Pat Morita hosts the Britannica Tales Around the World series as he not only takes us through Beauty and the Beast but also The Chinese Parrot and Sedna! phelous.com / phelous
Despite the awkward animation of the Beauty and the Beast story, I actually quite like the designs. There's something intriguing about a gothic/melancholic Beauty, falling in love with a demonic looking Beast in a Tim Burton styled castle. I definitely think that this has potential had it been executed better.
Yeah this is a big step up from most of the bad VHS versions that he's watched which mostly seemed designed to trick confused grandparents- the animation's not great and it's no Storyteller, but this had some ambition of both having different specific styles and showcasing some lesser known fairy tales.
@@merchantfan I agree, it's refreshing to see an animated fairytale that doesn't try to look like knockoff Disney or badly drawn kids drawings in garish colors.
@@blondbraid7986 And in general it has less of a 'knockoff' feel to it- they are actually making an effort to do more of their own thing. That's maybe why they put it in a different line- the "we kinda give a crap with these" line. No idea why they cut Pat Morita though in later editions unless there was some kind of dispute- he's not even phoning it in!
@@kobaltsteel6418 Depends on which version of the story you're going off of, and whether you include certain older tales which might have inspired it. According to some sources, the story likely originated around 4,000 years ago, and a number of old fairytales can actually be traced as far back as Ancient Greece. (i.e. Beauty & the Beast=Hades & Persephone, Pinocchio=Pygmalion and Galatea, Sleeping Beauty & Snow White (very loosely) relates back to Eris & the Golden Apple...etc.)
actualy this is easily the second best iv seen, after the disney version of course, its art style and character design for the most part is very appealing, with a bit more skill and a lot more passion put into it, it could have possibly matched the disney version in fact.
"hey look some lost guy! Im going to make him such a nice dinner, but he better stay away from my flowerssss" is the best line regarding Beauty and the Beast ive ever heard 10/10
Bevanfield Old Man: _"GT Old Man! I need you to get hungry!"_ GoodTimes Old Man: _"Mmnuuh, that's my secret, cous'! I'm always hungry!_ *_HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"_* This comment is a sin.
I kinda love the aesthetic of the first Beauty and the Beast. The sisters could use a redesign but the Wednesday Addams looking Beauty and the Demonic looking Beast are honestly kinda cool! The castle is honestly really cool
I actually like how gothic and weird that one beauty and the beast looks. The beast's design is genuinely off-putting and interesting instead of just looking like an animal. And I like that beauty isn't conventionally "hot", she's just a normal girl. Too bad the animation is so janky
With more polish to the style and the flow of the animation, it could have looked really cool. Janky as it is, it already kinda reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride... it's like Tim Burton's Beauty and the Beast.
Agreed! this is easily the second best iv seen, after the disney version of course, its art style and character design for the most part is very appealing, with a bit more skill and a lot more passion put into it, it could have possibly matched the disney version in fact.
In 5th grade (when I was about age 10), our English teacher was out sick and the substitute put this tape of Beauty and the Beast on for us and we had to answer questions about it with a worksheet. As soon as the first one ended, she paused it and we ended up just having a lengthy discussion about it bc some kids thought it was extremely creepy looking and even the substitute seemed a little unsure wtf we just watched.
Therapist: "Come on, Phelan, try to remember the good times in your life." Mental Echo: "Good times in your life... Good times in your... Good times in... Good times... Goodtimes... Goodtimes... Goodtimes..."
Well, there's actually an interesting story. After "Fantasia", he retired from acting and sort of disappeared from the public eye. When "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was in early development, he auditioned, but the producers said that he was too big a star and they didn't think the movie was going to be a critical or financial hit. Now he just does minor roles for other films, but he always appears in Disney media as himself. The kids love him!
Beauty's design kinda reminds me of Alice Liddel from Madness Returns. I actually like the Beast's design. His body looks irregular, grotesque, mutated... He looks like he's truly cursed, turned into an absolute abomination.
I can't wait for the day when Phelan discovers a long lost VHS of a Galaxy Warriors cartoon pilot that was distributed by Good Times in the Philippines and inexplicably has the Ghostbusters logo on the back.
It's a shame the animation and the human characters are so weird in the first segment, because some of the backgrounds and the beast's design look quite interesting. It would be great to see an adaptation one day that has a similar darker atmosphere! Just you know, with actually good animaton. Great video btw! :)
It almost looks like it was trying to bite Tim Burton's style, or something 😂 But I agree gothic artstyle fits the tale. Still needs some rewriting though.
