Yes, We Will See These Princess Movies in September!
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After much speculation and delay, three princess movies that once had uncertain futures are now officially coming to streaming services next month. Two will be on Disney+, and the third will stream on Netflix. We now have confirmed release dates for these movies with new trailers and previews released for all three within the last week to build up excitement for the next month. The traditional November of princess events and releases probably won't happen this year, so September is going to the final frontier of princess movies for 2020. With the current stigma against going outside, streaming services will become the primary medium for all our princess content, at least for a while.
Of the three princess movies coming out next month, none has suffered more with its release than the live-action remake of Mulan. Disney desperately wanted this to be a theatrical release, which is clear from the fact that they delayed it three times before ultimately deciding to make it an optional purchase for Disney+ subscribers. After months of uncertainty, the movie will release one week from today on Friday, September 4th for anyone willing to pay an additional $29.99 to add it to the content they currently have available to stream on Disney+. There has been some confusion as to whether this would be a rental or a permanent addition to their account. My understanding is that if you pay the one-time fee, you will be able to watch the movie as many times as you want as long as it remains on Disney+. For those who do not want to pay an additional fee, Mulan will be added to the streaming service for all of its subscribers sometime next year. The fee to watch it early is perfectly reasonable if you factor in how much the average family spends on a trip to the movie theater, considering that it was originally made for theaters and not streaming. To solidify its confirmed release, Disney has uploaded several new videos for it within the past week, including a behind-the-scenes featurette and a new music video of Christina Aguilera reprising her performance of "Reflections" from the original film.
The other princess release coming to Disney+ next month has only been delayed one time, but it was a confusing delay considering that it was made for streaming and not theaters like Mulan. Secret Society of Second-Born Royalswas an exciting project for me because it features one of my favorite Disney Channel actresses, Andi Mack's Peyton Elizabeth Lee, starring as a Disney Princess. Hopefully, this movie will look amazing after the extra time they took to complete the visual effects. I had assumed its production was pretty far along in the pipeline because Disney featured finished clips from the film in a 2020 preview they released in early January. A new trailer that launched this week features footage of Skylar Astin of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist fame using his powers. His character appears to have the ability to clone multiple copies of himself, which probably makes it easier to land multiple punches on the fictional universe's bad guys. Other superpowers featured in the 30-second preview include telekinesis and super hearing. I hope we get a much clearer understanding of what each character can do when the superhero/princess crossover film drops on September 25th.
The third and final September princess movie comes out on September 1st, which is only days away. Barbie Princess Adventure was a big question mark on the calendars of princess fans until they finally began uploading music videos and promotional content a few weeks ago. Presenting itself as a modern-day remake of The Princess and the Pauper, Barbie Princess Adventure features a princess who is tired of the pressures of royal life and decides to switch places with Barbie, who looks exactly like her. From the previews, it looks like Princess Amelia invites Barbie to her home country after watching her famous vlog and discovering a clear resemblance between the two of them. Barbie is encouraged by her friends and family to accept the invite and bring them with her on a private jet to the fabled kingdom where Barbie will live out the life of a princess for a few days. When a rival prince kidnaps Princess Amelia right before her coronation, it's up to Barbie and her friends to rescue her in time. The new trailer contains footage for some songs we've already heard as well as a new one that features Ken. Unfortunately, I can't say I'm any more impressed with these new bubble gum pop song clips as I was with the ones I had already seen.
Now that Elena has been crowned queen, there are no more new episodes of princess shows to look forward to. The future of movie theaters is still uncertain, so we much watch all our favorite new releases from home now on streaming services. Disney's Mulan is an experimental project to see if they can at least come close to their theatrical budget by charging an additional fee for subscribers to watch the movie from home. Secret Society of Second-Born Royals is a Disney+ original that combines Disney's two biggest franchises of princesses and superheroes. Last but not least, Barbie Princess Adventure is the first Barbie musical we will see in years. It's too bad it's set in the world of the Dreamhouse Adventures series instead of creating a new fantasy kingdom like Barbie was prone to doing in the early 2000s. I hope these will not be the last new princess movies in the foreseeable future. The pandemic has taken a huge toll on the entertainment industry, so all we can do is wait and see.
