I love how people pretend those films weren't made specifically to diversify the library
indeed, but they were also made to genuinely explore their respective settings with a genuine attempt at authenticity. compare that to the film today where they just replace white people with more "moral" skin tones.
Yup, huge difference between "I'm creatively bankrupt, let's just steal from THIS mythology this time" and "I'm creatively bankrupt, let's steal from European mythology, but race-swap it and add a gay person who is easily removed from the China release".
indeed, but they were also made to genuinely explore their respective settings with a genuine attempt at authenticity. compare that to the film today where they just replace white people with more "moral" skin tones.
Yup, huge difference between "I'm creatively bankrupt, let's just steal from THIS mythology this time" and "I'm creatively bankrupt, let's steal from European mythology, but race-swap it and add a gay person who is easily removed from the China release".