No Mushu or any of the songs. Less of a remake and more of another reimagining, kinda like how John Carpenter's The Thing was less of a remake of The Thing From Another World and more of a reimagining of Who Goes There.
Maleficent: is made
Me: begins to lose hope
Jungle Book remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Pete's Dragon remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Dumbo remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Aladdin remake: is made
Me: begins to dig coffin from lost hope
Lion King remake: is made
Me: places gun barrel against head as I stand in front of the grave
Little mermaid remake casting is announced: for some reason she's black now
Me: begins to pull trigger
Mulan trailer: doesn't look half bad
Me: where's my Szechuan sauce
Moral of the story, leave master pieces the way they are, if it's not broken then don't fix it. Just play old Disney movies on theaters, it will sell well trust me
I am struggling so hard to think of anything more stupid than being upset about remake casting. Being upset about no 1% whipping cream at Starbucks, maybe? Well, that directly affects something you came in to buy so not quiiiiiite as stupid. Coming to blows over the exact composition of a neighboring galaxy? Feeling like the grass should be a different shade of green at a neighborhood park? I dunno. There just HAS to be something more self-involvedly asinine, but I can’t think of it.
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I don't think that's what guest was even saying. The book was written by someone Danish and the movie was written somewhere in France so of course all the people in the movie would be white as paper. If the little mermaid wrote a whole different story in a whole new land then sure go for it make them look however. I think it's the fact that if they take a character and change nothing about them except the race it's a bit yikes. A lot of people compare Heimdal in Norse mythology and the Valkryie for the same reason. I think any kind of colour washing is weird tbh. Like any race of a character needs to be changed because the first one wasn't good enough or the second will be better. Why not write a new story just for them, that'd be way cooler. I haven't seen the new little mermaid so maybe they did create a whole new story for her or maybe they only changed her race I'm not sure so I can't really say if they should have written a new story just for her to have instead of placing her in
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Existing story for "diversity", a lot of films seem to be so desperate for diversity they just place p.o.c in any movie for it. Moana was bomb tho and the original Mulan, perfect. Princess and the frog, Pocahontas, Atlantis. Like they built entire lives and stories just for them which was great and I loved it
“Diversity” is the default, not the outlier. They didn’t create worlds just for them. The world you grew up in was the created thing. I don’t blame you; I grew up the same. But you got to get past this notion that the stage belongs to your color. It never did. It doesn’t now. It’s a vicious and dreadful lie. It causes people to think their opinion holds an unequal weight and their voice and perspective should be given pride of place. That’s all wrong. It’s a product of your raising (mine too) but it’s wrong. Don’t hide in semantics. Acknowledge the past and let this focus on your color go.
Yes, I know Mulan is Asian. In my experience, only people who look like me (white) are whining endlessly. Endlessly and irritatingly. Just don’t. I’m not a good advocate for all this; many other people have said it better. But come on? Just shut up? Please?
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"the stage belongs to my colour" what did you mean by this? How can you know what my colour is? I was simply stating colourwashing isn't the way to go and films shouldn't use well known characters and just swap races for popularity but instead make a character and a story for them. I thought I was being fair and wasn't rude so why tell me to shut up and such?
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I never stated the world belonged to my race or any other, if anything I was saying the opposite. That movies should have natural diversity and not forced, I don't understand why you seem to be like that if you're saying the world doesn't belong to one stage which is what I was stating. You're argument seemed not well thought out and hadnt a clear thought. I'm not even sure what you're arguing for at this point, you seem to just argue with anyone. You did it with guest for making a joke and me for saying the very thing you're trying to "teach" me. I don't get what you're going on about at this point.
Me: begins to lose hope
Jungle Book remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Pete's Dragon remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Dumbo remake: is made
Me: loses hope
Aladdin remake: is made
Me: begins to dig coffin from lost hope
Lion King remake: is made
Me: places gun barrel against head as I stand in front of the grave
Little mermaid remake casting is announced: for some reason she's black now
Me: begins to pull trigger
Mulan trailer: doesn't look half bad
Me: where's my Szechuan sauce