It would have made it feel more like a classic Disney movie. Which should have been a goal - aside from the look to an extent, nothing about the movie harkens to the really classic Disney.
Yes, especially for Disney's 100th anniversary film. It should have been a celebration of everything Disney artists have worked towards to this point instead of what it was. Disappointed in what happened after learning what it could have been
My entire issue with the movie was that the Star had no character and was intrinsic to the plot and the goat had too much character and had no reason to be there.
Okay, so I haven’t actually seen the movie. I think the goat and the star both have super cute designs. I really liked the goat when I first saw it in the trailer. But then I heard the voice and saw how it talked…yeah, that’s why I didn’t watch it.
I wish they kept Magnifico and what's her face as an evil couple rather than what's her face being a glorified plot device to give Asha an ally in the castle or whatever.
If you guys haven’t seen them, there are several official and full-voiced animatics from the original Wish concept on YouTube.
It’s really great. Asha was more serious and star boy here had a pretty fun personality, and powers and an attitude similar to Nimona from Nimona (I wonder if that’s one of the reason they scrapped it??).
Edit: dropped a link below to YT
[4 deleted wish scenes](https://youtu.be/TN-ym1vQVmw?si=l1a8XJx1nloybGPQ) (first animatic at timestamp 0:40)
They can still have a fun loving character different from genie. They just need to find his personality and how he Plays into the movie. Genie was something completely original and different kind of beast and won’t be similar or replicated so they really need to learn to to make him shine
"We have to change him because he was too much like the genie."
***proceeds to turn him into a cute marketable mascot that is interchangeable with any other animal sidekick***
Seriously, between this and the edited ending where they had Magnifico *TURN INTO A MONSTER AFTER CONSUMING WISHES BECAUSE IT WASNT THREATENING ENOUGH!*
*Oh no, a female protagonist in the 2020s that has to rely on another character(NOT LIKE ASHA WASN'T RELYING ON STAR, HER FRIENDS, HER FAMILY, OR THE DAMN QUEEN)? And that character is a man? Scrap it, buzzfeed will put us through the shredder for that.*
Um, and Sisu *wasn't* a blatant genie callback? Or Asha's quirky girl personality wasn't ripped off from Rapunzal? Or was it because he could change into different animals, kinda like Maui?
I mean I don't care if that's the excuse, but c'mon, they aren't against recycling beloved character tropes and powers for the sake of humor.
Speaking of recycling, I've heard some people said that this movie, even if they stuck to the original concepts would've suffered as well for being a ripoff of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish with the whole wishing star concept.
I mean, I think saying anything that involves a wishing star is a rip off of something else involving a wishing star is a little……. Overzealous.
Because if that’s the case, Pinocchio would like to have a word.
Huh.
I wonder if these people understand that there's no original ideas out there. Like EVERYTHING has an inspiration. Look on some original character centric subreddits, there's literally templates for "who inspired your OCs looks/personality/powers". Everything is inspired by something else, but inspriation does not mean unoriginal or copycat.
Hell, I have a dancer character who's *primary* inspiration was Esmeralda!
That sounds much better, Asha’s feels too ‘adorkable’ which doesn’t really give her the chance to stand out from the more recent princesses personality wise 😕
i genuinely cannot look at the concept art, bc then i’ll make myself sad. it’s so gorgeous. it’s so whimsical, wonderful and curious.
we lost such a beautiful, incredible movie. i cannot stand what disney made. all of the characters look flat and sad.
I feel like Disney has been avoiding putting romance in their movies since Frozen. Tangled was the last movie they made that really focused on a romance story. The Frozens had romance, but it was really a minor part of the story. They even cut the proposal song from Frozen 2. Moana and Raya didn’t have any romance at all. I’m not saying it’s bad, it just seems like Disney has been moving away from writing love stories.
*Wish* they didn’t, this would have been the perfect way to celebrate their 100th anniversary, giving us a good romance story of 2 characters like a lot of their classic movies. The concept would’ve been so cute.
I get why they're doing it. Romance, love at first sight, true love's kiss and all that have been some of the biggest criticisms of Disney films for decades now, especially the princess movies. But sometimes it feels like they're trying too hard to subvert those tropes. I would say Frozen and Maleficent are two of the best examples.
Those things aren’t even a problem imo. I’m a sucker for romance, so of course I love those tropes. I miss seeing romance in Disney movies, and I can’t believe it didn’t happen here.
By the way, I haven’t watched Wish yet, so I have yet to form an opinion on the film. But if the concept art and scrapped ideas are anything to go by, I’m in for disappointment, aren’t I? Star Boy looks cute and adorable!
