‘It’s the circle of remakes!’ – Reimagining The Lion King Songs As The Tale Of Jon Favreau’s Latest Disney Job

 Instead of reporting it in the traditional way, I thought I’d tell you about the news that Disney are making a reimagining of The Lion King through the power of song lyrics:

The Circle of Remakes

Nants ingonyama bagithi Jon Favreau (There comes a Jon Favreau)

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama (Oh yes, it’s a Jon Favreau)

Nants ingonyama bagithi Jon Favreau (There comes a Jon Favreau)

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama (Oh yes, it’s a Jon Favreau)

Ingonyama

Siyo The Lion King (He’s going to reimagine The Lion King)

Ingonyama

Ingonyama nengw’ Jon Favreau enamabaal Disney (It’s a Jon Favreau and Disney)

Ingonyama nengw’ Jon Favreau enamabaal Disney (It’s a Jon Favreau and Disney)

Ingonyama nengw’ Jon Favreau enamabaal Disney (It’s a Jon Favreau and Disney)

Ingonyama nengw’ Jon Favreau enamabaal Disney (It’s a Jon Favreau and Disney)

Ingonyama nengw’ Jon Favreau enamabaal Disney (It’s a Jon Favreau and Disney)

Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala (asana)

From the day the first Disney animation begun
Featuring, adaptations , of fairytales for the young
There’s more to remake than can ever be remade
More to re-imagine than can ever be re-imagined
There’s far too much money at stake here
More profits to make than can ever be made
But Jon Favreau’s Jungle Book’s rolling high
Through the public eye
Keeps chugging along on the endless round
It’s the circle of remakes
And it entertains us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we refuse to pay
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of remakes

It’s the circle of remakes
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we refuse to pay
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of remakes

 Can You Feel The Hate Tonight?

There’s a bitter resentment to the rush of money
When the house of mouse writes a cheque to Mr Favreau
A  moment of upset, that inspires the internet feuds
It’s enough for the internet folk to just explain their views

And can you feel the hate tonight
It is where we are
It’s desired for the keyboard warriors
That The Lion King falls hard
And can you feel the hate tonight
How it’s laid to rest
It’s enough to make trolls and spambots
Sweat their smelly vests

There’s a time for original ideas if they only learn
That the movie studios need your dough
There’s a rhyme and reason to the nostalgic releases
When the familiarity of these ever-growing franchises sells more seats than most

And can you feel the hate tonight
It is where we are
It’s desired for the keyboard warriors
That The Lion King falls hard
And can you feel the hate tonight
How it’s laid to rest
It’s enough to make trolls and spambots
Sweat their smelly vests

Reimagining Old Classics

Reimagining old classics! What a wonderful thing
Reimagining old classics! Ain’t no passing craze
It means CGI animals replacing the animation of yesterday
It’s Disney’s  money-making philosophy

Take John Favreau here
Why, when he left Marvel Studios

When he left Marvel Studios

He found his movies lacked a certain appeal
He would achieve a 48% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoe’s scale

Jon Favreau: I’m a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my critics never stood sci- fi western things
And oh, the shame

He was ashamed

Jon Favreau: Thought of changin’ my name

What’s in a name?

Jon Favreau: And I got downhearted

How did ya feel?

Jon Favreau: Everytime that I were in bed the passion didn’t quite feel the same

Hey! Jon Favreau! Too much information for the readers!

Jon Favreau: Oh. Sorry

Reimagining old classics! What a wonderful thing
Reimagining old classics! Ain’t no passing craze
It means CGI animals replacing the animation of yesterday
It’s Disney’s  money-making philosophy

Reimagining old classics!
Reimagining old classics! Reimagining old classics!
Reimagining old classics! Reimagining old classics!
Reimagining old classics! Reimagining old classics!
Reimagining old classics! Reimagining–

It CGI animals replacing the animation of yesterday
It’s Disney’s money-making philosophy
Reimagining old classics!

I say “Reimagining”
I say “Old classics”

The Lion King’s release date has yet to be confirmed.

Please note: Jon Favreau’s comments are purely fictitious. 

Samuel L. Jackson Says S.H.I.E.L.D Will Return To The MCU

It has been over two years now since the release of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ saw S.H.I.E.L.D fall at the hands of Hydra, forever branded as a terrorist organisation. Well maybe not quite forever.

