nobody wanted this.

[@meciocio]

jake when are you reviewing the baby

[@GroovyDavid8]

1/10

[@alex.g7317]

@@GroovyDavid8the rating goes higher as he gets taller

[@patricklippert8345]

Man Carrying Baby

[@whereammy]

@@alex.g7317 amazing commentary on heightism

[@bharatnair15]

This is a kids movie, right? We need your infant son's take on Mufasa ASAP

[@gyanprakashgupt7699]

Kid carrying Woman carrying Man

[@subinmdr]

​@@gyanprakashgupt7699kid carrying woman carrying man carrying thing

[@RaveDecoy242]

"Agaga goo goo, and that is why Mufasa gets a 1.0 out of 5." -Kid Carryingman, star reviewer for the Boston Times

[@Mark-Y-B]

As soon as that kid develops a sense of ironic detachment, this is gonna be a great family channel.

[@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime]

Yes, we need the Baby Carrying Parents channel

[@groofay]

I choose to believe Scar's name is canonically "Tucker" now.

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

We can imagine that Tucker was his name before he got the scar

[@jeffreypenis736]

tucker scarlson

[@Joviaero]

Canon is weird bc the hand drawn animated one vs this CGI animated one are in different canons, so we can just ignore this entirely lol

[@rustyshackleford6035]

Well Tucker Carlson is a villain so 🤔🤷😂

[@RipePineapples]

Oh, I love consuming media with characters I know of. It is so cool that characters are in multiple dimensions. I like how characters are used multiple times.

[@nakenmil]

I LOVE logo. Logo from thing I know makes me happy. Logo and brand makes comfort and happiness. I buy product with logo and character likeness. This is meaningful to me.

[@ruthsantos6845]

I love movie based on backstory of characters that die so it has no stake whatsoever 😒

[@Nukefandango]

AT-STs! AT-STs!!!

[@Ivyrigs]

​@@ruthsantos6845 a story isn't bad or weightless just because you know a character eventually dies after it. By that logic no story would have any reason to exist because you know the characters are all eventually going to die of nautical causes anyway 💀

[@ectopasta]

​@ruthsantos6845 no!! U don't understand! It makes character sad so movie when character dies is even SADDER !!! We know character was character all along...

[@CalvinLee606]

What’s next, the uncle Ben movie?

[@jabrielmilner]

you jinxed us

[@OneWingedRose]

That would 100% be a thing by now if the not-Spider-Man movies had done well l reckon, lmao.

[@gyanprakashgupt7699]

Don't give Sony any ideas, please 😕

[@robbieboydudeguy]

The monkeys paw curls

[@Mr.Murasakino]

It's funny because Sony was planning on making a aunt may movie at one point

[@rasengdori13]

Disney’s stagnation in art design and “realism” with CGI has been a core factor into why they’re falling behind with other animated films winning more awards and making more money. Now they’ve gone all in on sequels and will continue to do so until that well dries up too.

[@yurifairy2969]

They need to make a movie that WOWs people again. They used to do that every year, now fuckin' Dreamworks does that instead with stuff like Puss in Boots and the Wild Robot.

[@nightwish1453]

@@yurifairy2969 dreamworks did make that one kraken movie, that was kinda eh so i wouldn't praise dreamworks that much

[@yurifairy2969]

@nightwish1453 dreamworks has always been hit and miss but pixar hasnt hit in years

[@nightwish1453]

@@yurifairy2969 inside out 2 was good and i just get the feeling inside out is the next toy story where it actually end up putting out a sequel or 2 that really does it jusitice for better or worse depending on how long they decide to drag it out, i feel like pixar were in a worse state in the early 2010s after up, pixar now is all over the place where disney keep forcing them to do sequels on things that really don't need to. they say they are doing an incredible 3 but i would rather see a spin-off with the heroes that tragically died weather it be show or movie

[@noctap0d]

Imagine making Scar heterosexual. The absolute horror.

[@linkofvev]

Normalise camp heterosexuality!

