Top 10 Things Only Adults Notice in The Lion King
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Date: 2023-11-20
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Jarrett
10: I never thought about that. What happened to just two guys being he best of friends?
9: Perhaps though it was wise to make the two wisest characters voiced by black actors, though.
8: Granted they can't survive on bugs and grasses, but lions do eat them. The former if they are truly hungry, and the latter to aid digestion.
7: Hey, you're talking about the company that put a stripper in The Great Mouse Detective, Stockholm Syndrome in Beauty and the Beast, and damnation in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Is slight Nazi imagery too much of a stretch?
6: Um. did you not hear Rafiki say He lives. in YOU! to Simba prior to this happening? The reason he didn't show up sooner is because the only part of Mufasa that still lived on Earth was in Simba, and he hadn't found it until this point.
5: Again, there's a stripper in The Great Mouse Detective. Not to mention a glimpse of Ariel's butt in The Little Mermaid, and Jasmine flexing her breasts to seduce Jafar in Aladdin. I don't think Do Me Eyes are that big of a deal.
4: Well, here's a fun fact that might explain a few things: Wildebeest have very poor eyesight. Add to that all the dust that they're kicking up in addition to their running for their lives it's possible that three hyenas to them could look like a whole pack, and they couldn't even tell that Mufasa was even there.
3: Nothing beats a child's take on a classic tale. Story of Disney's life, really.
2: Look, you upset one aspect of nature, and the whole thing falls apart. In this case, letting a pack of primary scavenger creatures like hyenas that large become hunter predators would upset the balance because there would be more hunter predators than normal.
1: NO! Do NOT go there! It's already been established that Nala was the daughter of Mufasa's right-hand man who died. Just because the pride leader is the one that mates the most doesn't mean he is the only male that mates with the females. If two male lions actually love and respect each other, they'll raise the others' children should something happen to them. That's why Cecil's cubs are still alive because he had a best friend in Jericho that took his place as their father-figure in a miracle of nature.
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10: I never thought about that. What happened to just two guys being he best of friends?
9: Perhaps though it was wise to make the two wisest characters voiced by black actors, though.
8: Granted they can't survive on bugs and grasses, but lions do eat them. The former if they are truly hungry, and the latter to aid digestion.
7: Hey, you're talking about the company that put a stripper in The Great Mouse Detective, Stockholm Syndrome in Beauty and the Beast, and damnation in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Is slight Nazi imagery too much of a stretch?
6: Um. did you not hear Rafiki say He lives. in YOU! to Simba prior to this happening? The reason he didn't show up sooner is because the only part of Mufasa that still lived on Earth was in Simba, and he hadn't found it until this point.
5: Again, there's a stripper in The Great Mouse Detective. Not to mention a glimpse of Ariel's butt in The Little Mermaid, and Jasmine flexing her breasts to seduce Jafar in Aladdin. I don't think Do Me Eyes are that big of a deal.
4: Well, here's a fun fact that might explain a few things: Wildebeest have very poor eyesight. Add to that all the dust that they're kicking up in addition to their running for their lives it's possible that three hyenas to them could look like a whole pack, and they couldn't even tell that Mufasa was even there.
3: Nothing beats a child's take on a classic tale. Story of Disney's life, really.
2: Look, you upset one aspect of nature, and the whole thing falls apart. In this case, letting a pack of primary scavenger creatures like hyenas that large become hunter predators would upset the balance because there would be more hunter predators than normal.
1: NO! Do NOT go there! It's already been established that Nala was the daughter of Mufasa's right-hand man who died. Just because the pride leader is the one that mates the most doesn't mean he is the only male that mates with the females. If two male lions actually love and respect each other, they'll raise the others' children should something happen to them. That's why Cecil's cubs are still alive because he had a best friend in Jericho that took his place as their father-figure in a miracle of nature.
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Zodia195
My thoughts now that I am an adult. I was 12 when this movie came out and it's still one of my fav Disney Movies.
#10- Just because 2 guys live together doesn't mean they're gay! Points to Big Bang Theory
#9- You might as well say, Why didn't they hire French actors for Beauty and the Beast or Where's the Danish representation in The Little Mermaid? My point is, I'd rather have good acting then representation in a movie. That'll always be my preference and the original Lion had some great acting.
#8- Uhhhh, being 12 and having already learned about animals in school by this point. .. . I knew Simba's diet was unconventional, so yeah, kids could very easily pick up on the fact that what Simba eats as he grows up on was unconventional.
