How many wonders can one cavern hold?
It's been 25 years since The Little Mermaid has been a part of our world and in honor of the film's silver anniversary we're revealing seven "treasures untold" about the Disney classic.
Watch: Secrets of 'The Lion King' Revealed
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7. I spy Mickey Mouse and friends!
In the opening scene when Ariel's father King Triton arrives at the arena, you can briefly see Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck in the crowd of sea-people. Don't blink because you might miss them!
6."Part of Your World" was almost cut from the movie.
Ariel almost lost her big solo number after the song didn't test well with children in early screenings. Thankfully, another screening was set up and was a greater success with an adult audience. Could you imagine the film without that song?
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5. Was Prince Eric related to Sleeping Beauty?
In the dining room in Prince Eric's castle...
It's been 25 years since The Little Mermaid has been a part of our world and in honor of the film's silver anniversary we're revealing seven "treasures untold" about the Disney classic.
Watch: Secrets of 'The Lion King' Revealed
Etonline
7. I spy Mickey Mouse and friends!
In the opening scene when Ariel's father King Triton arrives at the arena, you can briefly see Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck in the crowd of sea-people. Don't blink because you might miss them!
6."Part of Your World" was almost cut from the movie.
Ariel almost lost her big solo number after the song didn't test well with children in early screenings. Thankfully, another screening was set up and was a greater success with an adult audience. Could you imagine the film without that song?
Etonline
5. Was Prince Eric related to Sleeping Beauty?
In the dining room in Prince Eric's castle...
- 11/17/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Beast as The Hulk
Today we have another fantastic set of character art from Isaiah Stephens featuring more Disney characters reimagined as geek culture heroes. He calls the series "Disney Halloween," and you can see some of the other art from the series here and here. This latest collection of illustrations is more geared toward the male characters in the Disney universe. I only included one new princess as a character from Game of Thrones.
Aladdin and Abu as Ash Ketchum and Pikachu
Aurora as Daenerys Targaryen
John Smith as Johnny Bravo
Li Shang as Mako
Milo Thatch as The Doctor (Tennant)
Prince Naveen as Captain Jack Sparrow
Peter Pan as Link
Prince Philip as Indiana Jones
Prince Charming, Prince Eric, and Prince Florian as Sam, Castiel, and Dean from Supernatural...
Today we have another fantastic set of character art from Isaiah Stephens featuring more Disney characters reimagined as geek culture heroes. He calls the series "Disney Halloween," and you can see some of the other art from the series here and here. This latest collection of illustrations is more geared toward the male characters in the Disney universe. I only included one new princess as a character from Game of Thrones.
Aladdin and Abu as Ash Ketchum and Pikachu
Aurora as Daenerys Targaryen
John Smith as Johnny Bravo
Li Shang as Mako
Milo Thatch as The Doctor (Tennant)
Prince Naveen as Captain Jack Sparrow
Peter Pan as Link
Prince Philip as Indiana Jones
Prince Charming, Prince Eric, and Prince Florian as Sam, Castiel, and Dean from Supernatural...
- 10/6/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Films with great women’s roles aren’t always great films. Films with poor female representation aren’t necessarily bad films. But poorly written female roles will always be a problem for cinema so long as they continue to persist. The damsel in distress. Angel-whore. The token girl. Trophy wives. Mother, daughter, sister. The unconditional love interest. These are among the popular clichés most frequently applied to female characters as they’re written on the page. Some films are so desperate for conflict that they just keep going to the well without altering the mold. Have women not earned the right by now to play more villains, complicated lovers, a-holes, The Best Friends, soldiers, comic reliefs or leads? Can a woman be sexy in a film and still have a great role? Yes. Give her agency. Can a woman support other characters but still have a great role? Yes. Keep her vital.
- 8/20/2014
- by Katie Hasty and Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Inside the Pitch Meeting for Maleficent” — Eric D. Snider nails another perfectly transcribed, incredibly funny meeting of the minds that gave us a live-action feature retelling the story of Disney’s 18th most popular movie villain. “Maleficent‘s Costume Designer on De-Sexualizing Elle Fanning’s Disney Princess” — Julie Miller at Vanity Fair looks at the work done to make a young girl seem like a young girl. “In retrospect, Disney was sending some sartorial mixed messages about Sleeping Beauty in its eponymous 1959 animated film. In theory, Princess Aurora was cared for—and by extension, dressed by—a trio of eccentric fairies in the forest until the age of 16. But in reality, she was being costumed by Disney’s animation director Marc Davis, who gave the fairy tale teen a chiseled hourglass figure, nary...
