Bradley Raymond
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What I always appreciated about “The Lion King 1 1/2” is that it seemed to be made more for the parents of the children that watched “The Lion King” 194 times a week than it was for those kids.
The Lion King 1½ isn't a sequel as much as it is a parallel look at the original, with beloved characters Timon and Pumbaa taking us on a guided tour of how the first film happened from their perspective.
Outside of the design and the shape of the island on which things take place, it's connection to Peter Pan is superficial at best, for the scenario that plays out here, and even the character of Tinker Bell herself, are frankly incompatible with anything that went before.
The pixie, created by J.M. Barrie but repurposed as the Disney mascot soon after the release of their "Peter Pan" adaptation, has long been a top money maker for the studio, adorning all sorts of merchandise, most recently a new "Disney Fairies" line of products; in this sense, a Tinker Bell movie was inevitable.
Far from being worthy of "Peter Pan" (at least the underrated "Return to Never Land" was clever and enchanting), this one's barely worthy of other Disney DTV sequels.
In “The Lion King 1 1/2,” Disney gave us the same story as the original “Lion King” but from the perspective of two of the main character’s sidekicks, the wart hog and the meerkat.