In an interview with ComingSoon.net for ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Nick Fury himself, Samuel L. Jackson, weighed in on Shield’s place in the franchise and whether there is ever a way it could come back.

“Yeah! For sure, definitely. Why wouldn’t there be? There’s some way of fixing what they created, and hopefully somebody has that going on or Nick Fury is out there — wherever he is, probably hanging out with Jules and walking the world — figuring out what happened and how it got to that particular place. Maybe they’ll find out that all that was part of a ruse to get to something else also. That would be great. They’ll bring me back somehow, some way, for some reason. I mean, they didn’t have me around to referee the kids when they didn’t go to their rooms and got in this big old fight. We’ll see what happens.”

Seems pretty likely then. This also lines up with ongoing events in ‘Agents of Shield’, as the latest episode saw Coulson and the new Director attempting to secure Shield’s place in the world as a legitimate organisation again. In any case, I’m sure we’ll find out once ‘Infinity War’ rolls around.

 

Last Man on Earth S3 E1 General Breast Theme with Cobras

After a recap of the season 2 Finale our group is met with a group of men in hazmat suits. The leader is the man Phil’s brother was saved by in the previous season. They try to get away but find they are blocked in by the A-Team Van which  Todd was driving.

As they look for the key they realize that the hazmat suited men are upon them.Melissa shoots one of the men and it turns out to be Jon Hamm in a hilarious cameo. This show always surprises me with the people that it can draw. Proves itself to be a great show time and again.

Pat tells them he was a purveyor of ice cream and an incarcerate before the world ended. Lewis his associate was an arborist.The gang decides to let them stay even though Pat the suited man is clearly nuts. Pat talks to his ally and tells him they have secrets that he doesn’t want told.

Phil and Pat bond while the others find out he really is nuts. I mean it is pretty easy to see this guy is crazy when he is always wearing a hazmat suit even though no one else is.

Phil and Pat talk about losing someone important to them who is named Mike. They are launching rockets at the Santa Monica Pier and destroy the Ferris wheel. Quite the sight, and such a cool way to see how far technology has come.

The next night as they are preparing for dinner, Pat comes out without his hazmat suit. He is rather calm and calls himself Patrick. As he looks around the room he finds the picture of Phil and his family which includes Mike. Mike is in fact the same person that Pat really cared for. This flips a switch and he goes insane.

He begins threatening Phil saying he will shoot off his privates before either his head or heart. They are able to run away from him with difficulty and get into the A-Team van. As they begin pulling out he shoots their window causing them to scream. Looks like they may just have to leave Malibu to get away from this guy.

Next time we find our characters in a surprising place, the former home of Cher. Again this show really is just incredible to think of so many interesting twists and turns.

 

Family Guy S15 E1 ‘The Boys in the Band’

Brian and Stewie are watching an extended cut of Willy Wonka in the Chocolate factory which is rather dirty. Family Guy is great because it offends everyone and doesn’t pull punches. I honestly think Seth McFarlane is a genius. Lois comes in upset they are watching it and puts on a wiggles like show. Of course Lois would come in and do that, she is like every mom, though Stewie is a baby so it makes sense.

Chris wants a tattoo and Lois suggests he get a part-time job. Chris is then seen driving to an airport to win back a girl in a romantic comedy joke. He then disgustingly is involved in an old woman.

Stewie annoyed by the Wiggles-esque show asks Brian to help create songs for babies.I love when Family Guy has songs because while they are usually crude they are great songs.

Chris can’t find work but soon ends up getting work as Quagmire’s assistant. He works really well as his assistant and helps him get into the groove with women. Quagmire has always been a ladies man but is really bad at keeping his ladies apart. It was humorous seeing Chris thrown into this weird world of Quagmire’s.

Stewie goes with Brian to a birthday party to sing a song and they see Olivia, Stewie’s ex. After a brilliant performance Olivia decides she needs to be with Stewie. Soon she is his “number one” fan and president of his fan club.

Lois is upset that Chris is working for Quagmire because Quagmire is an awful influence. Though she is happy that Chris is succeeding. It’s quite the dilemma for a parent to face when they want their child to be happy but really have to weigh the costs. We wouldn’t want Chris to be a second Quagmire….or would we? Nahh.

