So I thought what would Frollo do after viewing the Disney Sequel of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and here it is…
Frollo's Reaction after Watch Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Behold my Terrible Photo-Manipulation!
Here are some pictures I found of the Asian Tour Cast of Notre Dame de Paris. It’s been a little tricky finding them, as adversitering for the show feature the 2005 tour cast. I’m hoping that when the show leaves China finding videos and pictures will be easier. Anyway Enjoy!
Warning – 8 somewhat big pictures;
Chinese News Paper with Ian Carlyle as Clopin and Matt Laurent as Quasimodo
A Dancer performing in Bohomienne in The 2011 Asian Tour of Notre Dame de Paris
Matt Laurent as Quasimodo performing The Feast of Fools Asian Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris
Court of Miracles Asian Tour cast Notre Dame de Paris
The Bells Asian Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris
Myriam Brousseau as Fleur de Lys performing My Heart if you Swear Asian Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris
Tim Driesen as Gringoire
Myriam Brousseau as Esmeralda with Candice Parise
Since this week we had not only the Asian Tour Cast Performing and the Original Cast performing Notre Dame de Paris in concert form I thought it should be a Notre Dame de Paris Fan-art related, which are hard to find.
Bohemienne by Kitty-Grimm
This one was Made by Kitty-Grimm. Esmeralda in this picture is model after Q’orianka Kilcher but it’s very much based on Notre Dame de Paris the musical.
The Original Troupe is performing three concerts in Bercy, Paris this weekend (Dec 16, 17, and 18). Can’t you believe it, one week and four concerts with the Original troupe and back in France to boot. Hopefully the good people who go will share some one the concert on Youtube. Because Sharing is Caring.
Madeline and Quasimodo laugh about Dumb Topics... again
What else can I say about the sequel; it’s uninspired, mindless dibble that isn’t even good enough to baby-sit babies. It’s sole purpose way to get people to buy it, not to watch it but if people were to watch it, it was meant to show people that if you’re as ugly as Quasimodo, persistent enough and you say all the right things maybe you’ll the get the door mat who is right for you. Because this movie thinks everyone should be in pairs, even Achilles get some cheap floozy erm Filly at the end, Djali submits in to Hugo’s obsession, and there is “sexy” puppey show.
Achilles and a random filly Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney 2 sequel
Djali giving Hugo a Kiss Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Clopin's Sexy Puppet Show Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
The real problem with this movie is it’s not bad enough to be good, it just exists in this realm of mediocrity. However there is one positive thing about this movie and that is an exchange between Victor, Hugo and Quasimodo and it’s funny.
Quasimodo, Victor, Hugo Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Victor – “What does one wear to carnival event?”
Quasimodo – “Nothing”
Hugo – “Daring!”
That’s pretty much the highlight of the movie.
This isn’t a love story, it’s romantic superficiality wrap-up in blatant commercialism. It’s a horrible sequel and the people who made it should be ashamed that so many trees had to die for this piece of expleteive deleted.
Madeline and Quasimodo Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Esmeralda and Phoebus Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney Sequel 2
Zephyr sums up the movie "yuck" Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Next Adapation: Der Glockner Von Notre Dame
Der Glockner von Notre Dame German Musical of Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Madeline and Quasimodo kiss Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Phoebus and Esmeralda Kiss Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Stupid La Fidèle Hunchback of Notre Dame II
In the case of Disney’s Hunchback sequel, this was Disney’s chance to give Quasimodo a love story as they didn’t in the original movie because Esmeralda and Phoebus are made for each other and pretty much the some person. However the whole plot with the bell was stupid. What Disney should have done was used the sequel to mitigate between the book and the movie instead of creating a villain who was pretty much universally despised by the masses, an idiotic impractical bell and not utilizing the more beloved main characters -Esmeralda, Clopin, and Djali.
