Mufasa is a Failed Experiment

Mufasa: The Lion King is Disney's attempt to make a prequel to their megahit remake. Does it work? Well, not really. I go over it all here.

[gab.bee]

once again, mufasa has been defeated by some fast-running animals

[Irodeapentaceratopstoragnorok]

Nothing drains the majesty and mystique of a rock formation like Pride Rock like finding out it was formed in less than afternoon and within the life times of the supporting characters

[anothergamer]

1994: Mufasa is Scars older brother, therefore he's next in line to be king

2024: *Mufasa is an usurper*

[momo]

in the original Lion King, it wasn't just implied that Mufasa was king because he was Scar's older brother, so therefore next in line, but Scar out right makes a snide remark about it in that first scenes after Simba's ceremony in the very beginning when Mufasa gives Scar a stern talking to for not attending. and if you were really into the Lion King there were stories about Scar and Mufasa's past, that outright states they were non-adopted siblings, and Mufasa was the older one who was next in line to be king. I haven't seen this new film, but I already was soured on it when I heard about this retcon of Mufasa being adopted.

[atraina]

I liked how this movie essentially took the canon of Simba coming from a long line of great kings of the past as Mufasa said and just completely destroyed it to make a soulless prequel story.

[LivingFire_BurningFlame]

I like how literally every time Sonic comes with a new movie, he destroys the movies we don't want in the box office.

[PlayerOne.StartGame]

Mufasa: "You’re unskilled, untrained, and unworthy."

Sonic 3: "You forgot one. Unstoppable!"

[minilopgamer]

If you really need a prequel of two brothers becoming enemies, just watch Transformers One

[rogerhalt]

‘You have a scar so from now on I will call you…’ *standing ovation* peak Hollywood guys

[FatAlbert]

6:45 This 100%. The prequel botched it so bad. The circle of life is presented like its a deep law of nature, not just between the lions, but shared by all living creatures. Almost like a religion, passed down and shared by all animals, and his position as king isn’t a reward, its a responsibility, just as Mufasa’s father told him, right?

Nope, Mufasa just freestyled it on the fly according to the prequel lol

[thedecidueyeguy]

Mufasa got killed again but this time by Shadow the Hedgehog.

[lacolem]

Mufasa’s an orphan and Scar’s motivation is…a stolen girl? What’s the goal here? Why change what was already perfectly explained?

[Jonathan_Collins]

Still remember last year, Adam Sandlers barely advertised LEO managed to beat Disney's 100th anniversary Wish.

[LilEuphie]

As soon as I heard in the trailer that they made Mufasa an orphan, I disregarded this movie as non-canon.
In "The Lion King: A Tale of Two Brothers" it explains how Taka got his Scar. He was trying to make Mufasa look bad by antagonizing a cape buffalo, but ended up getting attacked by its' herd, thus receiving his scar. Once healed, his father told him that the scar would serve as a reminder for his recklessness and mistakes and that he should rid himself of his anger. Taka relented and asked to go by Scar from then on. This is also the reason why Zazu is Mufasa's "eyes and ears" of the Pride Lands, as their father appointed Zazu's mother, Zuzu, as his majordomo and it became tradition for their hornbill family to be stewards to the kings of the pride lands.
They really sat on this book and the series it came from, they had these at their disposal. The fact that Scar's first attempt to harm Mufasa was not actually as adults in the first movie but rather when they were kids, and by the same type of animal too, made sense and wrapped things up as an origin point.
This movie is so non-canonical to me, it's an unfunny joke that makes no sense. Why would Ahadi and Uru name their biological son "Garbage" and make an orphan their next heir? Why would Scar have said he got the "shallow end of the gene pool" when it came to brute strength in reference to Mufasa? These things do not make sense to those that grew up consuming Disney stories at their maximum and remember what was already established. We have extensive Lion King family trees and they're really expecting us to just snip Mufasa's whole branch like that. Lol, fat chance.

[RunePonyRamblings]

Wait, so Scar is called Taka, he awkwardly pursues Sarabi, makes a deal with the villain when she falls for Mufasa, and ends up getting his Scar as a result of saving Mufasa...

Are they actually cribbing from 90's Lion King fanfiction?!

[TheThunderbirdRising]

Given how this movie is doing at the box office, its crazy that Disney is having to relearn why these types of movies used to only be released straight to video. Just a complete failure of corporate management

[lyleabner]

All this movie did was show us scar had a damn good reason not to like mufasa
"I invited an orphan to stay with my family and then he stole the fucking throne from me."

[lacolem]

Their mother was so loving she named her kid garbage

[wolfan]

The fact they literally crap on Mufasa's "kings of old" dialogue is enough to make it awful, but not only that, making Mufasa THE actual usurper of the throne is disgusting.

[marc]

I am sick and tired of that whole "Oh he's not actually evil, he's missunderstood." No Scar is not missunderstood, he's a jealous, selfish and narcissistic character, not hesitating to kill his own brother and nephew to be in power.
So what's next Disney ? Trying to give judge Claude Frollo a sympathetic backstory ?