Discussions about TLK from the 90's (usenet archives etc)

[Nitrol]

So back in 2013 when Google Groups were still usable I searched for some discussions about The Lion King from the time it was still in a production.


Someone watched unfinished version of the movie:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.animation/browse_thread/thread/1feeb96c62e74dd/d7884de2f21d7ae9?hl=pl&q=lion+king#d7884de2f21d7ae9
and
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/9abb94ef702f5a85/85afe0b0519d6d3d?hl=pl&q=lion+king#85afe0b0519d6d3d

Article about the movie: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_thread/thread/4df911948d83b0c6/604e986a5ca331ff?hl=pl&q=lion+king#604e986a5ca331ff

It was known back in 1994 that the Morning Report was going to be a song
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comedy.british.blackadder/browse_thread/thread/3310d6781ce6323d/af84bd9d4766464c?hl=pl&q=lion+king#af84bd9d4766464c

First discussions about similarities to "Kimba the White Lion": http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime/browse_thread/thread/e3c10bb500beb96d/9ca8f6119646c330?hl=pl&q=lion+king#9ca8f6119646c330

Furries were into TLK before TLK was even made:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/cb0f47891574a87e/32ea8793e48edaac?hl=pl&q=lion+king#32ea8793e48edaac ;D

Someone had a very good feeling: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.disney/browse_thread/thread/1b6fb4b205b9d894/f411a04ebe1a3067?hl=pl&q=lion+king#f411a04ebe1a3067

Day after a premiere: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.disney/browse_thread/thread/c8dad421784c9beb/a00da11ccb10fddf?hl=pl&q=lion+king#a00da11ccb10fddf

[TheLionPrince]

Those discussions were a blast to read. I found 608 discussion search results of The Lion King on Google Groups. And here's an infamous Google Groups discussion where Roy E. Disney mistakenly referred to Sarabi as "Kimba's mother": https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.arts.disney/yaGofGdVxyc/-lw9dxhrxbIJ

[quote="Nitrol"]It was known back in 1994 that the Morning Report was going to be a song
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comedy.british.blackadder/browse_thread/thread/3310d6781ce6323d/af84bd9d4766464c?hl=pl&q=lion+king#af84bd9d4766464c[/quote]

They weren't referring to "Morning Report", but the user was asking who Rowan Atkinson's character was after seeing his name listed in one of the song credits. Rowan did sing a few lines in "I Just Can't Wait to Be King".

[Ninaroja]

These are fascinating to read! Thanks for sharing them I've never seen any opinion from the time of TLK's release other than film critics - it was funny to see people debating its longevity sitting here more than twenty years later...