Mulan (1998)

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Wikidata Q537407, film, IMDb tt0120762, TMDB 10674: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the note “1998 animated”.

Also said as Mulan (1998 animated) (1998): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #554, Mulan (1998).

Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Mulan: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Mulan ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original.
    “I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Connected to

Mulan: 6 lines craft ×2 verdict ×2 theme ×1 lineage ×1

  1. craft (craft): Mulan → Mulan. Mallory says losing the songs removes the efficient storytelling and character bonding the music provided.
    “in the film, it is such an efficient way to move the story forward. It helps with the characters.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:20:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.90 sure it was them)

Aladdin: 2 lines craft ×1 contrast ×1

  1. craft (craft): Mulan → Aladdin. Sean says Eddie Murphy's Mushu works for adults like Robin Williams's genie did.
    “the same way that Robin Williams might have appealed to adults as the genie, you get, you get some Eddie Murphy in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The Lion King: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Mulan → The Lion King. Amanda says Mulan did not stay with her like The Lion King, partly due to age and her Elton John fandom.
    “it just didn't stay with me the way that, um, the Lion King did, but I think that's because of age and also because I'm like the world's number one Elton John fan.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:16:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

Beauty and the Beast: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Mulan → Beauty and the Beast. Sean places Mulan at the end of the 90s Disney peak run that included Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
    “it is really kind of at the end of the peak of that 90s Disney run with Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid and Aladdin and the Lion King and Mulan.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Better Luck Tomorrow: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Mulan → Better Luck Tomorrow. Jason groups the 1998 Mulan with the few films of the era with Asian casts.
    “So it's like Mulan. Rumble in the Bronx and Better Luck tomorrow”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Elton John: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Mulan → Elton John. Amanda says the Mulan song 'Reflection' is an average ballad that is not Elton John.
    “this is just like an average ass ballad about finding yourself. Okay, whatever. It's not Elton John.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:49:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Robin Hood: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Mulan → Robin Hood. A speaker (likely Sean or Amanda, unclear) says their favorite Disney songs are Roger Miller's from Robin Hood.
    “my all of my favorite Disney songs are from Robin Hood. They're all written by Roger Miller.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:54:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Mulan → The Lion King. Amanda says Mulan did not stay with her like The Lion King, partly due to age and her Elton John fandom.
    “it just didn't stay with me the way that, um, the Lion King did, but I think that's because of age and also because I'm like the world's number one Elton John fan.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:16:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Mulan → Elton John. Amanda says the Mulan song 'Reflection' is an average ballad that is not Elton John.
    “this is just like an average ass ballad about finding yourself. Okay, whatever. It's not Elton John.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:49:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Mulan → Aladdin. Amanda argues 'A Whole New World' crushes the Mulan songs; Sean says Mulan's songs follow the same formulaic spot as Disney training-montage songs.
    “a whole new world absolutely crushes.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:51:17 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): Mulan → Aladdin. Sean says Eddie Murphy's Mushu works for adults like Robin Williams's genie did.
    “the same way that Robin Williams might have appealed to adults as the genie, you get, you get some Eddie Murphy in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Mulan → Mulan. Mallory says losing the songs removes the efficient storytelling and character bonding the music provided.
    “in the film, it is such an efficient way to move the story forward. It helps with the characters.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:20:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Mulan → Mulan. Jason says the 2020 version replaces advising characters with ancestral words on the sword, so Mulan is guided by the past not a person.
    “Mulan, in this tale, is guided by the past, is guided by the words of her family”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:41:07 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Mulan → Better Luck Tomorrow. Jason groups the 1998 Mulan with the few films of the era with Asian casts.
    “So it's like Mulan. Rumble in the Bronx and Better Luck tomorrow”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Mulan → Beauty and the Beast. Sean places Mulan at the end of the 90s Disney peak run that included Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King.
    “it is really kind of at the end of the peak of that 90s Disney run with Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid and Aladdin and the Lion King and Mulan.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Mulan → Mulan. Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original.
    “I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Mulan → Robin Hood. A speaker (likely Sean or Amanda, unclear) says their favorite Disney songs are Roger Miller's from Robin Hood.
    “my all of my favorite Disney songs are from Robin Hood. They're all written by Roger Miller.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:54:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Mulan → Mulan. Mallory says making Mulan magical undercuts the story's point that her ordinary self is good enough.
    “I was not a fan at all of turning Mulan into a, in essence, magical superhero”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:21:31 · Mallory Rubin (0.90 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Mulan → Mulan. Jason's verdict: in a vacuum the remake is a fine action movie but a disappointment as a follow-up to the original.
    “In a vacuum, it's fine, I guess, you know, it's fine. It's a fine action movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:24:20 · Jason Concepcion (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Mulan → Mulan. Mallory says revealing her identity by choice is better than being found out in an injury tent, but the overall list of improvements is smaller than the list of misfires.
    “That's, to me, vastly superior to being found out in an injury tent.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:31:28 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Mulan → The Lion King. Mallory ranks 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' first and Lion King's 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' second in her Disney song top five.
    “number one, I'll make a man out of you. Number two, I just can't wait to be king.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:52:38 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Mulan: Mallory saw it at age 11 in theaters with a friend and no parents, remembering Skittles and the euphoria of freedom, and says she has seen it around 25 times.
    “I just remember so many Skittles and the euphoria of feeling that sense of freedom and empowerment.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:13:17 · Mallory Rubin (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Mulan: Jason worked in a movie theater in 1997-98 and saw every release; he calls Mulan rare as an American production of an Asian story with a mostly Asian cast.
    “It's not like you get a whole lot of opportunities to watch a, um, American production of an Asian story with a primarily Asian casket.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Mulan: Mallory's favorite Disney song is 'I'll Make a Man Out of You', and she and Amanda have argued about it before on a Ringer video.
    “you know, I'll make a man out of you as my favorite Disney song, period.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:19:48 · Mallory Rubin (0.90 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Mulan: Mallory cites a lyric from 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' as speaking to Amanda's managerial style.
    “Heed my every order and you might survive.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:50:20 · Mallory Rubin (0.75 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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