Yesterday, the Starz network released the series finale of The Spanish Princess , concluding The White Queen trilogy of miniseries that began in 2013. Based on a book series called The Cousins' War by Phillippa Gregory , the trilogy covers the women who stood behind the men in power in the English monarchy from 1464 to the 1530s, preceding the first sovereign queen, Elizabeth, in 1558. The White Queen , The White Princess , and The Spanish Princess grant us a rare opportunity to see what life was like for medieval monarchs. Watching them reminded me of why I prefer the fairy tale versions of royalty. Those stories do not contain the gory deaths, gruesome births, and invasive politics that historical dramatizations like these exemplify. In fact, I had very little interest in watching the second season of The Spanish Princess until I watched some historical videos and learned that the king that Catherine of Aragon was married to was none other than King Henry VIII, who was famo
The latest visual novel in Time Princess is called House of Horrors, which sounds more like a horror movie than the fairy tales and historical novels that first attracted me to the game. In fact, it has been nearly four months since Time Princess released a story about actual royalty with Cleopatra , and the teaser for their next one is set in modern times. While House of Horrors may not have been what I was hoping for, I didn't find it as scary as the title would imply. The story is very linear and unveils an intriguing mystery piece by piece with beautiful Victorian-inspired gothic clothing. I think it came out a little too soon after Ghost Manor to feel fresh and new, but the mystery aspect made it worth a quick playthrough. House of Horrors is one of few recent visual novels in Time Princess that acknowledges the enchanted storybook the protagonist enters to receive the memories of each character she inhabits. It is relevant here because when she wakes up, she finds that s
The latest visual novel in Time Princess is an interesting concept. However, it has little new to offer compared to the other stories in the app. Gourmet's Journey is a cooking-related story that takes place in ancient China. This is the fourth Chinese story in the game, and all of them are about spirits befriending the protagonist . I realize must be a common element of Chinese mythology and storytelling, but after seeing it so many times in a game with such a large variety of other stories and cultures, it is beginning to feel trite. The cooking aspect adds something new with tantalizing descriptions of delicious delicacies and spices that I wouldn't recommend reading about if you're hungry. The clothing was pretty, but not too different from what we've seen in the other Chinese stories so far. Players enter this book as Lai Wanzhou, a young chef who studied food preparation, cooking, and presentation under her father. One day, her father went to work at the palace
Today is a major accomplishment for me. I started this blog 100 days ago, and I've managed to write a new post in it every day since then. Some of the topics were easier to come up with than others. I also had to go back and edit some after the fact due to poor proofreading. Speaking of which, I'm really sorry about the disastrous short story from my first Story Saturday post . The whole thing was written on my phone on the way to a Mermaid Art Show event in San Diego, so I was a little distracted. I promise to put more effort into future Story Saturdays, which should be easier now that I will no longer be writing new posts every day. Don't worry, though. I will still keep everyone informed of the latest princess news and review all the new princess movies and specials. Without further ado, in celebration of my 100th post, here is a list of 100 princesses with all of the posts I've made about them (in no particular order). Thank you so much for reading my blog. 1-11:
At this point, I think the game should change its name from Time Princess to Time Demon because it has a significantly higher number of stories about demons ( but not the evil kind ) than princesses, the latest one being no exception. Miss Kitty's Antiques begins as a murder mystery and evolves into a story about ancient Japanese mythology. I was surprised by many of the twists and turns it took and pleased with the touching romance. The main character is a cat yokai, which means she is a cat spirit who can transform into a human, and she has some kawaii over-the-top cat-inspired outfits to match. Lady Mangetsu is a cat spirit posing as a human who runs an antique shop as a cover for her quest to find the Origin Pearl to save her dear friend, Yuta, a ninetails fox yokai. Her life is already pretty interesting before she gets framed for murder when she discovers a dead body. The first half of the book is set up like a typical murder mystery, but the plot takes a drastic turn in
