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  • I like how ursala plats with ariels hair?

  • 2:00 OMG Ariel is topless!!!

  • shese scary man lolzzz ursul genunley terrifies me

  • Idk why, but I really like the way Ursula is drawn at :47

  • 1:10 - the sucker sticking to her face!!! What an amazing detail! I wish they'd carried that fantastic little interaction into the final movie. And the squash and stretch on Ursula as she bounces around is much more pronounced. She's so fabulous. hjadhjfkhdsk LOVE IT

  • 2:45 to 2:51 i like the way she bounces around her couldren.

  • OMG I love the sketches! They look so fun!

  • the beginning music is SOOO creepy and dark.

  • is ariel not wearing a bra at 2:01?

  • You know what? Alot of Disney animators get agitated about the fact that their workplaces are also places where they feel they get watched like zoo animals by tourists coming through on those tours above their heads, but this made me remember- I don't look at them like that when I go. When I go, I just plain LOVE watching them draw these movies into life on their desks. I actually watched someone sitting down and working on Lilo & Stiitch, once when I was 9 and it inspired me.

  • Is this still Pat Carrol? All that's really different is a few of the lines.

  • @anakinfan12002 yes it is.

  • It's a bit funny.... You can see the process of the artists getting tired of drawing storyboards over the time because the still drawings get messier and messier-looking.

  • that bit about Triton banishing Ursula should have been left in the film. I wonder, why was it cut?

  • @AncientHistoryBuff Possibly for the case of a) Budget for animation b) story tightness

  • well i don't like the melody but great job jaja

  • Jennifer Saunders was originally gonna voice Ursula. They even taped/recorded her acting. I can't remember why she didn't do it.

    This was why she was cast as Shrek 2's Fairy Godmother.

  • @GhostPlanetFilms It's kinda good that she didn't...Pat Carrol brought a darker yet sweet disposition to Ursula..:)

  • @Crazycoasterkid21 Yeah. I like Pat's voice better. She just fits the bill.

  • @GhostPlanetFilms it's cause Howard Ashman, the lyricist, but also a large part in the creation of ursula, didn't like her Jennifer's voice...

    And actually, it was originally intended to be Bee from golden girls, but she turned it down

  • @UbhikhosiBoKhoKho As I said to Crazycoasterkid21, Pat's voice just fits with this character. It has the perfect sinister sound, fitting for a villain.

    PS: Imagine Betty White voicing Ursula! LOLZ!

  • @GhostPlanetFilms oh i totally agree with you, she is absolutely FANTASTIC! and she always dreamed of being a disney villain, she is perfect for the role, i'm just sayin.

  • @UbhikhosiBoKhoKho Totally!

  • @GhostPlanetFilms the voice of aunt figg from tom and jerry the movie also tried the role of ursula as well as daun french(the vicar of dibley)

  • @johnxgin1 Really? I can see that! Also, Dawn French is Miss Forcible from "Coraline."

  • The mercouple in the song remind me of Brad and Janet from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

  • @FilmmakeroftheFuture omg same! :o i wonder why that is? :s

  • @InvaderPet Realize animated movies have multiple animators working. Not only does each individual character have their own animator but I believe they (the characters) have whole TEAMS, along with animators for different scenes/numbers. So these storyboard reels are most likely mixes of all the different animation teams coming together. That's why you see alternate versions of chars and very poor, as well as some very well done, sketches.

  • Even for a storyboard reel, couldn't the animators of drawn better sketches of Ariel when she turns human and is naked?

  • @InvaderPet "Couldn't the animators HAVE drawn" I believe is what you meant. I really hate to be a grammar nazi, but it seems like people are rapidly forgetting the word "have."

  • @mrclassickids, no. This was going to be the version in the movie, but they cut some stuff out, including one whole line of the song. They cut these things out early on, before they made the more detailed pictures. They do this with every scene in a movie, but they eventually flesh it out. This actually wasn't the song they would have put in the movie- the other one was called "Silence is Golden".

  • I hate that they took all references out of the film to the fact that Ursula and Triton were siblings. However at least they had the brains to put that fact back into the story for the broadway musical adaption.

  • @TimeKaiser

    Technically, since no references were made to a relation between the two, it really was not a fact in the movie in the first place.

  • @TimeKaiser if they kept it in, how would that explain ursula being part octopus and triton being a mermaid? Their dad was a merman and their mom was an octopus?

  • @jsininger hey, she's a witch who can change fish tails into legs, she can sure as hell turn a fish tail into a different kind of fish tail.

    Either that or she was teased as a child for her tentacles one too many times.

  • @TimeKaiser yeah and besides that doesnt really have that big of an impact on the story...

  • @TimeKaiser I actually don't like them being siblings. It's too cliche and doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

  • @TimeKaiser I don't mean to be annoying or a know it all. But as far as I've learnt the "sibling" story was something they created for the musical. It was never true for the story in the actual film.

  • @UnAngeTheInterlude In the DVD a deleted version of fathoms below contained that very fact.

