The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)

[D82]

New still:


Source: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertain ... 668127002/

Also, Melissa McCarthy talks a bit about the film in these two videos:

https://youtu.be/FnuJNNv-IfE?t=733
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/vide ... e-98821889

I think that white dress is Vanessa's wedding dress, D82, because it doesn't resemble any of the Queen's and has kind of an ugly bodice design that I find more befitting of a villain, and if it is her wedding dress I like it for that.

The skirt looks a bit similar to the Queen's in the first picture below, and the neckline and sleeves of the second resemble it too, but looking at the images again I see there are several differences as well, so maybe you're right it's Vanessa's wedding dress after all.

Where is the Colleen Atwood video you speak of?

I posted it in the same post as the new costumes. Here it is: https://twitter.com/mmdisney200/status/ ... 3658168326

Farerb, what song is that?

https://youtu.be/AYSvLHYrYEA

What Scuttle hums at he beginning of that clip is supposed to be this song? I never heard of that before and I don't think I would've ever guessed it even if I had known the song.

I don't know who Colleen Atwood is and honestly I don't care because her work here looks like hot garbage; probably the best of the lot is Vanessa's wedding dress--and, again, that's being generous.

Colleen Atwood did for example the costumes for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Into the Woods or Snow White and the Huntsman. Did you like those? Just out of curiosity; I don't mean you should like these if you liked the others.

[Farerb]

What Scuttle hums at he beginning of that clip is supposed to be this song? I never heard of that before and I don't think I would've ever guessed it even if I had known the song.

I didn't know there was actually a song, I don't know why but I always found it funny that he hums 1492... so random. Apparently it's a reference to the year when Columbus thought he saw mermaids when he was sailing.

[Disney's Divinity]

I notice I miswrote in my post yesterday "bottom right" when I meant "bottom left" in regards to the Elsa look-a-like among the sisters. EDIT: And then I just had to correct myself here because it substituted misquote in place of miswrote as I was typing, darn cellphones.

To D82: I don't remember much about ItW other than I didn't like Meryl Streep's dress after the Witch becomes beautiful. I remember liking how Streep's first outfit looked though. SW&tH, on the other hand, I recall really not liking the look of that film because it made me think of vikings. With Alice, I did like the Red and White Queens--in the first movie. I thought the Red Queen's outfit in the second wasn't very good.

You said something yesterday about Ariel's original wardrobe not being that popular. I'm not sure that's true. I personally am not as crazy about the pink and blue dresses as those of other princesses, but I'm sure there are many TLM fans out there that are (Arielholics, as they call themselves sometimes ). And even being lesser to things like Tiana's bayou dress or Cinderella's dress (speaking of the original films) to me, they're still better than the rags they came up with instead. On the other hand, I have always sort of loved Ariel's wedding dress even if it's cheesy as well as the sea foam dress and her impromptu "sails" dress.

[Lele]

I love Colleen Atwood when she does over the top costumes like in Alice. I'm more neutral when she does more "regular" costumes. The ones in Snow White were hit or miss to me, I liked Snow White's simple dress and some of the queen's dresses were gorgeous but some of the other costumes looked too much to me and didn't fit the movie imo I'm not a fan of the costumes here but I guess it's the vibe they are going for so can't really blame her. But Vanessa' dress does irk me,if only she made the puff on her sleeves higher like the original european dresses it would have looked alright but that detail ruins everything

[Sotiris]

You said something yesterday about Ariel's original wardrobe not being that popular. I'm not sure that's true. I personally am not as crazy about the pink and blue dresses as those of other princesses, but I'm sure there are many TLM fans out there that are (Arielholics, as they call themselves sometimes ). And even being lesser to things like Tiana's bayou dress or Cinderella's dress (speaking of the original films) to me, they're still better than the rags they came up with instead. On the other hand, I have always sort of loved Ariel's wedding dress even if it's cheesy as well as the sea foam dress and her impromptu "sails" dress.

The only outfit of Ariel's I heard people disliking is the pink one because supposedly pink doesn't look good on redheads. Personally, I never had a problem with it. I like her wedding dress too despite it looking very '80s. Her sea foam dress is not only my favorite of hers, it's probably my favorite Disney Princess outfit in general.

