#tlm 1989

[briarquartz]

#the little mermaid #the little mermaid return to the sea #the little mermaid 2 return to the sea #the little mermaid ii return to the sea #the little mermaid 2 #the little mermaid ii #ariel #disney princess #dailydisney #cartoon ariel #briatquartz #tlm 1989

[swan2swan]

Ariel: the Strongest Disney Princess

#the little mermaid #ariel #tlm #tlm 1989 #princess ariel #''oh but that's not'' WATER. PRESSURE. #can you shove a dresser forward with a kick? can you shove a barrel over? #CAN YOU DO THOSE UNDERWATER? #now climb a ship barehanded without any legs #lift a drowning man with one arm #''how did she get him onshore?'' you wonder SHE YEETED HIM #and yeah every part where she can't fight someone off is just because they're all in the same power league #would be hilarious if she retained the same strength as a human #....don't know if we can DISPROVE that....... #but she's got the aquaman thing going for her #and she didn't just knock the water-soaked wooden set of drawers over #she sent them FLYING #those things are FULL of WATER #and they went FLYING #there was a caption on an old TLM gallery that read ''with fins this strong who needs legs to walk on land'' and they were RIGHT

[yen-sids-tournament]

The Little Mermaid: Animated (1989) v Live Action (2023)

You do not have to see both to vote, but it might have been helpful.

Feel free to share opinions or explanations with comments/tags/rbs

#original or remake #the little mermaid #ariel #disney #tlm 2023 #tlm 1989 #yen sids poll #disney movies #prince eric #halle bailey #jodi benson #ursula #king triton #flounder #sebastian the crab #disney on broadway

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

after TheLittleMermaid2023-my TLM love ig post!! (here posting with 1st ArielEric-Eriel edit i’ve seen since the movie came out/(spoilers!)bad quality but still♥)

edit: ERIEL-WE NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE from twt: https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1662869590634909697?s=20

also here another edit ERIEL-HEART EYES-twt(A and E looking at each other): https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1663151039757811713?s=20

and i was SCREAMING abt TLM A LOT here in this post a while ago: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/715658847591759872/im-screaming-i-just-love-love-love-every-second

also THIS edit-ArielEric animated+live action-Thinking Out Loud: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712424572429975552/watching-this-edit-and-crying-thelittlemermaid

SO THE POST:

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10+ edits/clips there + my love for TLM in general♥

also on twt: https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1663101622199754757?s=20

https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1663206346441752581?s=20

(above all screens in one-below separate)

♥

ArielEric♥ my random PICS post here that gets lots of attention:

https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/714017583554330625/arieleric

the love of my life Ariel, and the love of my life Eric♥:

https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/711666583047667712/the-love-of-my-life-ariel-and-the-love-of-my-life

#TLM #tlm 1989 #tlm 2023 #the little mermaid #the little mermaid 2023 #the little mermaid 1989 #ariel #eric #prince eric #ariel and eric #eric and ariel #ariel x eric #eric x ariel #princess ariel #eriel #eriel edit #ariel x eric edit #eric x ariel edit #Halle Bailey #jodi benson #jonah hauer king #jessica alexander #simone ashley #melissa mccarthy #disney live action #disney little mermaid #alan menken #arieleric #ericariel #arieleric edit

[phoenixlionme]

What if these three fictional sea creatures were siblings?

1. Ariel is the oldest

2. Ruby is the middle child

3. Luca is the youngest

#disney #tlm 1989 #princess ariel #dreamworks #ruby gillman teenage kraken #ruby gillman #pixar #luca #luca paguro #fam idea #my posts #expy idea #sea creatures

[rei-does-stuff]

Watched new the little mermaid movie and I have a LOT of thought! Enough for a whole post!!