[@geodart5834]

WHAT

[@ubersc00ber]

Our gay icon APPROPRIATED

[@big13O]

Is this real? Cause id never willingly watch this movie. But like Disney why would you do that?

[@constantanxietyattacks6878]

Absolutely non-canon. I can't believe The Lion Guard is unironically better than this awful prequel, at least that gave Scar an evil toxic yaoi twink boyfriend

[@Player-10]

It's sad that some people seem to think this is a better alternative to... actual, cartoon animation. Why do we need Timone and Pumba (or any of the others) to look like real animals? Who wants to see a "real", not real animated film? These Disney remakes are something that sound good to talk about as fans when you're a kid, and mistakes in actuality.

[@Squorzel]

I also hate it when some people make it seem like bad live action movies mean it’s a war between live action in general and animation (not you of course). Both are good on their own ways (except live action remakes, they almost always suck, except the Cinderella LAR apparently. Or it was Alice in wonderland, I don’t remember.

[@gyanprakashgupt7699]

BeCaUsE cArToOnS aRe FoR kIdS

[@Player-10]

@Squorzel I have some nostalgia for Alice but I don't think either film is well-regarded. I do remember Cinderella was good but that's because it was less a 1-for-1 live action cosplay movie that paled in comparison, and its own thing entirely. An actual decent Cinderella adaptation. But I think both of those hardly count since they're before Disney started pumping out the beat-for-beat live action remakes

[@Squorzel]

@ oh, so I guess after those two, they basically got worse, to the point of being (usually) not the worst thing ever, but just.. you can watch the original, you know? Not much reason to watch an inferior version of a movie that doesn’t really add much. So basically what you said.

[@robbieboydudeguy]

⁠@@Squorzel The problem I have with seeing people praise 3D or cgi animation over 2D is that the original animators for Disney were unionized. They wanted decent pay for the things they were creating and Disney switched to 3D in a way that everyone got on board with, neglecting the fact that 2D animation is beautiful and deserves the benefits Disney hesitated to give them. It shouldn’t be a war against the mediums, it should be a disagreement with corporate money ruining art and story telling

[@StillCisTho42]

They say "bye-bye" because "unalive" didn't rhyme. How else could we keep these movies PG

[@TheOOPprogrammer]

The song was sick tho

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

"Timone and Pumba are horrifying". Finally somebody says it. Thank you

[@alexnieves]

Personally I'm excited for the prequel to Man Carrying Thing, Boy Attempting to Lift Thing. A harrowing tale that explains what exactly that boy was attempting to lift and ultimately carry. It will be the greatest coming of age tale of our generation. Jake will be played by Kevin Hart and then The Rock.

[@a-bird-lover]

it's really so sad that they're switching so hard to realistic cgi for the lion king, because even the actual direct to dvd lion king sequels at least had a critical and devastating effect on deviantart

[@philipcoulam-jones]

Given the original is Lion Hamlet, the direct-to-DVD sequel is Lion Romeo and Juliet and Lion King 1 and 1/2 is Meerkat and Warthog Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, I always thought a Scar/Mufasa-centred prequel should have been Lion King Lear

[@CommentaryCommenter]

I can’t believe we got a Mufasa movie that no one asked for, when everyone’s asking for the Plankton Farts and Dies movie

[@aquaarietta]

We need the PFADCU

[@tomasavendanozacarias5205]

i asked for a cgi version of deviantart cat romeo and juliet

[@cmur078]

Does Disney know that there are other composers still alive?

[@suakeli]

That would imply Disney knew other composers existed at some point

[@dyegoeduardosantossilva3659]

Everytime it's not Lyn Manuel Miranda it's someone trying to copy Lyn Manuel Miranda

[@SamAronow]

They used to hire Michael Giacchino for everything.

