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Leviarex wrote:Here's Doug Walker's review of the 'Mulan' remake, and if what he has to say (including some amazingly good points about strength and character arcs)is to be believed, it (not too surprisingly) turned out as bad as many predicted it would:

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I honestly will never listen to Doug after his little controversy in 2018, but honestly i don't think Mulan looks that good. Then again i was surprised with Aladdin so who knows?

Still not paying for it though.
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Leviarex wrote:Here's Doug Walker's review of the 'Mulan' remake, and if what he has to say (including some amazingly good points about strength and character arcs)is to be believed, it (not too surprisingly) turned out as bad as many predicted it would:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gT62lmaRX6c
Doug Walker eh? Thats so 2013
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See? Shows you there's no point in these lifeless carbon copy live-action remakes. They've only been made to prey off of people's nostalgia. Lazy.

Better off sticking to the animated classics. There was no reason for these to exist.
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GodzillaFan1990's wrote:See? Shows you there's no point in these lifeless carbon copy live-action remakes. They've only been made to take advantage of people's nostalgia. Lazy.
Again, why are you trusting Doug when he is the most unrieriable person on the internet? And you haven't even watched the movie.
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Gigantis wrote:Again, why are you trusting Doug when he is the most unrieriable person on the internet? And you haven't even watched the movie.
Well...There's also Jeremy.



He didn't like it.

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GodzillaFan1990's wrote:See? Shows you there's no point in these lifeless carbon copy live-action remakes. They've only been made to prey off of people's nostalgia. Lazy.

Better off sticking to the animated classics. There was no reason for these to exist.
They exist because experience has shown that audiences will pay to see them. It's not about being "lazy;" it's about a profit-driven industry catering to its market.
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GodzillaFan1990's wrote:
Gigantis wrote:Again, why are you trusting Doug when he is the most unrieriable person on the internet? And you haven't even watched the movie.
Well...There's also Jeremy.

*video*

He didn't like it.
Okay sure, he's a more reliable person, but how can you form an opinion on a film you haven't probably even watched a clip of? You can't just parrot a persons word.
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Yeah Chris Stuckmann didn't really like it either.
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I can't believe people are spending 30 dollars to see this pile of garbage.

Way to support totalitarianism for the sake of your youtube reviews, boys.
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The movie's available already?! That was quick... I enjoyed the animated version quite a bit when I was younger, but haven't seen too much of the live action one outside of the initial trailer.
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Gigantis wrote:
GodzillaFan1990's wrote:
Gigantis wrote:Again, why are you trusting Doug when he is the most unrieriable person on the internet? And you haven't even watched the movie.
Well...There's also Jeremy.

*video*

He didn't like it.
Okay sure, he's a more reliable person,
I didn't see the video and thought it was CinemaSins Jeremy and I was gonna RAGE lmaoooo
but how can you form an opinion on a film you haven't probably even watched a clip of? You can't just parrot a persons word.

Yeah this is the main thing. You can agree with a majority opinion but that doesn't always mean its true or right. People are just like that.
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Mulan is likely getting bad reviews because they deviated so much from the animated version. People don't actually hate remakes as much as they claim they hate remakes that change too much of the orginal that have fund memories of.
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miguelnuva wrote:Mulan is likely getting bad reviews because they deviated so much from the animated version. People don't actually hate remakes as much as they claim they hate remakes that change too much of the orginal that have fund memories of.
From the reviews I've seen (which isn't that many) that is factor, but in the context that while they remove stuff from the original, they don't actually replace it with something better or even something just as good. Now I haven't seen the movie myself, I'm waiting until December when it's free, so I can't say what they say is true or not. Though, I do usually agree with Chris Stuckmann and Jeremy Jahns, so we shall see.
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$30 for a single movie is just so utterly insane. Its like they actively want
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$30 actually isn't too bad if you have a family of 3 or more. I routinely spend more than that when I was hitting the theater with my wife and daughter before COVID. But I won't be paying it for one of these Disney live action movies.
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ROMG4 wrote:$30 for a single movie is just so utterly insane. Its like they actively want
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miguelnuva wrote:Mulan is likely getting bad reviews because they deviated so much from the animated version. People don't actually hate remakes as much as they claim they hate remakes that change too much of the orginal that have fund memories of.
I liked the Jungle Book and that changed the story a LOT.

So no.

My problems with Mulan are political (see: supporting a totalitarian dictatorship) and Disney's anti-customer practices ($40 CAD on a streaming service you already pay for to watch it at home on your little TV, as opposed to the $13 CAD movie ticket you would get from a theatrical experience.)

The fact that Mulan is a shitty, cynical remake is the least of its problems.
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miguelnuva wrote:Mulan is likely getting bad reviews because they deviated so much from the animated version. People don't actually hate remakes as much as they claim they hate remakes that change too much of the orginal that have fund memories of.
I liked the Jungle Book and that changed the story a LOT.

So no.
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Kaiju-King42 wrote:
miguelnuva wrote:Mulan is likely getting bad reviews because they deviated so much from the animated version. People don't actually hate remakes as much as they claim they hate remakes that change too much of the orginal that have fund memories of.
I liked the Jungle Book and that changed the story a LOT.

So no.
The Jungle Book didn't change the stroy that much. It was altered yes, but it was still Bagheera takes Mowgli to a human village to keep him safe from a returning Shere Khan. Mowgli encounters Kaa, he then meets his best friend Baloo who teaches him the bear[bare) necessities.

King Louie takes Mowgli because he wants the secret of fire, and Mowgli confronts Shere Khan with Fire. The only radical difference is the ending.

With Mulan Mushu, Shang and Shan Yu are gone from the start and the Be a Man song.

Nothing saying this is the only problem with Mulan just that before you even see the film it's the most altered remake other than Maleficent.
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The reason why they changed Mulan so drasstically from the animated version was to have it resonate with Chinese audiences more by making it closer in tone to the original ballad from China's olden days.

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