Mufasa Disappoints Me

Technically, they could've just made a movie about Scar. In the original movie, it's implied he was constantly abused and bullied by the other lions and he has such an interesting backstory that deserved to be explored

Mufasa's weakness is family. Not because of Simba, but because he continued to let Scar walk all over him, until Scar killed him.

I just wish this was 2D animated, because it would feel like a prequel to the original, not the live action. Heck, even if it were 3D (not photorealistic) it would probably also be more exciting because we'd see these characters in a new way- like a “then vs now” thing

2D animations is what made Disney Disney!

No thanks. I’d rather watch Lion King II: Simba’s Pride or even the original Lion King again in honor of its 30th anniversary. On a side note, I can hardly believe The Lion King is going to be turning 30 years old! 😁

Disney be like: "People don't seem to like our sequels anymore, and they also hate the fact that we create soulless remakes of our old movies using our public's nostalgia and still getting it wrong. Mmmmm. What can we do?...... Oh I know! How about a prequel of the remake of an ancient movie, without understanding what made the original one so loved..."

The only thing that intrigues me is how this is a new story instead of a retread of old material like the original was. I'm not sure if that will translate into a good movie though. I find it funny how the 2019 Lion King was marketed as live-action until it crossed the threshold for "highest grossing animated film," then suddenly it was "photo realistic animation." Convenient...

I’m continually baffled how Azlan was brought to life so much better and with more expression over 20 years ago than whatever this is. Oh wait. Probably because Narnia was made by artists and filmmakers who actually gave a shit

The biggest sin in these lion king cgi monstrosities is that lions, and big cats in general, are extremely expressive, but the animators didn't spend enough time to learn how they emote. Compared to classic disney, where they would bring in live animals for the animators to spend time with until they got it all right. At the very least, they should have had the animators spend more time working with experts that have worked with big cats and know how they emote... there are dozens of them at Animal kingdom who they could have worked with. I doubt they did more than watch the original animation, and try to make it as "realistic" as possible. So instead of being based on actual animals' movements, they made a muted caricature of a caricature.

So Mufasa and Scar are not brothers and Scar (Taka) was the true prince but for some reason Mufasa was made king? If Scar got dethroned why is he still able to hang around like a peasant and left to plot revenge while his "brother" is able to populate the pride? If Scar was really that bad he'd be banished, not kept around like a nanny while Mufasa kept busy being king. Remember how Mufasa scolded Scar for missing Simba's birth? That's just rubbing salt in the wound about him taking Scar's throne. How does that make Mufasa a good guy? Scar has every right to deny Mufasa or Simba as his king.

As Rex from Toy Story franchise would say: I Hate All This Uncertainty!

I think we all prefer a Lion King 0, rather than a Mufasa live action.

I'm afraid that scar's backstory Will be retconned

Disney can no longer make 2D animated feature films because they scrapped their entire department and all the tools necessary to produce them. They won't invest in putting a new department together for traditionally animated movies unless the market changes and it becomes worth it to do so, with them having to be convinced that 2D movies will be more profitable over time than their current 3D computer animated ones. I unfortunately do not see that happening anytime soon.

Glad you brought this up! The 2019 remake didn’t recaptured the magic the OG Lion King has given us. The teaser of Mufasa makes it looked soulless and unengaging.

I wish they used animation similar to the 90’s animation or Klaus

People dont understand, that Disney can no longer go back to 2D animation. They barely have any 2D animators left. Also they arent training new animators in 2D anymore. And you can tell this by "When you wish upon a studio" short almost all the 2D animated characters were off model and weird proportions.

Who in the heck thought making this movie was a good idea

It’s not disappointing, it’s unnecessary

People will only become more nostalgic for Lion King 1 1/2 and Simba's Pride since they had more soul than this slop