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

I think it’s funny that Disney sabotaged their own animation division to such an extent that it’s easier for them to make an entire movie out of photorealistic CGI than actually make a 2D prequel to the Lion king

[@thefreerocketman5777]

Woah bringing a real lion to play with your child while reviewing a movie was unexpected

[@_Rick___Grimes_]

incel lions is such a funny concept

[@MrBean_Look_Alike]

Danm what did Jake do to dessverre this? instead of spending precious time with Nadia and their newborn son he's reviewing bad movies. What is he going review next, elevation, while their son speaks his first words. A Minecraft movie review while their takes his first steps, I could not imagine a worst fate.

[@abemulligantralz8806]

a doomed fate

[@mark9294]

Do you know how boring it is to be with a tiny baby for extended periods? You crave that intellectual stimulation, like watching the Lion King

[@robbycooper6787]

If i wanted to see mufasa play and idfk cuddle and kiss scar i would just look for fanfiction

[@saucevc8353]

Kiss? 🤨📸

[@robbycooper6787]

@saucevc8353 look that trailer seemed like a weird fluff fanfiction

[@geministrial950]

You get it

[@JoeChillton]

To hear this is doing badly is a breathe of fresh air, Disney needs to learn the penalty of blind IP milking and they are the number one culprit.

[@knightofanguish7399]

3:26 ...DUDE PRIDE ROCK 🪨

[@towelgirl21]

😂 I hope that guy is doing well

[@roosterboots4684]

PRIDE ROCK MENTIONED!! THAT BUDGET AT DISNEY WENT UP!!

[@bears4life183]

Lmao I'd fully believe it if I was told his wife planned her pregnancy so that she wouldn't have to watch slop this mounth

[@RealFuturePictures]

Must have had to see this since all the Sonic 3 screenings are selling out.

[@nefarioussness]

I went to see Sonic 3 last night and I saw people going into the theatre for Mufasa. Are they lost? Those poor fools.

[@CSRaeburn]

This review is all the confirmation I need to see Wicked again.

[@desdar100]

The biggest issue with this film outside of the script is that it's hard to not make these realistic animals look natural singing and dancing. There was a magic to the animation play the original Lion King movies

[@thatonepossum5766]

Them being realistic also held them back in another aspect- character recognizability. Maybe it’s better in the movie (which I will never pay to see), but I was REALLY looking in the trailers and simply could not tell the difference between Mufasa and Scar. They look identical! (The first “live action” Lion King suffered from a similar problem with Simba and Scar, but at least there they were both adults with full manes, so if you squinted you could go by mane color)

[@desdar100]

@thatonepossum5766 yeah, I also felt like there was a lot of tonal whiplash. It wants to be this Prince of Egypt style epic about two brothers that end up dissenting towards each other, meanwhile you have Timon and Pumbaa making a bunch of Joss Whedon styled jokes and references

[@thatonepossum5766]

@ wait how are Timon and Pumba there? How old are they?! xD

[@desdar100]

@thatonepossum5766 I'm not really sure but for some reason they are babysitting Kiara and they make a bunch of fourth wall jokes. Ranging from things like referencing the original movie from the 90s talking about the Broadway show and their legibility to use the music from that, and a bunch of other weird and unfunny ad-libs. Keep in mind this phone is 2 hours long

[@hamishstewart5324]

I keep imagining how cool this movie could look in 2D.

[@greenhowie]

Smarter people than me have said before - this is "Straight to DVD Disney" 2.0. Every single one of these CG remakes is getting a "...better than you thought?!?" video essay in like 5 years.

[@btarczy5067]

I think what they should do next is a live action version of the original Star Wars trilogy.

[@wildebur]

Disney really pulled off a decently lengthy period doing very few sequels only to go straight back to the slop machine they used to make Hunchback of Notre Dame 2. Truly a sign of the times

[@SamAronow]

Except WDAS didn't make the sequel slop, that was DisneyToon in Australia.

[@kirara2516]

Don't say "it's just a kids movie." Kids deserve better than this. Kids need more Secret of NIMH, Iron Giant or Black Cauldron. Movies that aren't afraid to be bold, daring. Good.

