#Lion King (1994)

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MUFASA

THE LION KING (1994)

[nazrigar]

A warm-up drawing based on an idea I had for a long time.

Simba requires wisdom that his father nor his ancestors can provide, so he asks the help of truly ancient spirits, kings from the distant past.

Depicted here is a Spinosaurus and Megistotherium.

Tried to combine the designs of both the original and the 2019 version of Simba here.

An a more paleontological note, it's amazing just how colossal the super theropods were. Megistotherium is the largest mammalian hypercarnivore that we know of... and is still pretty small in comparison to Spinosaurus.

[witchpuppies]

R.I.P. James Earl Jones (1931-2024)

[theplaguedogs]

“He lives in you.”

The Lion King (1994)

[monkeyunclescar]

I can’t believe my lion ears and they are furious!!! When Trump says that he plans to use the U.S. military and the national guard against peaceful protestors, against those who oppose him, and when he says that he will lock innocent people up—ALL while using violence…THAT IS CALLED FASCISM!!!!

Those of you who are voting for a poor excuse of an idiot, and former General Milley said it himself: TRUMP IS A FASCIST!!!! In fact he is worse than I was when I was king!!!!!! If you so much as vote for that idiot, YOU ARE VOTING FOR FASCISM!!! I SAID WHAT I SAID!!!! If this doesn’t make you rage, I don’t know what will shake you to the core!!!! 🤬🔥🔥🔥🔥

@iloveyoutoinfinity @sweeneytodddemonbarber @ebbyscrooge @joshuawilliams74 @victorwilliams69 @kingsimbaofpriderock @kingmufasapride @strangestephendoctor

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Picking up speed as I learn swahili and starting to understand Lion King 1994 on a whole other level 🦁🤯

[thoughtsaboutmovies]

The Lion King

guys the lion king is a cinematic masterpiece

wow the music just *chefs kiss*

scar that absolute scum

oh simba no don’t trust him a second time! not the gorge

the stampede music is so thematically perfect; no dialogue just fear and danger

“long live the king” so evil so perfect

oh no 

no more baby lion (45 mins in)

“no food no water” - how did scar lose the water? what is his royal managerial approach that it affects water as well as food?

pumba coming in with accurate scientific hypotheses that are immediately shut down

just the music - the talky songs are fun but the evocative hope and danger in this! 

reunion!

when none of you peeps are here there is no one to object to my (totally unbiased opinion) brilliant singalong skills

way to be an insensitive jerk simba

rafiki. what a madman. legend. 

ohoho ghost dad has OPINIONS

the art here is beautiful and also fantastic, especially from BEFORE I WAS BORN on THIS MASSIVE DETAILED TV

god the music again! some excellent choices were made here

why is he so surprised to see his mum? he fully ran away but nothing had happened to her before that 

“no. its me” what a useless sentence

scar is such a dick. i mean even beyond the actual evil, just a total asshole

fight fight fight

TRICK YOU A THIRD TIME SHAME ON YOU COME ON SIMBA SERIOUSLY YOU CANT TRUST HIM AT ALL god

triumph in musical form!

i think i will have to watch lion king 2 now

[flapperdame16]

Disney displays 101 dalmatians, beauty and the beast, lion king, dumbo at the volo museum

[nerdylibertarian928]

Zazu: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow.

Scar: Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it.

Zazu: We don't talk about Bruno-

Scar: No, no! Anything but that!

[deepfriedthrifting]

More from this morning

[royalrazz37]

Disclaimer: I love this film. These are just my critics. I know someone else has already pointed these issues out and better than I ever could. Just wanted to get my thoughts out. Feel free to link their analysis

Post Disclaimer Disclaimer: A lot of these may be petty and have no real solution so I apologize preemptively.

Without further ado here is an aging millennial’s concerns with: The Lion King (1994)

Small nitpicks first

Incest

Usually lion prides have a single adult male that mates with all the females but in this case there are two, Mufasa and Scar, meaning, that at best Simba and Nala are first cousins and at worst siblings, getting married and having children.

