Sorry, Emma Watson, But Beauty and the Beast 2 Should Be About Belle Getting Guillotined in the French Revolution. The live- action Beauty and the Beast movie has made over $1- billion, meaning a sequel is probably a near- guarantee. Disney probably won’t use their direct- to- video animated movie sequels (e. Enchanted Christmas or Magical World) as templates. Luckily, Emma Watson has a sequel idea of her own— unfortunately, it doesn’t take into account that Belle is mere years away from the guillotine. In an interview with Access Hollywood, Watson said she “would love” to do a sequel, and even had a suggestion for what it could be about. Basically, it takes the most boring part of the Little Women sequel, Little Men, and adds a dash of convenient historical ignorance. This is where I was going,” Watson said. Barring the fact that Belle the Royal Tutor sounds like the dullest movie ever, there’s no way Beauty and the Beast 2 would be anything resembling a utopian happily ever after where kids get royal library cards from His Royal Highness Dan Stevens. Because guess what’s on the horizon, bitches? The French Revolution. The timeline for Beauty and the Beast is purposefully vague, but we do have some hints that the story took place around the 1. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Luke Evans said his character, Gaston, fought off Portuguese marauders in 1. If we assume he’s in his mid 3. The French Revolution didn’t fully get underway until 1. Belle and Beast would have a couple of years before definitely losing their heads. But the decades beforehand weren’t exactly a walk in the park. From the 1. 76. 0s up through that head- chopping period, France was in a tough spot. Class tensions were high. They had a shitty king who established no uniform system of law, and a nobility that looked down on the populace while enforcing a rigid caste system. There were protests, mobs, arrests, and thieving. On top of that, the country suffered a humiliating loss to the British during the Seven Years War, resulting in them losing a bunch of their North American territory. Prince Beast and Princess Belle would’ve had a lot of shit to contend with in their little town, quiet village. So here’s my version—with the kind assistance of Katharine and James—of how things should really go down in Beauty and the Beast 2: The year is 1. Belle and Beast have a gaggle of kids, all with weird animal- like quirks— for example, their middle son Fran. They’ve tried to endear themselves to the people, as Belle used to be one of them, but sadly the status quo needs to be upheld. They impose taxes on local farmers, while exempting themselves (as nobles did so they could keep up their aristocratic way of life). In Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Hitler rides a T.rex. Back in 2014, when the first trailer for the movie came out, including the same scenario, it was an idea. Pib's Collection of Cryptozoology Resources. Have we found all the large animals still living in the world? Probably not, since in the last decade some previously. Pi does not mention his other adventures at sea (the carnivorous island, etc) but it’d be easy to strip away some of the fantastical elements in favor of more. They establish rule of law, since King Louis XV couldn’t be bothered, which includes life imprisonment for Le. Fou for assisting Gaston’s previous rebellion. Then, Belle opens her stupid- ass library, which the villagers don’t take kindly to. She just wanders through singing, “There go the sans- culottes with their caps like always, the same aristocrats to kiiiiiiillllllllllll.”The savior this time is an unlikely one. It’s Gaston the Jacobin! He survived his fall and moved to Paris, where he surrounded himself with independent thinkers and the bourgeoisie. Gaston realized the nobility, namely Prince Beast, had crushed his ambitions and stolen the woman he loved, so he is out to save the people from a tyrant who inherited his title and beast- like monstrosity from his horrible king father. And the people love him for it. Gaston and his crew swarm the castle, accompanied by a sentient Mme. La Guillotine (because even that peasant enchantress realizes that the aristocracy is fucking useless by this point.), and Prince Beast and Princess Belle lose their heads.. ![]() ![]() The protagonist in Life of Pi battles death for so long, his relationship with death becomes very complex. Death is the thing he must push as far away from himself as. Thankfully, scientists are trying to help the animals their human counterparts are sickening. But how are we even supposed to tell if oil has sickened dolphins? ![]() The timeline for Beauty and the Beast is purposefully vague, but we do have some hints that the story took place around the 1760s. In an interview with Entertainment. Life of Pi is a Canadian adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores. Hope that stupid library was worth it, Belle. A fish- eating algae that produces fresh water? Tree- dwelling aquatic rodents? These things don't exist. We believe what we see. But Pi slyly questions this definition. Considering, especially, Pi's love for and obsession with God, it's a hop, skip and a jump to a defense of the Big Guy. It's possible Pi is asking Mr. Okamoto a super- secret hidden question: does the fact that most people don't see God mean God doesn't exist? The 3. 