Emmeth

Jun 15 2018, 07:27 AM

To be fair, this is based around humans being cruel to circus animals.

Darker

Jun 15 2018, 07:38 AM

The original TLK movie took place before mankind began to bloom, so assuming they follow the same timeline, yes, no humans.

As for WB's Mowgli... Wait, before I go any further, the original Jungle Book movie from Disney also had another human (who talked) other than Mowgli, and the animals spoke anyway, same goes for the sequel where we see the whole village Mowgi went to, so why bring that up? It's not the same as Dumbo, where the main character was a baby elephant that didn't speak, in The Jungle Book, it takes place in the jungle, so naturally the animals speak.

In the book the animals communicate with Mowgli as well because he learns their tongue, the language of the beasts, and since the upcoming Mowgli movie is meant to finally be a good and faithful adaptation, that's likely the route they're going as well, that the animals tongue Mowgli how to speak like them.

Darker

Jun 15 2018, 07:42 AM

What's the difference, though? It's still Disney, their animals are rarely silent.