It just appeared in my feed recently probably because we're getting close to Christmas, it's a scene from Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather (which I highly recommend watching along with the colour of magic and going postal) starts at 1:50 and Death just highlights the importance of belief and faith for humans.
I think it's very apt as this is what the left have been doing to fantasy in the West for years, by injecting politics into franchises, shortening childhood innocence by applying gender bullshit to them and using them as props in their own campaigning, they're robbing children of being able to live with fairytale and fantasy, the little lies of life, so that we can believe the bigger lies later on like mercy, justice, duty etc.
I think this is the difference between the left and right currently, the left abandoned fantasy to always live in 'reality' but because of that there is no belief inside them. It's why they think we'd go door to door killing them since we won because why WOULD mercy exist, it isn't a thing in reality. Why would ANY authorities have a duty to serve the people, why should THEY expect justice from the other side. The right might be too believing at times but it's far more constructive than this view on life.
It's more nihilistic view on life then even I can ever match when you abandon all fantasy and explains all their current freakouts beyond just attention seeking.
Hell you just highlighted a great point, the rush to make 'live action' adaptations over just making a new story. It's their lack of belief that is why they try to copy the fantasies of the past but without understanding the escapism within it that made it popular.
I think this might also be connected to the growing trend to shed most animation for live action, which is usually seen as higher art by critics and more meaningful by suits.
Absolutely people do, particularly westerners (and americans where cartoons are for kids). Animation is a story-telling or film-making technique.
Most live action adaptations at least have the justification of lowering the floor on the budget (a saving which may or may not be eaten up by the need for higher quality special effects) but The Lion King wasn't even live action - it was all all CGI.
Lack of belief? Do you mean imagination?
They're very linked.
How can you imagine anything when you can't believe in something greater or mysterious and unknown?
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So you're talking about religious faith? I just want to make sure I understand you.
Doesn't have to be. Real Humanism requires the same thing, it's what I'd be if I wasn't religious.