Her mother, minus the fur, was one hot little number. Probably her father was like a little skeeved out by seeing his daughter all grown up and mature. They're sure to work it out real soon, Daddy and daughter each with greater respect for the other. Just like on 7th Heaven...and have you seen Mary Camden lately? She brought sexy back.

Well, it goes against the entire point of the character. She has no interest in being all girly-girl and princess-y, so to do this is kind of an insult to the character. Brenda Chapman, the co-director of Brave, is pissed from what I hear.

They added some gold trim to her dress and removed her bow, I really don't see the big deal. It's not like she was wearing leather armour with skulls hanging off beforehand.

From the picture I saw, I can't really see an hourglass figure and bedroom eyes. Or the messier hair or bigger breasts that I've read about elsewhere. Are there other pictures that reveal the changes more clearly?

The 'changes' I do see appear to stem more from the transition from 3D CGI model to 2D drawing than a deliberate attempt to sexy her up. And really, that's sexy? Seems to me to be going too far to call this an insult to the character, as if Merida would never a nice dress and not be carrying her bow. Isn't that missing the point of the story, where Merida learns that she has responsibility and cannot always just do what she wants when she wants?

Rahh! Outrage! Loud noises! Because of course, the film itself remains untouched and impressionable girls aged 5-10 are probably, I don't know, going to be watching the film a lot more than they go visiting Disney parks and browsing the princess-themed website.

We've gone through this before. Mulan is the other warrior princess, but you won't see her with weapons wandering the parks.

What Trey said, it's not the dress or the bow. It's the sudden loss of some internal organs and the 'come hither' eyes.

I think it keeps coming back to weapons because in both cases its the most obvious of the differences between the two heroines and the typical Disney princess.  Unfortunately all they did was mold Merida into the typical Disney princess style, so even if they do re-do the online presence the physical presence in terms of toys and in the parks will remain the same so she fits with the style and marketing.   Wish I could say I was surprised.

He's at least doing the first script, which for a Pixar movie means nothing. Of all the Pixar movies, The Incredibles is the one that cries out the most for more. Hell, it would make a great TV series.