by BrianGriffinFan » December 17th, 2015, 12:29 am
[quote="Squeely"]She's not that underused in the first movie. Her role is very pivotal, and I bet if you counted up the screentime of Nala vs other non-Simba characters, she'd roughly tie with them. I wouldn't write her off as a Mary Sue, either. The opportunity for Nala's flaws to show simply doesn't present itself in the situations the story puts her in, unfortunately.
Now when it comes to sequels and other media outside of the first TLK, heck yeah is Nala underused! And it's a dang shame, too. I would have loved it if SP had delved into Kiara and Nala's mother-daughter relationship more, as it would have made for a great contrast to the first film's father-son bond, but alas. It sort of feels like writers couldn't figure out what to do with her character, so they kept her out of things for the most part. Thankfully, the TLG writers are at least trying to keep her included.[/quote]
Well she has about ten minutes of screen time as a cub, and then disapears for a large chunk of the film, and she has a smaller part in the climax than most other characters, but yes, she does do important stuff.