Speculations on "Beauty and the Beast" (2017)

[aikaterini]

So, I was rereading the comments for this Beauty and the Beast parody comic from Shortpacked:
http://www.shortpacked.com/2013/comic/book-14/09-same-planet-different-dimentia/prankd/And I started wondering about whether or not the upcoming 2017 live-action version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" will address any of the points that were brought up

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[aikaterini]

/I noticed the "dress" seems to be Belle's undergarments (the top looks rather corsety), which makes me wonder if the movie will have her use her dress to break out of the cellar (Midoriri reminded me of the whole "use cloth to bend bars" bit)./

Yes, I noticed her white dress too and that's a cool idea!

/I don't there's any way a live action actor could accurately be as animal-like as the animated Beast was./

Yeah, that reminds me of "Death Note" fans criticizing the live-action film version because the actors were "too stiff" or something and the film's defenders saying, "Of course they're not going to be as dramatic or fluid as the characters in the anime. They're not cartoons!"

There was one thing that I noted in the scene where Belle meets the Beast for the first time that made me wonder. The Beast asks Belle if she'll take her father's place, but I hope that he's just repeating what she said, because Belle coming up with the exchange herself was one of the things that I thought Disney improved about the story.

/I'm incredibly curious about the scene with the women in white dancing./

Me too. I'm guessing that either they show up in a flashback or the prologue, like you've said, or the castle throws a huge party after the curse is broken (and who could blame them?).

Although, it looks like Belle will in fact interact with CGI servants after all. :P

As an added note, have you seen Dan Stevens's eyes? I can't believe that they're that blue. I remember people complaining that Daniel Radcliffe's eyes weren't green/he didn't wear green contacts, but wow did this casting get the Prince's eyes right on the money.