Mufasa trailer dropped and I was about to laugh about it but then realized I'm actually super bummed it's not 2D animated because I would've watched the shit out of that

I never saw the CG Lion King because the entire philosophy of its existence annoys me too much

I would have even watched a like. 3D but cartoon thing. of Mufasa. but they had to do the weird "live action" version

stupid!

(I was six years old when the original Lion King came out, and it was a very hot summer so my family went to see it in theaters four different times because we loved it but also wanted to get out of the heat)

I'm at least glad they'll never do Hunchback like this. they wouldn't fucking dare lmao

can you imagine

i’ve been slowly getting around to the remakes and honestly? i can’t remember if i watched tlk or not. either it made zero impression or im just remembering what i saw in trailers

it infuriates me

either way

it's literally just 'what if the thing you like, but worse'

I will at least vouch for their jungle book remake, they did some interesting things with it

which I know because I watched it on an airplane

everything else though I'm like why would I watch this. looks boring

really surprised they didnt do scar origin movie

the synopsis is so bewildering, I guess mufasa was adopted by scar's parents and they're not bio brothers at all?? which is just.

well no wonder scar is pissed off. but that makes his line about the gene pool completely irrelevant

whAT LMAO

like scar is the prince and mufasa shows up and scar's parents adopt him.

stupid

do they really have nothing better to do than this

it also shits on mufasa's whole 'kings of the past' speech like they're his ancestors

what if everything you knew about simba's lineage was wrong. and also you didn't care. but what if we told you anyway

it also has some extremely troubling implications about the Outlanders in the sequel lmao

wait so that's just. the deposed royal family

the light lion comes in and takes over the dark lions' kingdom and is like it was mine the whole time!!!

lion racism

frowns loudly

here's the trailer if anyone hasn't seen itMUFASA: THE LION KING - Official Trailer (2024)

looks bad

this is crazy lmao what

i would be pissed too if my adopted brother tried to steal my throne???

kinda on scar's side her

*here

right???

don't worry. he's not evil because he got elbowed out of the monarchy by his brawny stepbrother

he's evil because he's gay coded

like at least it's sort of an original story this time, even if it's not hamlet fixit fic

hamlet fixitfic lmfao

I'd be down for whatever insane story, I just don't wanna watch a bunch of ugly CG lions

now im mad that we aren't getting hamlet fixit fic tbh

just watch the first lion king, that's basically what it is

like yeah bitch tell me the tale of how mufasa usurped the throne to a kingdom. but I want it to look like the lion king

lion king 2 is romeo and juliet fixit fic\

wdym kiara and kovu don't die together at her grave

that's why it's fixit fic

does that make pumba and timon rosencrantz and guildenstern?

correct

no I know I'm saying what's the point, go all the way or don't bother

tragically polonius is also mufasa in this case

yeah but then who is laertes

disney could never go all the way, that's why the hunchback has a weird midact break for the silly gargoyle song right before everyone almost dies

god who IS laertes

maybe just Also Nala

she's ophelia and laertes

she kicks the shit out of simba enough

nala pulling double duty to get this plot moving

she's the hero we deserve

sometimes i wonder what hugo would think about disney's hunchback
i think he would like hellfire (bc hellfire is fantastic) and fucking hate the gargoyles

also nala as both ophelia and laertes is brilliant

oh I'm sure he'd hate it lmao

it's my favorite Didney but I have to pretend it's just a completely different story from the novel

because I mean. it is

yup

Hunchback of Notre Dame is Hunchback of Notre Dame fix it fic

LMAO

we're just lucky we didn't get a disney remake of les mis

they wouldn't dare. that's my job

jesus

disney les mis: everyone survives and they give enjolras a female love interest

to be fair people DO die in disney movies

who would grind the plot to a stop mid movie to do a goofy song about someone's potential romance

fantine's gotta go, she's a mother

sorry iggy did you mean Red and Black

I MEAN okay yeah

red & black but enjolras goes "yeah marius you're right romance is way cooler than revolution"

lmaaao

does disney kill moms, i thought they mostly killed dads

oh Disney kills hella moms

they go after both i think

like in bambi

they at least used to. or the moms were dead offscreen, that was the case with a few of the princesses

snow white, cinderella

bambi she dies during the story yeah

yeah i was gonna say moms are offscreen tragic past deaths, dads are on screen significant moment of growth/plot development deaths

yeah that's true

I think the big traumatic mom death was from the bluth side with Land Before Time

bambi's the outlier, i think

she literally dies onscreen too

that shit gave me a complex

the first land before time movie was so brutal and all of like the subsequent direct to video movies were so chill

I love the first one very much even though it ruined my life

like as a four year old or whatever

in bambi they do a timeskip right after his mom bites it, but you have to watch littlefoot process his grief through the whole movie

direct to video movies in general were wild

holy shit man

don bluth didn't pull punches

I respect him so much

i can't think of a don bluth movie that didn't fuck me up at least a little bit, like even fuckin Rodney Dangerfield

I don't remember that one really

I also don't remember Rock-A-Doodle being especially heavy hitting

but I haven't watched that one as an adult so maybe I just didn't notice

oh no it was

I never cried watching Secret of NIMH or American Tail or Land Before Time until I watched them as an adult lmao

it didn't have the same Vibe, but like the evil owl in Rock A Doodle had some legitimately terrifying scenes

oh okay sure!

I'm sure I will revisit it when Callen is old enough

also my bad, it's Rover Dangerfield, because the main premise is what if American actor and comedian, Rodney Dangerfield was a dog and also on the run from the mob

oh yeah lmao

I remember the look of it but nothing about the movie

i primarily remember that rover's owner was especially hot, so thanks Don Bluth for providing that for tiny lesbian me

I’m very late but Lion King 1 1/2 is basically R & G Are Dead (I ain’t spelling all that) and also a masterpiece.

I need to watch that one again, I saw it once but I know it was better than I anticipated

chris got me the box set of all three ages ago and we haven't touched it yet (but we will, because callen)

american tail as a kid: wow what a fun adventure
american tail as an adult: Jesus Christ

real!!!!

secret of nimh as a mom: 82 minutes of unrelenting anxiety

I really like most of the people involved with this Mufasa movie

So it makes me sad they’re involved with this Mufasa movie