Fight Scene Autopsy: Mulan - IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK. . .

A detailed analysis of the fight scenes and battles from Disney's 2020 Mulan, and how realistic and practical they would be in reality.

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[ignatius]

NGL Shad's not just flluffing his own book, Shadow of the Conqueror magic is so well rounded, it feels like a puzzle you can only solve by reading the book. Vs most magic systems that is just pulling stuff out ones ass. Now if only I could get more books by Shad....

[Gargorok.]

She discards her metal armor because she learns how much stronger her plot armor is

[Ariverfish]

"I hate the live-action Disney remakes." - Sun Tzu

[andyz]

“Never fire more than one arrow. If you can’t kill your target with one arrow, why waste ammunition?”
- Not Sun Tzu

[gcewing]

29:12 This makes perfect sense. The archers were so exhausted from holding their bows taught for 30 seconds that they couldn't shoot again for the whole battle.

[Adam-xfsq]

Original Mulan: **struggles** **almost gets kicked out of training** out of desperation to protect her country she tries to climb the stick again. Wait... maybe these weights aren’t meant to be obstacles. What if I tried to use them to climb instead.
New mulan: climbs a mountain with no struggle at all because she can.

[st.salton]

The witch couldnt stand the movie anymore, thats why she offed herself

[ineffablene]

"He who moves first controls the enemy" - Captain Leeroy Jenkins.

[TheCoffeeKramer]

I still find it funny how the live action adaptation is less realistic than the original animated movie.

[popularopinion]

"Did they expect the audience to be bloody stupid?!"

Well, it's Disney, so...

[Delta]

"He who moves first controls the enemy."
Sun Tzu would say "Let this general be dismissed."

[squiddler]

My headcanon is that the witch character achieved self-awareness, realized she was in the live-action Mulan remake, and took the arrow as an out.

Also yes I laughed when I watched that part too

[inasaira]

it bugs me so much that she just threw away her father's armor. theyre not a rich family, what was she thinking?

[sevenproxies]

Remember the original Mulan when she triggered the avalanche with a rocket and it was actually more believable than tricking her enemies to turn a freaking trebuchet and counting on them missing by a mile?

Serioysly Disney... What happened to you?

[hamhobo]

Commander: ARCHERS ANOTHER VOLLEY
Archers: Sorry sir I only brought one arrow with me.

[badzombies]

My god, this makes Totally Accurate Battle Simulator look hyper realistic in terms of it's combat.

[EyeOfMagnusE]

Well, obviously from Shad’s example, the Chinese archers were only able to fire one shot because after holding their bows for 31 seconds, most of them had hurt themselves too badly to fire a second shot after holding their bows drawn for that long.

[somedandy]

Disney Exec: "We decided to take out Mushu, 'cause talking dragons are just silly and don't fit in a realistic movie."
Perceptive Fan: "But didn't you put in a shape-shifting witch and guys running up walls?"
Disney Exec: "YOU'RE FROM DREAMWORKS, AREN'T YOU?!"

[danielrosen]

The Shadiversity News

Day 1. Shad manages to watch the Mulan fight scene

Day 2. Shad analyzes the scene for us

Day 3. Shad has been diagnosed with clinical depression as a result pray for him to watch a good fight scene that will aide his recovery

[Inspectre]

The thing I most disliked about the movie is in the original Mulan trained really hard and earned her strength, while the Mulan in this movie is born with "ki" or something that just makes her better than everyone else from the start. It's just harder to admire a character that started off better than everyone else. Much easier to admire a character that worked hard and earned her power.