atlanticaunderthesea wrote:Ariel had, instead of a shell, Ursula's necklace. Which I thought was actually an odd choice ? Trying to google some images but not having any luck atm !
Yeah, it is a bit odd. The Nautilus shell would make you think more of Ursula than Ariel, but I guess it‘s something easy to symbolize the character’s “beautiful voice.”
I would think either a shell (like the one used on the Ariel’s Beginning cover behind the title) or the trident or Triton’s palace would be good. I always thought it’d be cool if they used the “Dinglehopper” or the little statue of the two dancing people she looks at in her grotto as symbols, but that doesn’t happen. I suppose they could use a ship, but that would probably too “masculine” for a Disney Princess movie (which is probably how marketing sees this movie).
There’s the flower she counts petals from, too, but I doubt they’d use that.
About the shell--I remember thinking it was so odd when they used that for the title back during the Platinum re-release, TLMII re-release, and Ariel's Beginning. I mean, I know the story's underwater, but it wasn't anything I'd ever associated with the movie before. But I actually like it okay now, since that's how Ariel should've been introduced in the "Daughters of Triton" number, so it's not completely random.
Disney Duster wrote:
I think Ariel looks pretty bad in that cover art. She looks good in the original poster that that VHS cover is copied from, but not on that VHS cover. So yea I guess we disagree.
I don’t think she looks nearly as bad there as she does in the giant bean-tail cover, personally. Her nose is a bit off, but that's about it to me, whereas her whole lower face looks like Drew Barrymore on the giant fin (Brazilian?) cover. The only thing about Ariel in the original VHS cover that I've ever been annoyed about is her pose. They have her hair blown back like she's at a photoshoot. Both Ariel and Eric are turned into hot models for the cover to me, but besides that, the only real error (imo) is Ursula's gold earrings. I also prefer King Triton to be featured in the covers.
Drawn perfectly? I don't mean to sound rude but are we even looking at the same picture?
They look anything but perfect.
