" It ’s like almost pass the torch you know it ’s quite lovely . "
Warning , do not read this if you have n’t seen the newThe Little Mermaid .
1.TheDisneyintro is “Little Mermaid-ified”.
2.Ariel has locs in the movie because that’s how Halle likes to wear her hair.
3.Near the beginning of the movie, Ariel uses a large mirror to ensnare a shark and swim away from it.
4.Flounder is not actually a flounder (and he’s not a guppy either).
5.And Scuttle is no longer a seagull – she’s a gannet now.
6.The fish tails of the king’s daughters represent different fish from across the world.
7.King Triton’s crown is made from shark teeth.
8.When she first sees Eric, Ariel hides in a lifeboat, which is a wayyyy more practical hiding place than in the 1989 version.
9.Ariel falls for Eric’s sense of adventure, rather than just his looks.
10.This film makes it clear that Ursula used to live in the palace and that she is Triton’s sister.
11.Ariel is grabbed by a starfish with eyes instead of by shrunken merpeople.
12.Ursula’s tentacles are bioluminescent.
13.The island that Eric and his family live on is probably Jamaica.
14.The “Les Poissons” song is missing, and for very good reason.
15.Eric has a grotto just like Ariel’s.
16.The spyglass that falls into the ocean at the beginning has more significance than you might think.
17.Jodi Benson (OG Ariel) makes a cameo on land as a market seller!
So glad that people in my audience knew that this was Jodi Benson ( aka the voice of the OG invigorate Ariel)#TheLittleMermaid#Ariel#PartofYourWorldpic.twitter.com / rKG5bv6CkD
" I have known her for a long meter and she ’s just very special " , he said . " She comprehend the cast of Ariel with Halle immediately , which is very moving to me too , you know , because it ’s hers … It ’s fishy she pass by the fork … it [ had ] actually already had been write but we were looking for a place for Jodi … it ’s like almost passing the torch you have sex it ’s quite endearing . "
18.It’s Ariel who steers the ship that kills Ursula, not Eric.
19.Ariel’s final dress is a homage to her white wedding dress and the pink dress she wears in the castle.
20.Some lyrics have been changed, including in “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and “Kiss the Girl”.
21.Lin-Manuel Mirandahas collaborated withDaveed Diggsbefore.
22.And finally, there are A LOT of frames in this movie that echo some of more iconic shots from the 1989 animated version.
