#;swan’s disney remakes.

[tybaltsjuliet]

fake disney remakes by year: snow white, 1937

blanche snow has been bringing a smile and a song to a depressed america since she was a child. gracious to a fault and sweet as pie, she’s adored by her audiences, her co-stars, and her studio alike. even the gossip columnist flo prince, whose pen is as a dagger in the hearts of leading players and studio execs everywhere, can’t help but love her.

but there’s one person who doesn’t appreciate seeing blanche’s face beaming out at her from a magazine or a poster: her stepmother, hildy la verne. once upon a time, hildy was the uncontested queen of the silver screen, but the talkies cramped her over-the-top style, and the studios got tired of hushing up her scandals - like the mysterious death of her last husband.

when blanche is cast in a sound remake of one of hildy’s old films, she hits her breaking point. she doesn’t believe blanche when she swears that she tried to talk the studio out of it, and what was once an ordinary dislike of the girl turns into pure poison.

hildy hires the gangster “doc” diamante to get rid of blanche for good, promising a queen’s ransom for getting the job done. but doc and his fellas aren’t nearly as bad as they’d like people to think they are - and they love blanche’s movies. so it’s not difficult for her to come out the other side with seven new bodyguards and a safe place to hide from her stepmother.

meanwhile, blanche’s disappearance has become the talk of hollywood. flo is convinced that hildy was involved, and he’s determined not to let her get away with it... but she’s proving a lot more dangerous than he thought she was.

feat. rachel zegler as blanche snow, freddy carter as flo prince, jessica chastain as hildy la verne, and steve buscemi as “doc” diamante.

#disneyedit #snowwhiteedit #i was thinking about how disney live-action remakes could be creative! and fun! and interesting! if only. #anyway. rights for florian’s deleted scenes and for the italian snow white and her seven robbers. #;dream factory. #;i'm wishing. #;swan’s disney remakes. #;swan’s graphicks.

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

So yeah... That totally unnecessary Nelson Peltz proxy fight saga of current-day Disney is finally over.

Thank goodness. Peltz seemed like he was acting on behalf of former Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter, another guy who is bad news bears to say the least. Peltz just looked like another old man who plays to the crowd that loves to call everything "woke". While it doesn't take rocket science to figure out that The Walt Disney Company is having some trouble across various divisions, their solution wasn't even a solution. Nothing remotely near that.

Interestingly, Disney finally released their first *new* theatrical movie this year, a $30m prequel to THE OMEN that got solid reviews but struggled on opening weekend for whatever reason. It's looking to perform more like last year's new EXORCIST movie than 2018 HALLOWEEN (both films directed by David Gordon Green), I guess not all horror legacy sequels (lega-sequels) are destined to make coin. No matter, $30m isn't steep, it should make it back eventually if not in theaters. It's a 20th Century Studios movie, so it's no big deal really.

Weirdly, POOR THINGS is one of their few box office successes released over the past 12 or so months, outside of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 and - by a hair - ELEMENTAL. 20th kinda came to the rescue there, too: A HAUNTING IN VENICE doubled its budget, THE BOOGEYMAN did pretty good.

All I know is, Disney's probably never going to relive 2019 again... And I feel like they keep trying to make that year happen again... But it won't, because that was a case of the planets freakin' aligning...

I extend that to the 2010s in general, honestly, but I'll focus on 2019...

That year saw the billion-dollar releases of - in order: CAPTAIN MARVEL, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, ALADDIN, TOY STORY 4, THE LION KING, FROZEN II, and THE RISE OF SKYWALKER... They got a moderate success out of the MALEFICENT sequel that year, too, while the live-action DUMBO didn't recoup its - ironically - massive budget. (The original 1941 DUMBO was a low-budget picture belted out during the war.) Some 20th titles came out that year, too, most of them not doing great, like the X-Men movie DARK PHOENIX and Blue Sky's penultimate SPIES IN DISGUISE (I call it penultimate because I consider NIMONA a partial Blue Sky movie, their swan song).

Even then, that was a year to die for. But that's the rub... ENDGAME was the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's whole Infinity Saga. 11 years in the making, it's astounding it was able to have juice for that long! Yes, yes, I know, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME was the *actual* end of Phase 3... That functions more like an epilogue, while ENDGAME was the big finale event everyone waited for... and of course, CAPTAIN MARVEL benefited greatly from being the movie that preceded ENDGAME. By less than two months... TOY STORY 4 was locked to be big, because TOY STORY 3 made a billion nine years earlier. ALADDIN and THE LION KING were remakes of some of Disney's biggest animated movies, and FROZEN II was a sequel to another one of Disney's biggest animated movies. RISE OF SKYWALKER ended the entire Skywalker Saga... And ending the main story of one of the biggest franchises- You get the idea!

