Rankings of Disney Princesses

We all know Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and other famous Disney movies. Disney Princesses have been part of my life since I was a little kid and I still adore them. But while I have my favorites, there are also some princesses that I don't exactly like as much. So here is my personal ranking of Disney princesses, from the most underrated to most overrated.

1. Most Underrated: Mulan
Don't get me wrong, Mulan is a great film. And the film itself is highly appreciated. However, I don't think that the character herself doesn't get the recognition that she should. They argue that she "is" a Disney princess but isn't technically a "princess". Well, not really. This would make neither Kida from The Lost Atlantis nor Merida from Brave Disney Princesses. It's all just a difference of culture. Also, because most Disney princess films are targeted to young girls, the audience tends to like pretty, dainty girls like Cinderella or Aurora. Mulan deserves so much more for her bravery and standing up for herself unlike the other princesses.

You go, girl

2. Moderately Underrated: Pocahontas
Pretty similar to the reasons of Mulan. Not a princess, not pretty, not in a dainty, pretty, sparkly pink dress. Blah blah blah. Pocahontas is a great character with actual historical background. And of course "Colors of the Wind" is a great soundtrack.


3. Just a Teeny Tiny Bit Underrated: Jasmine
Jasmine is actually one of my favorites, the sassy bitch with her own distinct personality. The movie Aladdin isn't as loved as many other princess movies(of course it may differ) but Jasmine has a pretty distinct fanbase worked out and isn't as underrated as Pocahontas or Mulan.


4. She deserves the love: Belle
Belle is absolutely my favorite *classic* Disney princess(I have a hard time choosing between Belle and Rapunzel). And personally I believe she deserves every little part of love that she gets. She's a smart, sensible girl who doesn't go for looks. She wasn't searching for her "Prince Charming", but was merely trying to save her dad. If anyone tries to tell me that Belle is a overrated character, they can go (bleep) themselves. (Plus that beautiful singing voice)


5. Possibly Overrated...?: Ariel
She's pretty and has perfect hair, and also some pretty cool sidekicks. Her musical work is probably the greatest of all the Disney princess series(except for "Let it Go" I suppose). But she's just your normal princess. She even tries to give up her life and her voice just to get a chance with a guy she saw once. Pretty pathetic. But still, appreciate the movie.



6. Quite Overrated: Rapunzel
As I mentioned before, Rapunzel is one of my favorites. But I have to say she is quite overrated. Firstly, Tangled was the first Disney princess movie conducted with CGI. She gets a lot of recognition for that. See the jump between her and Tiana.

(sorry its a bit pixely)

And this is what Rapunzel would look like if she were born 2 years beforehand.

Yeah...No I don't see it.

Personally I think Rapunzel wouldn't be where she is now if it weren't for the technology jump.

7. The controversial character: Tiana

Tiana is a great character. But she is both overrated and underrated. Her fanbases argue that she is definitely underrated and underappreciated compared to what she did. She is the first African American princess, but besides from her race, she was also the first independent woman to have a dream and work towards that dream. But the movie "The Princess and the Frog" didn't exactly do so well in theaters. For that, she is underapprciated.

But again, Tiana is also at some times overappreciated. They stress too much on the fact of her race and her hard work and her "dreams" but when really she did end up marrying a prince like all the other princesses.

 

These rankings do not contain my own likings on the characters themselves. I like all of them, but there are some that I admit are rated for more than they should be, and some that don't get the appreciation they deserve. Still, Disney princesses are a part of every little kid's childhood and I hope will continue to be so.

Secrets about Disney World

Disney World. Most of the most beautiful, magical places on Earth.
Full of joy and excitement, fun, and...secrets?

It's so beautiful...(sniffle)

It is a truly "magical" place, with many secrets uncovered. There are many conspiracy theories about the place, some quite uncomfortable, but here are some secrets about the magical palace that aren't as dark and actually pretty cute.

1. There is a secret suite room inside Cinderella's Castle.

And it looks like this.: 

Yeah. It's totally awesome. Too bad though, it can't be booked. If you want to stay in this room, you have to win a certain contest (which I'm not sure of)

2. The Seas Aquarium is the second largest in America.

The first largest is the Georgia Aquarium. The Seas aquarium with Nemo & Friends uses 5.7 million gallons of water a year.

