Posted by: @adam_prince-of-eternia

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Posted by: @elder

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Why do we crave new incarnations of He-Man? I think most people enjoy seeing characters they love retold from a new perspective. Besides the Jungle Book cartoon is not original fiction. It was based on a 1894 book and loosely at that. The live Jungle Book movie was directed by Jon Favreau who is a qualified director. It was made at a time before live action adaptations became a thing. It is more thrilling and intense than the cartoon and it is also less musical. Give it a try mate.

They key word being new. The problem with most of the live action Disney adaptations is that they are not different enough from the animated film to justify their own existence. Especially something like The Lion King, which went from 2-D animated to 3-D animated, but is still animated, even though it is marketed as live action.

 

With The Lion King I have no defense. The Jungle Book movie has enough alterations worthy to give it a look. It was also made at a time where Disney still supported a director's vision instead a rule by committee approach.

Posted by: @ornclown

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Posted by: @elder

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Why do we crave new incarnations of He-Man? I think most people enjoy seeing characters they love retold from a new perspective. Besides the Jungle Book cartoon is not original fiction. It was based on a 1894 book and loosely at that. The live Jungle Book movie was directed by Jon Favreau who is a qualified director. It was made at a time before live action adaptations became a thing. It is more thrilling and intense than the cartoon and it is also less musical. Give it a try mate.

 

I would say that I like to see the story / myth of MOTU continue to expand and progress toward a definite end. This is why I've gone on record as saying 200X / MYP is my least favorite iteration of MOTU... mostly because it's just a remake of the Filmation lore, e.g. unnecessary. And why I'm such a big New Adventures fan, it progresses the story / world of He-Man.

However, I totally see your point... I love the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie, and that is just a live-action version of MOTU for all intents and purposes.

 

Also, I'd argue that very few of Disney's animated features could be considered original fiction.

Indeed, of my favorites, Beauty & the Beast was originally a French folk tale written in the 1700s, The Black Cauldron was adapted from The Chronicles of Prydain written by Lloyd Alexander, Robin Hood is taken from ballads originating in the mid-15th century, and The Sword in the Stone is adapted from my all-time favorite book: The Once and Future King by T.H. White.

 

With so many streaming packages today I hope you find yourself in a situation where it costs you nothing and you give it a go. I won't defend many of these remakes as enjoyable experiences but for this soul The Jungle Book was a welcomed anomaly.