Disney is FAILING, and That's A Good Thing

[@davidbraccini4770]

Reminder of what KK has done since 2017: -Seeing a great part of the fanbase angry with the Last jedi -Seeing Solo lose money -Seeing The Rise of Skywalker get a rotten score and half of the money of the Force Awakens made (Revenge of the Sith only lost 25% in regards to the phantom menace) -Seeing Bob Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi and Mandalorian season 3 (Wich also showed the flows of the other two seasons) bashed by fans again -Seeing Andor, wich is the only positive thing viewed by fans in Star Wars in years, have lower audiences than all of the other shows -Seeing the Star Wars galactic cruiser ride close within a year -Seeing the Willow Disney+ series flop and removed from Disney+ itself -Seeing no films between 2019-2023 -Seeing that many announced Star Wars movies never took place -Seeing Indiana Jones V lose money Basically, if she managed to not get fired for all of these things, she will probably remain there for a lot of time.

[@Robman0908]

Don’t forget when a German Burger King was posting spoilers from Rise of Palpatine on their products prior to its release in theaters. Lol

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Reminder of why KK said she had not made a Star Wars movie since 2019: "To help Disney." When she "retires" by Aug. 9th, she will finally be able to help Disney full-time.

[@NathanCassidy721]

It’s pointless to fire her at this point because what does it change at this point? Best case scenario is she makes all these announcements and the department in charge of green lighting it suffer from an unfortunate “clerical error”.

[@ShiramuUltraDelta]

@@EnsignRedshirtRicky Where's your evidence on this? August 9th?

[@rootoftheproblem]

They'll just close the company and sell off the IP individually.

[@ComposedSage75]

Anytime I hear about Disney doing bad in any way it brings so much joy. They’ve proven themselves to be the enemy of the consumer as well as to the people so the only course of action is to watch them destroy themselves. It is what it is.

[@dadocta5168]

and WB is following suit by hiring James Gunngan, the next creative hack after Jar Jar Abrams.

[@brianmurphy6480]

We're not consumers. We're customers.

[@ComposedSage75]

@@brianmurphy6480 customers are what Disney will be losing day by day anyway

[@azpont7275]

This is the way.

[@azpont7275]

@@brianmurphy6480 Everyone is a consumer in this capitalist hellscape, unless you grow your crops, make your clothes like Gandhi and totally off-grid.

Disney have brought this upon themselves, and seeing their downfall slowly but surely is satisfying to witness.

[@centariprime9959]

And Disney will continue to blame the fans rather than face the truth and take responsibility. The shareholders will have to fire the top brass and put in people who want profit, not wokeness.

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever, for all eternity, never ending.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@centariprime9959This! Meanwhile My series in my channel is pro customer! Reject Woke Media Embrace The Pensuke Files!

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

@@treek10k Father do not forgive them they know what they do. Military tribunal lock load and shoot.

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

People who so openly h@te and insult wh°te people and wh°te men while having thrived in a country created by wh°te people, should live in nothing *BUT* poverty.

[@slob5041]

If you have people that genuinely want your company to fail, you've done something really really wrong in the PR department. Not even McDonalds gets this amount of backlash.

[@Canthatcrazy]

Old films: 25 million to make 80% story 15% practical effects 5% cgi New films: 300 million to make 95% cgi 5% story

[@kristinupchurch906]

True! They messed with a proven successful business model. Goes to show our over-all intelligence really is going down

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@kristinupchurch906 "It's a movie can't you just turn off your brain!?" - Consumerist Idiots

[@alejandroc7357]

Old films: took time,creativity, effort to make. New films: DEADLINES DEADLINES DEADLINES. CHANGES CHANGES CHANGES 😂

[@tomaszszupryczynski5453]

nothing ever was better than 3D movies to add 3rd dimension they had to do ZERO story. next add failure how those glasses and tv destroy sight, your eyes literally hurt after 2h with that shit

[@ronzombie6541]

They have big company disease.

[@xenospawn7015]

If you’re smart you listen to your critics, if you’re a narcissistic you follow your own logic. That’s why disney has gotten this far

[@hypnoticdelta7937]

Fuck such a good synopsis of the situation

[@tjroelsma]

Pretty much the same goes for screenwriters, directors and actors/actresses: they all live in their little bubbles of alternate reality with sycophants an/or like-minded people who tell each other how wonderful they are and how everyone outside of their bubbles is wrong.

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

No, they had money to rest on, they never suffered the consequences of their eff-ups before.

[@FactoryDan]

Yeah a good example of how writers used to listen to fans is during season 3 of Lost. Nikki and Paulo were such bad characters and the fans hated them so they were killed off. If Lost was made today, the writers would get offended that people didn't like Nikki and Paulo and would make them the new main characters and have Jack killed off while be emasculated, lolol

[@lola-to9om]

@@tjroelsma is he wrong tho disney gotten this far because they used to love what they made in the past now the only working for money. They have really amazing artists and people working for them but not the higher ups who are controlling everything

[@RavenLimited]

Disney has been failing for so long now it's actually embarrassing lmao

[@M-S_4321]

Not just embarrassing, Pathetically embarrassing Because mice without eyes cannot see.

[@Mein-Darth]

And its all their own fault.

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever, for all eternity, never ending.

[@jefferyhodges8835]

Disney still makes great stories like check it out we're listening to a good Disney story right now LOL

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@M-S_4321amen! Reject Woke Modern Disney Embrace The Rippaverse aaaand most of all… The Pensuke Files!!!

