tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779DISNEY POC »a community dedicated to people of color in animated Disney...People of Color in Disney (OPEN)2013-04-04T08:18:22Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:51823Bemused ♦ Dreamer#Art Rec: "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and "Lilo and Stitch" pieces by VSlynx, B-Dunn, Leerer-Raum2013-04-04T08:17:08Z2013-04-04T08:18:22Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="293.5" src="http://i.imgur.com/u9itS17.jpg" style="" width="400" /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/51823.html#cutid1">+2 MORE</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=51823" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:43336Bemused ♦ Dreamer#Character Spotlight: dk-zee's Audrey Ramirez Cosplay2012-12-21T04:26:41Z2012-12-21T04:26:41Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/g11D9.jpg" title="" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/gU1yt.jpg" title="" /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/43336.html#cutid1">+MORE</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=43336" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:41515Bemused ♦ DreamerNostalgia Critic's Disneycember Mini-Reviews2012-12-17T01:29:00Z2012-12-17T21:52:27Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><iframe width="460" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hUh8R8nGMNM?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/41515.html#cutid1">+Atlantis through Pocahontas</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=41515" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:38962Bemused ♦ Dreamer"Brother Bear", "Mulan" "Atlantis" and "Hunchback" to recieve Blu-Ray treatment2012-12-15T12:47:00Z2012-12-15T12:47:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://i.imgur.com/1Sv3y.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="298" src="http://i.imgur.com/1Sv3y.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" title="" width="250" /></a><br /><br /><blockquote>Walt Disney Studios has called in the plumber and the clog has been cleared, resulting in a deluge of <b>animated classics all being released for the first time on Disney blu-ray on March 12, 2013.</b> While not all of have been officially confirmed to us by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, now is the time to start saving those pennies to complete your home video collection.</blockquote><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/38962.html#cutid1">Read More</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=38962" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:38254Bemused ♦ Dreamer#Character Spotlight: Cosplayingwhileblack presents: The Disney Cosplayers2012-12-09T18:10:00Z2012-12-09T18:10:00Zpublic1Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><img alt="" border="0" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f306957d32211fa43d544130755e7b2a/tumblr_meprxrBbEG1rztdgoo1_400.jpg" title="" width="250" /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f1225f14ef4e2b12b6c3067a11dd8f22/tumblr_meprxrBbEG1rztdgoo2_400.jpg" title="" width="250" /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/38254.html#cutid1">+MORE</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=38254" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:6026Bemused ♦ DreamerThe Disney Dresssphere Project by skirtzzz @DeviantART.com2012-08-18T15:21:00Z2012-08-18T15:21:00Zpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><strong><big>THANKS TO THE POWERS OF</big></strong> social media websites (such as Tumblr.com, The Mary Sue or Wired.com), DeviantART artists tend to become fairly popular rather quickly and they catch the attention all those who watch them. Like <a href="http://jirkavinse.wordpress.com/">Jirka Väätäinen</a>, <a href="http://shoomlah.deviantart.com/gallery/29648049">shoomlah</a>, and <a href="http://viria13.deviantart.com/">viria13</a> before her, <a href="http://skirtzzz.deviantart.com/gallery/28033591">skirtzzz</a> made internet headlines with her <em>Disney Princess Dresssphere</em> collection.<br /><br /><center><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/PSnTN.png" title="" /><br /><span style="font-size:smaller;"><i>Beserker (Pocahontas), Thief (Kida), Black Mage (Esmerleda)</i></span></center><br />The collection featured almost every Disney Heroine from a feature or animated film as Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy X-2 inspired Summons and <a href="http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dressphere">Dresssphere</a>, fanservicy combat-geared costumes as used by Yuna, Paine and Riku. However, of all the characters she presented at the present, Tiana was unfortunately represented in her collection as a <b><a href="http://skirtzzz.deviantart.com/art/Mascot-Tiana-289931875">Frog Mascot</a></b> akin to the kind you'd see a football or baseball game while the other characters were looking ravishing in their flowing dresses and sparkly costumes. The set eventually found its way to tumblr and the ever-present presence of the social justice sphere caught hold of it and rightfully inquired as to why Tiana was the only Princess out of the handful she'd created then was singled out and left in a rather unflattering uniform. However, unlike the situation shoomlah faced in regards to her Pocahontas piece, the objection was strong enough that the artist <a href="http://skirtz.tumblr.com/post/19337392041/i-guess-this-is-like-on-tumblr-now-yikes">acknowledged the complaints</a> and redrew Tiana as arguably one of the strongest Final Fantasy summons in the series, <b><a href="http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Shiva">SHIVA</a></b>. But of course, one cannot have Tiana without Charlotte LeBoeuf and <a href="http://skirtzzz.deviantart.com/art/Tiana-and-Charlotte-Summons-303352411">she was also given a summon redesign</a>. I'm rather surprised there aren't any complaints about making Mulan, a Chinese hero, a Japanese Samurai, but nonetheless, the collection is pretty and well thought out for the most part. Click behind the cut to check out the selected few.