My Lion King Forum

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I know this was from a while ago but to be fair, it was a perfectly legit question for OP to ask, since I think I’ve established we don’t “only see him briefly”. At least for a character who only survives half of the film. Also i like brian griffins gay cousin[/quote]

Wat do you mean?

[quote="MusicLion101"][quote]

I know this was from a while ago but to be fair, it was a perfectly legit question for OP to ask, since I think I’ve established we don’t “only see him briefly”. At least for a character who only survives half of the film. Also i like brian griffins gay cousin[/quote]

Wat do you mean? [/quote]

I didn’t write that last part.

LMAO

[quote="BrianGriffinFan"][quote="MusicLion101"][quote]

I know this was from a while ago but to be fair, it was a perfectly legit question for OP to ask, since I think I’ve established we don’t “only see him briefly”. At least for a character who only survives half of the film. Also i like brian griffins gay cousin[/quote]

Wat do you mean? [/quote]

I didn’t write that last part.[/quote]

Bro all I did was click on "quote" stop gaslighting me

Where the heck is everyone??

[quote="BrianGriffinFan"]Where the heck is everyone?? [/quote]


Bro I'm right here

[quote="MusicLion101"][quote="BrianGriffinFan"]Where the heck is everyone?? [/quote]


Bro I'm right here [/quote]


Okay. It’s just that hardly anyone is on this site anymore for me to share my LK opinions with. It feels like they’re mocking me or something. :’(

[quote="Carl"] We only saw Mufasa briefly and what we are shown is that he loses his temper easily.[/quote]

Does a character have to be onscreen for half an hour at a time for them to qualify as getting notable screentime?

When I hear “we only saw this character briefly” I assume he/she appeared in about one scene (two at max), with little-to-no dialogue and/or relevance to the plot. That’s basically what a cameo appearance is considered.


While it’s true that Mufasa dies before even the halfway point of the film, but the scenes he does get in that first half are incredibly effective, and characterize him as much more than the guy with anger issues you’re making him out to be. I dunno, maybe you just didn’t find his scenes interesting and tuned out during them.

Anyways, I know this discussion is from like a decade ago, but I felt the need to at least defend my favorite character, since “we only saw him briefly” feels rather dismissive.

It would be interesting to count up how much screentime every character actually has. Someone did that with the Harry Potter series a while back.