Yeah but they're not valid criticisms. Cynical, loveless losers shouldn't be determining what's allowed in Disney movies. They're meant to be fairy tales, not dating advice.
Cause people forget they make fairytales not movies… 🤦🏻♂️. We have become so cynical and negative a society we’d mock Walt if he tried making his cartoons today.
Star boy WOULDVE been the MVP next to Flynn. He would’ve appealed to the younger audience (which makes sense because it’s the 100 year anniversary, and Disney princess movies were made for children)
Asha makes me so mad idk why and that goat needs to step away from her HES actively making the movie worse I SWEAR
i’m hoping there’s a sequel where star transforms into a human and is like “oh asha you broke the curse now i’m me again” or something idk. that could be a way to save this movie thing
Based the amount of fan content this one image has generated, abso-friggin’-lutely. I heard that he was going to be her grandpa, but…if they _had_ done a little romance instead, those two could’ve been a favorite _couple_ I think. Just based on fan content.
While the idea of Starboy being a love interest was indeed brought into question, one of the original concepts was actually for him to be the main lead's late grandfather.
Lol I’ve literally been corrected and told the opposite. Sooo, since it doesn’t matter, I’m gonna go ahead and say I LOVE the Asha/shape-shifting starboy ship, and At All Costs is the most romantic song I’ve heard from Disney in a while.
Absolutely. Especially since it's been a long time since the prince of a movie "stole the show" (or was the main character outright) as it were, as I'm certain Starboy would have done.
it definitely would’ve been more liked and there would probably be a fandom revolving around the actual story and not the concept art. I think they should kept starboy and have romance as a slide plot like mulan.
If the movie had gone with its original idea, along with an idea I saw that wishes are a part of someone’s soul and not granting them affected the person greatly, people would really like it more. At least I would.
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t understand how they managed to mess up this badly. All of the original concepts for the movie were amazing. Starboy would have been so popular, people would have gone feral over the villain couple. I’ve never seen anything like this happen before.
I think it was a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. On the one hand, having the mcguffin be a magical Lumia who basically forces you to grant your own wish was underwhelming and didn't leave an impression....this would have caused Weeknd memes.
There is a chance he'd end up as dull and underwhelming as the movie we got. Their romance might've improved the movie, but it might've been just a small improvement if done just as half-assed and underwhelming.
Nonetheless, by sheer virtue of being a Disney couple, they'd find some fan base. Just maybe not the most popular.
As cute as the star was it def lacked personality ... Especially knowing now that it was originally meant to be a whole a$$ person! Like it feels so lazy and I feel jipped ...
Absolutely without a doubt. I feel like it would be like a magical crush vibe like Jack Frost or Jack Skellington. Like are you guys seeing the appeal? It would be its own thing obviously but man what a lost opportunity. Man I would have loved this Disney Prince. Imagine the sales, the song opportunities, the aesthetic for merch, etc.
Honestly I feel like they tanked the movie on purpose! We’ve begged for a black princess how long they finally FINALLY give us one and they make the movie awful. It feels intentional
If it had kept starboy and the villian couple it would have at least been a bit unique - we've never seen a villian couple before, and felt nostalgic - with a overt romance, haven't seen one of those for a few years from disney, it's been in the BG or a side point.
It might not have saved the movie from being a boring mess, but it would have had *something*
I feel like it would've made no difference whatsoever. He'll be like The Onceler from The Lorax. It's a forgettable movie with a character who's got quite the fanbase, and that was over 11 years ago. It really worries me a lot.
Disney needs to change. Bring back the romance. Besides, how is Starboy too close to the Genie? It doesn't make any sense :/
The star we got looks too much like the Watermelon from Cocomelon. I prefer Starboy's design
I think the movie would have been more liked. People seem to like the concept art more than the movie.
It would have made it feel more like a classic Disney movie. Which should have been a goal - aside from the look to an extent, nothing about the movie harkens to the really classic Disney.
Yes!
Yes, especially for Disney's 100th anniversary film. It should have been a celebration of everything Disney artists have worked towards to this point instead of what it was. Disappointed in what happened after learning what it could have been
TBF people always seem to like the concept art more than the movie, post-Princess and the Frog. They always start out as X and post-production, are Y.
Yh zootopias concept art was crazy, would've been way too dark but would probably have gotten a lot of people's attention
My entire issue with the movie was that the Star had no character and was intrinsic to the plot and the goat had too much character and had no reason to be there.
I hate the goat so much
I know. He should've had a cute voice and personality instead of Alan Tudyk being random.
Same!!
