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Despite making over $1.8 billion at the box office, the 2019 Lion King remake was not fully appreciated by all audiences. Many critics took aim at the lack of facial expressions. In response to the criticism artist Nikolay Mochkin and Instagram user @jonty_pressinger worked together to redo parts of the movie with deepfake style technology to give the characters more expressive range.
The result has been hailed by some as a success with people asking the duo to remake the entire movie in this style. Others have claimed the 2019 version was supposed to be live action and more realistic; that this attempt to add expression missed the point.
Yes, the original release of "The Lion King" was 25 years ago.
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The Lion King: Remake gets ‘DeepFake’ Makeover
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday August 12 2019, @07:47PM (1 child)
Not as good as the cartoon. My son was bored (if I'd been tired I'd have fallen asleep) and little ones in the theatre cried and parents had to leave.
Wait for torrent.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 12 2019, @08:18PM
That too. The original might have been a bit too tight at just under 90 minutes, but feels even shorter with the songs and flashy visuals. However, this one is two hours and it feels like longer too because it is padded and dull with the drab visuals.