Suffice to say, Disney's not going to have that year again. They'd have to acquire like another 2-3 franchises, and release their finales all during the same year in addition to two other favorites. The MCU isn't the must-see event with each and every film anymore post-ENDGAME, Star Wars' future is probably in serialized shows still, the remake well has run dry and all the biggest Disney animated movies were pretty much covered (SNOW WHITE - from the one that started everything - is on its way, but I see that performing more similarly to DUMBO and not LITTLE MERMAID), and... Well, animated movies that aren't sequels are more of a gamble nowadays.

But it seems like in 2025 and 2026, Disney's looking to keep trying this usual platter of movies that would've been a killer line-up in 2017. Not today. That's how I felt about their offering last year, too.

It's a lot of reliance on the brands. New Star Wars sounds like box office gold, right? Well, two new Star Wars movies in 2026 after all those movies Disney did from 2015-2019 in addition to what seems like a ton of Disney+ shows... And Grogu was super-popular back when he first appeared in THE MANDALORIAN back in 2019... Yeah, like, who knows how those will do... In addition to all the Marvel movies planned, not all of them are gonna get everyone packing the auditoriums - as we saw with QUANTUMANIA and THE MARVELS. (And on the Warner Bros./DC end, SHAZAM! 2 and BLUE BEETLE, even AQUAMAN 2 didn't make half of what the first one made, THE FLASH fell sharply after its opening.)

And then you have the animated sequels, which seem like safe bets. Disney only missed with Pixar's LIGHTYEAR, which was a spin-off that went a totally different direction that seemed to have alienated the audiences that made all the TOY STORY movies the big hits that they were. TOY STORY 5 likely does way better than that, but I expect it to be a box office come down from the last two. It would have to have a real banger story, I feel, to get people to keep coming. I think MOANA 2, ZOOTOPIA 2, and FROZEN III - all from Disney Animation - are locked to at least open big. If they're very unsatisfactory movies to the public - like STRANGE WORLD and WISH were, then they have weak legs... And smackdab between this sequel-frenzy is one original Pixar movie: Space adventure ELIO.... Which got delayed, supposedly because it was a big mess and it needed another year and a half to be reconfigured. Not that that really means anything, but it's sure to balloon its probably already-big budget. ELEMENTAL had to climb and climb to somewhat eke out a profit, ELIO might have even more trouble as an original movie. It's also not known what Pixar's other 2026 movie is opposite TOY STORY 5, though I suspect it is another original, which will make it stick out as well. WDAS' original movies seem missing in action at the moment.

20th Century Studios and Searchlight continue to have the interesting stuff, which I think will last longer than more Marvel and Star Wars movies. Both studios really did become a replacement for Disney's former adult movie label Touchstone, didn't they? And they too have their franchise biggies, more for Disney, with the likes of PLANET OF THE APES and ALIEN... Whose new installments come out this year and are sure to do okay. Plus, more AVATAR... And yet those franchise don't feel - to me - as overdone as Star Wars and the MCU. It's been 7 years since the last APES and ALIEN movies, weirdly enough (WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES and ALIEN: COVENANT), and AVATAR took a long break before returning with a cluster sequels all reasonably spaced out from one another. PREDATOR/PREY looks to keep going. I also wonder if future KINGSMAN movies are still in play.

Again, it's the little stuff that matters, because wells always run dry... And I think that's Disney's problem at the moment, ditto them playing things way too safe in other areas... I've said that before, but they - specifically on the "Walt Disney Pictures" end - need to just let loose and let a filmmaker just make something dynamic and cool and new. Something that takes the audience completely by surprise, not just another "Disney movie". Something like PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN or WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT. And make more smaller movies, too, and not relegate them to streaming. Little movies like THE PRINCESS DIARIES, HOLES, etc. We're in that scene in RATATOUILLE again where the patrons of Gusteau's ask if there's anything *new* on the menu...

The time is now, Disney. With a new head of your live-action division, let's see what you've got. We're past calendar years locked and loaded with 8 tentpole movies...