[@Nugget111uh1]

The kids yearn to Live and Learn

[@thecrispymaster]

Black Cauldron was a flop, though. If we want to see good movies in cinemas we can't just not watch the slop, we also have to put our money where our mouth is and back the sorts of films we actually WANT to see (sadly, people rarely do).

[@gyanprakashgupt7699]

Studios can't let a hit one shot stay a one shot in this era of milking a cash cow to it's 3rd(threequel, yeah) death. If EEAAO was made by some major studio, we'd be seeing 2 TV shows, 1 prequel, 1 spin off movie & 2 sequels by now!

[@Topcatyo.]

Ah yes. I love that Disney, company known for making beloved animation, is taking all those dumb animations they made and is throwing them into the slop machine and churning out ugly awful realistic looking garbage. Very good direction, so happy. I’d say “much wow” but even the joy of that has been pulverized into a profitable horrifibleness.

[@SuperPal-tr3go]

It really feels like their double-dipping to get more money out of their established franchises. Why bother actually taking a creative risk when I can just remake an old successfully and claim its different because its "live-action" now?

[@cee3901]

I feel like animation is needed in situations like this. at least Cinderella and Ariel can show emotions through the people that play them, but a cgi lion is always going to give "uncanny valley" to a certain extent. and like you mentioned about not being able to differentiate the lions would be fixed by just animating it. the only positive thing for me that came from this movie was seeing the movie premier's fashion looks 😵‍💫

[@trinaq]

Keith David only appeared briefly as Mufasa's father in the flashback song, but he still made an impression, thanks to his great singing and memorable booming voice.

[@darthmarth87]

Just waiting for "Triton: The King Under the Sea" where we learn the tragic backstory of Ursula, who was the rightful heir but was pushed aside because of the patriarchy or something idk

[@nefarioussness]

Underpaid Disney Interns: Write that down, write that down!

[@SimonBuchanNz]

That's... Kinda in the original animated sequel? Ursula's sister showed up and claimed that Ursula was supposed to get the kingdom, but she's a lunatic so who knows. That and it's been years since I saw it and I don't have D+ anymore so...

[@darthmarth87]

@@SimonBuchanNz oh really? Thats funny, I think I saw that at some point as a kid but dont remember a thing about it haha

[@thecrispymaster]

@SimonBuchanNz Triton is also a total arsehole in the cartoon series, so I wouldn't put it past him.

[@MikeTheGamerGuy]

I'm also looking forward to the Bob Dylan film! It'll be my first time seeing a bio-pic about an artist I'm already a fan of.

[@brabiz67]

I bought that shirt from Kohl’s. We’re shirt brothers

[@Afaustianbargainbin]

Promise me a million times that you will never do another rule, shirt brother

[@NolifeSosun]

I enjoyed it more than the initial live action Lion King but found myself thinking I'd enjoy it more as a traditionally animated movie. The Bye Bye song from the villain lion had me laughing in the theater like "this is his his thing? bye bye? he really says bye, bye?" He looked so vicious and intimidating but "bye bye" took away that feeling for me.

[@alexanderandrews1263]

The fact the director of one of the best films of the last decade is now making content™ for the Disney media machine gives me a feeling of weltschmerz. A word meaning a general feel of melancholy over the state od the world.

[@arocknrolldream]

I genuinely can't think of a time where a prequel/origin story sounded interesting to me. "Have you ever wondered-" No. Not once. (Except maybe Monsters University)

[@banbanthebandit4002]

This movie would have been good if Mufasa was blue and if Scar was black with red highlights and had jet boots and maybe if instead of being an incel if he got a cool redemption and sacrifices himself to stop a space lizard. Then maybe the movie would be good

[@robbycooper6787]

Who is simba's kids, is it the girl from 2 or the kingdom hearts looking lion guard or literaly just lion sora

[@regioxys9450]

did not expect jake to wear a dragon ball shirt. also i think you are due for watching a good movie and i personally recommend transformers one

[@calamitysangfroid2407]

Brought to you by the studio that ruined superheroes by barfing out endless MCU movies: A buncha sequels and prequels that are completely unnecessary, every year! Yeah we even made animators turn a TV series into a movie and fired the voice actress for TV Moana despite all the work she did!!! Because we need useless sequels and prequels, FAST!!!!!!!!

