Hook, Ursula, and the Voice

Was going to make this its own thread, but it fits here well enough.

So of course plenty of Ursula’s backstory was based on the original Disney Little Mermaid movie. Ursula having a beautiful singing voice (which she loses), her father Poseidon has a hatred of humans, and they even included the song “Fathoms Below.” However, other elements appear to be blatantly taken from the 2008 direct video prequel “Ariel’s Beginning.” In said movie, Ariel’s mother is killed by pirates, and music is what reminds Ariel of her. Wouldn’t be the first time the writers have borrowed an element from one of the Disney direct to video movies. The fairy Silvermist, who guest starred in episode 2 of Wonderland, is from the Tinker Bell direct to video movies. Granted, of course these similar elements from the Little Mermaid prequel might just be coincidences, but I have my doubts. My guess is, the writers are familiar with the prequel due to their kids watching it in their homes. To learn more about “Ariel’s Beginning”, take a look at the Wikipedia link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid:_Ariel%27s_Beginning

Was going to make this its own thread, but it fits here well enough. So of course plenty of Ursula’s backstory was based on the original Disney Little Mermaid movie. Ursula having a beautiful singing voice (which she loses), her father Poseidon has a hatred of humans, and they even included the song “Fathoms Below.” However, other elements appear to be blatantly taken from the 2008 direct video prequel “Ariel’s Beginning.” In said movie, Ariel’s mother is killed by pirates, and music is what reminds Ariel of her. Wouldn’t be the first time the writers have borrowed an element from one of the Disney direct to video movies. The fairy Silvermist, who guest starred in episode 2 of Wonderland, is from the Tinker Bell direct to video movies. Granted, of course these similar elements from the Little Mermaid prequel might just be coincidences, but I have my doubts. My guess is, the writers are familiar with the prequel due to their kids watching it in their homes. To learn more about “Ariel’s Beginning”, take a look at the Wikipedia link below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid:_Ariel%27s_Beginning

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I also thought this could be a nod to Hook’s explanation that those who win get to write the story.  In many ways Ursula was a mashup of Villain/Hero…ie Ursula and the Little Mermaid…like Red was the Wolf.