Social Media Reactions to The Lion King Teaser

Yesterday, in the midst of a Thanksgiving Day football game, Disney dropped the first teaser for the ~~live-action~~ Lion King movie coming out next year. Of course social media was very quick to react, many of those reactions from people who saw the original 1994 film in their formative years.

The Lion King trailer being released as millions of Millennials sit in their childhood bedrooms on Thanksgiving night, slightly drunk and vulnerable to nostalgia… someone give that marketing team a raise

— Nick Morrow (@NRMorrow) November 23, 2018

#TheLionKing

Me last year: “I have no interest in a live action lion king

when James Earl Jones started speaking in the trailer: pic.twitter.com/LJRbPO8atp

— T (@Tearrrrr__) November 22, 2018

Even WWE wrestlers and holdout NFL superstars are excited:

https://twitter.com/DashWilderWWE/status/1065755763111546880

I cannot wait for Lion King & Toy Story to come out! like I don’t think youu understand

— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) November 23, 2018

Beyonce certainly has her fans

https://twitter.com/TrubelleNova/status/1065757546827329536

BUT THEN! The realization…

That Lion King trailer though…I can’t watch Mufasa die like a National Geographic special 😭😭😭😭

— Stephanie 🌻 (@Elphie314) November 23, 2018

me watching simba in the lion king trailer vs me thinking about mufasa’s death in hd that we are going to see next summer pic.twitter.com/ptGGbSuA2l

— tiny t⎊ny (@woIvern) November 22, 2018

When you’re excited for the new Lion King but realize you now have to sit through Mufasa dying in HD pic.twitter.com/yfDwmlYk2Q

— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) November 22, 2018

Lion King is not a children’s movie, leave your children at home summer 2019. There will be big big adults crying as we relive the childhood trauma of watching mufasa die.

— amrit (@thebrownarch) November 22, 2018

They better have included Be Prepared in The Lion King. They cast Beyonce so I know there’s going to music, but I heard rumors that “Be Prepared” was going to be cut.

We need to see Scar w/ 30+ Hyena’s , Hyping them up to Be Prepared. pic.twitter.com/gD2TLxEkpp

— PrometheusRisesAgain (@prometheus50K) November 22, 2018

Mufasa’s death in The Lion King is gonna traumatize a new generation of kids 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/NEl5XaMz6N

— Allison (@Daviesallison1A) November 22, 2018

And last, but not least, cynical but funny

For 20 years, it has been nearly impossible to see the original LION KING, but fortunately Disney has been able to reconstruct the original film using today's modern technology (and stars) so that a whole new generation of movie lovers can experience this legendary lost classic!

— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) November 23, 2018

https://twitter.com/mrfeelswildride/status/1066039216264466433

One thing we’re pretty sure of. The live-action (or whatever they call it) Lion King, based on Twitter’s reaction, is going to be boffo!