Re-imagined. Right.
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trinityvixenBecause everything old is new again, have some Disney Princesses reinvented as, well, strippers and porn stars--but drawn in comic book style!
Anyway, as for the art, I think this comment says it all:
So.... boobies and disfiguring spinal injuries all around then.
It may surprise some folks, but I don't really have a problem with this art except where it's bad. And some of these are pretty boring. Cinderella's a poor man's take on the vastly superior, but just as slutty, Emma Frost. Sexy-ing up Alice from Alice in Wonderland has been done better by those "Sexy [Fill in the Blank]" costume makers. Ditto this remark for his Snow White. Contrary to what the blogger thinks, that is NOT Maleficent, it's the wicked queen from Snow White, and her costume is only so-so (evil queens have dressed that way for forever, so it's hardly shocking). If you look too closely at the Sleeping Beauty one, as I did, you'll spend half the time wondering why Briar Rose or whoever cut out a slit in the sheet so her top leg could be uncovered. No, seriously, look at that picture! The sheet is clearly all she's wearing, and it falls smoothly over the bottom leg, but not the top! WTF? Did he forget halfway through that she wasn't wearing a corset like all the other ladies?
I actually really like Belle, Ariel, and Tinkerbell, though, which is amazing because I pretty much hate Tinkerbell with a passion. Belle, despite her come-hither gaze and sexful posture, does at least seem rather powerful because she stands in a superior position to a servile creature that is otherwise terrifying. Let's you know who wears the (strictly figurative, given her outfit) pants. Ariel's frighteningly slim waist is no worse than what Disney actually gave her in her movie. I really like her freckles--I find that kind of adorable, given how anyone as pasty as she is with that hair would probably have them (on land). She's more in a line with someone like Fathom, which, fine, whatever, that's Top Cow. It's a thing. Tinkerbell's outfit isn't even remotely modified, but what I like about that image is the comic behind it. That looks like a cool story!
What kills me is the written content, not the slutty pictures of Disney Princesses. Is it just me, or is it obvious that when you put forward the pwetty, pwetty pwincesses, you're selling them as these perfect, innocent (i.e. virginal) creatures, what you're really doing is inviting people to come up with the flip side of that dynamic, a.k.a. the whore versions? That's all this is. Natural progression, really.
Anyway, back to what the blog post said: apparently, Disney is letting the idiot who wrote the lamentably bad 27 Dresses--which could have been a good movie about how ridiculous it is to expect people to cater to the every whim of the modern bride, who is herself brainwashed by the wedding industrial complex, but of course wasn't--pen a live-action Cinderella movie. Honestly, the description of that travesty is worse than some of these pictures. It's no less ridiculous for the fact that a) all romantic comedies these days are Cinderella movies (what the hell is "girl loses boy" except an elaborate way to dress up the be-home-by-midnight, lose-your-shoe-in-the-process escape?) and b) they have actually made several live-action Cinderella movies. I think, like, Hilary Duff was in one, and she's still popular, so it had to have been in the last ten years, which ridiculous. GRAH.
Anyway, as for the art, I think this comment says it all:
So.... boobies and disfiguring spinal injuries all around then.
It may surprise some folks, but I don't really have a problem with this art except where it's bad. And some of these are pretty boring. Cinderella's a poor man's take on the vastly superior, but just as slutty, Emma Frost. Sexy-ing up Alice from Alice in Wonderland has been done better by those "Sexy [Fill in the Blank]" costume makers. Ditto this remark for his Snow White. Contrary to what the blogger thinks, that is NOT Maleficent, it's the wicked queen from Snow White, and her costume is only so-so (evil queens have dressed that way for forever, so it's hardly shocking). If you look too closely at the Sleeping Beauty one, as I did, you'll spend half the time wondering why Briar Rose or whoever cut out a slit in the sheet so her top leg could be uncovered. No, seriously, look at that picture! The sheet is clearly all she's wearing, and it falls smoothly over the bottom leg, but not the top! WTF? Did he forget halfway through that she wasn't wearing a corset like all the other ladies?
I actually really like Belle, Ariel, and Tinkerbell, though, which is amazing because I pretty much hate Tinkerbell with a passion. Belle, despite her come-hither gaze and sexful posture, does at least seem rather powerful because she stands in a superior position to a servile creature that is otherwise terrifying. Let's you know who wears the (strictly figurative, given her outfit) pants. Ariel's frighteningly slim waist is no worse than what Disney actually gave her in her movie. I really like her freckles--I find that kind of adorable, given how anyone as pasty as she is with that hair would probably have them (on land). She's more in a line with someone like Fathom, which, fine, whatever, that's Top Cow. It's a thing. Tinkerbell's outfit isn't even remotely modified, but what I like about that image is the comic behind it. That looks like a cool story!
What kills me is the written content, not the slutty pictures of Disney Princesses. Is it just me, or is it obvious that when you put forward the pwetty, pwetty pwincesses, you're selling them as these perfect, innocent (i.e. virginal) creatures, what you're really doing is inviting people to come up with the flip side of that dynamic, a.k.a. the whore versions? That's all this is. Natural progression, really.
Anyway, back to what the blog post said: apparently, Disney is letting the idiot who wrote the lamentably bad 27 Dresses--which could have been a good movie about how ridiculous it is to expect people to cater to the every whim of the modern bride, who is herself brainwashed by the wedding industrial complex, but of course wasn't--pen a live-action Cinderella movie. Honestly, the description of that travesty is worse than some of these pictures. It's no less ridiculous for the fact that a) all romantic comedies these days are Cinderella movies (what the hell is "girl loses boy" except an elaborate way to dress up the be-home-by-midnight, lose-your-shoe-in-the-process escape?) and b) they have actually made several live-action Cinderella movies. I think, like, Hilary Duff was in one, and she's still popular, so it had to have been in the last ten years, which ridiculous. GRAH.
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Date: 2010-05-18 04:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-05-18 04:54 pm (UTC)I guess I would have seen that if I hadn't skimmed the "article."
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Date: 2010-05-18 04:56 pm (UTC)And it's okay to skim anything on io9, since all they're doing is (maybe, if you're lucky) skimming something they found on the sidewalk that might be tangentially related to something geeky. That they have actual pictures in this case is downright impressive for their level of "reporting."
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Date: 2010-05-19 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-18 10:32 pm (UTC)Cindy: sad attempt at Emma Frost
Alice: I've seen that in Ricky's. She reminds me of a blonde Roxy from Gen13 ...
Belle: Ah, Bliss from the Deviants. Oh wait, that's BELLE? Uhhh ... not okay. (This turned out to be the least offensive or juvenile image, imo. Dear lord.) At least she looks in-charge. She is giving off distinct "evil summoner" vibes.
Snow's Wicked Stepmother - looks badass, but nothing unique interesting. She has Ivana's face. Next!
Beauty - ...............
Snow White - Ricky's ripoff. Whatever.
Ariel - like the freckles. Looking at her makes MY back hurt!
Tink: She has NO ass. And Captain Hook's leer seriously grosses me out.
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Date: 2010-05-19 03:26 am (UTC)