Artists Give The Lion King’s Characters An Alternative Look And It Goes Viral (13 Pics)
Ask a hundred people what their favorite animated Disney movie is, and odds are that a huge chunk of them will answer that it’s The Lion King. I know it’s my personal favorite, ever since I was a small kid. I’ve got such a soft spot for the movie that almost nothing can top it — not even the live-action remake, no matter how good it was. The Lion King remake has divided audiences. Some people believe it’s a masterpiece and it shouldn’t have to look cartoonish, because it’s a live-action movie — it’s supposed to look realistic and different from the original. Others believe the remake is far too realistic and has very little personality when compared to the original.
Artists Ellejart (whose real name is Nikolay Mochkin) and Design By Feo recently drew the most amazing fan art poster of what The Lion King remake would have looked like if the movie’s creators would have made a live-action version that was faithful to the original style. Honestly, the artists’ version looks amazing, and I’d love to see it on the silver screen. Perhaps we need to ask Disney to remake the remake? So scroll down, share with your friends, and upvote your favorite fan edits of the remake.
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Bored Panda reached out to Nikolay Mochkin, also known as Ellejart, for an interview: “In my childhood, after watching the classic cartoon The Lion King, I was delighted and immediately began to draw fan art on it on paper with a pencil. And now, when I watched the modern trailer, my first reaction was: “wow! It looks cool, but where are the heroes we were used to from childhood?” I was determined to make fan art with a classic character design, because I can show people what a real film about the Lion King should be. I like all the characters, because they are perfectly accustomed to their roles, and this is a great story. As a result, I am faithful to the classic cartoon.”
Mochkin added he has been drawing since childhood. “Maybe I was born with a pencil,” Mochkin jokes. He told Bored Panda that it takes him anywhere from 3 to 11 hours to create a piece of art. However, he says that he still doesn’t “feel like a successful artist — I'm just a person who likes to draw fan art.”
The artist stated that he mostly creates art of what’s popular and ‘hyped’ up, but he also tries to stay true to his own rule of "draw what you love!”
“Now I am working on the character of Miles Morales,” Mochkin revealed to Bored Panda about his upcoming work. He also had some advice for aspiring artists: “Beginning artists are advised not to be afraid of harsh criticism, not to give in to excessive praise, to listen to your heart and strive to be first.”
Rafiki
If you're going to do this, then why even bother watching the live-action version? Just watch the damn cartoon movie.
The two artists Ellejart and Design By Feo recreated the remake’s movie poster to make Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa look a lot more like their old selves. Now, it might just be the nostalgia talking, but the inseparable trio looks a lot more likable and, ironically enough, way more natural when their appearance is closer to the cartoon version.
Simba
it looks very very cute but I prefer the realistic one. We have already the cartoon why not one thats looks very realistic?
Ellejart and Design By Feo are both digital artists. Nikolay has more than 75,900 followers on Instagram, and Design By Feo has over 2,700. Both artists have stunning portfolios that are sure to catch your eye. Ellejart has also previously done a few more fan edits of The Lion King remake to show the Internet how much better the remake could have looked.
Simba
my opinion is - they wanted it to make realistic and not like a cartoon and I have to say I like it.
Pumbaa And Timon
Disney released the original The Lion King movie in 1994. Development started back in 1988, while production started in 1991. With an initial worldwide gross of $766 million, The Lion King finished its theatrical run as the highest-grossing release of 1994 and the second-highest-grossing film of all time. It is also the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, as well as the best-selling film on home video, having sold over 30 million VHS tapes.
Simba
Simba anxious about his first day of clown school, "did I get my make up right" 😂
Nala
I like this style of animation, it would look so good as a movie.
The remake, released in the United States on July 19, 2019, has grossed $543 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews with praise for its visual effects, musical score, and vocal performances, but criticism for the lack of originality and facial emotion on the characters. The Lion King has a rating of 8.5 on IMDb, while the live-action remake has a rating of 7.2.