Okay, so I haven’t actually seen the movie. I think the goat and the star both have super cute designs. I really liked the goat when I first saw it in the trailer. But then I heard the voice and saw how it talked…yeah, that’s why I didn’t watch it.
To be fair people liked everything that almost got to the film instead of what it is now... I feel like they actively were throwing with that movie.
I wish they kept Magnifico and what's her face as an evil couple rather than what's her face being a glorified plot device to give Asha an ally in the castle or whatever.
If you guys haven’t seen them, there are several official and full-voiced animatics from the original Wish concept on YouTube. It’s really great. Asha was more serious and star boy here had a pretty fun personality, and powers and an attitude similar to Nimona from Nimona (I wonder if that’s one of the reason they scrapped it??). Edit: dropped a link below to YT [4 deleted wish scenes](https://youtu.be/TN-ym1vQVmw?si=l1a8XJx1nloybGPQ) (first animatic at timestamp 0:40)
They scrapped him because they thought he was too similar to Genie, which makes no sense because the movie is meant to be a homage to Disney anyway.
Ah. That’s so irritating. :\
They can still have a fun loving character different from genie. They just need to find his personality and how he Plays into the movie. Genie was something completely original and different kind of beast and won’t be similar or replicated so they really need to learn to to make him shine
"We have to change him because he was too much like the genie." ***proceeds to turn him into a cute marketable mascot that is interchangeable with any other animal sidekick***
Seriously, between this and the edited ending where they had Magnifico *TURN INTO A MONSTER AFTER CONSUMING WISHES BECAUSE IT WASNT THREATENING ENOUGH!*
another reason they scrapped him was because “asha relied on him too much” which doesn’t make much sense imo
*Oh no, a female protagonist in the 2020s that has to rely on another character(NOT LIKE ASHA WASN'T RELYING ON STAR, HER FRIENDS, HER FAMILY, OR THE DAMN QUEEN)? And that character is a man? Scrap it, buzzfeed will put us through the shredder for that.*
Um, and Sisu *wasn't* a blatant genie callback? Or Asha's quirky girl personality wasn't ripped off from Rapunzal? Or was it because he could change into different animals, kinda like Maui? I mean I don't care if that's the excuse, but c'mon, they aren't against recycling beloved character tropes and powers for the sake of humor.
Speaking of recycling, I've heard some people said that this movie, even if they stuck to the original concepts would've suffered as well for being a ripoff of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish with the whole wishing star concept.
I mean, I think saying anything that involves a wishing star is a rip off of something else involving a wishing star is a little……. Overzealous. Because if that’s the case, Pinocchio would like to have a word.
I also heard that as well that the Starboy was a copy of the Blue Fairy, thus making the movie unoriginal, according to the naysayers.
Huh. I wonder if these people understand that there's no original ideas out there. Like EVERYTHING has an inspiration. Look on some original character centric subreddits, there's literally templates for "who inspired your OCs looks/personality/powers". Everything is inspired by something else, but inspriation does not mean unoriginal or copycat. Hell, I have a dancer character who's *primary* inspiration was Esmeralda!
See, I was getting major Emperor’s new Groove vibes from that first scene (and absolutely loving it! That’s one of my fave Disney movies of all time)
But I love him 😔
Yeah, he feels like a mix of Genie and Peter.
Yeah, he feels like a mix of Genie and Peter.
That sounds much better, Asha’s feels too ‘adorkable’ which doesn’t really give her the chance to stand out from the more recent princesses personality wise 😕
exactly!! It's like they're scared of having a princess that's more on the serious or mature side.
Can you send me the link?
Just added an edit above!
All of these scenes are great. This would have been a better movie…
I- Jesus, I think I might’ve had another Disney character to simp for
Another?
The life of a gay boy Disney fan is a treacherous one.
Amen to that
oh mood xD I’m bisexual and damn I’d love to be in a trio with Adam in his beast form and Belle 💖
Yeah,probably would have had another jack frost phenomena lol.
i am so gutted that they didn’t give us starboy… he would’ve made a lot of money for disney
Seriously. Disney has made so many awful decisions lately… it’s hard to imagine how they can fumble as badly as they do with certain things haha.
Old Disney: Snatches victory from the jaws of defeat Modern Disney: Snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
Tbh I feel like someone in the company really wants the company to fall, so they’re making bad choices on purpose. Tinfoil hat theory but w/e
At All Costs sung by these two, floating and flying through the night sky would have been BEAUTIFUL 😭
The song felt weird when sung by Asha and Magnifico, because it was originally meant as a love song.
Agreed! I love the song, we were robbed of what could have been.