I’m still waiting for someone to make an actual accurate adaptation of the little mermaid story which included the original ending. But no one has the guts to do it, even recently a live action version is on Netflix and it has absolutely nothing to do with a Hans Andersen tale which makes me wonder why they even bother calling it The Little Mermaid.
@@brandonlyon730 You should take a look at the 1968 version made by these dirty communists of soyuzmultfilm. 😂 Seriously, though, soviet animation is pretty cool
This is why I come to watch Phelous beyond the snark and the delivery of his jokes. There is some well thought out and well done research that makes me feel a little smarter after I am done watching the whole thing.
According to Wikipedia, the Sleeping Beauty Episode in this series has Sun, Moon, and Talia. Which, if I'm remembering right, involved rape and all kinds of torture. Really wonder how they made it kid friendly.
Not gonna lie, the first incarnation of the beast marks the first time, in all the times Phelous has reviewed Beauty and the Beast, that he actually looks terrifying. (The Beast, not Phelous...)
Phelan will never run out of cheap Beauty and the Beast adaptations to review. Every time you think there can't be anymore, another one pops up. It's like trying to cut the heads off a Hydra.
I had this VHS as a kid! I remember the demon-looking Beast scaring the crap out of me, the Parrot story lightening the mood, and the Sedna story just leaving me feeling uneasy.
So, it's not just me who's scared of the stories in these tapes. The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister tale in the Hansel and Gretel one freaked me out so much that I refused to go to sleep that night.
Right? Probably the most genuinely frightening-looking beast yet. It's almost hard to understand why people in-universe are so frightened at the mere sight of the other animated beasts-- they all at least wear clothes and have clean, silky, pettable fur. (That being said, when demon!Beast's ears went down like a sad dog after confirming that Beauty thought he was ugly, I legit went "Aww....")
I expected the Beast would say "Welcome... to your DOOM!" Also, I realized, Beauty is Lydia from Beetlejuice! Explains why she fell for an emaciated werewolf.
If they wanted to show stories from around the world that are similar to Beauty and The Beast, why didn't they do The Scarlet Flower, which is basically a russian Beauty and the Beast?
@@babablacksheep3950 It's not forced diversity if the stories they're telling are actually from different ethnic backgrounds. But they still should have included Scarlet Flower. Though maybe they didn't because the story is basically the same, it just takes place in Russia.
@@HiperPivociarz I was just joking. But it baffled me that they use The Waiting Maid's Parrot and Sedna tales and forced it to fit with the Beauty and The Beast tale.... Even if they have to use Chinese folklore there are more fitting tales like The Fairy Serpent or The Dragon Prince. It feel like they just bought some cheap animations and bundle it into one tape and hire Pat Morita to bullshit in front of camera to make it somehow connected like tons of Godfrey Ho's movies.
nah, they already did Anastasia, not again lol Good fairytale though, but it needs to be done properly (like any other fairytale from non-Western European countries), with respect to the culture and all that.
While I wasn't quite as amused by the actual "movie" this time, the revelation that Goodtimes has been keeping tabs on Phelous this whole time really blows my mind.
Fun fact, Don Bluth was once considering doing his own Beauty and the Beast, even drafting up character designs. I would've LOVED to see his doubtless fucked-up version of the tale.
The Beast had an interesting design in this batch. Much more scary than the hulking Disney monster. Something about it being this strange gangly thing much it that much creepier, plus I think having the monster be "ugly" makes the live story more impactful. If the beast is adorable, it's not a stretch to imagine them falling in love.
Personally I actually like the look of the "Beauty & the Beast" segment in this. The animation could be more fluid but I really dig the hyper-stylized Gothic look. Reminds me a little of the UPA "Tell-Tale Heart" short. & Beauty reminds me of Wednesday Addams, besides.
The version of Sedna I knew was that her dad pushed her overboard and every time she tried to grab the boat he walloped her fingers and broke them off one by one. The fingers became seals and her thumbs whales. After that she was basically a sea/seal spirit with no fingers so she always had seal attendants to help. Oh and her father SUPER died after that, he almost made it to the shore then WHAM Sedna sent a huge storm and drowned him and his men. My book thought this was appropriate for children, dunno why this cartoon wussed out.
I like that this one gave us more diverse tales than just the original Beauty and the Beast, despite the limited animation and weak storytelling. It was nice learning a new Chinese legend! Although...a more fitting Chinese Beauty and the Beast tale would be _The White Snake,_ which is already a very famous legend. It's about a man who falls in love with a snake spirit without realizing it, and their following trials and tribulations as a couple against a Buddhist monk until he learns of her true identity but still loves her. :P
Yes, that would have been a much better fit; there are a lot of good adaptations of that legend as well like the 2006 Chinese drama with Liu Tao, Chen Zihan, Pan Yueming and Xie Ning. I thought the parrot story was going to refer to the Pu Songling story Abao and the beast was going to be Abao because she got Sun Zichu to slice off his sixth finger.
