Disney’s live-action-but-not-really-more-like-realistic-CGI version of their 1994 classic The Lion King JUST surpassed the one BILLION dollar mark at the worldwide box office, which is WILD (no pun intended).

While the film itself is a genuine good time, the thing that has REALLY stood out to fans is just how REAL everything in the film looks.

Like…are we sure these aren’t actual lions who have gained the ability to sing and speak like humans? No? Okay.

“It is the first shot of the movie,” Favreau wrote. “The shot that begins ‘The Circle of Life.'”

Needless to say, people’s minds were BLOWN by learning this information:

And, of course, it ALSO resulted in a lot of ridiculous jokes:

So, uh, yeah…there ya have it. I can’t decide if this trick is amazing or absolutely horrifying, so I’ll just chill somewhere in the middle for now.

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