 "The Lion King trailer: Twitter conflicted over Scar's CGI avatar; wonder why he looks 'dry and malnutritioned'")
Disney finally revealed the full length trailer of the live-action The Lion King on 3 April. The reboot, like the original, will follow the lion cub prince Simba, who idolises his father and aspires to rule the Pride Lands.
While some fans thought it lived up to the hype, others stand conflicted over the reimagining of classic characters. Fans were especially concerned about how Simba’s wicked uncle Scar looks in the footage — whether it was the color of his mane or the expressiveness of his face.
Just compare the designs here.
— Unemployed Rob (Offering Commissions!) (@SenorWoberto) April 10, 2019
OG Scar: evil and pompous as hell
remake Scar: a ratty looking lion I guess pic.twitter.com/5J6ygMQGGV
Average frame color comparison between the original #LionKing trailer from 1994 and the trailer for the 2019 live action remake.
— toooldforfandom (@toooldforfandom) April 10, 2019
It's not that valid of a comparison because the first is animated and has more freedom in how it can use color but damn, what a difference. pic.twitter.com/vycJrqK9MB
Scar not only looks different in the new film —he also sounds different. Jeremy Irons voiced the character in the 1994 animated version, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is taking the mantle this time around. In an interview on BBC Radio 2 Irons jokingly grumbled about not receiving the opportunity. However, he had high praise for Disney and The Lion King franchise.
I've seen the Lion King trailer. Shit is pure Mufasa propaganda. They had Scar looking dry and malnutritioned, like that man wasn't a bad bitch in the animated movie.
— Zito (@_Zeets) April 10, 2019
Me still mad that Jeremy Irons isn't voicing Scar. #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/9WDq7u1jVC
— Qυɯɳ 💫⚡️✨ (@HarlemNoir) April 10, 2019
I was honestly expecting to be completely won over by the new #TheLionKing trailer but the whole time all I could think was how less visually interesting and unemotional everything looked? 😐 pic.twitter.com/QavjARx5fT
— its Sophie! ⚡️ @ NFC 🇸🇪🐾 (@foxleapstudio) April 10, 2019
I'm all for the lion king remake, (mostly because of Donald Glover), but these two pictures highlight how having live action cartoon characters restricts the portrayal of emotion, I mean just look at the picture of scar in the original photo compared to the new one #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/aFpREnNzY3
— Alistair Poole (@alip1118) April 10, 2019
However, some Twitter reactions were more favourable, ranging from excitement to nostalgia.
Imma be at the cinema like : .... #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/WJZTVII6Ch
— 𝔸. (@AEG279) April 10, 2019
When you decide to sleep in but then see #TheLionKing trailer dropped when you were SUPPOSED to get up... 😭😭😭 Reaction shortly pic.twitter.com/pFlyJJpUOM
— Grace Randolph (@GraceRandolph) April 10, 2019
The Lion King is slated to release on 19 July.
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