i love this movie. lots of people say they dont like ariel because she "became human for a man" when in reality she has been wanting to go to the surface for years and just found a man as an added bonus lol
Right!!!?? She sings 'Part of your world' BEFORE ever seeing Eric. It's so frustrating that that false narrative about her changing for a man got spread around the internet when it's clearly a wilful misreading of the story.
Also introduces a reality to lots of little girls: one day you might want to get married and if you get married you might be changing a lot of things about life. And that's okay! Your family still loves you! And it's okay to do something that makes you happy
I knew Pat Carroll, who played Ursula, and not only was she an amazing actress but one of the nicest and most down to earth people I have ever met. RIP Pat!
I always found it amusing that the makers of this film had Bea Arthur in mind for the role of Ursula, and in the German dub the actress who usually dubbed Arthur voiced Ursula.
Eric was always my favourite prince, friendly and charming, likes to explore, loves animals and is very respectful towards others, even when being cheeky to Grimsby. And Ariel has always been one of my fave princesses because of how curious and exploratory she was (plus I was a redhead when I was younger). They compliment each other so well.
Eric was my first Disney Prince crush at 4yo lol. As an adult, I was convinced that their love is the most true compared to other Disney couoles (that's just me 😅). Anyway, an absolute gem and a fave classic of mine.
Ursula is based on Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead from John Waters' films). Divine was the mom in the movie version of "Hairspray," which was another reaction you did. And what a great reaction it was!!! Hahaha! Thanks for sharing "The Little Mermaid" with us, yet another one of your amazing movie reactions. :)
Ariel was the OG adorkable female Disney lead. Despite being popular, a lot of people hate on her and I feel like the hate makes her somewhat underrated.
We can blame a lot of the “Ariel left home for a man” stuff for that in the same way we can blame the “Stockholm Syndrome” stuff for people hating on Belle and people even hated on Jasmine just for wanting to not be burdened by responsibilities of being a princess including having to marry someone she hardly likes and would put up with just for kingdom alliances when she’d rather actually love the person she’d have to spend the rest of her life with. The 80s/90s trifecta of adorkable, fun, charming girls with personalities that show princesses can be more than just a pretty face.
@@tranatkikomi6873 Honestly the only hate I've ever heard people give Jasmine is her sexualization and her being a supporting character in contrast to other Disney princesses.
"But without my voice, how can I..." "You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE!" Fun Fact: Ariel (Jodi Benson) is the first red-haired Disney princess. Art Enthusiast Fact: Ariel's (Jodi Benson) treasure grotto includes the painting Magdalene With The Smoking Flame (1640) by 17th-century artist Georges de la Tour. Mythology Fact: In Greek mythology, the God of the sea is Poseidon, or Neptune in Latin. This movie's sea king has the name Triton (Kenneth Mars), one of Neptune's sons. Many merfolk appear in the film, but Ursula (Pat Carroll) is a lesser-known type of mythological creature known as a cecaelia: human upper body and octopus lower body. Disney Cinematic Universe Fact: It's possible that Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) could be related to Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley) and Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) from Sleeping Beauty (1959). In the dining room in Eric's castle on Ariel's (Jodi Benson) first evening on land, there is a painting hanging on the wall. The couple bear a striking resemblance to Aurora and Phillip. Music Enthusiast Fact: Part Of Your World (1989) was nearly cut; Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was "boring" and far too over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. At a test screening children were restless during the song which did not have finished animation. In particular one child that sat in front of Katzenberg and spilled his popcorn and was more interested in picking it up than watching the sequence. John Musker, Ron Clements, and Howard Ashman all pleaded their case and begged Katzenberg to let the song stay to no avail. Ultimately, the one who managed to convince him to give it a second chance was the animator of the sequence, Glen Keane. Another screening was set up, this time with an adult audience. It was a greater success (even reportedly moving some members to tears) and so the song was left in the film. Katzenberg later said that he was happy no one listened to him because he couldn't imagine the film without the song.
