Wreck it ralph - Violent Vanellope
This deleted scene from Disney's Wreck it Ralph was from early on in production where Felix and Ralph game jumped together and Ralph's early design was a Yeti.
The scene itself gets pretty interesting when Vanellope starts to fantasize about winning the race and expressing her hate for Taffyta; being able to relate to her situation Ralph joins in to make for a hilarious yet slightly disturbing conversation:
Vanellope:
When I win the Derby, I'm gonna treat Taffyta just like she treats me. No, no, worse. Yeah. Like if I saw her in the street dying, I'd just sit there and watch and laugh my head off.
Ralph:
You could step on her hands too, I bet.
Vanellope:
Oh, yeah, yeah. Break her hands. That's good.
Ralph:
Exactly! So she couldn't crawl!
Vanellope:
And then I'd watch her die. That would be so great...
Ralph:
It sure would...
Have a look for yourself!
I love how realistic that dialogue is in terms of hate, but as funny as I think it would be for it to actually be in the movie, I think we can see why this wasn't left in. It was pretty dark, even if comedically so, and made Vanellope a little too spiteful of a person.... and Ralph for that matter.
Plus pretty much the entire plot of the movie changed by this point...
The Lion king- Unsatisfying ending
The Lion King we know spawned from two previous scripts, "King of the jungle" and "king of the beasts", both incredibly different from the final creation and a fair amount darker, incorporting some real life elements that lacked the Disney spirit. In one of the early versions Simba had to learn about the circle of life the hard way, learning that one day he would grow to eat the very animals he befriended......IT'S THE CIIIIIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIIFE!
When the Lion king was becomming more the Lion king and less the Discovery channel, the final battle between Scar and Simba was still in place pretty much as it is in the film now, but instead of Scar being thrown from pride rock, Simba is thrown (landing safely) instead whilst Scar maniacally laughs from pride rock, slowly being consumed by the bush fire..... so he pretty much saved Simba's life....
Okay.... So Simba didn't need to go up there, he could have just sat there and let the fire do it's work.... The drama just got sucked right outta that scene, didn't it? Plus on that dramatic climb up pride rock to reclaim his rightful place as king, Simba would probably be roaring from the exact spot the now barbecued Scar's dead body is lying.....HAKUNA MATATA!!!
Lion king 2- Zira commits suicide
Disney sequels aren't exactly known for being amazing, but here's a deleted scene that was clearly just a little too dark. This scene is pretty much the same as what is in the movie, but with a few extra lines of dialogue.
So the villain of the movie, Zira, hangs from a ledge high over a river with a current that will surely kill her if she falls in. Kiara, our protagonist, tries to save her, but Zira swipes at her, losing her grip and falls....
Did you ever notice that she looks like she's smiling madly as she falls? Well, that's because she is. The deleted segement was already animated, they used the same frames.
The original scene had Zira willingly let herself fall, seemingly mad with pride in favouring death over turning her back on Scar. Damn, Disney...you saved that for a sequel?
Toy story went through a lot of changes. Woody was originally kind of a villain, boasting his role as Andy's favourite toy to the others and ordering slinky around like a little slave dog. Woody was a bit of a douche, he was just too bitter and hateable. Just listen to how he talks to Slinky! Toy story would have been VERY different if Woody was this kind of character. I imagine they would have had him progress in to a nicer guy by saving Buzz, but after he was that mean, would you even care?
Aladdin- Lost mother character
Aladdin originaly focussed more on the relationship between Aladdin and his mother as he stole to help her make ends meet. Aladdin would obviously feel bad about having to steal and dissapointing his mother, but he would vow in a song entitled "Proud of your boy" to make their lives better and make her proud; I'm guessing that's where the lamp ect would come in.
Lilo and stitch- "Tourists, prepare to die!"
Living in beautiful Hawaii must have it's downsides, like not being able to go anywhere without constantly being asked where the beach is by tourists. Lilo and Stitch originally had a scene just like this. Lilo got just a little too sick of putting up with all the tourists and pretends that a siren being tested is a real Tsunami warning. (Notice all the jabs at the ignorance of the tourists)
Finding nemo- Crazy Gill
Gill is one of the Dentist's fish. Gill recounts his home "bad luck bay" and his family members to Nemo, giving him hope of escaping back to the ocean. Nemo looks out of the tank to see a child being read a book that matches Gill's story exactly. Gill has either gone crazy from being in the tank for so long that he believes this is his life, or he is lying just to give Nemo hope. In seeing the story was fake, Nemo's hope of escape are dashed.... and he's probably scared of going insane...
So, weren't those scenes interesting? Disney seems to have a thing with being too dark....
Did you know they had something dark for the movie Bolt, too? He was originally going to find out he had no superpowers after he got shredded by a dog pack for a scrap of meat in the city all by himself.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that, but I had a look. Poor Bolt, it looked pretty painful :(
DeleteThanks for mentioning the scene, it's like a contribution to the list :)