Deleted Lines from the Script

[TheLionPrince]

Here's another deleted line I read when I was looking at the Simba's Pride screenplay by Brian Tiemann released on the day of the release:


[quote="Brian Tiemann's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride script"]

Zira: Kovu is the chosen one. We must fulfill Scar's dying wish, and train Kovu to become King.

Nuka: Oh... yeah.... oh, yeah. I can do that!

(Zira climbs up on a rock point to gaze out over the land. The others follow.)

Zira: Look... at the Pride Lands, my pets. So green... so inviting. That is our home... that is where we belong. And soon, my beloved Scar... we shall reclaim your kingdom.

(Camera zooms slowly back to Pride Rock, where Kiara is playing at Simba's paws atop Pride Rock, gazing down over the side.)

Kiara: Wow.[/quote]

If you read the screenplay, this brief scene happens after Nuka agrees with her mother's vision for Kovu. Here's the video to refresh your memory: Nuka and Vitani's News. Notice how Zira walks away from Nuka off to the right to the screen so immediately after that scene ended, she walks in the same direction where Nuka and Vitani came from where she states her desire to reclaim the kingdom facing the Pride Lands.

As much as I would love to have seen that scene and "Kovu's Bug" put back into the movie, one problem I have with this is that when the camera shifts to zoom in on Pride Rock after Zira gives her short monologue is that we are to believe that the previous deleted scenes and Rafiki's deleted scene of "Another Cub" happened on the same day as Kiara's presentation. Because of this, without any subtitle like "6 months later", we are still led to believe it's still the same day as the presentation.

The Lion King 1½ had a similar problem like this after Timon and Pumbaa settle into their new home near Pride Rock, we are believed that a full night has passed and the next morning, Simba is a full-grown cub singing "I Just Can't Wait to be King" assuming Simba matured into a child in one night. But, since TLK movies revolve around animals and no humans exist in the universe, there is no need anything human-related like time.

So, if these scenes were restored back into the film, I'll assume the filmmakers thought the viewers will be smart enough to notice some time passed during the camera shift.

[SimbasGuard]

[quote="TheLionPrince"]The Lion King 1½ had a similar problem like this after Timon and Pumbaa settle into their new home near Pride Rock, we are believed that a full night has passed and the next morning, Simba is a full-grown cub singing "I Just Can't Wait to be King" assuming Simba matured into a child in one night. But, since TLK movies revolve around animals and no humans exist in the universe, there is no need anything human-related like time.[/quote]
the way I looked at that scene is that when Timon and Pumbaa were woken up by Simba singing "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" I just assumed that the proper amount of time had past between Timon and Pumbaa moving in and the scene that was seemingly the next morning.