On all of the threads that i have read on here, it seems like Bob Iger is pushing Disney into the ground... How much longer does he have as CEO and what kind of actions do you not like?
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Disney World going downhill bc of Iger?
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bjlc57
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No.. Disney changed the day that Frank Wells Died on a mountain top and then Eisner failed to give his own man the job he was waiting for.. and then became the competition.. in Dreamworks.. So this goes all back to that one faithful day.. after that Eisner was never the same and neither has WDW.. its been a hot mess ever since that one day..
JIMINYCR
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Well who knows what would have happened. I'm not an Iger fan either and I agree the loss of Wells changed the destiny of Eisner. Although Jeffrey Katzenberg had been very successful at Dreamworks, he was also considered ruthless both at Disney and at Dreamworks, has had successes as well as costly missteps, and would play the stockholders game just as well as Iger. Funny how throughout history the deaths of some people and the appointment of others can alter so many lives and corporations both for the better and the worst.
In your opinion.
matt9112
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Opinions should be the norm on an Internet forum I really don't think it needs to be announced.
AndyS2992
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Perfectly put.
The Empress Lilly
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EPCOT was destroyed by Eisner. As was the idea of WDW as more than a random suburban sprawl collection of theme parks and megahotels. Meanwhile the classy sophisticated Empress Lilly was left to rot. Instead, around her a dime-a-dozen entertainment complex was erected.
Iger, if anything, has been very busy cleaning up Eisner's mess. Whether I personally like the creative direction of his WDW or not (summed up as 'IP in their face at all times'), in a little over a decade he will have completed truly massive programs that fix or even complete three of the four parks plus Lake Buena Vista. Same goes for DL, DLP, and HKDL, incidentally.
Iger, if anything, has been very busy cleaning up Eisner's mess. Whether I personally like the creative direction of his WDW or not (summed up as 'IP in their face at all times'), in a little over a decade he will have completed truly massive programs that fix or even complete three of the four parks plus Lake Buena Vista. Same goes for DL, DLP, and HKDL, incidentally.
bjlc57
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During the second half of the 1980s and early 1990s, Disney was revitalized. Beginning with the films Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Little Mermaid (1989), its flagship animation studio enjoyed a series of commercial and critical successes. Disney also broadened its adult offerings in film when then Disney Studio Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg acquiredMiramax Films in 1993. Disney acquired many other media sources, including ABC and ESPN.
In the early part of the 1990s, Eisner and his partners set out to plan "The Disney Decade" which was to feature new parks around the world, existing park expansions, new films, and new media investments. While some of the proposals were completed, most were not. Those completed included the Euro Disney Resort (now Disneyland Paris), Disney-MGM Studios(now Disney's Hollywood Studios), Disney's California Adventure Park (now Disney California Adventure), Disney-MGM Studios Paris (eventually opened in 2002 as Walt Disney Studios Park), and various film projects including a Who Framed Roger Rabbit franchise.
Wells died in a helicopter crash in 1994. When Eisner did not appoint Walt Disney Studios chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to Wells' now available post, Katzenberg resigned, and formed DreamWorks SKG, with partners Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Eisner then recruited his friend Michael Ovitz, one of the founders of the Creative Artists Agency, to be President, with minimal involvement from Disney's board of directors (which at the time included Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, the CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation Stephen Bollenbach, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Yale dean Robert A. M. Stern, and Eisner's predecessors Raymond Watson and Card Walker).
Ovitz lasted only 14 months, and left Disney in December 1996, via a "no fault termination" with a severance package of $38 million in cash, and 3 million stock options worth roughly $100 million, at the time of Ovitz's departure. The Ovitz episode engendered a long running derivative suit, which finally concluded in June 2006, almost 10 years later. Chancellor William B. Chandler, III of the Delaware Court of Chancery, despite describing Eisner's behavior as falling "far short of what shareholders expect and demand from those entrusted with a fiduciary position..." found in favor of Eisner and the rest of the Disney board because they had not violated the letter of the law (namely, the duty of care owed by a corporation's officers and board to its shareholders).[11]
In the early part of the 1990s, Eisner and his partners set out to plan "The Disney Decade" which was to feature new parks around the world, existing park expansions, new films, and new media investments. While some of the proposals were completed, most were not. Those completed included the Euro Disney Resort (now Disneyland Paris), Disney-MGM Studios(now Disney's Hollywood Studios), Disney's California Adventure Park (now Disney California Adventure), Disney-MGM Studios Paris (eventually opened in 2002 as Walt Disney Studios Park), and various film projects including a Who Framed Roger Rabbit franchise.
Wells died in a helicopter crash in 1994. When Eisner did not appoint Walt Disney Studios chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to Wells' now available post, Katzenberg resigned, and formed DreamWorks SKG, with partners Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Eisner then recruited his friend Michael Ovitz, one of the founders of the Creative Artists Agency, to be President, with minimal involvement from Disney's board of directors (which at the time included Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, the CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation Stephen Bollenbach, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Yale dean Robert A. M. Stern, and Eisner's predecessors Raymond Watson and Card Walker).
Ovitz lasted only 14 months, and left Disney in December 1996, via a "no fault termination" with a severance package of $38 million in cash, and 3 million stock options worth roughly $100 million, at the time of Ovitz's departure. The Ovitz episode engendered a long running derivative suit, which finally concluded in June 2006, almost 10 years later. Chancellor William B. Chandler, III of the Delaware Court of Chancery, despite describing Eisner's behavior as falling "far short of what shareholders expect and demand from those entrusted with a fiduciary position..." found in favor of Eisner and the rest of the Disney board because they had not violated the letter of the law (namely, the duty of care owed by a corporation's officers and board to its shareholders).[11]
What cut?
Goofyernmost
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I guess it had nothing to say one way or the other! I believe it was the post preceding that last one.
AndyS2992
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He means extract.
MMFanCipher
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I'm in no way an insider, I'm only going by articles and books I've read. If only 50% of what I have read is true then Eisner started a toxic
environment in the executives of the company. Iger being part of that hasn't fixed it. When he leaves the board needs to get someone
who can fix this environment. And then that person needs to put someone in charge of parks and resort who actually likes the parks and
will fight for them. Just my non-insider 2 cents.
environment in the executives of the company. Iger being part of that hasn't fixed it. When he leaves the board needs to get someone
who can fix this environment. And then that person needs to put someone in charge of parks and resort who actually likes the parks and
will fight for them. Just my non-insider 2 cents.
Ah ok.