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| | The movie spawned two direct-to-video sequels and two TV series, as well as a Broadway musical that retained much of the same themes as the movie. A photorealistic remake was released in July 2019, directed by Jon Favreau due to his success with the 2016 remake of ''The Jungle Book''. | | The movie spawned two direct-to-video sequels and two TV series, as well as a Broadway musical that retained much of the same themes as the movie. A photorealistic remake was released in July 2019, directed by Jon Favreau due to his success with the 2016 remake of ''The Jungle Book''. |
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| | + | |''The Little Mermaid'' |
| | + | |1989 |
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| | + | |An adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale of the same name, it was about a mermaid strives to become a traditional female human, following the patriarchal system of society. It also promotes the concept of [[assimilation]], as the mermaid: Ariel when becoming human intended to adopt the culture of the humans upon doing so. The film centers around conservative Christian values and contains an anti-feminism theme. Ariel is shown to be the antithesis of a modern feminist. The villain Ursula is shown in a devilish and beastly way (appearing as half-woman, half-octopus), and her claims about men not wanting women who talk and care only for a woman's body language (a common claim by [[feminism|feminists]] against males) is made clear to be lies. On a similar note, it also has an implicit anti-homosexuality theme, as Ursula's overall design was derived largely from the infamous drag queen Divine. In addition, it also contains a pro-traditional marriage theme and is the last Disney animated feature film to actually treat traditional marriage in a positive light for a good while. On a similar note, it also doesn't shy away too much from Christianity, as the film featured an elderly bishop pontificating the marriage in full regalia, being implied to have done so with Ariel and Eric's wedding. |
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| | + | Despite being set under the sea, it also features an anti-[[Environmentalism]] and anti-racism message, as the characters (namely King Triton) who pushed anti-human sentiments turned out to be wrong in their negative views on humans. Although often ignored by liberal reviewers complaints about the movie (some of whom also adhered to the feminist ideology and thus falsely implied that Ariel solely wanted to become human because of Eric, which led directly to promoting the feminist agenda in ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name="Woolverton and Belle" />), it was also pro-family, as during her deal with Ursula, Ariel was explicitly hesitant to undergo the deal citing that, regardless of which way the deal goes, she won't see her father and sisters again. King Triton, after destroying Ariel's grotto in a fit of anger, is clearly shown afterward to be immensely remorseful of his actions after it became apparent that Ariel fled from him as a result, and later tries to save Ariel after learning about Ursula's role in her disappearance and even opts to sacrifice himself to ensure Ariel's (and, implied via dialogue regarding Ursula shortly afterward, her sisters') safety, and Ariel upon witnessing Triton being cursed by Ursula, immediately attempts to avenge him by attacking Ursula. |
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| | + | It also shows a perfect allegory towards liberalism's deceit and cheating to ensure success and its unwillingness to keep its word, as well as the promotion of character integrity and doing things fair and square, as when Ariel seemed to have failed at gaining Eric's love, she makes absolutely no attempt at stopping the marriage until after learning that his "bride", Vanessa (in reality, Ursula in disguise), had in fact brainwashed Prince Eric and that he didn't choose to marry her, with it being implied that Ursula violated her end of the deal when she did that action, and even when she does in fact fail, Ariel makes absolutely no effort to resist Ursula's dragging her away. Likewise, Ursula, besides her blatant interference with the deal by disguising herself as Vanessa and brainwashing Eric, also arranged to have Flotsam and Jetsam overturn Eric and Ariel's boat specifically to ensure that Eric and Ariel couldn't kiss when it looked like Ariel could in fact win her end of the deal fair and square, and after she curses Triton and Ariel attempts to attack Ursula in retaliation, Ursula heavily implies before Eric saved Ariel that she's going to kill the latter despite having promised to not harm Ariel. |
