YMS: The Lion King (2019) Editing Highlights (Part 4)

[@catendway4754]

*{Timestamps}* 00:00 - the voice actors getting humiliated by Jon Favreau 01:29 - The neutering of the lions 04:18 - sounds like John Oliver was asked to ad-lib the same stupid humor he always makes (& just that typical Marvel movie humor in general) 05:02 - Disney basically saying “fuck you” to Rowan Atkinson 05:46 - does Adam like John Oliver outside of 2019 TLK? 06:04 - late night talk shows suck (Jimmy Kimmel’s the worst one out of all of them) 06:29 - Disney’s hired celebrities not actors 06:49 - shitty lighting 07:11 - when the dubs are superior to the sub… 13:42 - *WOW DUDE PRIDE ROCK* 14:20 - poor James 14:49 - Jon Favreau’s body language 15:16 - does anyone genuinely like this movie??? 16:46 - rambly stuff 17:31 - bad line delivery 20:30 - _vore time_ 21:00 - 1994 den scene vs 2019 den scene (thank u jonny for making the lion king stupider) 23:45 - I hope the *WOW DUDE PRIDE ROCK* dude is fine with becoming a meme 24:11 - JD McCrary 28:10 - the butchering of the national anthem (ft. JD McCrary) 30:19 - the review runtime 31:38 - concept art 33:05 - weird furry commission things 34:02 - blu-rays & copyright 36:27 - YOU ARE A LIAR JON 36:52 - *luhhhhhhh - ife* 39:00 - Jon’s next on Adam’s hitlist 40:42 - _Adam had a dream_ 41:40 - teasers 42:28 - credits This list of vendetta Adam has towards the growing amount of directors reminds me of the Bride’s vendetta against the DIVAS from Kill Bill

[@kirbycooper9496]

It's almost like for the localizations they hired voice actors instead of celebrities

[@Tago976]

Yeah, i watched the turkish dub in cinemas and thought that the voice acting was spectacular. the film was still shitty tho, dubbing cant save it.

[@servomoore]

@@Tago976 They would have has to do some Ghost Stories-type stuff to save this movie with a dub.

[@skywrecker]

BUT BEYONCE!

[@Alejandroigarabide]

I was going to comment the same.

[@thejedisonic67]

America is so obsessed with celebrities they are hired over people who are actually versed in voice acting. Of course there are exceptions to this rule (the trend setters, robin williams in Aladdin and later the main cast of Shrek. Jack Black can be a good one too if he has the right direction), but most of the time the performances are either half-assed like Beyonce here, or the people they hired just aren't well versed in voice acting

[@bw-xv2rz]

"Simbuh?!" -Mufasa "Seembach!" -Rafiki "Simbuzz down there" -Scar

[@BigBossMan538]

Oui

[@57yearoldjamesbond]

BigBossMan538 I think you mean *Oui*

[@cosplayingchao]

"KIIIIIIMMMMMBAAAAAHH!!" -Weird Kimba intro

[@TimDimNuderu]

@@cosplayingchao i cannot believe lion king 2019 ripped off kimba. i cannot believe they would do this.

[@squidsquiddly5970]

SIMBUUUUKA... Drunk asss me... "yep I am 2 months late lol but heeere I is!"

[@RickRaptor105]

"It sounds good from over here" reminds me of Mark Webb's "Good, got it, great" that Ralph always uses

[@frederickshaibani5655]

Iconic

[@Donners329]

"perfect"

[@davidh9354]

I think it's "sounds perfect", but I agree with your statement. Would make for a good meme

[@InsightfulUndercurrents]

I just imagine Jon writing and planning the Mandalorian while "Directing" this film. Feels like he used the film to test new VR/CGI techniques and as a favour to Disney so thay they would sign off on Mandalorian.

[@ryngobrody1627]

@@InsightfulUndercurrents Maybe the reason mandalorian uses virtual sets and puppets is because he learned from lion king lol

[@lunalluna9401]

Lately I've caught my self doing the most mundane things like taking a shower and suddenly remembering the line 'yeeuus' and I burst out laughing.

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

I know that the same thing is going to happen to me, except for French Mufasa. *" O U I "*

[@lunalluna9401]

@@AllyGatorAnimator it leveled up

[@vannakinder352]

That happens with the Kimba dub, Hans Zimmer being interviewed, Pharrell talking about a black hole, and the whole Beyonce stop thing/the nutty interviews.

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

@Elvick *cums* "Simbuh?"

[@WomanRespecter6969]

@@WaspCameraInSpringfield bruh

[@geddyleesquire]

For god sake, James is almost 90, let the guy enjoy his retirement.

[@redbeard3946]

I see this comment all the time so I'm kinda wondering: Does the guy need the money or something? I get everyone wants him to retire with grace but that doesn't always happen. If he's absolutely rolling in cash then please ignore this, but people still need something to keep their dried up brain lubed up when they're well into their twilight years.

[@Nobody-hc2bo]

Frechan he could also like what he does but to a fault

[@disgruntledcashier503]

The film's a shot-for-shot remake, why not just re-use his takes from 1994? Touch them up, not tell anyone, I don't think anyone would even notice. Definitely not the Disney simps.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

@@redbeard3946 I think it's because he's a Morgan Freeman level of uber identifiable voice actor

[@jacksonflood9344]

Yeaus

[@lucypeterson2231]

Adam's undying hatred for this movie is so infectious

[@vannakinder352]

I feel him bc it is how I feel about the Aladdin one. I just use that as a way to finally see someone being pissed off with this bad remakes. I really do have personal reasons as to why the Aladdin one pisses me off and his shitting on Jon Favreau is similar to my hatred for Guy Ritchie.

