I'd have disliked the red hair to blonde, because it's an actual trait to the character. Skin color doesn't matter in case of a mermaid, it's not even a real human that would have to fit a certain time, culture or place on earth. Nonetheless, this movie was very bland and Halle Baileys acting was wasted. She could have done so much better in a less droopy movie.

I actually would care about both, as none of them are changes warranted by the story. Why change anything at all? And why can't we have an original story about a black mermaid instead of a blackwashing pretending to be inclusive? edit: ya'll right, i mixed up the terms "blackface" and "blackwashing," and fixed it. Thanks for correcting me.

From my own point of view as an African, it is not about the color of the skin. It's just about the laziness of Hollywood colourcoating instead of coming up with new ideas. If something isn't broken, don't fix. There are a lot of new culture to explore and new stories to tell but no wash and repeat. The stories that needs really attention like princess and the frog or hunchback of Notre Dame or even Brother Bear. They won't touch because they don't want to put the effort to improve on the mistakes they made then. So I don't agree with this. Not everything is racism and everyone would hate a blonde Arie.

Tbh I would be upset if they changed her hair blond or if they changed the color of he tail. I prefer the original, 1 because live actions are usually bad 2 I like the original Ariel

Not to argue.. just think they're giving society too much credit. If they made Ariel BLONDE, people would lose their s**t

I wanted the original Ariel. Is it a big deal? No, but I do think it hurt their ticket sales. Along with the new songs. People don't want new when they are watching these. They want to see their childhood film come to life the exact same.

This is a moneymaking fantasy

This is fiction, from a 1837 book. So I don't care about color, race or anything as everything is already fiction an up to the interpretation (especially from a book). But when you try to erase history and tradition or rewrite it, you will have a issue with me. Educate is important. Don't be a tyrant and remove all undesirables.

Sorry but this one i politely disagree with. I don't like swap to the new Arielle but I would sure af hate bot of the other designs even more. I just don't see a reason to reboot old stuff and then change it up like this. I'd much more prefer new stories with new non white heroes and heroines, in the traditional story telling of the Disney classics. I loved Moana, and kiss the frog (I believe that was the English title) as much as I love the original little mermaid. The trashy reboot culture is just horrible. Best examples for that are the horrible new Ghostbusters with the ladies and only stale unfunny jokes, or the godawful robocop on Crack... a freaking huge robot ain't supposed to be nimble and fast. It's just not living up to the legends.

I really don't like the all red one. Though I guess it's probably more realistic if the hair matches the fins.

In my opinion we are all just different shades of a color.

I'm holding out for a fair-skinned, raven-haired witchy Ariel - with a black cat as her Familiar.

I have yet to see it I can't wait

Actually

Agreed

Why would an underwater species have tanned skin?!?

it just hits uncanny valley for me for some reason.

It is racist. Against white people.

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Just waiting for that The Princess and The Frog remake with a white chic. Let's see how open minded you all are then, hypocrites.