"Your dream stinks. I was talking to her."

[hollybrooke]

"SPOILERS?!"

I tell myself I won't spoil myself anymore for Tangled, and what do I do? I go and buy the junior novelization. And it sounds like it will be amazing. I hope the trailers aren't exactly doing it justice from what the actual film version turns out.



Wikipedia's entry for the actual translation.

Here are the differences:

--In the original story, Rapunzel's birth mother craved rapunzel leaves. The Disney version has Rapunzel's mother gravely ill and needing the Flower of Life for a tea or potion to bring her back to good health.

--Disney has kept the name of her captor "Mother Gothel." However, she's not an enchantress in the Disney version, just an old woman who stumbled onto this flower and it's powers.

--In the original story, Rapunzel was born to commoner parents. Disney has made her a princess (of course).

--In the original story, a prince found Rapunzel in her tower. Flynn was never a prince in the Disney version. As a matter of fact, that's not even his real name. It's a pseudonym he uses; "Flynn Rider" was a legendary thief that this guy wants to emulate. He's actually from a very well-to-do family and really has no need to resort to thievery. (And his real name is kind of nerdy-sounding.)

--In the original story, when Mother Gothel finds out that Rapunzel has been discovered, she cuts off her hair and kicks her out of the tower. This has been changed in the Disney version when Mother Gothel returns to the tower to discover Rapunzel is not there, and sets out to find her and to seek revenge on whoever "stole" her.

--In the original story, Rapunzel's hair is just long hair. Disney took some creative liberties and gave her "magical hair" that keeps Mother Gothel young and vital. (Side effect from when the queen drinks her "flower of life" potion. The REAL reason Mother Gothel took Rapunzel in the first place.) Her hair also has healing abilities. Yeah, when I initially heard this, I was all, ".....WHAT?! Magical healing hair?! What is this, I can't even.....?!" Then when I read the story, I was all, "Ohhhhh, this makes sense."

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--In the original story, when the prince scales up the tower to discover Rapunzel has had her hair cut off and was kicked out and sees Mother Gothel, he leaps from the tower in despair into a briar bush and is blinded by the thorns below. In this version, Mother Gothel holds Rapunzel hostage after Rapunzel discovers the truth about who Mother Gothel truly is. When Flynn comes up to try to retrieve and save her, Mother Gothel stabs him in the back. (Kind of like Gaston did to the Beast in Beauty and the Beast.) With his final strength, he cuts Rapunzel's hair, ruining it's magical powers. Mother Gothel ages rapidly and withers away. Rapunzel realizes her now-short, brown hair can't save him and cries. Her tears still have some of the Flower of Life's healing powers and keeps him from dying. (Like in the original story; her tears restored the prince's blindness.)


Regardless of the creative liberties Disney animation has had to take, I really like the story. Now I just have to see this for myself. I'm anxious to see more of Mother Gothel, and I'm just as anxious to hear the music for this as well. Plus, Ron Perlman is in this as well, so HELL YEAH!

49 more days!

Comments

[maz-z.livejournal.com]

AWWW! They pussied out (in usual fashion) on the ending! Typically Disney. XD! It could have totally been a Jane Eyre-esque ending, but happier, but noooooo. At least he gets stabbed I guess (that sounds so mean, hahaha). XD Otherwise, it sounds okay... I'm like you, I hope the trailers aren't doing it justice and that it'll be super kickass.

Also, I hate that she's got that chameleon/lizard dude as a sidekick. I just... how does that make sense? Is that anywhere in the novelization or is it just, like, a random decision made by Disney (I don't care about spoilers, so spoil away if you want to)?

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking she needs a sidekick, and as long as he can "camoflauge" himself so Mother Gothel isn't on to the fact that she has a pet... (In the novelization, they mention Mother Gothel isn't a big fan of having pets in the tower.)

In the early concept art stuff, I saw there was supposed to be a dog as a sidekick. This was before they change the male love interest into a thief, though...