Eric the Clown

1. Cinderella 2. The Little Mermaid 3. The Jungle Book A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes is my favorite Disney song period, and all the other tunes are supremely underrated, especially Sing Sweet Nightingale and So This is Love. Just an amazing film in general really...now I want to watch Cinderella again lol

Aren’t all these remakes 2 hours plus? And typically their legs are fine.

Oh I see. Misunderstood your post. And yeah, I also think Halle's casting is also a big draw for white guys like me. I'm tired of these stupid remakes like everybody else, and I'm already planning to catch it later this week because I love Halle and her music and want to support her from all the backlash against her. I would have skipped this otherwise if Ariel was white.

See I actually do disagree with this. Movie audiences today have skewed more and more nonwhite and more towards urban/metropolitan markets, especially post-COVID. Top Gun 2's the exception, not the rule. So having Halle Bailey cast and nailing the part perfectly made this a Black Panther-style event. The audience that already go out for these remakes were already on board, but it also brought in a major audience sector who were excited they were being represented faithfully in a genre that was ignoring them since Princess and the Frog, which is almost 15 years old (That's such an insane fact lmao we're getting old). Right-wingers who are all "Boycott Disney" were never going to see this if it starred a white girl, because they already barely go to the movies. And if Halle or Zendaya wasn't in here, then this movie would probably be grossing more around Maleficent numbers to account for remake fatigue/Disney+ factor (still good numbers!)

Yeah to clarify in my post, because I know it can be taken the wrong way, I do agree with you and don't think the underperformance for Mermaid OS is necessarily malicious intent (though it's definitely out there). But I do think it's at least unintentional racism, which is still racism at the end of the day. And it is true that these movies are hurt by the fact that many major markets don't have huge Black populations. But that's also a problem too, since people should be more willing to watch art and media made by and starring people who aren't from their cultural and racial background for a wide variety of reasons. And while it's getting a bit better, at least here in the US, we've got a long way to go.

Ohhhhh See when I read "Drogo", my mind immediately went to Rocky, not Game of Thrones. And I was very confused, because Creed 3's not playing in theaters anymore.

Right here, hi. Don't worry, I'm making sure things don't get out of hand and have hid a few posts that went out of line, and I think things are doing fine. Yes there's some heavy conversations happening, but there's no reason for them to be hidden away (if anything, that's even worse), so long as things don't get personal. Things haven't. We're good.

I have no clue what you're talking about lol

I'm sorry, but there was nothing different in terms of the advertising, appeal, and critical reception for Little Mermaid compared to any of the other recent Disney remakes. And Little Mermaid isn't this obscure title in the Disney Animation library. It was a big hit at the time, one of the biggest home video hits ever, the Disney Princess franchise has kept it relevant for decades, Ariel is one of the most beloved and iconic Disney Princesses ever. I have very strong doubts that success wasn't felt in other major territories. And while the lack of some big international star like Jolie can explain things and I do agree with that (though Dumbo didn't have some big global superstar either, and it still got 67% of its money from overseas), the only other key difference this movie has that other movies don't is that the main character has a different race from the cartoon. And considering that there are legit reports here that there have been hate campaigns made towards Halle Bailey within overseas countries (check the Little Mermaid thread, that stuff is mentioned) because she is Black (and yes, that is the reason)...yeah, racism is playing a factor here. Whether you like it or not. Is it the main one? Probably not. But I sincerely doubt things would skew the way it is if Ariel was played by Sadie Sink or some other white girl. And I don't think we should dance around the idea or speculate some other problem here, as it's only us putting our heads into the sand and ignoring that anti-Black racism is alive and well.

Dude relax lmao. People are allowed to dislike it.

Seated for the real event of the weekend, You Hurt My Feelings with Julia Louis-Dreyfus my Queen. School isn’t out yet and I’ve already seen like five girls dressed up as Ariel. It’s soooooooooo cute 🥰

I mean Disney HQ will be closed on Monday. It's a holiday. People won't be working.

I got the trailer for this before Return of the Jedi and was befuddled at seeing something so 2005-ish. Right down to having Robert De Niro. I'm sure this was what he wanted to do,but his run of Meet the Parents wannabees during that time was kind of embarassing.

https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-box-office-forecast-no-hard-feelings-plus-spider-verse-transformers-and-the-flash-updates/

The Little Mermaid Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 183 5982 31870 18.77% Total Seats Sold Today: 1,739 Comp 1.769x of Sonic 2 (11.05M) 0.951x of Jurassic World 3 (17.12M) 1.694x of Black Adam (12.87M) 0.986x of Avatar 2 (16.76M) Sonic 2 has always felt like the best comp for this movie IMO, and that indicates the same 11M everybody else is gunning towards. So let's just use that for here.

Moderation Annnnnnnnnnd we're done with this conversation. Thank you.

Moderation The Monday Morning Quarterbacking for The Flash has started to become very tiresome and is derailing the thread's intentions. I think it's time to take this conversation to The Flash thread.

This was the first time I saw this guy in anything, and I was gobsmacked at how massively large he is. He was like the human version of The Hulk (well, not the human version of The Hulk like Bruce Banner...you know what I mean)

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