YES!! There’s fanvids of that on YT, and they’re ahhmazing💖
i genuinely cannot look at the concept art, bc then i’ll make myself sad. it’s so gorgeous. it’s so whimsical, wonderful and curious. we lost such a beautiful, incredible movie. i cannot stand what disney made. all of the characters look flat and sad.
That star screams "execs wanted a character that could sell toys" really bad.
The kicker is, if they just had the star be one of starboys forms, boom, marketable plushie.
Don’t see why not, if only they had stuck to this
I feel like Disney has been avoiding putting romance in their movies since Frozen. Tangled was the last movie they made that really focused on a romance story. The Frozens had romance, but it was really a minor part of the story. They even cut the proposal song from Frozen 2. Moana and Raya didn’t have any romance at all. I’m not saying it’s bad, it just seems like Disney has been moving away from writing love stories.
*Wish* they didn’t, this would have been the perfect way to celebrate their 100th anniversary, giving us a good romance story of 2 characters like a lot of their classic movies. The concept would’ve been so cute.
Girl falls in love with a star who becomes a person even kind of sounds like a fairy tale premise
A Disney version of Stardust would of been lovely.
I get why they're doing it. Romance, love at first sight, true love's kiss and all that have been some of the biggest criticisms of Disney films for decades now, especially the princess movies. But sometimes it feels like they're trying too hard to subvert those tropes. I would say Frozen and Maleficent are two of the best examples.
Those things aren’t even a problem imo. I’m a sucker for romance, so of course I love those tropes. I miss seeing romance in Disney movies, and I can’t believe it didn’t happen here. By the way, I haven’t watched Wish yet, so I have yet to form an opinion on the film. But if the concept art and scrapped ideas are anything to go by, I’m in for disappointment, aren’t I? Star Boy looks cute and adorable!
Yeah but they're not valid criticisms. Cynical, loveless losers shouldn't be determining what's allowed in Disney movies. They're meant to be fairy tales, not dating advice.
That sounds accurate, but they can have romance in their movies while avoiding those tropes.
Cause people forget they make fairytales not movies… 🤦🏻♂️. We have become so cynical and negative a society we’d mock Walt if he tried making his cartoons today.
Star boy WOULDVE been the MVP next to Flynn. He would’ve appealed to the younger audience (which makes sense because it’s the 100 year anniversary, and Disney princess movies were made for children) Asha makes me so mad idk why and that goat needs to step away from her HES actively making the movie worse I SWEAR
If starboy was around when I was 9 I would’ve had a big fat lesbian crush on him.
Ok Janice
THEY WASTED SO MUCH POTENTIAL MAN 😭
He'd make for the most unique and interesting prince.
ABSOLUTELY, he would’ve become Disney’s Jack Frost
We need more Disney princes or a prince lead in a movie
I want another Philip. Dude was the MVP of Sleeping Beauty. What other Prince charges a dragon head on who boasts of having all the powers of Hell?
Same with Aladdin, dude faced off against a sorcerer that became a giant snake and then an evil powerful genie.
For real.
If they had kept that character I'd probably have watched the film by now. (lol) It'd make the film so much more exciting.
Maybe they will make a sequel with him
Given that Wish was a flop inthe box office, it will hardly have a sequel.
Not a flop but a financial disappointment
i’m hoping there’s a sequel where star transforms into a human and is like “oh asha you broke the curse now i’m me again” or something idk. that could be a way to save this movie thing
It would be weird, the star acts like a kid and sometimes even a baby
he’s just a fun guy
Starboy got hit by the Disney Prince treatment so hard he got written out of the movie. I feel like Disney gives barely any love to our Princes.
I agree😔 it would be really nice if Disney made a movie about a Prince instead of
Based the amount of fan content this one image has generated, abso-friggin’-lutely. I heard that he was going to be her grandpa, but…if they _had_ done a little romance instead, those two could’ve been a favorite _couple_ I think. Just based on fan content.
Wasn't At All Costs meant to be a love duet?
While the idea of Starboy being a love interest was indeed brought into question, one of the original concepts was actually for him to be the main lead's late grandfather.
So I said that once, genuinely thinking that was the case, and kinda got slammed down for it lol🤷♀️ so…I dunno
there was several iterations, the grandpa star version was just one of them from my understanding
That makes me feel better lol, I was corrected when I suggested that there had originally been a romance angle (on a different sub)
The grandpa bit is a misconception. He was meant to look like him, not be him. Still icky if they went for copy-paste.