Ya know, I never realized that original version of the Beauty and the Beast actually includes the Beast demands for the father including that the daughter has to know the truth about the exchange and agree to it. Like, I'm so used to original versions of fairy tales being in the all ways more horrifying than the modern versions so thats just surprising.
God I've been waiting so long for this one to get reviewed! Growing up this VHS was one of the reasons why I (Unlike my classmates in elementary school) knew that Disney didn't INVENT Beauty and the Beast. Or 99.999% of all their movies. I had always loved how the Beasts castle looked, the soft water colors and pastels in the background, even the ugly statuesque human characters, but by god I remember loving the beasts design! Many versions portray the Beast looking like a lion or a Bear, and the earliest versions portrayed him often like a boar, but Britannicas beast was this... thing! Cast in shadow, shaped like it's painful to just BE him, his voice, those wrinkles. No other version of the character has ever left me with the feeling of "Yes... if that was real it wouldn't matter how well he'd treat me, I would be unsettled just knowing he's in the castle, knowing he could be nearby, knowing he could SENSE MY FEELINGS! I would never get used to his appearance. I may get more comfortable with him and his personality, but his appearance would always unsettle me."
OMG ALSO THANK YOU FOR SOURCING THE CHINESE PARROT FOLKTALE! I've been trying to find the original for years, but was never able to because Chinese Parrot just turns up an old lost media film!
Oh yes. This was better than the 2017 remake... of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. At least they didn't pointlessly shove Tom and Jerry for no reason.
It still exists as a (paid) online resource. The only advantage it has over Wikipedia is that its articles are written by "experts" and "trusted" scholars.
I appreciate the effort Phelan puts into his videos. They are always top notch. He should definitely have millions of subs. Great job and thank you for the entertainment that you constantly and consistently deliver.
@@cartooncritique6625 That is true. What always amused me about mythology is that people can make stuff up and yet then accept it as real and believe it. The ability of humans to fool even themselves.
@@LibraGamesUnlimited It's a lot like what happens with rumors and "Big Fish" stories. Somebody tells the original version of the story (which may or may not have an inkling of truth to it), and then that story gets retold by somebody else, but altered slightly each time until it eventually winds up being a completely different story. In the case of mythology, they are originally told as a way to explain natural and historic events only for them to spiral way out of control and next then you know it gives birth to some kind of wacko religion.
@@cartooncritique6625 Yeah, I am aware. I used to real mythology (Greek/Roman mostly) very heavily back in my childhood. Still have a soft spot for that sort of thing.
Turns out it's _possible_ to make blue-flamed candles: you basically have to impregnate the wick and the fuel with a solution of copper chloride. The best results people got came from using an isopropanol/acetone combination as a fuel, but that doesn't mix well with wax, so you're better off making a lamp instead of a candle.
I really like the Britannica tales from around the World Series. The idea is really fun even if pay has to really stretch sometimes to find comparisons,
I found a super old and slightly modly Beauty and the Beast VHS in my local thriftstore and out of love and respect for old media/love for you reviewing terrible bootlegs, I decided to keep it. It's on display right next to my Mask VHS. I don't know which is scarier- the crude reimagining of a classic fairytale drawn by children staring at me *OR* Jim Carey in a green mask and a beach hat staring at me.
"You are ugly, but you treat me well."
Best wedding vow ever.
"Ah, but Beauty doesn't always have to be a girl and the Beast doesn't always have to be a boy"
That's true equality right here.
Despite the awkward animation of the Beauty and the Beast story, I actually quite like the designs. There's something intriguing about a gothic/melancholic Beauty, falling in love with a demonic looking Beast in a Tim Burton styled castle. I definitely think that this has potential had it been executed better.
Yeah this is a big step up from most of the bad VHS versions that he's watched which mostly seemed designed to trick confused grandparents- the animation's not great and it's no Storyteller, but this had some ambition of both having different specific styles and showcasing some lesser known fairy tales.
@@merchantfan I agree, it's refreshing to see an animated fairytale that doesn't try to look like knockoff Disney or badly drawn kids drawings in garish colors.
@@blondbraid7986 And in general it has less of a 'knockoff' feel to it- they are actually making an effort to do more of their own thing. That's maybe why they put it in a different line- the "we kinda give a crap with these" line. No idea why they cut Pat Morita though in later editions unless there was some kind of dispute- he's not even phoning it in!
@@merchantfan Exactly, even if they didn't have a huge budget these people still tried at least.
