Punisher_MAX
Ol' Painless
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The general audience has made it known that they'd be more interested in a movie titled Superman than a movie titled Static Shock.
Ariel is 10x bigger than Tiana so one feels more comfortable with a Mermaid movie.
Majority of characters were conceived as white jsut because that was the normal thing to do, not because they needed to be white.
Let's talk about this because you're saying the GA wouldn't like a new character vs an established one.
Do we forget that the Avengers, and especially the Guardians of the Galaxy, were not A list characters? Now the Avengers are a household name and EVERYONE loves the Guardians of the Galaxy. This tells me that STRONG writing and characters trump how "known" they are.
I genuinely believe that they could've made a new Mermaid that DOESNT have to be compared to 90s Ariel, that would hold the same themes as the 90s movie, but have it's own unique flavor. It's a win win, you reimagine a Disney classic and make a brand new character that doesn't have to be compared to an established one. Even thinking cynically this is a perfect merchandising opportunity cause now you have a new character to sell.
Why are people instead ok with keeping the same character instead of simply making her an original one with her own story and arc that wouldn't create a stupid issue? This goes back to people wanting to simply cast a minority actress to piggyback of a white passing character for the hell of it instead of creating a new character with her own unique arc.