[foxy-the-silly-little-hooligan]

🙃

In trying to pick my favorite, I'll give you three:

Of course my mind went blank immediately in trying to pick but...

1) Gerald Scarfe, the guy who animated and directed the animated segments of The Wall film also did early concept art for Disney's Hercules

2) Speaking of Disney, there were scrapped plans for a Yellow Submerine remake. It was meant to be animated with mocap CGI. You can still find the concept work online.

3) Also homosexual relationships have been observed in multiple bird species (over 130 avian species) not just swans.

#disney #gay birds #the beatles #pink floyd's the wall #birds #the wall #disney's yellow submarine #yellow submarine #pink floyd #foxy answers stuff #ask meme

[jamespotterthefirst]

Top 10 Childhood Ships

Thank you for the tag @jerzwriter 

In no particular order

 Ariel & Eric

I know I said in no order but this right here was my first ship before I knew what shipping was. It’s also self-explanatory since Prince Eric is a dream. I’d give it all up for him too. I mean, the man went back into a burning ship to save his dog.

And now I’m back on my Ariel and Eric bullshit in 2023 with the remake. They took my original OTP and made it better.

Anastasia & Dimitri

The way this movie and this ship had me in a chokehold as a kid. It seems I was always a slut for enemies to lovers. 

Lily & James

Yes, I ship Harry Potter’s dead parents. They are the first ship I ever wrote for. They are the reason I’m still writing today and the reason I found my Twin @takeharryandgo in this cruel world. Also enemies to lovers. 

Rick & Eve

I just love these two. They are GOALS.

Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy

The mother of all ships. The queen of Enemies to Lovers. There are so many things I should say about tis ship yet words fail me. Just KNOW that the fucking hand flex scene changed me. The scene where they dance and hate fuck each other with their eyes defined me. The scene in the 1995 version where Darcy is watching Lizzie distract Georgianna at the piano altered my brain chemistry. I love all versions of this forever and ever. 

Odette & Derek 

I was also a slut for these Disney Adjacent animated films. The Swan Princess owned my life. ANOTHER ENEMIES TO LOVERS OMG. I’m seeing a pattern here. 

Katniss & Gale

Shhhhhhhh. I was the only one in the world who shipped them and I’m okay with that. They were there for each other when no one else was. They deserved better. 

Tessa Gray & Will Herondale

I think I only read the first two books in the Clockwork Princess series, back when I could tolerate C****** Clare. But I shipped these two so hard. I even wrote a fic. It’s somewhere in the depths of the internet. 

Edward & Bella

I know, I know. 

Listen, I was a Twilight girlie. And I was definitely “Team Edward”. I’m adding this one for nostalgia purposes. 

Leslie & Ben 

I wasn’t a child anymore but I still went hard for these two. 

Tagging: a few people because I don’t want to double tag anyone who was tagged before!  @takeharryandgo​, @heauxplesslydevoted​, @writer-ish​ and anyone else who wants to do it!

#childhood ships

[aquillis-main]

Maybe Elise should have been a furry them, maybe a swan or duckling. The Disney princess show actual human emotions and personalities, I can't believe you just compared them to Elise...

You... You do remember we're talking about the same game that gave Sonic a permanently pissed off expression, and made him into a muppet for the sake of 'realism', right?

Also, who says I was talking about the Disney Princesses? I was talking about the fairy tales the stories came from, not their modern interpretations.

Now, if you really want to talk about wood, let's talk about the Live Action Disney remakes...

Gets bricked

#Aquillis Answers #Shady Guy #Sonic the Hedgehog #Princess Elise

[denisser]

Ugly Duckling (1939)

*Jack Cutting *Clyde Geronimi *Hamilton Luske

A duckling has several ducklings, but one of them is much uglier than the rest, so they all turn away from him and make fun of him. The duckling decides to run away from there and faces the problems alone and sad. Then he meets a group of swans who are kind to him. They make him see his reflection in the pond, and so he discovers that he was really a beautiful swan and not an ugly duck.

Moral of the story: do not judge someone by his or her appearance, for beauty lies within.

The animation was handmade using the traditional black and white technique, then in 1939 color was added with the "Technicolor" technique.

the last Silly Symphony cartoon. Also, the only one to be a remake (of The Ugly Duckling (1931)).

The Film Daily wrote, "The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale translated to cartoon language emerges a delight to the ear and the eye... Though the story concerns only the feathered folk, this Disney short is fused with real feeling and pathos."