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| | + | The movie's box office success also led directly to a rejuvenation in Disney's animated features called the Disney Renaissance, and the film also had a prequel TV series carrying much of the same themes airing on CBS and later on the Disney Channel from 1992 to 1994, as well as two comic book series by Disney Comics and Marvel that carried many of the same themes, and a sequel and prequel film that, although overall promoting many of the same themes, had questionable production quality. A live-action remake is currently in production. |
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| | |In the sequel to the great conservative animation ''The Lion King'', protagonist Simba and his wife Nala are now raising a daughter of their own, Kiara, but Simba has exiled those lions in his pride who were loyal to his late evil uncle Scar, dubbing them "Outlanders". Tensions rise when Kiara falls in love with an Outlander. Although made during the infamous Michael Eisner era and was part of that era's direct to video sequel line, it also features the same pro-family and Christian messaging as in the original movie. Also features a condemnation against parental neglect/abuse and infanticide, as the main antagonist Zira frequently neglects one of the other antagonists, her eldest son Nuka (who is implied to be the actual male offspring for Scar unlike Kovu), and ultimately gets killed trying to win over her favor; and late in the film, when Vitani takes Kiara's words to heart and joins with the pride landers, Zira proceeds to threaten to kill her daughter in turn, which results in the remainder of the Outlanders proceeding to defect to the Pride Lands out of disgust towards the threat to her own daughter. | | |In the sequel to the great conservative animation ''The Lion King'', protagonist Simba and his wife Nala are now raising a daughter of their own, Kiara, but Simba has exiled those lions in his pride who were loyal to his late evil uncle Scar, dubbing them "Outlanders". Tensions rise when Kiara falls in love with an Outlander. Although made during the infamous Michael Eisner era and was part of that era's direct to video sequel line, it also features the same pro-family and Christian messaging as in the original movie. Also features a condemnation against parental neglect/abuse and infanticide, as the main antagonist Zira frequently neglects one of the other antagonists, her eldest son Nuka (who is implied to be the actual male offspring for Scar unlike Kovu), and ultimately gets killed trying to win over her favor; and late in the film, when Vitani takes Kiara's words to heart and joins with the pride landers, Zira proceeds to threaten to kill her daughter in turn, which results in the remainder of the Outlanders proceeding to defect to the Pride Lands out of disgust towards the threat to her own daughter. |
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| | + | |''The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning'' |
| | + | |2008 |
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| | + | |The last of the Direct to Video sequels before an embargo was placed upon them largely due to the negative reception to the sequels. The overall plot, acting as a prequel to the original film, deals with letting go of the past and moving forward, and also honoring your parents, as Ariel's reason for bringing back music to Atlantica was because she realized her deceased mother, Queen Athena, would never have wanted music to be banned. Also has some condemnation towards totalitarianism as King Triton, due to his grief of his wife's untimely death, proceeded to enforce big government style control over the kingdom, which was not depicted in a positive light at all. That said, however, the film also conflicted with several plot details regarding the later film (namely, Ariel desiring to become human and frequently disobeying her father to pursue that dream being left out entirely, and Ariel's sisters' birth order being swapped around from what was implied in the Daughters of King Triton musical number), and overall downplays the anti-misanthropy messages the original film had. |
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| | + | |''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' |
| | + | |2000 |
| | + | |G |
| | + | |Although it to some extent retreads the plotline of the conservative film ''The Little Mermaid'' and was part of the infamous direct-to-video sequel line of the [[Michael Eisner]] era, it has a similar pro-family message and depicts the villain in a truly horrific light (such as trying to murder the main protagonist, a child, twice, once while she was a baby which acted as the primary reason why her parents, Ariel and Eric from the first film, went to great lengths to prevent her from learning about her heritage or even allowing her into the sea, and the other time when she was 12). It condemns parental neglect, too, because the main villain in question, Morgana, is largely motivated by being neglected by her mother over her elder sister, the previous main villain Ursula, which was most showcased in the special edition re-release via the added in song "Gonna Get My Wish." |
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