Spirited News, Observations & Thoughts IV

[HMF]

If I was on the Board and seen the way how Imagineering wastes money, how much of the Next Gen Project has costs yet to be reclaimed and a New Fantasyland that they didn't get their 30% bump they thought they would get. Plus poor occupancy rates for Art of Animation. Why would I want to invest money in the resort when the leaders for WDW/Parks & Resorts have no clue on how to capture more guests and increase spending and occupancy rates.

If I was on the board I would be investing more cash at their West coast resort rather than the East coast one, which is what they are currently doing.

If I were on the board I would have the majority of TDO Pink Slipped ASAP and purge the company of any Strategic Planning remnants.

 

[Wikkler]

ONE MORE TIME, WITH PONIES!

OH NO THEY GOT TO YOU

 

[SirLink]

If I were on the board I would have the majority of TDO Pink Slipped ASAP and purge the company of any Strategic Planning remnants.

Na I would take away their current bonus schemes and replace it with something more altruistic.

 

[Darth Sidious]

Sen Markey's first speech on the floor was this week.

One of his 3 priorities is a bill designed to protect children online.

Apparantly COPPA isn't strong enough.

Wonder if this bill will have a Magic Minus component?....

It won't.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Sen Markey's first speech on the floor was this week.

One of his 3 priorities is a bill designed to protect children online.

Apparantly COPPA isn't strong enough.

Wonder if this bill will have a Magic Minus component?....

The Vacation Kingdom is not online...

 

[jt04]

Spirited Thursday Musings:

So, Disney's release schedule gets rearranged. Part of it starts and ends with John Lasseter's habit of pulling directors off of projects late in the game. For the home audience it's the fourth time in as many films.

Add in Disney playing hardball with Bruckheimer over Pirates, issues with Star Wars and a fear of more tentpole failures and you have the current changes.

On the other hand, Planes is about to pass Elysium at the box office, so it isn't all doom and gloom.

The good thing about preferring Halloween Horror Nights over trick or treating at the MK is that most lifestylers will stay far away from UNI.

I somehow forgot to mention and haven't seen anyone else, but FOX has proposed a billion dollar theme park in South Florida next to Zoo Miami (or Metro Zoo as most of us locals know it as). It probably will never happen because for some reason theme parks never happen here despite the climate and tourism based economy. But properties mentioned for attractions run the gamut from Rio to Rango to Alien. A water park and concert venue are also proposed.

Interesting. Of course true locals might remember it as Crandon Park in a different age. It would be a billion well spent.

So seeing that they kept the tents as part of the new FLE M&G has officially caused me to throw in the towel. I do not blame TDO or WDI. It just seems underwhelming compared to what Uni is doing with Potter. The attraction looks great inside for the intended audience. Kudos to the designers of the interior. That is probably where the limited budget went.

You have proven to be largely correct about investment in the parks especially WDW. Maybe Iger will pull an Oswald out of his hat and shock us all in the near future. Until that happens I have other priorities. I think I will build a web site forum on that new South Fla. park.

Carry on certain spirit. And Lee.

PS- not worried about you seeing this as I know you have me on ignore.

Adios. See yall in 2014.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Don't give up yet, jt!

I believe that for fiscal and ADA-compliancy reasons TWDC will never voluntarily give up old buildings if they have a choice, not even tents.

As for investments, why would you leave on the eve of 'forceful' (get it?) announcements?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Lasseter, like most creative people who go on to become high-ranking executives, has begun the slow and steady march toward becoming the type of big-brass megalomaniac that he used to despise. This is the man who made it his mission to protect the Pixar brand. He used to talk all the time about how he would fight to prevent the classic films from spawning a mediocre franchise machine for the studios. He fought with Eisner when the studio pushed him to do a sequel to Finding Nemo and publicly scoffed at the idea of doing another Monsters, Inc. film. He's still a remarkable talent but even his ability to perform quality control has been slipping. Cars 2 got terrible reviews but to be honest, they were kind. Had the film been made by any other studio they would have been harsher. His personal obsession with the Cars universe and Disney's blood-thirsty cravings for toy merchandising meant that not only would we get a sequel no one asked for but we'd also get spin-offs with more ludicrous anthropomorphic machines like Planes. Disney bought a creative genius with business sense and turned him into another studio executive. His casual dress and quirky office props are all a facade at this point.

Lasseter is a drunk, a liability, and an embarrassment. He needs to go but nobody dares to say it. The 'new Walt' turned out the new Charlie Sheen instead.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Lasseter is a drunk, a liability, and an embarrassment. He needs to go but nobody dares to say it. The 'new Walt' turned out the new Charlie Sheen instead.

