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Teaser for the live action The Little Mermaid
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sol_bad
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
She is!
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Actually those eyes are the exact as a pigs eyes. Cant unsee it when they are so far apart.
sol_bad
Member
Sorry haters, looks like there is some traction for this film.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/the-little-mermaid-teaser-halle-bailey-views-1235369551/
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/the-little-mermaid-teaser-halle-bailey-views-1235369551/
Xenon
Member
Kinda like shit stuck to a shoe. This is straight to plus or bust.
Dirk Benedict
Member
She looks way more attractive in that interview than in the movie.
sol_bad
Member
Even if it fails at the box office it'll still make more money than if it was dumped on Disney+ directly. It has a theatrical release date for May 2023.
Xenon
Member
Yes it will be decent content, just not a good film. Just like with the Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin not bad but ultimately pointless.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You lot are probably going to laugh but that little bit of her singing brought me to tears as I rewatched the trailer tonight. Her voice is so beautiful and powerful... Sounds like the tail end (no pun intended) of the song. I'm still in tears, yo!
Toons
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CibH4Uugc-b/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
This right here... this is important.
I hope this movie lives up to their expectations, I truly do. And even if its not great, I hope they can find joy in it.
This right here... this is important.
I hope this movie lives up to their expectations, I truly do. And even if its not great, I hope they can find joy in it.
theclaw135
Banned
All this whining over a non-issue. The premise of the story is not dependent on color. Try watching Little Mermaid on a B&W television sometime.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Bruh... The fact someone laugh reacted to this shows they don't get it... I'm glad you do. Seeing the awe and joy in these babies' faces while watching/listening to her singing and SEEING her... That just made my night! Eff the haters!
Yeah this is not theater material, belongs to the shitty and cringy 1,99€ kids dvd's bin.
LegendOfKage
Member
The animated version would still be white, and the live action version would still be black, ironically enough.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
She is pretty. And very charismatic. She also seems genuine and nice.
She is one of the only people I feel bad about in all of this. What young actor wouldn't take the role and make a lot of money and a name for themselves? It's a shitty situation Disney put her in because they wanted to race swap an iconic character. People were more chill with it some time back but seems like more and more people don't want that. Easy solution IMO would have been to make a story about a new mermaid, not Ariel. I am willing to bet most people would have been okay with it.
Would you be saying the same thing if they had cast Brad Pitt as Blade? Or Sandra Bullock as Storm? I know I wouldn't, but I also don't like race swapping Ariel. But then again I am not a fan of race and gender swap, especially for iconic characters.
IMO respect the source material. Write and create original characters instead of trying to pander.
sol_bad
Member
Have ou seen the old direct to DVD Disney movies? Have you seen the direct to Disney+ Artemis Fowel and Pinocchio?
This looks nothing like any of those, this is far higher quality.
And Rob Marshall was still pretty darn good on Mary Poppins Returns.
A AnotherDayAnotherDollar I personally wouldn't care if Blade was white. Isn't anything about him that makes him have to be black. Not so sure about Storm though, I'm sure some of her origin points relate back to her home country.
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AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
That's pretty much every character.
You are also probably the only person okay with a white Blade.
theclaw135
Banned
I'm only saying it doesn't weaken the narrative as portrayed on-screen.
Ulterior motives for race or gender swapping are issues outside the film itself.
sol_bad
Member
As far as I know Blade was born in London, he could be any nationality, there isn't anything that ties him to being African.
Storm on the other hand is a descendent of a line of African princesses or something to that affect.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
Blade being white doesn't weaken the narrative either. Would you be okay with that?
You can trace Blade's lineage back to Africa, obviously. N'Dare being a princess to a random tribe Kenya doesn't add much. You can make her a princess of somewhere else. Hell make N'Dare princess of a white village in South Africa. She'll still be of African descent.
theclaw135
Banned
Hmm. You raise a good point.
Of course I'm not familiar enough with Blade to know just how significant African descent is to his upbringing or development.
sol_bad
Member
I guess that is true about N'Dare, she could be a part of European royalty instead.
fuck_diggity_cunt_ingdon
Banned
She’s seen the original many MANY times, and is obsessed with everything to do with mermaids. It’s nice to see the old “Disney magic” work on its target audience, with none of the hang ups we adults bring to sully our opinions.
octiny
Banned
About as relevant or noteworthy as me taking a dump on the toilet right now.
Typical Variety spin.
Every single YT video or repost of said trailer has a minimum of a 3:1 ratio in favor of dislikes. It's trending for all the wrong reasons which doesn't bode well for it's B/O performance.
IGN'S repost even disabled the comments along w/ hundreds of Reddit threads being locked.
Like I said, perception is everything which helps paint a narrative that the majority are happy w/ the race swapping of Ariel. Context w/ numbers matter.
This guy nails it.
The worst part, this is nothing compared to when the "Snow White" trailer gets officially released w/ yet another race swap.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You are the single most MISERABLE person on this board. I feel sorry for your parents... Ignore you go.
sol_bad
Member
Oh look, another anti-woke Youtuber. I already know him and his schtick.
