscars clout.

[@nunyabiznes7446]

I like how Scuttle just immediately eats a person when they're introduced and nobody is fazed

[@ostelan]

Have you seen the Little Mermaid stage musical? I work in community theatre and have worked on this musical (as music director). Twice. 1. Eric has a song in the musical, but it’s arguably a better song than the one in this film. It’s called “Her Voice.” Eric actually does a ton of singing in the musical, because they generally cast a guy who can actually sing in musical theatre (generally…) 🙄 2. Ariel does have an “inside her head” song in the musical. It’s called “Beyond My Wildest Dreams.” It’s a better song because the tone isn’t all over the place and the subject matter makes more sense. I didn’t care for “For the First Time,” I thought it had a jumbled message/story. But yeah, there’s quite a lot of “singing inside her head” in the stage musical, so this was not just a choice made for this movie. 3. King Triton sings in the stage musical, and apparently also had a song in this movie but it was cut. Can Javier Bardem even sing? 4. Ursula’s song was pitched up in the stage musical. Why? Because contraltos are hard to come by, but also because the ending high notes are much flashier and more impressive when the key is raised. I also think really bass-y whispering doesn’t translate as well to the stage. Musical theatre is about evoking emotion in the audience, sure, but it’s also about spectacle. Us musical theatre folks in the audience are totally here for the extra riffs, the higher belted notes, etc. I don’t think raising the key hurt the song’s impact. 5. Lin Manuel Miranda needs to keep his hands off Disney classics and just… chill for a while. Little Mermaid didn’t need a rap. Anyway, I agree with a lot of your criticisms because this is a FILM and not a stage musical. However, I think it’s only fair to direct your criticisms at the right target. A lot of the choices you thought were made for this movie were actually done in the stage musical first, then added to this movie. Sadly, just like with Beauty and the Beast and others, they did not use the extra songs from the musical (which were composed by the same guy and fit the tone of the rest of the show), but they had all new songs written that unfortunately have a more modern and generic style to them and just don’t feel like they belong.

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: RuPaul revealed on his podcast that he was considered for the role of Sebastian but did not get the part after not wanting to play the character with a Caribbean accent like in the original film.

[@HA-ot6uf]

Should've casted him as Ariel. At least the movie could then be entertaining if not good.

[@DecoraGarfoid]

​@@HA-ot6ufhell ya

[@mattmac5506]

@@HA-ot6uf I am envious of the timeline that now got your idea of RuPaul as Ariel version of this movie.

[@drifter402]

Holy hell that would have been funny though

[@Trippy141_]

@@HA-ot6ufWould’ve been gold.

[@JustStop]

27:13 - We need more random insertions of Adam reusing his various 'JOHN!' takes lmao

[@JrIcify]

I can't believe Adum thinks "les poisson, les poisson, hee hee hee, hon hon hon" is forgettable.

[@theescapeartist23]

It is literally the melody of 'Be Our Guest'

[@TheJRP2010]

The “look at all these b****s” bit with Triton had me rolling!

[@nettlecider]

Top 10 YMS moments for me personally 😂

[@catabat49654]

How dare you Adum. “Les Poissons” with René Auberjonois as Chef Louis is a timeless bop

[@tubbalcain]

Odo is always +10

[@Capydapy]

Agree, I always sing it while I'm cooking up some fish. 🐟

[@Rio-chii]

This song is so memorable! I remember watching The Little Mermaid for the first time when I was 8, and then I haven't rewatched it for a very long period of time. Le Poissons ocasionally popped in my head in that period, even though I didn't remember more than the 1st linea 😂

[@mercutiolives2883]

Wait… Mr. House?

