Media: The Lion Guard
Jul. 18th, 2020 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserThanks to Jeane asking about the show, I realized somehow I hadn't watched the second half of season three, the final season.
The Lion Guard is set within one of the Lion King movies (Simba's Pride), aired on the Disney channel, with preschoolers as the target audience. Right from the first episode, I liked it.
While it wasn't a 100% perfect match for adult viewer me, it was so very good. The stories and characters were enjoyable for adult viewers, and even most of the humor was good. (Alas one character was very big on fart humor, which didn't work for me, but I bet preschoolers endlessly giggled over it.)
This show did things that other animated shows didn't. For example, the characters aged. Physically aged up from one season to the next.
Some of the stories were so darned mature, too. In one episode,the main character had to learn that some things you cannot heal. Some injuries never get better. That sometimes there is no return to normal, that you have to just do the best you can with a long-term injury. After that ep, I was so moved I just sat there and thought about that. That's the kind of lesson we learn in only the best written adult TV shows, and it was in a cartoon meant for preschoolers.
In another episode, I actually teared up.There was a death of a minor character, and it was just handled so realistically, I was so moved by it.
Sadly it seems season three was the last season. It wasn't canceled, but the story is over and the animation department for it has been shut down. From wiki: "In Simba's Pride, there is a years-long time gap, The Lion Guard takes place during the years". Three year gap, three seasons.
I'm really sad it's over, though I am glad it had a conclusion and wasn't just canceled.
The Lion Guard is set within one of the Lion King movies (Simba's Pride), aired on the Disney channel, with preschoolers as the target audience. Right from the first episode, I liked it.
While it wasn't a 100% perfect match for adult viewer me, it was so very good. The stories and characters were enjoyable for adult viewers, and even most of the humor was good. (Alas one character was very big on fart humor, which didn't work for me, but I bet preschoolers endlessly giggled over it.)
This show did things that other animated shows didn't. For example, the characters aged. Physically aged up from one season to the next.
Some of the stories were so darned mature, too. In one episode,
In another episode, I actually teared up.
Sadly it seems season three was the last season. It wasn't canceled, but the story is over and the animation department for it has been shut down. From wiki: "In Simba's Pride, there is a years-long time gap, The Lion Guard takes place during the years". Three year gap, three seasons.
I'm really sad it's over, though I am glad it had a conclusion and wasn't just canceled.
