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Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:18 pm**

The restaurant storyline reminds me/explains this previously-posted pic:

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:45 pm**

pap64 wrote:
mooky_7_sa wrote:I found this at DCP! It's a perfect fit!

Is that fan made or is that official artwork? If its fan made Tiana looks VERY well made.

As for the slight changes and references, I rather wait till the final film is released, for all we know they could make or break the film, or be so small that it doesn't even matter.

It's official, that's the picture they're gonna use on all the merchandise of 'The new Disney princess'.

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:35 pm**

Hmm, why isn't Mulan included in the picture? (not that I care at all).

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:47 pm**

Disney Duster wrote:Thanks mooky! She does fit, and looks lovely! But as I said...NOT likin' that she's in blue like most of them!!! Make her green or something!

ajmrowland wrote:I'd have to say that I disagree. I'm a person who'd want both. The nostalgia that comes with Disney's 2D animation, and the originality of a PIXAR film. Also, most of Disney's animated screenplays are very loosely adapted, so that still leaves a little room for originality.
HUH...?

I was just replying to part of your previous post.

Disney Duster wrote:
ajmrowland wrote: 20's New Orleans, I think, helps to make this film a very fresh(Rotten) Tomato, indeed.
I don't know what you meant there, but...

I wad referring to Rottentomatoes.com

Disney Duster wrote:
ajmrowland wrote:And since when has Disney NOT taken liberties with classic literature? It goes all the way back to Snow White, for cryin' out loud!
I never said they didn't! WTF? Yea, like I said, I agree, it takes originality to take a story that doesn't describe every single detail of how things look and how things happened, and I love Disney for their originality in those departments as well as their originality in departures from the source material.

The Princess and the Frog will be a very original interpretation of a classic fairy tale, and I like that, but it still should be a classic fairy tale. Perhaps you think I mean something I don't when I say "classic fairy tale". No, I don't mean "copy of all previous Disney fairy tales"... There's a classic fairy tale feel. Well, maybe not so much with Aladdin, but I'll still call it a classic, and a fairy tale, at least.

I agree. Once again, I was just replying to what I interpreted as your post. And of course I knew you never meant a "copy of all previous Disney fairytales"

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:56 pm**

Hm...okay ajmrowland.

Oh, and something I was trying to remember earlier was this;

the newest Disney princess, Tiana, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter

"Charming", "elegance", and "grandeur", but most especially "fabled" sounds like some of the classic fairy taleness we want.

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:36 pm**

I lol'd at you people who are whining over the movie just base on that little excerpt. You're becoming as bad as the DBZ fans whining about their live action movie.

Posted: **Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:04 am**

I think it's hilarious that somehow people expect there to be info. to be given and no reaction to it except, "Oh, how nice--that sounds great!" So it's entirely okay to cast positive judgment on a film that's yet to be seen, but it's ridiculus and/or close-minded to cast negative judgment on that same film based on the same information?

Hmm. I think that's more than one spoonful of stupidity for the day.

Posted: **Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:12 am**

Disney's Divinity wrote:I think it's hilarious that somehow people expect there to be info. to be given and no reaction to it except, "Oh, how nice--that sounds great!" So it's entirely okay to cast positive judgment on a film that's yet to be seen, but it's ridiculus and/or close-minded to cast negative judgment on that same film based on the same information?

Hmm. I think that's more than one spoonful of stupidity for the day.

It's one thing to comment on an idea that doesn't appeal to you, and another to say that the movie will fail and that you'll hate the film. I'm not saying you said that though. To be honest I was more remarking on the overall feel of this threads reaction to what little we know about it. I just don't think there's a lot there for form any kind of final or substantial opinion about the film as a whole.

It's fine to say that you don't like her dress or you don't think a quick synopsis of the first 10 mins of the film sounds good. What's stupid is to say that you'll hate the film because of those reasons.

Posted: **Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:59 am**

I just noticed the prince has some sort of lily-pad shoes

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:49 am**

A picture of Prince Naveen (cropped from an image of Tiana's dress):

Original image here.

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:48 am**

mooky_7_sa wrote:A picture of Prince Naveen (cropped from an image of Tiana's dress):

Original image here.

Wow, did you notice that yourself? Thanks, for posting!

