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pftones3482 · 1 year

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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.

#tlm #the little mermaid #h20 #disney #mermaids #professional mermaids #also trust me when i say i think all cgi mermaid tails look bad #but for some reason these ones just look so much worse #we saw the same thing happen with the 'live action' lion king #the lions looked SO BAD #but then you look at like???? aslan from chronicle of narnia????? which was made YEARS before the lion king #and he looked more realistic #and its disneys fault bc they WONT PAY PEOPLE

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radioactive-earthshine · 1 year

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NGL I have STRONG opinions about digital releases omitting the letters to the editor section of older comics. I feel like the letters are a part of comic history and should be aggressively preserved.

#look i was a weirdo and loved the letters so much #so much #so fucking damn much #i still to this day mourn that we don't have them #sometimes the editors would publish blatant aggressive criticism and promise to do better on some things #it was rare but it did happen in a handful of things involving stereotypes #also there is queer history in them such as in superboy and the ravers where people wrote in about hero #asking WHY he was not interested in women and this editor had to so professionally explain that he was GAY and where they stood on it #you also got to read queer readers writing in about these queer characters and the JOY in their words is priceless #also sorry but geoff's letters are fun and stupid at the same time and are a huge insight to what his hcs were #he LOVED tiny krypto so much it likely inspired him making dex starr bc he loved the idea of a small overly powered animal #not saying that was the main reason why ofc but it is interesting that he created dex after praising that mean little mutt #i say with the most love #my venting #my rambles

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the-implications · 3 months

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just realized in npmd boy jerry and paul have the same shirt lol

#i assume that it literally is the same shirt of course #but yeah not sure if anyone else noticed this but i wanted to point it out lolllll #sorry 4 the shitty screenshots btw i couldnt find any hd pics smh #i keep seeing these professional looking shots on google but theyre so low res for some reason????#so if anyone knows where i can find better photos PLS lmk #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #boy jerry #paul matthews #jon matteson

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bumblingbabooshka · 6 months

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Tuvok noting that the number of crewmen with framed photographs of captain Janeway is alarming. There's nothing to really DO about it but it is alarming nonetheless.

#Tuvok's photograph of Janeway is of her in his family home #she's relaxing in white & beige loungewear - draped over one of his chairs and smiling at someone off screen #Chakotay looks at it. He looks at Tuvok. Tuvok raises an eyebrow. End scene.#Chakotay is the only member of the main crew that does NOT have a framed photograph of Kathryn Janeway #which honestly makes him even more conspicuous #B'Elanna has a hidden one - it's the same as Harry's...some kind of professional aspirational shot #Tom has a funny one so he can pretend having it is a joke #The doctor has pictures of everyone for various reasons #<- medical reference and also he's such a 'ok now a group one. ok now move a little to the left...ok now-' guy with a camera #at any social gathering he and Neelix are MENACES with that camera #Neelix has pictures of everyone as well - mostly group shots but he has one that's just him & the captain on an away mission #Kes had one of Janeway sleeping in the mess hall after hours. A peaceful shot.#<- she had a brief photography phase with Neelix but her goals were more 'artsy'#Seven has one where Janeway just happens to be in the shot of a photo she was using for some sort of reference (she has many similar ones #of B'Elanna & Harry) <- Harry made her 'take a REAL one' with him though #voy #st voyager

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pcktknife · 1 year

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now i dont know anything about demons but ive never seen someone do a beelzebub interpretation and so heavily drop the whole lord of the flies bee bug thing like that other vivzie show has

#as im typing im noticing she has wings outside of just the ear antenna and extra arms i just didnt see em but its still eh #i know like 3-4 beelzebubs off the top of my head that come across better like do what you want with character designs #you dont haaave to have the theme be apparent but idk having a character b an interpretation of a theologoical figure id hope you'd keep #some themes at least #and even outside of that shes just doesnt look that great below mediocre to me personally but whatever im not a professional idc #and i dont get why shes a wolf maybe theres an in world reason there are so many canines but i feel like its shooting the design in the foo #not that you couldnt do a bug wolf demon but i like...wouldnt have done it like that ig #kae.txt

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secondbeatsongs · 2 years

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I love fandom, because I can think to myself, "I know it makes no sense, but wouldn't it be fun if the characters from this 1970s british cop show celebrated Thanksgiving?" and when I look, not only did someone else have the exact same thought that I did, but they had that thought in 1998, and their fic about it is still up online

#personal #fandom #look I usually don't post fandom stuff on here. I mean. I generally have a policy against it! for a lot of reasons #but my resolution for next year is to get weirder and be myself more #and part of that involves fandom stuff #and I'm starting early #so here you go! some thoughts #tbh I actually had this thought and found the fic a couple of years ago #and now it's a tradition #I read it every year - just like with some of the christmas fics from the same fandom #which is by the way #the professionals #CI5: the professionals #a show that I enjoy very much #I should rewatch it sometime #the remaster is a work of art

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synthville · 1 year

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“Thank you, Number One.”