[@anondecepticon]

I miss René ☹️

[@ashjubilee]

to show you how dissapointing the under the sea section is, even my local children's theatre production of The Little Mermaid shows the noot playing the flute and the carp playing the harp. we had ensemble members dress as all the fish that were mentioned in the lyrics and they each did a solo dance move during the line. and disney completely forgot about it EDIT: and then like 2 seconds later Adum mentions the the low bass singer, which is also something we did and dthe disney version didn't

[@whatamidoing8566]

Aw that sounds adorable

[@Incog-e1z]

What I love about YMS is that he’s direct, he goes right to the jugular and tells you why something is bad.

[@ptitecame6688]

Yeah, no "this is only my opinion, but...." bs.

[@mcblaggart8565]

I haven't watched it yet, but I predict he won't even touch on how racist the casting was. Yeah it's been said already, but no one is allowed to forget. They did the casting explicitly for the sake of woketarded racism.

[@HybridEpsilon]

​@@mcblaggart8565lmao. It's not racist.

[@sadvec6328]

I guess you could say he goes to the directors and say your movie sucks

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

​@@HybridEpsilontotally isn't to replace someone else's culture with another race. Oh wait, you complain in every single other case except this.

[@LeeEverett1]

My grandmother (who's seen tons of childrens films throughout her life) took my niece to watch this movie because I told her no, and she said it was the most agonizing movie she ever had to sit through. She kept checking the time to see how much was approximately left as she couldn't wait to get out of the theater 😂

[@audreyelizabeths]

i watched the digital version and i had to pause the movie in the middle because i got so bored. this movie felt like a chore that i have to force myself to do. i never felt this way with the original movie.

[@artbytesia]

So why didn't she just scoop up your niece and leave?

[@uglybetty8747]

Me nd my bro watched it on a free movie site to see how bad it is nd since then we’re still traumatised nd I actually ended up watching the og one to refresh nd reboot my mind

[@artbytesia]

@@uglybetty8747 Good thinking!

[@AriochStarr]

20:05 Everytime I see the unused character design of Simba for the Lion King 2019, my heart shatters a piece of itself. He looks so freaking cute in that image.

[@eletgres519]

you’re right hes cute :D

[@cloudshines812]

Like I said in the original review, its like what Paramount did with the Old Sonic design but reversed. Paramount went through several redesigns for Sonic until settling on a final one, but imagine if they didn’t change Sonic because he isn’t “realistic” enough

[@memestealer6348]

I have to say, anytime I see a comparison to a live action remake against the original, Im always mesmerized by the animation. There's so much flavor and soul, made more intense by the absolute washed out remake

[@robinanwaldt]

Do you mean "mesmerized"?

[@memestealer6348]

​@@robinanwaldtyeah that. I cannot english

[@onepresence9460]

Me too. The best examples were The Lion King, Aladdin and Mulan for me. The originals have such a beautiful animation and they are so immersive. The live-action remakes just took all of that magic and made me not care about the stories that i used to care when they were animated.

[@HammerspaceCreature]

Ariel being upset that they eat fish on land is like me going to Atlantis, seeing them eat a beef burger going 'Oh my god they eat MAMMALS down here!?'.

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

Except it makes even less sense, because in the ocean, fish is _all_ they have. So what the hell else are _they_ supposed to eat? Seaweed? To be fair, this always confused me in the original as well.

[@thegameranch5935]

@@heinrichagrippa5681 crustaceans, the squishy ones that I forgot the general name of (octopus, squids, etc), marine mammals, jellyfish, corral, plankton, lots of weird ass water bugs, and probably more

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

@@thegameranch5935 Yes, there are many things that live in the ocean which are not literally fish. However, Sebastian is the right-hand man to the king of all seas - basically freaking Poseidon - and he's a _crab._ In the Little Mermaid universe it seems all sea life is sapient (except for sharks for some reason), and I think it's implied that eating crabs, lobsters, octopi (cephalopods btw), and others wouldn't been seen as any different from eating fish.

[@error-try-again-later]

​@@heinrichagrippa5681 sharks aren't sapient bc Disney doesn't think they're cute.

