Idiots complaining about Moana

[binary solo]

psychicscubadiver said:

binary solo said:

You know this isn't totally fictional as in pulled out of the arses of Disney writers? It's based on actual mythology. If you were making a movie about the Greek gods and made Zeus a fat dude people would complain that it's not accurate to the mythology. Same thing applies here.

Google images for the god Maui and the only one you'll find who's a morbidly obese, diabetes risk is this Disney one.

LOL! Have you never seen Heracles and compared it to the actual myths? 

Or the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the actual book?

Or Aladdin and the original folklore?

This is nothing new from Disney. They will take something from mythology/folklore/literature and put their own spin on it. Also, anyone seeing Maui and thinking 'obese' is looking to get offended. The dude is short and wide, but he looks built as hell, not fat.

If Maui is short, does that mean Moana is a midget?

So is Heracles not a hot, muscly dude in Greek Mythology? Pretty sure he is.

Disney's visual portrayal of the Hunchback is pretty consistent with every visual portrayal of him in popular entertainment.

Is Aladdin not a poor young Arabian man? (It's also apparently not one of the official tales from 1001 Arabian Nights, could have been totally made up by a French dude).

Fact is, all those examples you cite of Disney artistic licence are still largely based on the physical imagery of the original character.