The effect was chilling, for children and New York Times reviewers alike. And yet a new Lion King hits theaters nationwide in July, replacing the hand-drawn 2-D effects of the original with a technologically unprecedented combination of virtual- and augmented-reality tools.
Of course, humans are still very much involved in the process, their imprint is simply less perceptible to the viewer. The effect is similarly tragic, but noticeably different than its emphatic cartoon predecessor. With animation, everything is simplified, caricatured, designed.
Today, some of the original Lion King animators worry that technologies like CGI will render the arduous process of hand-drawn animation obsolete. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription.
Account Profile. Sign Out. Photo: Disney. Early sketches of the famous elephant-graveyard scene in The Lion King. Photo: Andy Gaskill. Zazu, Simba and Nala in the elephant graveyard. Another early sketch, provided by Andy Gaskill. Later that night, Simba has a nightmare about attempting to save his father, Mufasa, from falling into the wildebeest stampede but is stopped by Scar who then morphs into Kovu and sends Simba to his death.
There was a snake hiding under a nearby rock, so the lion led him over to it. The snake then jumped out at Scar, biting him on his eye, laving a scar. Scar didn't fall for this and he ended up killing the other lion as well as the snake. But, this was just the story of how Scar got his scar. However, distraught Lion King fans everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Mufasa and Scar are actually brothers, as confirmed by the director of The Lion King himself, Rob Minkoff.
In an interview with Screen Junkies, Minkoff reassured fans that these two jungle cats were definitely blood related. After the initial hit they just gored him on the ground until a big bull jumped on his head. Zira and her followers became known as Outsiders. Apart from her total devotion to Scar and her desire to avenge him, Zira also shows a deep contempt for other animals and especially for hyenas. This is especially seen in the song "Lions Over All" where she exclaims the superiority of lions.
In the musical based on the film, the character of Rafiki went through a minor change. Because director Julie Taymor felt that the story lacked the presence of a strong female, Rafiki was changed into a female mandrill. His name in Swahili means "heart". Kovu is claimed to be the youngest son of Zira, who is a close follower of Scar; his two older siblings are Nuka and Vitani.
He was apparently born at some point during Scar's reign, as Scar hand-picked him to be his successor. While surely comes from a reverence for a moment that has broken as many young hearts as the loss of Bambi's mother, the presentation proves just too restrictive - and no amount of CG shale will fix that. Mufasa's death is far from the only change The Lion King makes. Scar himself is presented entirely differently, as are his more autonomous Hyena henchmen.
On the more successful side, Timon and Pumbaa's carefree or is it careless? But it goes to show how, even when being highly faithful, small changes can have a surprising impact.
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He once asked Tom Cruise about his supposedly fake-butt in Valkyrie he swore it was all real.
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