I don't believe it... After 35 YEARS and goodness knows how many re-watches, I FINALLY get the joke at 10:36 ?! Amazing... 🙄 Great reaction as always, Ollie! 😉 One of my all-time favorite Disney animations! I was in the marching band at my high school the year after this came out and we did some songs from the Little Mermaid during the off-season. LOTS of memories, there!! 🥰
this movie is iconic, so good. And yes react to more of these Disney movies, they're great! Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White is a good place to start since those are the OGs
In the 90s I had a local huge Startrek con local and one of my coolest memories of that was René Auberjonois being asked by little kids to Sing the french cheif song from the little mermaid. He would always be dancing around swinging his arm like the cleaver was in his hand. He would always say this is the only time but some other kid would have already been in the question line further back and couldnt see he would do it 2 to 4 times per 2 hour slot. He loved the fact fandom more then anything.
when i was a kid i saw this in theaters. as you can imagine the big screen is already huge to a little kid so when Ursula grew to her gigantic form at the end i was terrified. lol
I bet you also haven't seen Disney's The Great Mouse Detective. 🧐 You should check it out! It's criminally underrated! (Also, same directors as this movie!)
I have clear memories of 7-year-old me watching this in the theater for the first time. I was in awe. The animation was so advanced compared to the older Disney movies, and every song was a banger. This movie started Disney's Renaissance period, and made way for hits such as Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. So happy you showed it some love.
The Little Mermaid is a great film (one of my favorite Disney films) but it’s also an important film as it kickstarted the “modern” age of Disney movies after they had kinda went out of fashion after the 60’s and 70’s. Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King all followed because of the success of The Little Mermaid.
Actually The Lion King was already in the early stages of writing by Linda Woolverton and her peers between 86-87 and production officially started in 1988 before The Little Mermaids release.Yes The Little Mermaid and Howard Ashman his team including Glen Keanes vision was instrumental in the studios return to animated artful masterpieces, other films like The Mouse Detective and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were already serving as catalysts. To that point, it was The Lion King that effectively set the true motion for the renaissance and powerful storytelling.
Little Mermaid is one of my favourite movies, and the soundtrack is my favourite from Disney. I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you for posting your reaction 🙏😊💖🧚♂️
If you haven't seen them Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Mulan for me are a must! But chances are you probably have seen them. If you want to go older (and this is much older) Snow White and Pinocchio are a lot of fun and pretty accessible for the movies from that period (I say this because I love Bambi, but it's probably not everyone's cup of tea)
Ursula is a Cecaelia, which are half-human, half-octopus. In the film, she was once a resident in the palace, possibly a royal magician of sorts until King Triton caught her using black magic and banished her. However, in the current license version of the stage musical and based on the deleted storyline for her, Ursula is the youngest of seven daughters. Her father was the sea god Poseidon, and she was always envious as he doted on the other daughters but not her. To ease his guilt being an awful father to her, he gifted her a magic nautical shell. Ursula started using black magic with it to kill off her sisters to become the favorite. However when that failed, she committed patricide, the act of killing ones’ own father; she then became the ruler of the entire ocean. However she had a younger sibling, King Triton. When he came of age he took back rule of the seas, the crown, and the trident. Then he banished her, and she swore revenge. It’s revealed the final confrontation that Ursula was responsible for the death of Ariel‘s mother. King Triton never knew because he assumes that humans are killed her because she went for a swim one day and never came back. Ariel to defeated her aunt by smashing her shell which acted as a life force to her. 🖤💜🐙🐚
I was 7 seeing this in the theater. My most vivid memory of it was the shark scene at the beginning because the bass hit so hard when it smashed into the ship. Not the first memory of a theater. I remember seeing "Follow That Bird" from Sesame Street, and very VERY vague memories of seeing my brother bawling in the Transformer movie. I was 2 so it's like a fog.
Great Reaction And Now If I May Make a Suggestion Since you’ve finally watched the original you have to see the sequel cause Ariel is the only Disney Princess To Have a Child ❤️💜💚😊 The Little Mermaid 🧜🏻♀️ Is My Favorite Disney Movie Ever!!! 🥹🥹
Love that you haven’t seen these classics, it’s so fun seeing people watch these for the first time! I highly recommend Hunchback, Disney went deeper with that one than others. :)
A few things about the Little Mermaid: It is based on the original 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The fairy tale is darker than the Disney movie. In the original story, when the mermaid trades her voice to the sea witch for legs, the witch takes away her ability to speak by removing her tongue. When she gets human legs, she experiences excruciating pain whenever she walks. The prince she falls in love with ends up marrying another woman. When the mermaid makes the deal with the sea witch, the witch tells her if she doesn’t kiss the prince in three days, she will turn into sea foam. After the prince marries the other woman, the mermaid’s sisters give the mermaid a dagger and tell her if she kills the prince before sunrise after the third day, she will become a mermaid again, but she doesn’t go through with it and turns into sea form.