[D82]

Another new still and and new article by Total Film:



The Little Mermaid director on whether there'll be any live-action sequels
https://www.gamesradar.com/little-merma ... n-sequels/

Speaking to Total Film magazine in the latest issue, which features Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on the cover, Marshall tells us: "I know there have been the prequels and sequels to the animated film – like, the straight-to-video kind of things, you know? It’s a classic story that has a lot of characters and a lot of interesting stories. I do think it’s right for certain things. But you have to see how a movie plays, and how it does… I think there’s always opportunity to find stories within stories. That’s always a wonderful thing."

He adds: "I’m glad we were able to take this one to live-action, because it really is a very powerful tale, and very emotional."

[Disney's Divinity]

The only outfit of Ariel's I heard people disliking is the pink one because supposedly pink doesn't look good on redheads. Personally, I never had a problem with it. I like her wedding dress too despite it looking very '80s. Her sea foam dress is not only my favorite of hers, it's probably my favorite Disney Princess outfit in general.

I do love the earrings with the pink dress.

[D82]

I didn't know there was actually a song, I don't know why but I always found it funny that he hums 1492... so random. Apparently it's a reference to the year when Columbus thought he saw mermaids when he was sailing.

Oh, OK. That's a fun reference, then. I hadn't noticed he says 1492, but I'm much more familiar with the dub version I grew up with, in which he just makes intelligible sounds. I don't know if they'll include it in the remake. I have a feeling if they have a similar moment in the film, they may choose a different song.

To D82: I don't remember much about ItW other than I didn't like Meryl Streep's dress after the Witch becomes beautiful. I remember liking how Streep's first outfit looked though. SW&tH, on the other hand, I recall really not liking the look of that film because it made me think of vikings. With Alice, I did like the Red and White Queens--in the first movie. I thought the Red Queen's outfit in the second wasn't very good.

I don't like all of her costumes either, but I like her style in general. Yeah, the ones from Snow White and the Huntsman are quite different from what one would expect from a fairy tale like Snow White, but I like the originality of them. Yeah, she's probably at her best when she does over the top stuff, Lele. Her approach in this film reminds me a bit of the live-action Cinderella; simple silhouettes and not many colors per outfit, probably to imitate animation or fairy tale illustrations like in Cinderella's case, but at the same time detailed if you take a close look at them.

You said something yesterday about Ariel's original wardrobe not being that popular. I'm not sure that's true. I personally am not as crazy about the pink and blue dresses as those of other princesses, but I'm sure there are many TLM fans out there that are (Arielholics, as they call themselves sometimes ). And even being lesser to things like Tiana's bayou dress or Cinderella's dress (speaking of the original films) to me, they're still better than the rags they came up with instead. On the other hand, I have always sort of loved Ariel's wedding dress even if it's cheesy as well as the sea foam dress and her impromptu "sails" dress.

The only outfit of Ariel's I heard people disliking is the pink one because supposedly pink doesn't look good on redheads. Personally, I never had a problem with it. I like her wedding dress too despite it looking very '80s. Her sea foam dress is not only my favorite of hers, it's probably my favorite Disney Princess outfit in general.

I guess that's what made me think her outfits weren't as popular as the ones of the other princesses; that some people dislike the pink one. It's true they say pink doesn't look good on redheads, but I think that's changing. Nowadays, that combination is more common than it used to be. I never had a problem with it either. Ariel's outfits are not as good as Belle's or Cinderella's, in my opinion, but do like them too. The pink dress is quite nice, but my favorite might actually be the wedding one. Well, after the mermaid look, if that one counts. I actually love the oversized puff sleeves. Curiously enough, I didn't like the foam dress much growing up, because it looked like a sequined gown and it seemed very out of place to me in that time period. But now that I know it's supposed to be made of sea foam, I like it much more.

[UmbrellaFish]

New TV spot: https://twitter.com/LittleMermaid/statu ... 19207?s=20

Not sure if it’s been shared here yet?

Jacob Tremblay actually sounds like a perfect Flounder. So happy for that. I still wish they had anthropomorphized the sidekicks, but the BATB sidekicks were creepy looking, too.

I’m not sure I like Scuttle as a diving bird— the fact that Ariel doesn’t have to go above water to meet her makes her less of a rebel.

Halle Bailey’s voice is so pretty. I’m so exited to see her in the movie.

Re: Ariel’s dress, Disney has struggled with marketing Ariel in a dress. For years it was the pink dress, but now she is the only Princess in merch and park appearances who wears a dress that is very different from any she wears in her movie— she now wears a light green/teal dress. I think that suggests that her pink dress at least was unpopular. Her wedding dress (puffy sleeves and all) has always been a popular choice for dolls from now going back to the 90’s.

