Talk:Mulan (2020 film)/@comment-27373870-20180728212006/@comment-4889892-20180807175625

That's why people are angry. Beauty and the Beast was perfectly translated. It wasn't 100% true to the original French legend, but it resembled the Disney version to a tee. There were even some people that complained it was too much like the cartoon. I personally loved it and enjoyed the inclusion of Belle's mother, as well as LeFou's side story. I'm not sure if the backlash from this movie influenced Disney or not, but I admit that I'm glad they didn't go with the rumored original script (In which Mulan wasn't even the main character but the love interest of some European man).

You can change some things in the story without changing the whole story. In Mushu's case, I can imagine that:

Mulan's family has a shrine to the dragons rather than to the ancestors. Yes, they can still practice ancestor veneration, but the ancestors themselves are not deities. Mushu can have a bit of a side story. Other dragons ridicule Mushu for not being as glorified as they are. He's an outcast because of his comedic personality (which for the live action shouldn't be over the top, but presented as a realistically silly personality) and failure as a guardian. When Grandma Fa realizes that Mulan has gone and prays for help, most of the dragons find Mulan as a rebellious person they have no interest in helping. Mushu, however, sees this as a chance to prove himself and volunteers to help Mulan. Mushu can run into Crikee after descending to Earth.

Of course, Mushu and Crikee's design would be recreated through CGI. Mushu could be a smaller, red version of this dragon, and Crikee could pretty much look like this cricket.