Disney Is DOOMED

[@randm4246]

Ah yes, the modern Disney business model: Step 1: Way overpay for an IP that only has value because of it's fanbase Step 2: Hire activists instead of talent to create the product Step 3: Release a product that completely alienates and insults the fanbase Step 4: Blame the fans when there is inevitable backlash Step 5: ??? Step 6: Profit I still can't figure out why Disney is struggling so badly financially. 🤔

[@nexusshark]

Hm... maybe it's got something to do with step 5...

[@randm4246]

@@nexusshark I'm pretty sure that's where they add the "Disney Magic".

[@aahzmandiaz2767]

Step 5 is "A miracle must happen!" or "Divine Intervention"

[@FenrirLupo]

You should have put step 6: Profit? non-existent...

[@animated000]

...who did they overpay for. Pixar was making them cash, until they went woke. Starwars was 1.5b to 2b movie money maker, until they went woke Marvel could have made them 10s of billions, until they went woke Buying a business with a built in fanatical customer base was a great decision. Deciding to go woke and killing the iP? Not so much They paid good money for great products that they trashed and killed

[@KnightRonin0103]

Disney Star Wars is not Star Wars

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Never was, never will be.

[@dookie_12]

Fake Star Wars

[@death-king1834]

It's got as much to do with Star Wars as Rings of Power has to do with anything that Tolkien wrote.

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

Save for the later seasons of Clone Wars

[@fatguyfrommy8421]

yeah, its now just a fanfic which is written by someone who is not a fan with big budget

[@ComposedSage75]

Always remember fellas: *Disney did it to themselves* 🍿

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

not really tho. More like it was infiltrated by a very insidious ideology. But yeah, I'll celebrate when it goes under, don't get me wrong. But it's just one symptom of the desease.

[@jbc242424]

LEFTISM

[@rangerone8813]

Marxism did it. And they did it to Disney before they did it to us.

[@jbc242424]

@@rangerone8813 they deleted your comment. 🤬

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

@@jbc242424 yes they did! And it said nothing wrong! Here's the heavily altered text (I can still see it in my notifications): > That's all @rangerone8813 said, and yt deleted it. I don't wanna be a doom prophet, but... BEWARE THE ORWELLIAN DYSTOPY. edit: "wokers, unite!"... said the guy living off a CEO's wealth.

[@lordjohnwharfin5397]

Disney, along with the rest of Hollywood, told us that if we don't agree with their politics they didn't want us as customer. So we took them at their word and left.

[@troyb.4101]

Exactly what has happen. They pump out non American values.

[@TheAIJoeRoganExperience]

Never to return ✌

[@zacharyspear]

Yep bye bye

[@ThinkCMYK]

Disney net income for the quarter ending March 31, 2023 was $1.271B, a 170.43% increase year-over-year, so sure, Disney have to drop profitable business because few old nerds don't like movie. 😂😂😂

[@lordjohnwharfin5397]

@@ThinkCMYK Disney is currently being sued by a number of their shareholders for misreporting their finances, including hiding large losses that would seriously affect their net income. In my book that makes all of their financial statements suspect. What's not suspect is in the past two+ years their stock price has fallen over 53%, from a high of $197 to $92. It's not just a bunch of old nerds who aren't buying their bullshit. The markets aren't either.

[@niggasaki-x3x]

No company deserves to go out of business more than Disney.

[@catcherinthesky4106]

Johnson and Johnson?

[@cybervigilante]

Raytheon.

[@Troopertroll]

Every pharmaceutical company.

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

Balenciaga

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

FDA. If your consider them a company. Nobody deserves to be more abolished and destroyed than the FDA.

[@baldieman64]

Disney had an income of $12.6 billion in 2018. In the last three years combined, they've only made $2.39 billion. Disney stock value has dropped from $197 per share in 2021 to $96 now. They are in deep trouble - and Florida is about to strip their tax breaks.

[@JackCarsonite]

Income as Revenue? If that's the case may their profits be negative.

[@baldieman64]

@@JackCarsonite I completely agree that the term "income" is woolly, but that's what the source used. I suspect that the numbers relate to profit because there's a negative number for 2020.

[@haroldb1856]

Disney is laughing all the way to the bank.

[@toh6261]

Doesn't take into account the money flowing in from the CCP.

[@KANYETHEGIANT228]

Are they losing money, tho? It's like wack'a mole. Cover one hole, money pops out of another because they own everything.

[@Lux_0-60]

"White supremacy has never been so diverse" This is an underrated statement

[@gridley]

Woke ideology supersedes race/ethnicity/sexuality/nationality, etc. Woke demands woke for woke's sake. It's similar to Maoism for Mao's sake.

[@bug-lf4sg]

Basically people of all races and sex hate the new Disney crap.

[@frankgesuele6298]

Thus with it reaching new heights of insanity🤯

[@nickdirienzo2849]

@@ramonandrajo6348 why use an @ instead of an a? Have some conviction!

[@VenomBroly]

@@nickdirienzo2849 specially since his convictions ate dum b as f

[@Vulgaren2012]

Not cruel at all, we all know Disney brought this upon themselves. They deserve every bit of this. 👍🏻

[@beyondspace3736]

no the idiots running it did

[@randomrecipes5007]

Seriously, I used to LOVE MCU, haven't enjoyed anything since Civil War... makes me want to take down my MCU videos, even though they're based on the characters more so utilizing some clips from MCU, I still don't want to support them in any manner. They act as if they built Marvel. The MCU wouldn't be anything if not for the source material, and us fans. They wouldn't have a successful franchise if not for us fans who ALWAYS wanted the characters to come to life. Once they got fans in their pocket, they turned it into a political brainwashing machine.. and M-SHe-U sheep eat everything up, and defend it to the death. When the films, and shows SUCK lol... It's pathetic. Don't get me started on Star Wars. F disney. Just made my own Captain America fan film 80's style on the channel, and it's proof to me that Disney is just doing it wrong, it's childish, immature, dull, not epic what so ever, never a scary villain, it's always cringe, corny costumes, and political non sense while man hating. I'll make my own Marvel content from now on. Thanks Disney.

[@MagnanimousEntropy]

Disney is like a giant rotten tree in the entertainment forest, blocking out all the light and stopping new entertainers from thriving. They had their time and they have had plenty of chances to change their ways. Its time for them to go under.

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

True

[@origami83]

I like this analogy

[@User18dog]

Other entertainment can pop up Disney doesn’t have to die y’all are dramatic

[@andym2090]

A rotten tree can't stand forever

[@pittland44]

@@User18dog There's a stark difference between "doesn't have to" and "should." Just think about it.

[@NickNapoli]

Not only is Disney doomed but once Nintendo World is complete at Universal you’re going to see a big dip in attendance at their parks.

[@VaeVictus17]

Long live Nintendo

[@ShadowDragon-cw7wb]

Epic Universe Nintendo world is gonna make Flight of Passage have 5 minute waits!

[@paule4566]

Universal: “Now witness the power of this fully queued and operational MARIO RIDE!”

[@fredwin]

Even though Nintendo is just another corporation disappearing into it's own quickly fading shadow?

[@mynameisurl1073]

Also, the release of the Mario movie will give it a big bump as well.

[@DoctorDave5]

This is NOT the Disney we grew up with. Over the past few years they have destroyed successful franchises and churned out lame rehashes of their own animated classics. Getting involved in woke politics and alienating their former core audience is just another step toward oblivion. Oh well.