  • @Gernam12 Oh... right, Sorry. That's cool. I always did hope that the storyline was true. Sorry :)

  • @mrclassickids Late. I'm very sure little mermaid didn't start production until 1987.

  • Ursula is little cute at 4:43

  • (sorry for wrong english) In series is Ariel fighting with Ursula too. She always knew, that she is evil. But she wanted help from her, because she is just only person, who can help her to be with her true love.

  • Anybody think the merman in the glasses is supposed to resemble Seymour Krelborn? Yep, I think so! Ater all, the music is a collaboration of Ashman and Menken, the same people who wrote Little Shop of Horrors (musical). Of course, we all know that, right? ;)

  • I like how gracefully she breaks the surface here compared to the finished film.

  • @mfloppsk Ahahaha xD

  • the part with the chubby girl and glasses guy have always disturbed me, even when i was little :P

  • I love the suction part, where Ursula's tentacle clings to Ariel's face. So creepy! And "The whole thing was blown out of proportion". Yeah, because a coup isn't a big deal or anything. lol

  • Beautiful animation. Does anyone know did the frames? Or maybe whom as I am assuming it was done by more then one person?

  • Beautiful storyboards. Does anyone know who did them?

  • I'm actually glad that they cut this scene. The fact that Ariel already knows what Ursula has done and still gives her voicebox to Ursula, made her look stupid. It would made me think, "Girl are you crazy!? Why are you trusting this idiot who tried to overthrow dad?!"

    In the final version, Ariel is unaware of Ursula's past and future motives so it would make more sense for Ariel to trust Ursula.

  • @fahmad27 "The sea witch?" - That line there told you that Ariel already knew Ursula was bad news. She already had the knowledge, we, as the audience, never knew that she knew though.

  • Just to clarify, at 3:31 did Ursula kill that bug thing, crumple it up and feed it to the polyps?? Maybe that's what Smilefumble meant was grim, not the polyps themselves.

  • @retrofun1479 No, I meant the shot of the two polyps with the glasses/necklace of the enchanted merman/merwoman on them.

  • Lol "Dear old Daddy!" Did they really have to get rid of that line?

  • At 7:46 the sketch of Ursula looks odd. I lol at Sebastien saying don't be stupid at 4:29! I am glad they cut the stuff about Ursula being banished and the stuff about Ursula going "take my deal!" and what not. Who else here agrees that 3:31 would've been a bit grim for young viewers.

  • @smilefumble What made you like them being deleted? They seem like fine additions that add to the story.

    Plus, how is 3:31 grim? The whole concept of the polyps was frightening.

  • @Gername12 Because the stuff about Ursula being banished was already acknowledged in the beginning of the film, so it wouldn't have helped the scene along much and the stuff about Ursula going "take my deal!" and what not did not help as she already acknowledged that she "isn't" bad anymore at the beggining.

    Plus, Come on, 3:31 is grim! They show the remains of the merfolk before they were polyops for goodness sakes!

  • @smilefumble I guess that makes sense there.

    The extra song part is catchy though. It's a nice addition to keep.

    The kids understand the concept, they know what happened to the merfolk. In the movie, we see two merfolk (three if you count triton) turning into polyps. I think showing a hint of what they become wouldn't have been so bad.

  • ahhhh i remember when Disney actually DREW their movies with love. not make them on computers for money.

  • @KuromiCupcake

    Agreed, mate!

    Computerish animation is souless, it is not the ''art of animation'' (we can see this at the end of the Credits in traditionally animated features of the Renaissance).

    I think that 3D animation (like in the Stampede scene in The Lion King, Deep Canvas in Tarzan, ballroom dance scene in Beauty and the Beast etc.) and Computer effects (like in The Transformation scene in Beauty and the Beast etc.) should only help traditional animation.

  • Ursala always freaked me out when I was a kid in my opinion she's one of the more threatening scary villain she nearly wins, she even gets the upper hand for quite a while.

  • Ursula's a bit more grabby in this version...

  • ha! I love sabastions "Don't be stupid!!" line

  • 2:00 - 2:04

    hahahahahahahaahhahahahahahaha

  • ursula used to give me nightmares

  • I like the minimalist music :)

  • Ah, even in the storyboards, that look she gives before she starts singing... so chillingly wicked.

  • this would make ariel seem more retarded though.

  • @robertreturns Is that even possible?!

  • @LeonSKennedy828 movie: sell your soul. okay.

    deleted version:sell your soul. you tried to overthrow my father!

    please. okay.

    she actually knows in this version that ursula is evil and still goes along with it. also, sabastians warning is more convincing.

    movie:no!

    deleted version: no, ariel! don't be stupid!

    but to be fair ursula is more convincing in this version.(and an all around better character.)

  • @robertreturns Mmm...I guess it would, but she wasn't exactly smart in the film either.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 course not. that's why this fails. in the original story, she has a much better motive. she wants an emmortal soul. why not include that in this movie? it's for kids. we can't have a good story. the only other disney love story i kinda don't buy is aladdin. they bitch about how terrible their lives are to each other and jasmine remembers 4 words aladdin said the first time they met. how convinient. not as bad as this, though.

