No one could or should forget Eisners last decade. But at the moment Chapek is way out of his depth. Uncle Bob didn’t have much choice given his ties to the company both legally and morally.
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NY Times: Bob Iger Effectively Back As CEO
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BrianLo
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Again, I'm not praising Iger. But - for the most part he doesn't have a legitimate personality disorder.
Disney War and both Disney Touch‘s. See my last comment too.
lazyboy97o
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He doesn’t have a visible one. He’s better at concealing his ruthlessness and makes others play the bad guy and take the heat. He also failed to establish the very sort of smooth transition he promised for years. It doesn’t seem like he was begged to come back but has reasserted himself to cover his clear failure to prepare Disney for the future.
DisneyTalks
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Don’t forget, Eisner even added two whole water parks to that
TrainsOfDisney
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Radiator Springs and DCA 2.0 we can thank John Lassiter for.
Pandora would have been a total loss for the park if it wasn’t for Joe.
Eisner personally green lit things he saw at Imagineering. I also think Eisner knew he was asking imagineers to do things on the cheap with bugs land and Dino-Rama... I don’t think Iger / Chapek know or care what they are doing to the parks.
Yes I’ve read Disney War... Eisner was not perfect at all and goodness the parks had their lowest of lows under his leadership.
DVCakaCarlF
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Each one has their merits, no doubt...as others have said before, Iger was good for shareholders while Eisner was good for the consumers.
All leaders have their moment...then it’s time to go.
All leaders have their moment...then it’s time to go.
lazyboy97o
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Lies! Iger personally asked for more trees in Cars Land!
SteamboatJoe
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Not at the box office, for the most part, after 1999.
Animaniac93-98
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He even made a trip to Hobby Lobby after the meeting to purchase more model sized trees to illustrate his artistic vision!
To broaden this conversation beyond personalities, Eisner/Wells inherited a bench of talant and executives who either learned under Walt and Roy or were taught by their disciples. Disney never would have been able to accomplish what it did under his first ten years without them from the Disney Renaissance features to the new attractions and parks. Yet Eisner committed a cardinal sin by undervaluing the expertise he was given, especially in the parks. He and the strategic planning committee (Alumni include Jay Rasulo, Tom Staggs, Michael Colglaizer, Kevin Mayer) fired or forced out a generation of talented executives and replaced them with inexperienced hacks, a tradition that has continued with our newest “CEO” Bob C.
To this day, Burbank looking down on the parks and has deprived them of the experienced leadership/investment/vision they deserve. It has positioned the company poorly under the normal circumstances of leadership transition, doubly so post COVID-19.
Michael was wrong, monkeys couldn’t run a theme park.
To this day, Burbank looking down on the parks and has deprived them of the experienced leadership/investment/vision they deserve. It has positioned the company poorly under the normal circumstances of leadership transition, doubly so post COVID-19.
Michael was wrong, monkeys couldn’t run a theme park.
Animaniac93-98
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Eisner also joined Disney (September 1984) right as the company launched, or was about to launch, a slew of gold mines including:
Touchstone Pictures (Splash released March 9 1984)
Tokyo Disneyland
Walt Disney Home Video (first sell-through animated classic Christmas 1984)
The Disney Channel
EPCOT Center
The wheels for projects like Star Tours and Roger Rabbit were also set in motion by then.
Great time to inherit the company and build on it.
Touchstone Pictures (Splash released March 9 1984)
Tokyo Disneyland
Walt Disney Home Video (first sell-through animated classic Christmas 1984)
The Disney Channel
EPCOT Center
The wheels for projects like Star Tours and Roger Rabbit were also set in motion by then.
Great time to inherit the company and build on it.
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Animaniac93-98
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Contrast that with the Disney that got dumped on Chapek:
- Debt from Fox purchase
- Marvel franchise already peaked with Endgame
- Hong Kong Disneyland on shaky financial ground
- Star Wars franchise not meeting expectations
- Avatar franchise repeatedly delayed
- No more "big" live-action remakes like Lion King, BatB etc (except Mermaid)
- A WDW that needs billions to just maintain current revenue/market share
And that was before COVID-19.
- Debt from Fox purchase
- Marvel franchise already peaked with Endgame
- Hong Kong Disneyland on shaky financial ground
- Star Wars franchise not meeting expectations
- Avatar franchise repeatedly delayed
- No more "big" live-action remakes like Lion King, BatB etc (except Mermaid)
- A WDW that needs billions to just maintain current revenue/market share
And that was before COVID-19.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Rumor has it Tom Staggs coming back as CEO and Bruce Vaughn taking over park projects
DVCakaCarlF
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He took the job, so I give him no grace.
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DVCakaCarlF
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I don’t mean to put you on the spot, but do you have a source or just dreaming?
DVCakaCarlF
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Tom Staggs was great...too bad him and Iger could share the limelight.
Iger was the Captain, and Staggs the Executive Officer.
HauntedMansionFLA
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I actually ran into a bus driver on a smoke break. That’s probably as good as insider information
HauntedMansionFLA
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And now here comes The Weatherman to the rescue. He’s a smart one.
DVCakaCarlF
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Which one is the weatherman?