I was watching some of the various workprints for some scenes in TLM earlier today. There was a couple of things in several versions of Ursula's defeat I hadn't seen before. One was the line Ursula makes to Triton at one point (that he used to be so handsome, he's gained weight--lol!). And some of the unused animation that almost-was for the cut middle section of PUS. There was one shot in particular where the face looked so much like Cruella.
And then there was one of the fight with Ursula that was a little different from the one featured as a bonus feature on the home media releases in the past (where she tries to strangle Eric), where she's sort of standing (in a way) above the water facing Eric and Ariel, but not gigantic. In that one, the way she dies is Eric brings the harpoon against the trident as its about to fire and causes the bolt to rebound. It just stuck out to me because I remembered when we were talking in the remake thread about how they could do the ending, and saying how I would've liked it best if Ariel was still in the whirlpool and she managed to reflect the blast or get the trident somehow. Interesting that the idea of a blast being reflected was an idea they had thought about at one time. I know that scene was probably the one they worked on the most because Katzenberg wanted more action.
And then there was one of the fight with Ursula that was a little different from the one featured as a bonus feature on the home media releases in the past (where she tries to strangle Eric), where she's sort of standing (in a way) above the water facing Eric and Ariel, but not gigantic. In that one, the way she dies is Eric brings the harpoon against the trident as its about to fire and causes the bolt to rebound. It just stuck out to me because I remembered when we were talking in the remake thread about how they could do the ending, and saying how I would've liked it best if Ariel was still in the whirlpool and she managed to reflect the blast or get the trident somehow. Interesting that the idea of a blast being reflected was an idea they had thought about at one time. I know that scene was probably the one they worked on the most because Katzenberg wanted more action.
Statistics: Posted by Disney's Divinity — Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:32 pm