[@lucypeterson2231]

@@vannakinder352 Aladdin 2019 is legitimately in the top 10 worst films I've ever seen

[@vannakinder352]

@@lucypeterson2231 Guy Ritchie's casting comments are so similar to Ridley Scott's Muhammed so and so comments. Idk why Disney who found themselves in the Prince of Persia controversy still let these douchey directors think they are some authority on Middle-eastern/south-Asian culture. Idk why people get mad at so much stupid shit on casting but Guy Ritchie alluded to the fact he would not hire a middle-eastern actress to play Jasmine like what a douche. Funny thing Aladdin is set in what can be described as 800s Iraq a time of prosperity and beauty. Look at what they did to it the setting is so ugly and even the bright colors feel so muted it looked like present-day Iraq. The music and other aspects are so dull and not as big/spectacular as it should be given the context of the film's culture/setting.

[@lucypeterson2231]

@@vannakinder352 That movie makes me physically ill. It looks like a Hallmark movie

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@vannakinder352 Welcome to how I felt about the Beauty and the Beast remake with Emma Watson. Bill Condon had no idea what made the original one of the most beloved films Disney ever made and it shows with that remake.

[@geddyleesquire]

I hate how they made Scar such a generic villain in the remake. Scar is such a joy to watch in the original film

[@TedMackey]

he was weak, foreign, and with very female moves, and I loved him

[@galletasist]

He had charisma and was hammy and actually had fun being evil. The remakes Scar feel as if he is fed up and just wants to go to sleep after a hard day of work... boring.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Jafar in the Aladdin remake was like that too. If Disney keeps sucking the fun and charm out of these villains, I'm scared to what they'd do to Cruella in her own movie.

[@thegamingtrain4927]

Ted Mackey i understood that reference

[@kanibelazy0585]

@@michaelstrong5383 Jafar, in the live action, is like a background character

[@aloadofbollocks988]

The foreign dubs are better because they probably have the balls to tell them “no, that’s shit, do it again or we’ll find someone better”.

[@FortoFight]

Yeah, the voice actors aren't celebrities for the dubs so they want to do well for their portfolio and so they don't get fired.

[@screamingphoenix8113]

They also probably scheduled them for longer than 30 minutes in the voice acting booth.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

The fun thing is that, at least for the latin american spanish dub, Disney is known for being very strict with the dubbing, being as neutral as possible and pitch perfect compared to other dubs where they'll indeed hire mexican celebrities that know no shit of voice acting and hire them just for their fame. So bizarre.

[@mariokarter13]

English dubs have a different problem, where they go back to the same shallow pool of actors for the same projects over and over. I'm sure you're the most talented voice actor in the industry, (Tara Strong, Troy Baker, etc.), but I'm sick of hearing you.

[@snagc4b427]

Don't the voice actors for dubs have the animation for reference compared to the original dubs ? Because in general the voice acting precedes the animation in the production process.

[@samzilla567]

I understand the idea of keeping an old voice actor who is tied to a famous role they are known for. But James really can't do the voice of Mufasa anymore, and that goes for Darth Vader too. Let the poor man retire.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

That guy voicing Scar would have been a great Mufasa.

[@TheRausing1]

He’d be getting paid at least a million dollars for probably 5-6 hours of recording. I’m sure it’s his grand kids he’s doing it for, and I bet he’s happy to do it.

[@1xoACEox1]

Tbf his more tired delivery suits the flat live action better. Jones from 95 would be too much for it. Imagine Jeremy irons doing scar in the 2019 version... it would look so bad.

[@PeninsulaPaintings]

The worst part is that; if he was recast originally, the internet would've had a complete spazz about it and angrily demanded they cast him back as Mufasa. Not knowing how badly he needed to be recast.

[@3ternals0ul25]

Adam, would you say this movie is a tragedy of filmmaking? Adam: *"Oui."*

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar8450]

ssSÍii

[@Wired4Life2]

*"hAi"* - Kimba Krowd remnant

[@nathanjora7627]

Ou*ii*

[@RIPCrazyFrog]

" Wow dude, pride rock" is never gona be not funny.

[@dickcheesemcgee6978]

I clapped! I clapped when i saw pride rock!!!

[@thequestion8697]

@@dickcheesemcgee6978 Very cool.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

I don't wanna keep knocking on the guy but, he's doing the Beta Male face.

[@r.p.4756]

@@comixproviderftw_02 wow dude, incel cock.

[@brianford4914]

It reminds me of the "Dude this is dark web" line from unfriended 2

[@jesusangulo2119]

that cringy sounding YEEEEUSSS is even funnier along side his thiumphant sounding previous line.

[@MarkQuick0411]

You can do eeet

[@thommygoot7696]

I feel so bad for James. He should’ve never been brought back. Jeremy Iron on the other hand could still play Scar to this day.

[@juanitadark]

iron, singular

[@LinkMcStink]

I heard a small child refer to the live action remake as "the real one" and I wanted to blow my brains out.

[@uknownada]

@@LinkMcStink Before I learned the term "live-action", I always called anything that wasn't animated, or at least looked realistic, "real".

[@Neo2266.]

