Sir_Cliff
Well-Known Member
Honestly, I don't get why so many people are hoping this movie does poorly or is bad. I just don't see how that meaningfully leads to any change that people want. Elementals failing leads us more to Toy Story 6.
Yes, I find it very strange.It’s a weird form of schadenfreude. To judge from all the repetitious posts across multiple threads, some individuals seem to thrive on it.
With some other recent films, there were not-so-hidden reasons people wanted them to flop that I could at least discern. With Elemental, though, I'm not sure why people are rooting for an original Pixar feature to flop. There seems to be this weird strain on here of people cheering on every bit of bad news for Disney, and I can't quite tell if this is part of same kind of pathological hatred toward Iger and Disney leadership more generally. It doesn't seem like a very intelligent hatred if that is the case, though, as people seem to cheer on every piece of bad news even if it is more likely to lead to a doubling down on all the things they don't like at the company. This includes original films flopping (which will likely lead to less creative risks) and the share price going down because profit margins are not high enough (which will likely lead to more cost cutting and price gouging).
There may also be people on here who don't actually like Disney, though, and for them I guess it makes sense to cheer on the company's decline.