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Published: 2015-07-26 03:37:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 187517; Favourites: 1070; Downloads: 96
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Kaa was such a wonderful character in the jungle book - it really irks me he got downgraded to a secondary villain in the animated movie. The world needs more ancient, wizened, snake-mentors.Prints are available here: fineartamerica.com/featured/thβ¦
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Disney's Kaa is so far removed from the original that I just treat him as an original character to the adaptations.
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"Where'd you get this weed Kaa? It's fuckin' LIT!"
Jokes aside, this looks really great
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"Where'd you get this weed Kaa? It's fuckin' LIT!"
Jokes aside, this looks really great.
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I absolutely love Kaa! And snakez in general becuz of him. Hez inspired me to create various snake characterz, but with a more friendly approach^^
Great work btw, lookz like Kaa and Mowgli r finally getting along and having funΒ
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Lovely illustration! I too agree they passed the opportunity to have more screen time with Kaa by reducing him or her in the live action film to a villain of sorts. I was hoping with Scar Jo doing the voice, they'd bring back the mentor sort of character.Β
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Let's all thank Scarlett Johansson, for not ruining a good Disney character!
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I think Scarlet Johansson did pretty well for the snake!~
I thought it was more... Wicked and sinister~
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Cool picture!
I want to have a huge snake friend to cuddle with
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Yeah, being in snake coils is kind of like being wrapped up in warm comfy cushions. According to a friend of mine at least. lol.
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Well who knows mabey kaa will be a hero in the new live action remake and if not than mabey the 2017 one will.
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Yes, but I wish they would have at least gotten the gender correctly.
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They did it because the cast was mostly male
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I know that. It's basically just political correctness. But that's not really a proper excuse. For example, I would have made Bagheera female because he was so feminine and motherly in the books, not out of PC.
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It was tge directors choice
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I know. I'm just saying, if it were up to me. The whole thing would have been a lot different. Jungle Book hasn't been given a cinematic justice since 1970.
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This is so cool!! I love Kaa and The Jungle Book! Don't get me wrong, I love the Disney Kaa, but Kipling's Kaa is so much better.
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Disney's Kaa was a villain ? Not for me...Β devilkais.deviantart.com/art/Jβ¦
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I like this so much! Recently I started looking up the jungle book and was intrigued to find that Kaa in the original novel, was quite heroic and a wonderful mentor to Mowgli. I remember seeing the Disney film and just remembered him as the creepy snake that wanted to devour Mowgli. It's amazing how Disney Disneyfies or should I say destroys other works of written art. I wish we had a Kaa like the one in the novel.
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Thank you for this! Lovely work capturing the friendship and trust these two hunters had for each other.
Yes, I agree. Read the book long after seeing the film and was very pleasantly surprised by the difference that made for this character especially. Nice to know that originally, Β the snake wasn't automatically reduced to a cliche symbol of clumsy evil. Can only assume that the filmmakers disliked snakes. *shrugs*
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I'm glad you like it :3 Poor snakes - always getting a bad rap. I really admire Kipling for his portrayal of all the different animals as having their own particular dignity (with the exception, perhaps, of the monkeys 
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Finally, a picture of Kaa that is actually a tribute to the story, and not part of that creepy hypnosis sex fetish!
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I've never seen the movie, but Kaa was one of my favorite characters in the book.
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Pedophile? That is insulting to Walt Disney's great work. Not to mention that Walt died in the middle of production due to lung cancer. Show some respect! In the movie, Kaa was just a regular old snake looking for a meal...Natural behavior.
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How was he not a pedophile? He kept coiling around a half-naked child like some creep. Furthermore, it is not natural behaviour, as pythons don't eat humans. Also, it's not disrespectful to mention that since he was mentioning the movie, not Disney himself.
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Disrespecting to Walt's memory it may be, but it's kind of hard to ignore the fanbase that's ignited from those scenes in the Jungle Book.Β
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Yyyyyeah... i kinda regret saying that... Since The Jungle Book is my second favourite classic after Brother Bear...
I still prefer the book version but i've grown up with that coward tricky snake... I hate growing up and change my mind
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That would have made an excellent book illustration. Speaking of Kaa's depictions, take a look at the Soviet version of 'Mowgli'. Kaa is true to his character there and the cartoon itself is generally more seriously-themed and even grim at times.
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very interesting composition, wicked complementary color scheme, and cool lighting.
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