CoasterCowboy67
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I just find this argument so mind boggling. Lion King is a coming of age story of a fictional lion that is learning to roar and hunt and find his place in a lion pride. If you distill it to "coming of age" you've stripped it of...everything. Who does the stampede represent -- park goers at rope drop?It's because it tells a human coming of age story through animals. The animals are a vehicle, not the focus.
Here are similarly conceived plot summaries
- Expedition Everest is a story about a terrifying encounter. The Yeti is a grizzled man who guards the mountain from an oncoming passenger train. The animal is a vehicle, not the focus.
- Dinosaur is a story about time travel to save a historical figure from death. The Iguanodon is Pliny the Elder, ancient Roman author whom we are saving from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The animal is a vehicle, not the focus
Why couldn't we explore a detailed environment and have plot elements around us? If you don't care for the plot or it doesn't live up to the film, why can't you have just enjoyed the opportunity to look around? We're grading a ride like Na'vi -- who forces you to only look around -- on a completely different rubric than a would-be Lion King ride where a beautiful environment and plot vignettes would somehow make it worse than just giving us beautiful environment. Rise of the Resistance and Tokyo Frozen do both very effectively. The plot vignettes enhance the experience by serving as reminders of memorable moments from the movieOn a LK ride being just as much an exploration as Na'vi River, will just have to agree to disagree on that one. Na'vi River is made to look like a natural landscape that you are indeed exploring on a boat. Maybe other people see that in a potential LK ride, I'm just having a hard time picturing it.