Simba
Simba
Lion King Promo Poster
Yes, heh looks like a wuss in the second picture.
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I prefer the realistic on most of the photos but especially on the one
the first one is way more powerful. i don't understand the point of this whole experiment
The Scar revision of the "live-action" ( because I don't think they used real animals) is definitely the best one. Not these guys.
Lightly shade the first posters colors and it would have been perfect.
The first one, look at Lady and the tramp, that movie sucked because they failed on making the realistic animaks talk good and seeing this movie you'll start to appreciate how hard it is to make realistic animals look good when talking. Lady and the tramp missed that big time.
If I wanted to watch the damn cartoon version, I would. These "artists" are stupid and full of themselves.
This looks sooooo good. They should've just done the movie like this
i like the other looks but on this one, simba looks kind of r******d.
emm yeah keep them real with no facial expressions thats the way i like it
You are really missing the point of the live action and are just trying to get attention for your cartoon skills. The point was to NOT make the animals look like cartoons.
I haven't seen the cartoon - from this "enhanced" pic, it must be saccharine sweet with a happily-ever-after ending.
Why do people like it realistic? Animals in their truest form can't show emotions like humans do!
Sorry. I prefer choose the movie. because the movie is so real. and damn so good. If you just compare with cartoon, oh man. it's a live action not cartoon's action. think twice
The life like as possible with the animals and just letting the trainers do their thing is the #1 way to go...we already saw a cartoon of this...
Lion King Promo Poster
Simba
Yes, they are well done but I definitely am excited to see the movie (I’m behind on my movies okay! Marvel has taken a lot out of me so I haven’t been to see much else)
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Maybe it means "live-action looking" as compared to a cartoon. But yeah, I agree. Live means live.
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Well, i missed the expressions on the animals faces. The voice-acting was solid, but never really got to me because of the 'stale' animal faces. I didn't want to see 3D models of the originals as seen in this post (because this would make remaking the Lion King even less sense). But i would have liked an artstyle that was different but also used more expressions.
Not trying to bring you down, but maybe it's got something to do with empathy for animals? I'm sincerely interested. Do you love cats, dogs? Are you generally an animal lover? How about babies? I wonder what zoo keepers say about the new version? (not this well-crafted, but silly, cartoonized version)
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Any way you slice it this is more free advertising for Disney...............Thanks Bored Panda!!!!!
TLK is my favourite Disney movie of all time and I have zero interest in any kind of "live-action" remake. A huge part of the movie's charm are the character design, the bright colours and fantastic backgrounds paired with amazing musical numbers. A realistic version just can't match that. What these re-imaginings of the realistic TLK do show is how little effort was put into making the characters actually emote. Animals are very expressive and it should be easy to convey the emotions of CGI ones. But in all the footage I have seen of the remake the animals look absolutely blank, emotionless and that's just boring. I have no idea what the appeal of this movie is for moviegoers. I can't see even a blink of the original's charm in this cash-grab.
I think it's better to consider them different movies. I loved the original Lion King, but I do really want to see the remake. To me, though they tell the same story, they aren't the same movie. I love the realism aspect, it brings a different sense of emotion to the characters. It's more... gritty, I suppose. I can still see their emotion, it's just displayed more realistically, with more subtlety. The same with the Jungle Book. The story feels different, but it's not bad, as long as you don't conflate the two. I'm also a fan of movie Aslan though, so I may be a little biased.
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Doesn't work for me very well, to be honest. The realistic approach of fur, lightning, environment and all the other stuff just don't fit with the comic look (in my eyes). The edited eyes, mouth and expressions just don't appeal to me. It's almost like an uncanny valley effect. Good job, no question, but just not my cup of tea.
I think that the authir did a really good job combining both disneys versions. I still like the originals better, but it was very good job. Anyway as much as I like TLK I think that it was not the best option for a remake. I really like the idea of the live action movies (specially if they would give them a more serious aproach). But the 'animal' movies dont seem to work so well as remakes. Anyway,I am still very excited to see it.
