Talk:The Little Mermaid

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Contents 1 Am I Being Needlessly Nordic-Centered 2 There was another movie 3 Acurracy of the Article 4 Anime Version is Not Hentai 5 In Japan

[edit] Am I Being Needlessly Nordic-Centered

I find it offensive that The Little Mermaid is primarily a discussion of the animated movie and not the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Maybe I am being too sensitive, but... Don't really know what avenue of remedy I should seek. Would someone want to rebut my concern or advice in some other manner? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick

I suppose the best avenue of remedy would be to write more about the Hans Christian Andersen story. If enough is written, the stuff on the film could be spun off into The Little Mermaid (movie). --Camembert

I don't think that anyone wanted to offend someone by writing about the film. Just be bold, if you feel offended, you can change it. ;-) Fantasy 14:06, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I don't think it's offensive, but I do think it's wrong. I think originals should have naming precedence over derivities. CGS 17:30, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC).

I don't see this as a case of one having precedence over the other. When two subjects are closely related, and have the same title, there is no need to split the page unless it is otherwise becoming too large. No need to say that either should have precedence. Andre Engels 18:18, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I split it (see below) because the original fairy tale is something else than the WD commercialized movie adaption, and the Little Mermaid page was only about the latter one, which just gives a wrong picture. Two articles make it more clear what is a derived work and what is the original. -- till we *) 18:25, Aug 21, 2003 (UTC)

I splitted into The Little Mermaid (1836) and The Little Mermaid (movie) (1989). -- till we *) 18:02, Aug 21, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] There was another movie

I think this summary might be missing an adaptation..I remember seeing this very sad film about "marina" who had blond hair and ends up dying at the end of the movie.

• My sister has it in her possesion, and it's almost hentai (anime porn), what with topless mermaids and such. The translation lapses in some places, and the villain shows up for about, I don't know, 5 minutes. Not as good as the Disney version. (A short description has been added between when you wrote that and when I wrote this.) Davidizer13 22:07, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Acurracy of the Article

It is inaccurate to say that it required three hundred years for the little mermaid and the beings to permitted to enter Paradise. For, the period of three centuries was reduced by a year whenever they saw a good child but lengthened by a day whenever they saw a naughty child. Therefore, they were probably permitted to enter Heaven in less than one hundred years. One must also remember that the time of the story was probably in the Dark Ages (after Scandinavia was Christianised, of course. Perhaps in the twelfth century).

Good point about the lengthening and shortening of the 300 years, that needs to be there so I added it. The story was written in 1836 by H. C. Andersen though (as the article says), so I don't think your theories about the story being from the twelfth century holds :). Thue | talk 22:00, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The setting of most fairy-tales is during the Dark Ages(Middle Ages), but I thank you, hr, for your effort.

"Anenst" is a synonym of "about." That photograph, hr, is already in the article about Copenhagen.

[edit] Anime Version is Not Hentai

This was my favorite movie as a child. I still own this movie today; in no way is it Hentai. Hentai is graphic sex and detailed explicit nudity. Yes, the mermaids are bare breasted but their long hair covers them modestly. If you think this is porn then make sure you never visit The Louvre where the paintings of masters are (and gasp!-images of bare breasted women) It might interest you to know that the movie is rated "G".

So anyone looking to view this beautiful film for the first time, just know that it is not Hentai.

-By *-giggle-* Jan. 20, 2006

hello, the japanese version is my favourite movie at all, i watch it since i was a little girl and till now i am 26 and still like it, please if someone has the version and is able to send it to me contact me on my mail : lindatrz@hotmail.com , please my whole childhood revolves around this movie!

Yeah, could someone inform the rest of us where we can find the Japanese 1970s film?

[edit] In Japan

The Japanese stuff was taking up to much room in the Adoptions, so I created moved all Japanese stuff into it's own section. Hope you don't mind. By *-DocPoke-* April 28