News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[Casper Gutman]

*Looks at Star Wars series that a very significant body of critics and viewers are hailing as a genuine masterpiece and the best show of the year*

Fans: We must remove Kathleen Kennedy at once or this chaos may continue.

 

[JoeCamel]

Chapek’s sign was there in January 2017, which is when I photographed my opinion of it, and him.

You didn't take the opportunity to flip off both Bobs? Make it a twofer?
Bob the former now the latter had a well established track record by 2017

 

[JoeCamel]

They took the man's sign down? He's not going to jail for accounting but he's not going to jail for something else, is he? Or is there an epidemic of sign vandalism in Disney theme parks?

It's closed for refurbishment, like 20K

 

[vikescaper]

Check the Lakeland antique mall, just $3000 next week only.
Either that or they gave it to Bob as a parting gift......

Nah…. $3000 is too much to spend on firewood!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Taking down Bob's sign seems a bit low, actually. Has anyone else's "window on Main Street" type acknowledgement ever been removed because someone fell out of favor with the current regime? It really feels like they're very disingenuously trying to rewrite history and hide the fact that Iger hand-picked Chapek and every single thing Chapek did was a continuation of Iger's policies.

They always change it depending who the current person is, it’s not the same as a window tribute

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Is it? I was under the impression that they began discussing a halt to theatrical productions after Solo bombed, and solidified the decision when Last Jedi underperformed.

That is correct. They didn’t buy LFL for $4,000,000,000 to NOT make movies

No, it was discussed when the initial timeframe was laid out. If I have time later I'll find a quote from Iger.

You Mean the guy doing damage control.

…as soon as you Venmo me the payment, I’ll get those magic beans we discussed right over to you

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The cast members know nothing. I had some detailed conversations during the pandemic to feel them out

First, they seem to not grasp the P&R head is beholden 100% to the ceo…in this case that was chapek. It’s their largest revenue source. They’re not “half in”

Second, they see a guy posting selfies on Instagram and Facebook with the serfs and think that matters at all…which it never will.

The deal is/was they hated chapek and needed a saviour so they picked tight pants. It there’s no divergence. Never was

It's so weird because I've seen stories of Adventureland merch cast who reacted to Chapek getting canned with tears of joy. Then the VPs and Directors I know were like "oh wow, interesting, back to my actual job, which this is unlikely to affect significantly in the short term, if ever. I think front-liners saw Chapek as the avatar of all the ways in which their lives were miserable during COVID. Fans did this too. All the COVID stuff that they hated got lumped under "bald man bad."

 

[CaptainAmerica]

They always change it depending who the current person is, it’s not the same as a window tribute

Bob Iger and Willow Bay stayed up throughout the Chapek regime.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Bob Iger and Willow Bay stayed up throughout the Chapek regime.

Rasullo and Staggs disappeared quickly

 

[Brer Oswald]

My uncertain recollection is that this specific sign used to say Robert Iger and was changed when Chapek became CEO.

It was there on my last trip to Castaway, which was prior to Iger fleeing from his post.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Anybody want to buy an action figure?

Make an offer.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It's so weird because I've seen stories of Adventureland merch cast who reacted to Chapek getting canned with tears of joy. Then the VPs and Directors I know were like "oh wow, interesting, back to my actual job, which this is unlikely to affect significantly in the short term, if ever. I think front-liners saw Chapek as the avatar of all the ways in which their lives were miserable during COVID. Fans did this too. All the COVID stuff that they hated got lumped under "bald man bad."

I think that was the natural response on all levels. Also…if one person is the bad guy…then no one else has to be

 

[MrPromey]

John Carter was way better than it gets credit. It should have spawned a multi movie franchise. Indiana Jones in space.

People didn't understand the history of the "franchise".

It looked in the trailers like a weird knockoff of a lot of other movies that had come before it and most people didn't realize that major elements of those movies were actually cribbed from the original John Carter stories (Barsoom) that are now over a hundred years old.

Everyone I know who knew the source material or even just the comics from the 70's, loved the movie.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Anybody want to buy an action figure?

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Make an offer.

It’s should cost 1/2 of one dvc point at riviera…

So $200

 

[DCLcruiser]

People didn't understand the history of the "franchise".

It looked in the trailers like a weird knockoff of a lot of other movies that had come before it and most people didn't realize that major elements of those movies were actually cribbed from the original John Carter stories (Barsoom) that are now over a hundred years old.

Everyone I know who knew the source material or even just the comics from the 70's, loved the movie.

Agreed. Carter is the origin of everything.

Let the people who did MoonKnight reboot JC. Would be awesome. Then push more of the Earth/Mars back and forth. Give it a mystery or Indiana Jones professor feel on Earth and Star Wars romance on Mars. Make the aliens less weird, plus real actors. And change the title so it’s descriptive.

 

[montyz81]

I know these are small potatoes in the list of things to get done, but hopefully Iger will influence Walt’s plane moving back to WDW in the next two years and a respectable replacement for RoE.

 

[MrPromey]

Agreed. Carter is the origin of everything.

Let the people who did MoonKnight reboot JC. Would be awesome. Then push more of the Earth/Mars back and forth. Give it a mystery or Indiana Jones professor feel on Earth and Star Wars romance on Mars. Make the aliens less weird, plus real actors. And change the title so it’s descriptive.

And maybe lean hard into it's lineage ("THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL!") in the marketing rather than act like it's something new, to help get people interested and reduce confusion.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

So let’s say you’re Iger. What are some of the low hanging fruit you would concentrate on that would improve CM and guest morale?

 

[erasure fan1]

*Looks at Star Wars series that a very significant body of critics and viewers are hailing as a genuine masterpiece and the best show of the year*

Fans: We must remove Kathleen Kennedy at once or this chaos may continue.

Yea that's a pretty bad take in my opinion. I'll give her a clear win for Rogue one, Mando and Andor. Everything else is suspect. Even Andor with everything good about it didn't really knock it out of the park from a general audience buzz standpoint. Theatrical star wars is a train wreck. She's cancelled more things than finished. And all but last Jedi, Mando and Andor didn't have troubled productions. I'll give props for what's right. But even a broken clock is right twice a day. It's ok to think some of the things she's done turned out ok, and at the same time think she isn't the right person to lead the franchise. You can't just base it on one thing either way.

 

[FigmentJedi]