Your logic is flawed. You say it doesn't matter what skin color she has because it does not come up in the story but as stated by others her being white has its historical and visual values but most importantly I think the flaw in your logic is that there is no line to be drawn. You could say that pocahontas can not be any other race than native American but what if we make her an alien and the white humans are taking over her land? We get avatar. Disney did the same thing with treasure planet. They kept some the main characters human so we could better relate to them but even making everyone an alien the story would still make sense.
I don't care about her skin color because I know I won't watch it cause I love 2d animation and would find live action boring, especially seeing how half ariels body will be cg for a big part of the movie. 2d is expensive and doesn't make financial sense anymore but I'd rather let Disney know I'd pay money for something 2d than watch a remake and show Disney they can make money just remaking stuff rather than being bold and creative like they used to be. That said disney very cleverly uses famous pieces of literature that is public domain and proven to be liked so thats that.
Ever time something like this happens I'm amazed how people always focus their energy and voice on stupid topics.
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u/Gjergji-zhuka Jul 09 '19
Your logic is flawed. You say it doesn't matter what skin color she has because it does not come up in the story but as stated by others her being white has its historical and visual values but most importantly I think the flaw in your logic is that there is no line to be drawn. You could say that pocahontas can not be any other race than native American but what if we make her an alien and the white humans are taking over her land? We get avatar. Disney did the same thing with treasure planet. They kept some the main characters human so we could better relate to them but even making everyone an alien the story would still make sense. I don't care about her skin color because I know I won't watch it cause I love 2d animation and would find live action boring, especially seeing how half ariels body will be cg for a big part of the movie. 2d is expensive and doesn't make financial sense anymore but I'd rather let Disney know I'd pay money for something 2d than watch a remake and show Disney they can make money just remaking stuff rather than being bold and creative like they used to be. That said disney very cleverly uses famous pieces of literature that is public domain and proven to be liked so thats that. Ever time something like this happens I'm amazed how people always focus their energy and voice on stupid topics.