Bruno Pelletier as Gringoire in Notre Dame de Paris
Djali Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Madeline Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Here what they should have done, since Disney is in the business of contrived romances we’ll keep the Madeline character but instead of working for a vain magical bell thief she’ll be in league with Gringoire whose is a poet and a goat thief. Gringoire is original to the book and he does steals/rescues Djali. But having Djali as a focal point it would have been easier to incorporate Esmeralda and Clopin. Plus Djali was a smart Goat who could spell, tell time and do numerous of other tricks, plus Disney could have marketed more Djali toys instead that stupid Bell. Plus there would have been no lame Sarousch or hopefully no Zephyr. (Did anyone like either of them? Seriously I wanna know.)
Esmeralda Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
However, I think Disney should have forgone the whole Quasimodo story line and done a prequel with Esmeralda because I can tell you right know more people search for Esmeralda than Quasimodo, she is just more popular. I think an Esmeralda backstory who have been a better waste of time. Who agrees? I mean we know nothing of Esmeralda’s childhood, parents, how she came to the Court of Miracles, or anything. I guess this makes her mysterious but it would have been more interesting to watch than watching Quasimodo force a girl into liking him with a jewel-crusted bell that isn’t even in the first movie. An Esmeralda origin tale would have mitigated the Disney story of Hunchback and Hugo’s Notre Dame de Paris, I mean Esmeralda is the titular character and the book revolves around her and Disney trying to downplay her in favor of Quasimodo just didn’t work. So they should have done a Prequel full of Esmeralda and not the sequel that they poop out.
Next Time – Conclusion Time for the Sequel
Frollo hates the Hunchback sequel and is happy to watch it burn
Will Jennings
With the new Asian Tour cast singing Will Jenning’s english lyrics, we must ask are Jennings’ Lyrics harmful. I would yes and no. I think performing an English version in Asian countries makes level of sense. Let’s face it, English is a basic skill in many countries, and odds that people in China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore can speak English is pretty high and this way they can appreciate the show a bit better and since these people are not native speaker they are not as bothered by the awful lyrics.
Tina Arena played Esmeralda in the London Cast
And now the flip-side, Yes, Will Jenning is most certainly harmful to Notre Dame de Paris. First off here’s a little trivia, the London version wasn’t doing well so they brought in Dannii Minogue in a hope of increase sales. The show didn’t last much longer and as 2001 it ended in London and has never played again. The Las Vegas cast didn’t play for very long either and have never revived. Now personally I think Las vegas was a poor choice for this show. Las Vegas is a bright colorful place and Notre Dame de Paris is a pretty minimal on sets and props, I think it might do doing better in New York City. But the show English Lyrics are laughable and I am sure that contributed to show lack of success in its English version.
Dannii Minogue also played Esmeralda in the London cast
The problem is you can tell Jenning rushed the translation, he tried too hard to fit the measure and not the mood. As result we get lyrics like “Out of no where came the Age of Cathedral” (Didn’t Notre Dame de Paris take over 100yrs to build?) “I was born on a road that bends“(So, not Texas? vauge statement Esmeralda) “So look no more for love, love is you.”(this line just sound stupid when sung) “I feel love awaken me, deep down in me, too strong for me.“(oh that just laziness) “Oh Fleur-de-lys I am a man who knows no law” (I kinda like Belle in english, it’s not bad but this line is stupid, Phoebus is Law in the show or maybe he’s just bad at his chosen profession) “Free today, Flown away. Souls at bay find a way” (Free Today sounds like a local cable advert for a mattress sale- Free Today, just one day buy two on saturday and don’t pay till May (That maybe bad by no one is paying me to write lyrics), that’s just a few, go here (http://ndparis.narod.ru/eng/translations/english.html) and read for yourself, just pick a random song, there all pretty much horrible. Most of the songs are bad- rhyming me with me, all of Anchary (it’s just stupid), He is shining like Sun and Val d’amour and trying to turn the show into Le Miserable with “My Home in Sky”, really I could on and on, but this is an interlude. (when I get to Notre Dame de Paris I’ll probably go into this more, if I’m feeling suicidal)
Janine Masse played Esmeralda in the Las Vegas cast
The mood and emotion is why the show and the original cast are so great. And the translations just sucked it away and not even the alumni from the original cast could save it. Plus and I’m not sure what it is, but it seems that none of the performers can sing these lyrics properly they all seem breathless, mumbly and lost as they sing, which just adds to the weakness and lack of emotion. So you can’t really blame the singers.
