Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25400573-20190803081503/@comment-35360394-20190805213042

RorySeizeTheDay wrote: I loved the special. It was brilliant. It's so good to see the guard growing up and it's good that their changing voices will match them now haha.

It's good that they finally nailed the animation on Simba (Sure its a bit late now, but better late than never.) It was also good to see that Simba has respect for Jasiri and her clan.

Janja was one of the highlights of the special for me. I loved his redemption. His song "A new way to go" was my favourite. It's been in my head since I watched it. Note also, for the second time, his song fantasy had Jasiri in a shade of pink with hearts in the backround...Nuff' said.

On the subject of songs, the guards song "On the last night" was great too. It showcased all their voices nicely and it's nice when all 5 of them have a song.

Then there's Scar trying to burn the guard, Janja and his clan alive. That's a VERY Scar move. It was rather nice seeing Janja genuinely care for his fur-brained clan. I also love that he went to Jasiri for help and it was hilarious when he sang "Sisi Ni Sawa" to her and Simba haha. It was also a nice touch when Simba said "Pride rock will survive, there have been fires there before." Obviously to his battle with Scar. It was also good when they mentioned how Makuu once was a villain but he got a second chance.

Scars song...(refer to what other people have said). Not that good. Mufasa's animation, not so good. The lyric writing, not that good. The story behind the scar...you see where I'm going with this? Also they skipped the part again where Scar was eaten alive #FireCencorship.

Then there's Kion's bite from Ushari and his new scar...The drama of the moment was cut short with Scar mock singing Sisi Ni Sawa. Kind of unnecessary. However Kion using rain, forgiveness and the lions of the past was a nice good solution. Then when Ushari tried to kill Kion, Bunga full on sacraficed his life to save him. Big move on Bunga's part...which no one acknowledges or even thanks him, which kinda bugged me. Of course Ono saving Bunga was amazing too. Pretty ballsy of Disney Junior to let Ushari die, btw.

I like that it was Janja who appointed Jasiri as their leader and was happy being her second in command.

I'm really happy Anga is goining the guard to fill in for Ono's eyes and like that he's still part of the Guard even though he can't see very well. Really big of him to insist she did, too.

The goodbye scene with the family was nice too. Nice touch having Nala say "Hopefully you'll be back in time for Kiara's first hunt" (Though we know how that turns out.) It was great having all the animals from previous seasons come say goodbye too. And finally, Kion knowing Thurston's name was icing on the cake. haha.

Overall I loved it and I'm really excited to see where this new journey takes the Guard.

Side note:  I don't know if this is the last we'll see of the Pridelands and it's characters in the show, but if it is, then it's official; Simba, Timon and Pumbaa have not spoken directly to each other through the whole of the Lion Guard show. It's something I've previously discussed on here and it's just always bugged me. I agree with your very positively clear review of Battle For The Pride Lands. I'm hoping this special episode gets enough fans that it sells on DVD.