I retract this post. I still agree with what I said, but after just seeing Cars 2, it is truly a mess. Barely an average movie and nothing that worked in the first movie is present at all in this one. Absolutely soulless.
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Al Weiss Retirement
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I retract this post. I still agree with what I said, but after just seeing Cars 2, it is truly a mess. Barely an average movie and nothing that worked in the first movie is present at all in this one. Absolutely soulless.
SleepingMonk
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No problem, judging from the post above you can just argue with yourself!
Once again, and not surprisingly, you completely miss the point. I still stand by my original comment that not every movie Pixar makes has to be some brilliant cinematic achievement or the second-coming of Gone With The Wind.
Still, I'm objective and honest enough to admit that this simply isn't a good movie - not by Pixar's standards or any other studios.
You, on the other hand, hear what you want to hear and have a baseless agenda to hate Pixar and Lasseter no matter what they do.
Magenta Panther
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Cosmic Commando
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Was Al Weiss the driving force behind the DisneyParks blog? I have to say, for an official blog, it is surprisingly worthwhile reading!
More on topic, I'm glad to see Tom Staggs putting his mark on the parks. When he took the job, it seemed like he was just being groomed to replace Iger. His CFO/Strategic Planning background had me worried. I thought at best he would just be a figurehead, trying not to upset things on his way to the CEO job. At worst, I was worried the parks , which were cut to the bone, would be cut to the marrow. Glad to hear there is a "de-Rasulo-ization" process going on!
yeti
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Not quite, but DisneyParks certainly seems to be. :lol:
flynnibus
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It's not anti-Lasseter - it's anti-"lasseter is the messiah"
People say he's the best thing since Walt.. or he's the closest we have. Considering all of WDW, and the last 40 years of DL have all been done without Walt... of which Lasseter can take almost no credit for any of those successes, I would imagine there are hundreds of people who are far more qualified then he to take the role.
What are his qualifications? That he loves Disney? Well that pretty much thins the herd doesn't it? That he knows story telling... ok, and how many hundreds of writers and directors does that make qualified for the job too? Why not nominate someone like Spielberg.. he has the same qualities. The point being is Lasseter's success in what he did with Pixar up through Toy Story doesn't qualify him to do any job in the world.
well I'm not the one who's suggesting he's the best thing since...
And these claims are based on what? The name dropping of a handful of people the fan sites know about? There are thousands of people you are discounting simply because you don't know their name or what they do or what they believe... simply because some other guy was successful in another business. So far Lasseter has been mediocre at best when it comes to building theme park attractions of the caliber that established DL as the premier experience. So I have no idea where people think passion == ability in the face of output that speaks to the contrary to date.
People want to point to Carsland as the second coming - yet this is the same guy and company that gave us Toy Story Playland, Nemo Subs, Toy Story the video game, etc etc.
I find it ignorant for us on the outside to think some idol is the only person in the company that has these ideals or abilities purely because he's the executive producer in pixar.
If that's all it takes.. you'd have most of wdwmagic applying for the job.
I'm not going to assume I know all the canidates... but as long as we're chasing famous people, I'd put up any number of show director imagineers before JL. Heck, you could even bring back beacons like Sklar if all you wanted was vision instead of ability.
Cosmic Commando
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Ah, I see what you did there...
I actually don't mind DisneyParks as the name of a corporate division. Something like "DisneyParks Blog" is about as public as something like that should get. But you should not see "DisneyParks" while you are in a Disney park.
Captain Neo
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Doubtful that anyone will. That role is being eliminated, I hear.
This.
Word I'm hearing from multiple people is that Staggs is working to "de-Rasulo" Parks and Resorts.
This, needless to say, is a good thing.
Why would he undo Jay Rasulo's work when Iger & Staggs himself approved much of what Rasolu worked hard on doing over the past half a decade? On top of that Rasolu is still with the company in the powerful CFO position.
Sounds like fanboy dreaming if you ask me
stitch2008
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I dont know what you mean by "approved" what Rasolu did. But he and Staggs switched spots because I think Jay was better suited just to handle the company finances.:shrug:
lazyboy97o
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Not really sure why any of these changes would result in the end of the division's blog. Yes, the name and URL would change if DisneyParks® is dropped, but neither is a difficult undertaking.
Restructuring a unit as massive as Walt Disney Parks & Resorts is not a cheap endeavor, one which would likely have to receive the approval of the CEO and the CFO.
MarkTwain
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I personally don't have too much difficulty in seeing Iger giving his go-ahead to Staggs' restructuring of WDP&R. Iger seems to be pretty hands-off as far as CEOs go, generally willing to let the people underneath him run as they see fit as long as the results are positive for the company. And considering the restructuring will likely mean cutting the fat (ie unnecessary jobs) from the division, there is a very good chance significant amounts of money will be saved in the long run, so I don't see him having much of a problem with it.
This is not a major restructuring by any stretch. This position was created for Al, and prior to his tenure as President of WDW, that position did not exist either. There was only an EVP of WDW. To many in the division, adding Al's position to the corporate line-up as head of operations for the business unit, really added a layer of complication and headaches. Removing the position will help alleviate that somewhat, but there are a lot of global positions at the moment, so there most likely wont be any sort of major restructuring.
KevinYee
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I have new info that I'm not sure I want to make public. But the crux of the matter is, I was wrong earlier to smell a desire for restructuring here.
It turns out Al had to leave for reasons unrelated to his job performance, but he had to go. I think I'll leave it at that. So my new guess is that the "restructuring" is just the elimination of the position that was, as pointed out in the post above, created just for him. Nothing more.
It turns out Al had to leave for reasons unrelated to his job performance, but he had to go. I think I'll leave it at that. So my new guess is that the "restructuring" is just the elimination of the position that was, as pointed out in the post above, created just for him. Nothing more.
SeaCastle
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If it's corporate's intentions to sell off WDP&R, Spirit let the cat out of the bag on that one earlier last night.
http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-120492-P-6.asp
RSoxNo1
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We discussed this on our most recent show with Jim Hill. There are family issues that led to his leaving the company.
SeaCastle
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I take it that what you know is bad news all around?
Possible, but necessary? There is a point at which the fans (all of us) need to mind their (our) own business.