A very hairy debate has heated up in today’s Sexy Beast matchups post. Our commenter-beasts are roaring at each other within the PopWatch castle walls — shaking their manes, baring their fangs, chasing their own tails as old as time! Even I don’t know what that means.
The question: Which variation from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is hotter: Beast-Beast or Human-Beast? The answer has been so obvious to me (Beast-Beast!) for two decades that it pains me to even ask. But ask I shall, because I am truly intrigued by those of you who find Human-Beast more attractive. Explain yourselves! And before you do, please note that a quick IMDB search indicates that Human-Beast’s name was “Prince Adam” (?!) and that the weird line above his obscenely unbuttoned homeless-resortwear blouse is not an eyelash on your computer screen or a lame tattoo intended to humorously offset his one strand of jagged hair. Nope. It is cleavage. There it is.
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(By the way, I’m going with Beast-Beast…in a semi-related story, I thought Human Shrek was a surprisingly attractive guy in “Shrek 2″.)
That’s funny, I thought human Shrek was cute, too, but I also thought he looked a little like the actor Richard Kind. Hehe.
Me too! He’s handsome, yet not unattainable.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks the Beast was hotter as a beast. When I was little it always bothered me when he turned into a human and was uglier– he looked like Fabio!
Exactly.
You knew who Fabio was when you were little?
I remember seeing this in the theater as a kid. My friends and I left the theater talking about how he was better looking as the Beast.
The opposite is true for Devon Sawa in Casper.
uh, SO agree about Devon in Casper <3 not enought sceen time in the slightest.
Beast Beast baby!!!
I love you Annie!! You’re the best.
I too love Beast-Beast and remember saying ‘huh- beast was cuter as beast’ when he turned into human-beast.
Tarzan’s abs + French aristocracy + (used to be a jerk/Belle’s love)= HumanBeast
Okay, I voted human.
I like to think of my self as an open-minded, creative-thinker type person, but this stops me dead in my tracks. While I love the character Beast best, I CANNOT – not for a second, not in any context – consider him hotter and think of him terms of sexual attraction. He looks like an animal to me.
I’m almost ashamed that I can’t conceptually make the leap.
I guess it’s because the human version looks so girly and feminine looking. OK, this is weird to discuss.
I think you hit it on the head…Prince Adam looks like a really muscular girl to me, especially in the pic with this post.
Ha! When it comes down to it, I’m just not attracted to either of them.
If I HAD to pick someone from the movie, I guess I’d have to hump Gaston, ego and all. I’d had worse. :/
Re: Gaston.
Can’t really blame you. He DOES use antlers in all of his decorating…plus he actually looks like a man.
It’s lazy and boring, but I will probably vote to hump the man that looks like a man every time.
If Gaston was off the table…yikes…I just don’t know…
All men in Disney movies, especially from this time frame, look the same. Not a tinge of manliness anywhere. I guess that’s why I would have to go with the beast because at least I know he could save my a$$. lol
Of course, after he saves your a$$, you’ll be forced to show your *ahem* appreciation…brace yourself, girl!!!
BTW, I think Eric from The Little Mermaid might have been the only dude from that time frame that they got right.
Okay I personally didn’t know about this “Adam” name business, and I am going to choose to ignore it (no offense to Adams everywhere, it’s just not a name for a French beast who can singlehandedly fight off a pack of wolves and dangle a man by his neck with one arm). So I have to agree with everything Madame Karate Pants has said. To address the issue of girlyness…well yeah. But I thought Titanic-era DiCaprio looked like a girl, and Brad Pitt looks girly when he doesn’t have hobo chinpubes, and many women, particularly the tween/teenage set, are attracted to pretty boys. And I like to think that with a better haircut, Human-Beast would look manlier. I mean, I’ll forgive it because he did just spend a long time as a shaggy beast, so he’s bound to need some styling after that. But mainly…I suppose I do have issues with Beast-iality. So I voted Human. On the other hand, it weirded me out a bit after I saw Avatar because I realized I would take blue avatar cat Jake over human Jake any day…may God have mercy on my soul, but I thought he was hotter as the blue guy.
Re Gaston: But every last inch’s of him’s covered with hair. Gross.
Let me get this straight:
You can’t bring yourself to be attracted to an animal, and you’re apologizing because you think YOU’RE the one who’s being weird?
LOL Yes, yes that’s correct.
i always laughed at the big dramatic ending to the transformation of beast to prince adam
I voted human beast because I think the Ron Perlman beast is 10 times hotter.
I hope that made sense… lol. (Note: Haven’t had my morning coffee yet.)
No, no it didn’t. Blech!! Ron Perlman beast is gross.
To me, the Ron Perlman beast always looked like a beefy “Cats” cast member, but to each his or her own.
Ewww… now I have ‘Rum Tum Tugger’ stuck in my head (complete with hip thrusts). Thanks.
Yanno I was going to vote Beast-Beast…but then I changed to Human-Beast because honestly from an adult perspective who would you rather yanno…unless you’re into…other stuff…OK I’ve taken this too far. Heh
Prince Adam looks too femme in that photo. I have to give it up to The Beast.
Prince Adam just needs to raise his sword into the air and say By the Power of Greyskull, then all will be fine.
LOL yes then he’ll transform into a guy with a tan and fur panties, which is barely sexier than the skintight pink ensemble he wears as Adam.
Annie I love the categories that you posted this article under. Hee!!!
when I first saw this movie as a kid, I started crying when he turned into human-beast. when my mom tried to comfort me by saying he’s alive, I just kept sayimg, “but he’s ugly! I want Beast back!”
i remember seeing this movie for the first time and actually sitting straight up in my chair going, ‘HELLO!!!!’ when the human beast appeared. yummo!
I have to say human-beast cause I was actually old enough when B & B came out to have a crush on Prince Adam. I long for the days when muscular long haired men were the standard for sexy. (Kevin Sorbo where are you?!?!) And, yes, I did just admit to having a crush on a cartoon.
You had me at chest cleavage. That would’ve been gross at five, but now at the ripe old age of twenty eight it sounds quite enjoyable.