[Glenn.]

Youtube video

Looks incredible

[LeatherTrumpet]

its for children ffs

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

its for children ffs

Nawwww it's for everyone with a soul

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Nawwww it's for everyone with a soul

Not gingers then

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Not gingers then

Cartman is that you?

[Jordan.]

Halle was meant for this role, such a beautiful voice

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Halle was meant for this role, such a beautiful voice

Agreed. She’s perfect

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Halle was meant for this role, such a beautiful voice

I read loads of people started getting very irritate that Halle Berry got the rule and she's far too old!!

[UserSince2005]

All videos of the children crying when the see a black mermaid.
They are me when I see another white person in London

[Oliver_W]

Had a look at the IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5971474/
Hermione from the Harry Potter Play is playing someone called Queen Selina - Ariel's mother, I'm guessing?
Melissa McCarthy is Ursula - cool, usually like her.
Jacob Tremblay as Founder. Sure, why not, he's on everything these days.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is rumoured to be playing the Chef. Bit of a waste, he's too good for such a small role really.

Don't know the rest.

[UserSince2005]

Youtube video

Viral for all the wrong reason. Guy is currently in hiding

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

Youtube video

Viral for all the wrong reason. Guy is currently in hiding

Well the guy definitely isn't the brightest.

Don't get me wrong it's cringy how Hollywood is handling the diversity quota imo, but that's no excuse to be racist like this guy is being.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Well the guy definitely isn't the brightest.

Don't get me wrong it's cringy how Hollywood is handling the diversity quota imo, but that's no excuse to be racist like this guy is being.

Giving Black people jobs is cringy?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Giving Black people jobs is cringy?

No.

Having a quota of one of every race having to be cast in most products, regardless of if they're good enough or not is cringy.

I personally would rather a story for example not have a single white character in a Film if it means that the product is better.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying that this remake is necessarily gonna be bad either, in fact I'm a bit more lucky than the fans of the original Film as I've never watched it, so for me The Little Mermaid Remake could be my entry point into the franchise.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

No.

Having a quota of one of every race having to be cast in most products, regardless of if they're good enough or not is cringy.

I personally would rather a story for example not have a single white character in a Film if it means that the product is better.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying that this remake is necessarily gonna be bad either, in fact I'm a bit more lucky than the fans of the original Film as I've never watched it, so for me The Little Mermaid Remake could be my entry point into the franchise.

Quotas are pretty stupid, and it is indeed rather cringe when (say) High Society in Renaissance-to-Victorian times has an improbable number of black people, which goes unremarked upon and apparently unnoticed. Obviously there weren't zero, but a film depicting zero cropping up in the narrative would be more realistic than multiple.

But anachronisms happen, and it would be hypocritical to actually get "outraged" over that but overlook medieval homes having full sized transparent glass windows. I've never really given much of a shit about that sort of thing. Like it stands out and it's obvious why the filmmakers do it (and sometimes, it's because they gave the best audition - fancy that!) but I'd rather the thing exist than not.

I think the Rings of Power should have been set in Harad (Middle Earth's Africa), and had a majority of the original characters be black.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

No.

Having a quota of one of every race having to be cast in most products, regardless of if they're good enough or not is cringy.

I personally would rather a story for example not have a single white character in a Film if it means that the product is better.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying that this remake is necessarily gonna be bad either, in fact I'm a bit more lucky than the fans of the original Film as I've never watched it, so for me The Little Mermaid Remake could be my entry point into the franchise.

Is there documentation of this supposed ‘quota’ or are you just repeating all of these white replacement theories you’ve probably seen online?

[Mystic Mock]

Okay this Film sounds like a mess.

They've hired a black actress to play Ariel, but they're gonna CGI her to look white?

Why not just hire a white actress then? Or you know be brave and stick with the decision that they've made?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Okay this Film sounds like a mess.

They've hired a black actress to play Ariel, but they're gonna CGI her to look white?

Why not just hire a white actress then? Or you know be brave and stick with the decision that they've made?

Not following this at all as its a movie aimed at little kids but what the hell if this is true....

Just leave the character black ...dear me

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Not following this at all as its a movie aimed at little kids but what the hell if this is true....

Just leave the character black ...dear me

I agree.

They hired her so they should stick by their decision.

Ironically what they've done is racist.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Okay this Film sounds like a mess.

They've hired a black actress to play Ariel, but they're gonna CGI her to look white?

Why not just hire a white actress then? Or you know be brave and stick with the decision that they've made?

Tbh that sounds fake? I heard that someone on social media shared some footage where they "fixed" her themselves, but I really doubt Disney would do that.
(Apart from for the China release)

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Tbh that sounds fake? I heard that someone on social media shared some footage where they "fixed" her themselves, but I really doubt Disney would do that.
(Apart from for the China release)

Maybe it is for that, which makes a mockery of diversity which can becset aside when it comes to box office receipts

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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Maybe it is for that, which makes a mockery of diversity which can becset aside when it comes to box office receipts

I was just being facetious/sarcastic when I said it was probably for China ... But I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

Disney acts like they're being "LGBT allies" by including gay couples in some background shots you can see if you squint, only to remove them for China. They self-felaciated over hiring John Boyega in Star Wars, only to almost remove him from the posters and minimise his role in the latter films.

Passive-progressive idiots.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Tbh that sounds fake? I heard that someone on social media shared some footage where they "fixed" her themselves, but I really doubt Disney would do that.
(Apart from for the China release)

I wanna hope that it's fake.

[LaLaLand]

I’m just not seeing Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. Sorry. She’s too tame.

I wish they’d have gone for Harvey Fierstein to play her, he’d have been brilliant. The animated Ursula was based on legendary drag performer Divine (RIP).