"The Lion King" was, in my opinion, one of the very finest movies ever
to come out of the Disney studio. From the first time I saw the preview,
I was enthralled. This movie was in a class by itself, and I still feel
uplifted each time I hear "Circle of Life". Everything about the movie
lent itself to being a box office hit, and audiences confirmed that it
was. So, like so many successful animated films, it had to be
capitalized upon as much as possible. Just when the fervor was beginning
to die down, we were presented with "Timon and Pumbaa".
Now
these two are great as comic reliefs in the midst of a serious story,
but on their own they have very little substance. Their half-hour show
is no more than a series of cartoony stunts and bodily humor. They are
no longer a warthog and a meerkat in the middle of the jungle. They are a
couple of buffoons with a knack for slapstick who happen to look like a
warthog and meerkat. Unlike the movie, which is completely untouched my
humankind and the modern world, the show incorporates every modern
inconvenience available.
The animation is still high quality,
but that's about it. Don't be reeled in by the fact that it's a spin-off
of "The Lion King". The creators should have quit while they were
ahead.
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