What I like about the animation is that it makes reference to a story where the duckling is constantly being teased, however with the passage of time the duckling managed to become a beautiful swan, giving to understand that people can change and that it is not necessary to look at the physical.

links info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling_(1939_film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032071/

[writing-fanics]

it’s hard for me to chose an all time favorite movie so I split them up

[ Favorite Ghibli Film ]

Princess Mononoke

[ favorite Disney film ]

Enchanted

[ favorite horror movie ]

IT [remake]

[ favorite Mamoru Hosada movie ]

Wolf Children

[ DC standalone movie ]

The Batman

[ favorite DC movie ]

The Suicide Squad

[ favorite Star Wars film ]

Rouge One

[runner up] Revenge of the Sith

[ Favorite Musical Movie ]

Les Mis and Sweeny Todd

[ Favorite 80s Movie ]

Heathers

[ Favorite 70s Movie ]

Grease

[ Favorite 60s Movie ]

Psycho

[ Favorite Spy Movie ]

Kingsman the Secret Service and John Wick

[ Favorite Biopic ]

Rocketman 2019

[ Favorite Underated Movie ]

The Black Cauldron

[ Childhood Nostalgia Movies ]

Swan Princess / Thumbelina

[ Favorite Marvel Movie ]

Spider-Man No Way Home

[ Favorite a Barbie Movies ]

Any early 2000s that’s fairytale oriented

#favorite movies

[the-plot-blog-thing]

(originally published on 9/8/20 by @thewisesaltine)

WDAS TAGTEAM TWEET-ATHON MOVIE #51: WINNIE THE POOH (2011) 

You can’t hate Winnie the Pooh. He’s a funny little bear who likes honey, there’s nothing bad there.

This is a sequel? reboot? remake? to the original 1960’s shorts, and it feels like these could be a part of them. The writing is so on point. Every scene is just a honey pot of charm. The only notable changes are voice actors and animation quality.

Sterling Holloway is always going to be the definitive Pooh, but that doesn’t mean his new voice is bad. Not even close. The other characters also have pretty good new voices. Tom Kenny is surprisingly good as Rabbit. All the performances absolutely sell the dialogue.

The dialogue, especially, excels here. This is probably the wittiest dialogue in the Disney catalogue. It was co-directed by the director as Meet the Robinsons, so I’m not surprised by that.

Everyone loves to bring up the scene in the pit, and, while that is incredibly funny, the rest of the movie is filled with just as funny bits. I dare to say this is funnier than the original. Not BETTER mind you. They’re both equal in my eyes.

The animation here is incredible. This is the 2D Department’s swan song, and they definitely ended on a high note. The backgrounds are stylized and just downright appealing to look at. The characters are also incredibly expressive to match the performances and dialogue.

The music is pretty nice too. The songs sung by the characters are cute and allow the animation to really go off the rails. The themes sung by Zooey Deschanel have the easygoing tone the franchise is known for.

I can’t say anything bad about Winnie the Pooh. I’m not a monster. It’s simply pure charm in less than 70 minutes. It’s perfect. 

10/10

#disney #WDAS #winnie the pooh #this movie is so good but it makes me so sad that this is where the 2D films ended #archive #wdas51

[robertmafes]

Five Upcoming 2025 Films

A few notable films will be released in 2025, including the fourth-phase Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel. Mahershala Ali, Dominique Thorne, and many other actors have appeared in the movies on this list. Continue reading to find out more about these movies' casting decisions. Also, keep an eye out for the next film! These five movies will undoubtedly make you pleased since the year of the movie will be significant.

After Avengers: Endgame's critical and commercial triumph, Marvel Studios is prepared to begin Phase 4 of its cinematic world. The studio had just unveiled its Phase 4 movie plans, which include two Avengers films and a Fantastic Four relaunch. In addition, two unscheduled superhero films are also included in the Phase 4 program. But the actual query is: What will become of the beloved characters? Here are some specifics.

After Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Phase 4 will conclude. Phase Four, which began with WandaVision, Loki, The Falcon, the Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye, will end. Phase Four will include Spider-Man: Far From Home and the new Black Widow. A new She-Hulk series and Wakanda Forever will serve as its climax. Although Marvel executives have underlined that Phase 4 will end with the latest films, it is uncertain whether any current MCU films will be included in the fourth phase.

