
It’s a shame that honor has now been tarnished in a makeover. It’s not just Marvel’s Avengers that will be added to.

Princess Merida was Pixar’s first female lead character. Merida and Maleficent are the latest Disney characters to be added to the second edition of the mix-and-match video game due this fall. “I forget that Disney’s goal is to make money without concern for integrity. “They have been handed an opportunity on a silver platter to give their consumers something of more substance and quality - THAT WILL STILL SELL - and they have a total disregard for it in the name of their narrow minded view of what will make money,” Chapman wrote. First up, Reese Witherspoon will not be lending her voice to the lead character, Merida, Next summer brings us Pixars first original fairy tale, Brave, and today brings a significant update. Merida is the first Pixar character to join the Disney lineup. The ceremony will include a royal coronation, according to Disney news site Inside the Magic. It’s horrible! Merida was created to break that mold - to give young girls a better, stronger role model, a more attainable role model, something of substance, not just a pretty face that waits around for romance.”Ĭhapman believes that Disney could’ve had just as much success with a Brave merchandise line had they not changed her appearance. Disney has announced that it will crown Merida the 11th official Disney princess on May 11 in a ceremony at the Orlando, Fla., theme park’s Cinderella Castle.

“When little girls say they like it because it’s more sparkly, that’s all fine and good but, subconsciously, they are soaking in the sexy ‘come hither’ look and the skinny aspect of the new version. “I think it’s atrocious what they have done to Merida,” she added.
