From 2002 to 2007, Disney Channel viewers enjoyed the antics of Kim Possible (of the titular animated series), about a high school student who moonlighted as a superhero alongside her best friend and sidekick Ron Stoppable, Ron’s pet naked mole rat Rufus, and a 10 year-old computer genius named Wade. Team Possible, as the group of crime fighters called themselves, often were called on to thwart the evil plans of the mad scientist Dr. Drakken and his sidekick Shego — among other assorted villains.
Earlier this year, fans were tentatively excited when Disney announced that the series was going to be adapted into a live-action Disney Channel original movie starring newcomer Sadie Stanley and The Goldbergs star Sean Giambrone. At San Diego Comic-Con, the animated series co-creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley gave the following first look at Stanley in character.
https://twitter.com/TheGeeksCore/status/1020777343101661184
Gone are Kim’s black turtleneck crop top and baggy olive drab khaki pants, replaced by a short-sleeved cutout shirt and … well, whatever the heck those pants are. Fans were quick to take umbrage with the change to the costume, and sounded off on Twitter accordingly.
we want the baggy pants, we want the crop top, we want a hoe https://t.co/ESlqwHAXJz
— katrina🕊 (@katechristiann) July 22, 2018
The hell is this https://t.co/jBGQq5mDQE
— daryl (@baeryl) July 22, 2018
also what in gap kids® hell is that t-shirt??? WHERE is the iconic Club Banana black turtleneck crop top??? WHOMST authorized that spirit halloween looking costume??? 🤧 pic.twitter.com/EHpDQ1D159
— ✨🤴🏾Brookdale👸🏾✨ (@brookdaleavenue) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/ParamoreStreet/status/1020877186188881920
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Others were offended by the seemingly innocuous casting of Stanley herself.
https://twitter.com/Anasindee/status/1020980429707522050
KIM POSSIBLE IS A BAD BITCH THIS IS NOT A BAD BITCH https://t.co/HSLKw3p6yO
— jaguar 🐆 (@Twerkeisha) July 22, 2018
THIS is the girl that's suppose to throw hands with shego and win? https://t.co/pKD4oSOeiw
— evan 𐚁 (@beyonseh) July 21, 2018
Thankfully, good sense prevailed as others jumped in with the reminder that this is a 16-year-old girl in a Disney Channel movie we’re talking about, so maybe everybody just chill a little.
y'all better leave this age appropriate actress alone and let her enjoy her disney acting gig that she's probably excited about!!!! https://t.co/eGuTSBdPZ4
— mahito apologist 🩸 (@ruemorgue_radio) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/mncpxiedrmwitch/status/1021175714224017408
https://twitter.com/lgbtaquaman/status/1021095556427501569
people being mad at this saying "she looks 12" are just used to actors in their mid-20s playing teenagers. the girl is 16 and looks like it. we had the animated version, let the teens of this generation have this. y'all are full-grown adults, act like it and be mature https://t.co/kgzr2PIppL
— aillah 👁️👄👁️ (@thranduilien) July 23, 2018
she's adorable you guys are just freaks who don't get what actual teenagers look like https://t.co/km4qVbX7fy
— shadiya (@_makethmurder) July 22, 2018
Well, for better or worse, the Kim Possible live-action will be coming to a TV screen near you in 2019.