[Vlad]

Yeah, my thoughts exactly about Scuttle diving and Ariel going up to the surface. Out of all her friends, I think Scuttle looks the nicest. I also saw some gifs on Instagram of Sebastian doing the "thank you" at the end of the movie I think, and he looked kinda cool. Ursula looks really great, and I'm looking forward to hearing how Melissa will sing "Poor Unfortunate Souls". The CGI looks great, but I keep wondering where in the movie will that scene of Ariel and the jellyfish take place. I can't really tell.

[Disney's Divinity]

Oh, yes, Jacob Tremblay is a perfect Flounder, but it's one of those roles any child could play really. Hopefully he gets bigger roles in the future to show off more of his talent.

I don't think Ariel wearing a fake dress means the pink is unpopular so much as they want the princesses to be differentiated from one another in marketing and Aurora usually wears pink most of the time. Same reason Tiana's often in her green dress rather than the blue because they already have enough blue between Cinderella and Elsa most of the time, which is honestly a blessing because I don't like Tiana's blue dress; the downside is you rarely saw Anna in her green coronation dress from the first film because it would conflict with Tiana being the "green one." With Aurora, it's a shame because she looks better in blue, but blue dress, blonde hair, and blue eyes altogether make her too similar to Cinderella (whereas Elsa stands apart from Cinderella fairly well because of the braid and cape, I guess), so they go with the pink for Aurora.

And anyway, I think I do see Ariel's pink dress pretty often in merchandise despite all that...? The teal dress shows up occasionally, but so did all the glitzy, glittery gold outfits or the makeover hair that looked ugly on most of them, Aurora and Cinderella in particular. I believe when the line recently went "back to basics" and started showing the characters interacting with one another for the first time, Ariel was in her pink dress hugging some other character. I remember talking about how the drawings looked here. I think part of it, too, is that most children are probably drawn to merchandise for her as a mermaid primarily and the light green / teal dress feels like a compromise between having her in a dress the same as the rest of the princesses, but with a similar color to her tail, the main design, that children most associate her with. That teal dress is okay--it looks better than the teal dress that's in this movie anyway--although the shell earrings are kind of dumb to me (but like the green color, I think the purple shell earrings are also meant to be a tie-in to her mermaid look via a dress) and it's largely shaped similar to the pink dress, which I don't think it would be if its purpose was to replace that one because it's unpopular.

[Sotiris]

New TV spot.

That TV spot was good. I would say it's the best ad/trailer for the movie so far.

That teal dress is okay although the shell earrings are kind of dumb to me (but like the green color, I think the purple shell earrings are also meant to be a tie-in to her mermaid look via a dress)

That's what I've always figured too. Disney trying with that outfit to replicate her mermaid form in clothing because Ariel's much more popular and recognizable as a mermaid.

[Disney's Divinity]

When I was a child and went to the parks, Ariel was in her grotto in her mermaid form. I guess maybe they wanted her to still be recognizable to children who associate her first with those mermaid colors (bright red / purple / soft green) while being able to walk around the parks like the other characters.

Personally, I always thought it was neat that Ariel would be in one place like that though, unlike other characters who you would have to search out. Thankfully, we did come across Megara; we saw Merlin running off in some other direction at one point, but didn't actually meet and greet. I believe the only other princesses we came across were Jasmine and Mulan. But, as a child, Ariel was the character I was most excited to see at the time and get those autograph things they do, so it was nice being able to find her easily. She could've been a mermaid in parades, too, just sit on the float instead of stand. I'm sure she probably has / does--the parks are the part of Disney I'm most checked out on because it's too far away to visit. Although I'm happy that if chance ever comes again, there'll be something Tiana-related to see, too, now, like Ariel's grotto. And I imagine Frozen has something or other, too, being as big as it is. I don't understand why they didn't / don't get someone to play Ursula in the parks in one place the way Ariel would be rather than always using a robot.

It's weird going through that autograph book I had. For some reason I have Scooby Doo and Fred in there??? Did Disney own that show in the '90s? (Maybe that's why Pat Carroll showed up on that kids version of Scooby Doo back then). I know we went to Universal also in the same vacation, maybe that's where they came from, I have no idea. Ariel's autograph was really pretty, I like that it's the final one as I go through.