Stewie and Brian are really doing a good job performing. Olivia wants to kick Stewie out of the band and take his place. She is truly is antagonistic to Stewie who just wants to find something special.

In the end, Olivia kicks Brian out of the band and replaces him with Vinnie. I think it is hilarious that Vinnie was Brian’s replacement. Vinnie ma have only been around for a little bit, but he does have a place on this show and I think he will probably keep appearing from time to time.

A good season premiere with lots of laughs and good humor.  I love that there is a “Future” glimpse of Stewie and he is a mash-up of Peter and Lois. Again the songs were something that made this episode that much better, and I can’t wait for more songs to pop up. Family Guy is back and I’m ready to see what other antics this family gets into this season!

 

Margot Robbie aka Harley Quinn is hosting SNL’s 42nd premiere!

I really enjoy finding out who is hosting SNL. While many episodes aren’t always so special. The first episode is certainly something to behold.

I’m excited for Margot Robbie to be hosting the SNL premiere. After being in so many awesome movies it is time for her to be on this legendary show. Even though this show may not be as popular as it once was it is still an institution.

I wonder what she will be tasked to do. Will we see Harley Quinn on SNL? Chances are we will at least see something involving this character as so many people loved the Suicide Squad movie.

With any luck Jared Leto will appear or any of the other Suicide Squad stars. There really is room for any of them to make an appearance since it is the season premiere. She has been mostly non comedic roles but her Harley Quinn is amazing.

Plus, with the changes made to the cast and the cutting of two commercial blocks we are in for more comedy gold. Though this also leaves room for more terrible sketches, but really these sketches just make the good ones that much better.

I am glad she is taking the premiere and can’t wait to find out who else is hosting this season.

Son of Zorn S1 E2 Defender of Teen Love

Zorn is looking through his stuff and finds the stone of sight which he says he should break it. He then pulls out a Game Boy. It really is refreshing seeing an animated character playing an old game boy.

His son is trying to court the girl from the previous episode but Zorn stops him with “humor”. Zorn really does have good intentions underneath his terrible spirit.

Zorn is doing a terrible job at work. If he doesn’t make a sale he will be fired. He calls to apologize to his son. He thinks that girls are instantly charm-able by corn nuts. He ends up trying it out on the girl and it works but he doesn’t have the corn nuts.

Hal goes to see his dad and shows him the Stone of Sight. Calling Nancy’s name while showing holding the stone shows Nancy. Of course this his how the awful man named Zorn is getting ladies. He really doesn’t care for much but violence and while he may be smart and strong he is an awful person. So of course he has some all seeing eye, the sleazebag.

Using the insight of the stone Hal works on wooing Nancy. It works out well because he knows exactly what she likes. I almost wish I had this stone, but at the same time with great power comes great responsibility. I don’t know if I would always use this responsibly.

Zorn is exposed using the stone and his ex-wife locks it up. His son calls asking for more “advice”. Zorn gets an Uber and goes to spy on Nancy. Soon he is caught by her dad who has noticed they are loitering. He calls him Vietnamese which sets him off and he kicks a dent in the Uber. Oh Zorn, why are you such a sleaze? At least he was doing it to help his son this time.

Nancy is dating another guy and of course didn’t tell Hal. Zorn gives him good advice for once about letting go of the past. Zorn breaks the Stone of Sight stopping its use. Zorn restarts his relationship with his ex-wife’s fiance, and asks him to buy from him. He then makes his first sale, taping the stone together to watch what he hopes is chaos he sees the opposite. He breaks the stone again in anger.

This show continues to be interesting, I’m not sure how well its doing ratings wise, but I do enjoy it all the same.

Simpsons S28 E1 Monty Burn’s Fleeing Circus

The couch gag is one of the greatest parts of every Simpsons episode. This couch gag was probably one of my favorites as it took on the guise of Adventure Time. There was even a simpsonized version of the classic theme song. The Simpsons are an iconic institution that really does take from what is around it and basically catalogs it for future reference in a lot of ways

After the amazing couch gag  we see the Simpsons walking. They look up shocked to see that the town is in shock about something. The lard lad statue is gone. They go and have a riot where half the crowd is fixing the damage and the other is damaging it making the damage zero.