[@ceebbees12345]

It's more like going to Atlantis, seeing them eat a dog, and freaking out about it. Except we don't consider dogs people, we consider them pets and generally accept they don't get human rights. Mermaids don't keep pet fish, they are individuals and friends. Must be especially tough seeing as fish hardly get altered looks-wise, so they straight up look like dead fish on a plate. Beef patty looks like a soft pebble. I can't usually stomach my food staring at me, except for fish. I need shrimp heads to be cut off though. I remember something about seaweed spaghetti from either the movie or the show, so maybe they just eat seaweeds, algaes, and moss. I don't know if there is such a thing as a fish that can be milked either, so mermaids would be essentially vegan. There's plenty of salt in the sea, so I wonder if Ariel thinks human food is undersalted. Maybe, since this is a fantasy, there's undersea fruit orchards that grow specifically in volcanic regions, or the taste of some kelp is different depending on the part of the ocean it came from. Maybe there's selkies or nymphs that trade earthly foods to mermaids. Who knows. Ariel sleeps in a giant clamsshell even though clams are clearly alive, there could be Mr. Meeseeks fish going around begging to be eaten next.

[@Ellisepha]

11:11 fucking THANK YOU for adressing this, I'm so sick of mermaid media where they're all "oh no fish are friends not food uwu". Like. a) yes, Fish in the ocean eat each other all the time. It's where they live! and b) imagine a mermaid making up a story about humans and then being shocked when meeting actual humans, because the humans eat other mammals. IT'S THE SAME THING! Edit: THE BIRD LITERALLY EATS A FISH RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEN THEY TALK TO IT HOW IS THIS SHOCKING TO HER?!

[@George_vv]

Why does Disney think that putting Lin Manuel on every big release's soundtrack is a cheat code for a successful movie? He's a good lyricist for stage productions but nearly every movie he's done has the most generic lyrics and ideas imaginable. Howard did not die for this shit.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

because when people are taught who a recognizable talent is, they'll flood to see it without thinking.

[@onepresence9460]

I personally really enjoyed his work in Encanto, but that’s just me.

[@TheNinja94a]

You ever watched that Malcolm in the Middle episode where Hal gets a strike in bowling? You know how after he gets the strike in bowling, he repeats the exact same steps in a sequence in an attempt to keep getting strikes? This is what corporations are trying to do with people who are known to be talented. "It worked for that, so it'll work for this".

[@matane2465]

His success in Musical Theater was obviously a fluke. He's, in reality, a hack fraud.

[@seastar-qw2qg]

​@@matane2465🙄

[@grogg4372]

That production scene where the turtles are played by crawling men reminds me of a nightmare I had, where people who went to Hell were transformed into human-turtle hybrids with really heavy shells and were forced to crawl in the mud the same way. Coincidentally, this is what happens to you mentally when you listen to the seagull ass song.

[@arielcrank8490]

😂😂😂

[@filiptrajkovski2198]

My brother in Christ you have me actively choking at work here lmao

[@pringlebatch]

That does sound nightmarish. Reminds me of the fate of that woman in "Freaks", i.e. being turned into a human duck

[@grogg4372]

@@pringlebatch you ever seen Gaither's Pond? The atrocious Christian 3D series with really terrifying character models? It has these musical scenes where a bunch of these deformities sing and some characters are turtles that look almost exactly like the ones from my dream, specifically the one that plays the drums. Maybe they even inspired it? Possibly.

[@HologramGlasses]

this comment has lived in my head rent free for 3 days, it’s so unhinged it took me so off guard lmfaooo

[@Alex_From_Florida]

At my local theater, they would show inside looks and interviews into upcoming movies before the previews. What I found ironic is how it would first start out with the writers of across the spiderverse explaining how they didn’t want to do the same story again and how they wanted to explore more of what’s been established, and then it’s followed by the cast of The Little Mermaid remake at the premiere uncomfortably trying to justify this film’s existence

[@SavouryGalette]

I can only imagine the hilarity in that theater.

