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At least that fat one can sing, if she couldn't she deffinately wouldn't belong in movies.

@@williammahe because she has a face for radio.

@@williammahe the model, I found out after posting that she isn't actually singing, none of them are, that made me sad.

@@williammahe .....yeah.....for a bit there....

I think they took this idea from Howard Ashmen's musical remake of Little Shop of Horrors. In that movie Black singers were the narrators. Fun fact in that movie the singers were Pam and Gina from Martin tv series.

You can't replicate this level of sass without a living base

Yup we danced every number not just that one for the animators

This is the oldest trick in Disney’s book. Their older movies like Sleeping Beauty and Alice In Wonderland used rotoscoping constantly. There’s no shame in referencing real life.

That's how animators work, really.

This is called real motivation capture Rango also used it But then dreamworks blamed it on bad acting in shark tale

This is because she is supposed to be calliope the oldest and kindest one out of the muses she is also the muse of epic poetry

Rafaella Georgiou i think they meant they must’ve loved the real-life model for the main muse because they so accurately animated the final animation off of her movements and facial expressions

@@dgo333 ik;) that's why I said it calliope had to be perfect just as her real life model which am sure was carefully selected

Rafaella Georgiou ohhh i gotchu hehe yes i totally agree!!

Also the short, plump one. Those two always stuck out the most to me.

And they heavily critiqued this one 😔 even though it's such a great movie and the animation style is so unique.

This and their (Disney's) new song are the best Disney songs I had ever heard

It was the Renaissance they were at their Peak in Quality.

Well, yeah. It was their bread and butter at the time just like how the MCU is for them now. All the budget and TLC goes to those projects.

@@mechajay3358 I would say the 90's was the golden era for Disney. This is evident by all the live actions and sequels based on the original 90s films.

Noo everytime they remake a movie or show they completly ruin it i will just watch this over and over . They never ever do it justice

With how they did the new Aladdin OST? No way. They murdered the soundtrack. Dont they do this to Hercules!!!

Better be there.

@@blessedhoney I'd honestly would like a Hercules remake, it could get some people who've never heard of Hercules before go back and see the original cartoon And also all of those failed Disney movies really needed it

And Lizzo have to be one of the muses of course!!

As a cosplayer, I can confirm it's possible. Just very very time consuming to do.

every hairstyle is possible with African hair hahaha

laure Beguedou true

Dawnbuneary trust me in my country (greece) we had pretty weird hairstyles

+sandy dallas. Και εγώ...me too

Don't worry, they will. 😏😈

Agreed

Boy do I have news for you

Juancho Corleone should l tell him

Funny you should mention that 😅

There are like two different camps of people. Some loved the variety of numbers. The other side didn't like how they opted for modern/gospel numbers when there was the option for more-immersive-Greek-inspired music. I think both sides have good points. But I'm a basic b*tch who f*cking loved the numbers

When I was young the soundtrack was everything, not underrated when it came out.

Maybe in North Korea. Whenever someone talks about legendary disney soundtracks they always include this one.

True :0

@@yiklongtay6029 I mean we literally have absolutely no idea what ancient Greek music sounded like. It'd be really dumb to use modern day Greek music to represent ancient Greece. It'd make no sense whatsoever. The decision to make it be gospel music as an analogue for ancient Greek religious music was a genius idea, absolutely spot on, we don't know what ancient Greek music sounded like, or even what instruments they used, and so using modern day religious music to represent a film about a literal god, us an absolute spot on decision And the movie is generally one of the worst Disney ones from the 90s, the plot has a lot of holes. But the soundtrack is the best soundtrack Disney have ever created. And that's saying a lot. I'm actually excited for the remake because they could fix all the problems with the plot, but keep all the songs as they are, unaltered. The live action one will probably turn out awful, but it's not a guarantee. It could end up being fantastic. So fingers crossed. But yeah even people who hate the original 90s Hercules agree that the soundtrack is stunning. I've never met anyone who dislikes the soundtrack

This made me laugh out loud at work LOL

Your profile picture makes it funnier

This was the funniest comment ever. People RARELY admit to being crazy

This is hilarious

Oof mooD😂😂😂🤣🤣

@@cuber759 So? Not anyone can do that. Every high praise is deserved for animators, they're like the creators of our childhood.