I feel like if they gave him better direction instead of that bootlicking “that sounds great” he would pull those lines off well even today

[@travissloan9411]

The only reason I think he's back is because everybody knows him as Mufasa and Darth Vader, characters from franchises that disney was market the shit out of last year.

[@Rhetco]

11:48 Mufasa getting slapped and falling off the cliff sounds like a Half-Life 2 physics glitch when a ragdoll is flopping around

[@MegaRazor619]

Holy shit it does

[@Carp6969]

I didn't notice that! Now that scene is even more funnier then before!

[@hoopermagooper3545]

When they show his body they play the flatline sound

[@My20GUNS]

YMS will do for Lion King 2019, what Jaws did for the ocean.

[@afig2556]

Thank you I will comment this when the review comes out

[@squishy77wah78]

This comment did to the comment section that jaws did to the ocean and pysco did to the skwers and the lue

[@camerabox1]

@@squishy77wah78 what this comment did to the comment section will be what American Psycho did to the business suit

[@wakerobin9215]

yuEs

[@bentramer682]

@@squishy77wah78 this comment did to my brain what drugs also did to my brain.

[@ddawgmcdawg213]

18:25 Mufasa sounds like he’s been drinking at 5 PM when his wife texts him reminding to pick up Simba at school and then thinks to himself, oh I have a son, shit.

[@saliv88]

I might actually like “OUII.” more than “yEs.”

[@gh000stful]

OUII is so much better

[@frederickshaibani5655]

Blasphemy.

[@karolkozik5918]

it sounds almost like he's angry at Simba at daring to question his authority. Like he's so dominant that he goes "OUII. I rule this land. Must I have to put a baguette to your head?"

[@porelius3429]

I need that as an isolated clip

[@iamnottheguy8914]

Timestamp for OUII?

[@TimDimNuderu]

21:35 Scar here looks like foreign, weak and with very female moves

[@MustelaPutoriusFuro99]

I'm glad you posted that timestamp so I didn't have to.

[@ryngobrody1627]

"Sounds good from over here, That's perfect" has great meme potential.

[@shg45]

Hopefully this is his version of Mark Waid's "Yeah, good. Got it, great." meme that ralphthemoviemaker usually does.

[@shg45]

@@piratediscoking1392 my autocorrect be like "yeah, good got it great!"

[@AkumetsuLord]

"I haven't talked about BEEEEyonce..." Honestly i hope Adum doesn't bring her up. A nice comparison with how often she's brought up during interviews as if she's the most important part of the movie, yet in the review, she's not.

[@frederickshaibani5655]

Lol it'd be a nice twist if he didn't, but Adam's implied on Twitter that he'll mention her a few times

[@mariokarter13]

Have it as an after credits stinger. "Oh, f**k, I still haven't talked about Beyonce!"

[@ImortalZeus13]

I need a commentary free five minutes of “This is the part where I show you clips of how often Beyoncé was talked about and notice how I didn’t even need to discuss her when reviewing the film”

[@cookiemocher388]

It's an idea

[@nathanyarymowich]

For the foreign language versions, it’s like they got voice actors and not celebrities.

[@StummerVogel]

Next you'll be telling me other countries cast voice actors based on their performance instead of their skin color. Crazy!

[@EveTheBoneQueen]

@@StummerVogel LK2019 voice actors were cast due to their celebrity status first and foremost. Was their skin color considered? Yeah, most likely, but who gives a shit? There's plenty of much more talented POC voice actors that they could have cast that aren't celebrities if geological accuracy was a main concern. Don't turn this into anti-SJW, anti-diversity nonsense

[@Kolbatsu]

To be fair at least it's John Oliver instead of James Corden.

[@Felipevideos9008]

Oh god I don't even wanna imagine that

[@Felipevideos9008]

The idea of James Corden playing Zazu activated my fight or flight response

[@torotimemaster8983]

True

[@FortoFight]

I really don't understand why Americans like James Corden so much. Over here he's just a mediocre actor and comedian, most people probably think of him as "Smitthy from Gavin and Stacey" still.

[@tackwardsfongjump1800]

ULOIRAR real chads know him from his best role, Bustopher Jones

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

Mufasa and Scar's repetitive info-dump has the same energy as the terrible line reads from that Dingo Pictures ripoff. "Your father the black panther is your father?!"

[@notapaperclip]

"I don't know, I think that we should be enemies".

[@rickkcir2151]

It’s like when characters are talking to one another and they incorporate “my old friend” in the dialogue.

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

@@rickkcir2151 Let's not forget the classic "as you all know."

[@shg45]

Dingo Pictures!? . . . . . . . . . . *Yee*

[@dampowl]

hi ally

[@jayjaydeth]

"15 minutes into the film and an hour into the review." Good... Use your aggressive feelings, YMS! Let the Long Man flow through you.

[@thisisawsome34253212]

@@skinnysnorlax1876 More like a long anthro lion through him, preferably Scar.

[@Ze_eT]

@@thisisawsome34253212 YMS likes an anthro lion. IHE likes an anthro plane. RalphTheMoviMaker likes drugs.

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

The German and Danish version of the "Yes" line both have Mufasa casually going "Yeah..."

[@annien7831]

JA!

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

Ja.

[@GAPIntoTheGame]

It’s honestly sad that James Earl Jones has completely lost his voice

[@brasteen1]

Old age is a bitch.

