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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#40976: Sep 21st 2024 at 10:48:31 AM

I knew about Ben and Me cause it was in a book of Disney stories I had.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Deadly Vu!
#40977: Sep 21st 2024 at 11:02:12 AM

I may have seen Ben & Me on Disney Channel back in the 90s.

The part where the mouse is fixing Ben's glasses def seemed familiar to me.

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#40978: Sep 21st 2024 at 1:56:59 PM

I remember watching the Ben and Me cartoon.

And at my college they had a display of famous peoples' favorite books as children and Ben and Me was one of them (historian David McCullough, author of a doorstopper about Harry Truman.)

Edited by Smasher on Sep 21st 2024 at 3:57:28 AM

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#40979: Sep 21st 2024 at 2:22:03 PM

If you ever wanted to see some lyrical depictions of "bad endings/what-ifs" for some of your favorite Disney ladies, Lydia the Bard just uploaded an Alice-based song "I Only Paint In Red Now"

Belle Villain Song "Tale as Old as Time"

Cinderella Villain Song "So this is love?"

Tinkerbell Villain Song "Fall Little Wendy Bird Fall" and this one is my personal favorite.

They're all mini fanfic/vignettes of what if something went wrong. And the artwork is haunting.

Edited by FOFD on Sep 21st 2024 at 1:44:13 PM

kablammin45 art lizer from Cleese's Battle Circuit (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#40980: Sep 21st 2024 at 2:30:38 PM

Late, but my library had a VHS of Ben and Me when I was a very little kid and I distinctly remember borrowing it at one point.

Because of that, I immediately recognized Ben and Amos when they appeared in Once Upon a Studio. 😅

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#40981: Sep 21st 2024 at 2:50:43 PM

Does Frozen count as having a Bad End at the beginning of the movie, and then turning that around?

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Antiyonder (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40982: Sep 21st 2024 at 2:57:38 PM

Yeah I remember Ben and Me as well. Especially Amos Mouse being voiced by the late Sterling Holloway (original Winnie the Pooh and Kaa).

Edited by Antiyonder on Sep 21st 2024 at 3:00:31 AM

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#40983: Sep 21st 2024 at 10:10:28 PM

The whole Elsa runs from home thing?

I actually still haven't seen Frozen. Not worried about spoiling it but I just never saw it.

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#40984: Sep 21st 2024 at 10:52:01 PM

More fanmade Disney song content

The table scene, they freaking nailed the live-action version of this.

I liked the Nate Wants To Battle version, but this one has the quieter monologue from Elsa in the beginning. Still haven't seen Frozen but I've heard this song 20 times.

Edited by FOFD on Sep 21st 2024 at 1:58:01 PM

kablammin45 art lizer from Cleese's Battle Circuit (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#40985: Sep 21st 2024 at 11:06:56 PM

That live-action version of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is sick! They really nailed it IMO.

"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#40986: Sep 22nd 2024 at 12:30:13 AM

[up]I'm very impressed by their casting choices! Mirabel, Camilo, Felix and Luisa are especially spot-on (but the others are good too).

Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
This is going to be so much fun.
#40987: Sep 22nd 2024 at 6:10:18 AM

In hindsight, if someone read Ego's review on the restaurant without the context of the movie, it will come out as a bit pretentious even if it's positive.

Also I refuse to believe the only staff in the kitchen are Remy, Colette and Linguini. And it's even implied the rats aren't cooking.

Edited by Ookamikun on Sep 22nd 2024 at 6:20:53 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#40988: Sep 22nd 2024 at 7:02:28 AM

Yeah, but, y'know, movie magic.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#40989: Sep 22nd 2024 at 1:58:03 PM

I always thought that was interesting about Ego. He's extremely pretentious, and even after his epiphany he doesn't really let go of that pretentious nature.

There's a vague sense that Ego still doesn't entirely get what Gusteau was trying to show people (but that's okay, because Remy and Linguini do), but he's at least let go of the belief that his preconceptions can never be wrong, and the steps he's taken to open his mind even the amount he has are enough to make himself and others happier.

I like it when Pixar does that, because most animated movies don't. They also did what with Bob Parr, establishing in the sequel that just because he's had an epiphany about his selfishness that doesn't mean he's now a completely unselfish person, and that he still has to work at it.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 22nd 2024 at 1:59:03 AM

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#40990: Sep 22nd 2024 at 2:21:41 PM

There is a faction of people who think Ego thinking his mother's cooking is the best and that he thinks she's the best cook in Paris and there is a faction who thinks this is a misreading. But I love that theory anyway.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#40991: Sep 22nd 2024 at 2:24:54 PM

I think it's a misreading too. The implication I got from that scene wasn't that Ego was specifically only enjoyed food like his mother's, but that Remy's cooking took him back to a point where he wasn't so judgmental and was capable of enjoying life.

Tbh, I think the reading that he only liked it because it was like his mother's food completely misses the message of the scene, and really the movie as a whole. It bugs me that it made its way onto our trope page.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 22nd 2024 at 2:26:53 AM

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#40992: Sep 22nd 2024 at 2:51:42 PM

I always thought it was the fact that he was given ratatouille that reminded him of his mother's cooking, as—like Colette said—it's a "peasant dish" and likely something he'd last eaten as a child, before becoming a fancy-shmancy food critic, not that it tasted exactly like something she'd made. And being reminded of his childhood, before he was jaded and could enjoy something like ratatouille, is what turned him around.

Edited by Robbery on Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:51:41 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#40993: Sep 22nd 2024 at 3:05:18 PM

I thought it meant that Remi had made something truly special out of such a simple dish, just like Ego's mother used to do.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
This is going to be so much fun.
#40994: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:15:42 PM

Yeah I thought the idea was that a mere peasant dish from a rat was able to touch Ego to affirm Gusteau's philosophy

Antiyonder (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40995: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:27:00 PM

So what's on everyone's watch or rewatch list as this isn't for a particular Disney show?

Been getting into Alice's Wonderland Bakery, Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures and keep up with Spidey and His Amazing Friends.

Also Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur.

Still need to check out Tangled and Big Hero 6 (movie and show)

Also another rebinge of The Owl House and The Ghost & Molly Mc Gee. Nice for Halloween viewing.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#40996: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:28:03 PM

Gargoyles, mostly. Also, X-Men 1992 and Phineas and Ferb.

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
Antiyonder (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#40997: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:31:42 PM

Gargoyles too for me actually. Also good for the coming month too.

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#40998: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:53:01 PM

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears.

I try to rewatch that once a year or so.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#40999: Sep 22nd 2024 at 4:58:55 PM

Was anyone else a little disappointed when Big Hero 6 dropped the battle bot angle in favour for Yet Another Superhero Origin Plot? I thought that bit, and the other characters before the fire happened, were much more interesting than the actual superhero stuff.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3

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