Hayao Miyazaki needs to straighten him out.

 

[Clever Name]

Lasseter is a drunk, a liability, and an embarrassment. He needs to go but nobody dares to say it. The 'new Walt' turned out the new Charlie Sheen instead.

John Lasseter might be a professional alcoholic and able to function well and produce great work while he's inebriated. Some people don't function well while they are sober. I suspect that Toy Story and his other great movies were fueled by various intoxicants. He could be the most interesting man in the world.

 

[GoofGoof]

John Lasseter might be a professional alcoholic and able to function well and produce great work while he's inebriated. Some people don't function well while they are sober. I suspect that Toy Story and his other great movies were fueled by various intoxicants. He could be the most interesting man in the world.

Even with a beard and a whole case of Dos Equis he couldn't pull that off.

 

[Clever Name]

Even with a beard and a whole case of Dos Equis he couldn't pull that off.

His legend precedes him, the way lightning precedes thunder. Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

John Lasseter might be a professional alcoholic and able to function well and produce great work while he's inebriated. Some people don't function well while they are sober. I suspect that Toy Story and his other great movies were fueled by various intoxicants. He could be the most interesting man in the world.

The problem with alcoholism is that eventually the alcohol wins and takes over. The first few years you are alive, bubbling, happening. And then the slow, painful descent happens...

The mood swings take over, the energeticness turns into franticness, the creativity (connected unrelated subjects into something new) turns into paranoia (connecting unrelated subjects again, without the productive output). Your hip, almost aloof personality turns into detached. It becomes ever more difficult to relate to others, you can no longer understand irony, have lost the understanding that most acts of people were not done with you on their mind, you find it difficult not to see attacks in the behaviour of others. The highs alcohol once gave you turn into despressants when the alcohol is absent.

The alcohol always wins and always ravages a personality.

 

[GoofGoof]

The problem with alcoholism is that eventually the alcohol wins and takes over. The first few years you are alive, bubbling, happening. And then the slow, painful descent happens...

The mood swings take over, the energeticness turns into franticness, the creativity (connected unrelated subjects into something new) turns into paranoia (connecting unrelated subjects again, without the productive output). Your hip, almost aloof personality turns into detached. It becomes ever more difficult to relate to others, you can no longer understand irony, have lost the understanding that most acts of people were not done with you on their mind, you find it difficult not to see attacks in the behaviour of others. The highs alcohol once gave you turn into despressants when the alcohol is absent.

The alcohol always wins and always ravages a personality.

What a buzz kill. You need a drink

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

What a buzz kill. You need a drink

I think I'll have another.... In honor of Lilly.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

John Lasseter might be a professional alcoholic and able to function well and produce great work while he's inebriated. Some people don't function well while they are sober. I suspect that Toy Story and his other great movies were fueled by various intoxicants. He could be the most interesting man in the world.

Keep in mind we don't know the full extent of his problems with alcohol, we just know that he has problems with alcohol. I've heard John has not taken Pixar's decline in critical acclaim well. Also he has the stress of running two large animation studios who lost his biggest supporter/ friend. I just hope he seeks out help.

 

[BrianLo]

Lasseter is a drunk, a liability, and an embarrassment. He needs to go but nobody dares to say it. The 'new Walt' turned out the new Charlie Sheen instead.

That video is fake by the way. Its been slowed down.

 

[GoofGoof]

That video is fake by the way. It's been slowed down.

No way. It's on the Internet. It has to be true.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

No way. It's on the Internet. It has to be true.

Everything on a disney forum is true. Everything. Including those of us who are celebrating the anniversary of the announcement of avatar land. Because, MAGIC.

Actually I'm not celebrating, but more like mourning because the closer we get to the end of the year the more I realize there's no way I can afford a vacation next year. :/

 

[Clever Name]

The problem with alcoholism is that eventually the alcohol wins and takes over. The first few years you are alive, bubbling, happening. And then the slow, painful descent happens...

The mood swings take over, the energeticness turns into franticness, the creativity (connected unrelated subjects into something new) turns into paranoia (connecting unrelated subjects again, without the productive output). Your hip, almost aloof personality turns into detached. It becomes ever more difficult to relate to others, you can no longer understand irony, have lost the understanding that most acts of people were not done with you on their mind, you find it difficult not to see attacks in the behaviour of others. The highs alcohol once gave you turn into despressants when the alcohol is absent.

The alcohol always wins and always ravages a personality.

There are many high functioning alcoholics. They go on for years and never get in trouble with the law, they seldom miss work and they do not fit your stereotypical description of the common alcoholic. High functioning alcoholics are often very successful in both their social and professional endeavors. We don't know if JL is in the high functioning group but time will tell.