Awesome work! I think it's better shows the emotions on their faces
It shows how humans would represent emotions actually. I think you have to decide either for a cartoon style or for realism; a mixture does not work.
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This is ludicrous. The entire point was that the movie didn't look like a cartoon. These "edits" look worse than the original Sonic the Hedgehog trailer.
It doesn't look like an animated feature. It looks realistic.
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I like the original better, the artist did a great job of adding color and giving them a more cartoonish look, but I prefer the original for the live action and glad they made the movie so realist, but it was well done nonetheless!
It's like a CGI version of a cartoon... I appreciate the effort, but would prefer to enjoy both words separately ;)
Lord help us. There are some interesting things on this site, but there is just too much of this kind of - I'm sorry - profoundly stupid nonsense. What part of live action is not understood. Live action is not a cartoon. Cartoons are not live action. Of course I know it's not real live action, but it's being called live action because the level of CGI is high enough to warrant that now. Please people, let's try using some of those big brains we have. We've just got to do better in so many ways. Let's start with something simple.
I really dont get why people nowadays need to be so brutal disliking something. It seems that now you cant just be like 'meh, its ok, but not my favourite'. No, people needs to be inulting and rude. I myself like a lot the life version but I apreciate a lot the effort and skill of this fan. I mean, its just showing how the fan would have done the designs of the characters... No need to insult it in each post...
The whole point of the Lion King remake was it was SUPPOSED to be realistic and non-cartoony. I understand not everyone likes that, but it looks weird with half cartoonish/half realisitic. Like the Scooby Doo movie from 2002.
The artist is very talented, but I don't believe these cutesy, cartoon interpretations are what Disney is going for. The realistic versions have more gravitas. I haven't seen this new version yet so I have nothing to base this on but my hope that this change reflects the dignity of the characters as they're going to have to do something to justify the remake of such a classic.
I don't get it. Just made them all look like the original cartoon. Like the realistic ones much better. I guy does have talent though, I will say.
This this is what I can appreciate. The real lions are kind of boring.
I guess then you don't like animals in general or just can't empathize with subtly shown emotions. The new Cats movie is your cup of tea.
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I’ve seen the new Lion King yesterday, full screen at the cinema. The CGI is very impressive. But sticking so closely to actual animals and their limited abilities to express feelings and moods, their facial expressions do not match their voices. And that, in my opinion, is a missed opportunity. Without becoming the animated characters again, CGI offers the ability to enhance reality. If you let ‘real’ animals talk like humans, then give them also the more suitable expressions. It would make the end result even a better movie.
Okay so I waited till I saw the movie to post this. The Movie looked amazing visually that's about it. The acting fell flat it was so stale that even James Earl Jones sounded like he didn't even want to be there .This saddens me with the amount of talent in this movie I expected better but in the end all this was is another Disney Cash grab and it shows deeply. No emotion through out the film I would give it 2 out of five stars in fact I did.
So what did this artist really do other than keep the cartoon images with the eyes Keane paintings were famous for. I would have been much more impressed if the artist had shown more imagination and reinterpreted the characters. Cartoon has been done. Sequel has been done. Even a stage production with incredible costuming that transformed animals into human form and somehow the two became believable.
The Whole Point was "Live Action" not taking the original cartoon eyes and making the movie 98% CGI
The entire movie is CGI. How do you think they made all those animals do what they wanted?
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See, what I'm annoyed about is when people are saying the lion king live action is too much like the original. It's supposed to be like the original. I mean, I don't get the scene for scene part, but still! You can't add much more, they already had two extra movies and a TV show. Also, its stupid how people hate the live action one because the characters don't show expression well enough. We already had the cartoon.