@@cuber759 So what? When someone does their job with such perfection they deserve praise.

@@xnortheast1106 damm

@@xnortheast1106 you shut the hell up

@@incanusolorin2607 that's not the point tho. They didn't capture their personalities, they made their own characters with their own personalities. This wasn't a facial mo-cap recording, this was just a performance reference (for anatomy, probably). The actors were the ones following instructions and choreography to fit the characters shoes, and the animators would rather stick to their own knowledge of character expression and exaggeration to create the characters personalities.

Same haha I wanted to be the main one

I wanted to be Hades so bad

Meg got murdered by Hercules and Hera keeps getting cheated on by Zeus so good choice I guess-

@@lamelusina Cringey edgy goth chick wants to be unique and special.

@@lamelusina yes hades is best boy

The choreography is more Motown actually.

African-American****

@@bee3467 ehh, it's kind of ambiguous it being a cartoon and all. I like the idea that different people may see different parts of the African Diaspora personally.

@@marleyo5065 i mean he said afro greek and african inspired but i feel as though the motown/gospel aspect couldve been described as African American repectively, imo. Wasnt trying to claim all of it or anything but that part is irrefutably african American. To add: So that combined with the fact that the writers, producers, animators were american it's far from ambiguous. I'd say those girls are very clearly modeled after african american women. I think people get confused cause this movie is dubbed across the world but in it's originality its a greek classic with an american cultural twist.

Black American. Two different cultures.

live reference goes a long way to make animated characters look life like as possible. this is something that I notice is absent (or less "pronounced") ever since CGI animation took over. I miss the fluidity of hand drawn animation. Tangled however captures that spirit somewhat, seeing how they tried to combine the best of both worlds from traditional hand drawn and CGI.

it really isn't. they're used as reference. and it some cases it's flat out rotoscoped.

+ShmartinJo how fluid they look is usually based on budget, and whether they use mocap. Look at games like uncharted 4, and you'd be floored by the facial animations, let alone the rest of the body.

+BenjerminGaye the budget part I agree but mo cap? I don't think so. Even by that era when Hercules was made they still use live reference for their work in the 90s. Sure that movie was digitally made with CAPS (as in Computer Animation Production System) but that doesn't mean live reference was not involved or that they were mo-capped.

It's also important to point out that live reference doesn't always involve the voice actors portraying their characters and that it can be completely two different people working for that one character. I'm pretty sure that's applied here too.

Ursa IKR

Is it really that shocking?

*Casually splits*

Melissa Smith being able to jump into the splits is impressive

Like gymnastics... Women are flexible at least more than men

Mariah Carey was turned down the voice causing her mother is white.

how did you differentiate the muses tho bc there's only 5 of em in here

@@roiedni i believe it’s in the credits of the movie, but you can also tell because of their personalities (thalia is the muse of comedy and she has a humorous nature in the movie)

@@roiedni they actually have names the tall one is calliope she’s the boss the second is Clio she carries a scroll the middle muse is Melpomene she has the long hair then there’s Terpsichore with the frizzy hair lastly Thalia the shortest one.

@Elle hackworth wait so there were more than just 5 muses ??!!

*OOOO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME SWEET MUSIC WIT-*

*oUR...STORY BEGINS--*

*THE PLANET EARTH WAS DOWN ON ITS LUCK..!*

YEP

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Yes, indeed!

yas

HELL YES!

Yes Please!!!

The live action reference footage for "One Jump Ahead" from Aladdin is out there.

Seriously! I was searching for this comment

I’m looking her up

She was in Princess and the frog too

OMG I WAS LOOKING AT HER AND THINKING THAT! Now you confirmed it, I’m thrilled!

