Last night, as I tried to fall asleep, I was think about the Lion King movies we have had up to this point. I compared Simba’s Pride to The Lion King 1½ and realized Simba’s Pride lives in the shadows of the first film and thus it is not as good. Because it tried to create a new epic, it doesn’t have as much quality as the first one. Both movies try and have “epic” stories so you have to compare them.
But what 1½ did was make fun of the first one, so you can’t compare them. Never once would you think “is the original better then 1½?” It wasn’t trying to live up to anything.
Next I started thinking about my own story. I have this great, epic journey planed. But the problem is if it is epic it will be compared in peoples mind against the first film (and even second film). Can I write a story better than the first one?
Not a chance.
So now I need to ask myself, what should I do with my fan fiction?
Actually, I need to take a step back even before I begin asking that. There is something else my fan fiction is missing which the three movies have. If my story is to have the “Lion King feel” I need to add this and fast! What is it missing?
Shakespeare.
All the Lion King movies are loosely based on a play/story by William Shakespeare. My story needs to have the same. Ideas, anyone?
P.S. I do have a podcast planned, I just need time to record it.
SimbaCast 