[UmbrellaFish]

You’re right, the pink dress was used for the recent “Princesses Interacting” line.

Speaking about WDW in Florida only, Ariel still meets in her grotto as a mermaid. It closed for the pandemic and only reopened this January. Nowadays, almost no characters wander about in Florida, most of them have designated meeting areas with times to meet them which guests can lookup through the park’s app. Some of them have special buildings where they meet like Ariel (the Frozen girls meet in their Sommerhus) and then other just meet outside or in small gazebos at set times.

Ariel also appears as a mermaid in the Festival of Fantasy parade and the Fantasmic nighttime spectacular.

Human Ariel in her teal/green dress mostly meets at character dining— expensive meals where an assortment of characters visit your table. I worked at a hotel that had a character breakfast— “Bon Voyage Breakfast” at Trattoria Al Forno and Ariel and Eric were frequent characters there. Very surreal running into Ariel in backstage hallways. She also meets as a human for special events, I took a picture with human Ariel and Eric at a Halloween Party.

Again, speaking about only Florida, villains almost never do regular meet and greets. Disney teased a Villians Land coming to Magic Kingdom as a blue sky concept, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

It’s nice you have your old autograph book. Your Scooby Doo autographs are from Universal, they still meet there.

[Disney's Divinity]

A villains land would have been so fun. There was only a villains shop at the time, although I'd read some time ago that it closed a while back when. There was another merchandise store that had an enormous Ursula statue inside; I wonder if it's still there or they've taken it down over the years.

[Disney Duster]

I don't get it. The 1492 song doesn't sound like Scuttle's to me. But thank you D82 for the comparison with the Queen's photos, and maybe that is the Queen's dress and not Vanessa's. I still think it's Vanessa's, but we will find out soon! Also, thank you for the video with Colleen Atwood. There is yet to be a Colleen Atwood costume I thought was bad, though admittedly this film is one of the least good of hers I have seen.

To Duster--I have respected your opinions, I'm not offended by you disagreeing with me, and I have treated you intelligently. You're the one repeatedly badgering me to substitute my opinion for yours which is asking too much out of anybody. But I've never been one to be intimidated out of posting my opinions, so ultimately you're not doing me much harm in the end, you only have the ability to harm yourself here. If it makes you feel better, there's only one month and maybe two weeks left of discussion in this thread.

How is saying, "This is why I think a costume of a film is similar to a design in another film" trying to harm you?!

[UmbrellaFish]

A villains land would have been so fun. There was only a villains shop at the time, although I'd read some time ago that it closed a while back when. There was another merchandise store that had an enormous Ursula statue inside; I wonder if it's still there or they've taken it down over the years.

Hmm, I don’t remember ever seeing an Ursula statue inside any of the stores I visited at WDW. But they do have this giant Ursula statue at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (not my pic):

[Disney's Divinity]

I was talking about the continual baiting for an argument.

I've never seen that statue in person, although I have seen it in some of the TLM bonus features over the years. I have a picture I took with the one I mentioned from back then; it's human size, the face looks a little odd, and she has her hand up to the side of her head in a sort of show-off gesture.

Anyway, I was thinking back later yesterday that, no, I had liked that one dress that Eric's mother was in a while back, even if it felt too modern, and also Grimsby's costume (although now sort of meh about it now that I see how it ties into him being a political leader with the whole sash thing, bleh).That picture at the top of the page with Ariel and Sebastian is so dead and colorless. I guess they didn't want Sebastian to be bright red since Ariel can't be either now. Flounder's colors being more muted is alright although shouldn't he have been bigger? Now I think of it, it's sort of weird he isn't bigger, since being chubby was sort of part of the character? (Him getting stuck in the porthole at the beginning, heh.)

* Sort of ties into how bad Atlantica itself looks now, not simply going from a beautiful palace to a mound of caves ( ), but simply compared to the original being that brilliant gold outside and shimmery green inside. Plus, being closer to the surface where coral reef are versus deep at the bottom and far away from the surface.

[Donald_35]

The new "teaser" looks amazing!! . It's so good that the shark has been included!!. And I just can't wait to see Melissa McCarthy's Ursula singing "Poor Unfortunate Souls"!!. It is clear she nailed the role and had a very good time playing It!. Ariel and Eric's scenes are going to be sooo cute, I think! . Just for the imagen featuring them, it seems there will be a lot of chemistry between them!.

[Farerb]

The new spot on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/lq8xiUm929U