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Animation Addicts Podcast #31: ‘The Little Mermaid’ – Now with More Product Placement

Morgan Stradling by Morgan Stradling
February 13, 2013
in Animation Addicts Podcast, Disney, Podcasts, The Latest Animation News
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It’s the one-year anniversary episode of the podcast! Join Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they take a walk down memory lane as their discuss the Disney Renaissance and its first classic film, The Little Mermaid.

Highlights:

  • News: fake Frozen posters, DreamWorks pushes Mr. Peabody and Sherman release date and massive staff cuts, LAIKA’s new feature The Boxtrolls
  • Nerdy Couch Discussion: Waking Sleeping Beauty and the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999).
  • Morgan gives a brief history on the Disney Renaissance.
  • Favorite movies from the era, the better part of the era (1989-1994), the second half of the era (1995-1999).
  • Would animation be the same if there wasn’t a Disney Renaissance?
  • Main discussion: The Little Mermaid
  • Howard Ashman key to its success, first film to use the CAPS system.
  • The real Hans Christian Anderson story of The Little Mermaid.
  • First thoughts and recollections: VHS, animation masterpiece, The Little Mermaid pool effect,
  • The beginning: prologue song, the seahorse, the sisters have the best names, the shipwreck and shark, Scuttle, how many mer-kings are there?, Triton’s trident’s powers.
  • Three most iconic moments: the grotto hand reach, singing on the rock, and the hair flip.
  • Where does Eric fall on the Disney Prince hotness scale? Is Eric under appreciated?
  • “Part of Your World”: love the lyrics, clever singing fish.
  • Ariel’s grotto: the Eric statue, Triton’s rage issues, Captain Ahab, Flotsam & Jetsam’s creepy voices.
  • Ursula: she’s a cecaelia, best villains of all time, designed after a drag queen, differences between her powers and Triton’s.
  • Ariel as a human: Is Eric’s castle the best Disney castle?, are they in France?, working girls conversation, similarities to Tangled and Edward Scissorhands.
  • Eric’s flute moment, enter Vanessa, the wedding, Triton polyp.
  • The climax: super fast, all the poor mermaid decision makers return back to society, drunk Triton, the Disney chorus, mermaid-human relations, shameless mockery of the French.
  • The sequels: TV series, song “Harmony”, The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, The Little Mermaid Broadway musical.
  • We rate it!
  • Don’t forget the bloopers!

Runtime: 1:49:43, 52.7 MB

Links

  • Buy The Little Mermaid: 3-disc Blu-ray | 2-disc Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | iTunes
  • Buy The Little Mermaid soundtrack: CD | Digital | iTunes
  • The Little Mermaid quotes | DisneyQuotes.com

Where to Find Us:

  • Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views.
  • Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon
  • Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemails
  • Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter
  • Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter
  • Morgan Stradling: Twitter
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Morgan Stradling

Morgan is an Arizona native who's had a lifelong passion for animation. Her favorite animated films are Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, and The Iron Giant. She earned an MBA in Marketing from Arizona State University and now runs her own business where she coaches and trains entrepreneurs how to launch, grow & scale successful online businesses.

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