[ SECRET POST #2675 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2675 ⌋

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Comments

DA

[(Anonymous)]

And then you'd have critics wondering why they didn't just use Rasputin given he'd have every reason to have a grudge against them and it would be far more personal.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

And the answer would be because he's dead???

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Come on. From a storytelling perspective, your suggestion just doesn't make sense. Nobody who sets out to tell an epic story with tragic historical figures ignores the obvious choices that audiences will expect to see in favor of an OC. You also seem to be missing the fact that Rasputin was dead makes him more a MORE attractive potential villain, not less.

Re: DA

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AYRT

My suggestion was just one off the cuff alternate way they could have had a similar story and not written a story that portrays a real historical figure as a Satanic zombie. That does not mean it would be the only alternative.

In comparison, Mulan and Pocahontas both managed to incorporate magic realism into the story without making their antagonist supernaturally evil.

Sure, making the villain undead and have magic powers is attractive from a story-telling point of view. I'm making the argument that it's tacky.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, disney made mulan and Pocahontas. They are a cash cow with more money to throw at writing. Which, is it tacky because he had children and grandchildren who were alive when this came out, or did you not think of that? Honestly, it was a cutesey fairy tale that like another person said, might have made one or more child interested in Russian history. I know this movie made me go out and research the Russian royal family.

I spent forever obsessing over the history of the titanic after that movie came out. They set up a villian in that too, Ismay, who is blamed for the ship not slowing down in the ice fields. But I dont see him being championed, or any other historical person who is villianized.

Let people make their takes on history, it is our responsibility as consumers of such to educate ourselves (and our children) about inaccuracies.