  • @robertreturns Weird, I loved Aladdin's love story, the two of them were at opposite ends of the social class system but could still relate to each other about feeling trapped in their lives, and it really worked I feel.

  • @robertreturns Also, plenty of Disney movies did have good stories, and they were more family films than kids films I feel.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 maybe it wasn't the relationship, just the movie itself until robin williams showed up. i know disney isn't all comedy, and don't get me wrong. hunchback of notre dame, their most serious film, is my third favorite, but aladdin wasn't too dark either and i was a bit bored until genie showed up.but, yeah, maybe it was the movie itself. the only dark disney moment i don't support is a certain deleted scene from lion kig 2.not that i'm saying it. *cough zira's creepy death cough*

  • @robertreturns I actually wish that Zira had died that way, it was much more true to her character, she wouldn't have shown fear like that even in the face of death.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 yes, but i guess it just caught me off guard. i'm on youtube and i find that scene thinking it's a parody, because disney wouldn't actually pull that shit in a film targeted for kids right? then i get the most psychotic villain moment in disney history. and the look on her face.....*shudders.

  • @robertreturns As I mentioned though, Disney make family films, not kids' films. And Zira was pretty batshit, but I think Frollo could give her a run for her money, he started wrecking a city just because he was lusting over one particular women for crying out loud.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 zira-bloodthirsty

    frollo-horny

    who would win again? i do like frollo but zira is just the best villain disney has probably. yeah, hellfire was a good change of darkness, but his motives aren't as personal. as zira's. besides, she's a lion.

  • @robertreturns But the extent he went to, and not to mention, he was hellbent on destroying the gypsies, and he was very bigoted and unjust in his actions.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 true, and i like frollo and think he deserves his praise.(unlike falicier) he does try to burn a girl at stake, drown a baby, lies about his past, lets people torture him publicly, fondles esmeralda, burns a family's house, backstabs the captain, and gives godly people a bad name. he's awesome.

  • @robertreturns Remind me again, but Falcier?

  • @LeonSKennedy828 princess and frog villain. i think the movie was a right move, but not as good as old disney. facilier doesn't relate to tiana(hero) in any way and doesn't get as far with his plan as most villains do. he transforms a prince and steps on a bug. very fucking impressive. (sarcasm)ursula defeating king trydant has nothing on him. frollo making quasi miserable is a mere joke compared to that. scar killing mufasa is child's play compared to the menace of that guy.

  • @LeonSKennedy828 i guess it's better than attention whore nuka, right.

  • Haha. "No Ariel! Don't be stupid!" Three guesses why they cut the second half of his line out of the movie.

  • OMG OMG OMG ARIEL"S BOOBS!!!!!!

  • I think that they did right by cutting out a lot of it since it makes Ursula seem more sympathetic and kind than she really is. Although, I do think they should have kept the entire thing until the song starts in the movie since it was never really explained why Ursula was banished from Atlantica in the final cut.

  • @randmperson2 how does it make her seem sympathetic

  • @robertreturns Because it basically gives a method to her madness instead of making her seem simply evil. It explains why Ursula is in the grotto to begin with and why she was banished from Atlantica. Plus, this scene makes her seem nicer to Ariel instead of having her agenda, which is very clear in the movie.

  • @randmperson2 that creepy piano music at the beggingin when she's entering ursalu's home is cool, though.

  • @randmperson2 i meant beggining.

  • @randmperson2 i actually feel it's better.

  • @randmperson2 It's called Deception man, she was supposed to sound nice. Plus, I don't see how this makes her sympathetic. Ariel made it clear that she was trying to overthrow Triton. 

  • LMAO "Bawdy Language!!!" Ursula was pretty cool, I gotta admit

  • It's so good that they atleast put it on the DVD so we could enjoy the whole thing they imagined.

    It's just a shame they could've left it in the movie. It's very elaborate

  • after seeing this i get just how hard it is to make an animated scene... not to mention a full feature

  • Wow, this is cool and creepy at the same time!

  • creeeepppyyyy........I LOVE IT!!!!! lol

  • I love to see the story boards of the movies... and this is one of my favorite disney movies

  • Favorite disney movie ever.

  • Why does 2:04-2:08 have me thinking about Chris Sanders style art? O_o

  • love it! I love how you get to see the actual drawings!!

  • Haha... I love how in this version Sebastian says: "No, Ariel! Don't be stupid!" In the actual movie they cut him off as he says Ariel...

  • I prefere this version

    ç_ç why they didn't chose this for the film...

  • HAHA the rough sketches are sooo cool. <3 Thanks for sharing (:

  • 2:00 - 2:04 Ariel's NAKED!!! No bra!

  • @Serdikhan

    Gosh, you can even see her nipples on 2:03!

  • its moor scary than the originl

    thank you very much

    this is my favourate disny classic cartoon

  • technically this is the original :P

  • awesome lol

  • i know right

  • lollllllllllllllllllll

  • ursula loves to touch too much

  • @G2010J Oh good I'm not the only one who notices that. Yeah, in here, she kinda grabs/touches Ariel more than necessary.

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