News The Disney Investor Day 2020 Thread

[truecoat]

I take your point. I’m a huge Star Wars fan, but I think it’s entirely reasonable (and common) for someone to be a fan of, say, the original trilogy but not the prequels, or to love everything except The Last Jedi or whatever.

But some of the new stuff is (in my opinion) actually really good! So when I hear there’s going to be new shows/films in the Star Wars universe, I won’t automatically say it’s going to be bad because I have reason to think it might be quite good.

And part of the reason it seems like Star Wars is an encyclopedia is because fantasy (and Science Fiction, which Star Wars isn’t, but has been influenced by) typically include a lot of worldbuilding, full of things like original languages, technology, lore, locations, and history. These things make the story feel richer, so many fans enjoy the films more when they learn the backstories and details.

The best part about Star Wars is how the story is enjoyable even if you don’t get into all the details.

The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars I've seen since the original trilogy.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Isn't there a big event in Dec that will cause the TSLA stock to jump?

That's the hope my friend Tesla is officially joining the S&P500 on December 21st, and they announced that about 130+ million shares will be bought by index funds. There's been a huge runup post-announcement but TSLA holders Just gotta hope that people didn't buy solely to meet buyer demand on that day. Either way, TSLA is up over %600 since the beginning of this year.

I'm extremely bullish and hope that others can buy in as well!

 

[truecoat]

That's the hope my friend Tesla is officially joining the S&P500 on December 21st, and they announced that about 130+ million shares will be bought by index funds. There's been a huge runup post-announcement but TSLA holders Just gotta hope that people didn't buy solely to meet buyer demand on that day. Either way, TSLA is up over %600 since the beginning of this year.

I'm extremely bullish and hope that others can buy in as well!

That's it. That's what I read. I have some cash sitting around and I've been thinking about making a quick buck.

 

[WillWrambles]

That's the hope my friend Tesla is officially joining the S&P500 on December 21st, and they announced that about 130+ million shares will be bought by index funds. There's been a huge runup post-announcement but TSLA holders Just gotta hope that people didn't buy solely to meet buyer demand on that day. Either way, TSLA is up over %600 since the beginning of this year.

I'm extremely bullish and hope that others can buy in as well!

That's it. That's what I read. I have some cash sitting around and I've been thinking about making a quick buck.

Huh, thanks for the stock advice, guys.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

That's it. That's what I read. I have some cash sitting around and I've been thinking about making a quick buck.

Huh, thanks for the stock advice, guys.

Highly recommend you to do it! I'm thrilled with the gains I've made in such a relatively short amount of time. That and I strongly believe in Elon & Tesla. Still waiting for the day I can order a Long Range Model 3.

But still, can't say I know what'll happen in the short term.

 

[smooch]

What's the benefit of getting Hayden Christiansen back to play Darth Vader? He's around a half foot shorter than Darth Vader should be and they're going to dub his voice.
I know he wore the suit in Revenge of the Sith and it worked because he played the suit like it was for him- awkward. It's not going to be believable to have that for a Vader 10 years after that scene. I fear that the performance or appearance of Vader (like making the suit a bit shorter to compensate) is going to have to suffer for the sake of a good initial headline when they could've just hired an unknown good, tall actor like what they did with Rogue One.

I do have a bit of concern but I think one explanation could be that Vader takes his helmet off when he's in his meditation chamber, so we could have shots of Christensen with the helmet off and have makeup on to show his disfigurement from Episode 3. He would only be 10 years older than we saw him in Ep. 3 so it would make sense he wouldn't look as old as he did in Ep. 6 without the helmet. Also if they wanted to do any flashback scenes they would be able to have both Anakin and Obi-Wan with both original actors. I have a feeling he won't be in the suit all the time, at least I hope not. My ideal situation would be someone else plays fully suited Vader and someone else voices him, but when the helmet is off we have Christensen playing it and perhaps we get flashbacks to events between Anakin and Obi-Wan. That way we can get a good mix of fully suited, menacing, tall Darth Vader as well as actually seeing Anakin under the suit to remind us who Vader really is.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