<br /><br /><center><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/6026.html#cutid1">WARNING: IMAGE HEAVY, NOT DIAL-UP/SLOW PROCESSING FRIENDLY.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=6026" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:5544Bemused ♦ Dreamer#18 and #24 Tiara Talk's Interview with 'Aladdin' & 'Atlantis' Cast2012-08-16T23:02:00Z2012-08-16T23:02:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><img alt="" border="0" height="" src="http://i.imgur.com/vBV4c.jpg" title="" width="400" /><br /><small>From left to right: Scott Weinger (Aladdin), Linda Larkin (Jasmine) and Jonathan Freeman (Jafar).</small></center><br /><br /><blockquote>The Tiara Talk Show Team is excited to welcome the cast of Aladdin-Scott Weinger (Aladdin), Linda Larkin (Jasmine) and Jonathan Freeman (Jafar) -to the Royal Banquet Table to talk about the audition/recording process of the film, the T.V. show and more! [<a href="http://www.tiaratalkshowpodcast.com/2012/01/18-tiara-talks-interview-with-aladdin.html"><b>SORUCE</b></a>]</blockquote><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/5544.html#cutid1">+MORE</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=5544" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:5208Bemused ♦ DreamerContext: "Atlantis" character Joshua Sweet Disney milestone sweet for actor, animator2012-08-16T21:27:00Z2012-08-16T21:27:00Zpublic3Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/NkWax.jpg" title="" /><br /><br /><blockquote>Dr. Joshua Sweet, one of the heroes of Disney's <i>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</i>, is a heroic member of the team searching for the undersea world of Atlantis. And he's the first black character in the history of Disney animated feature films. That may surprise you. After all, you may remember Eddie Murphy's routines in <i>Mulan</i>, Samuel E. Wright's rendition of Under the Sea in the <i>Little Mermaid</i>, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox in Song of the South or the crows in Dumbo. But none of those characters were human. "It has taken a ridiculously long time," says Atlantis director Kirk Wise.</blockquote><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/5208.html#cutid1">Read More</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><i>By Andy Seiler, USA TODAY<br />Contributing: Susan Wloszczyna<br />06/13/2001 - Updated 09:20 AM ET</i><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/2001-06-13-atlantis-milestone.htm#more"><b>SOURCE</b></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=5208" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:5060Bemused ♦ DreamerNTC (featuring Veela) - "Go Back Home" - Atlantis: Lost Empire Fan Song?2012-08-16T20:08:00Z2012-12-17T22:15:02Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><iframe frameborder="0" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KAp-d3xinqs?rel=0&wmode=opaque" width="460"></iframe></center><br /><br /><strong><big>ACCORDING TO A LOT OF</big></strong> <em>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</em> fans, NTC's collaboration with Veela, "Go Back Home", is a tribute or fan song for the film containing Atlantian language spoken by Kida in the film. I'm not sure how true it is since I can't find anything else about it, but the song is available on the group's EP release, <em>Sepia</em> @<b><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/album/sepia/id506393360"> iTunes.com</a></b> and probably elsewhere. It's a lovely tune regardless.<br /><br /><center><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/5060.html#cutid1">Lyrics</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=5060" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-12-17:1853779:2562Bemused ♦ Dreamer#Discussion: "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" - Why is Kida so easily forgotten?2012-08-03T18:55:00Z2012-08-03T18:55:00Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='weber_dubois22' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://weber-dubois22.dreamwidth.org/'><b>weber_dubois22</b></a></span><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vvypmtn71qb789fo1_1280.jpg" title="" width="400" /><br /><br /><blockquote><big><strong>Kida - the Forgotten Disney Princess</strong></big><br /><i>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</i> is not considered a Disney classic, but is definitely one of Disney’s gems, as a film that takes on mythological ideas and expands upon it by creating a plausible world that blends the spiritual with the scientific. It has a few problems - elements of White Savior-ism for example - but I consider it one of Disney’s great underrated films.<br /><br />The one character that I think is perhaps one of the most underrated women in Disney’s animated films is Kida, Disney’s forgotten princess of Atlantis. As she was created in the post-1990s Disney Renaissance but pre-<i>Princess and the Frog</i>, she is unfortunately in the limbo of Disney films. She is also one of the few princesses who is not the protagonist of the film she is in, and the only princess not to be featured in a musical film, the big stick that drives her into not being considered among the princess elites.</blockquote><br /><br /><center><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://disney-pocs.dreamwidth.org/2562.html#cutid1">Read More</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=disney_pocs&ditemid=2562" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments