The new Lion King and more "humanized" animals?

In 1994 the first version of The Lion king was released and, like most of the greatest Disney’s productions, it marked a generation of kids.

For those who were born in the first part of the 90's decade this movie meant a significant story so the remake in live action production became an opportunity to remember and to reconnect with childhood. This was the case for me recently, when I decided to join a nephew and see the new Lion King at the cinema.

It was definitely not the same as the original. Even though I can appreciate the display of big advances in the digital technology applied in the new movie, that made animals look as real ones, this is exactly something that messed it up. I could not connect with the characters as I made it in the original version of the movie. The simple fact that their facial expressions did not communicate their emotions made hard to mix their human dialects with their appearance. This is a big point for the first version, and give a deep discussion of how human communication relies on the transfer of facial/visual expressions.

So here is the draw of someone who also thought that the characters would look better with more humanized faces:

The importance of the simple

I'm not very sure if this event can be considered as a holiday, but it is probably one of the best days I have spent outside my house here in Santiago. It was about eight years ago when I was in high school and a friend of mine asked to borrow to his parents their house in Algarrobo for a long weekend. So we were a group of 6 friends in a house at the beach.

These three days were not only some common days in the central coast, they had an important personal meaning (and I think for my friends) because it was the first little trip I did without any adult, so it had a big sense of independence, freedom and adventure. Actually, we didn't do any special activity, we spent some time in the beach, we handled with the domestic things, we talked and knew each other a lot, and we were not short of laughs, of course.

 I think there are some things that don't taste the same when you do them for a second time, a this is one of them, I mean the experience of dealing with something new. When you spent time with the correct people even doing the simpliest things can give you a good memory.

Start with the classic World!

I really believe that if someone is interested in historic tourism, at least in the western world, its necessary to start with the countries of the classic civilizations. The countries that we now know as Italy and Greece are the starting point of the culture that spread to the rest of Europe. My interest in these countries lies on the existence of old remains of their material world, buildings, monuments, roads, cities in general, etc.

I'm not very sure about how good these places are for working, but as a student I have many options. Several old universities with a long history and tradition have their institutions here. One of these is the University of Bolonia, in the center-north part of Italy, and it is known as the oldest in the western world.

In the same sense, Italian cities are small and very pedestrian and cyclist friendly so I can go without worrying about how to transport. And finally, even when Italian language is very easy for Spanish speakers in a intuitive way, I believe that many Italians can handle with English at least in a basic level, so communication should not be a problem.