3. Thousands of Mickey Mouses are hidden throughout the park.
For instance, this:

Or this:

Or even this:

There are tons of Hidden Mickeys around the ground. You can check out many others that are so well hidden that they are hard to find on this site.

4. Gum is banned on Disney World.

In order to block visitors from stepping on gum (which can really ruin your day, personal experience based,) or from getting gum on the rides, any selling of gum on the grounds is banned.

5. The lake that the Fantasmic action takes place is only 1FOOT DEEP.

Here's the lake, looking all deep and mysterious and scary.
But its only a foot deep. *mindblown* At least one wouldn't drown, though. (shrugs)


These were some secrets hidden about Disney World that I found interesting. If you're interested, you can find more about the topic yourself. There are also some creepy theories, or truths, as mentioned before, about Disney World, which you can check out in this video. I was scared for nights after watching this though, so brace yourself *shudders*.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Ugh. Now I want to visit Disney World. I hope I will have a chance to sometime soon.

"Big Hero 6" V.S. "Sunfire Big Hero 6"

Most of you have probably watched the most recent Disney film, Big Hero 6, by now. Released in 2014, Big Hero 6 is a comedy-superhero animated movie. It was one of my favorite Disney Movies up till now, and this is big, because I usually don't pick favorites, especially when it comes to Disney. The after-effect of the movie was so great that I spent several hours on the internet searching stuff about it after watching the movie. But there was one particular fact that caught my attention. 

The story line of Big Hero 6 is based on a Marvel Comics going by the same title. 

"Superfire Big Hero 6"

Big Hero 6 is not a Disney original story. Rather, it is almost completely based off of the Marvel Comic. The first issue of this comic was released in 1998, 16 years prior to the Disney animated film. 

<Sunfire Big Hero 6> (1998)

The plot of Sunfire Big Hero 6 is similar yet different from that of the Disney film. In the original story, the 6 heroes are not mere "nerds" that met in college. They are each a quite significant character in the society and are "assembled" together, hence many other Marvel comics like the Avengers. 

When the Japanese government requires the help of superhumans, they start to recruit a team. Honey Lemon is a secret agent that developed an amazing nano technology. 

Gogo Tomago can control the use of fire by saying her own name. 

Wasabi-no-Ginger and Fred also join the team. 

Fred and Wasabi

The government tries to get 13 year old boy genius Hiro Takachiho to join the heroes. Hiro refuses, until his mother is kidnapped by the Everwraith, one of the largest enemies in Japan. When agreeing to join the team, Hiro creates his bodyguard, Baymax, who is capable of turning into a dragon when needed. Baymax's data is created from the brain cells of his dead father. 

Baymax and Hiro

The comics continue in several series of the heroes rescuing Japan from danger. In the end, Spiderman and the Big Hero 6 collaborate to defeat the evil Doctor Octopus.

<Big Hero 6> (2014)

The story of Disney's Big Hero 6 is based in San Fransokyo, which you can probably guess is a fusion of San Francisco and Tokyo. (The landscapes are truly amazing, such as this representation of the Golden Gate Bridge with a *touch* of Tokyo.)

The main character, Hiro Hamada, participates in illegal botfights to earn money. His "nerd" brother Tadashi tries to right his ways by convincing him to get into his "nerd school". Hiro presents "microbots" as his project to get into the school. Although accepted by the great robot scientist Robert Callaghan, Hiro looses both his loving brother and professor Callaghan on the night of his presentation.

*sobs uncontrollably*

The only thing that Hiro has to remember his brother by is Baymax, a personal health care robot. Baymax and Hiro discover his microbots have been stolen. With the help of their friends Honey Lemon, Gogo, Wasabi and Fred, they find the microbots and try to find the person behind the deaths of Tadashi and Callaghan, only to find out that the responsible one is....

Callaghan? *SPOILER*

...Yep

After Callaghan is exposed, Hiro and his friends seek to bring Callaghan down. They find out that Callaghan was doing it out of revenge for his lost daughter. In the end Hiro and Baymax save his daughter but Baymax is left behind. Fortunately, Hiro has Baymax's memory chip and is able to rebuild his best friend.

