News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[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]

 

[Goofnut1980]

For someone who was all about the bottom line only... Wasn't Paycheck responsible for Harmonious and it going way over budget?

 

[Robbiem]

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?

Add the Walt back. Under Iger v1 so much went from Walt Disney to just Disney. Changing the man to a logo was a big mistake IMO

 

[Jambo Dad]

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

It really wasn’t. The source material was so old that it lacked grounding in modern science. They were following the source material so closely it just felt anachronistic.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Add the Walt back. Under Iger v1 so much went from Walt Disney to just Disney. Changing the man to a logo was a big mistake IMO

Good start. I’ll go: the iconic Purple signs.

 

[HauntedPirate]

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

Willow’s name is on Bob 1.0’s sign (kind of clever, as wel). Can’t disrespect her like that.

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

Yup - pretty much the 1950's Soviet Historical re-write

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

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?

I'm no bleeding heart liberal, but I would say - show some leadership, do something that will rock the corporate world, and increase the minimum wage for hourly Disney CMs to $15. Increase prices in food and drink to offset the cost. Enough saying that the cast members are what make the Disney experience great and start paying them what they're worth. CMs are the face of the brand and the ambassadors that either make or break a customer's experience. Do this and the morale will improve.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

*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.

What makes Andor stand out is the fact that it was greenlit and produced by the same Lucasfilm that made Kenobi and Boba Fett. It's like a B movie studio unexpectedly producing The Piano.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I'm no bleeding heart liberal, but I would say - show some leadership, do something that will rock the corporate world, and increase the minimum wage for hourly Disney CMs to $15. Increase prices in food and drink to offset the cost. Enough saying that the cast members are what make the Disney experience great and start paying them what they're worth. CMs are the face of the brand and the ambassadors that either make or break a customer's experience. Do this and the morale will improve.

So. Another price increase?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

For someone who was all about the bottom line only... Wasn't Paycheck responsible for Harmonious and it going way over budget?

The announcement that Illuminations would be replaced with a new show happened in September 2018 when Iger was still fully the CEO. So I don't know how much blame you can put on Chapek for that. Unless someone has information to the contrary.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

So. Another price increase?

If other offsets can't be found.

 

[correcaminos]

The announcement that Illuminations would be replaced with a new show happened in September 2018 when Iger was still fully the CEO. So I don't know how much blame you can put on Chapek for that. Unless someone has information to the contrary.

Yes, the creative designer said Chapek gave input on it. Lots more credit than he probably deserves. But it's well known that Chapek had his hand in that one.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

If other offsets can't be found.

So you’re going to win back the fan base with a price increase?

Okay. Might work.

But luckily Iger already commented that he was alarmed at the price increases during Chapek’s reign. So they’ll have to figure out a different path.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Yes, the creative designer said Chapek gave input on it. Lots more credit than he probably deserves. But it's well known that Chapek had his hand in that one.

That was regarding Chapek allegedly saying it needed to be a cartoon clip show, right? I don't want to sound like i'm showing disrespect or calling that designer a liar, but i'm having a very hard time buying that Iger (the king of cartoon IP integration) actually tried to prevent that, or was in any way against it.

Regardless, I doubt the IP situation is what caused it to go over budget. I was under the impression it was the hardware/software involved that caused that.

My assessment is that there's a LOT of blame being shifted to Chapek right now. A lot of which is likely because people who also made major mistakes are trying to protect their jobs and are looking for a scapegoat. I hate the guy as well, and he deserves to be slammed for not using his year running solo to reverse any of this and simply continuing down the Iger path. But most of the things people are angry about were already approved and enacted under Iger's watch.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

So you’re going to win back the fan base with a price increase?

Okay. Might work.

But luckily Iger already commented that he was alarmed at the price increases during Chapek’s reign. So they’ll have to figure out a different path.

I was thinking more of CM morale. For guest morale, get rid of Genie+ and adopt Disneyland Paris' model.