Yup. Although I think there was a kind of epilogue that she becomes a spirit which pleased her as mermaids didn't have immortal souls. The afterlife, immortality, and some kind of Christianity were very important to him. In modern times it seems like Disney et alia finds this maybe a little embarrassing so people play that down and sometimes focus more on his bisexuality. (Whether this was just attraction or whether he did anything about it looks to be debated.)
fun fact but with sad outcome: Ariels dress was specially made to represent all the dresses of the past princesses from disney movies. aurora's pink dress, snow whites ovel pattern sleeves, the huge skirt of belle's yellow dress, and then the little upper puffy skirt of Cinderella, However over time Disney retired images, merch, toys of Ariel wearing this dress because it would later class too much and replaced it with the sea foam green dress we see her wearing in images today.
This movie came out when I was a kid, but I was old enough to be aware that Disney hadn't managed to produce any truly classic animated films in a long time (certainly nothing on the same level as Snow White or Bambi, etc.), so I was initially not too excited to see it. However, watching a behind the scenes special on The Disney Channel with my family changed my mind, especially after seeing most of the "Under the Sea" number. And then from that point forward, for a decade that is known as the Disney Renaissance, they kept coming out with hit after hit: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, etc. One of the nicest times I've had going to the movies was a few years ago when I saw a screening of The Little Mermaid and had the theater all to myself because I was the only one foolhardy enough to go out while the temperatures were dangerously low. While I'm generally not in favor of Disney remaking its beloved animated features, Cinderella is one case where I strongly believe that the live action remake is an improvement over the original. I don't want to say too much in case you do decide to watch the 1950 movie, but I'm just not a big fan of that one.
Something closer to the original tragic ending is also seen in the "Little Mermaid" ballet sequence in the movie musical HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1952).
I've seen many of your videos on my phone, and I love them. I can not hold back anymore to let you know that your doorknob appears as a speck on my screen that I tried to wipe off a few times...
Howard Ashman, who wrote the lyrics, had a lot to do with the movie. Sebastian was intended to be an elderly British man; he suggested that he be Jamaican. When Pat Carroll was rehearsing Poor Unfortunate Soul, she asked him to sing it. With his blessing, she mimicked his performance, including all the little quirks.
My headcannon, idk if its the real lore, but for reasons why King Triton hates humans... notice he has all these daughters yet appears to be a single father. I think humans killed his wife, his queen, Ariels' mother, and thus the last thing he wants is to see his youngest child succumb to the same fate. He states as much when he says the line about not wanting to see hus youngest "snared by some fish-eaters' hook".
I remember when this movie came out in 1989. I was an 8 year old boy, fascinated by the animation and characters. And I still love to listen to Ariel's Song. Now I'm 40+, an uncle and a stepfather and watching this movie today I see the story so differently. Seeing Ariel's innocent excitement while visiting the marketplace I want to smile and chuckle at her childish reactions. Seeing her shocked reaction when Eric announces his intention to marry Vanessa, I immediately want to reassure her. Seeing her on the dock crying as the wedding ship sails away, I want to dry her tears and tell her it'll be alright. And seeing her kissing Eric at their wedding I want to pull a Carlotta moment(Plenty of us do it too. Lol)
Now that you have access to the Disney Channel, see if you can find the "real" classics from the 1940s. Bambi, Pinocchio, and the last of that line, from 1966, The Jungle Book. It would be 20+ more years before they hit their real hand-drawn animation renaissance with this one. (and then CGI started coming into play, for better or worse.)
After a lacklustre period for Disney throughout the late 70s and all through the 80s,The Little Mermaid came out in 1989,beginning a fantastic series of classics,followed by Beauty and the Beast,Aladdin and The Lion King through the first half of the 90s.All great but Aladdin with Robin Williams was my favourite.
Out of all the characters in this movie, that poor shrimp that Ursula ate I felt the most bad for! 😭 Anyways, such a classic movie! Ursula remains one of my top favorite villains! Also I think you might like the live action adaption. It has its changes. Some good, some not so good. It also has its criticisms, some understandable and some...REALLY out of line to say the least. If you know, you know. Overall, I personally enjoyed the adaption.
I'm not sure if this movie *began* the Disney Renaissance era , but i know it is a part of that era along with pretty much everything they made after this up until i think Hercules (1998).
I wanna be where the Ollie is Watching cool movies and petting Huxley Wearing fun T-shirts and being so, what's the word, sweet Always appreciate you man, one of the first Disney movies I saw and seeing you enjoy it was like being a kid again.