[@samfilmkid]

I respect that Disney wants to hire directors with more of a "Criterion-Collection" sensibility, but Disney fans don't generally...go for those kinds of films. Sometimes these sensibilities work fine together and other times it's like watching someone try to fit a square peg in a round hole. The problem is, directing opportunities for directors like Barry Jenkins are getting more and more rare these days and I don't blame them for trying to reach out to bigger audiences. Anyways, hope the paycheck from this gives him some financial ease to try and make the movies he really loves to make!

[@sharkanenoa5928]

Let's get one thing straight here everyone. These movies OKAY ARE NOT CANON TO THE ORIGINAL ANIMATED LION KING UNIVERSE. People are seriously under the impression that Mufasa is telling the origin of these characters and are trying to connect to the good ones. It's not canon to the good ones. Scar and Mufasa have always been blood related brothers. Mufasa has always been royalty. Hell this movie is completely contradicting the last one.

[@thecrispymaster]

I really don't think anyone is getting their panties in a knot over the "canon" of the Lion King ffs 😂

[@NoBrainer7]

this is the second video in a row that is also my introduction to the movie's existence. No wait i think Man Carrying Thing made a skit for Kraven before the review

[@AlteredGoat]

A real Alice Through The Looking Glass kinda situation with this movie

[@darkblue186]

"The bad lions. And they are all white" 7:07

[@tanyam928]

They could have been more creative looking at the past with a different art style/ vibrant colors or something that would set the past apart from the "sequel" parts of the movie

[@MrBaskins2010]

rawr congrats on the new cast member

[@jamezday]

Note to Disney - Please stop, regards everyone

[@kris1123259]

I need your take on Netflix's 100 Years of Solitude

[@Mboogy]

Priderock itself being an inspiration of real place in Borana Conservancy, Kenya, it's funny they thought they needed to show a timelapse of it forming lmao... like, why? Imagine they actually made an original story, with the classic animation... it would literally sell itself!

[@gurra981]

i wouldent even argue its for kids, this movie is for spreadsheets

[@snowset675]

Is nothing sacred, Disney?

[@perianth5310]

Mu-false-a

[@alroth1035]

Barry Jenkins directing this is as baffling to me as JC Chandor directing Kraven the Hunter, really.

[@annakobuk3618]

Next spin-off channel: Family Carrying the World.

[@rodolforodriguez4447]

Man needs to take son to Sonic 3

[@Bausaw]

We need Man Carrying Mufasa

[@snorlaxhd4677]

I listened to the bye bye song and ive been laughing for 10 minutes, might actually watch the movie because of it

[@Projectsunduck]

I really really really wanted to see the Robbie Williams movie on Christmas. I don’t even know anything about him, but it looks like an interesting movie. My family ( for the kids so makes sense ) chose Mufasa. I argued for my second option, Sonic 3. We are seeing Mufasa :(

[@LegendryHeropon]

got an ad for sonic 3, a movie i've already watched twice, on this video :)

[@kilo3580]

Barry Jenkins? “If Beale Street Could Talk”, Barry Jenkins?! huh, wow.

[@diegoherrera7785]

I would love to know your opinion on the 100 years of solitude adaptation

[@reeceloomis673]

YMS shouted out let’s gooo!!!

[@MelchVagquest]

Absolutely love the Goku shirt!

[@samuelakande9669]

Congrats man🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂

[@ChuckDarwin1909]

I too am looking forward to the Bob Dylan movie

[@KyndlingStoneCB]

Sonic 3 SWEEP

[@TheOOPprogrammer]

Everyone wanted this. Who didn’t want to know Mufasa’s backstory?

[@danielcreamer9669]

Back to the mill father! Listen to Cats in the Cradle on the drive to the theater why don't ya!?

[@no-pie]

People will have to get used to the dude (some would say couch) who talks about how "your/our" parents think to sound more and more like Grandpa Simpson.