The art styles for all the shorts are compelling. I think they just weren't transferred to computer art /animation well
I never realized the Beauty and the Beast cinematic universe was that big.
Well, the Disney song wasn't kidding when they said it was a "Tale as Old as Time". ^^
@@cartooncritique6625 And by time, they of course meant 200 years ago...
@@kobaltsteel6418 Depends on which version of the story you're going off of, and whether you include certain older tales which might have inspired it. According to some sources, the story likely originated around 4,000 years ago, and a number of old fairytales can actually be traced as far back as Ancient Greece. (i.e. Beauty & the Beast=Hades & Persephone, Pinocchio=Pygmalion and Galatea, Sleeping Beauty & Snow White (very loosely) relates back to Eris & the Golden Apple...etc.)
actualy this is easily the second best iv seen, after the disney version of course, its art style and character design for the most part is very appealing, with a bit more skill and a lot more passion put into it, it could have possibly matched the disney version in fact.
@@shardinhand1243 Nah the Russian one is the second after disneys version
In sequel the Beast moves to the suburbs and he yells at kids for walking on his grass. He's really into horticulture.
Hahahaha I'm dead!
He also says "I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE!!!!!"
@@ccateni28 directed by Clint Eastwood .
@@munkyzzb7504 I wish...
@@ccateni28 I hate that I get the reference
Honestly that Beast is kinda adorable. He looked like a sad kitten when Beauty called him ugly. I'm a fan of monsters so that probably helps.
I love monsters too.
Monsters are my childhood.
The Beauty in the first one is kinda cute too
@@seanstark4312 Yeah, I like her
Yeah I like the art style and design it was cute
All the fathers from all these cheap Beauty and the Beast cartoons should form their own Avengers team. Obviously lead by Old Man.
I'd certainly watch this over Captain Marvel
😀
Jay Arby Old Mayor will finance the whole thing
Featuring Robot Husband from The Christmas Tree as Vision!
Master Farr But what does that make The Evil Lamp, Killdozer, and Lifecrane?
Master Farr Old Man: Far From Home
“That giant water man is attacking Venice! It’s completely useless now!”
"Just a rose for my daughter!" "Wait, seriously? Deal! A rose in exchange for your daughter!" "Oh, curse you ambiguous sentence structure!"
"hey look some lost guy! Im going to make him such a nice dinner, but he better stay away from my flowerssss" is the best line regarding Beauty and the Beast ive ever heard 10/10
My personal favorite from this review is "Has my gloomy funhouse mirror castle not brought you the _greatest_ of joy?"
Another Beauty's Father for the Old Man Avengers.
And the Beauties will form the Beauty League .
Bevanfield Old Man: _"GT Old Man! I need you to get hungry!"_
GoodTimes Old Man: _"Mmnuuh, that's my secret, cous'! I'm always hungry!_ *_HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"_*
This comment is a sin.
I'm more in favor of Beauty's Dad Lantern Corp
Geriatric Infinity War
Beauty V. Beauty: Dawn of "aaahhh"
I kinda love the aesthetic of the first Beauty and the Beast.
The sisters could use a redesign but the Wednesday Addams looking Beauty and the Demonic looking Beast are honestly kinda cool!
The castle is honestly really cool
Yay, someone else notice that this Beauty looks like an adult Wednesday Addams, or young Mortisha
Y'know, I kinda dig the art style.
**scene changes back to the sisters**
... Never mind.
I actually like how gothic and weird that one beauty and the beast looks. The beast's design is genuinely off-putting and interesting instead of just looking like an animal. And I like that beauty isn't conventionally "hot", she's just a normal girl. Too bad the animation is so janky
If you wouldn't do this incarnation of Beauty, I don't even want to speak to you.
With more polish to the style and the flow of the animation, it could have looked really cool. Janky as it is, it already kinda reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride... it's like Tim Burton's Beauty and the Beast.
Agreed! this is easily the second best iv seen, after the disney version of course, its art style and character design for the most part is very appealing, with a bit more skill and a lot more passion put into it, it could have possibly matched the disney version in fact.
I get a real American McGee's Alice vibe from her. I kinda dig it. And I really dig the rest of the aesthetic, too.
Yeah, the style has its charm :)
I remember seeing that first Beauty on a different VHS a week ago. She said the weirdest thing, too.... "Seven days." I wonder what she meant by th
Uh oh
I think I also remember her playing as Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family.
Well, three things are infinite: the universe, the foolishness of man... and the number of Beauty and the Beast movies.
So Pat Morita never died. He just returned to his home planet!
Headcanon accepted
@@Tareltonlives yep
His planet needed him.