[@googleisevil8958]

And then Across the Spiderverse ended up completely stomping any other movie at the box office while Little Mermaid floundered. This is why no one cares about the writer's strike, mind you.

[@reaperrat666]

@@googleisevil8958floundered, lol, good one

[@BigSleepy985]

24:39 The mix between the two is night and day. 90’s TLM is Ariel’s voice with an echo that pans left to right like a vortex that’s stealing her very breath. Plus Ursula’s line is double tracked to give it a dark undertone 20’s has everything audible as ARIELS VOICE for some reason and EVERYTHING IS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE. I hope Disney goes so bankrupt that they abandon this mindset they have and start taking chances with passionate artists, again.

[@ViscousJelly]

Eric’s song should have taken place while giving Ariel a boating lesson to make the finale change make sense.

[@rebeccarightnow]

Random youtube commenters have better ideas than Disney these days

[@TheOriginalPoon]

I went to take a fat shit the second he started singing and missed that entire scene, felt like I missed nothing of value lol

[@devilex121]

holy shit this is fucking genius

[@scotsman333]

i love that, despite the insistence on realism, they made sabastian a species of land crab that doesn't live in the ocean or underwater at all

[@josephschultz3301]

"You don't understand? Fish eat each other too, _you idiot."_ I'm just over here giggling at the idea of Adum saying this to his date at a fancy restaurant.

[@BovineDesigns]

This made me laugh out loud

[@endel12]

Ariel watches Scuttle eat a fish. Underwater. In Scuttle’s intro scene. Not to mention that it almost looks like Scuttle was targeting FLOUNDER, but missed. But no, it’s the humans who are the the piscivores …

[@josephschultz3301]

@@endel12 It really is one of the movie's lowest points (which is kind of impressive lol), trying to sell the whole "humans are bastards" ticket without taking a second to think about it xD Because it's _not_ hard to sell that ticket. Humans really are bastards. You'd think that a money-grubbing company like Disney would understand that a bit better.

[@Riptide27]

28:33 I love that Adam made and posted this BEFORE that interview with the actress playing Snow White in an upcoming live action remake who said she absolutely WILL NOT be saved by a prince. Omniscient!!!

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

link to the interview?

[@EleventhFloorBelfry]

I've been complaining about the lack of her voice choking up since that first trailer showing a bit of Part of Your World. It's good to see someone else noticed it.

[@ralelunar]

What's the point of these movies having directors if they don't even do the bare minimum of directing their actors?

[@boobootittleman7299]

The funniest part about this is that LIZZO auditioned for Ursula, she actively pursued the role. An actual singer, who has a great voice that could hit the notes required from this movie…and they went with Melissa McCarthy lol Edit: Nevermind, apparently Lizzo is a shitty person to work for.

[@masonkrabbe8652]

I really hate Lizzo, I think her singing sounds like shit, and I hate her so fucking much Still a better choice than Melissa McCarthy

[@AlexReynard]

I am no fan of Lizzo. But yes, even I think that would obviously have been better. Maybe they just wanted to make sure the villain was white?

[@spimbles]

they already race swapped the main character, they cant race swap the main villain too lol and dont pounce on me for saying that, go yell at the disney execs that decide these things and the irrational audience members that cause these decisions

[@spimbles]

either way though i dont see how Lizzo wouldve been better? she 100% cannot act on the level that wouldve been required for the role lmfao

[@AlexReynard]

@@spimbles Neither can Melissa. But at least she can sing.

[@heliosartsofficial]

the dodgeball bit was hilarious lmaoooo

[@rowantic6539]

It was also surprisingly fitting 😂

[@TheNinja94a]

It really reminds me of a different criticism he had for the "Just Can't Wait to Be King" song off the Lion King remake. Like it showed how effective it is to modulate the way you sing when voice acting with what's going on in the animation to make it feel more real .

[@sweetdreams1028]

Ikr