That isn’t Jennifer Lewis, her name is Lillas White this is easily found on both IMDb and the Disney movies wiki

The world's Golden Age.

They're starting to make better movies tho lol

no they aren't just repeats and sequels and live action of their previous animated movies.

Nooootttrt quite...the the 90's was their Renaissance Era, the 50's into the 60's was their Golden Age ;) but no matter how you slice it, the 90's are their BEST movies for sure. That is FACT

+Emma ikr

wolfguy23 They still do sometimes. Which makes me glad that they still do some things the old fashion way and don't just use short cuts with computers.

Even now they will have people act out scenes to see how people would normally move in certain conditions.

wolfguy23 maybe it's just your email address put that in do then you can try to call them and they can tooo?

They still do, like in frozen for elsas movement in let it go, they used a guy dancing so they can get an idea on what it looks like

Look up Snow White and Alice In Wonderland (animated of course) behind the scenes stuff. They've been doing this since the very start.

From appearance fees and royalties Our Herc had cash to burn !!

Now nouveau riche,and famous,he could tell you what the grecians earn.

@@princeofcats258 Say amen There he goes again Sweet and undefeated And an awesome 10 for 10!

Folks lined up just to watch him flex.

And this perfect package packed a pair of pretty pecs

Chiron's a centaur not a satyr

stop begging for likes

Jared Ungar Well it has to happen. Just gotta make sure people are behind me.

He NEEDS to be Phil!!!!!

Henry Cavill for HÉRCULES! Pls!!!

Funny thing is, the kick was animated; it's in the version of the video used in the Hercules video game.

oh no way that's super cool! I'll have to look that up, thanks for sharing! :)

If you try the game, you have to leave the game on the title screen to play the demos. The second demo it plays is a version of the Zero to Hero video.

DoctorWhoBAMF hahahaha XD she indeed did that kick for nothing XD

Silanda I remember seeing the animated part on a trailer of Hercules when I had Bambi on VHS.

Judith Martínez not just the songs Hercules as a whole is massively underrated I've seen everything single Disney Pixar and dreamworks movie and Hercules has the best soundtrack out of all of them and I would put Hercules in the top 10 best of the best animated films ever

Saints row and mass effect 4 life I completely agree!!!

Tarzan and Hercules are and were my two favorites as a kid.

Blues fan Mine too! Both of them were my childhood essentially lol

it’s not underrated, at least everyone knows about it! at least us privileged 90s kids living in developing and developed countries

To be fair Greek Mythology was Religion at one point (Herc even had Temples himself) also some Bonus Easter egg, they Mention Gladiator here despite Hercules being Set in Greece not Rome, this is because Hercules is the Roman Name of Herc, his Greek name is Heracles.

P.S Women also played a Major role in Greek Religion as Holy women most notable of these are the Oracles at Delphi.

+Final Fantasy is*

Queenie of Queens was*

Aphro is*

Devyn R yes and... have Susan Egan come out and sing I won't say I'm in love for one night only

Devyn R AGREED

Say amen!

there were a musical version on the disney cruise line actually

It’s officially happening as of 2019 lol

These arent the singers

@@aaalltcringeieeettaaalltcr1491 obviously

​@@aaalltcringeieeettaaalltcr1491yeah, one of the real singers is an actual gospel singer and played on the show Amen

Kira Online how about a song about a "Heel" , but uh is there a song about posiden

XD!!

lol this is SUPER underrated lol

Not funny! You tried it

Hercules it exalts the most beautiful values of the human being.... It's my favorite Disney movie, but by far.. and its soundtrack the best without discussion.

I agree. The atmosphere of the music is just so upbeat.

It's so strange to find you here, omg

@@theotter7021 tbh I assumed I'd find her here. Kat has great taste lol

@@mischr13 I know I see Kat commenting on all the same brand videos I like lolol

sounds cool, ur aunt still fine? what she said for this haha, must be fun

that is so cool! I love your aunt and all the other Muses 😍 it's my favorite Disney movie!!!

I love your channel!

Jona!!! Omg, I love you!!! and your friend to!!!

