the.dreamfinder
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They did a week and a half ago.
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Pixieish
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Same with when they fired Roseanne. They really don't care what any individual says...all they care about is the fallout.
asianway
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Right, they potentially limited the profit of one of their tentpoles because of Cernovich and some twitter goons. Got it.
Pixieish
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This is new, but it specifically mentions the "creative differences" we've all been wondering about. Forward to the ~12 minute-mark.
http://collider.com/disney-james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-movie-talk/
http://collider.com/disney-james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-movie-talk/
the.dreamfinder
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They negotiated with terrorists and established a precedent.
Look how appeasement worked out for the NFL.
asianway
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The only one negotiating here is you. Bob (I’m upping my bid $20Billion) Iger isn’t caving to anyone
the.dreamfinder
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Exactly what am I negotiating here?
Dunston
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I really hope one of these expensive live action remakes flops terribly hard, and Disney has to reevaluate its strategy of recycling IP and stories with these boring remakes/reboots/soft reboots. Iger is not a creative man, and shouldn't be the head of a creative company.
Honestly, any entertainment executive who allows a frigging Star Wars movie to lose money should be called into question, but like I said, he is not a creative executive.
Honestly, any entertainment executive who allows a frigging Star Wars movie to lose money should be called into question, but like I said, he is not a creative executive.
threvester
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They wont cave on a parking fee decision either!
Pixieish
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Personally, I'd like to see them go back to a team of creative/business minds. (Hey...I can dream.)
Dunston
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Pixieish
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A BETTER creative/business minds team, lol.
the.dreamfinder
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Or just a focused team of individuals of diverse backgrounds with shared values and ideals taking a long term perspective.
It says a lot about Apple’s respect for what they do that they have chosen not to buy a media company.
And it also says a lot about Bob that he’d spend $70 billion when he could expand adult oriented film/show production and buy out their partners in Hulu.
the.dreamfinder
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I feel like we haven’t learned the lessons from the Eisner years. He benefitted so much from the leadership he inherited from Walt/Roy/Card/Donn/Ron. Things went off the rails when all those folks were pushed aside and he went for ABC.
Pixieish
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Ideally, that team would all share a love of all things Disney that so many feel the recent leaders have been lacking.
Dunston
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They quickly began to love how profitable people with a love of all things Disney are when Beauty and The Beast remake was one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
"We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective." -Micheal Eisner
I never forget that quote, because it it the most honest statement I've ever seen from a Hollywood person.
Pixieish
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It may be honest, but it's also pretty awful. Especially when they try to hide behind the "Disney image" when one of their most profitable directors comes under cyber attack. I realize Eisner isn't at the helm any longer, but there are TONS of people out there who would cringe to hear that statement was made by someone who was a high-ranking executive at Disney and wouldn't care who is in charge.
the.dreamfinder
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And it’s antithetical to how Disney should be run.
I’d encourage folks to talk time off from MAGIC and read books like Bob Thomas’ “ Walt Disney: An American Original” to get a real sense for how Walt and Roy ran things.
They were incredibly cunning businessmen, and Walt was one as much as he was an artist, but there is a profound belief of continuous improvement and long term thinking at the core of their operation that let them do things no other peer company could.
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the.dreamfinder
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Just have to be ever watchful for the “Disney is a business” types.