Live action The Little Mermaid

*Raph's Girl* · 03-18-2014, 03:34 PM

Sofia Coppala is in talks to direct a live action adaption of The Little Mermaid. Hopefully this one will be more true to the original story and be the tragedy that it is.

http://collider.com/sofia-coppola-the-little-mermaid/

*The Stryker* · 03-18-2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Sofia Coppala is in talks to direct a live action adaption of The Little Mermaid. Hopefully this one will be more true to the original story and be the tragedy that it is.

http://collider.com/sofia-coppola-the-little-mermaid/

Because if there's one thing everyone wants, it's to be completely depressed.

*BubblyShell22* · 03-18-2014, 04:16 PM

I don't know what to think about this. I'll have to see a trailer and learn more about it before I can judge.

*Donatello19* · 03-18-2014, 04:26 PM

Hm, let's see...no relation to the Disney version...

not interested

*ObiWanFan4life* · 03-18-2014, 04:50 PM

Well, if the movie totally flops, Disney won't be associated with its failure. But seriously, I hope Universal is prepared to get bombarded with angry letters from a thousand overprotective soccer moms.

*CyberCubed* · 03-18-2014, 05:27 PM

What happens in the original story?

*Candy Kappa* · 03-18-2014, 05:59 PM

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What happens in the original story?

The mermaid dies.

Leofan26 · 03-18-2014, 06:10 PM

We already had one though, it was called Splash with Tom Hanks as the star, may be an old film but still counts right

*Raph's Girl* · 03-18-2014, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

What happens in the original story?

Prince marries somebody else. Mermaid dies and becomes a wind goddess to earn her soul (because Merfolk are soulless beasts or something) to get into heaven.

*MikeandRaph87* · 03-18-2014, 06:11 PM

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What happens in the original story?

To further what Kappa said,the story was about evolution. She was a mermaid and was given legs to become human. This time however the prince was engaged already to a princess and she tried to woo him away. No trade happened but if she failed to woo the prince she was to kill him and drop his blood onto her feet to return to mermaid form. She could not go through with it so she dived into the ocean to become seafoam like all mermaids do after 300 years but her situation of fialling would do it to her 280 some years early. Due to her pure heart the wind people took her before impact with the ocean and she was to become a human soul at the end of the 300 years. So she went from mermaid to human to wind person to human soul. No marriage to a prince as he was already set to marry a princess.

*Allio* · 03-18-2014, 08:57 PM

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Because if there's one thing everyone wants, it's to be completely depressed.

reminds me, can't wait to see how Mero's storyline plays out in Monster Musume

turtle1237 · 03-18-2014, 09:03 PM

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Hm, let's see...no relation to the Disney version...

not interested

Disney ruin the Little Mermaid imo. They turn one of the greatness tragic stories ever told and made it a happy movie.

*Donatello19* · 03-18-2014, 09:31 PM

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Disney ruin the Little Mermaid imo. They turn one of the greatness tragic stories ever told and made it a happy movie.

Yeah, didn't start a renaissance or anything...

*ZariusTwo* · 03-19-2014, 04:46 AM

I wanted Aerial to end up with Flounder.

Yes, I am aware I am in dire need of psychiatric counceling.

*Allio* · 03-19-2014, 11:51 AM

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Yeah, didn't start a renaissance or anything...

This is one of those "As a 'A' it's good, as a 'B' it ain't"

As a Disney movie, it's good

as a story adapatation of "The Little Mermaid" it isn't.

*BubblyShell22* · 03-19-2014, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I wanted Aerial to end up with Flounder.

Yes, I am aware I am in dire need of psychiatric counceling.

I never thought I'd see anyone say this. That would be one weird romance though.

*snake* · 03-19-2014, 07:27 PM

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I wanted Aerial to end up with Flounder.

Yes, I am aware I am in dire need of psychiatric counceling.

I'm sure I can find one fanfics for that.

*Raph's Girl* · 03-19-2014, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I wanted Aerial to end up with Flounder.

Yes, I am aware I am in dire need of psychiatric counceling.

Wait a second.. you wanted Ariel to dump Rob Paulsen and fall for Cam Clarke instead?!

*Sage Ninja* · 04-01-2014, 11:13 PM

who was the original voice of Eric?

Jelly Bean · 04-03-2014, 01:41 PM

I think the guy who did the voice of peter parker in the 90's spiderman cartoon series was the orginal Eric. I don't think that was Rob paulsen in the orginal movie.

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