#7- Yeah now this one I did miss as a kid. I didn't know much about WWII at that point.
#6- Uhhh, I still take things at face value as an adult. Why complicate matters by asking questions that'll never be answered? This is still a movie at the end of the day.
#5- Mmmm, oh I got that look, even though I was still pretty innocent even back then.
#4- It's called herd mentality. Yes, a few hyenas can cause a stampede! It happens out in the wild all of the time! And once that pack starts running for their lives, they're not going to think logically about anything except to get to safety. Heck, humans even act like that. Look at the Squid Games in the Red Light, Green Light game.
#3- I never read anything from Shakespeare until I got into High School (I've heard about his works prior obviously. So yeah this was something I didn't learn about until I was an adult in my 20s.
#2- Yeah, it is all about the symbolism here. When has any Disney movie NOT have a moment like this when things doesn't logically add up?
#1- Actually I did catch this when I was 12 because by then I did notice that Nala had no father around and I did learn by this point how a pride worked.
Overall, interesting video, but I think a few of ya'll's points were well. .. dumb.
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My thoughts now that I am an adult. I was 12 when this movie came out and it's still one of my fav Disney Movies.
#10- Just because 2 guys live together doesn't mean they're gay! Points to Big Bang Theory
#9- You might as well say, Why didn't they hire French actors for Beauty and the Beast or Where's the Danish representation in The Little Mermaid? My point is, I'd rather have good acting then representation in a movie. That'll always be my preference and the original Lion had some great acting.
#8- Uhhhh, being 12 and having already learned about animals in school by this point. .. . I knew Simba's diet was unconventional, so yeah, kids could very easily pick up on the fact that what Simba eats as he grows up on was unconventional.
#7- Yeah now this one I did miss as a kid. I didn't know much about WWII at that point.
#6- Uhhh, I still take things at face value as an adult. Why complicate matters by asking questions that'll never be answered? This is still a movie at the end of the day.
#5- Mmmm, oh I got that look, even though I was still pretty innocent even back then.
#4- It's called herd mentality. Yes, a few hyenas can cause a stampede! It happens out in the wild all of the time! And once that pack starts running for their lives, they're not going to think logically about anything except to get to safety. Heck, humans even act like that. Look at the Squid Games in the Red Light, Green Light game.
#3- I never read anything from Shakespeare until I got into High School (I've heard about his works prior obviously. So yeah this was something I didn't learn about until I was an adult in my 20s.
#2- Yeah, it is all about the symbolism here. When has any Disney movie NOT have a moment like this when things doesn't logically add up?
#1- Actually I did catch this when I was 12 because by then I did notice that Nala had no father around and I did learn by this point how a pride worked.
Overall, interesting video, but I think a few of ya'll's points were well. .. dumb.
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Danielle
I already knew or guessed at most of these concepts, like Nala's come hither look (called them her goo-goo eyes, when I was little, while others were clear cases of being read WAAAY too much into:
1] Nathan Lane is gay, and that appears to be what led to the assumption here that Timon would also be gay, as would Pumbaa.
2] If the animators meant for their onscreen lions to age like real-life ones, then in order for Simba to have grown a full, thick mane like that, he would've had to be in hiding for at least three years. If those lions were meant to age like humans, however, then he would've been gone for much longer. Going with the second option, if Simba were about ten years old at the time of Mufasa's murder, that means he was roughly twenty-one when he returned to the Pride Lands. Either way would've certainly given enough time for severe drought to effect the land, though the age like humans option would've allowed for more extensive damage.
3] A scientific study was done a few years ago, regarding Simba's diet of grubs and insects. They said it was possible that such a thing could happen in real-life, but the lion in question probably wouldn't be as muscular as he was.
4] Mufasa didn't show up earlier, because he didn't want his son to buy into the immature idea of revenge, the way Scar did. He also probably thought Simba needed a mental break from everything he'd been through, and some time to grow into the ruler he'd eventually need to be.
5] The film's music, alone, is already a beautiful celebration of African culture, and so is the way that the overall story is handled on Broadway. (12/19/2021)
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I already knew or guessed at most of these concepts, like Nala's come hither look (called them her goo-goo eyes, when I was little, while others were clear cases of being read WAAAY too much into:
1] Nathan Lane is gay, and that appears to be what led to the assumption here that Timon would also be gay, as would Pumbaa.
