For me, their lowest point was when they decided to use concentration camp slaves to make their shitty Mulan remake and then thank the concentration camp in the credits.
That along with the reports of how they screwed over their park employees during Covid were what made me decide to never again give Disney my money.
Yeah it is funny how Disney has had this obsession with taking perfectly good movie and replace them with shittier, uglier versions that has terrible morals for kids all the while mocking and talking shit about their old films that were crafted by much smarter and more emotionally intelligent people.
I still found the whole Snow White debacle utterly insulting since Snow White - no joke - is in my opinion one of the best Disney princesses. The disrespect they showed her character by reducing her to a damsel who waited for a man to save her was unreal.
But it was with her as it’s been with all their female characters the past decade: she has to be a Miss Man before she has any value and she must inhabit as many toxic masculine traits as possible before she is a supposed real feminist. And if anyone criticizes this direction, they are a bigot who hates women.
No one hates women and feminine traits more than corporate feminists, lol.
And with Mulan it is especially tonedeaf because the entire point of her character is that she used her femininity to win the war because she could not be a man like she was expected to. She simply couldn’t because of her physical limitations. But her creativity and her female wit made her an asset to the army anyways.
So them making a live action remake where she Miss Man’s her way through everything and has magic powers literally defeats every single aspect of what made Mulan not just a fantastic Disney princess, but also an important legendary figure in Chinese culture.
There is a friggin reason why my favourite barbie dolls as a kid were Mulan and Esmeralda, but especially Mulan. Mulan was the girl I could relate to as a kid who never fit in anywhere but knew I had worth somewhere. Esmeralda was the woman I wanted to become as an adult, someone who sees past the surface level of others and accepts them as they are, because I too am a weirdo in the eyes of society.
You best believe I was relieved when they cancelled the live action remake of Hunchback, btw. They legit wanted to cast Gal Gadot as Esmeralda and professional twat Josh Gad as my boy Quasi. No way. I’m glad Hunchback is too spicy for current day Disney to touch it despite being the biggest social justice piece Disney ever made. Hilarious.
Sorry, I just get a tiny bit passionate about these old movies and how Disney systematically desecrates them with their cash grabby remakes that tons of idiots for some reason keep buying tickets to see.
For me, their lowest point was when they decided to use concentration camp slaves to make their shitty Mulan remake and then thank the concentration camp in the credits. That along with the reports of how they screwed over their park employees during Covid were what made me decide to never again give Disney my money.
Right. That movie exists. I recall the takeaway from that being a girl can do anything a guy can do, as long as she has magic powers.
Yeah it is funny how Disney has had this obsession with taking perfectly good movie and replace them with shittier, uglier versions that has terrible morals for kids all the while mocking and talking shit about their old films that were crafted by much smarter and more emotionally intelligent people.
I still found the whole Snow White debacle utterly insulting since Snow White - no joke - is in my opinion one of the best Disney princesses. The disrespect they showed her character by reducing her to a damsel who waited for a man to save her was unreal. But it was with her as it’s been with all their female characters the past decade: she has to be a Miss Man before she has any value and she must inhabit as many toxic masculine traits as possible before she is a supposed real feminist. And if anyone criticizes this direction, they are a bigot who hates women. No one hates women and feminine traits more than corporate feminists, lol.
And with Mulan it is especially tonedeaf because the entire point of her character is that she used her femininity to win the war because she could not be a man like she was expected to. She simply couldn’t because of her physical limitations. But her creativity and her female wit made her an asset to the army anyways.
So them making a live action remake where she Miss Man’s her way through everything and has magic powers literally defeats every single aspect of what made Mulan not just a fantastic Disney princess, but also an important legendary figure in Chinese culture.
There is a friggin reason why my favourite barbie dolls as a kid were Mulan and Esmeralda, but especially Mulan. Mulan was the girl I could relate to as a kid who never fit in anywhere but knew I had worth somewhere. Esmeralda was the woman I wanted to become as an adult, someone who sees past the surface level of others and accepts them as they are, because I too am a weirdo in the eyes of society.
You best believe I was relieved when they cancelled the live action remake of Hunchback, btw. They legit wanted to cast Gal Gadot as Esmeralda and professional twat Josh Gad as my boy Quasi. No way. I’m glad Hunchback is too spicy for current day Disney to touch it despite being the biggest social justice piece Disney ever made. Hilarious.
Sorry, I just get a tiny bit passionate about these old movies and how Disney systematically desecrates them with their cash grabby remakes that tons of idiots for some reason keep buying tickets to see.
It’s a really good thing that their movies are also crap. Makes the boycott a lot easier.