[@jmorton201]

And they can partially add dr who to their inSINerator

[@TheSterlingArcher16]

They’re creatively bankrupt and only capable of bleating woke.

[@jasonwebb5964]

@Bob Duckington how many gay and trans characters were there in the 40s-2010s? When did the whole 'charge more, deliver less' kick into high gear. How many franchises did Disney acquire and destroy before 2010?

[@antonkovalenko364]

@Bob Duckington Not that I grew up with. I remember the 70s.

[@KidFresh71]

Well said. The saddest part is Disney is trying to make up for streaming losses by overcrowding the theme parks. Disneyland used to be fun to go to; now even my 5 year old daughter can't tolerate it. "You just spend all day waiting in line" she said, after our last visit.

[@suzannebrady6201]

We Parents are so sick of “ woke”!! I don’t buy any Disney products any more for my kids. I cancelled Disney plus too!

[@turtleanton6539]

Yeh

[@robmccormick8155]

Remember people these companies offer nothing you need. You really are not missing out if you choose to opt out.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

Based

[@haroldb1856]

They offer quite a bit you don't need. If you opt out, your life will be better.

[@toothgrinder2760]

I opted out of D+ over the whole parental rights in education bill. I opted out of HBO Max and their ever expanding library of g3nder w0ke pr0paganda, opted out of drinking the occasional Coca-Cola because of them paying the NAACP and other organizations to label their competitors as “ra¢ist.” Opted out of CD Project Red cause of their affiliation with E$G and I’m currently looking up companies I spend money on to see if they’re affiliated with that $ocial ¢redit system as well. Remember kids…You’ll own nothing and be happy.

[@dantesinporno]

The very same could be said of every social media platform. Just let them die.

[@bottleneck69]

No TV, no Facebook, and sure as shit no new movies in my life anymore. I sticks to my books and old movies and I does just fine.

[@zitherzon2121]

Many parents no longer trust Disney to be "family friendly" and will no longer take a chance on buying their unknown products for their children. It's safer to "just say no."

[@PhilK116]

Absolutely I won't take my grandkids to a woke recruitment movie as Disney has become

[@whitetiana3022]

unfortunately my sister still lets my nephews watch disney+....

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

bc it isn't. Red horrifies

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

@@whitetiana3022 they'll be nieces in 3 years or less

[@richardsoos8902]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry Very witty. Good 'Onya mate!

[@MsEnglishtea]

The only way for Disney to survive is to fire everyone who is woke and hire real fans and better writers that are skilled to create something new, no activists allowed. It would probably take years for people to trust in Disney again if they try to redeem themselves but I doubt they will stop. So I say let Disney sink, they are responsible for their own demise.

[@maccagrabme]

If they are going to continue with the w0ke then they are truly doomed as none of us will ever accept any of it as it sucks.

[@Elaborance]

It's incomprehensible that all they need to do is to just do what every successful business does, MAKE A GOOD FUCKING PRODUCT. Like this shit isn't rocket science.

[@lunarvision]

All the wokies receive massive pay cuts and they’re reassigned to cleaning trash from parking lots and park bathrooms.

[@imemovengeance]

Yep to all that you said

[@23pinkpear]

If it even can be saved some families completely have boycotted

[@TheRealCarlBrutananadilewski]

"Disney's CEO was fired in the middle of the night on a Sunday and that will never not be funny to me" -The Critical Drinker

[@arthouston7361]

The genius of Walt Disney included the idea of never sharing his personal life or desires with any audience. He was very private and very good at what he did, because he knew his customer. The current Disney company not only doesn’t know their customer, but they believe their job is to instruct their customer as to what they should like…..which is incredibly stupid.

[@remyd8767]

It's because of societal pressure. Walt Disney himself would fold under pressure as well if he were alive today. Let's not kid ourselves. Back then, the world was different and Walt Disney didn't need to deal with the societal pressures of today in the age of social media.

[@arthouston7361]

@@remyd8767 You only have "pressure" from society and accept that as a guide to your own behavior if you are fearful or agreeable.... and I don't think that Walt Disney was either one of those. In the very first meeting with these activist groups, he would have stopped and said, "you guys are crazy."

[@remyd8767]

@@arthouston7361 Walt Disney himself wont be immune to investor pressure. Investors care about company reputation, so they will respond to societal pressure.

[@arthouston7361]

@@EverythingLvl I don't think anybody said "wokeness" would have vanished, but I do believe that the Walt Disney company would not be in the predicament it is in if it had not been so willing to follow the ideas of a few misguided people. Walt would not have allowed this. Just ask the people that worked for him about his strong willed nature.

[@xenxander]

Because he was a facist and only his inner circle knew it. He was smart enough to keep that private.

[@tropicalpalmtree]

Whatever happens to disney, never let them forget the harm they tried to implement on young children.

[@TheMASTER4real]

Right

[@Chranat0r]

Sorry i'm not up to date on disney's failures, do you mean them pushing their fucked up political agendas on children? or something else i'm missing

[@johnDoe-rw3sc]

Trust me social media harms young children more than anything Disney has done 🤣🤣

[@tropicalpalmtree]

@@johnDoe-rw3sc I agree and hope TikTok is banned.

[@chiefelephanttuskbong8081]

Even if the movies weren't crap I wouldn't give them another penny after the way they tried to groom Children

[@hoffy1955]

I'm just over 67 cycles here on earth so I saw Disney before the Parks, I read the 1st edition of many Marvel and D.C. comic books, and no, I didn't save them. I saw all the classic animated Disney movies in the theater multiple times. It seems to me that Identity Politics and cinematic technology has become the focus of the entertainment industry. There are few truly great actors left and many of them are my age and older. They are the professional thespians who learned their craft before CGI, the Internet and the societal plague more commonly known as the 'Woke' movement. Hollywood used to be about entertaining now it is all about THE MESSAGE. It doesn't really matter if they 'stay the course' in 2023 and beyond because they will eventually run out of money. In which case we still have the classics on blu-ray if the entire industry fails....."and that is a comforting thought." ~Gandalf the Grey

[@nelsoj11]

CGI should augment practical effects, not replace them. Imagine what Ray Harryhausen could’ve created with AI interpolating his stop motion, and cleaning up the dynamation with After Effects.

[@timeweston]

Given the death of the movie star and the rise of cgi I will be morbidly curious to see how AI changes the game for 'thespians' too. I'm looking forward to rewatching all my favorite movies with the face/voice of historical figuresof my choice. I mean...who wouldn't want to watch Jimmy Stewart as Gandalf, Bob Marley as Aragorn or Marilyn Monroe as Galadriel?

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Watched the thing with my son recently, he couldnt beleave there was no CGI in it, one of the greatest sci fi horror of all time and yes childs is the thing 😏

[@Toolness1]

@@makeitsonumberone1358 That movie is amazing, I watch it at least once a year. Probably my top 10 favorite movies of all time along with Alien, Aliens, Predator, Jurassic Park, Terminator and T2

[@johnblack8655]

@@timeweston I'd wanna see Arnie as Yoda.

[@justinwebber9968]

Fifty somethings? I'm 33 and grew up loving the original Star Wars. The films were remastered in 97 for a start, and it was incredibly popular all over again. My daughter, who is 10, now loves the original Star Wars as I introduced them to her. Since the Last Jedi, she hasn't been interested in the slightest. What a stupid decision to ignore older audiences, you know, the ones with all the disposable income.

[@RisingUnderdog]

Exactly 💯

[@offadollar]

Back in the 60's some clothing stores thought to cash in on the 60's Hippy movement. That didn't go over too well since the real Hippies didn't have a lot of disposable income. Well now they do and they're not spending it on this "woke" BS. I was 17 in 1970 and remember my older brothers' friends laughing about it.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

The more money Disney loses, the happier I become.

[@michaelfinger6303]

its funny they decided to do all the weird stuff to cater to an audience that doesnt make kids xD and then the people that make kids dont watch their shit anymore... great business idea xD

[@mirceazaharia2094]

@Michael Finger It wasn't so much that. This is an ongoing attempt at social engineering and mass brainwashing. Control the culture, the entertainment, the institutions, lines of communication, and you can shape public thought. It's very dangerous and extremely sinister. The entire system of government, finance, corporations, media, they're all evil, all corrupt, and all against human rights, decency, good moral values and freedom. They want us all to be slave-consoomers, obedient and unquestioning. This is the evil that we are fighting against.

[@ComposedSage75]

All self inflicted which makes it even funnier

[@spndusk2362]

Just wait till Little Woke-maid comes out. Its a billion dollar flop waiting to happen 😂😂😂

[@michaelfinger6303]

@@mirceazaharia2094 yes im aware Bill, Klaus and Bob are likely all working together, but its still "hilarious"...

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Chapek was only in charge for 8 months. Iger came back as Co-CEO, so them pretending that the last two years was all Chapek just proves this is the Board of Directors mess. They all need to be dismissed. But until then, we shall be entertained with Fall of the House of Mouse. From nearly $200b to $100b, and trending lower.

[@ComposedSage75]

Agreed

[@GruntSquad92]

oddly, that was the best thing that could have happened to Chapek, now he gets off with a ... mostly clean vest

[@glensankey4623]

The board of directors, need to fire the lot, and bring in people who still have an imagination. All their movies are nothing but reruns with nothing new in them. How many more billions, do they have to lose, before they WAKE UP, and find their pocket book empty!

[@leroylowe5921]

Even if they replaced the entire board, they'd have to get people who are on board with ESG. That's what you guys don't get. It's the whole reason for their irrational behavior.

[@Elaborance]

@@Josh_728 Not really when you consider their insane overheads and production costs.

[@joshstiltner]

I’m 44 and feel fortunate to have visited Disney World in the 80s, and to have watched all the old cartoons and movies. My teenage kids have no internet is anything Disney.

[@scottw5315]

I'm sixty...growing up Disney had a movie on every Sunday night. It was much see viewing. I bet their ratings were in the tens of millions every week. How do you F that up as a business?

[@craigroberts6439]

Again, the phrase “get woke, go broke” applies here. How can these executives be so ignorant. It’s baffling. Nobody mentions what a pile of crap their TV network ABC has become over the years. From the likes of Kimmel to their fake news and lousy prime time programming, it’s pathetic.

[@timeweston]

Mass Psychosis. It's a lot easier to herd 500 sheep than 5.

[@mred3525]

Their egos are so big they’d need the James Webb to spot a flaw.

[@esgardir]

They are not ignorant, they are being controlled by other powers that want to deconstruct western civilization. They made deals with the devil and now they are reaping what they have sewn.

[@gloriathomas3245]

This has nothing with to with being woke because even small production companies are now experiencing hard times. What's going on is an industry wide thing as oppose to just just something associated with large companies like Disney.

[@SF2036]

They get financing for capital spending at a good rate due to having a high ESG score!

[@paule4566]

Prior to Disney’s buyout of Lucasfilm, who would have ever imagined that interest in Star Wars would be reduced to the equivalent of direct-to-video?

[@josiahzabel8596]

I find myself wondering-often. If Disney had adapted the EU would those who criticized it (the frankly BORING people who think only the OT "counts" and the people who think the EU is nothing but garbage) have changed their minds and blindly followed like they are now?

[@into_play3226]

It’s astonishing how far the Star Wars brand has fallen in the past ten years.

[@cujoedaman]

@@josiahzabel8596 It's those same fans that are the reason Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney in the first place. He said himself that he was tired of the backlash of the prequels, the SE original trilogy and the amount work (overall). I can't stand Jar Jar, I think it was a terrible character and I don't wholly agree with the editing of the originals, but some changes were justified (like replacing the bug creature in the Emperor's hologram with Ian McDiarmid), but the "real fans" just sit there on their pedestals and denounce everything that isn't the original trilogy. As the saying goes, you never know what you had until you've lost it... and they lost a lot. It's just too bad that even to this day, they can't see that.

[@bwill887]

In a way, I kind of feel for Chapek. He has become the fall guy for Disney's issues, but they aren't really on him, at least fully. He came in with a bunch of shows in production, most significantly completed, and had to try to be profitable with that content. He was stuck with directors and content creators under significant contracts that were producing poorly received content. In order to promote Disney +, the business degraded multiple key franchises to essentially TV shows of varying quality (some good and many poor) while destroying any focused plot narrative through these shows. And that doesn't include the losses of the streaming services themselves. The FL law that got Disney in hot water, Chapek tried to stay out of it, only to be dragged in by employees that resulted in problems with Disney's Park governance (vindictive politics here, but a problem Disney should have predicted given the actors). When Chapek tried to fix issues and fix the issues, it failed and he was fired, with any change of direction of films started during Chapek's tenure are unknown. Ironically, if the quality of the films and shows improve late this year or next year, we would have Chapek to thank for them. I think Chapek had his problems but given the hand he was dealt, he was destined to fail.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

@@bwill887 he is a spineless yes man. but he would still be better than iger, who put them in this mess in the first place

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

Remember: Disney executives hate the main audiences of the franchises they bought.

[@darealberrygarcia]

Thats because they ✡ hate white Americans

[@st.dennie1149]

Small hat execs.

[@kingfisher1638]

@@st.dennie1149 oy vey!

[@cookiemonsterhacker3131]

did they planned this from very beginning jojo?

[@alantasman8273]

@@cookiemonsterhacker3131 Marxist democrats always seek to destroy cultural icons...Read the 45 communist goals read into the Congressional Record of 1963. Destroying our culture is part of that process.

[@Stephanie-lg1cm]

Visited Disney Orlando in December, felt like I was participating in ‘The Hunger Games’. We have visited annually since 1989 this was absolutely the worst experience ever. More expensive with far less for the money. Really felt they were picking your pocket at every opportunity. We do subscribe to Disney + but not sure for how long because we are watching less and less because they are catering for the few and disregarding the many.

[@ArnieS1947]

To think that Disney went from a wholesome, family-friendly, American icon to what it is now, which is the complete opposite. How the mighty have fallen.

[@ColdEmperor]

I'm waiting at the bottom to watch the splat. Humpty Dumpty brought nachos.

[@Adam-vs2in]

Disney was never wholesome. It gave you the illusion that it was.

[@AnOriginalYouTuber]

Its so strange. LGBTQ used to be an adult topic. Now, kids will rage at you for even slightly deviating from the radical woke narrative.

[@mosessupposes2571]

Disney has been the home of dirty deeds to children for many decades. That was wholesome and acceptable to you? This corrupt country is doomed.

[@johnlocke4715]

It was never wholesome. The movies were just of a higher quality. They’ve always been vile predators with an affinity for children.

[@nealhyde7179]

Disney has been in bad places before, but until now they have never lost the trust of the paying public. Families no longer believe that Disney products are automatically "safe" for their kids to view. That's an incredible loss that will take a generation to get back, if ever.