Why is everyone so negative about the artwork...I don’t think the point of this art was to replace or make a better version of the “live action” they were just doing it how they wanted to do it...acting like this art is somehow ruining the movie lol
I think the artist did well on Scar and Nala, because Scar really should have had the black mane and more prominent scar, and Nala would have looked better with her original blue eye color, I also like how the artist gave Simba a brighter fur color. But Disney made the right choice NOT to go with the HUGE, disproportionate facial features. They just look creepy on the realistic bodies.
before watching this, even I was thinking realistic is not too good and I preferred the animated one but now I realise Disney doesn't make a simple thing and whatever it makes is a masterpiece
The scar one was kinda good, because the cgi took away from his dramatic character, but the rest of them were just like a bad Chinese knockoff of the original :/
It's not giving them a "new" look" it's repainting new look to look like old version - nice and appealing but not very creative
Disney missed the point of 'Lion King'. This isn't a battle of making them look realistic nor does lions in Lion King SHOULD look like real lions because LIONS DON'T TALK in the first place. It is never fun when characters who are supposed to be full of expressions and emotions (the main reason kids loved cartoons and why most of us still love them) and Disney failed EXCELLENTLY at remaking a movie that should have been full of development and fill the blank holes the cartoon did not manage to fill. It is, instead, a frame-to-frame shot of the movie but without the expressions. Sure Simba is cute, but it's cat-cute, not Simba-cute.
And look what it's done - it divided people who obviously didn't watch The Lion King animation before any trailer or first look of the CGI version and those who loved and became the real reason it was possible for the remake to happen.
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Thank god they did go this way... It would be another case of sonic the hedgehog
The remakes are really good, but it doesn't go with the flow of the movie
Hell no. Don't care about the remake, but these are just horrible and pointless.
Quality work! I think it's amazing how much effort they've put into it. Yet I like the new Lion King the way it is.
wow, anyone who makes comments in favor of the remake is downvoted. Fascists!
Ahahah I noticed that too. But it's not the first time it happens. If you don't think like anyone else, somebody will get offended. ♥
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I'm so disappointed. I thought they were actually going to redesign the characters, not just make them cartoony! Can we just appreciate what a miracle of animation it is that the animals looked so incredibly real?
I think they definitely could've done scar's coloring and scars better like shown here, but also not keep the overly animated looks like they tried to. If all we show to kids is overly animated emotions, they won't pick up on the subtleties and will struggle with real life. Don't get me wrong, the animated versions are best for the littlest kids who need to be shown emotions in general, but older kids should be able to be shown more realistic emotions.
I can't wait for the live action bugs life! Seeing fly eat the poo poo platter cgi!
A couple of these look exactly like the animated version. If you prefer that, just watch that! I've seen a couple online that look like they edited the animated version onto the live-action posters, and then claim they drew it.
I find it funny how people are complaining about the artist changing things instead of leaving them as is when that's literally what the remake is for.
Am I the only one who finds the anime eyes on a real animal creepy af? One or the other, not a wierd mishmash
Good work but the point of the movie was to be more realistic. The first image of Scar was good though.
The point of live action is it to be realistic. Otherwise what's the point.
Everyone I've spoken to much preferred the animated version. In the "live action" (total misnomer) the characters don't have the ability to make facial expressions, so it's really lacking in, well, character. We're just gonna wait for Netflix.
nah I don;t like it. Its a mixture of cartoon and realistic version and ends up looking ugly
The way movie is designed with almost real looking animals, I will not go with this cartoonish look for sure. This kind of work looks nice for posters to hang in kids room.
In viewing the photos I have a few that I think look better as fan edits. But overall I strongly believe that they should all be Live Photo’s. Can’t wait to see the movie 🎥
If you want cartoonish looking characters, just watch the original Disney cartoon.
Neither for me. I'm sure it'll be a box office hit, but I really don't see the added value of this version; it's just a CGI upgrade of the cartoon.
Well i guess those who have seen the original would like the remake to be closer to it. I sure would.
I'm sorry but this looks worse. Even though the animals are expressionless, the CGI is still good and looks like the real world counterpart. This kind of cartoon expressions mixed with real lion life textures just doesn't work for me.
This project begs us to ask with all the photo filters we encounter in our social interactions, are we losing our ability to decipher emotion in places where we are not experiencing enhanced experience. Does this draw a line amongst ages over which photo we prefer.... a divide amoung the ages?