I get the impression from this picture and the picture of the doll of the Prince (mainly from the skin tone of both ) that he will not be of African descent but rather of Hispanic or Latino origin. The fact that he will be voiced by a Brazilian actor reinforces that theory. What do you guys think?

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:36 am**

I wish she had her own distinct dress, maybe if it was a green one then maybe that would fit, but she's got one that looks a hell of a lot like the one Cinderella wears, I mean if people go to Disneyland and see all the little girls wearing different costumes how is someone going to know whether they're trying to be Cinderella or Tianna ?

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:16 am**

sotiris2006 wrote:
mooky_7_sa wrote:A picture of Prince Naveen (cropped from an image of Tiana's dress):

Original image here.
Wow, did you notice that yourself? Thanks, for posting!

I get the impression from this picture and the picture of the doll of the Prince (mainly from the skin tone of both ) that he will not be of African descent but rather of Hispanic or Latino origin. The fact that he will be voiced by a Brazilian actor reinforces that theory. What do you guys think?

I wont lie, I aint liking the design of Prince Naveen. The design looks very awkward...kinda Prince Edward but still very awkward. Do we really need another macho looking prince in the line? ek

Plus wont people complain about the inter-racial coupling? Not that I think it's wrong but I guess people are gonna complain about certain aspects of this film no matter what you do.

Jack Skellington wrote:I wish she had her own distinct dress, maybe if it was a green one then maybe that would fit, but she's got one that looks a hell of a lot like the one Cinderella wears, I mean if people go to Disneyland and see all the little girls wearing different costumes how is someone going to know whether they're trying to be Cinderella or Tianna ?

Agreed...the dresses between the princesses need to be more distinct if they're gonna sell. I like the idea of the green dress...what about the one her doll is wearing? (see a few pages back).

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:14 am**

Yeah, his design is definitely similar to Edward (though I won't say for sure until there's a better, solo picture of him). His shoulder things--I forget what they're called--have been found on both Phillip and, along with his wide chest, Edward. Still, his face seems more serious and likable. And Tiana looks beautiful there in her, I'm supposing, wedding dress. I'm just so glad they gave her something besides the predictable blue dress.

Plus wont people complain about the inter-racial coupling? Not that I think it's wrong but I guess people are gonna complain about certain aspects of this film no matter what you do.

Well, I'm more worried about the public's reaction to a Voodoo fairy godmother. I'm sure that people'll say it's both a stereotype of African Americans and New Orleans, as well as a promotion of witchcraft.

Fire and brimstone!

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:22 am**

I can't tell if he's supposed to be french or black... It almost seems like they made a compromise between the two (though they could've made him a black frenchman

)

We had the whole interacial thing for Pocahontas anyway, it's nothing new. And disney has been toying with witchcraft since Snow White. What's more offensive is how ugly he looks. Prince Philip was prince material, Prince Naveen looks like an ugly cariature of Zapp Brannigan.

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:48 am**

I think that Naveen is supposed to be a bit more latino than anything else. Then again he's from an unknown/made-up land so who knows. Maybe they are just kinda meshing a lot of cultures together to make his nationality. I imagined him looking more rugged than this also...

I just really want more clip art of the rest of the cast. Would it really kill disney to release images of the rest of the cast?

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:08 pm**

Even more new pics (all found at DCP)!

sotiris2006 wrote:
mooky_7_sa wrote:A picture of Prince Naveen (cropped from an image of Tiana's dress):

Original image here.
Wow, did you notice that yourself? Thanks, for posting!

You're welcome! And no, I didn't notice it myself, I read about it on Animated-News' forum.

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:30 pm**

AH! I'm so excited! lol I love the green dress on her! I'm really hoping that they use the clip art for that cardboard stand-up behind the merch for her from now on! I also think that the doll on the far right is beautiful!

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:38 pm**

singerguy04 wrote:AH! I'm so excited! lol I love the green dress on her! I'm really hoping that they use the clip art for that cardboard stand-up behind the merch for her from now on! I also think that the doll on the far right is beautiful!

I totally agree! I love her green dress. It would make sense for her to wear her green dress on clip art with the other Princesses, since it's original, and not like Cinderella's. Thanks for all the pictures, mooky!

Posted: **Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:47 pm**

Well, I do hope all this merchandise isn't exclusive at the Disney store. That way, promotion of the film will go great.

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