Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Getting Backlash over Being Called “Live-Action”
Some online commentators are taking issue with Disney’s Jon Favreau-directed re-imagining of [...]
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don’t call the new lion king live action, it is 100% animated. it is a disservice to the people working on it to forget that.
— caro ramsey (@caroramsey) November 22, 2018
You: "Can't wait to see the live action Lion King!"
— Jeff May the Non-Spooky, Non-Dracula Man (@heytherejeffro) November 24, 2018
Animators that spent 22 months working on it: pic.twitter.com/qC4rpGn0EP
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Live action Lion King? That makes as much sense as the animators from 1994 calling their Lion King live action.
— Derek Mattson (@Derek_Mattson) November 23, 2018
IT’S. NOT. A. LIVE. ACTION. LION. KING. IT’S. STILL. A. CARTOON.
— Daniel Spenser (@DanSpenser) November 23, 2018
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wow I just watched that new lion king trailer and I completely misunderstood what live action meant because I kept waiting for beyonce to appear in a lion costume
— anaïs e-m (@anaees) November 24, 2018
So next year, The Lion King is totally going to cause a world of controversy over whether or not it competes as an animated film right? At least The Jungle Book had a live action character. This looks like the first time a film could ever win both VFX and Animated Feature
— Will Mavity (@mavericksmovies) November 24, 2018
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Gaaaaahhh, just saw the live action trailer to my fav Disney animated movie! Favreau is legend.
— James Wan (@creepypuppet) November 22, 2018
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"We copied the hard work and talent from creative original minds and slapped hyper realistic fur on Seth Rogan and called it a work of art to resell you your own childhood and you're buying it hahaha" https://t.co/6CyBLlWZHg
— Fripp Daddy ♿™ (@RealYungCripp) November 23, 2018
“We can remake The Lion King with CGI.”
“But we’ll have to repay all the writers, artists, animators and sound designers whose hard work made the original so good, won’t we?”
“No. We can take their work and use it for free.”
“Boot up that workstation. I want a new yacht.” https://t.co/GLyXH4kuvu
— ᴅᴀᴠᴇ ᴘɪᴛᴛ (@DavethePitt) November 24, 2018
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Stoooooop it with the whole “ACTUALLY the new Lion King is ANIMATED not Live Action”. Like, we get it. It’s just short hand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Ellie Main (@Elliemainey) November 24, 2018
I always think remakes are just big-wigs rubbing their hands together with dollar-bill eyes.
But the atmosphere for this film, as I've experienced it, is different. For many people it's about the technical achievement, the acclaim and the chance for a Visual Effects Oscar.
— Conor Middleton (@ConorMiddleton) November 23, 2018
We praise the films that go for Best Picture, why not the ones that are designed to go for Best VFX? Even if they are funded by a company out to make a bunch of money from a remake, there are thousands of artists working on these films that, I think, deserve the recognition.
— Conor Middleton (@ConorMiddleton) November 23, 2018
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People really out here tripping that the Lion King isn’t actually “live action” but just animated, as if training thousands of wild animals and filming them having conversations is just some normal, doable shit.
— Anthony (@BigJigglyPanda) November 23, 2018