Am I the only person who isn't a fan of the really large eyes? I know it comes from manga and it's a decided style but I don't like it. Movies like Frozen and all creepy me out because I don't like those really large eyes, don't think it's cute at all.
Wow, I knew Disney had bot accounts but damn there's a lot in these comments.
seeing this i don't even regret that i never watched lion king in first place.... i will be furious....
In my opinion they did a bad job and it looks disgusting and ugly
I agree. Very unprofessional. And stupid. Ugh I hate my parents
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That hate is totaly unfair - realistic version is very good made. that cartoon version is horrible, something like that new Cats trailer :D
Meh. I like the original better. I loved the cartoon and even tough I've not seen the CGI one, I think it has it's own merit. I don't see the point of making a CGI movie if you're going to make it look like the cartoon.
What would have been the point in making this if they made the characters look like a cartoon again?
Its nice and all but that was the point of the live action one, to make it seem real and not animated.
These were all really good, but, honestly, I see no point in these. The concept of this film was to be one in the stream of this ongoing project of the stream of live action remakes, not as a simply 3d version. But since you can't really have wild animals as actors, they had no choice but to make what is essentially indeed, a 3d animated film (or maybe a hybrid, in case the sceneries were filmed on spot). So at least they made it as realistic as they could.
These are cool but i much prefer the realistic version. This looks way too much like the old movie
Why is everyone being so negative about this art like it was meant to replace the “live action” or make it better when it’s just a different version...acting like it’s somehow ruining the movie or ruining the characters...when did people get so sensitive about EVERYTHING...it’s annoying as hell
Bottom line here for me is, that in this "alternative look", the characters' faces show a whole ton of extra emtions, compared to the GCI original.
If you like the look of the original, then f*****g watch it instead. People are Sofa King We Todd Did.
Haven't even seen the "remake" yet and I have to say I prefer that look to this cartoony style that tries to mimic the look of the animated version. What's the point of this? If you prefer the animated look, watch that. The Rock-faced, CGI Scorpion King monster from the Mummy is recognized as the worst looking special effect in movies. These aren't that good.
i only saw a clip of Hakuna Mata and it just looked odd, like a deadness to their expressions.
yes and the mouth movements to the words were weird. like watching puppets talking
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While adding some cartoon elements to the characters is a nice callback to the original animated film, it makes more sense for them to be realistic since it is "live action." However, I do think they should have given scar his signature black mane.
Exactly my thoughts. It wouldn’t have to be pitch black for me, but darker at least. Other than that, the realistic versions impress me much more then they cartoony ones.
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Yes, they are well done but I definitely am excited to see the movie (I’m behind on my movies okay! Marvel has taken a lot out of me so I haven’t been to see much else)
Load More Replies... Maybe it means "live-action looking" as compared to a cartoon. But yeah, I agree. Live means live.
Load More Replies... Well, i missed the expressions on the animals faces. The voice-acting was solid, but never really got to me because of the 'stale' animal faces. I didn't want to see 3D models of the originals as seen in this post (because this would make remaking the Lion King even less sense). But i would have liked an artstyle that was different but also used more expressions.
Not trying to bring you down, but maybe it's got something to do with empathy for animals? I'm sincerely interested. Do you love cats, dogs? Are you generally an animal lover? How about babies? I wonder what zoo keepers say about the new version? (not this well-crafted, but silly, cartoonized version)
Load More Replies... Any way you slice it this is more free advertising for Disney...............Thanks Bored Panda!!!!!
TLK is my favourite Disney movie of all time and I have zero interest in any kind of "live-action" remake. A huge part of the movie's charm are the character design, the bright colours and fantastic backgrounds paired with amazing musical numbers. A realistic version just can't match that. What these re-imaginings of the realistic TLK do show is how little effort was put into making the characters actually emote. Animals are very expressive and it should be easy to convey the emotions of CGI ones. But in all the footage I have seen of the remake the animals look absolutely blank, emotionless and that's just boring. I have no idea what the appeal of this movie is for moviegoers. I can't see even a blink of the original's charm in this cash-grab.