I do have a bit of concern but I think one explanation could be that Vader takes his helmet off when he's in his meditation chamber, so we could have shots of Christensen with the helmet off and have makeup on to show his disfigurement from Episode 3. He would only be 10 years older than we saw him in Ep. 3 so it would make sense he wouldn't look as old as he did in Ep. 6 without the helmet. Also if they wanted to do any flashback scenes they would be able to have both Anakin and Obi-Wan with both original actors. I have a feeling he won't be in the suit all the time, at least I hope not. My ideal situation would be someone else plays fully suited Vader and someone else voices him, but when the helmet is off we have Christensen playing it and perhaps we get flashbacks to events between Anakin and Obi-Wan. That way we can get a good mix of fully suited, menacing, tall Darth Vader as well as actually seeing Anakin under the suit to remind us who Vader really is.

I've heard a theory that the "duel of the century" will be through the force with Anakin not being represented in the Darth Vader suit, but an Anakin heavily corrupted by the Dark Side.

Ideal way to do it in. IMO And much easier to excuse away Darth Vader not heavily looking to kill Obi Wan after seeing him through a force vision then face to face.

 

[smooch]

Also I know I'm late but I just wanted to say it was pretty impressive watching Disney's stock price jump up substantially after all these announcements. I know Iger has been saying that streaming was going to be a big focus for Disney for years now but this Investor Day really proved they're serious about it. Now on to my personal opinions, I am a big Star Wars fan and am actually pretty excited for a lot of stuff that got announced. I'm still watching through Clone Wars and have to watch Rebels next, but I am very excited for the Ahsoka series, the Obi-Wan series, the Acolyte, and Visions. those would be my top picks I can't wait to see. I am excited to see Star Wars anthologies in the style of anime, that is a very cool concept and mixes two things I really enjoy. I am also happy to see so many of the shows being headed by Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, they have been making some fantastic content.

As for Marvel, I am not as huge into Marvel, the only things Disney has coming that I'm really interested in are Wanda-Vision, the next Dr. Strange movie, and Spider-Man 3. I will say this is an impressive amount of upcoming shows / movies / etc. for Disney across their different IPs. Obviously I expected them to deep dive into streaming as they are hoping to surpass Netflix in subscriptions eventually, but this is a crazy amount of content. I hope it is good content, I would have hoped for more original content rather than spin-offs, sequels, remakes, etc. but I will have to see how they turn out. I'm mostly just excited for so much Star Wars content coming over the next few years, I definitely think Star Wars is a good IP to tell a story across multiple episodes in a multiple hour long series, kinda like how the trilogies tell 1 story across 3 movies.

 

[smooch]

I've heard a theory that the "duel of the century" will be through the force with Anakin not being represented in the Darth Vader suit, but an Anakin heavily corrupted by the Dark Side.

Ideal way to do it in. IMO And much easier to excuse away Darth Vader not heavily looking to kill Obi Wan after seeing him through a force vision then face to face.

I do like that theory. I don't think it will be an actual face off between Obi-Wan and Vader but we never know. In Episode 4 Vader does say he hasn't felt Obi-Wan's presence since... and leaves it open so there could have been a duel between them but I hope it continues to mean he hasn't seen Obi-Wan since Episode 3. A force vision show down could be cool especially seeing a heavily corrupted Anakin. I am excited to see what their plan is.

 

[fctiger]

I'm wondering why the Mandalorian needs two spinoffs when they could just make more episodes of the Mandalorian person than 8 per season.

Other than inflating the perceived quantity of content on Disney+.

Ashoka is not really a spin off show. The character has been fully developed long before Mandalorian and everyone who is a huge Ashoka fan been wanting to see her get her own show for years. Her story line from TCW and Rebels are very different than what is going on in Mandalorian. They can cross link a bit like when we saw her in her introduction episode, but she has her own arc that's been going on since 2008 through the Clone Wars and the Empire years on Rebels. They can now explore her arc fully. And she's actually one of the few Jedi in these shows. Outside of her and the Obi Wan show, I don't think there are anymore Jedi led shows.

Rangers of the New Republic however does just sounds like a way to give the character Cara Dune her own show. But after reading what they are from people, they are basically the policemen of the new government that dies at the beginning of The Force Awakens. So this show sounds like it could be a lot broader showing them cracking down on various criminals a long the outer rim. And I hope Cara Dune is in it. I really like her.