Let's remember that they only had the animated version to watch until now. Another thing, I don't like defending Disney nor any of these other money grabbing corporations so I'm going to stop discussing this new movie. We all know that the motivation behind making this movie is about Disney...
The young people I'm thinking of are much younger than your children and for children that aren't even born yet. Furthermore, I guess you didn't read my exception in which I stated "for the most part". As a senior citizen I've learned my lesson a long time ago that there are always exceptions...
For the most part, the young people that are the main target audience for this new release aren't going to compare them. I can understand why others that grew up watching the original movie would feel differently about comparing the two movies.
You quoting another persons post and then editing it to misrepresent their POV and to cast them in a negative light is not welcome here. Either delete that misrepresentation or l’ll do it for you.