Talking of ratios, the trailer has 104 million views, the Youtube trailer has 1 million dislikes. I don't think Disney will care about such an insignificant dislike number.
octiny
Banned
You do realize the amount of dislikes or likes never equals the amount of views, right? 1.1 million dislikes is off just 9 million views w/ only 300K likes w/ similar ratios on reposts no matter the channel.
If you're discounting the dislikes, then use that energy w/ the amount of likes in comparison to views. Oh wait...
Context matters w/ views, regardless of the content. Or do just want to continue to ignore that?
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sol_bad
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The other 90 million views were on other platforms where people don't care about disliking things, if the other 90 million people were so offended by the teaser I'm sure they would have flocked to Youtube and dislike it but they didn't.
theclaw135
Banned
Somehow I doubt the dislikes originate from the target demographic.
Now groups of parents being offended and saying they won't take their children to see the movie, THAT would get my attention.
sol_bad
Member
Oh I know, those million dislikes are from 30-40 year old men, not young girls.
octiny
Banned
No, the other 90 million weren't. At least 30 million are on YT alone from the original trailer & YT reposts which is how the views are calculated. You're right about one thing though, hard to quantifty a dislike on other platforms when there's no button to do so
I get it, you're upset it's not getting the reception you thought it would corresponding w/ your view on the movie. However, denying context of said numbers where can they can be extrapolated is just ignorant.
Elysion
Banned
Wow, looks like my idea about using AI to race-swap characters is actually happening lol.
It looks a bit off when she closes her eyes, but otherwise pretty impressive. If this takes off, no one will ever have a reason to complain about diversity (or lack thereof) ever again. I fully expect someone to use this for Rings of Power.
It looks a bit off when she closes her eyes, but otherwise pretty impressive. If this takes off, no one will ever have a reason to complain about diversity (or lack thereof) ever again. I fully expect someone to use this for Rings of Power.
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octiny
Banned
theclaw135
Banned
I won't suggest changing an established character was the best option, but I will praise them for not backpedaling.
Still a standalone follow-up could've been cool. What if Ariel's determination inspired others?
No, the other 90 million weren't. At least 30 million are on YT alone from the original trailer & YT reposts which is how the views are calculated. You're right about one thing though, hard to quantifty a dislike on other platforms when there's no button to do so
I get it, you're upset it's not getting the reception you thought it would corresponding w/ your view on the movie. However, denying context of said numbers where can they can be extrapolated is just ignorant.
If you want to argue the number of dislikes is cause for concern about the movie's quality, okay.
Nevertheless the number by itself doesn't tell us who disliked it or why.
Wonderful for the kids.
But I'll never not be of the opinion that they should put in the effort of creating new, powerful and memorable worlds and characters with diversity. Not bend older ones.
Like they've done with Moana and Encanto. Great stuff. Just follow that path.
GymWolf
Member
They changed the story aswell??
Let me guess, they also erased the scene with chef that try to kill sebastian because the chef is now vegan.
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theclaw135
Banned
Curiosity that becomes love would be stronger storytelling than cliche love at first sight.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Anyway, thought the trailer was fine, you actress sounds alright, not too sure about the ginger dreadlocks
Really this should have been made years ago with Amy Adams as she seems to nail the Disney Princess,
On that note, Disenchanted looks actually good for what it is.
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supernova8
Banned
Wait how do you see the dislikes? I thought they disabled it?
Anyway, thought the trailer was fine, you actress sounds alright, not too sure about the ginger dreadlocks
Really this should have been made years ago with Amy Adams as she seems to nail the Disney Princess,
On that note, Disenchanted looks actually good for what it is.
Toytown Assassin
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you can get browser plugins
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Browser plug in or theres a app which show's them.
octiny
Banned
And if you're on Android, you can use YouTube Vanced which is essentially a modified YT App but shows the dislike counter, automatically skips commercials & in-video promos, allows playing of music when the screen is off etc (essentially a better version of YT Premium).
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
In the grand scheme of things this wont matter. Just like any of the other live action Disney movies didn’t matter and are forgettable. The only reason this is coming out in theaters is because there is no way some executive at Disney is going to sideline this after they made it such a talking point for diversity. And also it really doesn’t matter for them. They will just keep pumping out the insanely popular and lucrative cartoon Ariel everywhere else.
The only thing this movie does is give all the little minority mermaids an actual mermaid that looks like them. That’s not a bad thing at all. And this girl is a way better representation than Megan the stallion or Cardi b.
The bad side that Disney didn’t think about is people will segregate it down to Ariel and “Black” Ariel so instead of a little girl dressing up as “ Ariel “ for Halloween she will be one of the two for a lot of people.
The only thing this movie does is give all the little minority mermaids an actual mermaid that looks like them. That’s not a bad thing at all. And this girl is a way better representation than Megan the stallion or Cardi b.
The bad side that Disney didn’t think about is people will segregate it down to Ariel and “Black” Ariel so instead of a little girl dressing up as “ Ariel “ for Halloween she will be one of the two for a lot of people.
theclaw135
Banned
I'd be inclined to suspect it's more for merchandising purposes, than some clandestine "agenda".
Should this Ariel catch on, they'll be able to sell two variations of the toys for decades.
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