I think it's better to consider them different movies. I loved the original Lion King, but I do really want to see the remake. To me, though they tell the same story, they aren't the same movie. I love the realism aspect, it brings a different sense of emotion to the characters. It's more... gritty, I suppose. I can still see their emotion, it's just displayed more realistically, with more subtlety. The same with the Jungle Book. The story feels different, but it's not bad, as long as you don't conflate the two. I'm also a fan of movie Aslan though, so I may be a little biased.
Load More Replies... Doesn't work for me very well, to be honest. The realistic approach of fur, lightning, environment and all the other stuff just don't fit with the comic look (in my eyes). The edited eyes, mouth and expressions just don't appeal to me. It's almost like an uncanny valley effect. Good job, no question, but just not my cup of tea.
I think that the authir did a really good job combining both disneys versions. I still like the originals better, but it was very good job. Anyway as much as I like TLK I think that it was not the best option for a remake. I really like the idea of the live action movies (specially if they would give them a more serious aproach). But the 'animal' movies dont seem to work so well as remakes. Anyway,I am still very excited to see it.
Awesome work! I think it's better shows the emotions on their faces
It shows how humans would represent emotions actually. I think you have to decide either for a cartoon style or for realism; a mixture does not work.
Load More Replies... This is ludicrous. The entire point was that the movie didn't look like a cartoon. These "edits" look worse than the original Sonic the Hedgehog trailer.
It doesn't look like an animated feature. It looks realistic.
Load More Replies... I like the original better, the artist did a great job of adding color and giving them a more cartoonish look, but I prefer the original for the live action and glad they made the movie so realist, but it was well done nonetheless!
It's like a CGI version of a cartoon... I appreciate the effort, but would prefer to enjoy both words separately ;)
Lord help us. There are some interesting things on this site, but there is just too much of this kind of - I'm sorry - profoundly stupid nonsense. What part of live action is not understood. Live action is not a cartoon. Cartoons are not live action. Of course I know it's not real live action, but it's being called live action because the level of CGI is high enough to warrant that now. Please people, let's try using some of those big brains we have. We've just got to do better in so many ways. Let's start with something simple.
I really dont get why people nowadays need to be so brutal disliking something. It seems that now you cant just be like 'meh, its ok, but not my favourite'. No, people needs to be inulting and rude. I myself like a lot the life version but I apreciate a lot the effort and skill of this fan. I mean, its just showing how the fan would have done the designs of the characters... No need to insult it in each post...
The whole point of the Lion King remake was it was SUPPOSED to be realistic and non-cartoony. I understand not everyone likes that, but it looks weird with half cartoonish/half realisitic. Like the Scooby Doo movie from 2002.
The artist is very talented, but I don't believe these cutesy, cartoon interpretations are what Disney is going for. The realistic versions have more gravitas. I haven't seen this new version yet so I have nothing to base this on but my hope that this change reflects the dignity of the characters as they're going to have to do something to justify the remake of such a classic.
I don't get it. Just made them all look like the original cartoon. Like the realistic ones much better. I guy does have talent though, I will say.
This this is what I can appreciate. The real lions are kind of boring.
I guess then you don't like animals in general or just can't empathize with subtly shown emotions. The new Cats movie is your cup of tea.
Load More Replies... I’ve seen the new Lion King yesterday, full screen at the cinema. The CGI is very impressive. But sticking so closely to actual animals and their limited abilities to express feelings and moods, their facial expressions do not match their voices. And that, in my opinion, is a missed opportunity. Without becoming the animated characters again, CGI offers the ability to enhance reality. If you let ‘real’ animals talk like humans, then give them also the more suitable expressions. It would make the end result even a better movie.