[@emigrant1510]

yEs

[@vannakinder352]

Seeing as he is the only one of five people competent at voice acting in the movie. I do feel bad for him bc it makes him look much worse than people who are miscast or not good at voice acting that are in the movie. It feels even to have considered casting him again as Mufasa. Though, had he played Rafiki it would have made him not terrifying if he voiced him instead bc the original voice actor and the current one are pretty old so hearing his age in his voice would not be as much of an issue compared to him as Mufasa.

[@GOLDFISH817]

He’s an old ass man this was basically elder abuse

[@dekudude8888]

I think he should retire or maybe find new voices that fit his older voice

[@michaelstrong5383]

3:34-3:49 It's worse when, later on in the remake where Mufasa is about to scold Simba for going to the Elephant Graveyard, they borrowed a line from the Broadway musical: "I remember a cub, a certain headstrong cub, who was always getting into scrapes, and he showed he had a lot more prominence. Did he not, sire?" *(One of my favorite added lines from the musical)* And while the musical uses that to further illustrate Mufasa and Zazu's friendship, Mufasa in the remake just ignores that. You could cut that line from the remake and the scene wouldn't be any different.

[@alice88wa]

That's where you'd be wrong - seeding that Mufasa prequel boi!!

[@a_blind_sniper]

Oh my god, at 18:20 that "Simba's down there!" "Simbuh?" -sounds like video game dialogue. Picture the Oblivion OST playing during that interaction.

[@PaintedBB]

My god, it's perfect.

[@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy]

-"Heard any news from the other provinces?" -"Simba's down there!" -"I've heard others say the same..."

[@godess_call]

Have you heard of the High Gazelles?

[@KyrieFortune]

"Hello!" "What's going on with you?" "I've seen Simba is down there in the stampede." "Simba?" "Take care." "You too."

[@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy]

Mufasa, staring up at Scar in desperation: M: "Brother!" S: "This is the part, where you fall down and BLEED TO DEATH!" M: *hrgblhr!* S: "...body's still warm... Looks like there's a killer about!"

[@randomness928]

As someone who is currently an acting student, when you say a line that is meant to be interrupted, you need to know what the full sentence is. Hearing John Oliver say “WHAT I MEANT WAS” in an almost robotic tone without it feeling like he’s been interrupted suggests to me that he actually doesn’t know what what he meant was.

[@Exnem]

Has Adam read the production info of Lion King '94 that they released for publicity on the Buena Vista WWW website prior to the film's release? I think he would get a kick out of how they talk about expressions being important to the emotional connection for the characters of the film. Here's an excerpt with the supervising animator of Scar talking about it: *"Working primarily with four-legged animals also proved challenging to the animators in terms of gesturing and attitudes. According to Andreas Deja, Scar's supervising animator, "When I first began to animate this character, I remember thinking, 'How am I going to get all this humanized personality into this character without hands. Hands are so important to expressing a character's emotions. Finally, I learned to concentrate on the overall body attitude -- the angle of the head and the facial expressions. Sometimes, very subtle things like raising an eyebrow let you show what the character is thinking. You have fewer things to work with but I think it can be as powerful in the end if you really understand the scene and get the acting right."* *In the case of Scar, Deja used the character's walk to express personality. "His walk is totally different from the other lions. He's usually lower to the ground because he's sneakier. He has more of a gliding walk, kind of slick and elegant, while the others are much more powerful and heavy."* and: *""People sometimes ask, 'don't you get bored doing all those drawings?' and the thing of it is that we don't think about drawing, we think about acting," continues Deja. "My job is to figure out who this character is and what he's going through emotionally at any given point. **_You have to know what his likes and dislikes are and how he feels about himself and the other characters._** Jeremy does the voice, but the performance and how he would move and act is really up to me. I have to come up with that performance that you see up there on the screen."* LOL. There's other stuff about the production of the original there which could be of interest like Scar's design taking cues from Jeremy Iron's real face and hair which makes the fact that they obviously lifted some of Scar's design for the 2019 remake a bit weird, Zimmer talking about his process of composing the soundtrack, and about the thought on the emotion and character of each actor given to the characters in the planning phase being evident. Not sure how to forward it to him but it's funny that someone working on the original production not only corroborates his criticisms but also serves itself as a criticism for the 2019 remake. Src : www.lionking.org/text/FilmNotes.html

[@lordanzu8763]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@AlfredSoul]

My guess is that John Oliver legitimately thought he was supposed to voice Zazu like how an actual bird would talk, which is why his lines sound like a parrot just learned the phrases.

[@iaodfsh]

No he is just a talentless hack.

[@TacoTimePablo]

The answer to "Who watches it?" to anything on youtube that has high numbers without any logical explanation is always: Kids.

[@theallinonegamer8482]

I know Adam immediately threw away the idea of these corporations buying views but it has been proven by quite a few people on youtube that if you look hard enough and avoid the scams there are dozens of companies that will artificially inflate videos with views as well as comments, in fact, its easy to see on certain news channels that the same 50-100 accounts will show up with bad spelling and grammar with a basically copy-paste comment.

[@vannakinder352]

No bc the marketing is based off a strong familiarity with the property as well as nostalgia. I really think it is people like the pride rock guy or honestly the average viewer of the React channel.

[@connorw2k]

0:51 James says "you can do it" like he's in an Adam Sandler movie.

[@FalloutZone]

Man this YMS vid is going to be long af... Can’t wait!!!

[@poppybelle23]

Wonder if its gonna be as long as kimba

[@bw-xv2rz]

@@poppybelle23 let's cross our fingers

[@Sugarman96]

@@poppybelle23 I hope so.