In 5th grade (when I was about age 10), our English teacher was out sick and the substitute put this tape of Beauty and the Beast on for us and we had to answer questions about it with a worksheet. As soon as the first one ended, she paused it and we ended up just having a lengthy discussion about it bc some kids thought it was extremely creepy looking and even the substitute seemed a little unsure wtf we just watched.
Therapist: "Come on, Phelan, try to remember the good times in your life."
Mental Echo: "Good times in your life... Good times in your... Good times in... Good times... Goodtimes... Goodtimes... Goodtimes..."
Good to see Chernabog still found acting gigs after Fantasia.
Glad he finally got a girlfriend
from hot thin he was, I can see that he didn't get much work before that.
Oh well, at least he landed a role in two kingdom hearts games.
Maybe that’s why he was put on top of bald mountain, to hide his little stick thin lower half
Well, there's actually an interesting story. After "Fantasia", he retired from acting and sort of disappeared from the public eye. When "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was in early development, he auditioned, but the producers said that he was too big a star and they didn't think the movie was going to be a critical or financial hit. Now he just does minor roles for other films, but he always appears in Disney media as himself. The kids love him!
@TheMusicMan1012
Or maybe Chernabog was just pulling a Christian Bale and starving himself for the role, like “The Machinist”.
Beauty's design kinda reminds me of Alice Liddel from Madness Returns.
I actually like the Beast's design. His body looks irregular, grotesque, mutated... He looks like he's truly cursed, turned into an absolute abomination.
I can't wait for the day when Phelan discovers a long lost VHS of a Galaxy Warriors cartoon pilot that was distributed by Good Times in the Philippines and inexplicably has the Ghostbusters logo on the back.
Mr Shambleface is that real if so show me a pic
@@Ihartwalrusguy LOL I WISH
I believed it immediately.
Or when he finds out he's gay or bi and we'll still accept him.
I'm still waiting for Phelous to review THE SECRET OF MULAN or TREASURE PLANET you know the obscure CRAPPY Hungarian version from 1986
Why does this version’s art style give me “Tim Burton meets Rankin Bass” vibes?
This is SUPER Tim Burton
Oh yeah, the art style of this version of Beauty and the Beast does look pretty gothic... and I love it!
Same here!
Master Farr That actually makes too much sense, cause she also has a demon friend - Red
@@TommyDeonauthsArchives glad you do
It's a shame the animation and the human characters are so weird in the first segment, because some of the backgrounds and the beast's design look quite interesting. It would be great to see an adaptation one day that has a similar darker atmosphere! Just you know, with actually good animaton. Great video btw! :)
It almost looks like it was trying to bite Tim Burton's style, or something
😂
But I agree gothic artstyle fits the tale. Still needs some rewriting though.
I actually think it has a better beast design than most renditions.
I’m still waiting for someone to make an actual accurate adaptation of the little mermaid story which included the original ending. But no one has the guts to do it, even recently a live action version is on Netflix and it has absolutely nothing to do with a Hans Andersen tale which makes me wonder why they even bother calling it The Little Mermaid.
@@brandonlyon730
You should take a look at the 1968 version made by these dirty communists of soyuzmultfilm.
😂
Seriously, though, soviet animation is pretty cool
@@brandonlyon730 there was a live-action adaptation made in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s that sticks pretty close to the original.
This is why I come to watch Phelous beyond the snark and the delivery of his jokes. There is some well thought out and well done research that makes me feel a little smarter after I am done watching the whole thing.
You say that, but we know you're really here for the...Goodtimes.
According to Wikipedia, the Sleeping Beauty Episode in this series has Sun, Moon, and Talia. Which, if I'm remembering right, involved rape and all kinds of torture. Really wonder how they made it kid friendly.
They changed the kids to a dog. No really...
@@juliamavroidi8601 Holy shit.
And it's from Italy!
Not gonna lie, the first incarnation of the beast marks the first time, in all the times Phelous has reviewed Beauty and the Beast, that he actually looks terrifying. (The Beast, not Phelous...)
I know, I actually love it for that! He even puts the Disney beast to shame! ^^
Thank you for clarifying 😜
Phelan will never run out of cheap Beauty and the Beast adaptations to review. Every time you think there can't be anymore, another one pops up. It's like trying to cut the heads off a Hydra.
Similarly to how good times had its mitts on every low budget cartoon knock off company on the market!
The first Beauty and the Beast here is... kind of the best looking one. At least the creepy looking characters are ugly on purpose.
"I want to keep my options open."
"There's no one else here."
"YUP."
i'm kinda digging the art style on the Beauty and the Beast its really has that gothic and Tim burton feel to it!!!
Beauty: "... But, you treat me well..."
