Black Little Mermaid?

[Spurminator]

Don't worry, Frosty, you can still spank it your copy of the original on VHS. As far as I know, they're not re-animating that one or confiscating older copies.... YET.

[DAF86]

They should come up with new characters instead of re-colouring old ones. And anyone who thinks that people are instant racists just because they have a problem with classic characters being physically changed, should open their minds a bit more.

Nobody changed the ethnicity of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman but folks had a problem with Eisenberg because he looked nothing like Luthor. Luthor is suppossed to be a big, bold grown up not an annoying longhaired manchild.

I'm a Spawn fan and I wouldn't want a remake made with a white male playing Spawn.

It's not about racism or ethnicity, it's about familiarity.

[FrostKing]

Who gives a ?

And at people getting upset at these live action remakes anyway. When people stop seeing them, they'll stop making them. They may be creative bankrupt decisions, but they're drawing interest to their old properties for a new generation viewers/Disney park visitors. It's a solid business decision.

Black population isn't growing. So throw out that "drawing interest" argument

"The Princess and the Frog" is the #118th highest grossing Disney film. The only other films in that range from the 2000's are considered bombs

So there is no market for black films. They are hijacking European stories & characters and repackaging as social experiment. Scary stuff tbh

[SpursforSix]

Disney was a racist and misogynist. I'm surprised that the company hasn't been boycotted yet.

[Chucho]

Disney was a racist and misogynist. I'm surprised that the company hasn't been boycotted yet.

Marketing to a society polluted with cognitive dissonance isn't very hard.

[Spurminator]

They should come up with new characters instead of re-colouring old ones. And anyone who thinks that people are instant racists just because they have a problem with classic characters being physically changed, should open their minds a bit more.

Nobody changed the ethnicity of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman but folks had a problem with Eisenberg because he looked nothing like Luthor. Luthor is suppossed to be a big, bold grown up not an annoying longhaired manchild.

I'm a Spawn fan and I wouldn't want a remake made with a white male playing Spawn.

It's not about racism or ethnicity, it's about familiarity.

Are you going to be upset if Ursula isn't purple?

I find the familiarity argument weak and selective, tbh. The Little Mermaid wasn't a new character when the cartoon movie came out either. Did the red-head Americanized Ariel screw up your image of Hans Christian Andersen's brown-haired Danish Ariel?

Skin color isn't the same as build or other physical traits that are central to a character. It's not like casting Rapunzel with a bald chick. Lex Luthor was bald for a reason specific to his origin story. Ariel's skin color is not central to her story or her character.

Aside from The Princess and the Frog, black girls have been going to Disney movies for over 80 years to watch stories about white princesses. So now they get an Ariel that looks like them. Good. I wouldn't have any issue with them remaking every Disney movie with black leads.

If you or your white daughters can't relate for some reason, the white cartoon version of Ariel is still available literally everywhere and will probably always be the most popular version.

[clambake]

They should come up with new characters instead of re-colouring old ones. And anyone who thinks that people are instant racists just because they have a problem with classic characters being physically changed, should open their minds a bit more.

Nobody changed the ethnicity of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman but folks had a problem with Eisenberg because he looked nothing like Luthor. Luthor is suppossed to be a big, bold grown up not an annoying longhaired manchild.

I'm a Spawn fan and I wouldn't want a remake made with a white male playing Spawn.

It's not about racism or ethnicity, it's about familiarity.

oh......you were the spawn fan.

[Pavlov]

WHY IS SHE NOT SPEAKING DANISH LIKE REAL MERMAIDS?

[Darth_Pelican]

Daryl Hannah was so hot in Splash.

[Blake]

Next they'll have the voice of African lion King Simba be a pasty white guy.

Det nasty slippery slope

[spurraider21]

In 10 years the Mermaid will be a biological male with testosterone breast. Will it still be "who gives a then"?

you tell me. are you going to give a about the little mermaid in 10 years? how old are you going to be?

[TimmyBuckets]

They finally learned how to swim. Congrats

Imagine being a grown man and caring about the skin color of the little mermaid

[Blake]

sexuals like Blake, Reck and Pavlov will like it.

Oh look who's gay searching in a mermaid thread.

Just another day

[Spurtacular]

Oh look who's gay searching in a mermaid thread.

Just another day

Found one.

[FrostKing]

you tell me. are you going to give a about the little mermaid in 10 years? how old are you going to be?

I'll be raising children. My Asian friend said he discussed with wife and they won't be showing this one or other similar to their child

[Pavlov]

I'll be raising children.

My Asian friend

[Chris]

[Chris]

[DMC]

It's not wrong to give black kids something they can relate to other than rappers, gangs and athletes. Non-issue.

[DMC]

They should come up with new characters instead of re-colouring old ones. And anyone who thinks that people are instant racists just because they have a problem with classic characters being physically changed, should open their minds a bit more.

Nobody changed the ethnicity of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman but folks had a problem with Eisenberg because he looked nothing like Luthor. Luthor is suppossed to be a big, bold grown up not an annoying longhaired manchild.

I'm a Spawn fan and I wouldn't want a remake made with a white male playing Spawn.

It's not about racism or ethnicity, it's about familiarity.

Pop culture exists and it's not right that little black kids are made to feel like they aren't part of anything. You can remember how you want. The market will decide.

[Xevious]

Black population isn't growing. So throw out that "drawing interest" argument

I wasn't referring to race at all when I said drawing interest. I meant these are aging properties and it gives them exposure to a younger generation.

[FrostKing]

Pop culture exists and it's not right that little black kids are made to feel like they aren't part of anything. You can remember how you want. The market will decide.

They are 13% of the population and get almost 1/3 of the roles. They are vastly over-represented

[DMC]

They are 13% of the population and get almost 1/3 of the roles. They are vastly over-represented

Then don't pay to see the films. That will create an instant correction.

[DAF86]

Are you going to be upset if Ursula isn't purple?

I find the familiarity argument weak and selective, tbh. The Little Mermaid wasn't a new character when the cartoon movie came out either. Did the red-head Americanized Ariel screw up your image of Hans Christian Andersen's brown-haired Danish Ariel?

Skin color isn't the same as build or other physical traits that are central to a character. It's not like casting Rapunzel with a bald chick. Lex Luthor was bald for a reason specific to his origin story. Ariel's skin color is not central to her story or her character.

Aside from The Princess and the Frog, black girls have been going to Disney movies for over 80 years to watch stories about white princesses. So now they get an Ariel that looks like them. Good. I wouldn't have any issue with them remaking every Disney movie with black leads.

If you or your white daughters can't relate for some reason, the white cartoon version of Ariel is still available literally everywhere and will probably always be the most popular version.

What specific reason had Luthor to be bald? I'm not saying it isn't the case, I'm just asking. I'm not a big Superman fan.

Also, depending who you ask, I'm not White, tbh.

[DAF86]

Pop culture exists and it's not right that little black kids are made to feel like they aren't part of anything. You can remember how you want. The market will decide.

Come up with new like that new Spiderman whose name wasn't forced to be Peter Parker. That's the right way to do it. I took my little sister to watch that movie and we loved it.