“You are so very welcome, Captain.”

RAFFI MUSIKER / SEVEN OF NINE - ST: PIC - S03E10

#raffi musiker #seven of nine #they said professionalism or bust #imma read it as foreplay though #like for my mental #also jck continues to annoy #sorry but picards specialest baby boy is bland af and the fact that we are meant to be age mates????#reminds me of Xander from Buffy for some reason #and I h8d that mf lol #they played in my face all season w that one #and many other things but #pls like that man is GROWN #raffi looked sooooooo sexy this episode #so that’s a win for me #anyway their first stop should be 2024 to pick up RIOS #and then grab elnor on their way back why not!#wave to borgness while they’re headed back out #*#.rfi

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sqlmn · 9 months

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Sebastian (pink hair) and Cornella (blue hair) meet as children and realize "ah, that's the kid my parents told me to avoid because of business reasons" and immediately decide "hey, we're going to be best friends and not fight". Which... in the long run helps a lot in regards to their parents companies because now the parents have to play nice around their kids.

long history below lol

So they're just bffs throughout their youth and a couple years before their high school graduation, Sebastian spots a kid with messy hair who looks really nervous. Since it's early in the year, maybe the kid needs help finding somewhere? So he goes over to offer to help him to class buuuuut the guy flinches and runs away. So Sebastian is ready to report to Cornella at lunch but she slams her hands down on the table saying "I JUST SAW THE CUTEST GUY EVER". And Sebastian puts his concerns on hold until he realizes they're about to talk about the same guy.

The duo then decide "operation befriend shy guy" and spend like an entire school year getting Matis to warm up to them. Good! Except now they're seniors and STILL both pining for the underclassman (only a grade below) and they have an agreement to not pressure Matis into any weird situations about picking between them.

Matis and Sebastian like to draw though and so one day as Sebastian is vibing and sketching Cornella while stealing glances at Matis, he decides to put little hearts around her head. It's fine, it's not weird, it's totally cool. And Matis sees and comments he must really like her and while he DOES really like her it's .... not quite like that. So he laughs it off.

The two graduate and then start to train at their parents companies while attending college and the years go on. They still sometimes think about Matis and go "wonder how he's doing" "wonder if he's more outspoken now" "wonder if he'd remember us" because they're both very normal about the lingering crush they have. Cornella walks into the building she works at one day and is going directly to her office in hopes no one sees her since she's supposed to be off when she hears her name.

"I'm not here, you didn't see me and you REALLY didn't see me if my dad's asking" is her immediate response but the guy's like 'oh, sure, understood. i am interviewing someone who said he went to school with you' and so she looks over and is just. Floored. Yup, still nervous looking, definitely remembers them, he's doing fine, and he's apparently now working at her company. Fabulous.

She does say hello and then nervously excuses herself to go to her office before anyone else sees her but hey see you around good to see you bye haha... and calls Sebastian with "He's hot now" with no context. So he asks who and she's like "oh only the cutest boy to ever plague our brains for years" and Sebastian is just "wait wait, Matis ? ? YOU SAW HIM? WHERE? HELLO? Why was I not invited to see him? Why did you not video call so I can see him? WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S HOT" and then they scheme how to actually meet up and involve Matis. And they agree while he's definitely handsome dealing with other people, the fact he still blushes and looks nervous around them and looks to them for approval is the absolute cutest thing on the planet.

#pining since hs wdym #also someone pointed out matis is daikon colors and yeah ...... yeaaaah....#another person said omg seeing the three at the bottom is like trans colors #and honestly im here for the accidental rep #it was mostly me going you know what since theres a boy girl duo and for some reason blue pink is the weird norm #time to swap that and have a pink boy and blue girl #then i had no idea for a third color and just went white but with green as an under color #matis looks really professional when talking to other coworkers but blushes the second seb and cornella are involved #and sebastian is extremely cat coded #his little tufts of hair on the side of his head just kinda being cat ear like #and theres another reason but ill doodle it out later but hes basically just a fluffy pink cat who thrives with attention #but is so quick to be done with said attention cause hes bored bye #cornella and her crinkle cut hair is so cute imo #she has long hair as a kid then gets tired of maintaining it and cuts it short in hs and then grows it back out #matis goes from if i cant see them they cant see me to okay i have to pretend like im an adult who can make eye contact #seb and cornella are absolutely mind blown by the fact he has a beauty mark and they had no idea for the entire two school years with him

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gillianthecat · 4 months

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