the_little_mermaid Strideo the Disney version is shallow. they took out the things that made the original story tragic and thought provoking and changed the plot to make it more marketable. Hans Christian Anderson would probably be very upset that the most famous version of this story to date is the one that is stripped of substance. I suppose if Disney did an animated Moby_Dick then Captain Ahab would reform his ways and make friends with the whale then Ishmael and Queequeg would do a fantastic musical number on the deck of the Pequod which probably wouldn't sink either. screw symbolism! we just want to entertain the kids and make a buck! but the tunes are catchy . . . under the seaaaaaa! under the seaaaaaa! darling it's better down where it's wetter take it from meeeee! ... 080905 ... unhinged disney is evil that way the pixar flicks usually have a little bit deeper message to them and/or darker spots in the plots has a 6 year old niece and a 4 year old nephew and several little cousins that age and has been inundated with kids movies in recent years 080905 ... dos disney_is_evil, indeed. 080909 ... Remember? Phallus on the front cover. And the priest has a major undeniable boner. 100219 what's it to you? who go blather from