Callace

They're actually going to do the Little Mermaid? wow, then I get really excited to see how they're going to pull off the underwater world!

livstevi21

Well, if you think about it, The Little Mermaid isn't all underwater. Ariel spends a pretty good amount of time out of water with her legs. I could see it working because such underwater scenes have been done before, it's not impossible. It has potential, even if it might not be completely necessary. I still think Disney are over doing it with the live action remakes, but I agree about The Jungle Book and Cinderella, they were lovely adaptations. They just need to pick and choose what works and what doesn't. Beauty & the Beast - yes (I still need to see it). Dumbo...not so much. Mulan and Aladdin - yes, The Lion King, no.

I know Jon Favreau is doing The Lion King, and I can see the CGI will look as fantastic as it did in the Jungle Book. The problem is, it's an unnecessary remake as all it will do is turn The Lion King as a purely CGI film, no matter how realistic the animals will look. It can't be called a live action remake because there are no human characters in The Lion King. It just doesn't make sense in my opinion.

Callace

Yeah, true, it's not all underwater. But I'm very curious about how these underwater scenes could be pulled off.

AutumnColorsღ

That is true. I am curious with it as well.

livstevi21

I'll show you how they should do it in the Little Mermaid thread.

Let's go back to the Lion King.

This is what a live action Lion King looks like. I'm desperate to go see this show again.

obisgirl

livstevi21

Wow, 23! I feel old!

AutumnColorsღ

I know how that is

livstevi21

It's so hard to believe where all that time has gone!

a fine mess

It was released not much longer after I was born.

livstevi21

So you were born in 1994 then, yes? I was 5 when this movie came out. Which was perfect timing for me. I remember getting the VHS when it was released.

My Kind Of Crazy

livstevi21

Thanks for the link! I have to put it out there again.

I'll never understand the logic of this 'live action' Lion King movie. All it will be is CGI, with no human characters in it to call it 'live action'. With Jon Favreau at the helm, I have no doubt it will look amazing like it did in The Jungle Book, but this will never feel right to me, despite the interesting cast they've got going for it so far. Especially interesting that James Earl Jones will be the only one reprising his role of Mufasa from the original. All he'll be doing is repeating the same lines, with a few changes I expect. Seems rather odd if you ask me. It just won't feel right. No one has a voice like James Earl Jones, so you couldn't really find anyone more perfect for Mufasa, but the same could be said for all the others. I usually try not to judge before I see, but this is one exception where I just can't unfortunately.

Anyway. Someone stop me from saying my feelings on it again, I know I've overstated it many times already.

Cadenf

But they do this show on Broadway with real people, can't they do the same for this?

livstevi21

Well, that's been my point before, that we have the broadway show for a live action Lion King. It just works. A remake movie of the animated film where there are no humans and will just have CGI animals can not be called a live action remake, it's just a CGI animated update that's not needed and will not offer anything new other than the CGI. But this is just my opinion.