Google to Acquire Nest

Re:Google to Acquire Nest by caprad on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:03PM (#7053784)

> Pixar is still making (some) good movies under Disney.

Pixar movie quality seems to have dropped, while Disney's have gone up after the acquisition.

http://i.imgur.com/H2s4hVL.jpg

Cars 2 was clearly a release for money (they make more money of Cars merchandise than they do from films), but the other films?

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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by MartinCron on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:12PM (#7053867)

Even with a handful of merely good movies, we still have four outstanding Pixar films post-Disney.

Also, I'm really enjoying the increase in quality of Disney movies post-Pixar. Just saw Frozen last week and loved it.

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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by uptown on Monday January 13, 2014 @08:08PM (#7054726)

But given the timeline of producing those types of films, I wonder how much of those four was already in-motion prior to the deal closing?

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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by MartinCron on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:34AM (#7057927)

I'm sure that all of them were, actually, which makes the post-purchase Pixar picture less pretty.

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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by malnourish on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:10PM (#7053854)

I think what helps explain this image is that it's likely everything before Cars 2 was already in development prior to the acquisition. Pixar seems to have lost some of their magic, however Disney is certainly stepping up their game. The aesthetic divide between them is shrinking. I did not like Wreck It Ralph though. Not at all.

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Re:Google to Acquire Nest by the_watcher on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:09PM (#7053841)

Before Pixar was acquired by Disney they had a partnership.

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