In 2025, a fresh slate of films in many genres and styles will be released. Both theatrical and direct-to-video releases are included in this list. We provide the day the movies were first made accessible to the general public for the sake of accuracy. However, this time frame is subject to change, and some films might have multiple release dates in 2025. It would be wise to remember that domestic video releases could occur a few days before the scheduled theater release.

Psychological thrillers are among the most noteworthy movies coming out in 2025. Deep Water will feature a married couple no longer in love and is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1957 novel of the same name. The movie follows the couple's thoughts as they engage in tragic mind games. Ben Affleck will be recently released from his widely praised performance in The Last Duel. Tracy Letts and Rachel Blanchard are also featured in the movie. Adrian Lyne will direct the film.

The following Mahershala Ali film, "Swan Song," will be available to view on Apple TV+, the company has said. The movie is a "genre-bending drama" that is set recently. The actor who won two Academy Awards for his performances in "Green Book" and "Moonlight" is the film's star. Glenn Close, Awkwafina, and Adam Beach are also featured.

The Blade remake, made by Bassam Tariq, is another movie that stars Ali as the title character. The half-vampire main character from the comic book series will be the focus of the film. Mahershala Ali takes the part of the half-vampire in the reboot. Evangeline Lilly and Delroy Lindo are additional cast members. Although the movie's release date hasn't been made official, there are already speculations.

The actress will have a busy year. She will play the inventor Riri Williams in the next film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Alongside Kathryn Hahn, Thorne will appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe spinoff "Agatha: House of Harkness." Thorne will also appear in "New World Order," the fourth Captain America movie. Her first acting role will be as the next Captain America.

Thorne was not present for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but they will all be back together for the follow-up. Thorne will portray inventor Riri Williams, who makes armor that can compete with that of Iron Man. Unfortunately, the movie will end the MCU's Phase 4 franchise. In the future, she will also serve as the series lead on Disney+. She is currently one of Hollywood's most promising stars.

Ridley Scott, who directed the critically acclaimed action thriller "Baby Monster," has confirmed that Lady Gaga will play the lead in the follow-up. Benicio Del Toro, Charlie Sheen, and Jared Leto will also appear in the movie. In June, Rodriguez tweeted about the casting. The 2001 movie served as the character's initial introduction. The film will also feature Lady Gaga as a lead.

The eagerly awaited Ridley Scott biography House of Gucci will be the next big movie to include Lady Gaga. The killing of Maurizio Gucci is the main focus of the film. She will be married to Adam Driver. On November 24, 2021, the movie premiered in France. Fans eagerly anticipate the star's return to the big screen despite the dramatic subject matter.

[happilyeverafter199]

Live-action remakes of animated movies ideas

With the live-action Little Mermaid movie coming out soon, I’ve been thinking about some possible movie ideas that Disney can do. Because when it comes to live-action remakes of animated movies, Disney should do that with their most underrated animated movies. You know, old Disney movies that most don’t remember? They did that with the Jungle Book and honestly, I love that live-action remake.

So, here’s my list of ideas that I feel Disney should make live-action remakes of:

1- Treasure Planet (YES PLEASE!)

2- Atlantis: The Lost Empire

3 The Black Cauldron (I would love to see a scary Disney movie)

4- The Sword in the Stone

5- Bambi

6- Hercules (I’ve heard rumors of that happening)

7- Brave (honestly, I thought that movie was just OK)

Some ideas for non-disney movies

1- The Swan Princess

2- Thumbelina

3- Anastasia

4- The Last Unicorn

5- The Road to El Dorado

What do you guys think?

#disney #disney live action

[tybaltsjuliet]

fake disney remakes by year: the aristocats, 1970

madame la duchesse de bonfamille has it all: a penthouse in paris, a castle in luxembourg, a wardrobe more expensive than a developing nation’s GDP, and three adorable children who are mostly on their best behavior whenever vogue comes to photograph the world’s most glamorous single mother.

but the lifestyle to which they are accustomed is entirely dependent on the whims of the duchess’s grand-mère adelaide, and nothing reaches adelaide’s ears without first being filtered through her old retainer, edgar. edgar is no fan of the duchess’s joie de vivre, and thinks the family fortune could go to a much better cause, like himself.

the duchess is not an idiot, and therefore not oblivious to edgar’s dislike of her and her family, but it’s always been easy to laugh off the scandalous stories he keeps inventing to feed to adelaide. it’s less funny, though, once he levels up to trying things like actual murder.

