Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20180405200233/@comment-25926288-20180405203221

I love Disney and its influence, but not it's insertions.

Worst: I would put Maui's Fish Hook there as honorable mention as it felt too forced and wasn't even close to being an accurate size. They could have really used anything else if they weren't going to do it justice. Bonus points for the props crew because it probably was impossible to get a real looking one that big.

It's hard to put characters because they were cast wonderfully, but their stories weren't so lucky.

1. Aside, Maleficent's outfit change was forced and felt odd. Like, it was too Disney tryhard, but the intricate design was actually pretty good.

1.5. Breaking FTL/EF with Arendelle's tech, governmental system, magic system, etc.

2. Mehr-red-Dah of Done-brukheh. I don't think the writers understood the character as a whole. It was probably more offensive to fans and stuff to have an angry Scot--because we haven't seen that before. I watched Brave and Merida seemed more quippy, occasionally lashing out, carefree and stuff. Once just got her look down and the fact that she's Scottish---which she's still apparently, even though Scotland doesn't exist in FTL.

3. Jasmine and Aladdin. Butchered through and through. Actors and actresses involved were delightful. Aladdin was fine, but they inconsistencies on his character. He was called "Prince" in 6x01, but was never prince as they never followed up on his story. His clash with Jafar was ripped out the movie and wasn't nearly as epic. I think they confused Aladdin with Indiana Jones. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs

Jasmine wasn't fairing much better. Then, the world breaks as Agrabah has sultans of sultans because this wasn't thought ahead of time. (Note: It happens in the real world, but I wouldn't give the writers that much credit.)

Mixed: Tale as Old as Time. It is super strong as it plays with strong acting by Bobby and Emilie and it's some wonderful...and then the writers take Rumple down a hill...

The Good....

All the Disney influenced things that aren't ripped stright out and used for one sole purpose, like:

- Snow humming and birds appearing. Never thought--this feels cheap.

- The Chipped Cup.

- Snow Queen being heavily involved with "Frozen"/Arendelle

All in all, I feel that the more the show got into its roots as "A Twist with a splash of Disney", the better the incarnations of whatever Disney property they used.