Is Disney planning a live action remake of Mulan?

Mulan.

This to me, is pretty personal because the animated Mulan is my favorite Disney princess of all time. No, its not because she’s asian.

In the animated version, what made me like Mulan was that she was relatable, likeable, and the underdog.

Mulan was super funny and I could relate to her being looked down upon. But most importantly, she didn’t need luck or destiny to succeed. She showed that hard work can achieve goals, and did not whine or complain about it.

Theres a scene in the movie, where the Captain orders every single soldier to get an arrow from the top of the post to be worthy. Everyone fails, including Mulan.

So when the Captain deems Mulan unworthy and tells her to leave, Mulan sees the arrow and decides to get it.

She fails a couple of times.

But does Mulan quit? Does she complain that the general is sexist, or does Mulan accomplish the job because of destiny?

No, Mulan acomplishes her goal because of hard work, perserverance, and being crafty.

When Li Shang sees this, he’s impressed not because of Mulan’s destiny but because Mulan proved him wrong.

I also want to talk about the final fight for this animated movie.

See, in the final fight women are looked down upon. They think women are weak, and cant really fight and need a man’s help. A fan is used to help hide a woman’s emotions or is usually a symbol of Chinese women.

The main villain laughs at Mulan using a fan as a weapon, and says she’s weak and stupid for thinking a fan could defeat him.

However, Mulan does this.

Does anyone see what happened? Mulan didnt beat the enemy because she was “The Chosen One.” She beat the enemy because she outsmarted him.

Not to mention, the fan was seen as a “girl’s toy” and weak. yet Mulan used a girl’s toy to beat the bad guy. To quote a youtuber’s comment “The fan is s a symbol of feminity and it's saying that Mulan doesn't have to change to be strong. It's a call back to her meeting with the matching maker where she was pretending to be a perfect lady. It shows the audience how much she's grown throughout the plot.”

Animated Mulan achieved her goals because she was hard working, never gave up even when people were mocking her, and her intelligence.

Lets go to Live Action Mulan now.

Live action Mulan is born with a lot of Qi, which basically means she’s the chosen one and has super powers.

What…. the actual….. hell.

It might not be clear, but this…. is not how you write a likeable character.

Live Action Mulan is basically perfect, she’s even more of a Mary Sue than fricking Rey from Star Wars.

Live Action Mulan can basically do anything and achieve her goals? Why? Because she has Qi, which allows her to be unbeatable. Live Action Mulan does not lose in any fight, and she’s basically Anakin Skywalker if Anakin never had a character arc and never faced the consequences.

You can have a character be the Chosen One, as long as they have flaws. Look at Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. They were the chosen ones, yet they made mistakes and have character issues.

I also want to mention, that what makes a good female protagonist is if they start actually reacting and acting like how a normal human is. Dont make a female super powerful because of her gender.

This is live action Mulan’s reaction when she sees the main bad guy.

This is animated Mulan’s reaction when she sees the bad guy.

Look at animated Mulan’s face. She’s absolutely terrified and running for her life. If she’s scared for her life, it means I’m scared for her. Mulan is improvising, which makes it more tense and has a sense of dread in the fight.

Not to mention, she is reacting how any person would react when they see a 6 feet 6 inch muscular man wielding a sword chasing after them. It shows that Mulan is HUMAN and makes us root for her.

If you watch the final fight for the live-action, you’ll notice how bored you are because Live Action Mulan keeps on making these faces, like this is just a monday for her.

Legit, Mulan looks like she’s daydreaming when she’s fighting.

How am I supposed to be invested in this fight when it looks like the protagonist isnt even trying and just looks like she’s bored.

This is my biggest problem with the live action Mulan. No, I didnt hate live action mulan because “I’m sexist”. I didnt like live action Mulan because she is basically a Mary Sue who was born with super powers, and always succeeds.

Animated Mulan succeeds and accomplishes her goals because of her craftiness, her perserverance, and hard working attitude.

Live Action Mulan is a female character that happens to be super strong.

Animated Mulan is a strong, well-developed character that happens to be female.

In the animated version, you can still be an ordinary girl and save your country.

In the live action version, as long as you have Qi you can save your country.

I think that the Encanto is successful. 

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Wish Asha 2023 is a good film you should watch

 Yes, it’s a new princess movie. And, actually, it’s a relief to see that Disney is making an original story again. (Though, I don’t know why almost 100% of Disney’s original movies for the past 10 years have all been teenage, female protagonists… But at least it isn’t a remake film).

