Honestly, the Mufasa movie was rough to watch. A lesson in overcorrection. We went from lifeless and boring to over-animated, especially with the cubs. Timon and Pumbaa made me want to skip forward, the songs were ass (Bye bye!). The only upsides were the adults being better in expressions. - ThreadSky

majilion-sfw.bsky.social • 43 days ago

Honestly, the Mufasa movie was rough to watch. A lesson in overcorrection. We went from lifeless and boring to over-animated, especially with the cubs. Timon and Pumbaa made me want to skip forward, the songs were ass (Bye bye!). The only upsides were the adults being better in expressions.

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majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

However, the best part about this retcon of Scar being directly related to Mufasa is that it opens up Kovu being the son of Scar... which, honestly, would make The Lion King 2 even better, as that issue of Kovu just being "chosen" for no particular reason over Nuka always bothered me.

majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

Like assuming the reasoning was that he was the last born before Scar died... it doesn't add up. How the fuck did Scar know he was going to die, and also why choose this cub in particular, especially one not of his own blood?

majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

Unless, of course, Nuka and Vitani were born to different parents, and Kovu was Scar's firstborn. It really does make a lot of sense. And would make Kovu's concerns about "Scar living in [him]" 100% more justified and properly challenge the movie's concept of "you are born with your fate"...

majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

... which is something Simba says in the beginning of the movie:
Kiara: "What if I don't want to be queen? It's no fun."
Simba: "That's like saying you don't want to be a lion! It's in your blood."
Like wouldn't it be so cool if they could PROPERLY challenge that notion with Kovu being Scar's son?

majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

On Kovu being chosen over Nuka... you cannot say it was a strength thing because Kovu was a literal newborn when Scar was overthrown and Nuka must have been several months old. No way to test strength. There is zero reason for Scar to have chosen Kovu over him... UNLESS they were directly related.

majilion-sfw.bsky.social•43 days ago

I also like that Mufasa introduced the idea of the birthing grounds, where Nala was the whole movie, because it helps explain where Zira was during the fight for Pride Rock... she was giving birth to Kovu. Therefore, no reason for him to have been "hand chosen by Scar" because he would've been-

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