[@brandon17760]

I like his vids split into 20-30 min segments

[@wallcoconut9634]

11:47 so Scar put his claws into Mufasa's paws like he did in the original, then pulled them out and punched him in the face? Why did he punch him in the face? You had your claws in his feet dude, you were holding him there! Throw him off!

[@100Darkspine]

Because a lion throwing another lion's paws off the rock wouldn't be *realistic* enough for this documentary film, obviously. Scar needs to bat Mufasa in the face like a cat or else the movie risks *anthropomorphising* them

[@wallcoconut9634]

@@100Darkspine I will admit there is nothing scarier than a kitty bopping his bro on the head with his murder mitts. The attempt to make this "realistic" murdered the movie more than cgi Scar murdered cgi Mufasa. Not that Hamlet with lions would have made a good documentary in the first place. Maybe if it weren't so serious about itself.

[@tiablue9106]

So they take out Mufasa desperately calling Scar “brother” while hanging on a cliffside, and move Scar’s mention of Mufasa being his big brother from its original line (“well if it isn’t my big brother descended from on high to mingle with the commoners!”) to his line abt Mufasa outclassing him in strength? Why so a w k w a r d

[@GELTONZ]

Adum: The Japanese one's so much better! Weebs: Always has been.

[@thisisawsome34253212]

Not always, check out the Japanese version of Spongebob. I can't say that it's awful, but I'll never understand the female casting of Patrick and Plankton.

[@jogymogy3691]

@@thisisawsome34253212 I hate when they cast female seiyu for male characters. Goku, Luffy, Edward Elric never worked for me because of that.

[@thisisawsome34253212]

@@jogymogy3691 Masako Nozawa's prepubescent Goku is perfect, I don't mind her adult Goku given how the character never mentally aged. I find it amusing that her Kureha voice is similar, but everyone loves it. I disagree on Luffy's casting, I've listened to clips of dubs where men play him, and I don't think that works for the character. Mayumi Tanaka is also incredible with Luffy's serious moments. Romi Park's young Edward Elric is pretty good, but I admire her calm low-pitched voice for his present self. I don't see the problem. I don't like the Japanese Patrick and Plankton because I don't think that the casting matches the characters. Both had deep voices in English, and it's bizarre seeing the opposite way around in a culture that's usually good at dubbing American cartoons.

[@susususu6778]

Gon Kurapika, and Killua are great though.

[@royalblanket]

@@thisisawsome34253212 plankton had a high pitched voice cause hes small, even if it doesnt fit Patrick on the other hand? I have no clue

[@Griffin1171-love-you-all]

I love how Adum's able to just smile and laugh at the 2019 version of Mufasa's death and gets genuinely emotional editing the original version.

[@tormented5636]

Hearing James Earl Jones try to do mufasa now is so sad.

[@CanadAssassiN]

The image of John hitting that drum at the end was so unintentionally hilarious. It was like someones little baby playing at a talent show and they looked up like "look mommy i played da drumss :3 "

[@mon0752]

Instead of hiring real talented voice actors they just hired "celebrities"

[@jignjorf9076]

Some of them actually are talented but they just phone it in here

[@frederickshaibani5655]

I was just sad that Eric Andre said yes 😣

[@Actiomedey]

@@frederickshaibani5655 Can't blame the dude for cashing in on that Disney money. I doubt any of us would turn it down for having to do practically nothing.

[@TooCooFoYou]

To be fair, the cast of the original Lion King were made up of celebrities and A-list actors, not VAs (you can’t tell me with a straight face that Matthew Broderick is a world renown VA).

[@frederickshaibani5655]

@@TooCooFoYou yeah, but the majority of trained film/stage actors, including Broderick, understand how to give a competent voice performance. Here, it's a combination of random celebrities who were terrible for the roles to begin with, plus Favreau's piss-poor direction. At least Broderick was surrounded by more talented people...

[@max5845]

2019 James Earl Jones as Mufasa actually sounds like something out of a Kimba dub.

[@masonlove1264]

Just elongate Mufasa’s fall and ADR in “ow you bit my toe” in, and it’ll suddenly become 10x Better.

[@max5845]

@@masonlove1264 My brother actually was doing stuff like that yesterday. If I had the time I would probably do a Kimba dub for the whole 2019 movie. Now THAT would be something.

[@catendway4754]

I’d like to think that Jon Favraeu is an evil supervillain who’s out to destroy 2D animation Like 2D animation did something to him during his childhood ala Doofenshmirtz, and now he’s on a nostalgic revenge rampage to replace 2D with realistic CGI

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

Behold, the CGInator!

[@scarymonsterzz]

My brother was killed by a toon...

[@FortoFight]

I think all corporate hacks just think that 2D animation is antiquated because it's older.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

And all that money will be used for The Mandalorian.

[@Wired4Life2]

No, that was John Lasseter: www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/breaking-disney-just-gutted-their-hand-drawn-animation-division-81043.html

[@jesusangulo2119]

John playing that instrument is more sad than funny because he has a “they forced me to do that” face.

[@LittleNekoLost]

Chiwetel Ejiofor sounds like he would have been a better fit for Mufasa....They should have left James alone the poor guy.

[@tofutoph]

I legit thought he was line reading for Mufasa at first in the beginning. Sounded just like James.

