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Re:Disney Shocker Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out by gjsman-1000 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:49PM (#33688912)
To me, even if he was a good CEO, that reeks of hubris. Nobody likes films that feel like mass-produced corporate affairs, where the jokes were decided by committee instead of by two brothers writing a script. As for a Marvel movie a day, CGI artists as an industry are overloaded with work right now and it’s even showing in Marvel movies. There aren’t enough workers in the machine for something as ludicrous as that claim.

Entertainment lost something when it just became “content.” Bragging that you are excellent at churning out “content” is not something I would be proud of. Are you good at churning out movies that are original, interesting, unique, and creative? Or are you good at producing a dozen Marvel spin-offs and various movie sequels?

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Re:Disney Shocker Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out by InTheArena on Monday November 21, 2022 @12:19AM (#33689095)
Honestly, I think it has more to do with the gutting of Pixar and Disney studios after Lassiter was forced out. I believe I heard that that Encanto was the last Lassiter idea that he pitched to Lin Miranda before he left. I think that probably helps explain why it seems cohesive. Versus almost all of the more recent Disney and Pixar stuff feels like poor copies or overly targeted identity flicks. Disney studios is kind of a mess, almost all of the innovation is now happening outside of Disney. Lego movie, spider verse, etc.
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Re:Disney Shocker Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out by kranke155 on Monday November 21, 2022 @06:29AM (#33691377)
It’s a shame that he was both a genius and an inappropriate / abusive boss.
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Re:Disney Shocker Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out by matt-attack on Monday November 21, 2022 @12:00AM (#33688985)
Disney now owns Searchlight Pictures (formerly Fox Searchlight). They have an incredible legacy of unique high quality creative films. Go watch Shape Of Water or The Favorite. They just came out with The Menu, which I’d recommend (saw it in the theater just today). Seeing adult oriented original screenplays is just heavenly. You literally couldn’t pay me to sit through a Marvel movie.
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