Okay so I waited till I saw the movie to post this. The Movie looked amazing visually that's about it. The acting fell flat it was so stale that even James Earl Jones sounded like he didn't even want to be there .This saddens me with the amount of talent in this movie I expected better but in the end all this was is another Disney Cash grab and it shows deeply. No emotion through out the film I would give it 2 out of five stars in fact I did.
So what did this artist really do other than keep the cartoon images with the eyes Keane paintings were famous for. I would have been much more impressed if the artist had shown more imagination and reinterpreted the characters. Cartoon has been done. Sequel has been done. Even a stage production with incredible costuming that transformed animals into human form and somehow the two became believable.
The Whole Point was "Live Action" not taking the original cartoon eyes and making the movie 98% CGI
The entire movie is CGI. How do you think they made all those animals do what they wanted?
Load More Replies... See, what I'm annoyed about is when people are saying the lion king live action is too much like the original. It's supposed to be like the original. I mean, I don't get the scene for scene part, but still! You can't add much more, they already had two extra movies and a TV show. Also, its stupid how people hate the live action one because the characters don't show expression well enough. We already had the cartoon.
Why is everyone so negative about the artwork...I don’t think the point of this art was to replace or make a better version of the “live action” they were just doing it how they wanted to do it...acting like this art is somehow ruining the movie lol
I think the artist did well on Scar and Nala, because Scar really should have had the black mane and more prominent scar, and Nala would have looked better with her original blue eye color, I also like how the artist gave Simba a brighter fur color. But Disney made the right choice NOT to go with the HUGE, disproportionate facial features. They just look creepy on the realistic bodies.
before watching this, even I was thinking realistic is not too good and I preferred the animated one but now I realise Disney doesn't make a simple thing and whatever it makes is a masterpiece
The scar one was kinda good, because the cgi took away from his dramatic character, but the rest of them were just like a bad Chinese knockoff of the original :/
It's not giving them a "new" look" it's repainting new look to look like old version - nice and appealing but not very creative
Disney missed the point of 'Lion King'. This isn't a battle of making them look realistic nor does lions in Lion King SHOULD look like real lions because LIONS DON'T TALK in the first place. It is never fun when characters who are supposed to be full of expressions and emotions (the main reason kids loved cartoons and why most of us still love them) and Disney failed EXCELLENTLY at remaking a movie that should have been full of development and fill the blank holes the cartoon did not manage to fill. It is, instead, a frame-to-frame shot of the movie but without the expressions. Sure Simba is cute, but it's cat-cute, not Simba-cute.
And look what it's done - it divided people who obviously didn't watch The Lion King animation before any trailer or first look of the CGI version and those who loved and became the real reason it was possible for the remake to happen.
Load More Replies... Thank god they did go this way... It would be another case of sonic the hedgehog
The remakes are really good, but it doesn't go with the flow of the movie
Hell no. Don't care about the remake, but these are just horrible and pointless.
Quality work! I think it's amazing how much effort they've put into it. Yet I like the new Lion King the way it is.
wow, anyone who makes comments in favor of the remake is downvoted. Fascists!
Ahahah I noticed that too. But it's not the first time it happens. If you don't think like anyone else, somebody will get offended. ♥
Load More Replies... I'm so disappointed. I thought they were actually going to redesign the characters, not just make them cartoony! Can we just appreciate what a miracle of animation it is that the animals looked so incredibly real?
I think they definitely could've done scar's coloring and scars better like shown here, but also not keep the overly animated looks like they tried to. If all we show to kids is overly animated emotions, they won't pick up on the subtleties and will struggle with real life. Don't get me wrong, the animated versions are best for the littlest kids who need to be shown emotions in general, but older kids should be able to be shown more realistic emotions.
I can't wait for the live action bugs life! Seeing fly eat the poo poo platter cgi!
A couple of these look exactly like the animated version. If you prefer that, just watch that! I've seen a couple online that look like they edited the animated version onto the live-action posters, and then claim they drew it.
I find it funny how people are complaining about the artist changing things instead of leaving them as is when that's literally what the remake is for.
Am I the only one who finds the anime eyes on a real animal creepy af? One or the other, not a wierd mishmash
Good work but the point of the movie was to be more realistic. The first image of Scar was good though.