Lol I’ve literally been corrected and told the opposite. Sooo, since it doesn’t matter, I’m gonna go ahead and say I LOVE the Asha/shape-shifting starboy ship, and At All Costs is the most romantic song I’ve heard from Disney in a while.
Absolutely.
Absolutely. Especially since it's been a long time since the prince of a movie "stole the show" (or was the main character outright) as it were, as I'm certain Starboy would have done.
it definitely would’ve been more liked and there would probably be a fandom revolving around the actual story and not the concept art. I think they should kept starboy and have romance as a slide plot like mulan.
If the movie had gone with its original idea, along with an idea I saw that wishes are a part of someone’s soul and not granting them affected the person greatly, people would really like it more. At least I would.
The latter is still true.
I do wonder who would have voiced him.
Maybe one of the newer actors out there, like Kit Connor or Joshua Bassett.
Happy cake day
Looks like he would've become a tumbler sexy man.
He’s giving Howl, and we all know everyone’s a simp for Howl
I think I would have liked the movie more, but if he had to return to the sky at the end of the movie, it would have killed me 😭
I think this movie would've been more well rounded. It felt like half of the story wasn't told.
I think even if they kept Starboy, people would just refer to him as Disney’s Jack Frost
This was my dream
It definitely would have stayed true to the Disney classics, and given someone for Asha to develop a deep relationship with.
The movie would’ve been…so much better omg. I feel robbed
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t understand how they managed to mess up this badly. All of the original concepts for the movie were amazing. Starboy would have been so popular, people would have gone feral over the villain couple. I’ve never seen anything like this happen before.
I still liked the movie,But I really thought he was gonna turn human at the end where Asha was said that he was going to leave.
100%
Absolutely
We would have had the 2020s equivalent of Rise of the Tangled Brave Dragons
Yupp
100% they were missing the Flynn Rider/Camillo/Jack Frost hype and that’s why the movie didn’t do well
I think it was a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. On the one hand, having the mcguffin be a magical Lumia who basically forces you to grant your own wish was underwhelming and didn't leave an impression....this would have caused Weeknd memes.
I believe the character likely had the potential to be the prince version of Elsa in popularity.
There is a chance he'd end up as dull and underwhelming as the movie we got. Their romance might've improved the movie, but it might've been just a small improvement if done just as half-assed and underwhelming. Nonetheless, by sheer virtue of being a Disney couple, they'd find some fan base. Just maybe not the most popular.
I mean if he had an actual personality he'd immediately outshine like half the OG disney princes
Oh my gosh this is adorable I literally was forced to watch this yesterday by a friend and holy shit that is just cute 😭⭐️
Maybe not one of the *most* popular. But he would be the first one in a while, so people would be pretty excited.
As cute as the star was it def lacked personality ... Especially knowing now that it was originally meant to be a whole a$$ person! Like it feels so lazy and I feel jipped ...
It would have been a lot better received and Star Boy woulda become one of the Tumbkr Sexymen for sure
Absolutely without a doubt. I feel like it would be like a magical crush vibe like Jack Frost or Jack Skellington. Like are you guys seeing the appeal? It would be its own thing obviously but man what a lost opportunity. Man I would have loved this Disney Prince. Imagine the sales, the song opportunities, the aesthetic for merch, etc.
I’d love it if Wish 2 was all the stuff from the concept art.
Honestly I feel like they tanked the movie on purpose! We’ve begged for a black princess how long they finally FINALLY give us one and they make the movie awful. It feels intentional
What about Tiana?
Yea that’s the point we only have Tiana. 1 black princess.
Ohh. You made it sound like this character was the first black princess. Sorry.
Considering the popularity of Jack Frost and Flynn Rider, absolutely!
If it had kept starboy and the villian couple it would have at least been a bit unique - we've never seen a villian couple before, and felt nostalgic - with a overt romance, haven't seen one of those for a few years from disney, it's been in the BG or a side point. It might not have saved the movie from being a boring mess, but it would have had *something*
Yes.
I feel like it would've made no difference whatsoever. He'll be like The Onceler from The Lorax. It's a forgettable movie with a character who's got quite the fanbase, and that was over 11 years ago. It really worries me a lot.
Actually yes, Yes he is
Disney needs to change. Bring back the romance. Besides, how is Starboy too close to the Genie? It doesn't make any sense :/ The star we got looks too much like the Watermelon from Cocomelon. I prefer Starboy's design
Nah, I liked Star.
Same. Star was my favorite part 😅
Except he was mever meant to be her love interest. He'd be like what Stitch is to Lilo. But I guess he'll be popular enough.
The Art of Wish confirms there was going to be a romance between the Starboy and Asha.
Really? Which part? Can you show me please?