[@najumobi]

I'm not a parent, but I grew up during the Disney renaissance of the 90s....are there currently any popular companies/brands that has the standing that Disney once had? Or has that sort of thing gone by the wayside?

[@Dude_1864]

@@najumobi in the 90's Focus on the Family built a cottage industry of low budget live action movies geared toward an audience who distrusted Disney. It can and will happen again, but no. I don't think any company has the sway now disney once had.

[@plmokm33]

@@najumobi Pixar and Dreamworks maybe, but Disney has absorbed them at this point

[@Adam-vs2in]

It took long enough. Disney has been a pedo factory for a long time and people are just not catching on. Still, not enough waking up though.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

Not safe because a gay character? Touch grass

[@crzrck]

At this point in my life I would rather watch somebody like you on KZbin than actually go to the movies

[@curtiskretzer8898]

This is how I spend all my days.There is cable uplink here & I just don't care to look @ 5-6ish hours @ week of any of it!& it isn't movies. Gutfeld!& that is about it!

[@SeSeReRfRf]

There are people in my life (usually Gen X and older) who are genuinely surprised that I don't really watch TV shows or movies and instead I watch KZbin. I see it as supporting small business opposed to big mega corporations. I like watching content like this made by people who care and is actually entertaining!

[@AsadKhan-lm6yr]

Watch Elvis

[@Xingmey]

It took you till 2023 to do that? Wow most of us did that after star wars episode 8.... in 2017

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

@@SeSeReRfRf I was at a family gathering and made some sort of reference to watching TV to a few of the younger people there, people in their 20s. I stopped and corrected myself, "Oh, never mind, you guys probably never really watched TV." Some of the older attendants heard my remark and were taken aback. "How can you not watch TV?! Everyone watches TV!" The younger people agreed with me that they never developed a TV habit and aren't really in that culture and a confused dialogue followed with the older people. There is a huge disconnect between generations, the older believing that TV is still the cultural zeitgeist and the younger generation thinking that TV is something their parents, or even grandparents, are into, and that's about it.

[@Raspse7en]

Let's be real, like Warner right now, Disney is another studio that's in dire need of having their metaphorical "jewels" kicked repeatedly for their stupidity, stubborness, greed, arrogance, and general corruption.

[@RolandDeschain1]

Just ten years ago a new Pixar movie was genuinely the most exciting thing in the entertainment world.

[@pittland44]

Just five years ago a New MCU movie was genuinely the most exciting thing in the entertainment world. The sad thing is they've burned all their IP's/Production Units to the ground through a combination of over work, poor effort, activist messaging, alienation of the people who made those properties what they are and fan baiting. The one that honestly never really got off the ground though was Star Wars. I knew that was in trouble when they completely jettisoned the Expanded Universe. Then you get Kathleen Kennedy complaining that Star Wars doesn't have novels and comic books to go off of and I'm sitting there "Yes Kathy, Star Wars did have all of that, you guys through it out when Disney took over. This is your own fault, you thought you could reinvent Star Wars for an audience that doesn't exist while abusing the one they already had, and you expected nothing bad to happen. This is your own fault and now you have to deal with it."

[@kaizokujimbei143]

The first generation creates something good. The second generation exploits it for money. And then the third generation destroys it.

[@adzmo5422]

I happened to watch Cars 3 (2017) the other day. Cars is one of the weaker PIxar IPs. Anyway, Lightning McQueen is replaced by a mexican girlboss who was told she couldn't be a racer. It probably slipped under the woke radar because it's a kid's movie. Great storytelling, Pixar.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@@adzmo5422 KZbin has hidden your comment: "I happened to watch Cars 3 (2017) the other day. Cars is one of the weaker PIxar IPs. Anyway, Lightning McQueen is replaced by a mexican girlboss who was told she couldn't be a racer. It probably slipped under the woke radar because it's a kid's movie. Great storytelling, Pixar."

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@diomedes7971 Because it wasn't a human who hid it. It was an automated A.I. system which sometimes is triggered by specific words or phrasings. The A.I. also scores each commenter an invisible Social Credit Score ala CCP. There's been times when I've commented the truth about Leftist ideology and how evil it is way too much and so the A.I. has banned me from commenting for a few days.

[@RichSmithson]

Most corporations/people seem to learn the WOKE stuff doesn't sell and they stop pushing it so hard. Disney is one company i see never ever doing this. They will end up like the TV media and lose 90% of their viewers and something else will fill the niche that Disney has left vacant.

[@deyndel]

Dune is literally the ONLY movie I've watched in the last 3+ years that I said, "Wow, that was actually pretty good." Hollywood as a whole is dying, this isn't just Disney. But Disney is a good metric to measure how bad it's getting.

[@AceDeclan]

@@tsunami716bit too kiddyish for most peolek

[@Bartooc]

That's also the only big movie/series in recent years that have faithfully adapted original work without trying to push some hidden agenda on you.

[@sippinlosses]

The Devil All The Time was a good film imo

[@plmokm33]

@@tsunami716 Second one wasn't near as good as the first. Hell somehow the animation quality was worse despite it likely having a bigger budget AND them not needing to crunch to reanimate one of the characters.

[@vikkzx]

Puss in boots the last wish is one of the best movies to come out in the past 10 years.

[@shughy1]

When Disney goes woke, Disney goes broke... How long will it take them to figure this out?

[@BestnameIcanThinkof89]

Albert Einstein once said "You can't solve a problem with the same level of understanding that created it." Clearly, Disney doesn't understand this.

[@chuckybaby1973]

This is why I love Nerdrotic - this is why Gary is the man: Gary took a dump on Disney with the truth. But did he stop there? Oh no, he then took the mouse's face, shoved into the the truth, rubbed his rodent nose into it a couple of times and then told the mouse "I'll be back".

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

Ah... the only good mouse in the house is a dead one... and then, only long enough to give it to a stray cat.

[@jancyraniak4739]

It would be better if Gary looked into Iger's "Early Life" section on Wikipedia :)

[@hankearl3671]

@@Nyet-Zdyes 7

[@TallisKeeton]

SG:A - that was a decent TV show :)

[@Starlesslight]

Once Walt died it was inevitable this was going to happen. At some point somebody was going to be running the company in a direction it wasn't intended to be, because it's not personal to them. We just got lucky how long the good times lasted.

[@doodguytheblank2403]

Argument for Hereditary monarchy

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

It's been bad before. The 70s and 80s are a bit notorious for Disney's decline and relatively low quality products. For example, they recycled animation between films so much that people began to notice. They started seeing credible competition from much smaller studios, like Don Bluth Productions. Still, the problem was merely that they went too cheap, got lazy, lost focus, etc. Robin Hood, for example, had animation problems, but it wasn't a divisive, ideological quagmire. It was still a fun enough movie at the end of the day. What Disney is going through now seems a lot worse and a bigger hole to dig out of.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

The first generation creates something good. The second generation exploits it for money. And then the third generation destroys it.

[@markgregorygacosta531]

At this point, they should just remove Disney in their name. Make it Woke Mouse or something.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@@markgregorygacosta531 Sewer Rat is more apt.

[@gabrielxd8764]

I'm just eager to see a documentary about Disney going broke and their fails LOL

[@videowilliams]

I think you're getting it in instalments here at Nerdrotic!

[@Rapunzel879]

I was having a really tough day, but Disney's woes always manage to raise my spirits.

