New
clip,
featurette and character posters:
Source: https://twitter.com/DisneyMalaysia/stat ... 6161044482
It really is! Like
farerb said, I don't think the score will change dramatically. I'm so glad it's getting so good reviews! Some of the more recent reactions made me fear they wouldn't be that good, so I'm very relieved.
bruno_wbt wrote:Yes! I just received the movie and the short,
Running times:
Thanks for confirming! Did you like the movie?
blackcauldron85 wrote:
That is so cool---- thank you for sharing all of that art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "The Disney That Never Was" is my favorite topic, so you just made my day!!! And, I was going to reply to Rumpelstiltskin's praise of you, but couldn't find the words, but since you addressed, it-- yes, I agree 100%- thank you for posting all the stuff that you do! I haven't had time to check out all the goodies that you and Sotiris post (thanks to you, too, Sotiris!), but I'm glad they're listed here for me to look when I have time! When I was younger I had all the time in the world to check out Disney stuff, but that was website-based (and a lot of those sites don't exist now). You guys go onto social media and sites to find the good stuff, and I am very grateful!
Thanks for your kind words,
blackcauldron85! I'm also very grateful to you and
Sotiris and everybody else who shares things here. There are so many interesting things you post that I wouldn't have learned if it wasn't for you. And you do great detective work and put a lot of work into your posts too. I finally didn't comment on it, but one particular thing I was impressed with is the job you did transcribing big parts of the Art of
Hercules book for us. That was incredible. I haven't commented on the articles you've posted recently about
The Black Cauldron, for example, either, but I read several of them and I found them really interesting too.
And thanks,
Disney's Divinity and
unprincess! You're both so kind. But I think your contribution sharing your opinions, information, rankings, taking part in interesting discussions, creating polls, etc. is just as essential to why this place is so great or even more.
blackcauldron85 wrote:On those ArtStation pictures-- did they add the Raya title after-the-fact, or were they going between the two titles for a while? And with "Kaya" in the mix, was that during Dragon Empire, and it was never "Kaya and the Last Dragon?" I wonder if Bolin + Sisu + Old Chong in Dragon Empire = Sisu in R&tLD... Old Chong's dragon form looks like the one marked "Sisu," so was his dragon form called "Sisu," or they renamed the character "Sisu" after scrapping Old Chong?! In that very last picture, is that a baby monkey or a baby flying leopard? Is that young Raya in the picture, or someone else completely? When did Tuk Tuk come along since he's not in any art (or is that pig-nosed creature Raya is riding an early Tuk Tuk??)? There's a baby with the Matriarch, so I wonder if she was the inspiration for Noi. SO MANY QUESTIONS!
I have many of the same doubts too. I'm not sure if they added the new title later or not, but I think it's quite likely. Regarding Kaya, I've checked the name again and I think I probably confused the initial letter for a "K", and it's Raya what it says there. What do you think?
As for Bolin/Sisu/Old Chong, I think you're probably right they were all early versions of Sisu. I think the character most likely started as male, like in the leaked info, and later they changed it into a female one. I believe it's a monkey in the last picture. The kid looks more like a boy to me, but he/she seems to wear a necklace, so maybe it could be young Raya. And yes, I think the creature Raya is riding is probably an early version of Tuk Tuk.
By the way, I've noticed the artwork has been removed from both ArtStation and the artist's own Tumblr page. I guess he shared it too soon. From what I've seen, I think they normally aren't allowed to do it until the film has been released. I'm glad I saved the images. Though, maybe he'll post them again soon.
unprincess wrote:thanks for that info! that's odd b/c neither of those two cat species are found in SEA(they're mostly African and the caracal is also found in India and Middle East.)
There are some neat Asian wild cats they could have used for inspiration as well as the more familiar tiger and leopard. Though the winged leopard concept was probably dropped b/c it was too similar to the jaquins from Elena of Avalor.
When I searched for info about those wild cats, I also thought it was strange they weren't from Asia. That leopard also looks similar to Pepita, the winged creature from
Coco.
unprincess wrote:As for Sisu, theres concept art that has a much more SEA dragon look, but I think what happened was the movie was already so lacking in typical girly elements(including most of the female characters themselves) that they felt they had to make something that would appeal more to that audience so they picked the dragon b/c it would be the safest to pretty up. Even though again, she just sticks out so much from the rest of the more subdued grounded "actiony" aesthetic of the cast.
I think part of why the final version is not more like the traditional dragons from the region is that they're a bit scary for one of the good guys and a bit too detailed. Plus, they look quite different from what Western people expect a dragon to look like. But, I think what you said was probably the main reason.
I do it very gladly and it's really not that much effort for me since I'd search for that info for me anyway. I also post many things that probably are not interesting for many people, like so many reactions from critics, for example, or too many articles (I find it hard to decide what's important and what's not), but it means a lot to me to know that people benefit from my posts. That said, I wanted to say that if any of you find anything before I do, please don't wait for me to post it. I love when other people participate too and sometimes I feel it's my fault they don't do it more.