(...but still a little funny. he is not very good at it, you see.)

after the attempt on their lives, the duchess and her children end up stranded in the french countryside, and find an unlikely deliverance in the form of the most defeated rock ’n roll tour bus the planet has ever seen. kitty crothers and the alley cats are having their own troubles: it would be a miracle if they could get to montmartre in a week, never mind in time for their show that night. but the band is a good-natured, helpful bunch, and hey, what’s three little kids on a bus that’s already packed?

of course, it also helps that the band’s manager, thomas o’malley, happens to be highly susceptible to the way the duchess’s eyes sparkle like sapphires.

so la famille bonfamille become the alley cats’ honorary roadies, and what ensues is a madcap adventure to make it to paris, get adelaide to see edgar’s true colors, and give the good people of the 18th arrondissement hearing damage for the rest of their lives.

feat. nicola coughlan as the duchess, rhys ifans as thomas o’malley, ralph fiennes as edgar, H.E.R. as kitty crothers, and joan collins as adelaide bonfamille.

#disneyedit #thearistocatsedit #if the actual peril of charade collided with the comedy of how to steal a million you would have this movie. #;disneyedit. #;swan’s disney remakes. #;swan’s graphicks. #;the aristocats.

[mediocreplaywright]

Classic Barbie > "live action" lion king

Live action disney remakes pffftttt... Outdated

Give me live action BARBIE remakes, starring the same actress in every singel movie lol

I think were ready

#Barbie #Barbie remake #Live action #Disney #Animated #mattel #Lol #Petition #swan lake #Princess and the pauper #nutcracker #Rapunzel

[bagofbonesmp3]

video "essays" (not all of them are tbh) list that i have saved in my drafts (it's mostly cinema, horror and art)

how mitski is carving her own indie pop path

taika waititi: mastering happy sad cinema

howl's moving castle - an underrated masterpiece

princess mononoke revealed: the real mythology and history explained

finn, the lost protagonist

rogue one vs. the force awakens: the fault in our star wars

wandavision and whitewashing

why aquaman sucks (the commodification of polynesian bodies)

fast color deserved better

coco's feel good oppression

why the music in the disney live action remakes is worse than you thought

chinese cultural and philosophical inspirations in kung fu panda

why megamind is a subversive masterpiece

succession deserves the hype

whiplash vs. black swan - the anatomy of the obsessed artist

the true color of moonlight (2016)

how tony leung acts with his eyes

trainspotting – why we care after 20 years?

the sinister and surreal work of gregg araki

analyzing the outfits in mean girls

tiktok is kinda bad for fashion

why the costumes in little women did not deserve an oscar

what makes a movie scary?

how media scares us: the work of junji ito

the nun: everything wrong with modern horror

"us" and the american dream: what it means

american psycho: a message on consumerism

se7en: why less is more

annihilation: surrendering to creation

the nightmare artist

the most disturbing painting

a brief history of the dead in art

control, anatomy, and the legacy of the haunted house

who's afraid of modern art: vandalism, video games and fascism

who we really are... when everything goes wrong

the problem with true crime

girlhood disrupted: the pseudo maturity of girls in film

beauty in the eyes of the... colonizer?

linguistic discrimination and the pitfall of intelligence

and here are some channels that have multiple great videos that you should check out (some of their videos are listed up there!)

cheyenne lin, khadija mbowe, lessons from the screenplay, mina le, moderngurlz, nerdwriter1, shanspeare, sideways, super eyepatch wolf, xiran jay zhao, yhara zayd

#this has been in my drafts for like a year #yo.txt

[punster-2319]

Beauty and the Beast 30th Anniversary

On November 22nd 1991, Walt Disney Pictures released their 30th full-length animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. It was the 3rd film of the Disney Renaissance, and their 2nd of the Howard Ashman/Alan Menken music collaboration. Upon its initial release, BatB broke several records, including being the first animated feature to gross over $100 million in the US box office and the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. It (along with The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King) was one of the most influential animated films of the 1990s, mainly for its songs, musical score, and story, and you can definitely see that from many non-Disney animated films that came out shortly afterwards (The Swan Princess, Thumbelina, The Pebble and the Penguin, etc). You can honestly see why, it really lives up to its reputation as one of the greatest animated films, and just films in general. I honestly think that it should have won the Best Picture Oscar for 1991 instead of Silence of the Lambs. Everything about this movie is great from the story, the characters, and of course the music.

