Fixing the Mouse
Its not all bad. Business at ESPN is booming. Although I think its unfortunate that Disney has anything to do with such a great network.
Steve Jobs going to disney would be like Karl Malone going to the Lakers. A guy I don't care for on a team/company that I don't like going to another team that I don't like. At least disney and steve jobs have some redeemable qualities which is more than can be said about Malone and the Lakers.
Oh now come on John--I can understand the Apple haterations, but why no love for Pixar? If it weren't for them, every single Disney animated release over the past ten years would've been like [url=http://movies.go.com/movies/H/homeontherange_2004/index.html]this[/url].
[Edited on 5-5-2004 by kyle_a]
I thought most people liked movies like, "Remember the Titans" and "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Disney does more than just make crappy cartoons, and I agree that most of their recent, non-pixar cartoons are crappy. They are the third largest media giant in the world. [url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/disney.html]This website[/url] shows their holdings in 2000.
While on the topic of Disney, I heard they [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3685633.stm]banned Mirimax from publishing Michael Moore's new movie[/url].
Hmm... in my head I was thinking "animated releases" but that qualifier didn't make it to the keyboard. The post has been edited.
Nothing like censorship to make people watch a movie. Seriously, if I was a producer I'd be ecstatic if a studio was banned from making my movie. Would The Passion of Christ have been as big (I think it's in the top 5 grossing films of all time) without the controversy?
[Edited on 5-5-2004 by kyle_a]
Hmm... not sure how Minnie would feel about that subject...
Anyhow, awhile back negotiations broke down between Pixar and Disney to continue their collaboration. Pixar pulled out, saying that they'll make their next few films without Disney. Pretty much every animated hit Disney's had for the past few years has been a Pixar flick, so quite a few shareholders were upset with Michael Eisner (the Disney CEO) for botching that.
Roy Disney and other influential board members have fought Eisner; some have been forced out.
Basically Disney's in trouble; they now face an uncertain future in their traditional stronghold (animated movies), their TV station (ABC?) is the least popular among the big three public networks, etc.
Where this gets really interesting is [url=http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/05/03/daily9.html?t=printable]who the dissidents are tapping as a potential replacement for Eisner[/url]--Steve Jobs, CEO and founder of both Apple and Pixar.
Discuss.