# Peter Dinklage Rips Disney For ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘What The F\*\*k Are You Doing?!’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359 "2022-01-25T13:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/925 "2024-08-11T21:47:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Many of them were good- Cinderella, Aladdin, and others. I have not seen any that were bad. Mulan was pretty bad. Lion King was mainly just pointless. I thought Cinderella was a mixed bag and Aladdin seemed quite bad to me. I did not see Lady and the Tramp and the most panned of the bunch was Pinocchio, which I also skipped. I also didn’t see Little Mermaid. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/926 "2024-08-11T21:59:41Z")
_101 Dalmatians_ was tolerable. (The sequel, however…) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/927 "2024-08-11T22:02:56Z")
I also heard Dumbo was lame. Tim Burton has talked about being miserable making it. His return for Beetlejuice 2 is what reinvigorated him. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/928 "2024-08-11T22:10:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Have you seen what they look like? They are in the trailer that I bumped the thread with, too. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/929 "2024-08-11T22:17:14Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I saw what they looked like in the teaser. Watching that video doesn’t make me feel better about it. I still wonder if CGI dwarfs were the plan all along and the seven “magical creatures” from that photo were stand-ins or if the CGI was a desperate Plan B after the backlash. If they were always the plan, I would hope they would have used better CGI than what we are seeing now. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/930 "2024-08-11T22:21:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > His return for Beetlejuice 2 is what reinvigorated him. Which also doesn’t look that great to me based on the previews. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/931 "2024-08-11T22:24:47Z")
They sure look like computer-generated dwarfs to me. Not sure how it can be called live action. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/932 "2024-08-11T22:25:30Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Which also doesn’t look that great to me based on the previews. I mean, I have no idea. I don’t consider the first one to be all great. I didn’t want a sequel to this at all, but if he is happy and feeling creative, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/933 "2024-08-11T22:31:43Z")
I mentioned the problems that I think are inherent to a Snow White love action remake, but when it comes to the Dwarfs, I have no complaint whatsoever. I think they look good, they evoke the same feel as the original Dwarfs. Which takes some doing in live action! I think it would have made a lot of sense for them to use actors with dwarfism for the motion/performance capture, and maybe that would have avoided the controversy, but even if they had done so I think CGI “magical creatures” that look like the originals would have been the way to go, but maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/934 "2024-08-11T23:48:00Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > a Snow White love action remake A porno? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/935 "2024-08-12T02:24:39Z")
To be quite honest, I thought the first Beetlejuice was ‘pretty good’, at best. To be honest, the sequel actually looks better, in my humble opinion. I liked the original’s characters, and their charm. I liked the Goth, and the gross, weird, macabre. I don’t think it’s story is as “fleshed out” as I would’ve liked. It didn’t really explain a few things, that I believe were more ‘fleshed out’ originally. There’s, of course, some cringe, problematic stuff. I think it was first intended that Lydia to be SA’d, or something like that… crazy. I never watched the cartoon, but I’ve actually heard good things. As far as **this** flick’s concerned; I’m 5’5’, so, though I’m “short” for an “average” sized person, I simply can’t relate. I would have to get other opinions, (preferably from them) to try to form an opinion, though I will say, Dinklage’s acting ability exceeds all other traits of his. Though I couldn’t really get into GoT, his work in The Station Agent totally sold me on his ability. I hope there’s nothing problematic about me saying this, but the dude could play the role of tallest man in the world, and nail it. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/936 "2024-08-12T04:46:59Z")
The sequel look like it could be better\* (As I couldn’t couldn’t judge the movie without seeing it). ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/937 "2024-08-12T04:48:23Z")
Peter Dinklage was great in Three Billboards as well, although there’s no reason his character had to be played by a dwarf. Maybe that was the point, come to think of it. He was just another guy having some difficulty getting to date women. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/938 "2024-08-12T04:58:12Z")
Listen… I think I"ve asked about this way back in the ol’ days, but almost everything (I see) with a marginalized lead, or leads, are about that fact, or it’s heavily referenced. I think of my personal favorite film **Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind** , and I wonder, what if these actors are weren’t white, hetero, cis gender, but it’s never referenced once in the flick? It would work (for me) but what will audiences, and people who aren’t like myself think? Not that the other stories don’t have their purpose… just br interesting. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/939 "2024-08-12T05:29:19Z")
…and I DEFINITELY, could be wrong, and biased, or maybe missing the mark, but hateful incounters, while living in America without privilege, is sadly all over and very prevalent, it’s not The ONLY defining factor about a person. (Is there room for both?) Depending on the story, of course… Like Eternal Sunshine dosent have characters interact with the outside world all that much. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/940 "2024-08-12T05:49:20Z")
Ever heard of the Bechtel test? It’s a way to look at female interaction in a film. It was devised by Alison Bechtel and has you look at whether there are conversations in the film between two females that isn’t about a man. It’s a pretty low bar, but there are a surprising number of films that don’t measure up. Star Wars had only one female character, for example. The point is, what we see becomes our normal reality, which is simple if you’re a white male, but a little off-putting if you’re not. Lots of women and non-white actors get taken for granted. I can’t remember the last time before Dinklage in Three Billboards where I saw a dwarf in a film that wasn’t a sendup. Inclusion is a concept a lot of audiences still don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/941 "2024-08-12T19:12:46Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Ever heard of the Bechtel test? Films _made for women_ fail this test. It really is useless. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/942 "2024-08-12T19:25:15Z")
Hardly. It’s a very minimal expectation about the importance of women in a story. And many films fail because they disregard the female viewers. Some, like Black Widow, tend to overcompensate and piss off a lot of male viewers. Big surprise. Do you have examples of films made “for” a female audience that you think fail this basic test? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/943 "2024-08-12T19:28:46Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Do you have examples of films made “for” a female audience that you think fail this basic test? Many Romances- the women talk about men mostly. It is a silly ass test. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/944 "2024-08-12T19:42:16Z")
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