Today’s Fan-Art is by DKCissner. And it’s based on the movie poster for Pretty Women. I find this very amusing ^_^
Disney goes to Hollywood: Pretty Woman by dkcissner
This adorable picture is of a Disney Clopin Onesie. It unclear if it official but isn’t a adorable. If it’s not official Disney should produce it and if it is official they Disney needs to make more of them.
Disney Clopin Onesie
This was actually on e-bay so if you really want it keep a look out for it.
Despite all of its negatives, the Jetlag version
Frollo attack while Esmeralda and Phoebus embrace, Jetlag version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A lot of the plot point from the original book are let in tact. Like Frollo as Priest and he starts off kind, there is the kidnapped attempt, Phoebus is a cad who tries to seduce Esmeralda even though he has a fiancée, Fleur de Lys, and does get stab by Frollo, Gringoire’s character is large let intact, Quasimodo is deaf etc.
Esmeralda, Jetlag version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Coming off the heels of the Disney movie which is very different than the book, to watch this version despite its lazy execution is very refreshing. However since Disney is a big company they couldn’t make Hunchback accurate to the book without offending people whereas Jetlag is a smaller company so they don’t have that concern. But more that Jetlag is a American-Japanese company so a lot the hang ups on making Frollo a lusty priest didn’t really apply. This also explain why Esmeralda has an anime look to her.
Quasimodo throws Frollo off a bridge
Hunchback was Jetlag’s last production under the name GoodTimes before GoodTimes turned in a new company. This version of Hunchback came out on April 30th 1996. So it beat the Disney version but it’s release was meant to capitalize off of it. However, in direct competition to Disney movie the Jetlag version’s saving grace is that it maintain the plot whereas Disney didn’t and most people seem to forgive the laziness and the slow pacing of the Jetlag version because of this. If there was a film version that had good execution and maintain the plot of book than this version would fade into more obscurity. There are some version that come close but there is also something missing.
Next Jetlag article (almost done) – a major Plot hole
Esmeralda tells Quasimodo about Frollo
This is also on the DVD
Christmas! It’s soon so time to start planning your Hunchback gift list for yourself or that special gift for the Hunchback fan in your life or a person you want to turn into one. Between now and christmas I will periodically post gift ideas that are either directly Hunchback related or just inspired by it. This post is more stuff inspired By Disney’s Esmeralda and Esmeralda’s costume in Notre Dame de Paris.
A New PC Game
Scarves
Jewelry
Today Fan-art is xxAOISBABY101xx. It’s the perfect political platform for Frollo.
Who I Would Vote For by ~xxAOISBABY101xx on deviantART
Question; Why did Esmeralda choose Phoebus?
This question get asked a lot and it’s directed to the Disney movie. A lot people resent Esmeralda for picking Phoebus after all Quasimodo did for her. They resent her despite the fact that movie tries very, very hard to convince the audience that Esmeralda and Phoebus are the perfect couple.
Esmeralda and Phoebus Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
When a film tries to present a future couple to the audience it is always done at the start of the film by showing the couple interacting in someway. This is almost always the case unless it is important to the development of the character to break it off with the person the are supposed to be with. Titanic is a good example of this. In Disney’s Hunchback the only scene that does not have either Frollo or Quasimodo is when Esmeralda and Phoebus meet. Now this may seem trivial but remember that the movie’s theme is “what makes a monster and what makes man” and every scene but this one and most of their time in the church reinforces that theme.
Esmeralda and Phoebus Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Next, Esmeralda and Phoebus have almost identical personalities. They’re both witty, friendly, selfless and very self righteous. Frollo is very self righteous and somewhat witty and Quasimodo is friendly and somewhat selfless, he kind of has to overcome some self pity first.
Quasimodo’s figurines from “Heaven’s Light”
Another tactic the movie uses to try to get the audience of the couple’s side is the contrast of how Quasimodo, Frollo and Phoebus view Esmeralda. Frollo views Esmeralda as demon-witch sent from hell to ensnare him in hellish fire whereas Quasimodo views her a s heavenly-angel sent from high above to love him. These point of views are made crystal clear by their songs “Heaven’s Light” and “Hellfire.” Now Phoebus on the other hand doesn’t view her as an angel or demon, he views as a human and treats her as such.
Phoebus being hit by Esmeralda Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
However the most conniving thing the movie does to try to showcase that Esmeralda belongs with Phoebus and not Quasimodo is how she interacts with them. With Quasimodo, she treats with a lot of kindness and compassion. Not to mention she treats him like a child. Esmeralda never expressed any romantic interest in him. The peck on the cheek was to convince him let her stay in his life because she was on the side of the outcasts. She liked him as a friend nothing more. With Phoebus, she was coquettish, witty, snarky, and romantic. All most all Disney couples start off snarky without each other, it’s a troupe.
Quasimodo accepts Esmeralda and Phoebus as a couple Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
The inability to accept Esmeralda and Phoebus as a couple isn’t really do with how much Quasimodo helped Esmeralda because she helped him too it is more to do with acceptations and hopefully optimism. First, it is very rare that a protagonist doesn’t end up with the leading lady. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one the few Disney movies where this happens. And there is the fact that Quasimodo is an underdog and the audience wants him to succeed and get the girl but it was disheartening when he doesn’t even though Quasimodo accepted the relationship and was happy for them.
And if the protagonist is cool with this than the audience should acceptance it as well.
Esmeralda and Phoebus share the longest kiss in a Disney movie
As I have mentioned on a few occasions I’m a fan of Princess Tutu
So when I saw this
It made me smile. ^_^