[@yanstein8464]

ejiofor as mufasa, irons as scar... that would've been perfect

[@SpamEggSausage]

Chiwetel Ejiofor is an excellent actor and should be in better movies than this

[@vannakinder352]

Yeah again just bc he just does not have it in his abilities to be a character actor like Irons does not mean he isn’t a good actor. Some of the best actors are not. Outside of this easily Chiwitel is the best actor (and pre retirement James Earl Jones) in this awful movie.

[@a.d.c.2276]

Watching these editing highlights, I'm starting to think that the reason the review is taking so long is due to Adum just sitting there replaying the same clips over and over again for hours on end so he can laugh at them. "It's SO BAD. HOW IS IT SO BAD" *rewinds clip* "LIKE JESUS CHRIST IT'S AWFUL" *rewinds clip*

[@VCJunkie]

For reference, here are the highest grossing animated films of all time since the summer of 1994: "The Lion King" 1994-2003 (750+ mil) "Finding Nemo" 2003-2004 (850+ mil) "Shrek 2" 2004-2010 (900+ mil) "Toy Story 3" 2010-2013 (1.05+ bil) "Frozen" 2013-2019 (1.2+ bil) "The Lion King (2019)" 2019- (1.6+ bil) So, while this horrid film did make an obscene amount of money, at least the original is still the highest grossing 2-D animated film, by a wide margin.

[@cheshirethehatter3213]

Fun fact, my math might be wrong, but if you account for inflation, the original Lion King made over 1.1 billion in 2019 USD.

[@newadarirull]

How can you compete against a live action remake of the documentary with Beyondce?

[@alice88wa]

I had no idea about Shrek 2! It's the only non-Disney/Pixar movie. Man, no wonder they've made like 10 sequels.

[@ivancorredera4241]

I think the reason why they didn’t bring Jeremy Irons is because they wanted to incorporate as many black celebrities as they can for woke points. This is Disney after all. Yeah, they did hire Seth Rogen and Bill Eichner, but their roles are not as prominent as Scar. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a good actor, but he doesn’t have the presence that Jeremy Irons had in the original. Jeremy Irons could still play him just fine, but Chiwetel Ejifore doesn’t carry that same charisma that Jeremy brought. It might be for political points, it might be because Chiwetel was more popular than Jeremy nowadays. I don’t know really. You were spot on when you said that Scar would be just some lion in your Aladdin 2019 YMS. It boggles my mind that this is the highest grossing ‘animated’ movie of all time.

[@QueenAvacado]

They literally gave 2019 scar the same lines as the 1994 scar and it just doesn’t work. Because the 1994 scar is much more dramatic and sadistic and all of his lines were literally written for Jeremy irons. So his character in 2019 doesn’t work at all because you’ve got lines that 1994 scar said that were literally written for a completely different actor.

[@ivancorredera4241]

Phineas Facing Forward I just checked. The lion king 2019 has grossed over $1.6 billion, more than Frozen and its sequel, making it the the highest grossing animated movie ever and the 7th highest grossing movie of all time. It’s honestly very baffling and annoying how much money it has grossed over any other animated movie in history; even more than Frozen somehow.

[@ivancorredera4241]

Kelsey Mullett actually, the lines aren’t exactly the same. There were some changes made to the new script that really took away from the uniqueness of the original Scar. His characterization is far more obvious as he’s less jovial and maniacal here, leading to a way less impactful performance.

[@YMS]

also billy is a gay actor replacing another gay actor

[@lookingforlove839]

@@YMS Mm suspicious

[@redbeard3946]

"Omg the Japanese voice actors are better!!" Well yeah, it's actually a legit career choice if you make it as a voice actor in Japan. People give a damn.

[@HOTD108_]

Goku isn't Goku unless he sounds like an old women. That's just a fact.

[@NurseValentineSG]

It's also a legit career choice in america. It's just that hollywood (media in general, really) loves forcing big names in voice acting roles that never voice acted before, but are known. Celebrity voice actors are always a curse.

[@thisisawsome34253212]

Not always, check out Japanese Patrick Star and Plankton.

[@littlerelief]

Disney animated musicals have always had such impeccable vocalists, for everything from flawless pitch to emotional performance. The sloppiness of their modern remakes is a looooot more damning than I think they even realize. Ariel was everything I wanted to be in a singer when I was a kid, I studied her intonation when I listened to the soundtrack, and I can't imagine a music-obsessed kid with perfect ear pitch listening to any song from the new Aladdin or Lion King and thinking the same.

[@alice88wa]

What's really interesting to me is to see all the different areas that complaints are coming from: theme park buffs, merchandise enthusiasts, film critics, music people, visual artists, etc. It's like every possible sphere is rising up saying 'Disney is turning crap'. Gonna be an interesting 2-5 years ahead for Disney.

[@TheCrappyRobot]

You may be going insane watching The Lion King 2019. But my advice is...Remember who you are.

[@EliTheMonKEE101]

Remember

[@michaelstrong5383]

The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

[@vizard_ichigo_3893]

The other languages sound better because they're giving a performance and not stroking egos 😆 😆 😆

[@busted_keys]

I feel like this movie would have been less weird and crappy if they had just canned all the CGI shit, cast real animals instead and done a Hammy the Hamster style voice over that had nothing to do with the animal's actual mouth. Somehow I think it would look less dumb.

[@hqmagnus]

See I think it’d be interesting if they tried to tell the film without any dialogue and just have The karaoke version of the songs playing over the musical scenes. Would be weird and probably shit but at least different and challenging unlike the lion king remake we got.