OH MY GOSH IT'S YOUI feel like I'm betraying Hercules Mulligan XD

JonasAlmostFamous wohoho where i found you lol

Oh my! I looove your videos!

Shubin Alam i hope not

AGREED!!!!

Oh no, like its already pretty good, so good that it doesn’t need a live action

Sure, why not ruin the movies only part-way?

Another Hercules movie when 5 other ones came out last year and the year before? It's like asking them to do another Tarzan when we 3 other Tarzan movies were just made.

Yes! I was just thinking this!

InCould totally imagine her doing this! So sad RIP

You're right, but closer to her death, Whitney started losing her voice. And when I say losing her voice, i just mean she wasn't hitting the notes and ranges she could in her golden times. But yes I kept imagining her as the lead muse nonetheless 😂

I seriously used to fantasize that Whitney was the lead muse. I had cast all 5 of them in my elementary school imagination.

@@alexandregrand-pierre1981 Her voice wasnt the problem or vocal chords so much she had full blown emphysema as confirmed by her autopsy so her lungs were damaged from years of smoking so she as a result wasnt going to be able to sing like she used to at all

USED TO put in hard work. They're just neglectful nowadays.

@@MazBringsby yea I like how Disney use to do live action parts and act them out

Yeah now if they had the muses in the storyboard side by side video actually singing the song instead of lipsyncing we could have heard there incredible voices

Yes indeed!!!

Hell yeah!!

Na

don't exaggerate

Yes Indeed! (2)

Same

Kermit The Toad I really to add to my Disney collection

Black Rabbit ikr both are amazing so I just like both xD. Their incredible.

Why not both

It's the same thing! Just live action and animation...

If you’re talking about the muses, I like the short thick girl, my fav both the actress and animated versions

It wasn't something that the producers came up with muses are known to be talented in art and they are often portrayed singing because they were raised by Apollon the God of music gospel singing was their main thing also they are talking about a God this is why they sing in a gospel type of way nevertheless there weren't many genres of music that time

it is the "working" live storyboard

Albert Jackson girl...

Albert Jackson no. She’s beautiful too.

Reference are necessary no matter how good you are.

Were they wrong? NO

Rotoscoping is a very common technique for traditionally animated films

i know this comment is 2 years old lol but i can assure everything that they still use real people as reference

Pixar is getting better at that as well

I don't think Destiny's Child had debuted when this movie came out. It was a year earlier. But it would've been a pretty cool Disneymania cover.

Yeah

+SunyiSideUp Destiny's Child formed in 1990. They definitely where around when the movie came out.

Funny enough they wanted The Spice Girls to play the Muses..but there were shedueling conflicts. ;(

+Levi Huh, that is kinda funny. Makes sense given their popularity at the time though.

I hope it doesn’t end like the live action Mulan.

They’re probably all old tbh lmao

Hercules came out in 1997, that was nearly 25 years ago. This would put most of these women in their mid 50's at the youngest and possibly early 70's at the latest.

Yesss

Surprised they havent done this yet

would watch. true story.

Dominique Thomas uhhhh not quite.

I believe they are the singers, too!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g2phN5Z-W8I.html That is the singers, the ladys in this video is the drawing muses

Oh, thanks!

Not the one with the dreds.

Z

DatBlooper99 the lady is a muse her name is Clio

Natawa rin tuloy ako =))))

in both animated and live actio!

The fat one?

All of them are hot that's kinda the point

Sgt. Savage All of them are hot I-

You guys are into hentai. hilarious.

Me too 🥲

I gotta watch it again!!!!!!!

Not only for scale. there is well known behind the scenes footage of Kathryn Beaumont (Alice) interacting with Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter), Jerry Colonna (March Hare) and Sterling Holloway (Cheshire cat) for their respective scenes, as a reference point for the animators. you can find it on youtube.

You go gUrl Cindy

Er ... who's Cindy????

Yes they should

same :) I also like in the finale scene when he flies home to hug them after saving olympus

So Dmt Same here!