We’re Debating ‘The Lion King’ in 2019. Why? | Exit Survey

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Disney is in the midst of a nostalgia churn, and the latest installment is a remake of ‘The Lion King,’ the iconic 1994 peak of the Disney golden era. Have we reached a dark place with live-action remakes, and are there more to come? Plus, does the 2019 all-star cast live up to the original voice performances? Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.0	It's the season finale of Big Little Lies on Sunday, so make sure to check out our final
0:08.4	episode of our live after show with the ringer's Amanda Dobbins and ASPN's Mina Kimes.
0:13.5	You can tune in on Twitter to Big Little Live right after the episode ends.
0:17.4	Also, this week's 2019 Open Championship marks the final major championship of the golf
0:22.3	season.
0:23.3	To check out Fairway Rollin' where Joe House is joined by a cast of Ringer and golf
0:26.8	world personalities for everything you need to know heading into the weekend.
0:30.6	You can find new episodes on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.6	I'm Sean Fennese and I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:52.0	And this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about the circle of life we are here to
0:56.0	talk about the 2019 film The Lion King, which is also a 1994 film called The Lion King.
1:03.0	This is a photo-realistic digitally animated, reimagining, though not quite so creatively
1:09.1	reimagined version of The Lion King, which is of course one of the canonical Disney new
1:14.7	golden age classics that has been remade in this series of remakes.
1:18.9	And boy, there are a lot of things to say about this film.
1:21.6	There are not a lot of things to say about the plot of this film because the plot is exactly
1:24.4	the same as the original.
1:25.5	Yes.
1:26.0	For the most part.
1:26.9	But Amanda, let's start this conversation by talking about 1994.
1:31.8	Wow.
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