This was a generational change for Disney, and the beginning of their long Ashman/Menkin period. You can think of "Little Shop of Horrors" as their musical audition, tho Frank Oz (Yoda) didn't know what to do with the back half of the musical and messed up both endings trying, lol. Looks like my factoids got overdone, but for your holiday namesake recs-- try O' & Co. from Disney, and O'! for roadshow musicals, both from the Dickens catalog! Thanks for being the best DS9 ambassador at the right time! Happy trails, northern exposure.
Rene was in a couple Disney flicks in this time period (he was also in The Princess Diaries). My recommendations are “The Cat From Outer Space” and “The Barefoot Executive.” They’re older Disney live action movies.
I'm actually not sure when I saw this. I could swear I saw it with a double feature of The Little Mermaid, but the timing doens't add up (this was released in 1989, Angels in the Outfield was 1994, and this was re-releaed in 1997 in theaters). Unless it was just something special to our theater. Now I'm going to have to ask my sister if she remembers lmao
I spent the first few years of my life in Germany, so haven’t ever seen this in English, though I know some of the songs. Interesting facts, they re-did the German songs to match more closely with the English lyrics. Prefer the older versions I grew up with, though 😅
The Little Mermaid Kick started The Disney Renaissance and unseating Judith Barsi's final film Don Bluth's All Dogs Go To Heaven in 1989. Yeah Sorry to be a downer. Mufasa Dies, Yeah I'm not gonna suffer alone with that Spoiler, Mine came from My Local News. They changed the Intro. Yeah Rene is Louis. Yeah The Fluke on The First Merman is proof the Merfolk are Mammals. Alana was a nod to Alan Menken. Ariel is Modeled after Alyssa Milano. 9:00 Ariel's Grotto. Part of Your World is as famous as Under The Sea. Mermaids are Mammals like Dolphins and Whales. 🤐 Sebastian. Flotsam and Jetsam are the Si and Am of The little Mermaid, Paddi Edwards provides the voice of both eels Those things are sea polyps, part plant part animal, in the original she turns into sea foam. What's worse boobs or the nether lands, because this film shows between Ariel's legs. His parents are dead. Now watch The Little Mermaid 1975 It's closer to the book and free on Tubi. It was all hand drawn. Now imagine The very little you knew going in and then watching from Part of your World and That's my experience with The Phantom of The Opera. The Little Mermaid II Return to the sea.
It's also a Broadway musical. Of course, it did not do nowhere as good as The lion King. However, at the same The Little Mermaid did much better than Tarzan the musical despite all the Phill Collins songs.
Okay I know the live actions aren’t the best, but I am genuinely curious as to why you had no interest in watching the Live Action? Fair enough if it’s just nothing of particular interest, but is there a particular reason you singled it out on camera for us to hear?. I’d hope you maintain that same notion with other live action Disney films too.
i love this movie. lots of people say they dont like ariel because she "became human for a man" when in reality she has been wanting to go to the surface for years and just found a man as an added bonus lol
Right!!!?? She sings 'Part of your world' BEFORE ever seeing Eric. It's so frustrating that that false narrative about her changing for a man got spread around the internet when it's clearly a wilful misreading of the story.
@rosyellis14 @stackels97 😍😍👏👏👏🙏🎶HALLELUJAH!!!🎶 PREACH! PREACH! PREACH! Tell the truth & shame the Devil! Too many malleable morons on the Internet.
Also introduces a reality to lots of little girls: one day you might want to get married and if you get married you might be changing a lot of things about life. And that's okay! Your family still loves you! And it's okay to do something that makes you happy
A lot of people purposely misinterpret older material for an agenda
@@stackels97People that have an issue like that are what’s wrong with the world.
I knew Pat Carroll, who played Ursula, and not only was she an amazing actress but one of the nicest and most down to earth people I have ever met. RIP Pat!
I always found it amusing that the makers of this film had Bea Arthur in mind for the role of Ursula, and in the German dub the actress who usually dubbed Arthur voiced Ursula.
I'm still sad she's gone.
She must have had a lot of fun voicing villains like Ursula and Katrina Stoneheart, her performances for both were incredible.
Actually, the drag queen singer Divine RIP is Ursula's inspiration.
The inspiration for Ursula was the drag queen singer Divine RIP.
The way I actually spat out my drink when he said 'was this made in the 60s or 70s!!!????'
Oh dear lawd
same lol
The unmitigated gall
Same! I felt so old 😂
My spouse is calling that Engagement Bait.
@radwolf76 Good point. He does do that quite a bit.
