New Look

[changa]

I'm so glad the cover artists have actually seen the movie! It's not half bad, compared to previous covers, except the original VHS cover. Anybody else dancing?

[DGFone]

Wow. I feel kinda disappointed. It's almost like they put more effort into the Simba's Pride cover than the original The Lion King blue ray cover.

But it can also be a sort of PR thing: Most people who got The Lion King BR don't really care about the box art that much. But what about those who will get SP? Really, only the harder fans would. And they will react more negativity towards a bad cover. So if anything, Disney knew that they can put less effort into the classic.

Do I agree with them? No. Did they still do it? Yes.

[Regulus]

Honestly I think the original's blu-ray cover is far better than this one. That's just my opinion though. This one seems to screw with my eyes a bit. I mean, why is Simba up in the sky with Timon, Pumbaa, and Zira, and why are Kiara and Kovu on the bottom? With the title in the center, it's hard to tell what I'm actually looking at.

Personally, I would move the title up to the top, remove the black so that it's transparent, and move Simba and the other characters down a bit. I'd also make the background stand out a bit more. So much of the scenery in the actual movie is eye candy, so why not have that on the cover?

I will admit, though, my tastes in this sort of stuff tend to differ from most people. It is art; it is entirely subjective.

Here's a higher resolution image:

[aloobah]

I like the new cover. Not sure if I prefer it to the old one but I still like it.
I just noticed how much Kovu looks like a mini Scar though. I swear Kovu's chin isn't like that in the film?

[AdAstrα]

Is it getting a separate Blu-ray release then? I thought it was just getting released on DVD?
I love the cover btw

[BlazePrower9205]

The cover looks nice. Alot better than the Blu-Ray cover for the first movie, imo.

[BlitzRogue]

Quite honestly, I'm completely underwhelmed by this cover. I mean, I thought the one for the first movie was pretty bad too, but this one just... bothers me.

Not even getting into the awkward formatting that Regulus brought up, Simba looks about as derpy as Disney characters come, Zira still has that "rat" thing going on from one of the European releases of the DVD, though they got rid of the whiskers (thank goodness) and fixed her colors since then... and what is up with Kovu's random chin-fluff?

They made Kiara's eyes brown, the rendering on Simba's mane is absolutely horrid, Zira has white space where her teeth should be, and Timon has this stereotypical-cartoon-nerd thing going on with his top teeth. All that's missing are the braces and massive glasses.

Pumbaa is the only thing they actually did right, if you ask me. :/

Edit: Looking at it again, they've all got rat faces. Whoever drew this is just... ugh. Okay, I'm done ranting.

[Pocahontas]

^ I personally agree. I mean, I like the overall look of the high definition stuff, but Kovu looks a little off, same with Zira.

But what can you expect from a Blu-ray to a simple sequel? Hey, most of the time it's just Disney Sequels that hit theaters that get such fancy covers, like Bambi 2 (It was in Theaters for me ) And Peter Pan 2.

I would rate it 6/10

[TheLionPrince]

Is it getting a separate Blu-ray release then? I thought it was just getting released on DVD?
I love the cover btw

Yes. TLK sequels are getting their own individual releases sometime in 2012.


Now about the cover art, I still prefer the 1998 VHS cover art than the 2004 VHS/DVD cover art, but the 2012 cover art is better than I expected, though it was a few flaws:

1. Kiara's eyes are colored caramel in the cover art. They should be colored red.
2. Kovu's chin hair should be redrawn because it was pretty matted down in the film.
3. Remove the teeth in Timon's mouth.
4. Redraw Zira. She looks more like a rat than a lioness.

Other than that, Simba and Pumbaa look fine to me.

[VitaniOutsider]

I need a Blu-Ray player! Yeah, what's with Kovu's face!