Anyone else think the "Disney Legend" title gets thrown around to much?

[Touchdown]

Disney Legend is an actual award given out by the company.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Legends

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Not to be that one person here, but...

Anyone else think the "Disney Legend" title gets thrown around to much?


Here's to much.

 

[larryz]

Not to be that one person here, but...

Anyone else think the "Disney Legend" title gets thrown around to much?


Here's to much.

Dick Van Dyke approves!

 

[Lilofan]

If I'm paying for an all expense paid trip for all in my group to WDW where dreams comes true and it will impact their lives, I should be in the running for Disney Legend status.

 

[Victor Kelly]

It gets thrown about too much, far too much.

The true legends are the Imagineers. They don't need to be named, we know who they are.

 

[Mouse Trap]

It gets thrown about too much, far too much.

The true legends are the Imagineers. They don't need to be named, we know who they are.

Disagree. There's much more to Disney than Imagineers.

 

[Victor Kelly]

Disagree. There's much more to Disney than Imagineers.

Its an example. And without those imagineers....there would be nothing. Remember, before they were imagineers they were artists. They are the backbone of Disney. Or at least were. Joe Rohde amd Tony Baxter are probably the last two classic Imagineers. And Baxter was pretty much forced out.

Movie stars and celebrities? Meh. Paid to pretend and they are so touchy and cannot keep their politics out of the work. Who should get the title from movies like Avengers? The artists that build the world, effects, sound, lighting. That is the real talent.

 

[Lilofan]

The guys that invented the Magic Bands?

 

[HauntedPirate]

The guys that invented the Magic Bands?

Reported.

 

[Mouse Trap]

Its an example. And without those imagineers....there would be nothing. Remember, before they were imagineers they were artists. They are the backbone of Disney. Or at least were. Joe Rohde amd Tony Baxter are probably the last two classic Imagineers. And Baxter was pretty much forced out.

Movie stars and celebrities? Meh. Paid to pretend and they are so touchy and cannot keep their politics out of the work. Who should get the title from movies like Avengers? The artists that build the world, effects, sound, lighting. That is the real talent.

Imagineers were never the backbone of Disney, ever. Before all of that, there were storytellers. Specifically in film. With that there would be nothing. No imagineers, no Disney, no theme parks.

Disney has always been film or television first.

And if you want to belittle actors then Imagineers are nothing more than corporate slaves tied to the wishes of executive level leadership. They haven’t told a creative or original story in a decade. Their livelihood is tied to Hollywood now as that’s how Disney has been steered. Who knows if they even could come up with a decent original idea anymore?