#live action Disney

[dommnics]

Just a little in between work sketch of Rachel Zegler's Snow White. This particular shot from the trailer has been making the rounds online, for the way the styling around Rachel has been disappointing some people. I'm finding I haven't been too fussed about the aesthetic they've been going for, but I can definitely see where improvements could have been made. Overall, I'm liking what I've been seeing, and I'm really interested in how they've interpreted the fairy tale this time around.

But just for fun, had I been the one to approach the way her hair was styled in the movie, I would have been really tempted to lean into a tangled mess of princess hair - curls and braids and laces. When I think "Snow White", Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations aren't far away in my mind and I think that really influences how I see her in my head. But I do feel that the short hair is an absolute staple for the Disney version, and I know they would want to capitalize on that look.

[capturingdisney]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Cameron Monaghan played a live action Hans from Frozen.

[disneydarlin]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe; Jadis —Aesthetic

The White Witch's Character & Personality

Jadis is the soul survivor of Charn, having destroyed all life of her home universe with a magic spell. Despite being an alien in other worlds, she uses her humanoid yet tall appearance to her advantage. Jadis eventually discovers the realm of Narnia and proclaims herself queen. Upon which she cursed her Narnian subjests to endure an eternal winter. Jadis' tyrannical rule caused a hundred-year state of frozen snow and ice, which lasted all through her reign, earning her the title, the "White Witch." She also uses her dark magic to freeeze anyone into statues who dare to displease her. Jadis is a depraved, satanic temptress who embodies the pain in the world. She doesn't take orders from anyone and is quite sociopathic, never caring if she lies or kills anyone. As such, Jadis is deceptive and enjoys lying. She pretends to be kind and gentle towards Edmund as part of her ploy to circumvent a prophecy. Jadis also enjoys riding in her reindeer-drawn slay.

[biromantic-barbie]

I don't know when, I don't know how, but I know something's starting right now. Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be, part of your world.

Commemorating one year since the theatrical release of Disney's The Little Mermaid (live action).

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[artist-issues]

It isn’t all the filmmaker’s fault that all we’re getting is second-rate remakes and sequels to franchises that should’ve been left alone a long time ago.

We don’t have a clear idea of why we like the things we like. So we don’t clearly communicate why we like the things we like. So it’s no wonder Hollywood keeps getting your favorite movies and their characters wrong. The fans don’t even know why they like what they like.

When Genie is set free in the original Aladdin, that moment was impactful, and you remembered it all through childhood. When Luke tosses the lightsaber away and says “I am a Jedi, like my father before me,” it was impactful, and you remembered it.

But did you stop and analyze why? What made those moments, and those stories, impactful?

Did you say, “Genie wished to be free for the whole movie, and he was always trying to tell Aladdin about how freedom only comes from trusting, and he was learning to trust Al himself, and Aladdin finally DID trust Jasmine to still want him even if he wasn’t rich, so he set Genie free in the most satisfying way!”

Did you say, “Luke spent all previous movies rushing into fights, and trying to control everything to save the ones he loves, but when he finally has his enemy at his mercy and is at the height of his power, he realizes that being a Jedi isn’t rushing and fighting and controlling; it’s having faith in the good and throwing your opportunity for control away.”

Did you think through and appreciate that stuff? The values? The point of the whole story, and how the characters act as pillars holding that point up? The good and the bad things that they embody?

No. Not out loud. Because we don’t think critically anymore. We just go “what’s this? Entertain me. Oooh, I felt something! Good! Next!”

The why behind what you like is the only value in liking anything.

But we don’t look objectively at the “why.” We don’t dwell on the “why.” If we dwell on anything, it’s to superimpose ourselves or whatever we like onto the characters.