Beast: "Then will you marry me?"
Beauty: "Dude, slow down! We've only known each other for a day!"
Hunter: Give me the bird!
Yakko: We would but FOX's censors won't allow it.
Hahahahahahaha!
Classic
I LOVE that I'm not the only person who remembers that joke. XD
Good night everybody!
I had this VHS as a kid! I remember the demon-looking Beast scaring the crap out of me, the Parrot story lightening the mood, and the Sedna story just leaving me feeling uneasy.
So, it's not just me who's scared of the stories in these tapes. The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister tale in the Hansel and Gretel one freaked me out so much that I refused to go to sleep that night.
I dunno...I'm kinda digging "Goth Beauty" in the first cartoon. She's kinda cute...in a creepy way.
Oh my what a treat, three movies in one video. I am glad this one won, but I am curious about elephant beast and the other one.
If it anything like the last poll, we'll see it eventually.
I'll never get tired of these Beauty and the Beast reviews.
There's beauty around the world...and bird is the word.
That is a legit pretty cool beast design. I've been getting really tired of all the Dog/Yak hybrids.
Right? Probably the most genuinely frightening-looking beast yet. It's almost hard to understand why people in-universe are so frightened at the mere sight of the other animated beasts-- they all at least wear clothes and have clean, silky, pettable fur.
(That being said, when demon!Beast's ears went down like a sad dog after confirming that Beauty thought he was ugly, I legit went "Aww....")
GoodTimes will be with you always.
Dyno-Mite!
I expected the Beast would say "Welcome... to your DOOM!" Also, I realized, Beauty is Lydia from Beetlejuice! Explains why she fell for an emaciated werewolf.
Maybe Beauty is Lydia's ancestor. XD
If they wanted to show stories from around the world that are similar to Beauty and The Beast, why didn't they do The Scarlet Flower, which is basically a russian Beauty and the Beast?
Can't have all white tales. We need forced diversity!
@@babablacksheep3950 It's not forced diversity if the stories they're telling are actually from different ethnic backgrounds. But they still should have included Scarlet Flower. Though maybe they didn't because the story is basically the same, it just takes place in Russia.
@@HiperPivociarz I was just joking. But it baffled me that they use The Waiting Maid's Parrot and Sedna tales and forced it to fit with the Beauty and The Beast tale.... Even if they have to use Chinese folklore there are more fitting tales like The Fairy Serpent or The Dragon Prince. It feel like they just bought some cheap animations and bundle it into one tape and hire Pat Morita to bullshit in front of camera to make it somehow connected like tons of Godfrey Ho's movies.
nah, they already did Anastasia, not again lol Good fairytale though, but it needs to be done properly (like any other fairytale from non-Western European countries), with respect to the culture and all that.
@@sweetbunnybun I mean, I would argue that Western European fairytales deserve the same respect and care
Beauty looks like she was drawn by a kid trying to imitate the way Leiji Matsumoto draws women
Let’s hope this Beauty and the Beast video isn’t completely useless
"Why Golly Gosh! I'd never!"
- Beauty's Father
Phelous will piss all over it anyway.
Guess he's also gonna review the Golden Books & Mayfair one too after this
Yyyyyyeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Aaahh, was just in need for some Old-Maaan! vitamins injection. Was almost starting to become a normal dad again.
"We make collectability a way of life." Sounds like it would of been a good tagline for Pokemon as well.
Pat morita: do you believe in true love?
Phelan: I doo noooow 😍
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
HOLY SHIT!!! ANOTHER BEAUTY AND THE BEAST MOVIE!? HOW MANY OF THESE KNOCK OFFS ARE THERE?!
I was just about to ask the same thing but you beat me to it.
@@cyclonecat2556 great minds think alike then
Far too many to count.
Well, it IS a tale as old as time
That is the BEAUTY of the animation universe.
While I wasn't quite as amused by the actual "movie" this time, the revelation that Goodtimes has been keeping tabs on Phelous this whole time really blows my mind.
Pretty kooky huh?
It's kinda like how we found out that the very first Bootleg Zones was already part of the Galaxy Hole.
Fun fact, Don Bluth was once considering doing his own Beauty and the Beast, even drafting up character designs.
I would've LOVED to see his doubtless fucked-up version of the tale.
I kinda dig the Burtonesque art style tbh. The sisters don't really match everything else though.
Phelan is probably living in a Truman Show type scam by Goodtimes
What a horrifying thought!
(Cue the Troll 2 scream)
The animation seriously reminds me of The Addams Family comic and the Beetlejuice cartoon rolled into one:)
this version of Beauty started the entire Addams Family
You know, I wouldn't be surprised. XD
@@cartooncritique6625 :)
Chenee Thompson That’s what I kind of thought too.
