huns – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Nibbles of Nibelungs

Although I’ve been interested in classical mythology for most of my life, it was really Final Fantasy VI that made me want to check out the Teutonic hero Siegfried, a mysterious character in the game possibly intended to be the … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Down to Business to Defeat the Huns

Mulan – Disney’s thirty-sixth animated feature film, released in 1998, was the first of these movies to be set in China. Interestingly, the original Aladdin story takes place in China, but the Disney version didn’t incorporate this idea. Disney was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged cri-kee, eddie murphy, fa mulan, huns, khan, little brother, mulan, mushu, shan yu |