Halle Baily being the new Little Mermaid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she’s beautiful and it’s great to have more diverse princesses!

That said, I really really dislike the live action trend. The lion King characters look frightening, Aladin does not work as well and I have a feeling The little Mermaid is going to be lacking as well. Sometimes things that are fun as animation, are just plain scary as live action - I’m looking at you, Pumbaa

Funny that you just happened to name only those that are primarily POC in the main roles. What about Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficient (Sleeping Beauty)?

DP. There's a live action Cinderella? Also, Maleficent isn't a live action remake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she’s beautiful and it’s great to have more diverse princesses!

That said, I really really dislike the live action trend. The lion King characters look frightening, Aladin does not work as well and I have a feeling The little Mermaid is going to be lacking as well. Sometimes things that are fun as animation, are just plain scary as live action - I’m looking at you, Pumbaa

Funny that you just happened to name only those that are primarily POC in the main roles. What about Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficient (Sleeping Beauty)?

DP. There's a live action Cinderella? Also, Maleficent isn't a live action remake.

Google’s your friend.

[Anonymous]

Who cares about my feelings. Will take my daughter and let her decide.

[Anonymous]

She looks just like Ariel to me. What's the problem?

[Anonymous]

I’m assuming she was cast because she was the most talented, so who cares if she’s black? It’s a fictional character whose skin color does not affect the storyline one bit.

[Anonymous]

I'm ready. Artwork courtesy of @BossLogic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she’s beautiful and it’s great to have more diverse princesses!

That said, I really really dislike the live action trend. The lion King characters look frightening, Aladin does not work as well and I have a feeling The little Mermaid is going to be lacking as well. Sometimes things that are fun as animation, are just plain scary as live action - I’m looking at you, Pumbaa

Funny that you just happened to name only those that are primarily POC in the main roles. What about Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Maleficient (Sleeping Beauty)?

DP. There's a live action Cinderella? Also, Maleficent isn't a live action remake.

Google’s your friend.

I’m the first poster and these reactions are funny! I had completely forgotten about Beauty and the Beast! I watched about 10minutes before it was so boring I turned it off. Now that I think about it, I also disliked Jungle Book - but at least it was interesting enough to watch to the end. I never watched Maleficient or Cinderella mostly because they looked lame. Aladin and Lion King are the movies I’ve heard my kids talking about so that’s what was on my mind.

[Anonymous]

I'm black. I'm conflicted. I liked Hamilton because of the juxtaposition of historical figures who were clearly white being represented by minorities through the medium of rap, which originated from black culture. I loved that Black Panther was a movie that provided representation in just about every aspect.

What I don't like is this feeling of shoehorning in diversity. The Little Mermaid isn't real, but Ariel is an intellectual property of Disney who is instantly recognized as a white character with red hair. I could understand if The Little Mermaid was a dead property that no one really remembered, but that's not the case. Unless they're going to go the route of The Wiz and make everyone black, I don't see the point. Make something new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm black. I'm conflicted. I liked Hamilton because of the juxtaposition of historical figures who were clearly white being represented by minorities through the medium of rap, which originated from black culture. I loved that Black Panther was a movie that provided representation in just about every aspect.

What I don't like is this feeling of shoehorning in diversity. The Little Mermaid isn't real, but Ariel is an intellectual property of Disney who is instantly recognized as a white character with red hair. I could understand if The Little Mermaid was a dead property that no one really remembered, but that's not the case. Unless they're going to go the route of The Wiz and make everyone black, I don't see the point. Make something new.

I see your point but Disney (and the other major producers) are so focused on re-makes its silly. There's been three movies with Spiderman in this year alone and 3 different (white/male/cis) actors cast as Spiderman in the last two decades. They all look the same. If they just plan on regurgitating old story lines, why not let them use diverse characters for it?

[Anonymous]

I think it's great.

[Anonymous]

I saw the announcement and did a double take because I thought it was Halle Berry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw the announcement and did a double take because I thought it was Halle Berry.

Same.

I was like...Halle Berry is beautiful, but 50+ is a little old for Ariel isn't it?

Then I stared at the name again. STILL didn't recognize it. I had to google her to remember ChloexHalle were Beyonce's 'proteges' without much success. But she's clearly sticking by them.

Beyonce got her Disney role and she made sure they did too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm ready. Artwork courtesy of @BossLogic.

There’s a lot of interesting things going on in this picture, not least of which is the presence of cartoon flounder and a shark about to eat someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm ready. Artwork courtesy of @BossLogic.

There’s a lot of interesting things going on in this picture, not least of which is the presence of cartoon flounder and a shark about to eat someone.

"Jerk fisherman" lmao

[Anonymous]

I hope they keep the red hair- I really liked that about the cartoon princess