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THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

In case you need some encouragement:

I went to a novus ordo Mass this morning and the young newly ordained priest talked about St. Pious X, the heresy of modernism, the Shroud of Turin, quoted Chesterton, and drove home the need for people to start having conviction in their Faith -and it struck me, it's really encouraging to see that despite everything, tradition and true religion can't be suppressed:

At least 3 local parishes have had major remodels in the past 5 years restoring the classical art styles, bringing beauty back into our places of worship, and undoing the damage done in 1970s.

incense, Latin, veiling, and chant are all finding their way back into the liturgy even in formerly progressive parishes

The TLM communities are filled with young people from all walks of life, getting married, starting families, and taking up religious vocations

Campus ministries are flourishing in the most unexpected ways and places, people are yearning for God and finding meaning and fulfillment in their Catholic faith.

Even as the older "hippy" generations wane, the youth are rushing back to tradition in full force, eagerly bringing back "the old ways".

There is real evil in the world, but the battle is already decided, Satan is losing ground, the demons are thrashing out in desperation trying to drag down as many as they can with them because they know their time is short.

Be bold, keep the Faith, trust in God's plan, we are meant to be warriors not bystanders in the fight.

If the critics and haters of this movie were presenting arguments like THIS that actually have to do with THIS movie and not an obsessive cling to the OG one, I’d care more and probably agree.

OP is totally right that we have the technology and skill and resources to make this movie and all others breathtaking and awe inspiring, but we don’t get to see it because Disney is so money hungry and penny pinchy that they refuse to hire experts and ARTISTS to make and hone their art.

I want to be excited for the live action Little Mermaid so badly

The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with mermaids as a whole and will watch any media that has them. Hell, I own my own tails and monofins. But every time I see a gif or a video for the new Little Mermaid, I cringe

(btw, this is NOT because of the casting. If you're against this movie because Ariel is black, you're a racist piece of shit and this post isn't for you)

My issue lies with the CGI. It just looks so FAKE. We've seen through the course of movies and TV shows that use it that CGI does not age well, and that's because technology is constantly improving. What was impressive in 2005 is not impressive in 2023 (Just look at Aquamarine, another movie about mermaids). And the CGI on Ariel and her sisters already looks fake and the movie isn't even out yet!

Compare this image from the trailer

To this screenshot from H20: Just Add Water (a TV show that came out in 2006):

You can see the details of the scales in the second image

The first image is flat. Sure, it's colorful, but it's flat. It's fake. Halle herself is the most beautiful and alive part of the image, because everything else is fake

The difference?

H20 had costume designers, ones specifically trained in mermaid tail making, HAND CRAFT every tail on the show. All of the scales were hand laid, all the tails molded to fit the actors/actresses perfectly, painted by hand

Let's even look at someone with no affiliation to TV or movies:

This is Mermaid Linden, a very well known (in the mermaid community) professional mermaid. You can tell her tail is not as high quality as the ones made for H20 (though it's still a VERY expensive tail) - but it still looks like it's a part of her. You can still see the details. Because professional mermaid tails are also all handmade and molded to fit each person. Even if they don't lay every individual scale, good professional mermaid tail makers are very meticulous about what they do.

This is what happens when Disney refuses to pay practical effects artists. We could have had beautiful, handmade tails that would look real on screen for decades to come and could be reused for promotional purposes - instead, they're underpaying and overworking their non-unionized employees to make CGI tails that don't even look real now.

(to be clear, I'm not shitting on the artists. As I said, they're being underpaid and overworked. This is not their fault)

And before anyone comes and says "But swimming in those is difficult!" Absolutely it is. You should never swim in a professional level tail (or even just fabric tails) without practice and training. Which Disney could have given the cast if they were willing to PAY people (the cast of H20 [a TV SHOW] literally learned how to be mermaids on set. It's been done before)

Disney's "Live Action" needs to be rebranded as "CGI with some real people tossed in" because that's all any of these remakes have been, and it's exhausting when I look at what we could have had.

YES!!! 100% behind this!!!

Lego movie AU where Rex decides not to go through with the plan. He just let's Lucy stop Emmet.

He doesn't know why he didn't do it. But, something about just being around Lucy and Emmet. He can't explain it but he feels...not alone. Like they actually care about him.

Rex is now happily married to the them. He hasn't let them know about his past...he can never let them find out.

Writing a fic about emmet and rex sharing a body cause there seems to not be enough of those type of fics.

Also there will be slow updates for chapters. And I'm not good at writing.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/372137363?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=SkyGlyter

Halle Bailey as Ariel wearing her classic outfits by Veronika Kushnareva (x)

Ariel, listen to me. The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.

Women’s History Month - My Favorite Disney Princesses:

9. Ariel (The Little Mermaid, 1989)

“I don’t see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.”

Goodnight, Ariel.

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

The Little Mermaid - Fan art by Peter Brockhammer

Flounder, why can’t you just tell me what this is all about? — You’ll see. It’s a surprise.

The Little Mermaid (1989) dir. Ron Clements, John Musker

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) dir. Rob Marshall

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) Dir. John Musker And Ron Clements

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) Dir. John Musker and Ron Clements

"hyperfixating on the live action little mermaid for a full month straight and not being able to think about anything else except halle bailey's ariel + jonah hauer king's eric and feeling like a giddy little kid again whenever you see anything related to the film" was not on my summer 2023 bingo card but here we are

Under the Sea 📗🦀

Just Kndz little mermaid redraw things...

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Dir. Rob Marshall