[@breannaw7254]

Woah yeah i can see

[@max5845]

that's like what they did with "Love on a Leash" and look how good THAT movie turned out.

[@KaptajnKlutch]

"This may be longer than Kimba" My body is ready!

[@dmkq9554]

"I think this will be longer than Kimba" well we hope so

[@owl-kingdom844]

I gotta say, as a Quebecer, hearing m.yms laugh at Mufasa gravely pronouncing"Oui" was a delight.

[@ZeebouSpace]

All of the jokes in this movie feel like bad improv.

[@kevinoryon9007]

That's an insult to good improv

[@ZeebouSpace]

@@kevinoryon9007 True, I'll edit it 👌

[@someeggplant]

Sometimes, Adum laughs like Ratigan, and my heart grows one size furrier every time.

[@klg9549]

Hey, I rewatched that the other day! Such a good movie, wild that it's only 62 minutes too.

[@vannakinder352]

His audition for Great Mouse Detective 2023. Btw anyone else excited for photorealistic flounder for 2022?

[@MarkQuick0411]

Gotta give JEJ credit he’s does a great impression of the Text To Speech audio lol

[@Zulf85]

There is something hilariously unnerving about looking away from the screen and hearing Adum say "vore time"

[@GregReavis]

The other language dubs have better director's. It doesn't matter how good or bad they are to a degree when voice actors have a bad director. A good director would replace someone if they can't perform the part.

[@TrixiLovesYou]

More like Grandpa Mufasa. Cue Christopher Sugi: "Graaaaandpa! Graaaaandpa!" Fun fact: John Favreau scratching his ear at 42:54 was an agreed upon signal for interviewers to abort questions or redirect the conversation. Tugging hard on his ear was a sign that the question was extremely "improper" and the interviewer had to act fast or expect to be removed. I'd say there is a chance the guy won't be invited back. And why would anyone give a fuck about the music? Why would Hans Zimmer have any interest in revisiting something he completed over 20 years ago? He's got so much new stuff lined up, I'm sure. Why would any of the singers and "singers" have any interest in covering songs that had already been performed perfectly and recorded? Clearly this is what you get when the only motiviation is money.

[@katep101]

Yeah I deffo got the impression that the ear thing was a signal when seeing it 😒 Just answer the question Jon Favreau, it’s pretty fucking valid smh 🤦‍♀️

[@connor804]

Wait, really? The question the interviewer was asking was the most banal generic question possible lol. Jesus

[@videogamenostalgia]

"SIMBA, COME TO MEEEEE. YOU CAN DO IT" sounds like he's deliriously shrieking it from his deathbed

[@TheCherri306]

“That sounds great from over here!”

[@dynam1te_st1x]

I just realized that Pride Rock is lower in the remake than the original...

[@klg9549]

Flaccid Rock

[@anonymoussaga8723]

Fitting, really.

[@Gothicah]

"JD McCrary can't act. I'm sorry little boy. "😂😂😭😭😭 i wouldn't have laughed as hard if you didn't straight up show examples before saying it cuz yeah

[@sweetcynic8830]

That Rickroll was literally the best thing I've seen all year.

[@liesalllies]

Me when the full review finally comes out: OUI.

[@chipbipple2593]

Adam's like "Simba?! What a goober!" But to me what follows that delivery is "I don't know any Simba?!"

[@EliTheMonKEE101]

You know you messed up if the international dubs are better than the original.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

You know what they say, subs are better than dubs.

[@michaelstrong5383]

No wonder people prefer the subs.

[@owenarmbrusterfilms2306]

OUII

[@jml_filmes]

Shrek in spanish

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar8450]

@@jml_filmes SE LAVA CON AGUITA Y JABÓN?!?

[@xiaovalu5190]

suddenly seeing a young Jeremy Irons live voice act Scar gave me heart palpitations, please give me a heads-up next time

[@xiaovalu5190]

@@clarencetuurngait7628 apparently I did yes

[@MillieTheSillie616]

I can't believe Adam brought the sub vs dub debate Into the Lion King remake!

[@thisisawsome34253212]

It's still sad because the dubs can't make the movie good no matter how hard they try.

[@Amzsie]

If the review was 5 hours I'd still watch it. Heck, Im watching all of these almost hour-long highlight vids. Theyre all just packed full of interesting information.

[@Jesus-wi1tt]

17:18 Jeremy Irons is so damn good as scar its amazing how poorly scar was acted in 2019.

[@JojosCrazyChannel]

James Earl Jones: “you can do it!” Rob Schneider: HeY tHaTs My LiNe!!

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Yeeus...

[@YakulDeath]

Yo can dooooo itttt

[@VCJunkie]

Great. Now I want James Earl Jones to say "Cut his fucking head off!"

[@jeremypayne5078]

29:30 The word "wave" in The U.S. National Anthem is a much lower note than what he's singing. It's actually a relatively understated note in the song... but it is JD Mccreery after all.

[@thetotalthomasson5096]

James Earl Jones saying "Simba?" sounds like he forgot he has a son

[@FolfHavoc]

That den scene is a lot like that one Family Guy bit. “That’s right Meg, our dog, Brian Griffin is dead”

[@caiosoares2834]

My favorite part was how the video ended with "I haven't talked about Beyoncé!"

[@disgruntledcashier503]

JD's parent's absolutely told him to pretend to cook. Look at the pan, the fire's not even on underneath it.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Mufusa: Simba? Reminded me of "FATHAAAA?" *GUNSHOT*

[@michaelstrong5383]

With that line delivery, I expected him to say "Simba? What's a Simba?"

