My Lion King Forum

Alright, I decided to write a small article on something I noticed.

I have the 1998 VHS SP and the Special Edition DVD. I noticed that they fixed the colors with the characters to make them look a little bit more like the characters in TLK, so I researched it a little bit and found some information.

Compare this: http://www.mylionking.com/resources/sit ... ab_847.jpg , which is a screengrab from TLK, and this image that I stole from Wiki:


See in the top image, Simba is orange and his mane is like brownish red and Nala is...I don't even know? But they fixed it in the Special Edition DVD to make they look more like the Simba and Nala in that screengrab.

I also found a webpage on Vakasi's Simba's Pride Online website that has some great information on the differences between the original VHS and the Special Edition DVD: http://www.lionking.org/~vakasi/vhsdvd.html

Oh wow, I just realized that. Thanks for pointing that out Moka. I guess they didn't want the differences too far apart from the Original and SP since it was probably only a bit of a difference in time between TLK and TLK2. ^^ It seems they decided they wanted to make the Special Edition DVD different from the VHS as well lol.

I was trying to get my TLK SP video to work the other day and I realized how pink everything was. It looked really messed up xD

that's the digital restoration. everytime Disney does a special edition, they "digitally restore" the film so it looks better quality and color. they mention it in their advertisements like, "Now better than before with all-new digital restoration!" sometimes they'll even put restored and original clips side by side to compare and the originals are always darker.

now I wonder if there's a difference between the colors in the first TLK and the special edition too?

OMG! I never knew they changed the color!
Well, I wouldn't know because I got the stincken 1998 one. I got it for Christmas, 4 months later Special Edition!

[quote="Simba"]that's the digital restoration. everytime Disney does a special edition, they "digitally restore" the film so it looks better quality and color. they mention it in their advertisements like, "Now better than before with all-new digital restoration!" sometimes they'll even put restored and original clips side by side to compare and the originals are always darker.

now I wonder if there's a difference between the colors in the first TLK and the special edition too?[/quote]

Yeah! Disney has done that alot! I remember when they did that to "101 Dalmations" and it made it look more modern.

I had no idea they had done this to TLK2:SP and it's quite interesting to know. And thanks for posting the links Moka, it educated me a bit

[quote="Simba"]

now I wonder if there's a difference between the colors in the first TLK and the special edition too?[/quote]

i don't think there is... but it's not like i can compare them side by side .. Special edition does have better quality though and dolby digital surround sound

Well, I'm glad they kinda fixed the colors for SP, it was one of the major fails.

Things like that don't really appeal to me because I don't pay attention half the time. lol. But that is really cool! I like how they made it a lot brigthter too, and It's not all dark and bad colored like on the VHS tape. I should watch both of them, and notice that. lol. I actually like the Special Edition of TLK and TLK2SP because they're restored and they have more color to them.

Thats sort of like the cub at the end of TLK and the cub at the beginning of TLK2 (A.K.A. Kiara) But the cubs looked totally different...It was originally going to be Kopa right?