Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia

Re:Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing ... by xg15 on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:41PM (#48635871)

I feel if they really were, they'd revisit the 2D animation style that all the classics were in and release new movies in it.

Instead, they seem to have largely settled on the Pixar style for "new" IPs, while mechanically producing live-action remakes for every classic.

I don't really get the strategy.

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Re:Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing ... by DarkNova6 on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:53PM (#48636757)

Look at the C-suite. It's full of people from tech and even bio-tech. It's the California strategy of buying up competitors and attempt a monopoly.

It's no surprise they let their own brands completely languish.

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Re:Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing ... by mstade on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:59PM (#48636839)

I mean, they did do the whole Mickey Mouse series which was excellent. My favorite by far being Croissant de Triomphe: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaxXQdkfPk

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Re:Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing ... by mathgeek on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:00PM (#48637643)

The day they stopped making these was a sad, sad day for me as far as entertainment goes. Loved that series, closest thing I've enjoyed to classic Looney Tunes.

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