None. Years ago when asked about Song of the South being released from 'the vault,' Iger said bluntly never, that it was a racist movie.
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News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!
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Sharon&Susan
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Are we already forgetting that Iger was the one Disney CEO who was very outspoken on his discomfort on ever re-releasing SOTS?
Disgruntled Walt
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
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Forgive me, why is this particular shareholder a bad guy? I'm legitimately asking because I've never heard of him or his activist group.
HMF
Well-Known Member
It will be hard to compete with Azoff.
freedining
Member
Walt is an American hero. How can we justify banning anything he created? I guess I'm just not as smart as Eisner and Iger on this topic. I surrender to my betters. Like I have a choice.
I dunno. I was reacting to the suggestion that his level of investment was significant enough to warrant throwing his weight around let alone getting anywhere near a hostile takeover.
curry767
Active Member
Yep!
I'm pretty sure Chapek wasn't fired because of how he ran the parks, it's much bigger than that. Take a look at Disney+ revenue or lack there of.
We have other thread for discussing Splash Mountain. Iger's reinstatement is highly unlikely to change anything.
Yes, he does. The Splash retheming happened under Iger. And Iger said Song of the South is a racist movie. He’s also spoken out in support of the LBGTQ community.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Indeed…though there’s things going on with parks too
Father Robinson
Well-Known Member
Such a great and unexpected headline but I wonder realistically what changes we might actually see at the surface level, specifically for the parks.
Oh heavens no! Though I respect the artists' attempt at Good DinosaurCan't say I was a fan of Treasure Planet but regarding Robinsons - I have a child and have it on Blueray (thanks to forgetting for way to long to cancel my move club membership about eight years ago) and honestly, I think less of it every time I see it.
The concept is good, the message is good, it had a few really cool scenes but I could make a list of all the things I felt were off about it and believe me, I've had to sit through it enough to have made that list in my mind a few times over.
I'm not talking Home on the Range bad but, still bad - in my opinion. (and also, the last movie from that chapter of Disney's animation history)
... But I like plenty of stuff other people hate so I'm not about to consider myself the arbiter of good taste.
... Unless you also liked Good Dinosaur. Then there's something wrong with you.
I do NOT own a copy of it (or Home on the Range)people catching up?
It was a failure on all counts and, if it was such a success, why is Chapek being fired now?
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
Oh heavens no! Though I respect the artists' attempt at Good Dinosaur
Please ignore that note I dropped in your locker about meeting behind the gym after school.
Especially the part about how you're a chicken if you don't show.
We're good, now.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It really depends on if they feel thejr revenues are “vulnerable” in the parks internally?
Post your source of that claim.
I just posted the proof you are wrong. You said it trailed off. But, by the finale, the numbers increased greatly.
Vegas Disney Fan
Well-Known Member
I deleted my other comment because I didn’t explain it well.
It’s not an activist group in the sense we think of activism (social, political, etc), activist investing is a form of investing that tries to force a company to change how they run themselves, often involving rallying other investors to change the board.
This is the board trying to save their own skin.
Peltz is currently the CEO of Wendy’s, Sysco, and a few other major companies. They buy a minority stake, rally shareholders, and attempt to take over.
I know the Good Dinosaur had its issues in production and I didn't like it overall - and the final director tried to salvage the movie with the right beats and a few cute scenes but, ultimately, it doesn't work as I don't think the underlying thematic material works (though i like the human as the pup) I don't know what they were smoking with Home on the Range. Meet The Robinsons was a LOT of stuff that didn't work together that DID work individually and added to the whole (which is more than you can say for, say, The Black Cauldron or Chicken Little - both of which I like as well "Are you using the voice on me?!")Please ignore that note I dropped in your locker about meeting behind the gym after school.
We're good, now.
Chapek being fired.
if it did so well, why is Disney+ in trouble and why was Chapek fired.
Raidermatt
Active Member
And for good reason.
Iger isn’t a savior for the fans. But he is far better than Chapek in just about every way. He’ll get a honeymoon, and if he plays it right and throws the fans a few bones it can last a while.
But eventually there will be complaints just as there were before Chapek. But it was NEVER anything like it has been with Chapek. So whether you consider Iger “good” or just the lesser of two evils, whatever. It would have been far worse for Disney in every way imaginable to leave Chapek in place.