2 Differences Between 'Life of Pi': Book and Movie. A boy, a tiger and a boat. These are the main elements of . The 2. 00. 1 Yann Martel novel the screenplay was based upon, sharing the title, was similarly showered with accolades: It won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and was inescapable on year- end best- of lists. Both acclaimed, yes, but there are surely differences between what you'll find thumbing through the novel and sitting in a crowded theater. As Martel told The Guardian, changes are inevitable.“You have to let go. And it was a crazy and fun ride.”Here are the differences we spotted between the book and the film. Massive spoiler warnings ahead. The Opening. Book version: . Sixteen pages (and descriptions of travels in India and Canada, with mental wanderings to Portugal) later, the fictitious author has thanked many who made the book possible, including the Canada Council for the Arts. Movie version: After a credits sequence wandering through the zoo where the main character grew up, we cut straight to adult Pi in Canada, telling his story to a man whose character is credited as . We don't have to slog through a long passage that does more to confuse the reader than to set the scene. Instead, we jump right into the story. Pi's education. Book version: Pi begins by regaling us with tales of his double- major Bachelor's studies (religion and zoology) in Toronto, including a lengthy meditation on the . Adult Pi mentions that he teaches religious studies now, but we don't get to hear as much about his dual fascination with religion and animal nature as we do in the book. It makes where he ends up a little less important. Pi's time in the hospital. Book version: Pi got along well with the nurses and doctors, who left him gifts and cared for him despite their language differences. His condition upon washing up on the beach of Mexico is detailed, sodium levels, leg swelling and all. This is also explained early on. Movie version: We only see Pi telling the Japanese insurance investigators his stories, at the film's close. Level of change: Medium. Good or bad change: Good. It adds some suspense to the story, even though we know he survives, to not see him recovering in Mexico before we have any idea what happened. Also, I was not curious about the color of his urine, which the book helpfully shares. Pi and swimming. Book version: He is painstakingly taught by Mamaji to swim, first by learning the strokes on land, then by swimming laps upon laps in the local pool. His father is also fascinated by . It doesn't make a difference how he learned, only that he can swim. Pi and the zoo. Book version: Pi talks for a while about the ethics of zoos, and whether the animals would like to be free or not, as well as the pleasures of growing up with full access to all the animals. Movie version: None of this. Level of change: Medium. Good or bad change: Neutral. This is just a print vs. There's not much of a way to fit in Pi's thoughts on cages, and how many scenes of a little kid staring at elephants do we really need? Kumar. Book version: Pi's biology teacher, Mr. Kumar, is the first atheist he ever meets. They debate religion, and Pi credits him with his decision to study zoology. Movie version: None of this. Level of change: Medium. Good or bad change: Good. The movie focuses more on Pi's journey, less on his theological ponderings. Kumar was extraneous to that theme. Feeding the tiger. Book version: Pi's father, unprompted, brings Pi and his brother, Ravi, to the tiger cage to . He has starved Mahisha, a 5. Bengal tiger, for three days, before, in front of the children, he has a keeper drop a goat into the cage. The tiger chases the goat around and, of course, rips it apart with his teeth. Pi's father then walks his sons around the zoo and explains how each of the animals could kill them if they're not careful. Movie version: Pi's brother rats him out for trying to feed Richard Parker, the new tiger, a hunk of raw meat out of his bare hand. His father makes him watch Richard Parker pull a goat through the bars and eat it, though the camera cuts away before the kill shot. Pi's father then lectures Pi about looking into animals' eyes and seeing yourself reflected there. Level of change: Big. Good or bad change: Bad. The movie version sets Pi up as a bit of a careless dummy, instead of an inquisitive scholar. It's also a bit heavy handed with the animals- to- humans metaphor that's woven throughout the book. Pi discovers Catholicism. Book version: Pi's family takes a trip to another town, where he wanders into a church and has tea and biscuits with Father Martin, who tells him intriguing stories. Movie version: Pi's brother dares him to sneak into the church and drink holy water. He then returns again and again to talk to Father Martin, who is kind to him. Level of change: Big. Good or bad change: Bad. Movie Pi is, again, kind of a jerk. In the book, he's more curious, less mean- spirited. Pi discovers Islam. Book version: Pi meets a baker in Pondicherry's Muslim Quarter who teaches him about Islam. Movie version: We don't see Pi being introduced to the religion, he just suddenly has a prayer rug. Level of change: Medium. Good or bad change: Bad. There isn't time to linger on each of Pi's discoveries, but it wouldn't hurt to flesh out his explorations a little. The movie jumps around in time and location enough without this. We get it: he's religious. The Patels leave India. Book version: Pi's father wants to leave India because he's nervous about owning a business in that political climate. Movie version: Pi's father says . We don't need the descriptions of 1. Indian politics. 