Eric was always my favourite prince, friendly and charming, likes to explore, loves animals and is very respectful towards others, even when being cheeky to Grimsby. And Ariel has always been one of my fave princesses because of how curious and exploratory she was (plus I was a redhead when I was younger). They compliment each other so well.
Eric was my first Disney Prince crush at 4yo lol. As an adult, I was convinced that their love is the most true compared to other Disney couoles (that's just me 😅). Anyway, an absolute gem and a fave classic of mine.
The voice of the chef that tries to unalive Sebastian is none other than René Auberjonois. Yes, the very same!
He also played characters in Avatar The Last Airbender and starred in The Patriot. RIP
Over 10,000 bubbles were hand drawn for this movie
Ursula is based on Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead from John Waters' films). Divine was the mom in the movie version of "Hairspray," which was another reaction you did. And what a great reaction it was!!! Hahaha! Thanks for sharing "The Little Mermaid" with us, yet another one of your amazing movie reactions. :)
Ariel was the OG adorkable female Disney lead. Despite being popular, a lot of people hate on her and I feel like the hate makes her somewhat underrated.
We can blame a lot of the “Ariel left home for a man” stuff for that in the same way we can blame the “Stockholm Syndrome” stuff for people hating on Belle and people even hated on Jasmine just for wanting to not be burdened by responsibilities of being a princess including having to marry someone she hardly likes and would put up with just for kingdom alliances when she’d rather actually love the person she’d have to spend the rest of her life with.
The 80s/90s trifecta of adorkable, fun, charming girls with personalities that show princesses can be more than just a pretty face.
@@tranatkikomi6873 Honestly the only hate I've ever heard people give Jasmine is her sexualization and her being a supporting character in contrast to other Disney princesses.
My favorite Disney movie...love the live action too.
This film is my absolute favorite Disney film. When I was about 11 years old in 1989, I had a crush on Ariel.
Yay!!!!! Thank you for watching this so much
"But without my voice, how can I..."
"You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE!"
Fun Fact: Ariel (Jodi Benson) is the first red-haired Disney princess.
Art Enthusiast Fact: Ariel's (Jodi Benson) treasure grotto includes the painting Magdalene With The Smoking Flame (1640) by 17th-century artist Georges de la Tour.
Mythology Fact: In Greek mythology, the God of the sea is Poseidon, or Neptune in Latin. This movie's sea king has the name Triton (Kenneth Mars), one of Neptune's sons. Many merfolk appear in the film, but Ursula (Pat Carroll) is a lesser-known type of mythological creature known as a cecaelia: human upper body and octopus lower body.
Disney Cinematic Universe Fact: It's possible that Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) could be related to Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley) and Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) from Sleeping Beauty (1959). In the dining room in Eric's castle on Ariel's (Jodi Benson) first evening on land, there is a painting hanging on the wall. The couple bear a striking resemblance to Aurora and Phillip.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Part Of Your World (1989) was nearly cut; Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was "boring" and far too over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. At a test screening children were restless during the song which did not have finished animation. In particular one child that sat in front of Katzenberg and spilled his popcorn and was more interested in picking it up than watching the sequence. John Musker, Ron Clements, and Howard Ashman all pleaded their case and begged Katzenberg to let the song stay to no avail. Ultimately, the one who managed to convince him to give it a second chance was the animator of the sequence, Glen Keane. Another screening was set up, this time with an adult audience. It was a greater success (even reportedly moving some members to tears) and so the song was left in the film. Katzenberg later said that he was happy no one listened to him because he couldn't imagine the film without the song.
Ursula was based on a drag queen named Divine. SHE IS THE BEST!
I don't believe it... After 35 YEARS and goodness knows how many re-watches, I FINALLY get the joke at 10:36 ?! Amazing... 🙄 Great reaction as always, Ollie! 😉 One of my all-time favorite Disney animations! I was in the marching band at my high school the year after this came out and we did some songs from the Little Mermaid during the off-season. LOTS of memories, there!! 🥰
this movie is iconic, so good. And yes react to more of these Disney movies, they're great! Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White is a good place to start since those are the OGs
In the 90s I had a local huge Startrek con local and one of my coolest memories of that was René Auberjonois being asked by little kids to Sing the french cheif song from the little mermaid. He would always be dancing around swinging his arm like the cleaver was in his hand. He would always say this is the only time but some other kid would have already been in the question line further back and couldnt see he would do it 2 to 4 times per 2 hour slot. He loved the fact fandom more then anything.
