Talk:Mulan (2020 film)/@comment-27373870-20180728212006/@comment-4889892-20180809184153

Well, the difference with Princess Pingyang is that she was a person whose history was recorded. So yeah, it would be weird if she had powers or a mermaid friend. Mulan may or may not be real, so her story takes on a more fantasy theme. What you call no brain is actually open-mindedness. I am open to other versions of Mulan, I've seen many and liked them. In fact, Sony is rumored to be making one to rival Disney's and I'm more excited for that one. If this one was a wuxia with a plot similar to the Disney remake, I wouldn't mind. It might even be a better version. Disney, however, already has its own version. They shouldn't change it unless they're going to market it as a retelling. They can't just say, this is Disney's Mulan when it has no resemblance to the original. Sony, with no prior Mulan story, can make the film however they want. I mean, it has to follow the format of the poem, with Mulan stepping in for her father and everything, but there's a lot left to the imagination. An ideal Mulan story for me would be one where she has no love interest, but most times she does. And since Disney already put in a love interest, I expect to see him there in a remake. Open-mindedness isn't a trait of stupidity, it's a trait of intelligence. I'm not a genius, but I'll have you know that I graduated from a science and technology-based high school with college credits and a 96.7 average. It seems you grasp the idea that I have knowledge of Chinese culture but I don't understand it just because I'm into the marriage of styles. Now before you get all whiny about how Korean culture isn't the same as Chinese culture (I know that), think about Kpop. Kpop takes a variety of genres, using songwriters from Sweden and the US. And what are they doing with that? Pushing the Korean Wave. It is luring in Westerners to take a look at Korean culture while entertaining their own people. Now, you can't say that a Koreaboo has no understanding of Korean culture. They're just not Korean, and not living in Korea will mean that you have the influence of the culture you're born into. If I went to China, I don't know how comfortable I would be trying some of the food or burping after meals. It's not that I don't understand the cultural significance of it, I just wouldn't feel right doing it. That's not to say there are a lot of situations I'm awkward about in America. (Like, why do people blindly say "bless you" after a sneeze? I bet most people don't know why.) I'm just a socially awkward person, and that's okay.

Yeah pretty much. Either way, there's going to be a polarization of love and hate for this movie.