The point of live action is it to be realistic. Otherwise what's the point.
Everyone I've spoken to much preferred the animated version. In the "live action" (total misnomer) the characters don't have the ability to make facial expressions, so it's really lacking in, well, character. We're just gonna wait for Netflix.
nah I don;t like it. Its a mixture of cartoon and realistic version and ends up looking ugly
The way movie is designed with almost real looking animals, I will not go with this cartoonish look for sure. This kind of work looks nice for posters to hang in kids room.
In viewing the photos I have a few that I think look better as fan edits. But overall I strongly believe that they should all be Live Photo’s. Can’t wait to see the movie 🎥
If you want cartoonish looking characters, just watch the original Disney cartoon.
Neither for me. I'm sure it'll be a box office hit, but I really don't see the added value of this version; it's just a CGI upgrade of the cartoon.
Well i guess those who have seen the original would like the remake to be closer to it. I sure would.
I'm sorry but this looks worse. Even though the animals are expressionless, the CGI is still good and looks like the real world counterpart. This kind of cartoon expressions mixed with real lion life textures just doesn't work for me.
This project begs us to ask with all the photo filters we encounter in our social interactions, are we losing our ability to decipher emotion in places where we are not experiencing enhanced experience. Does this draw a line amongst ages over which photo we prefer.... a divide amoung the ages?
Am I the only person who isn't a fan of the really large eyes? I know it comes from manga and it's a decided style but I don't like it. Movies like Frozen and all creepy me out because I don't like those really large eyes, don't think it's cute at all.
Wow, I knew Disney had bot accounts but damn there's a lot in these comments.
seeing this i don't even regret that i never watched lion king in first place.... i will be furious....
In my opinion they did a bad job and it looks disgusting and ugly
I agree. Very unprofessional. And stupid. Ugh I hate my parents
Load More Replies... That hate is totaly unfair - realistic version is very good made. that cartoon version is horrible, something like that new Cats trailer :D
Meh. I like the original better. I loved the cartoon and even tough I've not seen the CGI one, I think it has it's own merit. I don't see the point of making a CGI movie if you're going to make it look like the cartoon.
What would have been the point in making this if they made the characters look like a cartoon again?
Its nice and all but that was the point of the live action one, to make it seem real and not animated.
These were all really good, but, honestly, I see no point in these. The concept of this film was to be one in the stream of this ongoing project of the stream of live action remakes, not as a simply 3d version. But since you can't really have wild animals as actors, they had no choice but to make what is essentially indeed, a 3d animated film (or maybe a hybrid, in case the sceneries were filmed on spot). So at least they made it as realistic as they could.
These are cool but i much prefer the realistic version. This looks way too much like the old movie
Why is everyone being so negative about this art like it was meant to replace the “live action” or make it better when it’s just a different version...acting like it’s somehow ruining the movie or ruining the characters...when did people get so sensitive about EVERYTHING...it’s annoying as hell
Bottom line here for me is, that in this "alternative look", the characters' faces show a whole ton of extra emtions, compared to the GCI original.
If you like the look of the original, then f*****g watch it instead. People are Sofa King We Todd Did.
Haven't even seen the "remake" yet and I have to say I prefer that look to this cartoony style that tries to mimic the look of the animated version. What's the point of this? If you prefer the animated look, watch that. The Rock-faced, CGI Scorpion King monster from the Mummy is recognized as the worst looking special effect in movies. These aren't that good.
i only saw a clip of Hakuna Mata and it just looked odd, like a deadness to their expressions.
yes and the mouth movements to the words were weird. like watching puppets talking
Load More Replies... While adding some cartoon elements to the characters is a nice callback to the original animated film, it makes more sense for them to be realistic since it is "live action." However, I do think they should have given scar his signature black mane.
Exactly my thoughts. It wouldn’t have to be pitch black for me, but darker at least. Other than that, the realistic versions impress me much more then they cartoony ones.
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