To be honest I already do. As bad as "IP Iger" was, he's absolutely amazing compared to Bob PaycheckI will miss King Iger
How?
Don't forget...many of the price increases, loss of perks, and new things we must pay for were in the works under Iger. (And don't let the BoD or other higher-ups off the hook , either.)
No Iger fired Dick Cook because he still wanted to make smaller movies and adult oriented movies, not just tentpole city. Iger elevated the then head of the Disney Channel, Rich Ross, to run studios as his guy. Lasseter and others hated how he ran the studio, he worked in TV all his career and had no experience with film or feature animation. Lasseter’s contract was coming up for renewal in ‘13 and he demanded Ross’ ouster after “John Carter” and other things. Alan Horn, who was basically kicked out of Warners for being old despite doing an amazing job there for ten plus years, was a free agent and Lasseter brought him to Disney to take over the studio.
Well, that or Percy Jackson, of which we’re technically now getting the later as a Disney+ series within the next two years with the book’s author Rick Riordan being personally involved. Of any series, I think Percy Jackson probably has the best chance at being able to be successful enough for Disney to be their equivalent of what Harry Potter was for Warner Bros.
Honestly you can tell any sort of a difference? Things seem to be the exact same to me.
Perhaps it could have been like that a decade ago, but they stalled on making the other four movies in the Percy Jackson franchise and now it’s too late to compete as a blockbuster in the style of Harry Potter.
But that can’t be…everything was going great over there
There’s little difference other than polish. Neither seem to understand their IP or their target clientele
You know who also was like that?
One has tv experience and more stock wonk savvy…that’s about it.
Iger has the mist. Chapek doesn't.
I'm not saying he's free of sins, far from it. But at least Iger had the sense not to significantly alter classic rides, or even remove them entirely. *cough cough* Splash Mountain *cough cough* Such a move in my eyes brings you down to the lowest of lows.
Ummm...that whole thing started under Iger's watch.
...Well call me damned. I take back everything I said about Iger. Both him and Chapek are absolute bottomfeeders.
Iger was better at hiding what a sleaze he is.
I'll give you Maelstrom, but I forgot what he did to Pirates and at least we still got the Tower of Terror in Florida, as tragic as the loss of the Cali one was.
WE WANT THE REDHEAD!
Oh yeah, he botched up the auction scene. I've always had it in my head that was Chapek's decision.
