"So Subtle You'll Miss It": The Little Mermaid Explains Realism Behind Minor Moment In Original

Although Disney's The Little Mermaid remake parallels the original pretty closely, there are a few changes, some "so subtle you'll miss it," that actually make all the difference when it comes to the logic of the film. The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated film created by Disney based on the much darker fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows a young mermaid named Ariel who yearns to see the human world and so makes a risky deal with a sea witch to explore land and fall in love with a human prince.