The latest visual novel in Time Princess is a little more historical than the last few , though it has nothing to do with actual princesses or royalty. Trendy Times takes place right before the Great Depression when women started wearing pants in public for the first time. It is about a fashion designer who is determined to put pants for ladies on the market even though it is a foreign concept at the time. Due to the fashion designer angle, the story has some unique outfits that stand out from other dress-up items in the game as well as beautiful illustrations that are done in an art deco style. Like Spring Sonata, the visual novel aspects are very clear-cut with theirs decisions. Most choices either trigger a bad ending or move the story forward, so there's no need to replay levels multiple times to see all of the endings. Marguerite Gautier is an orphan whose only dream is to put her design ideas for women's pants on the market even though the concept of a woman wearing pant
A few weeks ago, I was looking forward to playing Time Princess's rendition of Catherine the Great , but then it got postponed, possibly for political reasons, though that has not been confirmed officially. There wasn't much time to mourn its loss before something completely different dropped to make us forget how much we were looking forward to it. Kingdom of Beasts, the new story, is unique in several ways. It is the first full-length visual novel in Time Princess that celebrates its LGBT love interest in an open way instead of being discreet about it like previous books in this game . It also addresses hard-hitting issues like racism and slavery but does so in a visually stunning fantasy setting that doesn't get overly dark or depressing. Kingdom of Beasts tells the story of Dahlia, an inquisitive young woman who runs an underground network of spies. Dahlia must set off on an unexpected journey when her parents force her into an arranged marriage to restore their famil
Time Princess released its latest visual novel so quickly after the last one that I barely had time to breathe. Compared to the other visual novels in this game, Spring Sonata is most similar to Whispers of the Rain since it takes place in a more realistic contemporary setting and Si-woo's Sight because the protagonist is an aspiring musician in Korea. It certainly isn't the next historical fantasy novel I was hoping for, but it was quick and entertaining enough for a short weekend. The story is very straightforward and only has one true ending, so there is little reason to replay most of the levels. Spring Sonata is about a young cellist named Jeong Si-eun who attends a prestigious music school in Korea. I found this character difficult to relate to at first because she is quite pretentious about her musical knowledge and skills. Because of this, she has trouble making friends at her new school and doesn't understand how to play with emotion. Over the course of the g
Today is the day! Disney's new streaming service, Disney+ , is now available on smart devices everywhere. The highly anticipated launch did not go as smoothly as planned with the servers crashing earlier this morning, probably due to everyone wanting to be the first to access its content. That snag got fixed in a timely manner, but I can't say the same for the password issue. It seems like I need to reset my password almost every time I log on from a new device. Putting all of that aside, the app works exactly as advertised but with somewhat less content than expected. Initially, Disney claimed that they would be releasing their full library of movies, televisions shows, and specials, but it looks like we're going to have to settle for a decent-sized chunk of them instead. There were a few movies and shows added since the preview that launched in the Netherlands a couple months ago, but not quite as much as I was hoping for. I don't consider myself a Disney expert by
In 2008, the Philippines released a mermaid princess telenovela that was based on a popular graphic novel by Mars Ravelo in 1952. Dyesebel is loosely based on the story of "The Little Mermaid" with a few distinct differences. It was Dyesebel's mother, Queen Lucia, who first fell in love with a human and left the underwater world of Sirenea to be with him, sacrificing her memories of her life as a mermaid in the process. Dyesebel was born on land, but because of her tail, her mother returned her to the sea, entrusting her to her best friend, Banak, to raise her. Her human father, Tino, was murdered by humans who believed that mermaids were bad luck. Unaware of the circumstances of her birth, Dyesebel grew up curious about the human world until one day, she fell in love with a human and was doomed to follow in her mother's footsteps. The 2008 adaptation of Dyesebel is performed in the native Filipino language, Tagalog, but I was able to watch it with English subtit
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