Nice reaction bro! Keep up these great Disney reactions!
when i was a kid i saw this in theaters. as you can imagine the big screen is already huge to a little kid so when Ursula grew to her gigantic form at the end i was terrified. lol
I bet you also haven't seen Disney's The Great Mouse Detective.
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You should check it out! It's criminally underrated!
(Also, same directors as this movie!)
I have clear memories of 7-year-old me watching this in the theater for the first time. I was in awe. The animation was so advanced compared to the older Disney movies, and every song was a banger. This movie started Disney's Renaissance period, and made way for hits such as Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. So happy you showed it some love.
The Little Mermaid is a great film (one of my favorite Disney films) but it’s also an important film as it kickstarted the “modern” age of Disney movies after they had kinda went out of fashion after the 60’s and 70’s. Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King all followed because of the success of The Little Mermaid.
Actually The Lion King was already in the early stages of writing by Linda Woolverton and her peers between 86-87 and production officially started in 1988 before The Little Mermaids release.Yes The Little Mermaid and Howard Ashman his team including Glen Keanes vision was instrumental in the studios return to animated artful masterpieces, other films like The Mouse Detective and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were already serving as catalysts. To that point, it was The Lion King that effectively set the true motion for the renaissance and powerful storytelling.
Little Mermaid is one of my favourite movies, and the soundtrack is my favourite from Disney. I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you for posting your reaction 🙏😊💖🧚♂️
If you haven't seen them Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Mulan for me are a must! But chances are you probably have seen them. If you want to go older (and this is much older) Snow White and Pinocchio are a lot of fun and pretty accessible for the movies from that period (I say this because I love Bambi, but it's probably not everyone's cup of tea)
I think this was the last Disney animated movie done entirely with hand drawn animation. So many hand-drawn bubbles...
Rene auberjonois was the crazy chef
16:42 If you liked this… search YT for the Homer Simpson version 😂
Ursula is a Cecaelia, which are half-human, half-octopus. In the film, she was once a resident in the palace, possibly a royal magician of sorts until King Triton caught her using black magic and banished her. However, in the current license version of the stage musical and based on the deleted storyline for her, Ursula is the youngest of seven daughters. Her father was the sea god Poseidon, and she was always envious as he doted on the other daughters but not her. To ease his guilt being an awful father to her, he gifted her a magic nautical shell. Ursula started using black magic with it to kill off her sisters to become the favorite. However when that failed, she committed patricide, the act of killing ones’ own father; she then became the ruler of the entire ocean. However she had a younger sibling, King Triton. When he came of age he took back rule of the seas, the crown, and the trident. Then he banished her, and she swore revenge. It’s revealed the final confrontation that Ursula was responsible for the death of Ariel‘s mother. King Triton never knew because he assumes that humans are killed her because she went for a swim one day and never came back. Ariel to defeated her aunt by smashing her shell which acted as a life force to her.
🖤💜🐙🐚
That's it. I'm now in love with Ollie.
I was 7 seeing this in the theater. My most vivid memory of it was the shark scene at the beginning because the bass hit so hard when it smashed into the ship.
Not the first memory of a theater. I remember seeing "Follow That Bird" from Sesame Street, and very VERY vague memories of seeing my brother bawling in the Transformer movie. I was 2 so it's like a fog.
Ursula was the one the first reasons that villains rocked more than the good peeps. Next was Maleficent.
Great Reaction And Now If I May Make a Suggestion Since you’ve finally watched the original you have to see the sequel cause Ariel is the only Disney Princess To Have a Child ❤️💜💚😊 The Little Mermaid 🧜🏻♀️ Is My Favorite Disney Movie Ever!!! 🥹🥹
Love that you haven’t seen these classics, it’s so fun seeing people watch these for the first time! I highly recommend Hunchback, Disney went deeper with that one than others. :)
A few things about the Little Mermaid:
It is based on the original 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
The fairy tale is darker than the Disney movie.
In the original story, when the mermaid trades her voice to the sea witch for legs, the witch takes away her ability to speak by removing her tongue.
When she gets human legs, she experiences excruciating pain whenever she walks.
The prince she falls in love with ends up marrying another woman.
When the mermaid makes the deal with the sea witch, the witch tells her if she doesn’t kiss the prince in three days, she will turn into sea foam.
After the prince marries the other woman, the mermaid’s sisters give the mermaid a dagger and tell her if she kills the prince before sunrise after the third day, she will become a mermaid again, but she doesn’t go through with it and turns into sea form.