<Conclusion>

I personally enjoyed the Disney version more than the Marvel one. Although I have never seen the comics, the storyline or the drawing techniques don't seem as catchy as those in the animated film. In addition, I always love the cute features that Disney manages to sneak in into every movie, for instance in Big Hero 6, Baymax's "hairy- baby" or "Balalalala" fist bump.

"Balalala"

Big Hero 6 was a great movie and I think that it did a great job in adapting the original comic series. Any of you who didn't watch it, sorry for the spoilers, but really, do try it once. I guarantee you'll love it.

  

Disney Easter Eggs

Easter is coming closer. In fact, its two days away. 
So this week's posts will be about the hidden "Easter Eggs" in Disney movies. 
So first off, what is an Easter Egg?

An Easter Egg, as defined by Wikipedia, is "an intentional inside joke, hidden message, or feature in a work such as a computer program, video game, movie, book or crossword puzzle". It's name originates, as you have guessed, from the Easter Egg hunt. 

Disney and other animation studios such as Pixar are well known for hiding Easter Eggs in their movies. Here are some that I found particularly interesting. 

1. Big Hero 6
Let's start with the most recent Disney movie, Big Hero 6. Big Hero 6 contains many references to its predecessor, Frozen. For example, Disney seems to have a bone to pick with Hans.

Hans is still a wanted man, not only in Arundelle, but also in San Fransokyo, apparently.
This is not the only reference. Another Hans is seen in the movie. Check out this GIF.

Baymax showing off his amazing fighting skills, or something else?
The statue being destroyed by Baymax's fist is, yes you guessed it, Hans.
******


2. Tarzan
This is in one of the theories I introduced before, but there are a few Beauty and the Beast references. Here in this screenshot you can see Mrs. Potts and Chip.

This extends to the Belle-Jane Theory. Basically it says that Jane is one of Belle's Great-great-great-great-great-.....grandchildren, and the pots and teacups were some antiques that Belle left for her family. I'm pretty sure that teacup and teapot are the two characters in Beauty and the Beast, because if you check out the teacup in the picture, it has a crack in it, hence the name, "Chip".

Hi there

3. Tangled

This remake of Rapunzel contains tons of Easter Eggs of other Disney movies. First things start in Rapunzel's room. The room is full of other fairytales, quite literally. Rapunzel has a whole bunch of books of the stories. 

This particular book is the exact same page as seen in a scene of "Sleeping Beauty". This is also quite funny because Rapunzel and Aurora actually have a bit in common; they're both locked away in a tower until they meet their Prince Charming.

If you actually take the time and effort to look into the movie, take a screenshot of it, and read all the incredibly small text to read the titles of the books in this scene(I didn't do that, TBH.), you can see that the books have titles like The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Mulan.

Another Easter Egg in this movie is Rapunzel's taste in furniture. Rapunzel seems to have the same wardrobe as Belle did. 

4. The Pizza Planet Truck

The Pizza Planet Truck appears in every Disney-Pixar movie. This first appeared in the Toy Story movie, as the truck that takes Buzz and Woody away from their beloved Andy. It makes appearances in A Bug's Life, Monster's Inc, Monster's University(because monsters obviously love Pizza, too.), Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, Cars 1 and Cars 2, Up, Wall E, and even Brave.

I mention Brave because Merida probably lived in a time before trucks, or probably even pizza, was invented. Disney still found a way to hide their way inside.

5. Frozen

This particular Frozen easter egg doesn't contain any stuff from other Disney movies, but this is one pretty funny "behind the scenes". If you've watched Frozen, you probably remember this scene:  

Yep, the startling claim by Kristoff that "All men pick their noses and eats it".

Well, those who loved Frozen enough to watch to the end of the ending credits would have found this: A disclaimer by Disney.

THANK GOD

I hope you had fun reading about these Easter Eggs. There are a lot more that I would introduce had I had more time. I just thought this would be appropriate for the upcoming holiday. So...um Happy Easter everyone!