Post by Gemma on Feb 15, 2011 15:40:59 GMT 2
I like them, especially Timon. He's cheeky and sarcastic, and a little neurotic at times too. Strangely, I've known people in real life who are like that and they tend to annoy me. But as Timon isn't a real character, somehow he just doesn't annoy me at all. I just think he's great!
I like Pumbaa too. I like how, despite somehow looking like he'd be the dumb one of the two (and certainly treated that way by Timon) he tends to play the "straight man" of the duo and is the more sensible one.
But I didn't particularly care for either of them all that much the first time I saw the movie. Or at least not as much as I did for some of the other characters. But I did appreciate them coming into the story; when I was a 7-year-old and had just seen Mufasa die and Scar take over the Pridelands, I wanted something fun and happy to happen to cheer me up!
But I liked them a lot more in their TV series. Again, I wouldn't say it was the most hilarious thing on TV at the time but I did enjoy it and started to care for them more from then onwards.
There were a couple of Timon & Pumbaa moments in Simba's Pride that really made me laugh. And while I didn't take 1½ very seriously most of the time, I did enjoy the beginning about how the two characters became friends, and also the scenes with teenage Simba.
At first I thought they were overrated (true I loved Timon, but I still thought he may have been overrated anyway), but over the past few years I've been led to believe that their popularity is really just a myth, possibly created by Disney. Personally, I don't know any fans who obsess over them; that seems to be coming more from the studio and the company rather than those who had nothing to do with the production.
I'm sure they have plenty of fans in the world, but I do think a lot of the hype came directly from the creators. It definitely seems that way in the online fandom; usually when you ask someone who their favourite character is, they will pick one of the lion characters.
I think I would rank myself as one of the fans that finds them "just funny". I don't want to overrate them or bash them. Timon is one of my favourite characters but I'm not going to treat him like he's some god or something. Likewise, there were times when I thought the creators were trying to suggest that Timon and Pumbaa were funnier or cooler than they actually were, but I've learned to blame the hype and not the characters.
I like Pumbaa too. I like how, despite somehow looking like he'd be the dumb one of the two (and certainly treated that way by Timon) he tends to play the "straight man" of the duo and is the more sensible one.
But I didn't particularly care for either of them all that much the first time I saw the movie. Or at least not as much as I did for some of the other characters. But I did appreciate them coming into the story; when I was a 7-year-old and had just seen Mufasa die and Scar take over the Pridelands, I wanted something fun and happy to happen to cheer me up!
But I liked them a lot more in their TV series. Again, I wouldn't say it was the most hilarious thing on TV at the time but I did enjoy it and started to care for them more from then onwards.
There were a couple of Timon & Pumbaa moments in Simba's Pride that really made me laugh. And while I didn't take 1½ very seriously most of the time, I did enjoy the beginning about how the two characters became friends, and also the scenes with teenage Simba.
At first I thought they were overrated (true I loved Timon, but I still thought he may have been overrated anyway), but over the past few years I've been led to believe that their popularity is really just a myth, possibly created by Disney. Personally, I don't know any fans who obsess over them; that seems to be coming more from the studio and the company rather than those who had nothing to do with the production.
I'm sure they have plenty of fans in the world, but I do think a lot of the hype came directly from the creators. It definitely seems that way in the online fandom; usually when you ask someone who their favourite character is, they will pick one of the lion characters.
I think I would rank myself as one of the fans that finds them "just funny". I don't want to overrate them or bash them. Timon is one of my favourite characters but I'm not going to treat him like he's some god or something. Likewise, there were times when I thought the creators were trying to suggest that Timon and Pumbaa were funnier or cooler than they actually were, but I've learned to blame the hype and not the characters.