So while I get that William Jenning has done some very lovely lyrics for popular songs “My Heart Will Go On
So to answer the title of this post “William Jennings Considered Harmful?”, Yes, Yes He is!
A Dancer performing in Bohomienne in The 2011 Asian Tour of Notre Dame de Paris
Original Cast of Notre Dame de Paris in Kiev December 13 2011
Just like in 2010 the Original Cast of Notre dame are set to perform another Notre Dame de Paris Concert in Kiev this evening December 2011. That means there are at least two peformance of the show, the Original cast and the Asian Tour Cast, Kind of Neat Huh?Hopefully we’ll get to see some decent video on Youtude ^^
Madeline and Quasimodo by the fire Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Quasimodo and Madeline are suppose to be two sides of the some coin. They both have the same up-bringing, raised by someone whose only motivation to do so was to use them in some way all the while being emotional abusive. The difference is Madeline is pretty and Quasimodo is not. However they are quite different, Madeline is ambitious as she wants to walk the tight tope and Quasimodo’s only real ambition is to be in a relationship, and that’a the MAJOR problem with this relationship.
Quasimodo Creepy Look Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Madeline and Quasimodo Fa la la la Fallen In Love Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Madeline Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Quasimodo will say and do anything to get Madeline to like him. Really, he would have done the same thing with Esmeralda. But this blatant desire for a relationship makes Quasimodo creepy and he completely rushes the relationship. I think the movie spans like two days. Quasimodo pursues her like she the last chopper out of Nam and tries to convince her that he is beautiful on the inside. In fact that is what their whole first date is about, how Quasimodo is awesome and shame on her for judging him. However Quasimodo is just as guilty of judging people on their looks. He claims that he think there more to her but he comments on her looks. And Madeline is no innocent player either, she is using Quasimodo. First, because she has to as her boss wants the stupid bell but she also uses him as source of both redemption and self-worth. Both are bad things to use other people for.
Madeline and Quasimodo laugh about Dumb Topics again
Madeline and Quasimodo Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
Madeline and Quasimodo in the rain Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
As far as a love story goes, it’s a horrible one. Quasimodo manipulates a girl with low-esteem into believing that they’re in love. He tells her that thinks “there is more more to her” but what Quasimodo thinks this “something more” is, is not known. It really just seems that Quasimodo just says whatever it is that people want to hear (Frollo’s Training). Had he said what it was that he saw in her beyond her face it would have given the love story more depth. As a result of bad writing, this love story is weak and shallow. Quasimodo says the right thing to hook the girl and is blessed that she is dumb enough not to ask for any follow-up questions about said deeper attributes (though I sure if Quasimodo had any they would have been wholesome – perverts). And on Madeline’s end, she thinks she found someone who think she is more than a pretty face, too bad she is wrong though.
Madeline and Quasimodo kiss Hunchback of Notre Dame II Disney
The reason for this film’s existent is to give Quasimodo a love story and the love they gave him is shallow, empty, and hollow, which make the this movie worthless.
Next Time – What the Disney Corporation should have done with a sequel to Hunchback, but before that a special article, an interlude if you will.
Esmeralda and Djali Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney
After I did the Esmeralda My Little Pony Fan-art, I knew I wanted to do more and someone search for Fleur de Lys My Little Pony so I figured why not.
Notre Dame de Paris Fleur de Lys as a My Little Pony Fan Art
It’s based off Fleur de Lys from Notre Dame de Paris. Kind of makes me want to do an Esmeralda Notre Dame de Paris Pony. If you want to use it please credit the Hunchblog.