I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to #HowardAshman . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.
The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films #TheLittleMermaid and #Aladdin, so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1
We were stopped for quite a while yesterday while on #TheLittleMermaid#ArielsUnderseaAdventure at #DisneyCaliforniaAdventure , and I had the good fortune of being stopped right at #FlotsamAndJetsam . You usually only hear a couple words from them as you pass under in your clam shell, so it was interesting to hear their entire dialogue, though hearing their entire dialogue for about 10 or 15 minutes wasn't what I would have preferred.
I am watching the new #Disney movie The little mermaid. I am really enjoying how they used factually accurate (And in some cases not very well known) sea creatures. They also put a lot of attention into making their movements more or less accurate as well.
I was particularly excited to see the feather stars.
That said they arent region appropriate, I dont think I recall ever seeing a feather star in the Caribbean. I can let it slide :)
In which Prince Eric yearns for the sea and for Ariel, so a drag king grants him gills (the upper body of a fish) under the condition that he must not U-Haul with Ariel for at least 3 months
The films "The Color Purple" and "Mean Girls" were transformed into Broadway musicals; now both are heading back to movie houses in musical form. But this combination of shape-shifting and baton-passing is a tricky task, and the third time is not always the charm....
Wife and I just finished watching the "woke" version of #TheLittleMermaid (she's a huge Disney classics fan). I think I actually enjoyed this version a bit more than the original. Melissa McCarthy killed it as Ursula!
Top tier quote at the end, from Triton: "You should not have had to give up your voice to be heard." 🥹
I’ve watched #TheLittleMermaid more times than I can count and yet it’s only now, when seeing the live action version, that it occurs to me how utterly batshit it was that Prince Eric set FIREWORKS off from his WOODEN SHIP?!
Why are you bringing fireworks anyway, your majesty? Your vessel is made of flammable material and you’re already carrying gunpowder. You don’t need the extra headache, sire! Use that space for like… limes to prevent scurvy or something?
@hpkomic Whole generation of White boys of and girls who saw #TheLittleMermaid as "their" princess; either as a goal or a crush. Live action Ariel makes them feel like something was "taken" from them; they don't know why, they don't 'hate Black people,' but they also can't identify with the fictional fish princess because she is Black. Realizing AND denying that race is the root of their discomfort, they look for ANY other criticism to explain it.
According to Sebastian, the mer king, like any other long-lived kings and gods, fell in love with a human princess. Eventually she gave birth to a little girl, and they call her Ariel.
The mer king's sister, that nasty octopus sea witch, revealed the existence of the mers to the humans, and the witch attacked them. The mer king had no choice but to do two things:
He erased the memories of the humans, including the princess's.
He took Ariel, and turned her human legs into a mermaid.
Years passed, Ariel grew up. As she is half-human, Ariel was always attached to the surface world. Her innate human curiosity is her life.
Then the events of the Little Mermaid live-action happened.
The mer king simply returned Ariel's human legs. And Ariel was right that she felt living in prison, because that's exactly what her father did, and she was never meant to be live as a mermaid.
During their wedding voyage, they met the two little girls of the northern kingdom. Ariel quickly grew fond of them as the sisters both love to sing like her.
Years later, the two sisters grew up. During their coronation day, Queen Ariel and King Eric visited them.
Unbeknownst to them all, King Eric is actually the older brother of Elsa and Anna.
The YouTube channel Legal Eagle has done an analysis (based on US law) of the contract Ariel signs in The Little Mermaid.
Some of the gems include: "I was an extremely litigious five year old ... don't take parenting advice from Disney movies ... Yes, yes. Lawyers are more powerful than a magic sea witch ... King Triton [uses] a novation ... It is illegal to own a human being, or mermaid, as of 1837 in Denmark ... And when the camera zooms in on the fine print, it's written in some unintelligible language - I mean, even more unintelligible than a normal legal contract" - several "weasel outs" are discussed.
Panelist Amy is stuffed to the gills with excitement for @DisneyStudios live action remake of #TheLittleMermaid ! Arguably the most iconic #Disney classic, which saved an animation studio, she hopes it earns its place as part of her world. #Movies#Ariel#GPCDCultureClub#podcast#podcasts
From screen to stage and back to screen, this time trying to carry a tune (www.bostonglobe.com)
The films "The Color Purple" and "Mean Girls" were transformed into Broadway musicals; now both are heading back to movie houses in musical form. But this combination of shape-shifting and baton-passing is a tricky task, and the third time is not always the charm....