The Beast had an interesting design in this batch. Much more scary than the hulking Disney monster.
Something about it being this strange gangly thing much it that much creepier, plus I think having the monster be "ugly" makes the live story more impactful.
If the beast is adorable, it's not a stretch to imagine them falling in love.
(Beauty and the Beast pops up once again on Phelous' show,)
Phelous: _"How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, Old Man?!"_
Old Man: I love the young people! HEEEEEEEEEE!
Kid's Klassics? Damn, there's a logo that takes me back.
I am legit terrified of that beast, its design, the animation, the voice, its horrifying
I actually kind of like the gothic aesthetic for this version of Beauty and the Beast. Too bad the animation itself is so janky.
How many of these f***ing beauty and the beast movies are there Phelous
As beauty and the beast junkie I know mawr :3
Yes.
They are... inevitable!
The art style for beauty and the beast is like a toned down tim burton
Welcome to the 90's.
I kinda like it
@@cheneethompson5121 😂😂😂😂 or grown up Wednesday but yours seems better
Personally I actually like the look of the "Beauty & the Beast" segment in this. The animation could be more fluid but I really dig the hyper-stylized Gothic look. Reminds me a little of the UPA "Tell-Tale Heart" short. & Beauty reminds me of Wednesday Addams, besides.
Oh this is the collection IHE got the Tangled rip off movie from!
Yep. Woman of Culture, I see that you are...
I knew I recognised that music from somewhere!
The second that music started playing, I knew we were in for a...um... "treat".
I just love that they seem to have used this intro for every single thing they put out.
The version of Sedna I knew was that her dad pushed her overboard and every time she tried to grab the boat he walloped her fingers and broke them off one by one. The fingers became seals and her thumbs whales. After that she was basically a sea/seal spirit with no fingers so she always had seal attendants to help. Oh and her father SUPER died after that, he almost made it to the shore then WHAM Sedna sent a huge storm and drowned him and his men. My book thought this was appropriate for children, dunno why this cartoon wussed out.
Theses films really seemed like they had so much potential telling different obscured folklore with each story in a different animation style
I love the tale of how Morticia Addams fell in love with Chernabog ^^
I like that this one gave us more diverse tales than just the original Beauty and the Beast, despite the limited animation and weak storytelling. It was nice learning a new Chinese legend! Although...a more fitting Chinese Beauty and the Beast tale would be _The White Snake,_ which is already a very famous legend. It's about a man who falls in love with a snake spirit without realizing it, and their following trials and tribulations as a couple against a Buddhist monk until he learns of her true identity but still loves her. :P
Yes, that would have been a much better fit; there are a lot of good adaptations of that legend as well like the 2006 Chinese drama with Liu Tao, Chen Zihan, Pan Yueming and Xie Ning. I thought the parrot story was going to refer to the Pu Songling story Abao and the beast was going to be Abao because she got Sun Zichu to slice off his sixth finger.
So with the way the 3rd went down you could say Sedna wasn't... "Inuit"
I'll let myself out.
Yes, please do! 😂
That was brilliant
Beauty and the Birdemic. Old Man really likes the retirement.
At this rate all Phelous will review is Beauty and the beast.
I approve of this new review list
Thank you, Phelous, for finding these gems from my childhood!
Rest In Peace, Pat Morita, you will forever be a bad ass!!
Ya know, I never realized that original version of the Beauty and the Beast actually includes the Beast demands for the father including that the daughter has to know the truth about the exchange and agree to it.
Like, I'm so used to original versions of fairy tales being in the all ways more horrifying than the modern versions so thats just surprising.
Ooh, ANOTHER Beauty and The Beast review? Phelous, you shouldn't have.
I quite like the beast's design in this adaptation. Actually pretty creepy, and I think the janky animation adds to it
Also BLEHG
God I've been waiting so long for this one to get reviewed! Growing up this VHS was one of the reasons why I (Unlike my classmates in elementary school) knew that Disney didn't INVENT Beauty and the Beast. Or 99.999% of all their movies. I had always loved how the Beasts castle looked, the soft water colors and pastels in the background, even the ugly statuesque human characters, but by god I remember loving the beasts design!
Many versions portray the Beast looking like a lion or a Bear, and the earliest versions portrayed him often like a boar, but Britannicas beast was this... thing! Cast in shadow, shaped like it's painful to just BE him, his voice, those wrinkles. No other version of the character has ever left me with the feeling of "Yes... if that was real it wouldn't matter how well he'd treat me, I would be unsettled just knowing he's in the castle, knowing he could be nearby, knowing he could SENSE MY FEELINGS! I would never get used to his appearance. I may get more comfortable with him and his personality, but his appearance would always unsettle me."