1. Pi's girlfriend. Book version: Pi doesn't have a girlfriend, never attends a dance class and plays no instruments. Movie version: Pi falls in love with a girl while drumming for a dance class. Really, does everything need to have a romantic aspect? Adult Pi's family. Book version: In an aside from the writer about a third of the way through the book, he describes meeting adult Pi's wife, children and pets. It's a nice surprise, and a good reminder that life goes on, after hearing this traumatic story. One event doesn't define Pi's whole existence. Richard Parker: Manimal. Book version: Pi refers several times to Richard Parker without mentioning that he's a tiger. We think he's a human, not understanding why Pi wants to knock him out with an oar, until he's onboard the lifeboat and is identified as an adult Bengal tiger. Movie version: Pi points out Richard Parker as the finest animal in the zoo to his girlfriend before leaving India. Level of change: Big. Good or bad change: It's hard to say how this reveal would have been pulled off in the movie, but it's such a great switcharoo in the book, it would have been worth preserving somehow. Richard Parker on the boat. Book version: Pi throws a lifebuoy to Richard Parker, who is in the water, and pulls him into the boat before realizing what he's done. Then, Pi thinks for days that Richard Parker isn't even on the boat, until he makes an appearance on day three. Movie version: In the calm after the storm, Pi peeks under the tarp. Richard Parker springs out. Level of change: Adult Bengal tiger- size. Huge. Good or bad change: Good. It's hard to convey the blind panic that makes Pi help Richard Parker onboard, and the 3- D tiger jumping out at audiences is a great payoff for straying from the novel. The storm. Book version: Pi goes to the deck after hearing the noise of the storm. When he decides to go down to wake his family and sees water below deck, he runs back upstairs for help. Movie version: Pi swims through the water below deck looking for his family, passing a zebra underwater. Level of change: Small. Good or bad change: He still looks for his family in both, but the only real difference is how cool the movie effects look in the underwater scenes. Hyena track meet. Book version: The hyena onboard the lifeboat constantly runs laps around the rim of the boat, cackling and driving Pi slowly insane. Movie version: The hyena is only in the picture for a few minutes, tops. No lap- running is done. Level of change: Medium. Good or bad change: The hyena is much more present in the book, but the few minutes that it was there and making those sounds was more than enough. Hyena attacks the zebra and Orange Juice. Book version: On the second day on the lifeboat, the hyena rips off the zebra's broken leg and eats it. On the third day, the hyena rips a hole in the zebra's stomach and begins eating it, which is described in graphic detail. Orange Juice the orangutan protests, but the hyena doesn't attack her. On the fourth day, Orange Juice and the hyena finally tangle (the zebra is still alive). The hyena kills her, totally beheading her. Movie version: All of this is condensed, taking place on what seems to be the first day. The hyena attacks and kills the zebra, Orange Juice protests and is then killed. The camera cuts away from the gore, and Orange Juice seems to only have one small wound when she dies. Level of change: Big. Good or bad change: Good and bad: It was bad to condense the timeline like that, as if we don't spend enough time hanging out with just Pi and Richard Parker in this movie, but good that viewers are spared what is described in the book as a blood- covered boat and Orange Juice dead and decapitated in a pose like . Richard Parker's backstory. Book version: Seven people in the same area in India were killed by a female tiger. The hunter named Richard Parker set out to kill her and found that she also had a cub, who was at the time drinking from a river. Both the mother and cub were sent to the zoo, and because of a clerical error, the cub was listed on the paperwork as . It's a good story behind the name, but there's no point in dragging anyone's mother into this. Death of a hyena. Book version: Richard Parker kills the hyena a day after the hyena kills Orange Juice. Movie version: All of the animals, save Richard Parker, are killed in one big fight. Level of change: Big.
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