[@acdcljb]

So they are literally fighting Kimba the White Lion in this one?

[@daydreamer8941]

Everyone been saying I always wanted a brother is a sucessor to I just want to be king but I say I just want to be king still works better because besides being Simba I want song it also had roots in the plot as Simba/ Nala started the song to get rid of Zazu. As for bye bye yes it is a stupid song. It's not even anything compared to be prepared, nor is it like Aaron Burr wait for it. Also, in my opinion, Aslan from Narnina is so much more expressive than any of these lions, and that movie can be out almost twenty years ago. I feel that because Narnina acknowledged it was a fantasy well, Disney pushes this movie is "live action" when it just Hamlet but with lions. I think making Taka king but him losing his birth pride makes his whole anger at Mufasa unfounded because Mufasa laid the foundation for Malili, not Taka.

[@FiLepsy]

Dude... Pride rock!

[@18emdy]

Disney: Remember when we copied that Albino Lion to create Lion King? .... Yeah lets make them the Villains in this one..

[@TheConnorBaird]

Eliot better not see this (if ykyk)

[@jingalls9142]

So what if the main reason is that those who make the movies would rather just remake a property they already own than take the chance on something original that may fail. And if you lose money on something you already own then you can make it up via taxes...or something to thar effect. It may seem obvious to everyone else but that thought always floats in my mind everytime I see another remake....that inevitably turns out to be crap. I don't know yalll....for I am just a humble turnip.

[@donaldwobamajr6550]

Honestly, I thought this was a modest improvement over the 2019 film. At least they tried to have some decent looking shots instead of being a slave to realism.

[@_Rick___Grimes_]

yeah, thats the main positive i think this movie has

[@nightwish1453]

which is kind of an alice through the looking glass scenario

[@ARedMongoose]

There's something a little funny about you going to see hot garbage so soon after the birth of your son

[@emirefli]

Is there a patreon tier where you'll be able to save yourself from mediocre slop? An intervention tier?

[@nakenmil]

Did they make SCAR a misunderstood villain now? I hope they had the fucking gall. It's almost always the lady villains who get that treatment, I hope they went fucking insane and thought they could rehabilitate Scar somehow, that would be fucking wild.

[@jasminv8653]

What lady villain has ever had a misunderstood woob moment? I want that

[@nakenmil]

@@jasminv8653 Wicked, Maleificent, Cruella.

[@nakenmil]

@@jasminv8653 I'm not sure what a "woob moment" is, but I was referring to the trend of making prequels to established movies where the (usually) female villain is shown as sympathetic and misunderstood.

[@xdcomedyandnostalgicvideos]

Didn't watch in theaters instead at home didn't like it at all. I don't like the live action lion king either. Glad i didn't waste my money.

[@nightmayor6114]

Now I'm canonically confused why Scar always wanted to be king. Bro you are neighborhood homie at best

[@mindlander]

Good golly i am embarrassed for this man child.

[@DirtyHairy1]

you will probably soon realize who wants this. Parents who will watch anything to make their kids shut up for a few minutes

[@benv7933]

Sonic 3!!!

[@twomo1]

Transformers one was not needed either, but yet did this prequel story WAY BETTER.

[@T--------]

I'm sorry you gotta be the only person watching this instead of sonic 😭

[@MatecaCorp]

Dude, Pride Rock!

[@tomasavendanozacarias5205]

i wanted a cgi version of deviantart cat romeo and juliet

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

Huh, I own that same shirt.

[@Oatlis]

Then in 5 years we'll get a 2d remake when the remake and sequel bucket dries up

[@stufffromdan]

At least Sonic 3 was great lol

[@160sharp]

Man of steel was a solid superman film that wasn’t afraid to do something different, i have no faith with the new one

[@Dededvine]

Good thing I can use sonic 3 to ignore this nasty prequel

[@tzfsr]

DRAGON BALL Z!!!!

[@Ben-jl2rh]

I don't like you but I like the video