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[quote="Hourglass"][quote]Disney did an awesome job butchering this one! [/quote] I'm not complaining about it, I'm just saying that it's the truth. We look at Disney for their originality, when they don't really have a original movie in their animated collection.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Mariposa79</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:28 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Jafaria wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>xfkirsten wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The original tale itself was actually from China, I believe. <img src="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> It happens in China, but I don't think it was written in China. I think if it were the characters would have Chinese names as opposed to Arabic ones.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br /> Hmmm that's interesting. Remember during that time boundaries of countries were different from today. Maybe parts of China probably belong to Arabia or vice versa. <br /> <br />Sir Richard Burton was a orientalist. He wrote the book 1001 Arabian Nights or he translated 1001 Arabian Nights. Probably originated from the southwest side of Country where the desert and orient intertwine with each other. It's either that or he changed the names so his readers can understand or how to prenunciate the easily. <br /> <br />Aladdin's last name was Hight. <img src="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" border="0" /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />[/url]</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Mariposa79</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:49 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>xfkirsten wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The original tale itself was actually from China, I believe. <img src="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />She is right and they have more versions to the Aladdin story. I do remember that NBC special for 1001 Arabian Nights. Jason Scott Lee as Aladdin.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jafaria</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:07 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>xfkirsten wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">The original tale itself was actually from China, I believe. <img src="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> It happens in China, but I don't think it was written in China. I think if it were the characters would have Chinese names as opposed to Arabic ones.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Hourglass</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:50 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">They've taken old fairy tales and revolutionized the way people see them. </td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />They've added more detail and gave other characters instead of the protaganists more of a personality. They've added scenes... and turned it more lovey-dovey. There are a few that aren't that butchered, like Snow White... but then you have ones like Aladdin which they took the name pretty much... and the ONE genie... and that's it. <br /> <br />I told you, I'm not complaining about it, I'm just stating that it's the truth. Originality is there, but it is only building on somebody's else's foundation.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Hourglass</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:48 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Har har. Emperor's New Groove was the most butchered of them all. ^_~ It was said in... Disney Adventures, I believe, that the original idea was to make a movie out of the Emperor's New Clothes.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I'd have to see this as evidence... I really would because there is no link between the stories except for the first two words in the title. <br />I can't say Emperor's New Groove is butchered seeing how there is nothing to prove to me that it is linked to another fairy tale.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Hourglass</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:42 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Emperor's New Groove was hilarious! Especially with the voice talents of John Goodman and David Spade... they were awesome. <br /> <br />I loved the villianess... one of the best so far.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Boz</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:42 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>AladdinsGenie886 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Hourglass wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> We look at Disney for their originality, when they don't really have a original movie in their animated collection.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I was in the dollar store one day and saw these little princess dolls. All knock offs of the Disney princesses by far. It's a rare occassion when you don't see "Cinderella" in a big blue ball gown, or "Snow White" with a yellow skirt and blue dress shirt. They've set a certain standard with fairy tales that everyone looks up to.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br />That is so true! <br /> <br />I LOVE the Emperor's New Groove. I think it's hilarious and I can't get enough of it. I seriously can't understand why anyone would dislike it but to each his own. I never really got what all the hype was about with Lilo and Stitch, though (another Disney original, I think). Sorry for getting way off topic here. <br /> <br />So, yeah, Aladdin. <img src="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" border="0" /> I think the Disney version was originally supposed to be set in Baghdad but they changed it to Agrabah. I could be wrong though.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Nez</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:31 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">[quote="Meesh"]</span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Marisa wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Meesh wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Hourglass wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">They should make their own more often. Take the Emperor's New Groove for example. Now that was a beastly movie.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Har har. Emperor's New Groove was the most butchered of them all. ^_~ It was said in... Disney Adventures, I believe, that the original idea was to make a movie out of the Emperor's New Clothes.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I think it was more or less the title that was unoriginal. The Emperor's New Clothes was about an emperor (from a European country) who got tricked into parading into town with no clothes on. <br />The Emperor's New Groove is about a selfish emperor who gets turned into a llama and gets lost in the middle of nowhere with a peasant. <br />But hey, you could be right.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Actually, it was originated from a planned version of "The Prince and the Pauper". However, the production fell through and "The Emperor's New Groove" was the result of them salvaging what was left.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Meesh</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:53 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">[quote="Marisa"]</span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Meesh wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Hourglass wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">They should make their own more often. Take the Emperor's New Groove for example. Now that was a beastly movie.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Har har. Emperor's New Groove was the most butchered of them all. ^_~ It was said in... Disney Adventures, I believe, that the original idea was to make a movie out of the Emperor's New Clothes.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I think it was more or less the title that was unoriginal. The Emperor's New Clothes was about an emperor (from a European country) who got tricked into parading into town with no clothes on. <br />The Emperor's New Groove is about a selfish emperor who gets turned into a llama and gets lost in the middle of nowhere with a peasant. <br />But hey, you could be right.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Meesh</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:51 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: ALaddin origin</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">In some versions I've heard, "Agrabah" was in Baghdad. But most were just some fantastic Arabian place. <br />Though the 1001 nights were told in the Samarkand area.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>AladdinsGenie</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:30 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Hourglass wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> We look at Disney for their originality, when they don't really have a original movie in their animated collection.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I look at them for their originality in their adaptations of fairy tales because that's what they do, lol. They've taken old fairy tales and revolutionized the way people see them. <br />I was in the dollar store one day and saw these little princess dolls. All knock offs of the Disney princesses by far. It's a rare occassion when you don't see "Cinderella" in a big blue ball gown, or "Snow White" with a yellow skirt and blue dress shirt. They've set a certain standard with fairy tales that everyone looks up to.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Calluna</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:11 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: ALaddin origin</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Meesh wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I heard it was originally Chinese, although it is also one of the 1001 Arabian Nights if you've ever read any of them.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It was set in China, but I think I heard that it was an Egyptian story... <br /> <br />Anyway, if you mean where is Agrabah supposed to be, it's not supposed to be any particular country. I like to compare it to all the old Disney fairy tales weren't really set in a particular country, except that it's "fantasy Arabia" instead of "fantasy Europe". <img src="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Marisa</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:45 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">[quote="Meesh"]</span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Hourglass wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">They should make their own more often. Take the Emperor's New Groove for example. Now that was a beastly movie.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Har har. Emperor's New Groove was the most butchered of them all. ^_~ It was said in... Disney Adventures, I believe, that the original idea was to make a movie out of the Emperor's New Clothes.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>LadyApocalymon</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:28 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I can't say I'm a big fan of it, but yes, it was amusing. It's worth at least one watch, so you can enjoy the humor that is David Spade Does Disney. <img src="images/smiles/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>xfkirsten</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:15 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span> <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Nez wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Hey! I LIKE Emperor's New Groove.</td> </tr> </table> <span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Ditto! I don't think it's a GOOD movie, but I did enjoy it - it was funny!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subBlack/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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