Little mermaid thoughts LETS GOOOO

-I LOVED IT FIRSTLY but I do have a few nitpicks

-Firstly I don’t like the cgi animals, they look bad, I get they don’t wanna do the cartoony look for all the fish, but I feel like at least for flounder they should’ve so we could’ve connected to him more, Sebastian was fine, so was scuttle but flounder really got the short end of the stick

-The lighting wasn’t that bad, sure there was some scenes that maybe should have been a tad brighter but it really wasn’t as bad as everyone was saying

-Hailey Bailey singing is INCREDIBLE, I was worried that she would be able to sing well, but not be able to sing in CHARACTER, but goddamnit she KILLS it man! You can really FEEL her emotions and she does so well

-ALSO SHES SO PRETTY???? LIKE OMG???

-Sebastian and King Triton don’t really have as much of a friendly dynamic as I’d like, King -Triton especially doesn’t seem as friendly towards him compared to the original, so Sebastian’s quips seem like ACTUAL complaining instead of something more innocent yk??

-Also because they cut out the song where the daughters sing and Ariel is missing we don’t really get that Sebastian is a conductor/composer so his part during ‘kiss the girl’ doesn’t flow as well imo, bc like how would he know this? He doesn’t know anything about music

-They don’t introduce Eric’s statue, so it’s appearance later on doesn’t make sense unless you’ve watched the original, something I don’t really like about disney remakes

-And Ariel finds it BEFORE under the sea, which brings two issues, one is that the statue is supposed to be a gift from flounder TO Ariel, which strengthens their relationship, and two it makes her leaving at the end of under the sea make no sense, since she left TO see the statue

-OH AND UNDER THE SEA WAS AMAZING, I love how they did their own thing instead of copying the og, makes it way more memorable and it looked rlly good!!!

-ALSO ARIEL JOINING IN ON IT WAS GREAT!!!

-OH, and whilst part of your world was amazing, I feel like Sebastian should have seen it. Since he wasn’t there, he doesn’t know much about Ariel’s motive and her desire for going to the surface, they didn’t have to add all the slapstick that was in the original but just having him there instead of him come after would strengthen their relationship a lot more, especially to those who haven’t seen the original

-I like them setting up how Eric and Ariel are two sides or the same coin, both wanting more from their lives and wanting what they can’t have

-when Eric goes to save Max, I think the original does it better, him jumping from the boat and going BACK onto the ship shows his compassion than him about to leave the ship but going back for max

-When Eric sees Ariel with his blurred vision I feel like it was a bit TOO blurry, in the original the og Ariel had this ethereal aura to her from his vision that added to his whole fantasy of her, that the remake doesn’t really capture due to how blurry it was

-When King Triton destroying all of Ariel’s things was good, not as powerful as the original but still amazing, but one nitpick I have is that Triton tells her “never leave again” and doesn’t LOOK at her. In the original he doesn’t say anything, but does look at her crying and you can see the guilt in his eyes.

-Also, the whole, “your mom was killed by humans thats why i forbid you going there” feels a bit??? Unnecessary?? Idk how to describe it, I think because the original had this sort of queer undertone in it, like the original fairytale had, and I feel like the line is removing that a bit?? The whole humans are barbarians thing feels unnecessary too. I feel if they just stuck with the whole “you’re a mermaid he’s a human” thing would’ve been better, no need to over complicate things yk?? Also it gave said human-mermaid line less power imo

-Flotsam and Jetsam aren’t really in the movie, they don’t tell Ariel about Ursula, which is double edge sword I’ll explain later, but them not being in presence makes the ‘kiss the girl’ scene and them dying and Ursula being pissed about it less powerful imo

-How the double edge sword thing does come with a good side, of course, Ursula being the one to tell Ariel gives her more manipulative side strength, and it adds to Ariel’s trust of Ursula, her being related to her adds to that as well, you understand WHY she doesn’t immediately leave yk??

-NOW URSULA’S MAKEUP, im gonna say it, it’s bad, they didn’t go far enough with the drag queen look and it really hinders it imo, she just looks boring and not menacing at all which sucks because the actress really gives it her all

-POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS, it’s an amazing song of course, but they do change the lyrics to be less about Eric which makes more sense for this movie so I won’t fault it for that

-They did remove the ‘BODY LANGUAGE’ lyric tho so points off,

-And the song is a lot shorter, which isnt good considering PUS was originally a 5 minute song cut to 3 minutes THEN NOW cut to 2, hinders it a lot I feel

-I LOVE THE VISUALS THO, love them doing their own thing and I love how glowy Ursula’s tentacles are, I do wish they kept the lil hologram thing from the original, could’ve added a whole lot to it!

-Them replacing Ursula’s henchmen forcible shutting Sebastian and flounder from telling Ariel to not trust Ursula to just flounder shushing Sebastian isn’t great, makes Ursula less scary imo

-They removed the scroll, and replaced it with her putting her scale in with blood, more intense which I like and removes the question of “if she could sign the scroll then why couldnt she write to Eric” thing the original had

-The transformation sequel isn’t as flashy as the og, the imagery of her tail splitting in two and forming legs was iconic,

-Also Sebastian and flounder not helping her to the surface is something I didn’t like, hinders their relationship

-The whole ‘Forgetting she has to kiss Eric’ thing felt unnecessary? I don’t think the original had it but I could be misremembering

-At first I didn’t like Ariel not immediately meeting Eric but I grew to like it ngl, her seeing the town was really good, and her song is also neat!

-The moment she realizes she cant talk is GOLDEN

-Her bonding with Eric in the little trinket area was SUCH a nice addition, it really strengthens their bond together

-Also the “my little mermaid” thing ADORABLE

-OH OH ALSO, eric and ariel have such autism energy I love it sooo much

-Them going on the town was SOOOO cute, I love them so muchhhhhh, and the dress Ariel wears is really cute, I do wish she had more things to wear it’s really just one outfit and her wedding gown which isn’t that different from her regular outfit, in comparison to the og which had her in a lotta outfits, especially with how pretty hailey bailey is?? She would’ve killed it!!

-OH ERICS SONG IS SO GOOD??? I wasn’t expecting to like it so much but the way it mirrors part of your world is SO good????? And his voice????? Incredible

-Oh i love Sebastian and scuttles friendship it’s really sweet

-also scuttles song wasn’t that annoying?? Idk it was cute and fun and Sebastian joining in was cute!

-They cut out the Poor unfortunate souls reprise which Is a huge let down I really liked it!!!! They use the music for it but she doesn’t SING!!!!

-Vanessa is SO pretty??? Exactly like the og too!!

-I feel like Eric being under control should’ve been hammered in more though, the subtle vibes doesn’t work as well for it imo

-Ariel being the one to stab Ursula wasn’t a good choice imo, the of gave Eric more character, and it would work even better in this movie since theyre so similar. She saved him and now he gets to save her yk?

-Also killing Ursula didnt look that great, you couldnt even tell she was stabbed it had no punch

-When Ursula takes Ariel away she doesn’t say anything to Eric like in the original she just leaves, which is a bit disappointed, they do a lotta things that rob Ursula of her iconic personality

-I think we should’ve seen Ariel get back her legs like in the movie, cutting that I feel like, loses a lot, especially with the bond with her father

-No 80s dress, sad.

-I think that’s everything????? I’m rewatching the original movie tomorrow so I’m sure I’ll have a few more things to add, especially when the 2023 movie goes onto disney plus

-Overall the movie was really good, Haliey Baliey stole the show and the visuals were really nice, special shoutouts to the visuals for Ursula’s tentacles, triton’s triton and the scenes for kiss the girl and under the sea, VERY pretty,

-All the voice actors were great ngl,

-The movie didn’t feel too long either, the stuff they added was good and moved along nicely, didn’t even feel like 2 hours yk???

#rei says stuff #long post #the little mermaid #the little mermaid 1989 #the little mermaid 2023 #tlm 1989 #tlm 2023 #the little mermaid live action #little mermaid #little mermaid 1989 #little mermaid 2023 #little mermaid live action #tlm live action

[juniaships]

Curse of the Sea Witches

I thought to take advantage of scamazon prime day so I bought a couple of TLM books. This is a kiddie graphic novel that takes place after the events of the original movie. It's not as long as I expected and the ending was pretty anticlimatic. Otherwise it's a so read. Plus I love the idea of Ariel exploring other regions and cultures!