There is a new lard lad statue and it creates a vicious beam of light that wrecks all of the town. Mayor Quimby tells them they will rebuild the city but after a good amount of time the town is still damaged irreparably.

The Simpsons go to Mr. Burns who reluctantly says he will fix the town if he can put on a variety show.

Mr. Burns flashes back to his childhood when he was ready to perform. His mother licks him like a lolly which is rather unnerving. I love that his flashback is sepia to show how old this monstrous man actually is.

Mr.Burns decides to go to the school to find performers and ends up enlisting Lisa to be his assistant.

With Mr.Burns gone the plant goes to hell. They all party all day and swim in radioactive waste. Truly just a deplorable way to work in a plant.

At the stage Mr.Buns is checking out the performing prowess of the child but it is disheartening. His performance in the past made him a laughing stock and started his bitter past.

Lisa says she hates the show and Burns cancels it. Lisa is such a troublesome character because she is so honest.

Lisa goes to fix things with Burns and is shown his childhood performance. She realizes that he needs to fix this memory and wants to help him do that.

Homer goes into stop the party at work but it won’t be so easy. It’s humorous seeing Homer try and stop the fun when he doesn’t really do his job on a regular basis.

At the performance the children actually put on a good show. There are even guest appearances by Maude Flanders and Edna Krabappel. The show goes off without a hitch until Mr.Burns goes to his childhood act. He ends up mooning the audience once again. Sad yet funny. He then watches Lisa play saxophone while Smithers makes his body react. Smithers is such a weirdo loving this decrepit old man, but he is wonderful because he really stands by the man he loves.

Lisa wonders why they are always cursed with bad luck and it shows their ancestors being cursed by Mary ala Bewitched style magic. In the final moment the statue is melted and Ralph is covered by the melted steel.

Bob Burger’s Premiere S6 E1-Fluoise

Louise has the flu and she is definitely so excited to miss school. She decides to camp out in her bedroom with her stuffed animals. They are all japanese style characters and Linda just decides to call them all Hello Kitty. This is similar to so many other parents who just can’t remember all of the things their kids like. Especially when you bring into account the japanese nature of the toy.

Louise needs Kuchi Kopi who is her favorite toy. She uses it as her bathroom buddy and when Linda goes to get it she drops in the toilet. Filled with water they put in the oven to dry it out and it gets mashed.

They bring it back to her and she swears she will never forgive them for what they have done.

Louise and the family sing about Kuchi Kopi and soon in a fever dream Louise falls into her rug and into a weird world with Kuchi Kopi as her ally. This is definitely in the vein of Wizard of Oz which isn’t a bad thing.

Kuchi tells Louise they should go to his fortress.

Bob and family are troubled by the wrecking of Kuchi. Teddy calls and suggests he fix it with his heat gun.

Bakoneko is Bob. He sings about the darkness of Kuchi’s palace. Louise and Bakoneko fight and Louise soundly beats him.

Mokuro is voiced by Linda and is a drunk just like Linda. This octopus just wants to get wasted and party with her friends but of course the fortress is stopping that.

Louise meets the last two monsters voiced by Gene and Tina. She stops their song and steals their monster trucks.

Bob and Teddy go to a toy store and because Bob hasn’t read the Kuchi Kopi Books the owner starts reading them to the pair. This store is clearly a japanese themed store which is really quite nice. In fact this isn’t the first time Bob’s Burgers has shown off japanese ideas even showing off a Totoro-esque scene in a prior episode. i enjoy that Bob enjoys the story too!

Louise gets to the fortress and sings all about the fortress. Suddenly the unbent Kuchi Kopi appears and the two bicker. Good Kuchi tells her to forgive her family and not wall herself off. If Louise pushes the button then the fortress will be destroyed and her family will be forgiven. She pushes the button knowing she does have to forgive her family.

Louise forgives her family because of what she learned in her fever dream. They do love her, and they only tried to fix what they broke. She also forgives them because Bob went and got her a replacement.

In the credits Louise dances with the Kuchi brothers and the other toys from her dream.

Big Bang Theory S10 E1 The Military Miniaturization

After a brief recap of the events surrounding Howard’s invention and the cernal, the story continues.

