Recreating animated Disney classics and turning them into much darker, live-action blockbuster films is always a gamble.
It's impossible to get it right when we're all so accustomed to the lighthearted classics we grew attached to as kids.
When filmmakers start rocking the boat — messing with the status quo, and challenging everything we've cemented in our minds since 1994, it can stir up a lot of combative emotion from fans.
I think we can all agree that this movie has some seriously big shoes to fill. The original Lion King was classic.
But judging by the trailer, they've done an exceptional job.
Just look how cute little Simba is.
And, I feel weird saying this about a fictional, CGI lion, but she is giving Simba some major sultry vibes.
(Cue Can You Feel The Love Tonight)
But then fans noticed something that compelled them to complain all over social media.
They did not hold back.
But instead, sort of looked like a dirty old dish rag that has gone through the dryer one-too-many times.
He looks like the towel you never cared about, that you gave to your pet dog who's been chewing on it every day for the last four years — dirty, smelly, faded, and full of holes.
This version of scar looks like he hasn't had a sip of water all week — been drinking nothing but iced coffee — exhausted, dehydrated, decrepit, and possibly about to croak.
They basically reinvented his character entirely.
This is almost worse than the time they made a live-action Aladdin and the genie wasn't blue.
Whoever gave the 'go-ahead' and allowed Scar's character to look like this, is getting torn a new one by the kindhearted trolls of the interweb. Nothing gets passed them.
While hilariously comparing him to whatever the hell this is.
Pretty accurate, I'd say.
I mean, he kinda does.
If you think that animated Scar doesn't have sex appeal then you're lying.
I'm also curious as to why and how this person knows what someone looks like after eating hot Cheetos in the morning. Is that even a thing?
Either way, I agree.
"Just watched the trailer for the new lion king and am disgusted," they wrote.
"They had Scar looking dry and malnutritioned, like that man wasn't a bad [expletive] in the animated movie."
Excellent point.
They make a good point. You can't make a realistic looking lion and have him look exactly like OG Scar. You just can't.
It can never compete with the original, animated version. But there's no doubt it will be a success and spark nostalgia for our entire generation.
