If you are new to my page, then you wouldn’t be aware that a
month ago I wrote a post about the 5 Creepy Origins from ‘Disney Renaissance Era’. I asked my Twitter followers which theme I
should focus on next and which one people would be interested in reading…
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| As You Can See, Animals Won... YAY! |
I was so excited when this won because I absolutely adored The Animal Themed films when I was growing up, but
at the same time I was terrified about finding out about my favourite childhood
films (It was bad enough when I found out
Sleeping Beauty was raped). So, let’s all get prepared to rip of this bandage
and get this party started!
(P.S, I haven't included the Lion King on it because I already wrote about it before, otherwise it would have been!)
N U M B E R F I V E: T A R Z A N
If you never wanted to be able to Swing of trees like he did
when you were younger, then I will never understand you as a person or what
your childhood was like. I hope that you have seen the Disney version but here
is a recap of what happens: We see Tarzan with his parents out in the wild, but
then his parents get murdered. By the same Animal, Kala’s son gets murdered and
Kala adopts Tarzan (saving his life) to fill her missing void, Tarzan is then
raised as a Gorilla – unaware of his human heritage until one day he discovers
this truth when he meets Jane and Clayton. Jane falls in love with Tarzan
whilst teaching him to be human and they live happily ever after together. (And
Clayton dies... Yikes)
In the original story, not much is different apart from the
fact Jane and Tarzan don’t have their happily ever after. In the original. Jane
goes back to America – unaware how Tarzan feels about her and marries Clayton
to be able to pay off her father’s debt. The more twisted thing is, Tarzan is
actually Claytons cousin and his riches belongs to him... but Tarzan believes
that Jane loves Clayton and when he sees them get married, he stays silent.
None of them knowing how they really feel about each other and Jane stuck
married to a guy she doesn’t even love...(esssh).
N U M B E R F O U R: T H E J U N G L E B O O K
If you do not know the song ‘bear necessities’ I urge to listen to it and actually have some
happiness in your life (however it does stay in your head for ages). But Disney
recap: Similar to Tarzan, Mowgli was an orphaned baby who was abandoned in the
Jungle and befriends Baloo the bear and Bagheeezra the Panther and they raise
him as their own. When a man-eating tiger comes to the Jungle, Mowgli seeks
shelter in a human village and instantly falls in love with a human girl and in
the end decides to stay in the village.
However, in the original story when Mowgli returns to the
human well let’s just say they don’t open him with open arms. Instead, they
re-banish him back in to the jungle and the family which was kind to him was
tortured. Mowgli, feeling extreme anger asks Hathi the elephant for help who in
the book is a bloodthirsty old elephant gleefully seeking revenge on humans –
so in the end They destroy the entire village with the help of the wolves…. (uh
oh, they didn’t even leave the bare
necessities)
N U M B E R T H R E
E: O L I V E R & C O M P A N Y
Why should you worry? Why Should You care right? I’m 99%
Oliver and Company was the reason why I want an orange kitty (Screw Garfield) but
for those who need a Disney Recap: Oliver is an unwanted ginger kitten who isn’t
even called Oliver until two thirds of the film. He follow’s Dodger home where
he becomes a part of Fagin’s gang which is made up of all stray dogs plus a
poor human who just wants to pay back a loan shark. Oliver, in the end gets
adopted by Jenny, a 7-year-old girl who finds him on the street. However, Fagin's
evil boss, Sykes, steps in and kidnaps the pair. However, when the ransomed
kitty's "Bow-wow"-ery buddies decide to use their street savoir faire
in order to rescue their kitty, they save the day and they all live happily
ever after.
The original story is very loosely based on Oliver Twist, which is about an orphan boy who was
mistreated and abused for most of his childhood. After representing his fellow
sufferers in an attempt to get more food, Oliver is punished and is apprenticed
to Sowerberry, an undertaker. he Artful Dodger, a questionable character who
brings the boy to Fagin, the ringleader of a gang of criminals. Instructed in
the "art" of picking pockets. In a robbery that went wrong, Oliver
gets shot but he survives and actually gets his inheritance in the end. But it’s
still sad that to find out Fagan is actually a nasty man who doesn’t care about
Oliver!
N U M B E R T W O: B
A M B I
If you didn’t cry in the first five minutes of the film in
Bambi, did you even have a soul? Or were you just unaware that Bambi’s mum was
shot?! I do not think you would be able to call yourself a Disney fan if you
have never seen this classic film. However, those who need a recap (and to
seriously put it on and watch it right now) the story goes: we see Bambi’s
birth and he becomes named ‘The Prince of the Forest’ as he grows, he loses his
mum (geez Walt and his orphans... he loves it!) he becomes friends with other
animals of the forest (aww, thumper) and learns the skills needed to survive
and in the end, he finds love and leads the other deer’s to safety from hunters.
In the novel, we follow a life of a Roe Deer and we do read
about the tragic loss of his mother (but that’s more near the end than it is
beginning) and a lot of the story describes the harshness of nature and the
cruelty of man. We read that Bambi has his first encounter with "He" (the
animals' term for humans) The man raises a firearm and aims at him; Bambi flees
at top speed, after he is scolded by a stag for crying for his mother, Bambi
gets used to being alone at times. In mid-winter, the Hunters kill most of his
deer friends, including a doe that he loved and he is left alone.
N U M B E R O N E: T
H E F O X A N D
T H E H O U N D
What else would have been number one? Destined to be enemies
Copper and Tod (a hound and a fox) are raised together. As babies, they are
more than happy to play with each other and be best buddies. However, due to
social cues and peer pressure the questionable pair start to struggle to preserve
their friendships. However, in the end they remain best friends forever. And
everyone lives.
In the original, there are no survivors! Tod, causes the
death of one of the Hunters favourite dog, he then trains Copper to ignore
other Fox’s and only to kill Tod for revenge for Tod killing his favourite dog.
Tod, kept surviving. Frustrated, the hunter makes Copper pressure Tod without
mercy until one-day Tod collapses and then dies from exhaustion. Even though
Copper was loyal to the Hunter, when he had to move to a nursing home, he kills
Copper with a shotgun. (Ouch, looks like
no-one had a happy ending then).
I hope you enjoyed it xo
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