Posts Tagged ‘The Lion King’
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In all truth, Cami would probably be the LAST person to become irate at the news that the re-release of The Lion King topped the box office after 17 years. But it was funnier to suggest that Tom had a gigantic Jonathan Taylor Thomas collection.
I guess I’m not totally surprised that a re-release of The Lion King would perform as well as it did. This is September, after all. We’re all coming down from the post-summer blockbuster season. Although, I would have thought that if any movie had a chance this weekend, it would have been Drive. Maybe it’s my Ryan Gosling man-crush talking, but that movie looks cooler than cool. I would have loved to seen it this weekend if I weren’t completely wiped out from some kind of late-summer cold/flu thing that left me incapacitated. It’s a good thing I didn’t see Contagion last week or I would have felt a little paranoid!
Not much else for me to talk about this week. But, hey, since I haven’t pimped the Theater Hopper store in a while, how about this: take a look at this shirt I designed a while back called “The Movie Was Better.” I found out last week that the nerd-mavins over at ThinkGeek have a shirt of their own called “The Book Was Better.”
Now, maybe I’m biased, but I think my shirt is better. If you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet you feel the same way. So let’s make a pact. Buy my shirt and prove ’em wrong. Let’s face it: the design is better and it costs less money. It’s a win-win!
Plus, c’mon… ThinkGeek is producing light-up Iron Man shirts. They’re not hurting for money. Help the little guy for once, won’t you?
That’s all I got, folks. Have a great week!
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The Lion King is still tops at the box office, which I feel handcuffs me a little bit from a joke perspective. I don’t know why. I could have made a Moneyball joke, I guess. But I know nothing about sports. So why pretend?
I was trying to kick around comic ideas on Twitter last night for The Lion King and several people recommended a play on it’s central theme – The Circle Of Life. I kind of intentially avoided it last week because I was certain other people have made those kind of jokes and done it better. But then I hit on something that I thought was authentic and kind of bittersweet at the same time.
I think we all know that Disney will release and re-release their films into infinity. They’ve done it in the past and they’ll continue to do it. But what does that mean to me, the consumer, over the long haul.
A lot of people my age were THRILLED that The Lion King was back in theaters because it meant they could take their kids. Stands to reason these same people will probably take their grandkids when it rolls around again. After that, we’ll be worm food. So… y’know. Get in as many screenings as you can before Disney puts their film BACK IN THE VAULT!TM
Heartfelt and cynical at the same time. See what I mean? Bittersweet.
Take a moment to reflect on your mortality and then leave some comments below, why don’t you?
Or, even better, share this comic with your friends! See the ShareThis app at the bottom of this post? You can share this comic ALL OVER THE PLACE now. I think it’s gonna ring true with a lot of people and you can be the one to introduce it to them. Facebook it, Twitter it and more!
I would appreciate it.
Thanks, all.
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