2] If the animators meant for their onscreen lions to age like real-life ones, then in order for Simba to have grown a full, thick mane like that, he would've had to be in hiding for at least three years. If those lions were meant to age like humans, however, then he would've been gone for much longer. Going with the second option, if Simba were about ten years old at the time of Mufasa's murder, that means he was roughly twenty-one when he returned to the Pride Lands. Either way would've certainly given enough time for severe drought to effect the land, though the age like humans option would've allowed for more extensive damage.
3] A scientific study was done a few years ago, regarding Simba's diet of grubs and insects. They said it was possible that such a thing could happen in real-life, but the lion in question probably wouldn't be as muscular as he was.
4] Mufasa didn't show up earlier, because he didn't want his son to buy into the immature idea of revenge, the way Scar did. He also probably thought Simba needed a mental break from everything he'd been through, and some time to grow into the ruler he'd eventually need to be.
5] The film's music, alone, is already a beautiful celebration of African culture, and so is the way that the overall story is handled on Broadway. (12/19/2021)
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Laura
The only entry in this list that I disagree with is the one about the wildebeest being more afraid of the hyenas than the Lions. The reason why is because of the fact that the hyenas caught the wildebeest while they were in a calm State and their guard was down and turned the wildebeest into a riot/Panic mentality to wear all the wildebeest is thinking is I'm going to be eaten and I need to run for my life. So if you're running in a herd and you're already thinking about running for your life even if you see a celebrity or in this case the king of the jungle running up to you you're not going to stop because the fact that if you do stop you know that you're going to either be trampled by the people behind you or in this case the wildebeest behind you or you could possibly be in more danger with the new threat that came into the fold aka the Lions. So it wasn't the fact of them being more scared of the hyenas in the lion it was the fact that they were already in panic mode due to the hyenas by the time the Lions even came into the picture so they would trample over anything in their way anyway
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The only entry in this list that I disagree with is the one about the wildebeest being more afraid of the hyenas than the Lions. The reason why is because of the fact that the hyenas caught the wildebeest while they were in a calm State and their guard was down and turned the wildebeest into a riot/Panic mentality to wear all the wildebeest is thinking is I'm going to be eaten and I need to run for my life. So if you're running in a herd and you're already thinking about running for your life even if you see a celebrity or in this case the king of the jungle running up to you you're not going to stop because the fact that if you do stop you know that you're going to either be trampled by the people behind you or in this case the wildebeest behind you or you could possibly be in more danger with the new threat that came into the fold aka the Lions. So it wasn't the fact of them being more scared of the hyenas in the lion it was the fact that they were already in panic mode due to the hyenas by the time the Lions even came into the picture so they would trample over anything in their way anyway
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MrWhitman
#10, why can't a strong friendship, just be a FRIENDSHIP?
#8, right. Grubs are plant-based, gotcha.
#6, truly you don't understand the scene.
#5, Oh get real! First of all, my younger brother who was only 10 got the idea, and not knowing how it goes with lions, he got the impression things got worse.
#4, You don't get the concept of herd mentality. Once they got into the escape mode, there's no stopping them. Watch a documentary.
#3, how young are you saying kid? The story oversaturates culture, you don't have to study it to know.
#1, Sorry to bust your bubble, but my 10 year old brother knew that too. These days, I figure, different life forms live in different ways.
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#10, why can't a strong friendship, just be a FRIENDSHIP?
#8, right. Grubs are plant-based, gotcha.
#6, truly you don't understand the scene.
#5, Oh get real! First of all, my younger brother who was only 10 got the idea, and not knowing how it goes with lions, he got the impression things got worse.
#4, You don't get the concept of herd mentality. Once they got into the escape mode, there's no stopping them. Watch a documentary.
#3, how young are you saying kid? The story oversaturates culture, you don't have to study it to know.
#1, Sorry to bust your bubble, but my 10 year old brother knew that too. These days, I figure, different life forms live in different ways.
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blueraccoon
Timmon and Pumba are gay? Well Nathan lane is
The reason CASH GRABBERS!
I thought ah nevermind
Why do I have to say it? fine JOHN GET THE EMPIREL MARCH!
Mufasa totally pulled an obi-wan move i as I also seen in RID 2015
Cats in heat and gears turning 7: 04 kids ask the scene
Blind fear they were scared when they saw ed bite
It may be copy and paste is hamlet but sequel is Romeo and Juliette
Scar made a bad king it's like megatron ruling cybertron but I want to see starscream as decepticon leader
I'm not gonna say anything I'm done let me know you make top 10 female transformers
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Timmon and Pumba are gay? Well Nathan lane is
The reason CASH GRABBERS!
