#h20

[pftones3482]

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.

[redvelvet-delight]

H2o: Just Add Water (2006 - 2010)

[doesanyonehaveasparelightsaber]

I’m not sure what ya’ll consider to be PEAK friendship but this is it, enough with Hollywood trying to show friends only hanging out in each others’ bedrooms and living rooms and crap, hanging out on each others’ stair landings was a sign of TRUE friendship, corporate fools

Even better about this whole scene, they are all so close to each other and there isn’t a hint of discomfort, Emma and Lewis’ legs are touching and they’re thinking nothing of it because they are just buddies and Cleo folding her legs so that there’s more space for Lewis’ and Emma’s legs and just Rikki propping her feet up on the stair in front of her is just so in character, and then just imagine Cleo’s parents trying to walk past them all and stepping over sprawled out limbs and them being so fine with it because, “hey, it’s just teenager things”, dude, I just love the humanity of it and how absolutely close the original cast actually was with each other to make such scenes seem natural

[g0ldlockchen]

oh to be 7 years old and watching h20 for the first time again💙

[mysharona1987]

[dusty-cobweb]

h20 would’ve been better if rikki was allowed to kill

[that-2000s-blog]

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[lanasfav444]

this is girlhood.

[mldwnka]

[mermaidbracket]

[emotionalhardcore]

imagine having to pick ONE day to go to

[fruitydemogorgon]

HOW TO TREAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND WITH POWERS NO BORAX NO GLUE:

(with cleo and lewis from h20 just add water)

with borax and glue:

result:

[chaysreality222]

Script & Scenario Ideas! - Mako Edition

table of contents ⬎

1⌇opening message

2⌇script ideas

3⌇scenario ideas

hii guys!! it's c! i wanted to do a fun post for those who are in need of motivation or a new dr idea. yes! it's h20/mako mermaids themed. i've loved this series so much and i know others love it too. so why not make a dr about it? here are some fun script & scenario ideas you can add to that dr!

script ideas:

make a cool summer playlist of songs you want to share with your friends in your desired reality and script it in! i'd recommend walking on a dream by empire of the sun OR brazil by declan mckenna.

you own a house on or near the beach! your place would be like the main hangout spot for sure. maybe it can have a secret grotto like Rita has in mako mermaids?

you're immune to your mermaid secret being exposed! I mean unless you script it to happen, but until then i'd make sure to script this.

mermaids can have different color tails! the main colors could be like orange, green, or blue. then, pink or purple etc. can be rare colors that you can get? all up to you!

you can interact and understand other sea creatures! make friends with the dolphins and other fish. maybe they can help you find cool treasure?

scenario ideas:

you have a personal mermaid dual off with Charlotte... anyone who watched h20 would understand. Charlotte was incredibly irritating and got away with too much during her time as a mermaid. she needs to be put in her place ASAP. though she does get her mermaid ability and powers stripped away from her, the mermaid dual still needs to happen.

you and your friends swim to [insert place of interest]. you can script that all the parents go on some cruise (a 1 week trip in general) and that's how you get away with this secret trip. you guys can swim to the bahamas, hawaii, etc! i'm really not sure about how you'd be able to bring things if you wanted to but... you got it!

you save your s/o as a mermaid. script that you save your s/o from his boat breaking down etc. and he catches a glimpse of your eyes in the moonlight but doesn't remember anything after that. mind you, he doesn't have any idea of who you are and only can remember your eyes. OMG a perfect start to a romance.

pranks on Lewis. i think it would be funny to mess with his line while he's fishing, make his boat stall, and or make his boat go extremely fast to see how he reacts. i think it's a fair trade for his little mermaid tests.

you and your friends go on a swim to collect shells. imagine how many cool shells you can find and maybe you guys can make cool necklaces too. definitely a cool gift idea!

i'm still real serious about that Charlotte one fr. anyway, thanks for reading this. i really want to make more like this. i used to make a lot on amino and i saw that a lot of people loved it. i hope this gave you some cool ideas and if you have anymore, feel free to comment! as always, Happy Shifting!

xoxo, c.

[elviradreaminess]

H2O: Just Add Water 💧✨

MerMay is over! But I still have a couple of drawings left to share, so here’s one of them!

Guys, I don’t even know where to start to express my obsession with H2O when I was a lil gurl 😭💖 I was so obsessed with it that I used to believe that I was a mermaid… I love everything about this show! And I always will! It’s such a dear memory to my heart 💙

[kimlion1313]

Golden glow

Ambersands Beach, FL - Dec 23

[itachi-shitpost]

Cause i’m no ordinary girl 🎶