Yup. Although I think there was a kind of epilogue that she becomes a spirit which pleased her as mermaids didn't have immortal souls. The afterlife, immortality, and some kind of Christianity were very important to him. In modern times it seems like Disney et alia finds this maybe a little embarrassing so people play that down and sometimes focus more on his bisexuality. (Whether this was just attraction or whether he did anything about it looks to be debated.)
fun fact but with sad outcome: Ariels dress was specially made to represent all the dresses of the past princesses from disney movies. aurora's pink dress, snow whites ovel pattern sleeves, the huge skirt of belle's yellow dress, and then the little upper puffy skirt of Cinderella, However over time Disney retired images, merch, toys of Ariel wearing this dress because it would later class too much and replaced it with the sea foam green dress we see her wearing in images today.
beauty and the beast came out after this one
This movie came out when I was a kid, but I was old enough to be aware that Disney hadn't managed to produce any truly classic animated films in a long time (certainly nothing on the same level as Snow White or Bambi, etc.), so I was initially not too excited to see it. However, watching a behind the scenes special on The Disney Channel with my family changed my mind, especially after seeing most of the "Under the Sea" number. And then from that point forward, for a decade that is known as the Disney Renaissance, they kept coming out with hit after hit: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, etc.
One of the nicest times I've had going to the movies was a few years ago when I saw a screening of The Little Mermaid and had the theater all to myself because I was the only one foolhardy enough to go out while the temperatures were dangerously low.
While I'm generally not in favor of Disney remaking its beloved animated features, Cinderella is one case where I strongly believe that the live action remake is an improvement over the original. I don't want to say too much in case you do decide to watch the 1950 movie, but I'm just not a big fan of that one.
When I was sick and home from school, we would always rent this movie, when that main music motif starts, I still get chills down my spine.
The adult Shirley Temple did a live action version during her television series. It had the downbeat ending of the story.
Yeah, Hans Christian Andersen was bleak as all get out.
Something closer to the original tragic ending is also seen in the "Little Mermaid" ballet sequence in the movie musical HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1952).
I've seen many of your videos on my phone, and I love them. I can not hold back anymore to let you know that your doorknob appears as a speck on my screen that I tried to wipe off a few times...
Howard Ashman, who wrote the lyrics, had a lot to do with the movie. Sebastian was intended to be an elderly British man; he suggested that he be Jamaican. When Pat Carroll was rehearsing Poor Unfortunate Soul, she asked him to sing it. With his blessing, she mimicked his performance, including all the little quirks.
My headcannon, idk if its the real lore, but for reasons why King Triton hates humans... notice he has all these daughters yet appears to be a single father. I think humans killed his wife, his queen, Ariels' mother, and thus the last thing he wants is to see his youngest child succumb to the same fate. He states as much when he says the line about not wanting to see hus youngest "snared by some fish-eaters' hook".
I remember when this movie came out in 1989. I was an 8 year old boy, fascinated by the animation and characters. And I still love to listen to Ariel's Song. Now I'm 40+, an uncle and a stepfather and watching this movie today I see the story so differently. Seeing Ariel's innocent excitement while visiting the marketplace I want to smile and chuckle at her childish reactions. Seeing her shocked reaction when Eric announces his intention to marry Vanessa, I immediately want to reassure her. Seeing her on the dock crying as the wedding ship sails away, I want to dry her tears and tell her it'll be alright. And seeing her kissing Eric at their wedding I want to pull a Carlotta moment(Plenty of us do it too. Lol)
Poor unfortunate souls in one of the greatest villain songs of all time
Now that you have access to the Disney Channel, see if you can find the "real" classics from the 1940s. Bambi, Pinocchio, and the last of that line, from 1966, The Jungle Book. It would be 20+ more years before they hit their real hand-drawn animation renaissance with this one. (and then CGI started coming into play, for better or worse.)
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After a lacklustre period for Disney throughout the late 70s and all through the 80s,The Little Mermaid came out in 1989,beginning a fantastic series of classics,followed by Beauty and the Beast,Aladdin and The Lion King through the first half of the 90s.All great but Aladdin with Robin Williams was my favourite.
I watched this with my toddlers back in the day when it came out on VHS. Jeez - I'm old! It's still one of my favorites 🧜🏼♀
Out of all the characters in this movie, that poor shrimp that Ursula ate I felt the most bad for! 😭 Anyways, such a classic movie! Ursula remains one of my top favorite villains! Also I think you might like the live action adaption. It has its changes. Some good, some not so good. It also has its criticisms, some understandable and some...REALLY out of line to say the least. If you know, you know. Overall, I personally enjoyed the adaption.