Elon Musk thinks we are nothing but a simulation and Leonard thinks it’s sad that an alien would buy an asthma upgrade.

Raj is terrified by the air force general and the thought of deportation. Which is humorous because he honestly has never been the least bit afraid of being deported.

Sheldon is excited about becoming part of the machine. Of course he is, he just wants to show the world how intelligent he is. Plus when the thought is connected to Storm Troopers of course it just makes him even more excited. Why not become part of the workforce integral with keeping the world safe?

Howard is anxious about this general and it is bothering Bernadette. Suddenly a coworker congratulates her for being pregnant though she hasn’t told anyone. She is up for a promotion and could lose it if they find she is pregnant. Though as her boss is afraid of her I’m curious why she is worrying.

As soon as Bernadette leaves to find out if her boss knows, Penny reveals she told the secret. Penny is usually the one to tell things because she is always ready to gush about the success and happiness of her friends.She tells Bernadette the next day and she is angered by this reveal.

Howard calls his cousin who just so happens to be a lawyer and asks for advice. Sheldon offends him when he finds out he isn’t the right kind of lawyer. They end the call before Sheldon offends him more. For all his growth Sheldon does still have some idiosyncrasies that bring him down.

The Cernal comes into talk to Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard. They tell Sheldon not to talk and it brings out humorous ideas. He is able to hold it in for awhile as the Cernal says a variety of things. Suddenly he can’t help himself when MIT is brought up.

When he says that the MIT scientists that he ran it by said they could fix it in 4 months Sheldon says they could do it in two. Sheldon is not a fan of MIT because he thinks it is beneath him. This is always funny to me because so many amazing minds do come from MIT. He ends up correcting all of the Cernal’s mistakes and must offend him but it clearly won’t stop them from finishing their experiment.

Amy goes to talk to Bernadette with McDonald’s and calms her a little before telling her she got apple slices from McDonald’s. It is true, who goes to McDonald’s for apple slices?! Penny and Sheldon talk about their personal troubles. These two really have gotten close, and now they are basically siblings.

Leonard and Sheldon move out of their lab to go work on their project. They will really have to work hard to finish this in two months.

Bernadette comes over to apologize to Penny since she knows it was an accident.I always love seeing good friends make up especially on TV shows. To see these relationships grow and flourish is just nice.

The trio goes to their new lab and are ecstatic to find out it has a retinal scanner. These guys really do work well together even if they  may fight like kids at times. They may be different but their friendship has really strengthened since the first season.

 

Regular Show: In Space S8 E4 ‘Space Creds’

Mordecai and Rigby are loving space but they are  little bored. They soon see a commercial that tells of hover boots and of course they want them.

No one wants to  buy the boots for them and they are saddened by this.They all know that these boots are too dangerous especially for a pair of dunderheads like Mordecai and Rigby. When Muscleman and Hi Five Ghost show off their hover boots they are invited to a party and Mordo and Rigs aren’t. Whenever Muscleman gets something it really does push the guys to get it, because he really is the worst.

Suddenly they are told by a crew mate that someone needs help. They are tasked by a sexy scientist named Jessica to head into her plant monster and to save her husband. If they do they will be rewarded with enough money to buy the hover boots they so desire. The monster quickly eats them and it is quite disgusting. The artists are really good at crafting things to look as real as possible. As soon as they fall through the maw they land in a large forest.

Armed with only lasers they look for Craig and it is quite hard. The only light they have is the glow emitted by their lasers. They are trapped by a plant monster and are saved by Craig.

Craig, Jessica’s husband has really grown accustomed to living inside the plant monster. She pushed him into the monster when he said they need to stop with these experiments. The humorous thing is that this only happened yesterday. To get so buff in that short of a time is nothing but a miracle. They tell her they are ready to bring him back and when they get out she aims a laser gun at them.

Jessica is obsessed with her plants and the necklace her husband took from her. She is soon eaten by her monster an then Craig jumps in to save her, they are then eaten together. Really actually quite a beautiful scene to show two people fall back in love. Clearly the wonders of space can separate people and it takes true caring to bring them back together.

With their credits they earned they are instantly hurt by their hover boots as they are a dangerous thing to own. I wonder if they will have these boots in later episodes. Or will this just be one time thing? Only time will tell. All I know is I did enjoy this episode.