OMG ALSO THANK YOU FOR SOURCING THE CHINESE PARROT FOLKTALE! I've been trying to find the original for years, but was never able to because Chinese Parrot just turns up an old lost media film!
You've even researched the original tales! Phelous, as a mythology buff, you are truly a man after my own heart!
13:19 - The quick "bleh!" from the Beast was amazing.
15:31
Narrator: Long ago, there lived a sorcerer....
Me: ...who happened to look uncannily like Phelous for some reason...
The Goodtimes Cinematic Universe never ends!
At least it's better than the 2017 remake...
Oh yes. This was better than the 2017 remake... of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. At least they didn't pointlessly shove Tom and Jerry for no reason.
Sachi Kiriyama I disliked the movie so much it made it hard for me to continue liking the original animated film for a while.
@@unamed2516 I'd feel the same way towards the original version of Willy Wonka after watching the Tom and Jerry version...
It certainly has the visual edge compared to the 2017 version. The Beast in this one is also unique as far as designs go.
I love the 2017 version of beauty and the beast
This version would have been terrifying to me if I saw it as a child 😐
Great video as always 😀
21:31 Whoa! A reviewer making a Zelda CD-i reference in in 2019? Phelous, you're awesome!
When a reference works, it works. Doesn't matter if it's an old one.
I actually was aware of the Sedna story before, but I can't possibly think of it as Beauty and the Beast- it's about the FATHER OF THE YEAR
How many people nowadays even know what Encyclopedia Britannica was?
It still exists as a (paid) online resource. The only advantage it has over Wikipedia is that its articles are written by "experts" and "trusted" scholars.
I kinda know what it was, only because I'm the rare gen z-er with boomer parents.
I was a kid in the late 80s/early 90s. I definitely remember the infomercials. A complete set cost over $1000.
Um it’s a book?😅
I appreciate the effort Phelan puts into his videos. They are always top notch. He should definitely have millions of subs. Great job and thank you for the entertainment that you constantly and consistently deliver.
"Beauty" in that first one looks like a Wednesday Addams cosplayer.
The art style they used for Beauty and the Beast would be great for a dark fantasy cartoon. I have no idea why they used it for a happy fairy tale.
Just goes to show: no matter where you go, mythology is weird. :)
Well, mythology is dreamt up by people and people are weird.
@@cartooncritique6625 That is true. What always amused me about mythology is that people can make stuff up and yet then accept it as real and believe it. The ability of humans to fool even themselves.
@@LibraGamesUnlimited It's a lot like what happens with rumors and "Big Fish" stories. Somebody tells the original version of the story (which may or may not have an inkling of truth to it), and then that story gets retold by somebody else, but altered slightly each time until it eventually winds up being a completely different story.
In the case of mythology, they are originally told as a way to explain natural and historic events only for them to spiral way out of control and next then you know it gives birth to some kind of wacko religion.
@@cartooncritique6625 Yeah, I am aware. I used to real mythology (Greek/Roman mostly) very heavily back in my childhood. Still have a soft spot for that sort of thing.
Turns out it's _possible_ to make blue-flamed candles: you basically have to impregnate the wick and the fuel with a solution of copper chloride. The best results people got came from using an isopropanol/acetone combination as a fuel, but that doesn't mix well with wax, so you're better off making a lamp instead of a candle.
Beast in the first one has a badass voice. I also like how Beauty looks in it. : D
I would love to see him review the Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty versions from Bretanika
I like the beasts the design in this one
The animation is actually quite interesting and striking in some of this.
I really like the Britannica tales from around the World Series. The idea is really fun even if pay has to really stretch sometimes to find comparisons,
Like how this version of Beast looks like a boss in a RPG.
I kinna like the Britannica versions. The animation isnt always bad and i like how they show similer stories from other cultures
Do you believe in Binge-watching?
Thank you tons for all this content lately. You're easily my favorite
I found a super old and slightly modly Beauty and the Beast VHS in my local thriftstore and out of love and respect for old media/love for you reviewing terrible bootlegs, I decided to keep it. It's on display right next to my Mask VHS. I don't know which is scarier- the crude reimagining of a classic fairytale drawn by children staring at me *OR* Jim Carey in a green mask and a beach hat staring at me.
Haha
About The Mask cover it's not a beach hat his wearing,it's just a hat.
@@Disney65Fan ... even *WORSE* ! He did greenface!
I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about the FREAKY THREE EYED PARROT PHELOUS
Sedna's the goddess of the sea. That means: she is completely useless now