Disney's The Lion Guard
 

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/disn...se-1201217283/

Finally. Timon and Pumba was great, but it's nice to get something of a serious Lion King-related show

I saw this and had many reactions, the Lion King is my favorite Disney movie. My first reaction was a new Lion King movie? This can't be good, but it's only a TV movie/pilot for the show, My second one was "I can't believe they de-canonized The Lion King 2", but he does have his sister in the show. But anyway the show being on Disney Junior worries me that it might be aimed at very young children. Also they mention "The Lion king meets Avengers"? ugh, what does that even mean but it doesn't sound good at all. So I'm cautiously optimistic.

With that said, I thought The Lion King 2 is actually a pretty good sequel, and probably one of the best Disney sequels . The Lion King 1.5 got a lot of praise when it came out but I didn't like it at all, it's just a re-telling of the first movie through the unfunny Timon and Pumba. I don't hate them but the movie already has more than enough Timon and Pumba and we didn't need more of them. Which brings me to the show, I didn't really like it at all, the mix of Timon and Pumba in the real world was just odd, the fact that I am not a big fan of them didn't help the show to me, it just didn't feel like a Lion King cartoon but a weird spin-off that isn't in continuity, it wasn't until one time I read on wikipedia that Simba and others do appear in an episode or two.

I am intrigued.

So Simba and Nala had a son after Kiera and now he's getting his own show in 2016?!

On the one hand it's cool that they're continuing on but on the other hand... wouldn't it be better if Kion was Kiera's son?

It's easier to market the son of Simba from the film you love than the son of the daughter of Simba who he had in that one DTV no one remembers. I don't see a lot of problems with Simba and Nala having more than one cub, it also makes it more interesting there could be sibling rivalry since Kiera is the one who'll inherit the throne.

Found more info. Kiara is confirmed as being in the show!

Kion has an interesting group of friends! *lol*

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2...40610disney01/

It's...on Disney Junior...

...Which is proof I need to read articles more thoroughly before I post them....:(

How depressing... they should have left it at Lion King 1.5.

Why? It's for little kids. Disney Junior does a quality job with their stuff.

Yeah, Looks like Kiara is the older sister.
So basically Simba & Nala had a 2nd cub years later, To bad the Lion King movies aren't an accurate portrayal of what Lions really do.

I also wonder if the new series will be fully CGI or traditional animation?

It's traditional animation

Not gonna lie, even if it is for preschoolers I'm excited about it nonetheless. I always thought the animal designs in the Lion King movies/Timon and Pumbaa cartoon were really cute.

Given the style of the two promo pictures I've seen so far, I'm going to guess it'll be 2D animation. Thank god. I'm getting so sick of CGI.

This...
My 2 year old loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...and even screams "'Phia!" when we pass anything with Sophia the 1st on it.

Yeah, my nephew has pretty much grown up on the DJ stuff the last few years. It's all really well made, but it's meant for kids! Adults getting upset about it is...sad? Pathetic? One of those.

I work with kids and they find Clubhouse, Neverland Pirates, Sophie, and a lot of other shows to be utterly generic and unrewarding.

There's nothing 'sad' and 'pathetic' about wanting something brimming with dramatic potential mined

Feel free to keep rewarding your offspring with mediocrity, it suits the kind of taste you're known to have.

I somehow really doubt that's in their words.

Also, talking sh*t about how people raise their children over a cartoon show. You have issues, man.

Disney Juniors are for whimps, real caretakers lets the kids watch MTV until nap time.

The fact that you would belittle someone's parenting skills based on the cartoons their child may or may not watch is alarming. Although, I admit I expect little else from a self-loathing aspie with the mentality of a cum sock who was congealed in a British gutter full of aborted crack babies and vomit.

The fact that you take children's cartoons so deadly serious is a testament to how sad your "life" truly is. Crawl back into your playroom with your VHS tapes, clown shoes.