Beauty vs Beast: Beast vs Gaston
Monday, November 21, 2016 at 3:00PM Jason from MNPP here with this week's "Beauty vs Beast" -- tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of Disney's magnificent Beauty and the Beast, which is my favorite animated movie of theirs and I have a feeling I'm not alone in feeling that way. I mean Belle is clearly the greatest Disney Princess, Gaston is clearly the sexiest villain, and THAT LIBRARY. Yes, Yess, and YASSSSSS.
We've still got a few months before the live-action remake with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens (not to mention notedly hairless Luke Evans) hits theaters, which seems strange to me - doesn't it seem like right here and right now, at this anniversary and in time for the holidays, would've been the perfect time to drop the film? Well nobody asked me to run Disney (not yet anyway) so I suppose they will make their own decisions - if I was running Disney and someone had come to me suggesting they remake perfection I probably would've beaten them out of my office with the nearest candlestick anyway.
PREVIOUSLY Fantastic Beasts won the weekend box office handily but more importantly Harry Potter kicked Voldemort's butt in last week's contest here, taking just under 80% of your votes. Said LadyEdith:
"Jason you are definitely hitting a nerve here, I've been using a lot of HP for this election. Hermione was a great stand in for A student Hillary Clinton. Considering the rise of death eaters I think more of us are choosing Harry."
Reader Comments (7)
The Chest Wins It!!!
The Beast. Gaston is a pussy.
Muscle Bear Gaston! Oh yeah!
Frankly, I hate Gaston.
Thank you Jason for quoting me, from last week. But I fear I'm choosing the losing side this week.
I chose Gaston instantly because he has such a funny song and makes such a perfect fool out of himself. The Beast has a standard monster head and gets the girl in the end.
Big macho chests just don't impress me the way they do some.
fuck: gaston [no-one shoots like gaston]
marry: beast [mostly for the real estate]
kill: gaston [i don't want him bragging all around this poor provincial town]
Kudos to Gaston for having such a great song, but The Beast is such a lovely character. Even if my memory of him is blurrier, it's still warm.