This was definitely at the height of Alan Menken’s and the late Howard Ashman’s creativity. They created a phenomenal score along with equally phenomenal songs (Be Our Guest is my 2nd favorite Disney song). Along with the Best Picture nomination, BatB went home with a Best Score Oscar and a Best Song Oscar for their titular song which plays during the iconic ballroom scene. This was also the second-to-last film that Howard Ashman worked on before passing away in March 1991.

I honestly cannot think of anything else that hasn’t been said already. It’s considered one of Disney’s greatest films for a reason and has stood the test of time (despite the bad faith criticism in recent years that spawned from those old BuzzFeed articles and the existence of the live-action remake which took said articles way to seriously, but that’s a rant for another time). Go watch the movie the movie if you haven’t already, or if you have watch it again. It’s definitely one of those movies that get better over time (especially if you’re a Disney fan).

Oh and happy 30th anniversary for Amblimation’s An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, which also came out on the same weekend:

#sorry if the post seems disjointed #i haven’t had much sleep lately but still wanted to get a 30th anniversary post out in time lol #beauty and the beast #beauty and the beast 1991 #batb #30th anniversary #gary trousdale #kirk wise #disney #disney renaissance #alan menken #howard ashman

[rainbow-femme]

So disney has done live action remakes of all their princesses except for princess and the frog but I think we all know that can't work and a tv series is coming

I could see a live action princess and the frog working if they took the Mulan route, going back to the original story and using that as the base rather than the Disney movie

Because then you’d have the story of a woman meeting a magic frog, making a deal with him where he gives her something she desires, and then being contractually obligated to kiss him but instead of immediately doing it she keeps stalling so they’re stuck with each other until she does it

There’s a lot you could do with that, especially if you’re not tied to the idea of 1920s New Orleans

I could see a take akin to Once on this Island where you have a young woman in, say, Haiti who is living her life when a storm separates her and her family. A magical frog agrees to show her the way home in exchange for a kiss and she agrees, but only after he gets her there safely.

Cue the road-trip romantic comedy of this resourceful but easily annoyed young woman and the annoying but creative frog. They meet many people along the way, perhaps leaning into Haitian culture for both human and non human characters who help and hinder them on their path.

And then in the end it’s time to say goodbye and she kisses the frog, only for him to transform into a prince/man in general

Or you could combine it with the Swan Princess story, since Disney never really tapped into that.

A girl who is by day a frog and by night her human self. A kind but a bit dim prince falls in love with her human self so she tries to communicate with him by day as her frog self as well, all while trying to break the curse put on her.

Or maybe the princess is the human and the prince is by day a frog and by night a human and she has to be the one to break his spell and free him

I don’t really see the Disney film as it is translating to either a live action of itself or even a cartoon of itself. The whole point of the movie was they were frogs that turn back human, I’m not sure how you make a tv show out of that unless they can now shift back and forth at will

#the princess and the frog #disney movies #movie thoughts

[jasmariswonderland]

OC Inspiration Part 8 ~ Sidonie

Saw this meme going around and thought I’d do it with all my ocs. The template can be found here.

Since I have so many, I’ll be doing two of these a week over the coming weeks. This time I’m sharing my inspiration for Sidonie. A few extra notes:

Top Left: Her Disney counterpart. It’s funny, when I was showing my bf some early sketches of Sidonie and I told him who she’s based on, he said that she didn’t really strike him as being really all that evil or malicious. Lowkey, that was sort of the point, lol. The thing is, I never really saw the Enchantress as either good or evil, at least not until the 2017 remake where she was clearly more evil than her 1991 counterpart. She was more neutral than anything. And even with Sidonie’s ambitions to be dorm leader, she’s certainly not as malicious as other NRC students. 

Top Right: Both Sidonie and Aerith share the same (JP) voice, sell flowers and though they look sweet and gentle, can and will beat your ass if provoked. I think Sidonie is slightly more serious though. 

Center Left: The fairy queen in Barbie of Swan Lake acts as sort of an omnipotent mentor figure for the heroine Odette and considering Danica is twisted from Odette, I immediately could see the parallels between the fairy queen and Sidonie. She’s similarly very caring and protective of Danica, going out of her way to keep her away from the more insidious happenings of NRC.

#twst oc #twisted wonderland oc #OC: Sidonie