On the flip side there is nothing more royal than keeping it all in the family.

Say his name

What is Scar’s real name? I know it can probably be found somewhere but i think it’s pretty messed up it’s never said in the movie. Also making someone’s physical feature their name is rude. Its like calling someone Hairy, Big Nose, or Six-Fingered Man.

Sexiest Lion

From what I remember learning about lions, the males with darker manes are seen as more attractive. So why is my man Scar not getting hole? I know its a kids movie but could we at least see a couple dark furred cubs running about? (I know about Kovu)

Choice of voice actors

Why are all the good characters voiced by white people? (Exceptions for James and Madge) and all the bad guys are POC? And its some extra ish when only the lackeys are POC. The big bad is white. Colored folk can’t even be their own boss.

And i know the remake “fixed” this but we’re not talking about the new woke Disney.

Now the real gripes

Monarchy and leadership

While the idea of a hereditary monarchy is bad enough the main plot strongly implies divine right is just and desirable.

Mufasa is supposed to be king and this is reflected by the kingdom being pristine and in balance.

Scar, who is not ordained by the sky daddies, takes the throne and all falls to ruin.

Then the “rightful king” returns, restoring prosperity to the land.

It gives credence to the idea that a higher power has to approve of a leader for things to go right. That those in power are there because that is how it’s supposed to be.

Look, little one. See what happens when you try to break the status quo? Bad things happen. Be happy with your lot in life.

If you try to rise above your station like Scar, well. You saw what happened. (I know Scar murdered fools but you get my drift)

“But Razz” I hear you say. “The reason things went bad is because Scar had the hyenas live in the pride lands and they ate everything. Those slobbering mangy stupid poachers!”

Aha! I say. You activated my trap card.

US History as a Metaphor

I think its safe to say that the hyenas are coded as POC. As such the idea of their integration into the pride lands being the catalyst for its blight is troubling.

It harkens back to the fear of the negro moving into cities during white flight. Hyenas/blacks move in and everything goes to shit.

Thats why we keep them in their elephant graveyards and shadow lands (the ghettos) so the blight doesn’t spread.

And if one of the hyenas do come into the pride lands we send our strong alpha Mufasa to beat and brutalize them.

Also the hyenas are painted as gluttons for wanting to eat. THEY WERE IN A LITERAL GRAVEYARD.

Of course they’re hungry. Of course they’d want to eat everything they could. They were forced to live that way.

Now lets draw a line.

Hyenas are always hungry because they live in a food desert and actual desert.

They live there because of enforced segregation by the lions.

Lions who then blame the the hyenas for being hungry and use that as justification to continue segregation and harsh policing of the hyenas movements.

Sounds familiar.

And the film’s solution to all this is a return to the status quo. Yuck.

Not to mention the sequel where there’s a reconciliation between the lionesses who supported Scar and the pridelanders because Kiara says “We’re the same”. I know I’m probably grasping a straws here but that moment felt like the Irish and Italians gaining whiteness.

Ok rant over.

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THE LION KING (1994)

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[monkeyunclescar]

I don’t know…that’s a good question…am I?

Well…I say that you are! Hence the scar on your left eye that’s queer coded!!! That’s what makes you unique! ✨🏳️‍🌈

You could be right, dear. As Simba told me when he was a cub, I am weird! ☘️✨🏳️‍🌈

[monkeyunclescar]

Who’s going to be missing the felon’s inauguration? I am!!! I’ll be spending time with @littlerani @meiwilliamslittlelove @kingmufasapride @kingmufasapride and @iloveyoutoinfinity

Yup! I’ll be skipping the inauguration and working—while also punishing Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg! I’ll be logging off of Facebook, Instagram and Threads from January 19-26! Cause FDT and all of MAGA is in the find out phase of f around! And if TikTok is not banned, I’ll let my voice be heard! And Musky is not buying the app, thank God! 🏳️‍🌈🖤🔥

There’s a good girl! 💚🔥

[nerdylibertarian928]

When I get home, I'm watching Lion King in honor of James Earl Jones