mickEblu
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No, seems to be a bit quiet on that front. Mice Age hasn't really said much on it (or Frozen) recently either.
Any whispers @GiveMeTheMusic?
Give us the good stuff @GiveMeTheMusic
No, seems to be a bit quiet on that front. Mice Age hasn't really said much on it (or Frozen) recently either.
Any whispers @GiveMeTheMusic?
An Aladdin E ticket just wouldn't pack the same punch and lure people the way Star Wars and Marvel will.No, I think their are a few more that should have some representation and could make for quality attractions. Am I the only one that sees the potential for a suspended Aladdin e ticket? Thrilling escape from the cave of wonders? What they could do with a scene for "a whole new world" in 2017 if they put some budget behind it. A marriage between the scenes from the movie and that ride system (upgraded of course) is a slam dunk.
An Aladdin E ticket just wouldn't pack the same punch and lure people the way Star Wars and Marvel will.
Why should he be creative? Well, for me at least, its because he runs a creative company! One of the biggest and best in the world. You'd kinda want the guy at the top to have at least a little creative sensibility.Unusual use of the word "blame".
Why should Iger be creative? Acquiring creative companies sure seems like a good thing that he should get credit for, I don't see this as a bad thing.
No, seems to be a bit quiet on that front. Mice Age hasn't really said much on it (or Frozen) recently either.
Any whispers @GiveMeTheMusic?
Give us the good stuff @GiveMeTheMusic
Executives are not creative. They need big simple reports with lots of pretty pictures from their staff to understand how to make a decision. You have to go down a lot of layers in a large corporation to find the creative people. The CEO's job is to pick the best solution to make the shareholders lots of money.Why should he be creative? Well, for me at least, its because he runs a creative company! One of the biggest and best in the world. You'd kinda want the guy at the top to have at least a little creative sensibility.
And that's kind of my point. All Iger cares about is money, making more money, and spending said money on acquiring outside companies to further drive Disney's own creativity out.Executives are not creative. They need big simple reports with lots of pretty pictures from their staff to understand how to make a decision. You have to go down a lot of layers in a large corporation to find the creative people. The CEO's job is to pick the best solution to make the shareholders lots of money.
And that's kind of my point. All Iger cares about is money, making more money, and spending said money on acquiring outside companies to further drive Disney's own creativity out.
Which basically flies in the face of everything Walt Disney originally stood for.If he didn't primarily care about making money, he wouldn't have a job. The reason he's had his job as long as he's had it, is because he's shown he's good at making a lot of money.
Which basically flies in the face of everything Walt Disney originally stood for.
Look, I know we're not gonna agree on this and that's fine. I'll even go as far as to admit that I am happy with where Disney has grown financially. I just wish that for every shoehorned, synergistic, IP inclusion he is allowing to dominate the parks, we were getting even a taste of something original to balance it out. Something that maybe showed he actually has respect and concern for the enterprise he is in charge of and isn't just after our money.
I tend to look at it this way (I'm the self-proclaimed king of bad analogies by the way).
Iger is the daddy of Disney, but rather than invest in his own child, he decided to go out and adopt three other kids. Now, he has to make sure those three kids are looked after and represented in his family just as much as his own child is. Which is why all we're basically seeing is SW, Marvel and Pixar stuff. Meanwhile, Disney is just sitting in the corner wondering when daddy is gonna remember him. He gets promised change and attention...later. Right now daddy has three new darlings to attend and cater to.
That's what's happening in my warped imagination!
Where is the Aladdin attraction?
I understand that analogy and the only reason I shied away from something similar is that I think that the owner of a sports team ought to at least have some deep love for the game (if not being a former athlete themselves) to know what's truly going to set his team up to win, and not just gimmicks to get fans in the seat.I'll use a different analogy to explain how I see Bob Iger and why I don't think he needs to be creative. He's like the owner of a baseball team. A baseball team owner doesn't coach or manage the team they hire a few key people who they believe will produce the best team. The more money the team makes the more money the team owner can invest back into the team with new uniforms and upgrades to the stadium to be enjoyed by fans.
There was a fairly expensive and popular theater show that had a long ran at DLR. There's also this monstrosity:
Absolutely. I don't love Disney because they make tons of money. I love them for the reasons I got really choked up watching Mulan last night on the big screen. Great art and great storytelling.And to this I would like to add that most of us on this side of the argument understand that Iger did great things for the Walt Disney company and he made them a lot of money. But how much money shareholders are making is not what made us fall in love with Disney or the parks and it's not the reason we are on this site everyday.
The theatre show was awesome and people loved it! But of course, it got the boot.There was a fairly expensive and popular theater show that had a long ran at DLR. There's also this monstrosity:
And to this I would like to add that most of us on this side of the argument understand that Iger did great things for the Walt Disney company and he made them a lot of money. But how much money shareholders are making is not what made us fall in love with Disney or the parks and it's not the reason we are on this site everyday.
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