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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Imagine for a moment that they call the actor Jonah Hauer-King who got a role for a Disney movie and has to kiss a mermaid...

even for me, these animations terrify me

 

[Ragnarok]

Yeah it’s trash but all media is now.

 

[Patrick S.]

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Not much left to do other than not see it

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

There is a lot of tension in the project and the actress is not having a good time.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Pointless, like all the Disney remakes. The artistry and soul are gone, and there's nothing to replace it. A complete waste of time, energy, manpower and money.

 

[diffusionx]

i think we all know what is going to happen here, it is going to bomb and Disney and their shills are going to twist themselves in knots to come up with reasons why

 

[kunonabi]

It was always a bad idea to try TLM in live-action but so far every creative decision they've made looks like it's just going make things worse.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

i think we all know what is going to happen here, it is going to bomb and Disney and their shills are going to twist themselves in knots to come up with reasons why

I think it has to be 4D Chess at this point. Like...

1. Buy or utilize property with sizeable fanbase.
2. Take a beloved classic in that IP, and announce a remake.
3. Non-terminally online normies will buy into it on nostalgia alone. Easy break even.
4. Add on the brand loyalists and paid shills.
5. Cast a lead in opposing fashion to the originals casting choice. If he's he, Make him she, if she's white, make her black. If she's black, make her gay, on and on in modular fashion.
6. Online critics and yootoobers will spend all of the money on it in a rush to have the hottest take from the rage bait audience.
7. Negative press is still press.
8. SJW twatter Warriors will flock to this poor, helpless, subhuman minority's def- *checks notes* they'll flock to this brave and stunning, inclusive take from a corporate entity that definitely totes cares about your identity and what other people think of it.
9. Media buzz dies down
10. Step 1.

 

[real1]

There is a lot of tension in the project and the actress is not having a good time.

What's happening? If she's being bullied etc it's not her fault. Blame the pathetic studio.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Pinocchio was the last straw for me when it comes to these soulless remakes. I don't think I've enjoyed one movie I've seen. Maybe Aladdin. Or Beauty and the beast. I just stick to the originals.

 

[badblue]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

What's happening? If she's being bullied etc it's not her fault. Blame the pathetic studio.

It got so bad that her left and right eyes attempted to leave her face.


....


Zing.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

What's happening? If she's being bullied etc it's not her fault. Blame the pathetic studio.

Bullied for the people

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...st-little-mermaid-backlash-you-just-expect-it

 

[ManaByte]

Yeah it’s trash but all media is now.

Not everything.

 

[DetectiveBananas]

Makes you wonder when they run out of classic animated films are they just gonna make Frozen live action. Will the cycle ever stop

 

[nush]

i think we all know what is going to happen here, it is going to bomb and Disney and their shills are going to twist themselves in knots to come up with reasons why

Playbook, CIS white supremacist incels as always.

 

[March Climber]

Yeah it’s trash but all media is now.

Watch other movies.

 

[Punished Miku]

Oof.

 

[FunkMiller]

WHAT IS THAT FUCKING CRAB

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Disappointed.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

WHAT IS THAT FUCKING CRAB

The fish is scary me as fck... .

 

[octiny]

The dislike to like ratio has only gotten bigger since the original teaser.

Also, those screen grabs, so bad

 

[JonSnowball]

Why are her eyes so far apart? Are aliens among us?! I want to believe...

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Why are her eyes so far apart? Are aliens among us?! I want to believe...

If her and Bella Ramsey mixed their genetics in a lab and had a homonculus non binary x PoC, with those fucking Andross in character creator proportions...my God. I shudder to think such biological weaponry will one day be more science and less fiction.

 

[ManaByte]

Watch other movies.

Top Gun
D&D
John Wick
Mission Impossible

These people don’t watch movies. They just want outrage while ignoring there’s good shit being made still.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Not everything.

We don’t know that yet.

 

[Ulysses 31]

We don’t know that yet.

We do know they very intentionally emasculate the men.

The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Intentionally Emasculates Its Leading Men

The Dungeons & Dragons movie's writing team reveal they intentionally 'emasculated' the leading men in the film and put the women on the front lines.

www.cbr.com

 

[ManaByte]

We don’t know that yet.

I saw it last Sunday and I’m seeing it again this Sunday. It’s awesome.

 

[ManaByte]

We do know they very intentionally emasculate the men.

http://[URL][URL]https://www.cbr.com/dnd-movie-emasculates-leading-men-not-woke/

[/URL][/URL]

Oh that’s fucking bullshit outrage clickbait. Edgin is basically Han Solo and Holga is Chewbacca, and they even play her a the dumber of the two who has a thing for big-name cameos as halflings.

