Except the Horned King isn't in the center, he's off to the side.Tangled wrote:
Also, The Horned King just looks awesome being in the centre of the image. That could be the reason why he's in the poster, as simple as that.
I agree that the top poster would be better to have Shere Khan mirroring Scar. I would also have liked Gaston in the poster and maybe Ratcliffe and Stromboli. It feels odd to have some villain sidekicks (Diablo, Kaa, Pain and Panic) but not others, so I wouldn't have minded if some more space was used for the sidekicks of the rest of the villains. Like Mr. Smee, Iago, the hyenas, Horace and Jasper, Anastasia and Drizella, Flotsam and Jetsam, Honest John and Gideon, and maybe some cards for the Queen of Hearts.DC Fan wrote:Just noticed this on the puzzle I won:
Here Shere Kan mirrors Scar´s position. Something that makes sense, right? Yet in the poster is Captain Hook that mirrors Scar; I like it! Still, wouldn´t it make more sense if it was both cats? More so if you take in consideration what character mirrors the other:
-Hades and Jafar cause they are two comical males
-Evil Queen and Maleficent cause they´re the two classiest regal females
-Yzma and Cruella cause they´re both comical females
...and you can keep looking for smilarities; BTW, I think Ursula is right below Chernabog because of her unique form.
BTW, funny that in the puzzle shows Madame Mim; talking of obscure characters.
To not have Shere Kan in the poster my guess would be that´s cause Kaa´s there already representing The Jungle Book. Yet, the have Pain, Panic and Diablo there. I´d have preferred for Ratigan to take Diablo´s spot and having another villain there; let´s say Gov. Ratcliffe cause of the similarities with Shan Yu. Oh well.
PS
Anyone else has seen a rare character placed on a merchandise item?
Probably. No worries.Marce82 wrote:I believe Tangled is confusing The Horned King with Chernabog...
Anyone have a larger version of this? I can't really tell much from looking at it and I don't think I've ever seen that before.DC Fan wrote:
Here are larger versions of both of the images posted above. I agree that the art in the top one looks a bit off, like something more out of a graphic novel. The left side of the poster especially like Frollo. For the second one, I like how Shan Yu and Clayton are there. Shan Yu I think is a really underrated Disney Villain because he's absolutely terrifying, but he tends to be forgotten most of the time. Clayton is ok but I think he's the weakest part of Tarzan which is one of my favorite films. I'm not really sure how they could have done his character justice though...so he gets his job done.Disney's Divinity wrote:Anyone have a larger version of this? I can't really tell much from looking at it and I don't think I've ever seen that before.DC Fan wrote:
I never really liked the picture from the first post. Something about the way everything's drawn looks...I don't know, cheap? I prefer the poster with all the villains in a swamp that was out when I was a child. I have two wall posters of it and a mug. It had nearly every villain released at the time. Overall, it was a fun time to be a Disney fan in the '90s boom. I still have a bunch of merchandise of misc. characters that would never show up on anything these days.
I feel like Hunchback has a lot of potential although I may be a bit partial because it's one of my favs. It was better received in Europe than here (Pocahontas too I think to a lesser extent) not to mention the reviews of critics were all laudatory...it was just the commercial audiences who weren't fond of it. Even so, most people find Hunchback to be an underrated gem that is one of Disney's greatest masterpieces, especially musically, so I feel like if Disney gave it the chance, it could be like Pinocchio, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, and Sleeping Beauty, a true classic.Prince Edward wrote:
I think it's sad how some of the classic 90's movies are being treated by Disney in general and Disney Store/parks, especially The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. Although not huge financial successes at the box office, both did okay and have fans today that have been fans since the release of the movies. Yet still, Disney ignore those movies on purpose. Had they done a minimum of effort to keep these movies "out there" (to quote Quasimodo), more people would have known about them, more people would have bought merchandise featuring the characters from these movies. Instead Disney says "these movies are not popular enough". It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and at some point Hunchback and Hercules will be as forgotten as The Black Cauldron by the public.
I get that Disney might feel no need to do so from a financial view. They are a company after all and they are making enough money from Frozen, Disney Princess, Star Wars and Marvel to probably care about what their fans might want. But I think it would be smart business wise for Disney to please their hardcore fans and to keep as many of their movies and characters from being forgotten. The more characters to earn money on, the better for Disney I would think. It would not have to involve to much off an effort from Disney to make a little more Hunchback and Hercules merchandise and to include a little more of their male characters in their "classic Disney" merchandise (especially the merchandise aimed at adults/collectors) alongside the "neverending princesses".
Wow, that one is very interesting and quite unusual given the fact they included villains from TV shows as well. That would be unheard of nowadays (as would any villain group shot, I reckon).JeanGreyForever wrote:And I just found this one which is really nice. It has pretty much every Disney villain up to Beauty and the Beast and every character's name on the border. There are some odd choices here though as well like the Beast, the vultures from Jungle Book, and the crows from Dumbo.
http://www.coolibahmarketing.com.au/18_ ... lains.html
Actually that makes a lot of sense to avoid the problems of Hercules' birth by literally skipping over that.DC Fan wrote: I read before that Hercules was trashed in Greece. Doesn´t surprise me. I´m a huge fan of Greek mithology and always hated how they made Zeus and Hera the parents of Hercules. Sure, they couldn´t tell the truth. You know the alternative? Don´t do it! Just have Hercules live in the world already and that´s it. Nothing in the story would have changed. Hades would still be plotting against Hercules (cause of the place Zeus gave to him) while he tries to make it to Olympus as he´s never fit in. Problem solved.
That explains why there are several villains I don't recognize because the Disney Afternoon era was before my time.Mooky wrote: Wow, that one is very interesting and quite unusual given the fact they included villains from TV shows as well. That would be unheard of nowadays (as would any villain group shot, I reckon).
A couple of questions though -- who is the green lizard with a pink hat between Madam Mim, Maleficent and Medusa, and where is Gaston? His name is on the side of the picture, but I can't find him for the life of me. The artist also could have put some body of water in the picture so Flotsam and Jetsam would not look out of place (Ursula too, I guess).
I'd also want Pete, Frollo, and Ratcliffe. Prince John and Sir Hiss would be removed if it were up to me. Honestly I'm shocked the Horned King isn't in there since Creeper is.Disney's Divinity wrote:Yes, that's it, JeanGreyForever. If only the picture was stretched a little more to include some of the characters they missed (Medusa, Sykes, the Coachman, Stromboli, etc.), but I always did like that picture, partly because it randomly included Magica de Spell and I always loved that character.