As they have only released a teaser of the film so far, it’s too soon to say if the story will be strong or come out generic or bland. The purpose of the teaser seems to only elude to the fact that it’s an original story (which is a relief), to show it’s “magical,” and to show the protagonist, mascot, and supposed villain characters. They haven’t given us much else on it yet.

However, what concerns me (though “concern” may be a little strong) is the animation.

Why does this look like it's something off Playhouse Disney (maybe only slightly better)? Everything seems so plastic, like a straight-to-streaming movie. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute, glittery, and bubbly—but so are Playhouse Disney Shows.

Her face looks like all the other CGi Disney-princess bases, everyone’s hair seems very solid (with the protagonist’s hair always oddly in the same spot), and the textures and items look very flat. Some people are saying that it has 2D animation—but looking at it, you can’t tell. It appears to be CGi. (It looks like maybe they possibly tried making the colors and textures look 2D-ish, but that’s not being 2D).

Still, I’m really hoping the story is cute. (And hoping that Disney’s recent movies aren’t an example of their best writing capabilities…)

But it’s already making it painfully clear that Disney is actually STRUGGLING to in it’s own field to KEEP UP with even Netflix’s level of animation (which is shocking). Disney used to be about family entertainment—making movies that were fun for all ages without feeling too “babyish.” (Hints why animated movies like Aladdin got more views in theaters and films like Winnie the Pooh—though beloved—had fewer because it was directed toward a smaller target audience of little ones).

This movie already feels like it’s targeting mainly little ones, and the animation only enforces that.

Compare that to the quality of Netflix’s biggest family entertainment films of the past 5 years.

Netflix wanted to bring back 2D animation for one of their films. So they 2D animated their film Klaus (2019), but colored it digitally and gave it CG lighting to give a 2D world 3D depth (it looked really unique and cool). The result? An award-winning film. It was actually nominated for the Oscars, and won several awards including several “Best Animated Film.” And the story was pretty sweet. It kind of reminded me of Emperor Kuzco meets Jethro from Dreamworks Prince of Egypt to tell a Santa story—and oddly enough, it works.

Then you have Netflix’s award-winning CG works.

One of their first big ones (winning a Golden Globe along with other awards) is Over the Moon (2020), featuring an actually pretty catchy pop-song and set in modern China. The animation is pretty good and the story actually deals with some mature themes about loss and grief. This film was successful enough that it was even selling its own merchandise, particularly of the Moon Goddess.

Look (below) at how soft the character’s hair is, as well as the detail in things like fur, or the textures of their clothes while still maintaining the animated aesthetic:

Then you have Sea Beasts (2022), which also was an award-winning film (with a sequel now on the way). In fact, this movie apparently has been said to have pointed Netflix in a new direction when it comes to original, animated films. Again, notice how detailed the backgrounds are as well as even the hair on their heads—without giving up the animated quality. The world feels very rich. (And notice how the characters have their own, unique style and facial structures instead of just re-using the same face-type from film to film).

(Look at the little girl’s hair! It looks so soft, like I can actually imagine what it feels like. That’s good animation!)

Now, even if they’re their own styles and characters, you may notice a slight Dreamworks and Disney-esque flare to some of the designs. That’s because former Dreamworks and Disney employees were helping to making them.

In fact, the creator of Sea Beasts said that he specifically left Disney because the company had become so ridged on what type of stories they were allowed to tell. They wouldn’t allow him to create this projects there. Disney had different themes in mind (ie, Disney wants princess girl-power films featuring teens. Not a forming father-daughter story between a male protagonist and a 10 year old having adventures on the high seas). So he left Disney and pitched his ideas to Netflix, who loved them and gave him the resources to make it happen. In fact, he said Netflix was very accommodating. And now it’s an award-winning film with better animation than any of Disney’s recent works.

(Although, the does story get a little sappy and preachy in the final part of the film, the rest of the film was great enough—and audiences were desperate enough for good material—that they forgave the preachy faux pa and wanted more).

Then, you have Disney. Making another princess movie, set in a generic magical kingdom. With slightly better than Playhouse Disney quality animation…

…and while even that is better than another remake, it still makes me wonder about the overall quality of the entire project.

Are they just throwing together something quick that fills in check-boxes because audiences keep pestering them for something new? Or did they put some real passion into it, making it because they were actually INSPIRED to make it?

Only time will tell.

(Though, can I just say just how weird it is that we live in a world where Disney seems like cheap, generic knock-offs that you’d expect on a streaming site, and Netflix is the company making theater-worthy films? Like, what’s happening to the world? Are we in the Twilight Zone?). 

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