I'm not sure if this movie *began* the Disney Renaissance era , but i know it is a part of that era along with pretty much everything they made after this up until i think Hercules (1998).
Pat Carroll was truly amazing! Ursula is the best!
And I love how Flotsam and Jetsam had Gozer the Gozerian's voice. lol
ursula is such a iconic queen
Thanks, Oliver! 🧜♀ I think you'd appreciate the live-action one, as well.
I wanna be where the Ollie is
Watching cool movies and petting Huxley
Wearing fun T-shirts and being so, what's the word, sweet
Always appreciate you man, one of the first Disney movies I saw and seeing you enjoy it was like being a kid again.
Little Mermaid was made in the *1990’s*
(-Well okay, the very late 1980’s)
It’s a cute film, no shame in watching….definite fav of mine for sure :3
Great reaction!
This was a generational change for Disney, and the beginning of their long Ashman/Menkin period. You can think of "Little Shop of Horrors" as their musical audition, tho Frank Oz (Yoda) didn't know what to do with the back half of the musical and messed up both endings trying, lol.
Looks like my factoids got overdone, but for your holiday namesake recs-- try O' & Co. from Disney, and O'! for roadshow musicals, both from the Dickens catalog! Thanks for being the best DS9 ambassador at the right time! Happy trails, northern exposure.
Well I feel old 😅 it's advanced "for the time" 😅😅😅
Since you're watching DS9, you might be interested to know the Chef is the same actor as Odo.
The movie came out in 1989.
Rene was in a couple Disney flicks in this time period (he was also in The Princess Diaries). My recommendations are “The Cat From Outer Space” and “The Barefoot Executive.” They’re older Disney live action movies.
I'm actually not sure when I saw this. I could swear I saw it with a double feature of The Little Mermaid, but the timing doens't add up (this was released in 1989, Angels in the Outfield was 1994, and this was re-releaed in 1997 in theaters). Unless it was just something special to our theater. Now I'm going to have to ask my sister if she remembers lmao
The Porg might be watching!
This came out the year I was born. 1989
I spent the first few years of my life in Germany, so haven’t ever seen this in English, though I know some of the songs. Interesting facts, they re-did the German songs to match more closely with the English lyrics. Prefer the older versions I grew up with, though 😅
Ah yes, when Disney knew how to write films . . . and music . . . and villains . . . and likeable protagonists.
(seriously why does Wish exist)
You should watch the second one
Great movie
60s? 70s???
If you think this version is crazy read the original.
Chef Odo!
this was 1989.
React to Sleeping Beauty 1959 ✨
The Little Mermaid Kick started The Disney Renaissance and unseating Judith Barsi's final film Don Bluth's All Dogs Go To Heaven in 1989. Yeah Sorry to be a downer. Mufasa Dies, Yeah I'm not gonna suffer alone with that Spoiler, Mine came from My Local News. They changed the Intro. Yeah Rene is Louis. Yeah The Fluke on The First Merman is proof the Merfolk are Mammals. Alana was a nod to Alan Menken. Ariel is Modeled after Alyssa Milano. 9:00 Ariel's Grotto. Part of Your World is as famous as Under The Sea. Mermaids are Mammals like Dolphins and Whales. 🤐 Sebastian. Flotsam and Jetsam are the Si and Am of The little Mermaid, Paddi Edwards provides the voice of both eels Those things are sea polyps, part plant part animal, in the original she turns into sea foam. What's worse boobs or the nether lands, because this film shows between Ariel's legs. His parents are dead. Now watch The Little Mermaid 1975 It's closer to the book and free on Tubi. It was all hand drawn. Now imagine The very little you knew going in and then watching from Part of your World and That's my experience with The Phantom of The Opera. The Little Mermaid II Return to the sea.
It's also a Broadway musical. Of course, it did not do nowhere as good as The lion King. However, at the same The Little Mermaid did much better than Tarzan the musical despite all the Phill Collins songs.
Whats this guy 23 🧜♀️
Okay I know the live actions aren’t the best, but I am genuinely curious as to why you had no interest in watching the Live Action? Fair enough if it’s just nothing of particular interest, but is there a particular reason you singled it out on camera for us to hear?. I’d hope you maintain that same notion with other live action Disney films too.
I think you should reconsider about watching the live action. It is such a great movie and remake. I loved it
Remove the voice of Ariel, she is simply Marina.
the live action is fantastic as well !
I was disappointed when he said I have no plans to see the live action 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Nice reaction. You noticed some new things for me.