[ SECRET POST #2709 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2709 ⌋

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Comments

[lunabee34]

That's the part I don't get, though.

I am not at all raining on anybody's parade or suggesting that anyone is wrong for not liking this film or wanting different things from it.

But for me, the Disney cartoon Maleficent is one dimensional. She's just evil. For no reason. She has no motivation for overreacting to being omitted from a party. I have huge childhood nostalgia for the movie (her dress is pink! no, it's blue! no, it's pink!).

And whenever I see people objecting to Maleficent not being evil for the sake of being evil, I automatically think, "But this is a remake."

To me, the purpose of doing another adaptation of a story is to do something different with it. I remember how stoked we were in the 90s for that new version of Psycho. And then, with the exception of the loving and lingering closeup of Anne Hesch's butthole as she died in the shower, it was a SHOT FOR SHOT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL. SHOT FOR SHOT. EXACTLY THE SAME. What was the point of that?

[(Anonymous)]

Sticking in an image Hitchcock himself might have wished he could have gotten away with back then, IDK?

[lunabee34]

Heeeeee.

I mostly meant why do a shot for shot remake of something (which seems to be what some of the people complaining about Maleficent want). We already have the Disney movie; I expect a remake to have fundamental differences.

Anne Heche's butthole, I do not expect. LOL

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you. Beautifully put.

It always makes me laugh when people say, "But we just want this character to be evil for no reason," since the complaint for literally decades about villains in general is that they're often just mustache twirlers with no reason for doing what they do except they're the bad guy.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess the thing is that for Maleficent, it makes sense for her to be evil and petty. She's a powerful fae creature. They are often terrible and petty. And the fact is that she doesn't just commit evil for evil's sake. She curses Aurora due to a political slight to her. Definitely evil and an over-reaction and extremely petty, but... just for the hell of it.

[lunabee34]

Awww. *blushes*

I agree with you completely.