LIUAs3EpY/ToKpu9x8NtI/AAAAAAAAACg/NkjoHdMq8Z8/s1600/The-Little-mermaid-III-Ariel-s-beginning-the-little-mermaid-11215391-998-561.jpg' alt='The Little Mermaid: Ariel`S Beginning Movie Out' title='The Little Mermaid: Ariel`S Beginning Movie Out' />A description of tropes appearing in Little Mermaid. A Saturday Morning Cartoon by Disney, based on their 1989 film of the same name, which ran on CBS from. Return to the Sea DVD Review. By the end of the 1. Disney had already sequelized four of the decades biggest Feature Animation hits. A total of six follow ups looked further into the lives of characters from Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Pocahontas. The economical movies had turned ample profit, so the studio didnt stop there. Premise. The Little Mermaid television series is a prequel to the movie of the same name. The story is set before the events in the 1989 film, and follows Ariels. A description of tropes appearing in Little Mermaid. Entry 28 in the Disney Animated Canon, from 1989. This movie is widely considered to be the start of. Watch The Little Mermaid 3 Ariels Beginning 2008 full movie free disney cartoon online. Synopsis In this animated film, a griefstricken King Triton. The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea Movie DVD Details Director Jim Kammerud Writers Elizabeth Anderson, Temple Matthews screenplay. The 2. 00. 0s continued to let the direct to video sequels pour in, starting with The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea. Eleven years had passed since the original Little Mermaid helped revive interest in theatrical animation, and ten since it had become a bestseller on VHS. Believe it or not, that made the universe loosely adapted from Hans Christian Andersens 1. Disneys video premiere market. Of course, with easy money to be made, the company would soon and drastically surpass that record, with Part 2s coming over forty, fifty, and even sixty years after their predecessors. Although eleven years is enough to turn many children into adults, its not enough to make a film sacred ground or its style unreproducible. Return to the Sea has that going for it. Even so, the animation of this sequel is merely satisfactory. Like other Disney video premieres from this time, the visuals are simply a bit too clean and bland, while characters are unstable. One neednt know the exact difference in time and money spent on the original Little Mermaid versus this film to immediately feel that the latter doesnt live up to the formers artistry. As is often the case for Disneys DTV sequels particularly their weaker ones, this film noticeably aims for a younger audience. Many would call the first film, and nearly anything animated and G rated, a childrens movie. Certainly, The Little Mermaid is appropriate viewing material for kids, even if Disney hadnt sanitized supposedly phallic cover art and a priests bendy knee for the latest DVD. But if it were strictly kiddie fare, the movie wouldnt be so widely celebrated, remembered, and respected today. Return to the Sea, on the other hand, is targeted directly at the youngest receptive members of society. The difference is clear. Watching Return, one feels the urge to have a tot nearby for justifying and no hesitation to go to another room, get some tasks accomplished, and check back later. That doesnt speak much of this sequels holding power, but then this is one of many shortcomings that young viewers wont observe. If not previously exposed to the first film, they may also fail to notice this ones blatant lack of ingenuity and drastically reduced means. Adhering to a model the television animation department later named Disney. Toon Studios seemed pretty proud of at the time, Return to the Sea takes the first films plot and gives it one slight, simple twist. Redheaded mermaid turned human Ariel now has a daughter named Melody with her husband prince Eric. Baby Melody becomes a target for the nasty sea witch Morgana. I havent misspoke Ursulas previously unmentioned sister Morgana is introduced merely so as not to erase Ursulas demise. Aside from her svelter physique, shes identical in behavior, attitudes, and voice Pat Carroll to the earlier antagonist and serves the same role as unsavory, opportunistic villain. To protect her daughter from Morganas malice, Ariel has an ocean wall built around the coastal palace and forbids all knowledge or talk of Atlantica and merpeople. Flash forward to when Melody is a 1. The headstrong, raven haired pre teen uses her inherited curiosity and inquisitiveness to lead a secret life which involves exploring the sea and pretending she has fins. You see, this new generation has her own forbidden desires, which are the very opposite of those previously felt by Ariel. Thats as creative as the movie gets. Return proceeds to essentially remake the first film. The action is reordered so that it moves from land to sea, but otherwise this is a pure thematic retread, if obviously not a literal or visual one. Morgana temporarily transforms Melody into a salmon finned mermaid. If the girl can deliver Tritons magical trident to the witch, her arrangement will supposedly become permanent. Sound familiar It better. In addition to reconnecting with all of the likable comic relief from the original, we encounter some new supporting characters along the way. These include Morganas shark Undertow, who replaces Flotsam and Jetsam and early miniaturization renders a persistent sight gag. Theres also a pair of underachievers, Tip the penguin voiced by Doogie Howser sidekick and then Broadway actor Max Casella and Dash the walrus Stephen Furst, who offer Melody some wacky assistance. All three of these newly introduced characters feature prominently in a prolonged and suspenseless climax. Return to the Sea is easy to take but rather forgettable. Its music is okay on its own merits, but in a completely different league than the MenkenAshman collaborations from the first film. In fact, pretty much everything in this sequel is several grades below its equivalent aspect of the 1. Perhaps thats inevitable when trying to follow an utterly satisfying fairy tale the happily ever after we imagined or believed was a lot more romantic, sweet, and appropriate than the ideas conjured up by minor league writers several of whom, according to IMDb, spent the 9. As a final observation, I feel compelled to note the films strange quest for continuity. Ariel looks barely different here from her apparently teenage year in the previous film and yet she now has a 1. Meanwhile, the passage of time is reflected in Flounder, who has depressingly grown from cute young guppy to plump middle aged father. Its also curious that actor Christopher Daniel Barnes, who exuded virility beyond his 1. Prince Eric here. Just two years later, he would voice Prince Charming in Cinderella II and he would subsequently reprise Eric for Disneys second Kingdom Hearts video game in 2. The accomplished Rob Paulsen gives the character a jarringly different sound in Erics minimal screentime. VIDEO and AUDIOThis Special Edition DVD adds 1. Return to the Sea in anamorphic widescreen for the first time. That the film wasnt enhanced for widescreen displays eight years ago was quite a head scratcher, but yesteryears shortcoming becomes todays upgrade incentive. Though the package cites a 1. DVD, its actually full 1. The picture quality here is pretty terrific. On DVD ROM or a large screen display, you may notice some rare mosquito noise, but otherwise, its without issue and offers improved sharpness and detail over the original DVD. On a better film, one would be apt to marvel at the visuals. While such an activity here would be pretty fruitless, it is to no fault of the transfer. The Dolby Digital 5. Cult Comedy Movies Disney`S A Christmas Carol. BONUS FEATURES, MENUS and PACKAGINGThe extras menu here is pretty slight, especially for something dubbed a Special Edition. First up is a deleted song, Morganas Gonna Get My Wish 1 5. New to DVD, it appears letterboxed in finished film quality animation and Dolby Surround. Without an introduction or commentary, its existence is kind of perplexing. It features some imaginative black and purple visuals, but the song is pretty unremarkable. We get four items under the Games Activities header. The only new inclusion, the Underwater Mer venture Challenge Game, consists of three exercises cued in a random order. One asks you to use your remotes arrows to guide Ariel and Melody through busy waters, another has you identify character silhouettes, and the last tests your ability to repeat a gradually elongating musical sequence. These are all things encountered in many past DVD games, most displaying more inspiration than these. Theres at most five minutes of entertainment for young players here and no prize. Recycled extras start with a 1. The 3 choice questions arent difficult, but they serve as a fair test of ones retention skills following an unmemorable feature.