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And that’s the problem fro me. This is not supposed to be Disney Live Action TV. It’s OUAT. It was sold as your favorite stories come to life–not your favorite Disney movies, which is why we had an array of characters in season one, even those not popularized by the Great Mouse. This isn’t creative or new and fresh. It’s just a Disney carbon copy plopped down, complete with all the trappings. Shouldn’t have to be instantly recognizable. She should be THEIR Mal, not the one I could watch on my Disney DVD
And yet they’ve been using the distinct Disney names and even some of their character traits since day 1. When you use those names, people expect enough of the Disney traits to be retained.
I didn’t say that they didn’t use some Disney–of course they have. Snow might have had dark hair, but she was also a bandit living in a woods. Charming might have been a dashing knight but he was also once just a farmer. Regina might have the EQ persona but she also had her Stable Princess role. The influx of Disney is to be expected. But we also had characters like King George or Midas or big spins like Rumple being the Beast and being a father looking for his little boy. But now everything is a Disney carbon copy. Look at Elsa and Anna. The actresses were great but it was a very literal interpretation (not even sure if I’d call it an interpretation, honestly). There is paying homage to Disney and then there is copying them. And of course, this is to saying nothing of the obvious “falling in line” they are doing with regards to the marketing of Disney. Cruella is going to be on our screen as a villain in March. Guess what comes out in Feb? This is why it’s shaky when giant corporations get heavily involved in what is supposed to be art: they have different agendas. Disney cares about their bottom line (read: money) and TV shows are, yes, financially driven but also supposed to be about story. Like Slurpeez said above me, even the SQ’s story was really just the Disney Frozen story adapted for a different snowy girl