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Bobarozzi Wrote:

I approve of Lion King <3

OSHI--

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/y-asada/leo2.html
http://reekan-j.hp.infoseek.co.jp/60ani5.html
http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm
"there are also elements in The Lion King that would seem to come from Kipling's Jungle Books (not the Disney version) and from a famous pre-WWII Nazi propaganda film (Triumph of the Will)."
ohshi

None of those pages say anything about HOW it's related to Triumph of the Will. I have that film on my computer and it would be pretty interesting to compare.

Also someone find me a torrent of Kimba the White Lion because I've never been able to find that thing, and we all know Lion King was a cheap knock off of it.

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The Lion King - Be Prepared

This short episode from The Lion King (dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994) refers explicitly to Triumph of the Will. Walt Disney is believed to have been sympathetic to some of the aims and policies of Nazism, but once the USA declared war on the Axis (German, Japanese and Italian) powers in 1940, the Disney studios made propaganda cartoons ridiculing Hitler.

As the evil lion Scar plans to seize power from his brother (a theme taken from Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet) he tells his hyena followers, in a song, to Be Prepared. The animation of this song should suggest Triumph of the Will in a number of ways. It is appropriate to the theme of this episode, as we see a dictator coming to power. But it looks like Leni Riefenstahl's film, too.

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In explaining this, you could comment on the following things:

* How each part of this episode uses monochrome effects (colours change, but we have one at a time only).
* How characters are viewed from below or above, using the same angles as those in Triumph of the Will.
* How the animators use effects of light and shadow which resemble Leni Riefenstahl's lighting of the night-time parades and speeches in Triumph of the Will.
* How the hyenas are shown in formation, using the Nazi "goose-step" march - which recalls the troops on the Nuremberg parade ground in Triumph of the Will.

Clearly most of the intended audience for The Lion King would be unaware of Triumph of the Will. Why might the animators have included all these references to it in this episode?

That's a pretty lame connection.

Spotz Wrote:

Quote:

The Lion King - Be Prepared

This short episode from The Lion King (dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994) refers explicitly to Triumph of the Will. Walt Disney is believed to have been sympathetic to some of the aims and policies of Nazism, but once the USA declared war on the Axis (German, Japanese and Italian) powers in 1940, the Disney studios made propaganda cartoons ridiculing Hitler.

As the evil lion Scar plans to seize power from his brother (a theme taken from Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet) he tells his hyena followers, in a song, to Be Prepared. The animation of this song should suggest Triumph of the Will in a number of ways. It is appropriate to the theme of this episode, as we see a dictator coming to power. But it looks like Leni Riefenstahl's film, too.

Back to top

In explaining this, you could comment on the following things:

* How each part of this episode uses monochrome effects (colours change, but we have one at a time only).
* How characters are viewed from below or above, using the same angles as those in Triumph of the Will.
* How the animators use effects of light and shadow which resemble Leni Riefenstahl's lighting of the night-time parades and speeches in Triumph of the Will.
* How the hyenas are shown in formation, using the Nazi "goose-step" march - which recalls the troops on the Nuremberg parade ground in Triumph of the Will.

Clearly most of the intended audience for The Lion King would be unaware of Triumph of the Will. Why might the animators have included all these references to it in this episode?

That's a pretty lame connection.

Yeah, it's pretty weak. In the article one of my film professors had the class look at, it was only mentioned in passing. The main point of the article was to explain that the Lion King was direly homophobic, if I remember correctly.
I might try and find that tonight.

Bobarozzi Wrote:

"there are also elements in The Lion King that would seem to come from hardcore gay pornography."
ohshi

How the hell is lion king homophobic?

Bobarozzi Wrote:

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/y-asada/leo2.html
http://reekan-j.hp.infoseek.co.jp/60ani5.html
http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm
"there are also elements in The Lion King that would seem to come from Kipling's Jungle Books (not the Disney version) and from a famous pre-WWII Nazi propaganda film (Triumph of the Will)."
ohshi

Bump for people to learn why

fork Wrote:

Lion King sucks.

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