Pixar Dumps Disney

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-29 06:19pm

And with this, Disney animation is officially worthless.

long-ass link

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-01-29 06:31pm

Oh, boo hoo for Disney. Looks like the Mouse is going to loose a hefty chunk of change, while this won't hurt Pixar. Disney had better find some real talent, or give Studio Ghibli a really good blow job if they want to cash in on good animation.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 06:33pm

Well, Disney still has its other subsidiaries at least.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-29 06:34pm

W00T!!!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-29 06:35pm

Their stock is already down like 6 percent in the after hours market.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 06:37pm

Hey, maybe this'll be the spur Disney needs to get of its ass and release the movies it has the rights for.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-29 06:37pm

neoolong wrote:Well, Disney still has its other subsidiaries at least.

Pixar's been driving Disney's profits for years. It's a huge loss for them.

Incidentally, I'd be willing to bet that Disney will address this problem by giving Michael Eisner a raise.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-01-29 06:41pm

Emperor Eisner must be deposed before Disney gets around to anything else. He's practically destroyed the company since he started.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-01-29 06:45pm

Walt has been doing 360s in his grave ever since Eisner took over.

Disney isn't worth scheisse anymore. Maybe this'll just nail the lid in the coffin.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 06:48pm

Joe wrote:
neoolong wrote:Well, Disney still has its other subsidiaries at least.
Pixar's been driving Disney's profits for years. It's a huge loss for them.

I was being sarastic actually.

Incidentally, I'd be willing to bet that Disney will address this problem by giving Michael Eisner a raise.

But all his policies have been so good.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-01-29 07:03pm

YAY!

I lost my last spot of respect for disney when they banned legitimate imports of foreign films they owned the domestic rights to.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-01-29 07:10pm

When was the last good non-Pixar Disney animated film released?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-29 07:11pm

HemlockGrey wrote:When was the last good non-Pixar Disney animated film released?

I rather liked Lilo & Stitch, though that was the first good one in years, in my opinion.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 07:16pm

Sharp-kun wrote:YAY!

I lost my last spot of respect for disney when they banned legitimate imports of foreign films they owned the domestic rights to.

Oh it got worse than that. They even sent cease and desist letters to places that tell you where you can buy a copy legally.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-01-29 07:17pm

neoolong wrote:
Sharp-kun wrote:YAY!

I lost my last spot of respect for disney when they banned legitimate imports of foreign films they owned the domestic rights to.
Oh it got worse than that. They even sent cease and desist letters to places that tell you where you can buy a copy legally.

Oh I saw

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-01-29 07:19pm

HemlockGrey wrote:When was the last good non-Pixar Disney animated film released?

I rather liked Aladdin.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2004-01-29 07:22pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Emperor Eisner must be deposed before Disney gets around to anything else. He's practically destroyed the company since he started.

Roy Disney is trying to do that. I hope he's successful, because I hate seeing Disney, and Walt's dream going down the tubes.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-01-29 09:29pm

Disney deserves to die. All their movies have been the fucking same for so long.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-01-29 09:48pm

of course you know who owns PIXAR?

George Lucas

He may have gotten tired of Eisner and his "policies" Eisner Got control of Disney in a Lawsuit just after Disney died because Roy was only a teenager and he asserted that he was too young to run the company. Eisner then made sure Roy had no power in the company and then set himself up so that Disney could not fire him. I have no respect for the man

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-01-29 09:50pm

BTW the link is broke

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-29 10:10pm

Joe wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:When was the last good non-Pixar Disney animated film released?
I rather liked Lilo & Stitch, though that was the first good one in years, in my opinion.

Seconded.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 10:24pm

What did they make after Lilo and Stitch?

Brother Bear? Anything else?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-01-29 10:30pm

neoolong wrote:What did they make after Lilo and Stitch?

Brother Bear? Anything else?

I think Finding Nemo was one of theirs.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-29 10:33pm

Wasn't that technically Pixar that did all the work?

I'm thinking of stuff that only Disney did.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-01-29 10:45pm

Toy Story, Bugs Life, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo. These all belong to PIXAR. If they Drop Disney Disney has to give up the rights. That was part of the agreement. Lucas never gave up onership of this former branch of ILM. They just agreed to let Disney market the movies for them because PIXAR was not an established name. Now they are. Disney will have to learn the hard way that they have to play nice with their cash cows that they do not actually own.

Of course this would explain the sudden rush of PIXAR films on the Disney Channel