 

[LordCBH]

It’s gonna be dogshit just like all the other live action remakes. The only real question is: will it manage to be even more dogshit than Mulan? Mulan was by far the worst live action remake of theirs I’ve seen. It was so unbelievably bad.

 

[ManaByte]

It’s gonna be dogshit just like all the other live action remakes. The only real question is: will it manage to be even more dogshit than Mulan? Mulan was by far the worst live action remake of theirs I’ve seen. It was so unbelievably bad.

You didn’t see Lion King.

 

[LordCBH]

You didn’t see Lion King.

I did. It was soulless. Technically it was fine. But it lacked soul.

 

[Fbh]

Why does Disney hate minorities so much?

 

[Victor Omega]

Curious OP do you have a Disney plus account? If so will you cancel it?

I realize ppl who have an opinion on modern Disney are subscribers. You give up any opinion who have when you are a subscriber. Even if you were to not watch a film like the
Little mermaid you still contribute financially monthly to Disney to create it.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Why does Disney hate minorities so much?

I saw a redhead today.

So the Disney argument fails.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Jonah Hauer-King- in my contract it says that I would kiss a mermaid.

Director-Here it is.

Jonah Hauer-King- She is not a mermaid, she looks like an axolotl.

Producer-I wouldn't turn down a Mermaid's kiss...Kiss her or we take action.

Jonah Hauer-King - mmmm

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Curious OP do you have a Disney plus account? If so will you cancel it?

I realize ppl who have an opinion on modern Disney are subscribers. You give up any opinion who have when you are a subscriber. Even if you were to not watch a film like the
Little mermaid you still contribute financially monthly to Disney to create it.

That makes zero sense.

If I dont like a certain product at Costco, why would I boycott the entire store and cancel my membership?

 

[LegendOfKage]

Curious OP do you have a Disney plus account? If so will you cancel it?

I realize ppl who have an opinion on modern Disney are subscribers. You give up any opinion who have when you are a subscriber. Even if you were to not watch a film like the
Little mermaid you still contribute financially monthly to Disney to create it.

If people don't watch this thing, either out of protest or personal subjective taste, it'll still a financial loss for Disney. If Disney spends money to make programing people don't watch, even on Disney Plus, that's still hurting their business. It's not a binary on / off situation. It's really more of a sliding scale. If a company makes you feel unwelcome (or even if they just stop making content that you find entertaining), and as a natural result you reduce the money you spend with that company, it all adds up.

But since you're asking, no, I don't have a disney account and I don't intend to get one.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Why is the Little Mermaid ugly?

Also, I always found this story problematic - a mermaid gives away her life / voice and goes to great distance to please a man / prince. Wouldn’t it be better to try and make a movie with the roles reversed - a prince chasing the mermaid?

 

[lh032]

Why are her eyes so far apart? Are aliens among us?! I want to believe...

disney shitty cgi department

 

[Soodanim]

I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I saw the suggestion that part of the remake motivation was the royalties paid to some that worked on the originals.

 

[bitbydeath]

Why is the Little Mermaid ugly?

Also, I always found this story problematic - a mermaid gives away her life / voice and goes to great distance to please a man / prince. Wouldn’t it be better to try and make a movie with the roles reversed - a prince chasing the mermaid?

That’d probably end with him getting cancelled.

 

[mxbison]

Looks shit but who cares? Just ignore it then.

People going berserk over this stuff just makes it more annoying.

 

[SJRB]

That trailer is a work of art, it literally gets worse every second.

Not really looking forward to the "if you don't like this you're a racist" gaslighting that will happen when this movie comes out.

 

[Goalus]

It's brave and beautiful.

 

[LegendOfKage]

I liked the part where Disney and other massive corporations flooded comments sections with "I liked the part" comments from bots, burying all actual discourse surrounding the garbage they're shoveling. This isn't a meme or a fad, it's obfuscation. Sort by recent comments, and you'll barely find any of that crap.

[edit] After some logical pushback, I now think they're just removing any highly rated original criticism, and these meme posts are the only comments left.

 

[BadBurger]

Looks shit but who cares? Just ignore it then.

People going berserk over this stuff just makes it more annoying.

That's where I'm at. We know these live action Disney remakes suck. The animation in this looks truly bizarre and way too cheap and lazy for a company Disney's size, and that's before we get to how it's clearly aimed at children. Seems much ado about nothing. I was never going to watch it anyways.

 

[IDKFA]

It looks like dog shit, just like every other Disney live action remake.

Trying to make the animals look realistic is pointless. How the fuck are you going to emote a crab?! It just looks creepy. Should have just turned the original 2D designs into 3D CGI characters.

 

[Batiman]

We do know they very intentionally emasculate the men.

http://[URL]https://www.cbr.com/dnd-movie-emasculates-leading-men-not-woke/

[/URL]

That guarantees a good movie for you?