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The Lion King - Live Action Teaser Trailer
7 years ago
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Oh hai!
Yes, it's been a while. But I do still lurk about here and there, and something would be greatly amiss if I just let this occasion pass me by without so much as mentioning it! After all, I apparently did some Lion King related stuff once upon a time...
It was probably hard to miss, but Disney released the first trailer for The Lion King (2019). For those who have been living under a rock, The Lion King is getting a 'live action' remake and the teaser for it can be found here. Go ahead and watch, I'll wait here.
First impressions count, and for me that entire trailer was pretty damn impressive. In a way you can see all it's all CG, but the graphical quality is seriously amazing. To have these kinds of CG effects applied to a full length movie is something we couldn't have really dared to expect only a few years ago. It all looks realistic, but with a very light cartoony touch, almost like a filter, on top of it. It's not super cartoony like Zootopia, but at the same time it's far from uncanny valley. That is... until they start talking.
There aren't actually any shots of the lions talking, and it's exactly that part that will make or break this movie for me. Because the problem with making a movie about animals hyper realistic is that... animals can't really show emotion as much as humans or cartoon characters can. In this teaser they appear to have some very light character to them, but not a lot. This brings me to wonder; will this little hyper realistic lion cub be dancing and singing and jumping on giraffes necks? And if he does, how deep into uncanny valley are we going, because I can't imagine that scene looking good in any way like this.
Can a lion this realistic show the innocent emotional expressions that we all loved from Simba? Because it seems eerily absent from that clear shot of adult Simba at the end. What about Timon and Pumbaa? That's just going to be terrifying above anything else, really.
To be fair, I haven't watched the live action version of Jungle Book either, so I have no idea what to expect. But based on this trailer alone I'm a little bit skeptical. It's all going to depend on exactly how much realism they're going for.
Either way, definitely going to mark July 19th in my calendar for some Lion King related fun. And seeing this in the theater in 3D will be an absolute must!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm watching Jungle Book tonight because I'm curious :)
Yes, it's been a while. But I do still lurk about here and there, and something would be greatly amiss if I just let this occasion pass me by without so much as mentioning it! After all, I apparently did some Lion King related stuff once upon a time...
It was probably hard to miss, but Disney released the first trailer for The Lion King (2019). For those who have been living under a rock, The Lion King is getting a 'live action' remake and the teaser for it can be found here. Go ahead and watch, I'll wait here.
First impressions count, and for me that entire trailer was pretty damn impressive. In a way you can see all it's all CG, but the graphical quality is seriously amazing. To have these kinds of CG effects applied to a full length movie is something we couldn't have really dared to expect only a few years ago. It all looks realistic, but with a very light cartoony touch, almost like a filter, on top of it. It's not super cartoony like Zootopia, but at the same time it's far from uncanny valley. That is... until they start talking.
There aren't actually any shots of the lions talking, and it's exactly that part that will make or break this movie for me. Because the problem with making a movie about animals hyper realistic is that... animals can't really show emotion as much as humans or cartoon characters can. In this teaser they appear to have some very light character to them, but not a lot. This brings me to wonder; will this little hyper realistic lion cub be dancing and singing and jumping on giraffes necks? And if he does, how deep into uncanny valley are we going, because I can't imagine that scene looking good in any way like this.
Can a lion this realistic show the innocent emotional expressions that we all loved from Simba? Because it seems eerily absent from that clear shot of adult Simba at the end. What about Timon and Pumbaa? That's just going to be terrifying above anything else, really.
To be fair, I haven't watched the live action version of Jungle Book either, so I have no idea what to expect. But based on this trailer alone I'm a little bit skeptical. It's all going to depend on exactly how much realism they're going for.
Either way, definitely going to mark July 19th in my calendar for some Lion King related fun. And seeing this in the theater in 3D will be an absolute must!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm watching Jungle Book tonight because I'm curious :)
