James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
So talking animals don't belong in Animal Kingdom, but magical houses, aliens, and time travel are fine with you?
The animals in Encanto aren't even major characters. That's the main reason why we're saying Encanto doesn't belong in Animal Kingdom.
Animals whose primary concerns are human or human-adjacent concerns don't belong in Animal Kingdom. This is not a difficult concept. The Lion King has a few elements in the source film that one could extract and focus on to mesh with the park's themes, but not as a straight drag-and-drop of the original story. It's not that the animals represented in the park absolutely can't talk or be stylized under any circumstance, but the more human qualities you pile upon them, the harder you have to push against that to actually convey the themes correctly. The humans in these scenarios having access to science or magic doesn't fundamentally alter the animals; it offers new and unexpected ways to interact with them.You don’t understand; some of those animals pass gas. Completely unrealistic.
I also am lost in the acceptance of sci-fi and the supernatural while lamenting possible cartoon animals.