- 6/3/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Beyond The Joker: The Man Who Laughs
Story by Valerie D’Orazio
Art by Dan Lauer
Edited by Darren G. Davis
Letterer Gary Scott Beatty
Cover by Dan Lauer and Graham Hill
Publisher Blue Water Comics
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Is there a Joker curse? Beyond The Joker:The Man Who Laughs attempts to answer this question by examining the clown as an archetype throughout history. The story starts out by detailing Heath Ledger’s experience during the shooting of The Dark Knight up to his tragic death after the film wrapped. The book then jumps to 1802 the year that Joseph Grimaldi created the familiar white-face look that we still associate with clowns today. Grimaldi it seems was the prototypical “sad clown” hiding his tears behind a smile and eventually a bottle. The story makes it’s way to John Wayne Gacy the serial killer who famously worked as a clown when he...
Story by Valerie D’Orazio
Art by Dan Lauer
Edited by Darren G. Davis
Letterer Gary Scott Beatty
Cover by Dan Lauer and Graham Hill
Publisher Blue Water Comics
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Is there a Joker curse? Beyond The Joker:The Man Who Laughs attempts to answer this question by examining the clown as an archetype throughout history. The story starts out by detailing Heath Ledger’s experience during the shooting of The Dark Knight up to his tragic death after the film wrapped. The book then jumps to 1802 the year that Joseph Grimaldi created the familiar white-face look that we still associate with clowns today. Grimaldi it seems was the prototypical “sad clown” hiding his tears behind a smile and eventually a bottle. The story makes it’s way to John Wayne Gacy the serial killer who famously worked as a clown when he...
- 5/28/2014
- by Zachary Zagranis
- SoundOnSight
Prince Hans, Queen Elsa, Princess Anna, and Kristoff Bjorgman
Magical Disney characters attending Hogwarts makes a kind of logical sense, but what about the muggles? Artist Annabella, aka Eira1893, gives no clear answer on that but does give us some really fun art. My only wish is that these pieces didn't have the ragged border.
Annabella should do Disney villains as Hogwarts headmasters. That would be pretty cool to see.
We found this on Nerd Approved, Nerd Approved found it on BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed did a post on Kevin Bacon. Boom! Kevin Bacon!
Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip
Princess Jasmine, Rajah, Aladdin, Merida, and Flynn
Tarzan, Jane Porter, Milo Thatch, and Princess Kida
Belle and Prince Adam
Cinderella and Prince Henry
Tiana and Prince Naveen
Ariel, Prince Eric, Snow White and Prince Florian...
Magical Disney characters attending Hogwarts makes a kind of logical sense, but what about the muggles? Artist Annabella, aka Eira1893, gives no clear answer on that but does give us some really fun art. My only wish is that these pieces didn't have the ragged border.
Annabella should do Disney villains as Hogwarts headmasters. That would be pretty cool to see.
We found this on Nerd Approved, Nerd Approved found it on BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed did a post on Kevin Bacon. Boom! Kevin Bacon!
Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip
Princess Jasmine, Rajah, Aladdin, Merida, and Flynn
Tarzan, Jane Porter, Milo Thatch, and Princess Kida
Belle and Prince Adam
Cinderella and Prince Henry
Tiana and Prince Naveen
Ariel, Prince Eric, Snow White and Prince Florian...
- 4/10/2014
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
Want to know what your favorite Disney characters would look like if they were real? Artist Avalonis has taken some real life famous features as reference points and pieced them together to show us what they might look like in the real world. Here's a note from from the artist,
These are what Disney characters would look like if they were real. Lots of references (see if you can spot some famous features). Lots of manipulations and perfecting until I got the right features and made them real enough looking.
If some don't look exactly like the characters, well cut me some slack, there's not a lot of people out there that look like some of the more ridiculously proportioned Disney characters (Hercules, Cruella, villains etc). Also, I made them as realistic as possible. See if you can guess who is who...
I think the artist did a pretty good job with these.
These are what Disney characters would look like if they were real. Lots of references (see if you can spot some famous features). Lots of manipulations and perfecting until I got the right features and made them real enough looking.
If some don't look exactly like the characters, well cut me some slack, there's not a lot of people out there that look like some of the more ridiculously proportioned Disney characters (Hercules, Cruella, villains etc). Also, I made them as realistic as possible. See if you can guess who is who...
I think the artist did a pretty good job with these.