The plot is about Ariel and Eric meeting Eric's cousin Magnus as he builds a new port. But it comes into direct conflict with a bitter mer-Queen Arnaaluk. Interestingly aside from a few unnamed background characters Eric and Ariel are the ONLY white people in the story XD

Yes Magnus has Inuit heritage/looks, take that grifters! 😁😁

I wanna say the story sounds like it could be a better sequel than the actual sequel. At least the plot is original and not a complete rehash.

Even the merfolk are designed with Inuit cultures in mind. I do find the skin color odd sine the og merfolk had regular skin and hair colors, though this might be done to make them more unique.

The conflict is fairly interesting and it's clear there isn't any real villain in it (uh oh, the "we want real villains again" crowd won't like the sound of that). But it shows how not everything is purely black and white. Both Magnus and Arnaaluk make good points and *spoilers* do compromise. Anticlimactic as it is.

The biggest flaw is there's no actual sea witches :(

I assumed there'd be something like a sea witch taking advantage of both sides to try to take over the Artic. But it turns out to be just a term used by the humans to describe the merfolk.

Anyways, it's a pretty good addition to the Disney Mermaid lore. I hope there's more stories detailing Ariel's exploring more human cultures in the future!

I think I might use this as a fanfic now.

#the little mermaid #disney #graphic novels #comics #disney comics #disney princesses #ariel #tlm 1989 #ariel and the curse of the sea witches #books #bookblr #review

[clairedelune-13]

#the little mermaid #ariel #tlm 1989 #tlm 2023 #jodie benson #halle bailey

[countryrebel1995]

It's so funny to imagine how differently that "Scuttlebutt" scene would play out with the 1989 versions of The Little Mermaid's cast.

If 1989 Scuttle decided to just start rapping out of nowhere to Ariel and Sebastian, Sebastian would have clamped his beak shut before he got past the first few verses.

#the little mermaid #the little mermaid 2023 #the little mermaid 1989 #the little mermaid ariel #the little mermaid sebastian #the little mermaid scuttle #tlm ariel #tlm sebastian #tlm scuttle #tlm 1989 #tlm 2023 #ariel #princess ariel

[bubbleteaflan]

🧜🏼‍♀️🌊🐚🪸

#ariel #the little mermaid #tlm #tlm 1989 #disney #disney princess #jodi benson

[briarquartz]

#the little mermaid #the little mermaid 2 #the little mermaid ii #the little mermaid return to the sea #the little mermaid 2 return to the sea #the little mermaid ii return to the sea #disney princess #disney melody #dailydisney #briarquartz #tlm 1989

[cartoon-and-animal-lover]

The Little Mermaid is one of those films that I used to be VERY harsh and critical of back in the day, and I would constantly bash Ariel and consider her one of the worst Disney protagonists...but after watching YMS's review of the remake and seeing just how bad it is compared to the original, I'm starting to rethink my thoughts on it.

I still have criticisms with the film (like the fact that Ariel doesn't have a character arc; she just kind of wants something and gets it, and it's her father who has to grow and develop), but I have a lot of positives to say about the film as well as negative, and at least I can appreciate it in a way I didn't years ago.

#the little mermaid #disney #tlm 1989 #tlm 2023 #ariel #yms #opinion

[princessgemsart]

Abstract painting meant to resemble Ariel and her six sisters from The Little Mermaid-1989.

Orange-Attina

Red Violet-Alana

Yellow-Adella

Blue-Aquata

Red-Arista

Purple-Andrina

Purple/Green-Ariel

REMINDER THAT I'M OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!

