Talk:Mulan (2020 film)/@comment-27373870-20180728212006/@comment-4889892-20180811211438

Yes.

'''The whole lizard thing would be kind of silly, but how is that offensive to Chinese culture if it's not even claiming to be a dragon anymore? Because it's not in the legend? Unless this shamaness is going to be presented as one secretly using science to deceive everyone into thinking she has supernatural powers, there is obviously going to be some magic involved already, and there was no magic in the legend. With magic involved, you might as well have a talking lizard. Would you prefer him to be a hare because hares were used as a metaphor at the end? (rhetorical) Don't tell me there aren't any lizards in China. And there are a lot of Chinese legends with talking animals. (https://fairytalez.com/region/chinese/)'''

'''I’m not going to try to change it anymore because I think you already know what you want to see. That doesn’t mean that there’s not some idea out there that everyone else would like. '''

'''Yeah, we don't really want to see whole plot changes from the original when all the other remakes look the same. If they didn't we wouldn't expect this to be the same either. It's more like we hate how it's drastically different rather than we hate the movie. (or actually, to me, it seems that Westerners think the biggest issue is erasing an LGBT icon and great songs, which is a major misinterpretation. I wasn't upset with that so much as the entire cast change implying a plot change though, which too, came from not being able to find any given reason.)  I guess that was bad expression on my part (like when you're upset and say things you don't mean). This is why I say it's a problem of expectation. You have to remember, Westerners usually don't read Chinese media. The movie might be hyped up beautifully over there, and we wouldn't know. For us, Gong Li’s character was always called a witch. '''

'''Yeah, the Disney animated film was said to be based off the legend too. Also, now I'm wondering how many Westerners actually do their research and don't just follow whatever the first few people said (many don’t even know it was a Chinese legend first, which is probably a major issue.) While I did some research, I didn't look into any Chinese sources (because Google, I guess?). '''

'''Okay, so it's not Niki's fault but it is Disney's. (And let's not get into the film industry's corruption) Even if they want to keep quiet, when you have something that could cause a controversy, you should address it. Maybe they will now that there are crazy angry mobs. There is still a lot of time, technically, so we can just stop with that aspect now. '''

'''True. There are goals with remakes. One, for the next generation to see a story in a way that they will appreciate (also known as brainwashing the next generation if you’re into conspiracy theory.) Two, provoking nostalgia in the original generation to make them want to see the new version, and profiting off of that. (No coincidence Mulan, Aladdin, and Lion King are getting remakes when they’re 20 years or over.) But if we’re only concerned about 2018 kids, then neither of us should be talking. '''