- 1/15/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Frozen
Written by Jennifer Lee
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
USA, 2013
Walt Disney Animation Studios has become, in its relative old age, both charmingly and cripplingly self-conscious. Each new entry seems to quiver in the shadow of the greats, the vaunted classics that have become untouchable for many. The studio just celebrated the 85th anniversary of Steamboat Willie, the short whose iconic image—Mickey whistling a happy tune while commandeering a rickety skiff—appears in its logo; however, Disney animation continues to remain at a creative crossroads. Once Pixar honcho John Lasseter was brought aboard as Disney’s chief creative consultant in the mid-2000s, he declared that hand-drawn animation was no longer dead and forgotten by the company that proved the form’s importance for so many decades. So, in 2009, Disney dipped into the well of fairy tales and princesses once more after what felt like an eternity,...
Written by Jennifer Lee
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
USA, 2013
Walt Disney Animation Studios has become, in its relative old age, both charmingly and cripplingly self-conscious. Each new entry seems to quiver in the shadow of the greats, the vaunted classics that have become untouchable for many. The studio just celebrated the 85th anniversary of Steamboat Willie, the short whose iconic image—Mickey whistling a happy tune while commandeering a rickety skiff—appears in its logo; however, Disney animation continues to remain at a creative crossroads. Once Pixar honcho John Lasseter was brought aboard as Disney’s chief creative consultant in the mid-2000s, he declared that hand-drawn animation was no longer dead and forgotten by the company that proved the form’s importance for so many decades. So, in 2009, Disney dipped into the well of fairy tales and princesses once more after what felt like an eternity,...
- 11/27/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
ABC released the first official promo for the Nov. 3 episode, which features the underwater frenemies’ big debut!
Of all the classic fairytales Once Upon A Time has woven into its increasingly complicated universe, The Little Mermaid has definitely been the most highly anticipated — and at long last, the wait is almost over! JoAnna Garcia flips her fins for the first time on the show’s Nov. 3 episode as mer-princess Ariel, and as we saw in this first promo, the story’s infamous sea witch will also be making a surprising appearance.
I say “surprising” because, in typical Once fashion, the eight-limbed enemy will be presented a little differently than you might remember. In this version, Ursula will be played by Lana Parrilla, similarly to the way Once‘s Beast doubled as Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
The promo also reveals Ariel’s first on-land meeting with Prince Eric (Gil McKinney), which we...
Of all the classic fairytales Once Upon A Time has woven into its increasingly complicated universe, The Little Mermaid has definitely been the most highly anticipated — and at long last, the wait is almost over! JoAnna Garcia flips her fins for the first time on the show’s Nov. 3 episode as mer-princess Ariel, and as we saw in this first promo, the story’s infamous sea witch will also be making a surprising appearance.
I say “surprising” because, in typical Once fashion, the eight-limbed enemy will be presented a little differently than you might remember. In this version, Ursula will be played by Lana Parrilla, similarly to the way Once‘s Beast doubled as Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
The promo also reveals Ariel’s first on-land meeting with Prince Eric (Gil McKinney), which we...
- 10/28/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
Mermaids and Lost Boys and sexual tension, oh my! Season three is already off to an epic start, thanks to tonight’s revealing — and deadly — premiere. Spoilers ahead!
The journey to save Henry (Jared Gilmore) began on the Sept. 29 season premiere of Once Upon A Time, and the motley crew of saviors quickly learned that getting to Neverland was the easy part. Surviving in Neverland? That’s a completely different story.
Let’s start with the mermaids, shall we? The Neverland seas are apparently crawling with ‘em, and while they may be pretty on the outside, their insides are uglier than Rumpelstiltskin’s complexion. A combination of cannons and fireballs proved enough to chase the mermaids away, though the gang decided to keep one and try to make her talk.
Unfortunately, things just got worse from there.
The lone ‘maid summoned a powerful storm fueled by the gang’s hate for one another,...
The journey to save Henry (Jared Gilmore) began on the Sept. 29 season premiere of Once Upon A Time, and the motley crew of saviors quickly learned that getting to Neverland was the easy part. Surviving in Neverland? That’s a completely different story.
Let’s start with the mermaids, shall we? The Neverland seas are apparently crawling with ‘em, and while they may be pretty on the outside, their insides are uglier than Rumpelstiltskin’s complexion. A combination of cannons and fireballs proved enough to chase the mermaids away, though the gang decided to keep one and try to make her talk.
Unfortunately, things just got worse from there.
The lone ‘maid summoned a powerful storm fueled by the gang’s hate for one another,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
Did Bones‘ Booth leave two women scorned? Will Burn Notice leave you with heartbreak? Will Arrow‘s Felicity be flying without a net? Did the Revolution wipe out the entire Friends cast?! Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.
