It's not without precedent; even going back to the times of Shakespeare - his stories were retold for centuries, sometimes with tweaking to update for audiences. The changes are not always liked, and some
are, but either way it all brings in new audiences and new fans - of which some will want to see older retellings and some won't for whatever reason(s).
The story of Snow White itself is of German origin circa the latter-half of the 19th century, and the original ending to the story is quite different indeed - as are some scenes or content - but the core elements still remain discernibly the same. The 1937 cartoon definitely made a look, the likes nobody had seen before, and such animation of that large and hand-drawn scale was still new at the time that it would simply be compelling.
As is the case from many stories of the time period - one that's quite different to this century, much less decade, or last century, etc - there are going to be softening up or hardening down, the fun is to keep it
compelling. There honestly is truth to "retelling for a modern audience", and SW has more of its core elements intact than some other shows of recent (e.g. a space traveler who hated Earth now stays on modern day Earth incessantly because he loves it here, killer robots were once made by another species to kill all humans but now are just a creation of humans that went haywire but they also look just like us so we have no clue as to who's really who, the sarcastic talking car because sports car chassis design is much different now but at least any new car off the lot can do what the sarcastic car was fabled to do decades ago so it's more an honor if a show isn't too much "of its time", and so on... How different the core format has to change for modern audiences vs the identity of the original, despite being relevant, manages to become a whole other topic in of itself.)
If anything, Snow White had pulled a Goldilocks by trespassing into someone else's home, ate their food and slept in their bed and so on, then I'd surmise that Goldilocks probably got eaten by the bears as well...
...actually, I just looked it up instead of clicking 'submit'. The bears didn't eat her as a replacement for generic non-brand porridge. What transpires is actually just as campy as it is horrific: As punishment, the bears attempt to burn her alive, then drown her alive, and for whatever reason as she's still living after all that, then they manage to chuck her atop a building then dance around in a circle (not the London bridge one*) while papa bear sticks out his tongue. Not bad for 1904, though if they were trying to make smores out of her or then turn her into soup, it didn't work - at least she's perched atop it and not skewered on the lightning rod - that sounds about in-line 1850
ish for story tropes of the time...
https://torontopubliclibrary.typepa...e-goldilocks-the-history-of-a-fairy-tale.html (And people think modern shows are too campy or pantomime or violent? Or even 1980s Doctor Who for that matter, or so we're told?! )
* London bridges falling down, wasn't that a song that came about during world war 2 as the city was being blown up in the Blitz**?
** Actually, nope. It's another morbid gem from the 19th century, about either the struggles in building the bridge, or is about a neglected bridge falling to bits and decomposing into dust, or is a folk song about when the Vikings came in and destroyed it, or is metaphor for child sacrifice, or is about a reminiscing of how a bridge was burnt up in the Great Fire of 1666... the list goes on and on...
London Bridge Is Falling Down - Wikipedia (yeah it's Wikipedia, but this isn't a college course paper, and the article does site some sources (by the seashore) ...
)
But, if nothing else, all that proves is how a new century doesn't start with a reset button. Like those dorky comparison images about the 1980s asking why there's a brown ash tray representing the start but ending with zany unicorn puke apparel all over the image. Somewhere along the middle a shiny new idea is conjured up and everybody digs it...
...but I digressed again. In short, these stories will always be remade and tweaked. If they don't stray too far from what makes them unique, even I have to wonder what the problem is. The casting doesn't look bad, and the CGI is sumptuous. They live in a cozy house and not a cave, so what else has been changed since the original 19th century release? Won't know until it's released in 2025.