I thought ah nevermind
Why do I have to say it? fine JOHN GET THE EMPIREL MARCH!
Mufasa totally pulled an obi-wan move i as I also seen in RID 2015
Cats in heat and gears turning 7: 04 kids ask the scene
Blind fear they were scared when they saw ed bite
It may be copy and paste is hamlet but sequel is Romeo and Juliette
Scar made a bad king it's like megatron ruling cybertron but I want to see starscream as decepticon leader
I'm not gonna say anything I'm done let me know you make top 10 female transformers
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Thandolwethu
I don't care about that ok I do that's why I watched the video but scar said decades of denial now DECADES lions can only live for 18 years tops and that is female lions and males can live for 10 years in the wild but scar saiyaing decades meaning they are twice the age if a normal male lion him and mufasa are older than 20 years because decades means older than 20 years so what's going on.
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I don't care about that ok I do that's why I watched the video but scar said decades of denial now DECADES lions can only live for 18 years tops and that is female lions and males can live for 10 years in the wild but scar saiyaing decades meaning they are twice the age if a normal male lion him and mufasa are older than 20 years because decades means older than 20 years so what's going on.
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John
There is a video by How It Should Have Ended for The Lion King, and the video had the spirit of Mufasa appear shortly after Scar killed him and tell Simba that Scar killed him, and that it was not Simba's fault at all. Also Sarabi appeared because of her motherly instincts, which also begs the question: Where was Sarabi during the stampede and after Mufasa was killed?
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There is a video by How It Should Have Ended for The Lion King, and the video had the spirit of Mufasa appear shortly after Scar killed him and tell Simba that Scar killed him, and that it was not Simba's fault at all. Also Sarabi appeared because of her motherly instincts, which also begs the question: Where was Sarabi during the stampede and after Mufasa was killed?
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msmojo
I like to believe that Simba and Nala weren't related before they married, as that could possibly make some parents reluctant to introduce the film, or the whole franchise itself, to their children. And it could've been several months after Simba becomes king that the Pride Lands returns to normal.
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I like to believe that Simba and Nala weren't related before they married, as that could possibly make some parents reluctant to introduce the film, or the whole franchise itself, to their children. And it could've been several months after Simba becomes king that the Pride Lands returns to normal.
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coolchrisb
The last part of #2 can easily be explained - plenty of time happened between Scars death and the ending and its quite obvious because simba and nala have a child so therefore theres gotta b time in between cos she couldnt just have a baby in 1 day
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The last part of #2 can easily be explained - plenty of time happened between Scars death and the ending and its quite obvious because simba and nala have a child so therefore theres gotta b time in between cos she couldnt just have a baby in 1 day
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qazxswed17
Lol 10 and 9 are quite ridiculous imho, only today (and I'm not saying it in a positive way) someone could think something like this, and what is African accent? Do you believe that an Egyptian and a man from Congo should have the same accent? XD
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Lol 10 and 9 are quite ridiculous imho, only today (and I'm not saying it in a positive way) someone could think something like this, and what is African accent? Do you believe that an Egyptian and a man from Congo should have the same accent? XD
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Zak
I always thought that Mufasa's spirit was just Simba's imagination. He didn't tell Simba anything he didn't already know, and the vision was just his feelings of duty and responsibility bubbling up to the surface.
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I always thought that Mufasa's spirit was just Simba's imagination. He didn't tell Simba anything he didn't already know, and the vision was just his feelings of duty and responsibility bubbling up to the surface.
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Tyler
Also at #4, would an ENTIRE herd of Wildebeest really be so afraid of just the 3 hyenas instead of ramming the fers? I mean, aren't wildebeest kind of known for being aggressive and putting up a fight?
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Also at #4, would an ENTIRE herd of Wildebeest really be so afraid of just the 3 hyenas instead of ramming the fers? I mean, aren't wildebeest kind of known for being aggressive and putting up a fight?
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MaybeNaught
Idk, I think it's been always pretty obvious that Mufasa was only able to appear when Simba sought to reconnect with his past. The whole interaction is symbolic of an introspective experience.
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Idk, I think it's been always pretty obvious that Mufasa was only able to appear when Simba sought to reconnect with his past. The whole interaction is symbolic of an introspective experience.
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Vesper
As a kid I always got second hand embarrassment with Nalas look. It would make me uncomfortable when watching hahaha and I never fully understood why. Im glad I wasnt the only one feeling that way.