[@heisvi9317]

Where's the fathaaaa clip from?

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@heisvi9317 Adam's review on the Oldboy remake.

[@heisvi9317]

@@michaelstrong5383 thanks

[@bryansouza16]

Simba's singing in the english version is basically like someone singing the song while driving with a coworker you dont know well in the passenger seat. Like you wanna sing but you dont wanna get too into it cuz you gotta focus on the road and you dont wanna weird out the coworker but you still wanna try to jam out. And you also arent a good singer so you sing quieter than the song so your bad singing doesnt come thru and annoy the coworker tryna enjoy the song as well

[@tristanmccann6838]

Dude, Netflix should consider picking this up as an 8 part mini series.

[@liambrowne3370]

JD McCrary: Oh I just can't wait to be done recording so I can go home!

[@mak_707]

Adum's editing streams are like a fever dream that I keep dreaming of every week at least once.

[@TheAlanRaptor]

Parents: "Get parts of the hash browns into a pile and flip the pile over to look like your cooking." Kid: Pokes at food Parents: At least he can sing and smile. He won't have to cook for himself.

[@TheExarion]

4:18 - Jesus christ, the pacing of that joke really was bad. I was doing my own editing with this video in the background but literally paused to make sure this came from the 2019 movie. That was awful. 4:40 - Adum's explanation of it is pretty much perfect. Delivery of a similar joke in the trailer for the Pixar movie, "Soul", turned me off from it entirely, because I'm about sick and fucking tired of these properties stupidly appealing to the comedic senses of facebook moms. It's trying so hard to be quirky and hit comedic beats but it's been years that jokes have been delivered in this awful way (Ghostbusters remake is the first time I can remember this delivery being popularized) that it's become one of the most horrible and weirdest cliches to exist in mainstream movies.

[@SR-fw4yy]

The pause is there and would be natural enough if mufasa used the pause to turn round and pay attention to zazu. "he slammed his head ... into trees" but nothing happens during the "..."

[@Fawnheart]

The French version of slam-poetry Be Prepared was also way better.

[@Silver_Warden]

Almost every single dubbed version of Be Prepared sounds better than the original. In fact, some countries even hired the same voice actors for Scar as in 1994 movie, for example, Bulgaria - and they sound very charismatic compared to the English version.

[@Fawnheart]

@@Silver_Warden You are quite correct. After listening to even more versions, I have to say the Italian one is my personal "favorite". Still nowhere near as catchy or fun as the original, but at least it managed to make me feel some nice chills.

[@Silver_Warden]

@@Fawnheart Italian version is pretty great, he's got a very distinct and unique voice. Even though I don't speak the language, I can tell by the way he sounds that the actor is having a lot of fun recording this piece. It's unfortunate that the song itself was cut and toned down so much - no matter how great of a voice actor you are, you can't undo the damage of this scale. But you can try to make it more tolerable, which some of these foreign voice actors managed to do quite spectacularly. I also like the German one, the guy goes off the rails and just growls some of his lines in a pretty cool, maniacal way. I mean, it's barely a song, so why not? At least it sounds more fun that way.

[@Green_Speed]

The "wow dude, pride rock!" guy is so perfect for the react channel. Perfect thumbail face, perfect sound bite machine.

[@Dardessia]

'Wow, dude Pride Rock!' and 'DERE HE IS' have the same energy.

[@JamieSwitzer]

14:49 this British interviewer sounded like he said "Potato Jones"

[@Dardessia]

'I haven't talked about Beyoncé' Oh God.

[@HeIsFullyBooked]

I love Adum's whistle laugh so much, it never fails to crack me up

[@hazzaeatsshorts]

The way that "I just can't wait to be king" is sung in English honestly sounds like how you sing in the shower, not how you sing for a multi-million dollar movie

[@ovskii96]

I will never get tired of these highlights.

[@cola98765]

Some people in chat were joking about "4 hour review" and while I don't think actual review will be longer than movie itself, highlight are 5 hours long while Adum is only 30 min through the review. I think of this as a sort of extended review where his streams are edited to show what he thinks about it in more natural way.... but it's gonna take 10 hours. 33:17 I love that he implies that this stuck fetish thing is not done irl only because of logistics of making such a wall... -(I'm totally not into some stuff that are just impossible irl)-

[@baphy643]

Ty for making these, makes the wait for these videos better understood and I love the behind the scenes stuff

[@patanu]

I hope no ones harrasing the Pride Rock Dude. I hope he likes the meme status and he isn't offended by the joke, because at the end of the day its all in good fun.

[@TheBlackLobo]

Hell yeah dude I mean I’d definitely take the money if I were offered an appearance in a reaction video

[@thisisawsome34253212]

@@raam726 His name is Brandon Sanchez, and he has an Instagram and a KZbin channel, and neither shows any signs of suicide. You need further evidence. instagram.com/p/CA8F74MgqPq/ kzbin.infovideos

[@LordRobaZe]

@@thisisawsome34253212 whoosh

[@thisisawsome34253212]

@Nagger All I did was go to the Finebros' video description and look up the guy. Don't insult me like that.

[@royalblanket]

@@thisisawsome34253212 its a spongebob reference.

[@JamieSwitzer]

When James Earl Jones kept saying "You can do it!" I couldn't help but think of the Rob Schneider character from Waterboy.