Post something you like about Aladdin.

[kentauros]

The ancient tale, the movie, the hotel and casino, the... :D

[HopeHoops]

1. Having a genie would be cool.

[kentauros]

2. Including a hyper-active one like

Robin Williams' version? :o

Yes, it would be cool, with a certain amount of risk involved ;)

[HopeHoops]

4. Yeah, genies are tricky that way ;}

[ghostsofgiants]

3. A friend of mne grew his facial hair like Jafar (from the Disney movie) once.

Also, the Popeye take on Aladdin was a childhood favourite of mine.

[kentauros]

7. I don't have that kind of goatee

but I do have the kind kind of like Zappa ;)

And here are the YouTube vids of the various Arabian Nights Popeye cartoons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6bPkVl7vfo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sasTQiKHQAE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5JEdVEyQp8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUU5JddKhT4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4i36zeWEx4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsxdRr5OsGI&feature=related

Enjoy!
:D

[jobycom]

5. The fying carpet song scene is sweet in a romantic kids way. nt

[Drunken Girlfriend]

6. Aladdin

Aladdin is quite flamboyant to wear such an outfit,and out
in public.lol

This is not to say that he is gay,but his boldness in fashion
is a turn on...

[tigereye]

8. the music!

the Bugs Bunny cartoon. The original story! All of it.


Can't find a link for the initial scene - that's my favorite. Here's the genie scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVzHu-_LcU I love the verbal schtick!



Prince Ali is a lot of fun, too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltcMueAFEl0&NR=1 to gawk, and grovel and stare, at Prince Ali....

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. that lamp he lives in

is pretty cool. It is kind of like the TARDIS--bigger on the inside

[Aristus]

10. The original tale from ""1001 Nights" was set in China, not Arabia.

I guess when you live in Arabia and you need a setting for your story that is far-off, exotic and mysterious, you don't choose the Arab world.

Any way you shake it, though, the name "Al'-Adin" doesn't sound very Chinese...

[kentauros]

11. Yeah, I remember that much about the original tale.

Although most of the rest of the stories about djinn were set in Arabia and the surrounding lands. There's a great book (out of print, tho) called Arab Folk Tales by Inea Bushnaq. You get a better idea of the thinking behind many of those older tales and how they could still make things exotic in their own "backyard" :)