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How...the...HELL...do people get away with this? I've never seen such blatant theft before. Think Disney will haul the people behind this rip to court?
The Beast looks like Simba LOL.
I guess they couldn't use the same music, because that would be plagiarism.
A clear improvement on the original. It's 3d! A whole extra D!
Wow. The animation of Gaston has more personality than in the original film!
this is awesome.... wow!
And their belle is hotter!
At least Belle is consistently drawn--which is more than anyone could say about the Disney version.
it looks better than the overrated original.
I don't get WHY they do that. Even that rip off is a lot of work and there can't be much money in it.
^^^
Idiocy or sour grapes, I cant tell the difference anymore...
Thanks for posting this Jeff....I needed a laugh!
rufus
I saw their website posted at the end of that trailer, so I went there out of curiosity (Happy2doo.com). Sure enough, they've done their own lookalike versions of other Disney features, including Snow White, Aladdin, and even The Princess and the Frog. Heck, they're even using the WDW castle as their backdrop! Disney really needs to crack down on them.
Yes, Pete, Disney doesn't "crack down" enough. It could be worse-at least it's not a kindergarten painting Disney characters on their wall!
To be sure, Stevenem, that daycare mural situation was petty and totally an over-the-top reaction from Disney legal. But these blatant knock-off films are something Disney should legitimately be going after, otherwise it makes a mockery of copyright law.
Greed and lack of originality -- THE universal language.
it gets worse....
http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/02/disneyland-in-china/
rufus
Now, that's blatant. That's stealing. That deserves to be pursued. They are raking it in every day. We need to make sure Disney gets their royalties. We don't want the value of the executives' stock options to go down. They might have to lay off artists! Uh.. ooops.
Next, we can get the Chinese to work on their currency. Right.
^Uh, don't you realize that such theft hurts artists too, not just the suits?
Sheesh.
F-ing savages. I dont care how many rubles these "artists" got paid... They should be embarrased to work on such a piece of Crap.
Nice freakin Ballroom scene btw. Way to improve upon what James Baxter and Pixar did. Top notch.
You've really mastered the Illusion of Life.
no video... :(
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