[@JustGabeRaul]

I think that line ,”do we want to build what all the 50 something’s remember starwars as? Or build something for the future generations.” May just sum up Kathleen’s and more so the industry as a whole’s attitude to legacy media. The sheer god damn hubris that these people display is insane to me. They all think they can do better than the timeless. Ironically only dating all their bs with the politics involved. I’m 20 and I grew up with starwars in the early 2000s. Tattooing is starwars to me. I can’t believe the degradation of all the things I liked as a kid.

[@funkydiscogod]

In their mind, the only thing better than "timeless" is "current year"

[@ThorOdinson543]

Great points. Imagine how those of us feel who watched Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future in the theaters on Opening Night. Magical time.

[@antonkovalenko364]

I agree. I was too young to see the first (later redubbed "Episode IV") Star Wars film in theaters, but I *did* see Empire and Return in the theaters. To a kid those films were magical. I can't imagine being a kid subjected to what is being shat out of Hollywood these days.

[@infrasonica]

@@antonkovalenko364 Episode IV was always Episode IV, at least as far back in the 90s when I first watched it. Even when the prequel trilogy had not been made yet, it was still Episode IV.

[@antonkovalenko364]

@@infrasonica In the 90s, yes. In 1977, no. You're welcome to practice your Google Fu if you doubt me.

[@nicomeier8098]

Disney fully deserves all the misfortune they're experiencing right now. Call me evil but I'm enjoying this, they are getting what they deserve.

[@artemisia4718]

They are the evil ones. And they hate us commoners, so I'll fiddle as they crash and burn.

[@matteozobbio7307]

It's not even misfortune. Their demise is 100% a necessary consequence of their stupid political-money hungry dumb decision. Love when incompetent people gets what they deserves , you're not the only one to enjoying this glorious moment bro. This is not evil, it's justice well served

[@toothgrinder2760]

I’m reveling in Diznee’s demise as much as a pig loves to wallow in mud.

[@toothgrinder2760]

@@matteozobbio7307 Justice is a dish best served with a na, ne, na, ne, naaa, naaa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha!

[@honklerton732]

Hoping for the downfall of evil is not evil, it's justice.

[@williamjverhagen]

It would be awesome to see Disney world and Disneyland amusement parks shuttered with great big locks on their gates with a sign "Disney killed by Wokeism never to return again"

[@heraldofwar]

Disney are still looking for that mythical audience that live on twitter. Until they start hiring people with talent, creativity and passion for the purchased IPs they will continue to loose any fans still interested in those once great franchises.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

The twitterati audience is there Dizzey!Just keep pumping out that woke tripe!

[@anonmon96]

even if sjws did care about their products, enough to support them at least. It would not even come close to enough since they are alienating everyone else.

[@rocistone6570]

I have only one thing to say to all of this: "Pass the popcorn!" Disney is building a house out of Excrement bricks, and the rain keeps pouring down. Age lends patience. It ferments slowly, like a fine wine. So I can stand safely out of the "mudslide" that is sure to happen. And while I wait, I can remember what came before a brick house made of shit. I enjoy watching the current edifice slowly slump and try in vain to resist a long roll downhill. I will remember and enjoy every moment of the slide, in memory of people whose true creative talents and passion gave so much to a world now decimated by hacks, fools and morons for the sake of their own politics and egos.

[@Noonenobodynothing]

This comment is better writing than anything disney has put out in years.

[@joshuadavidson3689]

@@Noonenobodynothing This is an underrated comment.

[@lumberjacklurch]

@Roci Stone Well said. Very poetic.

[@mindshuffler3332]

Well, I'm happy that you're happy that you think that movies that you no longer enjoy is causing a multi-billion corporation to....what was it you said, "shit house"? Very elegant. /s I just hope you'll find something else to distract yourself from your depressing life, like...I don't know, stepping on an ant, I guess?

[@Tallorian]

Such a graphic description, kudos.

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

Disney forgot they got as big as they did because of nostalgia and family friendly content... They shit the bed worse than Amber did.

[@Wolffman109]

Who's Amber?

[@luisverdin9482]

@@Wolffman109 amber heard

[@Wolffman109]

@@luisverdin9482 I don't know who that is.

[@luisverdin9482]

@@Wolffman109 all you gotta know is that she shit in johhny depps bed as a "prank"

[@Wolffman109]

@@luisverdin9482 Holy hell.

[@M-S_4321]

I genuinely appreciate Gary acting like a real man should by thanking everyone (even possible detractors) for spending their time listening to his opinions.

[@alexjones7043]

If someone who didn’t like it listens to the end it means they gave his points a fair chance. It’s right that he thanks them, and I agree with you, it’s good that he does. Pettiness solves nothing.

[@southlondon86]

Did you just assume Gary’s gender?

[@M-S_4321]

@@southlondon86 Absolutely not. He's announced previously he's an original plumbing penis owner.

[@marksauck8481]

The best of Disney is in the distant past. Family was the most important thing to Walt Disney and the park he first made was made affordable for everyone. The movies made we’re always about close family ties. That was always his focus. It doesn’t seem to matter much today.

[@waitingondeletion]

Disney going the way of Blizzard is sad. Used to be a childhood favorite and then devolved into a soulless husk of it’s former self

[@alantasman8273]

Disney is dead to me and my family...I know many others that believe the same., One does not subsidize child groomers.

[@chrisvandusen5957]

I don't even watch Marvel films anymore because they just piss me off. With Disney now running the show, it's not going to get better. I'm so done with Marvel... You were probably right when you said Daredevil on Netflix was the greatest thing Marvel will ever do. Daredevil was a masterpiece. How they presented him in She Hulk was just embarrassing and sad.

[@mro4ts457]

The original Marvel movie lineup to Endwar/Endgame was epic. It’s a shame both the final Avenger movies were kinda dogshit. Actually, kind of a shame that Zach Shneiders single 4 hour Justice League movie outshines any single Avengers movie except the first one. I don’t watch any new Marvel movies because they’re just virtue signal movies, not produced to share great stories, but to try and push “Woke” ideals.

[@animeangel1983]

It just goes to show that they "tried" to recreate the golden era of Marvel movies (phases 1-3) and failed horrendously. The horrific She-Hulk was an attempt to recreate Agents of SHIELD in the way it was connected to the movies that had also come out during the season it aired on TV. I liked Agents of SHIELD because of that, I am a normie, not a devoted comics reader so having that show connect to the movies was great. And Daredevil on Netflix, never watched it because by then Disney had already told me I wasn't welcome in the Marvel fandom anymore, they came out and attacked me for doing nothing. So I never watched it because it was connected to Marvel. Apparently I missed something good because of that, but then they took it away and proceeded to destroy Matt Murdock so guess I didn't miss much. Can't miss what I was never attached to in the first place.

[@jaceyking5015]

I used to go to the movies ALL THE TIME. Now I live in a place where it's a 35 minute drive to the nearest theater (taking a back country road that can be pretty trecherous in the winter AND lots of deer crossing), it has to be a darn good movie to pique my interest enough to go. Unfortunately, Hollywood hasn't made much that's made me want to go to the movies anymore. Last Marvel movie I saw was Endgame. Dropped my D+ subscription after they fired Gina (nothing good on it anyway). And with the way Disney has been lashing out against families and traditional values, I, a former Disneyland Junkie, refuse to step foot there again.

[@petery6432]

I love the final blow of Disney's political move of going against the Parental Rights in Education bill is coming back to kick them hard, right when everything else is going wrong.

[@alantasman8273]

Disney is dead to me and my family...I know many others that believe the same., One does not subsidize child groomers.

[@madhatter9001]

Yup, they F-ed themselves when they stepped into Florida politics, that takes some kind of special stupid.

