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Jafaria
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| Jafaria: I keep hearing you complaining RoJ is out of character, but what parts are you referring to, exactly, just out of curiosity? Why is it worse than the rest of the series (because I consider it part of the series)? It can't just be because they killed off your favorite character, right? |
It's worse than the rest of the series because the rest of the series doesn't have Jafar in it. They never had any problems with Aladdin and Jasmine. They're still the same sappy couple of tricky but good-hearted heroes they always were.
But Jafar? It's nothing I can pin down exactly, but he just doesn't act like himself in the sequel. He certainly doesn't LOOK like himself, for starters. And as fun of a song as "You're Only Second Rate" is, I can't picture the original Jafar being so exuberant. And I really think the preoccupation with getting revenge on Aladdin is pointless. Sure, he'd be pissed at Aladdin. I wouldn't exactly like someone who stuffed ME in a lamp either. But I don't think he would make it his only purpose.
I'm going to be late for work if I keep this up, so have an LJ entry in which I rant about the sequel semi-coherently.
Edit: After a lot of thinking, I've decided he isn't quite out of character so much as just watered-down. Instead of being the complicated villain he was trying to be in the first movie (as complicated as a stereotypical evil vizier CAN be anyway) he was just a bad genie on a revenge trip. But I really don't have evidence that that's implausible for him, and he doesn't really do anything that would be truly out of character, like turning good, or not manipulating people, or forgetting to do sketchy things to Jasmine. So I'm sorry if I've antagonized people who like the sequel. What it did to his appearance is, however, unforgivable.
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dazzeling diamond
Gypsy of Mystery
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Location: The land Down Under (Australia)
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Perhaps he was just exuberant after being so high on revenge, c'est possible, n'est pas? |
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Syera
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: |
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*Listens to the Peacock Princess song*
Well, for what it's supposed to be, it certainly makes the grade.
That is, a peppy song to get the modern female kidlets motivated to do something with their lives.
As a real work of art, though, it's an utter failure.
AladdinsGenie - where's this 'full version' of the video you speak of?
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AladdinsGenie
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Oh, I meant the whole two minutes of pain if you haven't seen it all and just saw the clip they were showing  |
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Syera
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, okay then. Can't say it's the most painful song I've heard, but it's definitely pretty schlocky. I'm sure the kiddies'll love it, though. It sounds on par with most of the junk they play on the radio.
The music wasn't that bad... until it clicked... "wait, this sounds like a cheap knockoff of Beyond the Wasteland."
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APK
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I have two questions.
1. Is peacock princess just a song, or a whole episode? I watched the full song online and I cringed a little bit. But I couldn't find a full ep.
2. Did Gilbert do Iago? His voice was a little bit off to me. |
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Calluna
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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I was looking at the credits yesterday for an unrelated reason and apparantly the episode *is* called "More Than a Peacock Princess". Quite a mouthful. 
I think it was Gilbert. Maybe he just sounds different because he's older?
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