Disney is dying

[Slobodan]

@lsa is a fan of Disney.

 

[lsa]

@lsa is a fan of Disney.

Just the evil one.

 

[Slobodan]

Just the evil one.

Shut the hell up.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

I have already put my life savings into shorting this woke company.

Soon I will have an Executive Assistant to manage my Sherdog account

Are gold toilets really a thing? Do truly rich people even shit like normal people? I am going to find out soon

You already missed the boat on that move, I'm afraid.

 

[lsa]

Shut the hell up.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

fire all the DEI beggars and stop pushing politics on kids.
there, problem solved.

 

[Slobodan]

This is your favourite Disney movie.

 

[lsa]

This is your favourite Disney movie.

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Man she was awesome.
Dogs, dogs are terrible.

 

[Slobodan]

Man she was awesome.
Dogs, dogs are terrible.

You have a crush on Glenn Close

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Good

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Go woke, go broke

But is it really like that though? Personally I pass on woke shit because it annoys me. I also will not show stuff to my kids with an ounce of gheyness in it. But I feel like i may be in the minority. Being objective here, woke shit is in demand by a good half of the English speaking world.

 

[The_Renaissance]

I want them to do a live action remake of the Hunchback as a trans woman

Not a bad shout, trannies are hideously ugly to the eye so it'd pass the smell test in that regard.

 

[Fedorgasm]

This was bound to happen, as Walt Disney himself is irreplaceable. In the big picture, Disney the corporation reached its visionary zenith during the 70's, 80's, and 90's, largely due to creative talent, production era and Walt Disney's extensive short-term and long-term planning capacity. He was Ingenius, especially pertaining to presentation, resource sustainability, and technology adaption.

Walt Disney himself was broke and struggled during the first decade while running his fledgling animation company. He was so broke that he ate the same station food (soup and crackers or similar derivative) and wore the same clothes for years. He may have even lost his apartment for a spell. But near the time he was successful enough to focus on the operations and investment of Disney (when he could afford to hire artists to draw the animations) he rapidly became an expert at production and resource management.

Yet, he was much more than a chain-smoking resource management sorcerer. For one, he created an overall presentation motif that appealed to the world (see Khrushchev anecdote), connecting the past and the future to the present with enchanted castles and the like. Lest we forget to mention that he was also a maverick when it came to experimenting with emerging technology. On top of all of this, Disney was a workaholic, programed during his paper delivery and red cross days.

My contention is that Walt Disney is the key to Disney, to this day. He was always a step ahead of everyone. Throwing exorbitant amounts of money at strategic projects or espousing popular politics will not bring back Walt Disney's far-reaching, adaptive, magic.

I agree. He was such a great leader that he put in place a culture and team that could succeed long after he was gone.

But of course that can only last so long.

I predicted a similar trajectory for Apple after Steve Jobs died. It appeared as if it didn't hurt the company, but I think his departure's impact will be felt most strongly several years down the line, after everyone that knew him and learned from him is gone.

 

[zapataxiv]

Just the evil one.

I see you
watching song of the South in your study while reading the finer works of Henry Ford

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I wouldn’t mind seeing Disney divesting itself of some of its IPs like Star Wars and the stuff it acquired with 20th Century Fox but I don’t want to see the company go down in flames. As cringeworthy as some of their stuff has been the last few years it doesn’t change the fact that they provided 3-4 generations with countless animated classics and my family loves their theme parks. I don’t want to see Disney “die” in my lifetime.

 

[Batjester]

You can't TLDR and then post 2 paragraphs. That's not how it works.

 

[kimocomplex]

Well deserved

 

[ferrisjso]

A point I will bring up is the maritime community thinks DCL is really good. It might be because the other cruise lines are trashy and Cunard and HAL go too far in the other direction with the formal dress but DCL might get the balance just right.

 

[HereticBD]

But is it really like that though? Personally I pass on woke shit because it annoys me. I also will not show stuff to my kids with an ounce of gheyness in it. But I feel like i may be in the minority. Being objective here, woke shit is in demand by a good half of the English speaking world.

It might seem that way online, but I seriously can't think of any movie/show/videogame that actually benefited from being labeled as such. They usually under-perform or straight up bomb. If people put their money where their mouths were, a movie like "Bros" wouldn't have utterly tanked. All the woke progressives would've been out in droves to support it. Turns out, they don't like watching dudes make out either, and are not really into "expanding their horizons" as much as they profess.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Disney problems have to be compartmentalized in order to fully assess where they are at. Streaming, movies, parks, ESPN, cruise line, DVC, Storybook Communities, etc etc.

What are we talking about? It's not enough to say, "They went woke, and the blue haired gayness is killing the company!" Disney has been gay friendly since the 80s, and no one gave a shit then. No one really gives a shit now either among Disney fans, Disney knows it's a Mecca for the cabal of leftists and their children. There's more than enough of them to keep Disney in business for a long time. Disney's failure on the large scale has been in spreading themselves too thin. At their parks the problem is nickel and diming. They COULD reel back on the wokey stuff and win some fans back, but they know the feeling of exclusivity in their extreme inclusivity keeps their fans militant.

I'm a big Disney fan, pre like 2007ish. I love the parks. Wife and I love going, buy in the last few years we've decided that we'll stay away from the parks for a while.

Yeah I read about how what was really causing them to buckle was the commitment to their own streaming service. I guess they are pumping out these dogshit movies and shows because they have to keep a bunch of content rolling off the line. I think some of the “woke” choices they’re making have more to do with trying to drum up interest in these creatively bankrupt projects than they do with any actual activism