Photos | Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop on Bones, Arrow and 43 Other Returning Faves
Got anything on the final episodes of Burn Notice? Will Mike and Fi end up together? –Bergs
In addition to what I served up here, there’s this special delivery scoop from series creator Matt Nix: “Without being coy, I think...
Photos | Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop on Bones, Arrow and 43 Other Returning Faves
Got anything on the final episodes of Burn Notice? Will Mike and Fi end up together? –Bergs
In addition to what I served up here, there’s this special delivery scoop from series creator Matt Nix: “Without being coy, I think...
- 9/6/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The shy new girl in the school. Ariel is in the swimming club of the University waiting for her "surfer" Eric ;D
Here's a fun series of Disney inspired character art that re-imagines several classic characters as college students. The illustrations were done by Deviant Artist Hyung86. I've also included notes from the artist on each character. Hope you like them.
Hercules and Beast will be the Quaterbacks of this university. They are cool, strong and a little bit arrogant
I always see Alice like a freaky bohemian girl who's every hour in is inner-wonderland
Our freaky/Nerd/lovely Belle!
I started with Peter Pan because he represents the youth looking so funny and friendly with tinkerbell in his Converse
China's heroine now as a modern city girl. She is part of the dance team of the university, loves Jay Chou and Wang Lee Hom
SnowWhite is a simple girl who loves to sing.
Here's a fun series of Disney inspired character art that re-imagines several classic characters as college students. The illustrations were done by Deviant Artist Hyung86. I've also included notes from the artist on each character. Hope you like them.
Hercules and Beast will be the Quaterbacks of this university. They are cool, strong and a little bit arrogant
I always see Alice like a freaky bohemian girl who's every hour in is inner-wonderland
Our freaky/Nerd/lovely Belle!
I started with Peter Pan because he represents the youth looking so funny and friendly with tinkerbell in his Converse
China's heroine now as a modern city girl. She is part of the dance team of the university, loves Jay Chou and Wang Lee Hom
SnowWhite is a simple girl who loves to sing.
- 5/14/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Do you have anything particularly scandalous about the season finale of Scandal you can share? —Daniela
Ausiello: I see what you did there. Scandalous. Scandal. Clever. I may steal that for next week’s AA. In the meantime, conventional wisdom points to the elusive mole being unmasked in the May 16 finale. Kerry Washington, meanwhile, points to it being the person you’d least expect. “It’s so shocking,” the actress tells us with a huge, hearty laugh.
Question: Do you have anything particularly scandalous about the season finale of Scandal you can share? —Daniela
Ausiello: I see what you did there. Scandalous. Scandal. Clever. I may steal that for next week’s AA. In the meantime, conventional wisdom points to the elusive mole being unmasked in the May 16 finale. Kerry Washington, meanwhile, points to it being the person you’d least expect. “It’s so shocking,” the actress tells us with a huge, hearty laugh.
- 4/30/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
E! certainly knows its niche. At its upfront presentation today, the network that spawned a thousand Kardashian series will unveil a programming slate filled with shows united by three Gs: glitz, glamor, and gobs of cash.
Highlights include The Wanted Life, which documents the lives of One Direction rivals and Lindsay Lohan accessories The Wanted; Blinging Up Baby, a special designed to make normal people envy celebrity toddlers; a one-off peek behind the curtain of Hollywood’s “cults, cabals and underground clubs”; and 50 Hours with 50 Cent, which answers one of history’s age-old questions: “What is it like to be 50 Cent?...
Highlights include The Wanted Life, which documents the lives of One Direction rivals and Lindsay Lohan accessories The Wanted; Blinging Up Baby, a special designed to make normal people envy celebrity toddlers; a one-off peek behind the curtain of Hollywood’s “cults, cabals and underground clubs”; and 50 Hours with 50 Cent, which answers one of history’s age-old questions: “What is it like to be 50 Cent?...
- 4/22/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hello? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Can you please give me a scoop on the next Scandal episode? If you do, I’ll tattoo your name on my face like Mike Tyson! — Georgette
Ausiello: You’re in luck: Mitovich just screened the episode and filed this juicy report:
“Holy. Moly. This Thursday’s flashback-filled episode is off the hook, juicy as hell and one of the series’ best episodes to date, if not the very best. Oh, but you want teases.
Question: Can you please give me a scoop on the next Scandal episode? If you do, I’ll tattoo your name on my face like Mike Tyson! — Georgette
Ausiello: You’re in luck: Mitovich just screened the episode and filed this juicy report:
“Holy. Moly. This Thursday’s flashback-filled episode is off the hook, juicy as hell and one of the series’ best episodes to date, if not the very best. Oh, but you want teases.
- 12/5/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
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