I don’t really mind that we won’t have “Daughters of Triton” anymore or the loss of the swimming movements*. It’s more the story implications. I mean, Ariel is stupid and naïve for the deal with Ursula, but she’s not outright trying to harm Triton. In that moment you can see she just didn’t care what might happen to herself, not thinking Ursula might manipulate her father later. Whereas without sisters, there’s no way for the character not to see how this harms Triton in some way if she’s his only heir. Even leaving the deal side of it out, leaving the sea for land is incredibly selfish knowing her father is old and has nobody else to replace her.Umbrella Fish wrote:I wonder if another reason they’re eliminating the sisters is because of technical difficulties. I mean, in the original film they are barely characterized so why waste money and time filming 6 additional bodies for what’s going to be a very difficult and challenging shoot?
I don’t like the change. I love Ariel’s sisters and I love watching the mermaids swim and gracefully move their bodies. I was looking forward to seeing that translated into a new medium. It’s a change which strengthens Triton’s character but seems to weaken Ariel’s. If she’s the heir to the throne, what happens when she up’s and leaves? Somebody should send her a copy of The Crown, stat. “It is your duty!”
* As far as the swimming, well… It’s the same thing I’ve been telling myself about Ariel’s hair the past couple of weeks. They aren’t going to be able to re-create the way her hair moved around (almost a character unto itself) or the way her tails / fins moved so beautifully in the original, so I guess it doesn’t really matter if her hair’s black or brown anyway because it’s not going to have the same effect in live-action (or 3D that imitates live-action, rather). It’ll probably move very little and float in one place like a corpse.
That would be so ridiculous!