#fanart #disney #painting #abstract painting #the little mermaid #tlm 1989 #tlm #ariel #ariel and her sisters #attina #alana #adella #aquata #arista #andrina

[phoenixlionme]

Three of my Favorite Fictional Couples and in which the sea creature half saves their significant other

Arieleric

2. Luberto

3. Alge-Baes

#disney #tlm 1989 #pixar #luca paguro #dreamworks #ruby gillman teenage kraken #arieleric #luberto #alge-baes #otp #myotps #fic ships appreciation #fic ships comparison #sea creatures #my posts

[daily80s]

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) dir. John Musker & Ron Clements

#the little mermaid #thelittlemermaidedit #disneyedit #animationedit #1980s #filmtvcentral #tlm #filmedit #animationsdaily #cinemapix #animationsource #filmgifs #princessdaily #* #gif #gifs #film #animation #1989 #kenn

[artist-issues]

I know we're all over this topic right now. But one of the main things I think was important in the original The Little Mermaid that the remake totally missed was that Ariel's faith was in a person.

She starts out having faith in an idea. A vague concept. "Humans might be wonderful and worth loving because they make wonderful things. They might not be barbarians. They might even understand me."

And that's great. She has some evidence to put her faith in. But that evidence is how kind and harmless a scatter-brained seagull is, and his nonsense explanations of human trinkets.

So she deduces that the humans might not all be bad and they might actually be wonderful. If they can make things, maybe they must be inventive--maybe they see the world as full of possibilities--just like she does.

And that's enough to make her argue with her dad, the king, and buck against the entire undersea worldview.

It's enough to make her spend her days collecting and dreaming.

It's enough to make her visit the surface despite the fact that it's forbidden and potentially a risk to her life.

But the collection, the good Surface-Seagull, and all her guesses about the Surface are not enough to make her leave her family and her world behind.

And the original movie's creators knew that the audience needed to see that, in Act 1.

She thinks about it. But she doesn't actually pull the trigger. She doesn't actually take the leap of faith, or make the big sacrifice.

Not until she meets a person who embodies all the things she's hoped were true after her experiences with trinkets and seagulls.

When Ariel discovers Eric, he brings all her dreams about what the Surface might be like to life. He makes it real.

That's why she's in love with him. There's a combination of "he's everything I hoped humans would be...and he's even better, because I know how he feels."

In the Script for The Little Mermaid, when Eric asks if Grimsby is still "sore because I didn't fall for the Princess of Glowerhaven," there's just one break in the dialogue before Grimsby responds. It says "Ariel listens closely."

Because that's important. It's not just because she thinks he's handsome and she's listening to learn more about what his love life is like. She's listening closely because there's a conflict, like the ones she has with her father, and she wants to see if this human is "reprimanded" for his way of thinking or not.

She not only finds a human who is brave, sacrifices himself for an animal, and free to explore--she also finds a human who has dreams that the people around him can't understand.

He makes her ideals real, and expands on them, just by being himself.

Ariel learns precisely what she needs to about him, in one scene, for her in-character response to be "falls deeply in love."

And he's the straw that breaks the camel's back. Suddenly it's all real to her. Now she can sacrifice. Now she has something powerful enough to put her faith in--now she has someone worth loving enough to take a big leap of faith to.

That's why having her forget that she needs to kiss him, and having her only decide to give up her life under the sea when Ursula specifically mentions "never leave home again," is not Ariel. It implies that most prominent reason for her sacrifice was so that she could be free to explore instead of imprisoned where nobody gets her. But that's not Ariel. That's not the most important reason behind why she left in the original movie. She left because she finally had someone to love, and put her faith in.

She left for love, not independence. She left for Eric, not just for herself. You can dislike that all you want, but then you're disliking Ariel. Because that's who she is; that's why she did it.

#The little mermaid #meta #Ariel #analysis #character analysis #The little mermaid critique #the little mermaid 1989 #the little mermaid 2023 #Jodi benson #Eric #Prince Eric #Halle Bailey #Ariel x eric #tlm #tlm 2023 #tlm 1998 #the live action little mermaid #live action remake #disney