[@danield.7359]

Meanwhile "Disney" has become an important quality label to our kids and us parents too: avoid everything with that label on it, because it's badly made, woke and really really booooooring. When I was a kid I considered everything with a Disney label on it as a guarantee for excellent entertainment. That's how much it has changed. The "Disney" brand is burned out. It's an Anti-Brand nowadays.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The final kick in Hollywood's flaccid nutsack came in the form of losing over 500 billion dollars in market value and that was contributed by companies like Disney, WB, Netflix, Amazon and so much more and that put a massive smile on my face.

[@anonmon96]

the sooner that bankrupt industry bites the dust the better.

[@jsmith3946]

when it comes to WB Discovery got fuck over big time and was lied to about there numbers by At and T so that's why there was a bunch of firings and stuff being canceled

[@leyenda6149]

Flaccid nutsack? That's like saying a boob feels like a bag of sand (40YOV). You sure you got a d!ck? I'm just kidding, of course

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@leyenda6149 To make it even funnier is that Hollywood really doesn't have any nuts to begin with not since the 90s anyway.

[@domiparavasilinus603]

To bastardize the bastardizers: "Tear down the Wokeiarchy!" (yes, it's hardly eloquent, but it works....sorta)

[@batmanforpresident9655]

Who else remembers when Disney made wholesome, family oriented movies? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@vainsworddomacles7195]

Can't wait for Nazi Mickey Mouse reboots.

[@ihavegymnastics]

LOL

[@OmegaMan999]

It's the opposite now. Now they are singularly dedicated to grooming and spaming psychotic woke filth.

[@crazyralph6386]

Yep, once Roy’s kids sold out to the very people he and Walt fought against for half their lives, is when it went from wholesome to garbage.

[@rusty-ole-boomstick1268]

Follow Me Boys

[@joewalla8438]

Disney knows they are in trouble. They cancelled their free bus service, then they cancelled their Brightline train station to Disneyworld.

[@alanreynolds2287]

I patiently await the 'Abandoned Theme Park' video for Disney World. Will NEVER give Disney another dime!

[@harbl99]

Defunctland will have content for years to come.

[@arcas8423]

I pray for that day.

[@jasonwrathorn9281]

It's nice to see Disney reaping the rewards of their focused and diligent efforts! It's rare to see such hard work finally pay off!

[@ViperChief117]

Makes sense given the fact that they’ve been actively pushing away the fan bases that have made their I.P.’s successful in the past. I cancelled my subscription to Disney + after Obi Wan Kenobi. Lol

[@kgjung2310]

Watched Kenobi? Optimist you were.

[@Bonesawisready926]

It took me until the first episode of she-hulk, I even steal UFC cards because I'm not paying for ESPN until Disney is forced to divest that asset.

[@Troopertroll]

How do you pay them money to watch their shows? lol Do you know how to use the internet?

[@sillypuppy5940]

Surprised you lasted that long

[@ViperChief117]

@@kgjung2310 That or I was morbidly curious to see how they’d screw up another famous character of mine? Lol

[@MrHeuvaladao]

Oh, man. Watching Disney going down is way better than any show. I'm running out of popcorn.

[@marcpjoyner]

Michael Eisner is really the guy who saved Disney and then turned it into a media powerhouse. He made some bad choices in the last half of his control, namely failing to work out a deal with Pixar. Which oddly enough, this is how Iger came to power. Because he was willing to buy Pixar. He was always great at buying shit and then ruining it

[@damoncurrie7103]

Bob iger is a borg lol So is electronic arts

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Eisner ran out re-usable characters and storylines. Steve Jobs had a funny story about Disney distributing the PIXAR blockbusters. Eisner walked out when Steve demanded such a percentage. Eventually, he got his way.

[@smellyfinger684]

Pixar was amazing before Disney bought it.

[@marcpjoyner]

@@jamesdellaneve9005 Eisner definitely made some major missteps down the line. Fumbling the ball on Pixar, trying increasingly to be a dictator once his COO died. But what he took over in 1984 was two theme parks and a struggling animation studio in an outdated facility. What he left in 2005 was a massive conglomerate. I appreciated Eisner more once I saw him hosting his failed CNBC show. He had been humbled and you could see the passion he had for arts. He was a fan.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@marcpjoyner That’s good to hear. Now, he needs to be a fan of his customers.

[@sugarboi8960]

Disney's fall from grace is just tragic and hilarious at the same time.

[@baelphagor2664]

Say it again for those in the back Gary, ‘the drop in ticket sales matches the portion of the audience they have othered.’

[@gmoney5947]

I saw 4 movies this past year: The Northman, Top Gun 2, Top Gun 2, and Avatar 2. All 4 of these movies were a must watch in theaters (Avatar on IMAX in 3D).

[@samuraigaming3042]

this is the most "Go woke, go broke" of all time and I need more!!!!

[@hosmashumake4172]

Ya beat me to it!👍🖖😁

[@samuraigaming3042]

@@hosmashumake4172 ???

[@ignidrakkos7546]

We all need more, may the woke degenerated world be destroyed soon...

[@alantasman8273]

Disney is dead to me and my family...I know many others that believe the same., One does not subsidize child groomers.

[@TexasTimeLord]

In ancient times we had "The Wonderful World of Disney" with Uncle Walt, beloved by all..... now we have a company that is actively hated by all.

[@mkeysou812]

It's the little touches, like having a clip of Elton John wearing a Donald duck suit from a concert in the 80s, that make this channel so phenomenal

[@Whookieee]

I liked the little fart sound at the end of the Disney+ graphic

[@MrKristof]

I think the Disney execs including Bob Iger need to spend more time on the Carousel of Progress and the Walt Disney Museum in Hollywood Studios. The world fell in love and remained in love with the family values, patriotism, and entrepreneurship that Walt brought to the world. I think everyone can agree that if they went back to the roots of the magic the company would prosper.

[@TrayChester01]

I wish I had your confidence, Gary. I don't just want disney to fade away, I want it to burn and light the skies for months as it melts down into nothing. But if there's anything those bastards have proven to us, it's that they keep coming back like a bad goddamn rash. I think the lot of them actually thrive on the chaos.

[@vigo894]

Tray, stop being a downer. Nothing lasts forever. And that includes Disney.

[@Mattblaze1477]

Same, I want that company fired into the ☀

[@TrayChester01]

@@vigo894 Get bent.

[@vigo894]

@@TrayChester01 Ooh, such language. Like I haven't heard that before. Grow up.

[@Thebigbad1013]

"Slowed down the content pipeline"? Just how much more crap could they possibly have put out? The problem wasn't quantity, it was quality! Also, funny how we were told that all of Disney's content was so successful and great and we were just a bunch of "horrible people" for not liking it, yet somehow they lost a boatload of money. Gee, I wonder how that could possibly be?

[@Willowy13]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I guess they didn't develop all the woke scripts they have.

[@BleachDemon707]

SILENCE USER

[@Problembeing]

The original Solo was definitely nowhere near 90% finished. I worked on that film, and I can assure you there is no chance there is enough footage to make a trailer, let alone a directors cut lol. It would take them a week to film just one camera angle for a single scene and they treated us like crap. They didn't have a clue what they were doing and they were improvising. KK was actually probably right to get rid of them. I'll give her that.

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

What was your occupation to the film

[@jonathanryan9946]

That literally begs the question though, of if it was that bad why did it take Kathleen Kennedy that long to fire the director? That's a huge problem that should have been addressed with at least bringing in help after a few days, not months.

