It was, in fact, not a good call. They were "woke", but would have been better than the monstrosities they put in instead.
I would keep my subscription to see both of those...Atlantis is one of my fave underrated Disney flicks.
It's the original is fucking great, if overlooked, and they didn't do anything stupid with the casting. They cast Hawaiian's as Hawaiian. Bubbles is a black man, as he was. The aliens are crazy white characters(Disney can't NOT do that).
All of this.
It's the same reason Miss Marvel got so much blow back because not only was she saying she's stronger than Thor repeatedly(true or not) she was telling people the move isn't made for them.
Basically telling half, or more, of the MCU fan base "This isn't for you and you shouldn't see it"
Not to get all CR, the first point is right. Maga assholes hated a non white, or all the pretty, Snow White.
But the second point is wrong. They literally cast an Hawaiin to play the part, born and raised. She is dark enough and the character in the cartoon wasn't so dark it should make a difference.
Same think happened with Jasmine when a certain group said "she's not Persian enough" which was just as silly then as now IMO.
All of this is true. Especially the roller coaster comment.
Honestly if Zeigler hadn't opened her mouth about the story and how "it was in need of updating" the rest might have been overlooked as in other disney movies.