Enjoying Shakespeare

In my post Hold That Thought!, I talked about how all three Lion King films are based on plays by William Shakespeare. Actually, not Lion King 1½ which is based on a play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead which is based on characters from Hamlet. I only just found that out…

Anyways, the point is Shakespeare has helped Lion King and I said I was going to study Shakespeare. And I have started to do this through Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. They have taken 20 of the classic Shakespeare stories and rewritten them for children.

Children?

Yeah, I’ve been listening to children stories, seeing that I like a kids movie…

Anyways, if you want to get an introduction to Shakespeare as well you can listen to recordings of the stories at LibriVox or read the text at Project Gutenberg.

Merchant of Venice it should be noted is referanced in Simba’s Pride, well worth a listen or read.

Fan Works Showcase – The Secret

As I write this post, it is Monday. And I decided this Monday that I’d I set something up which I do every Monday. This way I keep the blog regular, and I like regular blogs. So from now on every Monday I will showcase some high quality fan art, fiction, or video.

Starting off we have miragecat123’s poem, “The Secret”

I chose the above image because I think it captures much of the feel of this poem. Click it to be taken to the poem. If you want a quick review from me, I have posted in the thread you will be taken to.

The Future Of The Lion King – 3D!

As we start the new year of 2008, let me propose an idea to you. I’m only proposing at this point. My reasons will come later.

I see the future of Lion King being in 3D animation.

Again I won’t give reason for that just yet (but I do have them, plenty of them!). Instead I will leave you with a few images from Kingdom Hearts II:

Welcome to My Lion King blog!

Welcome all to my blog. It will be a place for me to provide you with commentary on all things Lion King. Weather it be the original film we all fell in love with, the movie *some* hated, Simba’s Pride, and that other movie, The Lion King 1½. I may even get into the books and the TV show, Timon and Pumba. Did you get all that? Well no, because I still have more I want to do with this blog. So how about a list, we all love lists!

• A  monthly podcast that will give you (yes, you) a platform to voice your thoughts on the films
• A Lion King audio drama (ideas for this welcomed!)
• Thoughts on the music, characters, and everything else we love
• An in depth and easy to read timeline
• Ads that you will click to give me money! (oh wait, I’m not supposed to say that…)

So that is the hope and plan for this little site. If you like the idea, let me know. If you don’t, let me know anyways! Expect at least one post per week.