You think Barbie was hyping feminism because you like feminism, and because you felt things during Barbie. You write fanfiction about Eddie Munson that has nothing to do with what Eddie Munson actually is as a character—because you like love stories, and you felt some compelling emotions when you saw Eddie Munson onscreen, so you’ve decided that those things should go together. You take something that made you feel emotions while you watched the canon material, then you don’t bother to process those emotions or what made the canon material compelling. You just slap whatever you already think you like onto something that made you feel, whether it had anything to do with what you like or not.

You eat the apple and benefit from it without knowing, at all, what nutrients are inside. Then when someone offers you crap and tells you it’s apple-flavored, you wonder why you’re not feeling the same way afterward.

Then you misdiagnose. You say “no, I don’t wonder why I’m not feeling the same—it’s because the CGI in live-action remakes suck!” Okay, great, so they’ll get better CGI. And it’ll still suck. Because that was never the problem, just like the reasons you liked the movie were never the reasons it actually impacted you in the first place.

Figure out. WHY. You like what you like. Figure out if it’s because the stories said what their creators objectively intended for them to say—or if you like the story in spite of that, not because of that.

Then open your mouth about it. It is worth it.

[sincerethoughtsblog]

Disney adults are a whole different breed because out of nowhere, when did y'all care about snow white. All of sudden, you have fancams and edits of Snow White, your now snow-white activists 🤨. Right.....plus Harrison Ford and robert pattinson actively hate Star Wars and Twilight yet never got bash for it.

[cottoncandiescupcakes]

It's a shame he died because Alan Rickman would have been an AMAZING live action Judge Frollo

They always reminds me of each other I think it's the voice + the same weird kind of I guess elegance in the same specific way

[paddysnuffles]

The Little Mermaid 2023 Headcanon

In the new movie, mermaids have all different styles of tails, just like different fish do. In the same movie, Ariel's sisters are all of different races.

What if, rather than some of them being adopted or Triton fathering kids with multiple women, the human appearance of a mermaid just varies like their tails do?

That is, unlike human appearance, which is determined by what your parents and ancestors looked like, mermaid appearance is less set in stone. What a merbaby looks like is entirely arbitrary in comparison to human babies.

Mermaids are magical creatures, after all; it makes sense that their genes wouldn't work the same way as a non-magical creature's would.

[jenniferdarjeeling]

Hear me out:

[lobinilo]

I genuinely - GENUINELY - do not understand people who say their "childhood got ruined" because of a Disney Live Action remake.

Like... the OG movie is still there? Disney didn't erase the animated version and replaced it with the remake. You can choose not to watch the remake if you don't enjoy it. Noone is forcing you to look at it.

And honestly, how thin and weak are your childhood memories if they can be "destroyed" just because... a characters hair is not red enough? *side eye*

[dommnics]

Here's a design I did of what Gal Gadot's Evil Queen might look like, to go with my Snow White drawing. I had little to go off, just based on what people described from the D23 footage: dark makeup, dark lips, and a smaller crown, but pretty accurate to her original design. I just had fun with it!

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[capturingdisney]

[blxck-hearted]

Here's a few more Maleficent and Diaval ones.

[disneydarlin]

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe; Lucy's Narnia —Aesthetic

Lucy "Lu" Pevensie's Character & Personality

Lucy is quite an admirable little girl. She has a loving heart and can forgive anyone despite being called a liar. Lucy is also full of courage and is more adventurous than her sister, which is why she never stops believing in Narnia. In addition, she's the most faithful to her Christian belief out of the siblings. Due to this, Lucy can see Aslan at times while her brothers and sister can't. She's also the closest to him and often seeks his guidance. Beyond this, Lucy loves animals. She makes friends with many creatures and is sad to see all of Narnia invaded by humans. For a little girl, Lucy is quite observant and a very good listener. She remembers everything she's told about Narnia while using the resources around her to her advantage; like the talking trees. Lucy even has a great desire to help others. Thus, she often uses her cordial to do this.

[arielbonestrike]

Thinking about Halle's heavenly mermaid voice of dreams...

Part of your World (reprise II) still breaks my tiny heart.