MrPromey
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You clearly get my point, though… which tells me all I need to know about the rest of our conversation.Well the sky isn't really blue, but that is a whole different conversation.....
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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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Disney Irish
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I think they would leave some in-house, but going contractual maybe the best option long term.the sky is gonna be “pink” at WDI when Bob starts slashing the headcount..
…don’t discount they may finally close it/go contract based.
That’s a doozy for another day
But that is a different conversation for a different thread.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Had to take a shot, huh?
Oh noble crusader
From a ideological point? No
Business? Then it gets difficult
But look at it the other way: if the business fails hard…as it’s begun to…the progress slows or dies.
Think that’s worth it for a little mermaid remake and a stupid Indiana Jones?
I don’t.
Chi84
Premium Member
Casting Halle Bailey in TLM killed social progress? Maybe stop explaining.Had to take a shot, huh?
Oh noble crusader
From a ideological point? No
Business? Then it gets difficult
But look at it the other way: if the business fails hard…as it’s begun to…the progress slows or dies.
Think that’s worth it for a little mermaid remake and a stupid Indiana Jones?
I don’t.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I probably agree…
Get a bomb shelter and await these forums to EXPLODE when that day comes.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
And again this is where the dispute continues, because you don't want to recognize any revenue post-theatrical even though studios, media, and everyone outside of a few on these forums do.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
No…and you know better.
Having a string of flops/reduced sales may have a studio - even Disney - start to rethink broaching more progress.
And the knuckledraggers would win there.
Better strategy than what they’ve shown…is the take away.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Hey…are we having reading comp problems?
toy sales are not to cover budgets. Ignore it 1000 times and it will still be true on the 1001st
CaptainAmerica
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Chi84
Premium Member
They also win if Disney gets cowardly.
Chi84
Premium Member
I’ll try. Which one is Snow White again?
Seriously, I don’t know anything about the movie other than that picture.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Hit the button. Problem solved.
Chi84
Premium Member
You can only control your own actions, not those of others.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I never mentioned toy sales in this exchange, so doesn't appear to be me that has reading comprehension issues....
But I have brought up PVOD and D+, which does cover budgets as explained many many many times in these threads even if it gets ignored 1001 times.
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
I am not taking shots. I am responding to the words and sentiments you yourself are choosing to share. I made no insinuation that you had an ideological issue with her casting; it’s clear you’re referring to the business side of things. That doesn’t change anything for me, because I still disagree with you. To my mind, there’s nothing especially daring about Disney’s strategy, and even if they are losing a bit of money because of their perceived progressivism, they can afford to do so. I believe, moreover, that such an approach will prove wiser than the alternative in the long term, both as regards PR and financially.Had to take a shot, huh?
Oh noble crusader
From a ideological point? No
Business? Then it gets difficult
But look at it the other way: if the business fails hard…as it’s begun to…the progress slows or dies.
Think that’s worth it for a little mermaid remake and a stupid Indiana Jones?
I don’t.
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
How does this picture relate to the casting of Halle Bailey?
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
Netflix licensing covered budgets. Selling a movie to yourself to put on YOUR OWN streaming service does not.
And PVOD is basically zero. It's been entirely cannibalized by D+.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
How does a casting decision to deviate from the source material to appease a noisy group of activists relate to a different casting decision made to deviate from the source material to appease a noisy group of activists?
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
Noisy activists aren’t driving Disney’s casting decisions.
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
Imagine believing that.
Let's use a Parks example.
Anyone with sense, left, right, or center, agrees that the depiction of Native Americans in Peter Pan's Flight is problematic at best. Nobody thought Splash Mountain, the ride, was racist, though its source material was certainly controversial. Yet the "red man" scene is here to stay for the foreseeable future while Br'er Rabbit has been sent packing. Why? Because Splash Mountain had noisier activists.
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