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As a kid I always got second hand embarrassment with Nalas look. It would make me uncomfortable when watching hahaha and I never fully understood why. Im glad I wasnt the only one feeling that way.
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Clarissa
Number one should be. The scull that scar was playing with. He probably atethats a lion scull. According to research, lions eat other lions. So scar might have eaten Mufasa after he died
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Number one should be. The scull that scar was playing with. He probably atethats a lion scull. According to research, lions eat other lions. So scar might have eaten Mufasa after he died
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msmojo
Something I never understood even as a kid: Simba points out that they eat the antelope and yet those same animals, along with other prey, gather at his presentation and still bow to him.
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Something I never understood even as a kid: Simba points out that they eat the antelope and yet those same animals, along with other prey, gather at his presentation and still bow to him.
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semiretired86
the biggest mistake with the 2019 remake is nnot re-casting Jeremy Irons as Scar he's just Scar he has that menacing voice the replacement just sounds like your creepy uncle
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the biggest mistake with the 2019 remake is nnot re-casting Jeremy Irons as Scar he's just Scar he has that menacing voice the replacement just sounds like your creepy uncle
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Ryan
Number two is actually not what you think because completely passport look up the study of the wolves in Yellowstone national park and what is called a trophic cascade
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Number two is actually not what you think because completely passport look up the study of the wolves in Yellowstone national park and what is called a trophic cascade
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Kiara
Some of these I didnt know about and I am an adult XD
Also Simba and Nala arent brother and sister Nalas father was a rougue lion her father isnt Mufasa nor Scar
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Some of these I didnt know about and I am an adult XD
Also Simba and Nala arent brother and sister Nalas father was a rougue lion her father isnt Mufasa nor Scar
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Pamela
One plot line that didn't make the film: once Nala becomes an adult, Scar decides to make her his queen. She refuses, then goes out on her own to seek help.
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One plot line that didn't make the film: once Nala becomes an adult, Scar decides to make her his queen. She refuses, then goes out on her own to seek help.
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Scuba
You only hinted at it in the #1 entry, but Lion prides are usually harems. One male patriarch and several females that the male can breed with at any time.
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You only hinted at it in the #1 entry, but Lion prides are usually harems. One male patriarch and several females that the male can breed with at any time.
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kineu
i mean is a disney movie so i think its not entirely truth to nature and makes nala and simba related and we all know what nala look in the jungle mean
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i mean is a disney movie so i think its not entirely truth to nature and makes nala and simba related and we all know what nala look in the jungle mean
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Diesel
Timon & Pumbaa were NOT gay. Damn, same-gender bestfriends cant just be that without the internet trying to ship them all together as gay couples?
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Timon & Pumbaa were NOT gay. Damn, same-gender bestfriends cant just be that without the internet trying to ship them all together as gay couples?
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jokerwhy89
Well let's just say this live acton lion king was bad singing was not great acting felt to quick the only thing good about it was the effects
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Well let's just say this live acton lion king was bad singing was not great acting felt to quick the only thing good about it was the effects
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GamingFanactic911
The way Nala just stares at Simba with that smile makes it clear what is going on. Simba and Nala have now connected, literally lol
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The way Nala just stares at Simba with that smile makes it clear what is going on. Simba and Nala have now connected, literally lol
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Karl
Not very surprising, considering that Nathan Lane, Timon's voice actor, came out as a Gay Man, after he'd played a Gay Man in The Bird Cage
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Not very surprising, considering that Nathan Lane, Timon's voice actor, came out as a Gay Man, after he'd played a Gay Man in The Bird Cage
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Prince
Timon & Pumba weren't gay.
They were just homeys/roommates.
Ppl act like 2 men can't live together like Malcolm & Eddie did.
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Timon & Pumba weren't gay.
They were just homeys/roommates.
Ppl act like 2 men can't live together like Malcolm & Eddie did.
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Rainbow
As many times as I've seen the movie, Simba finding Mufasa's body after the wildebeest stampede is always emotionally triggering.
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As many times as I've seen the movie, Simba finding Mufasa's body after the wildebeest stampede is always emotionally triggering.
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grayshigami
1) Insects are living beings so they are still meat
2) The Lion King kinda rips off Kimba the White Lion by Osamu Tezuka
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1) Insects are living beings so they are still meat
2) The Lion King kinda rips off Kimba the White Lion by Osamu Tezuka
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