[@apk4381]

I worked on that film too. I think you're the guy that Katheen and I had a 3some with? I was the camera grip. We had a few too many long island iced teas on set one evening and ended up spitroasting KK in the Hilton. Great to see you again buddy.

[@samblack5313]

@@apk4381 No, no.. that was me. How you been, man!?

[@Problembeing]

@@apk4381 stop it, you're getting me excited 🤣

[@superiorgamereviews1972]

My family and I live in Florida and prior to COVID, were pass holders at Disney. Not anymore. We do not support the WOKE movement and have stopped consuming anything Disney touches. This not only applies to our family but to all of our relatives. As for Hollywood and the movies... If that is what you want to call the garbage they push, we no longer have TV service, streaming service, buy DVDs, or go to movie theaters. We find our entertainment in watching You-tube channels like this. Excellent channel, I enjoy watching and listening to the real truth.

[@Oatieo1337]

Great video! I used to love Disney but now they hate me and don't want my money. Now I watch Nerdrotic and not Disney.

[@russellwood8750]

I love the fact they brought back Bob Iger I think that’s fantastic. Can’t wait to see Disney, lose billions and billions more dollars puts the biggest smile on my face.

[@bojan353]

no, they'll continue to make billions and won't give you a cent. Shit a brick.

[@tonytaskforce3465]

@@bojan353 Now go and watch the video.

[@jakesmith5278]

Talk about the idiot leading the idiot.

[@comicus6769]

Indeed, oldie but goodie: A new CEO was hired to take over a struggling company. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. “Open these if you run into serious trouble,” he said. Well, three months later sales and profits were still way down and the new CEO was catching a lot of heat. He began to panic but then he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, “Blame your predecessor.” The new CEO called a press conference and explained that the previous CEO had left him with a real mess and it was taking a bit longer to clean it up than expected, but everything was on the right track. Satisfied with his comments, the press - and Wall Street - responded positively. Another quarter went by and the company continued to struggle. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize.” So he fired key people, consolidated divisions and cut costs everywhere he could. This he did and Wall Street, and the press, applauded his efforts. Three months passed and the company was still short on sales and profits. The CEO would have to figure out how to get through another tough earnings call. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, “Prepare three envelopes.”

[@s1.m511]

They're still at a massive profit.

[@caldodge]

With great power comes great irresponsibility.

[@rafaelmauricio8000]

A classic quote but always remains true.

[@Vidhur]

When Iger finally decides to kick Kennedy out, I might have enough trust to get Disney+ again. That's probably the only singular thing that will structurally benefit the quality of Star Wars. Another good thing for Iger to do might be forcing the people over at Pixar to do a mental test, one that happens to include a few questions to gauge how likely they are to use subliminal messaging in content and other ways to propagandize entertainment material, if those questions are answered a certain way, decide their employment status accordingly. If things like that don't happen, no amount of paper pushing will ever fix anything. But hey, what do I know, maybe ignoring the majority of your customerbase is a grand business strategy, well, probably, in Klaus Schwab's Wondrous World of Tomorrow that is... Now I'm wondering, have I just given them an idea for a new themed attraction in Disney World?

[@thomashazlewood4658]

These totally woke industry leaders have an enormous blind spot in their visions. In their righteousness, they cannot conceive of their failure and must attribute it to the malice of their nebulous enemies, the fans. How can they ever fix what they can never see?

[@Skyhigh864]

Disney isn’t dead, Hollywood in general is

[@correctthatfilthygrammar]

Disneyland is dying at least, so that's something to be happy about. People don't really want to go there anymore. There's no "magic" or charm to be found there, just corporate greed and long queue lines.

[@themaskedreview5835]

Used to love going the cinema, haven't been in years, rarely anything good to see now

[@kizzume]

The entire west is creatively bankrupt.

[@Skyhigh864]

@@kizzume I wouldn’t say bankrupt but creatively restricted with all the woke quotas and guides

[@kizzume]

@@Skyhigh864 That doesn't help, but the reason they're focusing on all this stupid stuff is because they're out of ideas. So yes, creatively bankrupt.

[@Aikurisu]

Disney's fall honestly can't come soon enough. I want it to bleed IPs so that someone more deserving and actually respectful of what once was will do their mangled franchises some justice.

[@BabisDawn]

I see where you are coming from but the problem is that there are no companies that truly care about these IPs. They would end up under another W**e Corporation that would continue ruining them.

[@Ruldolphmaker]

I just want something new. I'm tired of nostalgic IPs. Leave them where they were. time to move on, and let talent actually stretch it's wings and create new things to love.

[@samblack5313]

@@Ruldolphmaker There are no artists left in that town, mate.

[@partydave1067]

Honestly I have an idea of how to progress the plot of Star Wars in a good way and fix both the plots and the franchise of Star Wars Basically it's 20 years after the cursed trilogy, and the New Republic trandforms into the Galactic Alligence, the Alligence progressed in technological advancements and have more system under it, however it hunts down all force users, enslaving and annihalting them completely, the main characters are about a group of force users fighting against the Alligeance

[@Imperials3nate]

Yeah, I want all their IPs in our domain. The good ones will expand and the bad ones will correct if so.

[@Evil0tto]

Bring Iger back is like thinking that the milk in your refrigerator that has gone sour will be good again if you put it back in the fridge.

[@BHSilver]

I love how Disney included the forced subscriptions they got from the cellphone bundles as "active subscriptions/users".

[@NefariousKoel]

Just in time for profit reports too! How 'bout that luck!

[@kgjung2310]

Disney' problem is far worse than bad movies and tv shows. You don't fire a CEO in the middle of the night and then not allow him say his good-byes unless something seriously wrong has been going on and is about to blow up in their faces. We're talking about the kind of problem that may get you federal time in a jail. If it were a simple failure to perform, we wouldn't see what we saw with Chepeks hurried, middle-of the-night style disappearing.

[@MonicaVennell]

I think Chepek was about to get some information that he would have had to report to law enforcement. They wanted him out of the loop for a reason.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

@@MonicaVennell If he still managed to obtain said info and they fired him without warning, he should be taking legal action and using that info to pretty much put the board out of commission, it's obvious that the current board is out of touch with reality and what the customers want from Disney, replacing Bob with Bob is just a gimmick, it boosted their stock for a time but it quickly fell back down because it's not solved the under lying problems, the company to big, to fat and has been taking L after L, this mess is their own making and about the only way to solve it, is to terminate the whole board and replace them with people who can actually do the jobs properly and then quickly start the removal process of the toxic people and failures like Kathleen Kennedy!!

[@piscinaiv7937]

CEO was at an Elton John concert on a Sunday night and got fired, yeah seems legit 🤣🤣🤣

[@marychocolatefairy]

Yeah, it's strange. I certainly wonder what Christine McCarthy's role was in all this, as she's the Chief Financial Officer and was the one who went to the Board in "concern" over Chapek. And also in light of the financial malfeasances he's been accused of post-firing, which it seems strange the CFO wouldn't have known about (if true). Incidentally she is now considered to be Iger's successor.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

@@marychocolatefairy If she becomes Iger's successor, it could very well backfire if it's not approved by the board and the major shareholders but time will tell

[@tioraytm]

Going back to a time when StarWars was relavent I have to say that Hollywood self appointment as a moral guardian is like making Darth Vader the guardian of young Jedi students.

[@ac4185]

Don't kid yourself, Star Wars sucked long before Wokeness. It started with Ewoks and then turned into a big lipped Jamaican named Jar Jar.

