Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Everybody give Dumbo (2019) a shot if they haven't already.

It's nothing ground-breaking, but I enjoyed it! It's the only one of the Disney live-action remakes I've actually bothered to watch, come to think of it. Burton and the cast seduced me.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

And it's noteworthy that the Pete's Dragon remake made the least amount of money of any of the recent rash of Disney remakes. People really do want the exact same product wrapped in shiny new paper, don't they?

well for starters, Disney trailers for Pete's Dragon were shit ...

and it's sad that Disney fans really prove that any semblance of repetivity is fine and dandy - the amount of fans crying foul that Mushu wasn't in the Mulan remake made my head spin.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Creed

She was the weakest link, while also making a better project that TLK, therefore also being the strongest link :

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Don’t post something called black is king in here. You may make a nutter’s head pop from all the steam coming out their ears

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Everybody give Dumbo (2019) a shot if they haven't already.

I remember it starting out fine, but then by about midway through, it became a typical later-stage Burton movie: there's a lot going on and I couldn't care less. I miss when Burton made good movies.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

And it's noteworthy that the Pete's Dragon remake made the least amount of money of any of the recent rash of Disney remakes. People really do want the exact same product wrapped in shiny new paper, don't they?

hmm I wonder why.....

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

You're proving my point, though. The conventional wisdom seems to be "everyone will show up for The Lion King anyway, so do something new with it." But why would Disney risk desecrating the legacy of one of its crown jewels?

They ARE desecrating their legacy by serving audiences nothing but reheated leftovers in a fancy new dish. Kids of the 90's got original movies to grow up on, today's kids get the same movies their parents grew up on, only with all of the spontaneity, charm and originality removed. But hey, look at that meticulous digital fur rendering...!

Disney used to re-issue their animated classics every seven years or so to introduce them to a new generation, now they just Xerox them, and anyone who's ever used a Xerox machine knows that no Xerox copy is ever 100% as crisp and vibrant as the original source image. No one will ever RE-visit these new versions, they'll just go back to the original movies.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

It's nothing ground-breaking, but I enjoyed it! It's the only one of the Disney live-action remakes I've actually bothered to watch, come to think of it. Burton and the cast seduced me.

I honestly don't get the negativity for the Dumbo remake but hey, different strokes for different folks.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

What's more interesting to look at, and listen to, especially for a kid? Would a Bugs Bunny short be funnier if Bugs looked like this...?

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I'd settle for this:

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

They ARE desecrating their legacy by serving audiences nothing but reheated leftovers in a fancy new dish. Kids of the 90's got original movies to grow up on, today's kids get the same movies their parents grew up on, only with all of the spontaneity, charm and originality removed. But hey, look at that meticulous digital fur rendering...!

Disney used to re-issue their animated classics every seven years or so to introduce them to a new generation, now they just Xerox them, and anyone who's ever used a Xerox machine knows that no Xerox copy is ever 100% as crisp and vibrant as the original source image. No one will ever RE-visit these new versions, they'll just go back to the original movies.

and it's a shame that two of the best 'new' features from Disney have been relegated to Disney+ (one due to COVID) "Togo" and "The One and Only Ivan"

[Monterey Jack]

The Dumbo remake was...solid (it was certainly no Alice In Wonderland), and at least it didn't copy the animated film verbatim, but it was still depressing to see Burton put his own vision on the back burner just to remake someone else's property.

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

It's nothing ground-breaking, but I enjoyed it! It's the only one of the Disney live-action remakes I've actually bothered to watch, come to think of it. Burton and the cast seduced me.

Same here. I feel Burton got a bad rap from critics (who probably wish they altered their reviews once the beloved Lion King came out months later), and the CGI Dumbo was just adorable. Emoted very well, and I remember getting goosebumps in the theater when Dumbo finally took flight in front of the circus crowd.

[Darth Marcus]

This seems like such an odd project for Barry Jenkins to take on. Still, I'll watch anything the man makes. I never saw the 2019 remake, and I'm not chomping at the bit to watch it anytime soon based on everything I've seen and heard. So if Barry can inject some "life" into the proceedings, I guess I could be down for that.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by kylor

I'd settle for this:

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Lmao that meth Bugs doesn’t look much worse than some of the Easter bunnies people force their kids to take pictures with tbh

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

They ARE desecrating their legacy by serving audiences nothing but reheated leftovers in a fancy new dish. Kids of the 90's got original movies to grow up on, today's kids get the same movies their parents grew up on, only with all of the spontaneity, charm and originality removed. But hey, look at that meticulous digital fur rendering...!

Disney used to re-issue their animated classics every seven years or so to introduce them to a new generation, now they just Xerox them, and anyone who's ever used a Xerox machine knows that no Xerox copy is ever 100% as crisp and vibrant as the original source image. No one will ever RE-visit these new versions, they'll just go back to the original movies.

So again, why so much anger? If people will go back to the original and the remake will just be this curio that happens to exists, why so much seething anger? Is the problem that they bothered to remake The Lion King, or that the characters didn't look like cartoons? I don't get it.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by kylor

I'd settle for this:

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Steve Buscemi...?

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

So again, why so much anger? If people will go back to the original and the remake will just be this curio that happens to exists, why so much seething anger? Is the problem that they bothered to remake The Lion King, or that the characters didn't look like cartoons? I don't get it.

Because Disney used to stand for innovation, whether it was storytelling or tech advancements, but increasingly over the last 20 years, it's swung WILDLY over to the latter. When was the last time Disney made something that wasn't a remake, sequel, or adaptation of an existing property? It's exhausting.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Because Disney used to stand for innovation, whether it was storytelling or tech advancements, but increasingly over the last 20 years, it's swung WILDLY over to the latter. When was the last time Disney made something that wasn't a remake, sequel, or adaptation of an existing property? It's exhausting.

When was the last time audiences showed any remote interest in such content?

I can get angry at a company for doing what it's supposed to do, even if it's not necessarily what I want. Or I can just roll with the punches and try to enjoy what they are giving me, which I mostly do. They rarely produce anything great these days, but that could be said of any studio.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

When was the last time audiences showed any remote interest in such content?

When was the last time they were given the CHANCE to see it?

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

When was the last time they were given the CHANCE to see it?

So did A Wrinkle in Time and Queen of Katwe and The Finest Hours and whatever else go straight to DVD? They were marketed, they were in theaters. People didn't show up.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

So did A Wrinkle in Time and Queen of Katwe and The Finest Hours and whatever else go straight to DVD? They were marketed, they were in theaters. People didn't show up.

Because they've been CONDITIONED to accept crap remakes and sequels. Plus, A Wrinkle In Time was terrible.