Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5235494-20150413154501/@comment-1916997-20150415225318

Hmcooper4 wrote: To take the words from Eskaver... OUaT =/= Disney.

Talking Lions would not work on this show (any more than talking bears, panthers, Gorillas, snakes, or any other animal.)  I like the Lion King, don't get me wrong, I just don't really see those characters working in Once.

Now, since Lion King is loosely based on Hamlet, I would not be opposed to having some Shakespearian references. I'm torn, on one hand I don't really know how talking animals would work on the show, but on the other hand, we've had talking animals in Wonderland, and that seemed to work okay. That being said, if we're doing talking animals I'd rather it be for something like The Jungle Book or Chronicals of Narnia, which are actual books, as opposed to something like The Lion King, which is mostly original, with allusions to Hamlet.