The Tangled live-action had some contradictory responses online, and some great memes

María Cetra • Writer

Sep 5, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Oh, another movie that is just a remake instead of an original story…

Are you tired of remakes? Live-action? Unnecessary sequels? Well, welcome to my gang, my friend. We are the only people realizing that there are too many recycled stories and too little imagination to think about a new tale to tell. I do think that people, and especially producers, realize that they are overdoing it a lot. But they just don't care. We had Moana 2, Toy Story 5, now Coco 2 has been announced, and Shrek 5 is coming next year… Isn't all that too much?

After the horrible outcome that Moana 2 had in its theater release, I thought that this sequel thing would slow down a little. That more original stories would be announced. But if Marvel has taught producers one thing is that you can never exploit a product too much. We had a couple of live-action movies that did really well and set an example and expectation for the new ones to come. The Cinderella movie with actors was really well made, and the actors were amazing. Then The Beauty and the Beast was a bit of a downfall, but Emma Watson looked great in it. Maleficent movie really set the bar for me. It was amazingly well thought out and executed. But then Snow White was a huge disaster according to almost everyone –I haven't watched it, so I can't really say.

So is there a reason for the Tangled live-action to even happen? Rapunzel is most people's favorite princess, and Eugene is the love of a lot of fans' lives. So I get why Disney would want to do something about that movie. I'm really glad they announced a live-action and not some kind of unneeded sequel. But people online have very different thoughts about all this. Some fans love it. Others say it will be the ruin of it. But there is one thing they all have in common: memes. There have been so many since the first announcement. So below, it's just a few that I gathered to give you a look at what it's like out there with all these distinct opinions.