[@anonmon96]

@@ac4185 to be fair, the original trilogy was how star wars even started as a beloved brand. and even jar jar became noticeably less annoying come the prequel spin-offs like clone wars (the cgi one). Saying that starwars objectively sucked long before wokeness is quite a cynical exaggerated viewpoint. If star wars sucked as much as you said it did, star wars would have faded into obscurity decades ago.

[@leoscustombuilds9717]

Damn...I wanted to thumb up this comment but it would put it above 66 likes (order 66)

[@iamtoothewalrus]

Disney creates so much extremely violent content, what the hell happened to Walt's vision?

[@NurseHarley299]

I love as Disney and woke Hollywood is failing people on KZbin are rising 😅 Some of your most popular videos have been from this year and it's so amazing to see 👏🏻

[@Imperials3nate]

Yes! Nerdotic will climb and the Drinker will die!

[@kaunas888]

Disney has completely done this to itself. A few short years ago they were strong...but their self entrapped ideology has required them to repeatedly destroy their resources with unbelievable incompetence. They took over a turn key strong Star Wars universe where all they had to do was follow the established recipe and rake in the profits. Did they do that? Of course not. Instead, they felt that they could do it "better" so they proceeded to systematically destroy it based on ideological incompetence. Then they insulted the fans. Rinse and repeat with their other movies.

[@joebyedone2351]

Imagine how nice the world would be without Dizney.

[@itzmecandimorgon3323]

You’d still be Gaye

[@gheetuio8640]

lol got her mad💀

[@iambob6590]

Add to this the fact that Disney has been cooking its books for a hell of a long time now.

[@TheAdarkerglow]

My brother isn't even not going to the theaters because the movies are bad. He just thinks it's a waste of money, which he can (and has) invested in his home entertainment system, and wait literally one more week to see it at home on streaming. Hollywood might actually do itself a favor by simply taking its time to add more features to the DVDs and digital sales to delay releasing them so quickly, and encourage people to enjoy the theatrical experience - but that requires a GOOD EXPERIENCE TOO.

[@partydave1067]

Honestly I'm not even bothered with new/modern wastern(from west to waste) entertaiment anymore, I feel quite apathatic towards it, unless it's indie, I'm going for Japanese entertaiment

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

I haven't been to a Cinema in 5 years. I couldn't even bother seeing Top Gun: Maverick.

[@hungryman5625]

@@james_tiberius_kirk73 your loss 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GELTONZ]

Sadly, DVDs have been steadily getting LESS features. Especially Disney DVDs. Started after Princess and the Frog. The special features on that movie revealed a little bit TOO much about Disney.

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

@@hungryman5625 My Brother has a 200K Home Cinema. Better than most commercial cinemas.

[@JEREMCEE]

Disney is a woke disaster and the entire world will never forget this! It’s not about how you start it’s how you finish and they started out as something we cherished and now they’re something we despise

[@Jessica_Jones]

Yeah honestly I wish I could just erase my knowledge of Disney from the past 15+ years. It's tainted my enjoyment of the good old classics.

[@NA-bn9er]

You're misrepresentating what 'woke' is, using it to disguise your bigotry

[@mosessupposes2571]

Disney has been doing dirty deeds to children since the 1940s. You cherished that?? Disgusting.

[@dontshootmex5588]

"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it." - Kreia, Knights Of The Old Republic

[@Cherb123456]

Indeed, great quote

[@Aikurisu]

Kreia, always with the memorable comments. Much like how 'apathy is death' translates pretty well to current Disney Star Wars.

[@tylere.8436]

I actually disagree, I usually see the fall itself as more terrible than what one says of it. Then again, the context should apply.

[@rotorheadv8]

Their parks have become financially inaccessible to the majority of Americans.

[@torq21]

I got to see Puss In Boots with my family last week which was the first time we've been to the theater in 8 months. I took a gamble and was pleasantly surprised in a well animated fun adventure. I feel like I dodged a bullet. PHEW. In the 90s I saw nearly EVERY movie that was in the theater, multiple times. I just loved going to the movies! These days going to the theater feels like a losing proposition. Films are low quality and full of messaging that I'm not interested. There are very few films worth my time and I will not consider taking my family to Disney films either.

[@iris5304]

Additionally one thing that really burns me about Disney is how many great movies and series they are hiding/pretending don't exist anymore. Dr Syn The Scarecrow series influenced the creation of Batman. The Swamp Fox starring Leslie Neilson was based on Col Francis Marion a Revolutionary War hero, the Mel Gibson movie The Patriot is also loosely based on Marion. In the late 80s Johnny Cash played an older Davy Crockett remembering the old days with President Andy Jackson before heading out to Texas to met his fate at the Alamo. The Fighting Prince of Donegal, The Happiest Millionaire, The One and Only Original Family Band. The 80s also saw a remake of Pollyanna called Polly starring Phyicia Rashad as Aunt Polly and Keshia Knight Pulliam as young Polly and it had a sequel Polly Comin Home. Totally Minnie was a favorite special of me and my sisters with guest stars like Elton John. Johnny Tremain is an excellent movie set in Boston leading up to the American Revolution from the perspective of a young silversmith apprentice who joins The Sons of Liberty and takes part in the Boston Tea Party with Sam Adams, Paul Revere and other historical figures making appearances. Why won't Disney show us their movies and shows but only a small portion? You will be watching The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe and on play next it will take you to SheHulk over Prince Caspian. They are force feeding you their modern stories that no one likes over their older quality content. They are self destructive with their eyes only on their own egos attached to modern stories that didn't make them famous let alone $$$$money. They are erasing the past so only their current crap is what people know because they cannot compare to past quality shows.

[@curtiskretzer8898]

We've a Paramount channel that shows mostly CBS sitcom reruns

[@LNarciso3]

That “direct to DVD bin” burn hurt the most 😂😂

[@williamjverhagen]

Boycott Disney. I will not pay one single penny on anything Disney. I was in Costco buying a bag of apples. My wife pointed to the writing on the bag It had the Disney logo on the apple bag. I took the bag of apples out of the cart and put them back on the shelf. Im buying NOTHING from Disney ever again! Go Woke Go Broke.

[@NolanM.]

Much of the spirit of Disney died with Walt, the rest of it has slowly been decaying away, which eventually led us to where we are now; Trying to keep a dead company walking.

[@josephbrown9685]

I agree to some degree, but Disney in the 90s had a new kind of spirit with great animated movies and high quality expansions to the parks, particularly WDW, but all of that is gone now, too.

[@harbl99]

They took his name off the parks recently. Pixie-dusters: (Aug) "That's not happening, ackshually" (Oct) "...and here's why it's a good thing."

[@nintendsoad]

Agreed. Disney in the 90s had creative people with stories they wanted to tell, iconic music, and some great villains.

[@bigfoot-id8bv]

Met Walt when I was 6, for a kid, it was like meeting God.

[@darkspark5770]

If they didn't make shyte content and blame people for not liking it then half their problems wouldn't exist as much. Doesn't look like they are even addressing their real problems so I don't think any restructuring is gonna matter at all. We will all watch this dumpster fire keep burning and dance around the flames because they deserve it! Great video Gary as always.

[@SethPortland]

I don't know why, but this video made me miss animated films such as those published in the 90's and early 2000's. I really miss the art form.

[@tonytaskforce3465]

" Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." ---- Schiller

[@josephwhatley9027]

Shame to lose the movies and fun parks. But the company is sick and is not even hiding it at all. They are sick as it comes.