[@clarkyownsyou9972]

As a 90s kid who grew up and idolised basically everything Disney, it genuinely makes me sad to see them fail this poorly and constantly 😔 I miss the days where you HAD to see every Marvel movie, when every animated movie that came out was original AND either fun/amazing storytelling. Soon as Disney chose to go woke and turn their backs on the real fans and paying customers, they showed us their true current colours. Walt would be rolling in his grave right now to see his magic is gone

[@ninedigitlife4983]

And now u cant watch a movie with ur kids because they make characters binary and gay and force it down our troat

[@neutralino1905]

​@@ninedigitlife4983They don't. Even if they did, it wouldn't be a problem.

[@Matt-jc2ml]

@neutralino1905 you're one of those degenerate they/thems aren't you

[@mitchtherevolution]

​@@neutralino1905 I agree they don't really do it in everything and he's exaggerating a bit. But a hyper fixation on everyone's sexual preferences is absolutely not a healthy thing for any society. At some point, it comes across the exact same way as a frat boy who won't stop talking about how much they like pussy.

[@machinech183]

I'm just glad I got to experience Disney before all this began. They're so disgusting today I actually revel in their demise.

[@ChainedFei]

They were always a propaganda arm, ever since Disney himself died... and Disney himself was responsible for absolutely fucking up copyright law in the world.

[@bigbay1159]

I mean it's not as if Disney has a squeaky clean history....

[@maximustrolleus9860]

they were even more disgusting back in the day but of course your naive to that

[@yodoleheehoo90]

​@@maximustrolleus9860explain?

[@yodoleheehoo90]

I still have my VHS copies of my favorite Disney films and while there was probably "subliminal messages" put into them, they never affected my childhood like modern titles are doing to younger generation with OVERT perversions!😬

[@TheAmbientMage]

Imagine spending $300 million and all you do is tank a billion dollar franchise. Now imagine doing it multiple times. These people are impressively bad at their jobs.

[@tomaszszupryczynski5453]

imagine that disney groomers paid 4bln for star wars and they earn 1.9bln so far and brand is dead. especially what that sissy mark hamil did to fans

[@darkwolfe6286]

I don't know what's more pathetic Disney's continued failures with no accountability or the main stream media gymnastics to cover these complete failures flops and DOA movies

[@emorsi]

I wonder where the consultant firms are, like McKinsey, Boston, Accenture and such... normally, as a big company like Disney, when everything go south you shuffle them in for optimization and course change.

[@davidthompson1369]

Now imagine the guy that did it having his contract extended. Oh yeah.

[@iarthur3211]

These people would screw up a job being a crash test dummy.

[@slothomatic]

The real death of streaming was the way every company tried to do it themselves instead of licensing content for release on another platform. 2 or 3 services would have been totally sustainable, but they all got greedy

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

Yes I agree. Once Netflix became profitable, everybody wanted a slice of their pie.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

This. Exactly this.

[@z2ei]

Especially as a large part of Netflix's profitability was because they were able to license shows for broadcast on the cheap. Sure, the occasional original property became a big hit, but that's only a bump that goes away quickly.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

Captain midnight has a good video on this. He proposes that streaming is actually a failed business model compared to cable

[@fallenheaven610]

Thanks!

[@ac-uk6hs]

I try not to take my three children to any Disney movies anymore because I don't know what lessons they're going to teach. I always tell people one bad friend can ruin 10 years of good parenting. Disney seems to want to be that bad friend and I don't need my life as a father to be harder. I'm sure as hell not going to pay $15 a ticket to make it harder

[@animeangel1983]

I bet in your whole life you never thought that you would ever have to PRE-SCREEN a Disney movie to show to your children huh? Now you have to, I don't know if my sister does that for her five year old and eleven year old though and I don't have kids. Even if i did, I would NEVER show them a modern Disney movie.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

Good on you; you're being a good father. Go for walks, play sports and games, go to a water park or the county fair pop up carnival, build a furniture fort and a tree house. For movies, throw on old classics at home.

[@StreetPreacherr]

What specific 'message' are you concerned your children will learn? I don't remember any Disney movies including ANY graphic demonstrations of 'sexuality' traditional or otherwise? Is it unsuitable to simply acknowledge the fact that 'same sex' couples EXIST in the world? I'm just a single straight guy, but I figure as long as all of the relationships are treated the same way then what's the problem? And don't most kids find it 'gross' even having to watch their 'mom & dad' KISSING? lol And even 'traditional couples' in Disney movies never really get past the HUG or CLOSED mouth kiss stage anyway right?

[@ac-uk6hs]

Well as a response to the last reply. My concerns are the Disney seems to want to introduce sexuality particularly transgender and non-binary things such as that two very impressionable kids. If your son came to you and said he thinks he's Vincent van Gogh and he wants to cut his ear off you would get him a psychologist. If he comes to you and says he wants to cut his leg off and his eye out because he wants to be a pirate you would get him a psychologist but if he comes to you and says he wants to cut his private parts off then Disney and the rest of the world think that he's a hero. They're confusing these poor children a very very very impressionable time. I don't want my kid to be exposed to such heavy deeply troubled psychological options.. I also want them to know that men can be heroes and don't have to be deconstructed and wait for a woman to save the day. Just like if I had daughters I would not want them to watch old Disney movies that make every woman look like the helpless Damsel in Distress. For all of my liberal brothers and sisters out there, you are eventually going to reap what you sow either your son or daughter or niece or nephew will come out deeply confused and make horrible decisions they can't undo because of the left-wing media. They make trillions of dollars and keep it all for themselves and have us fighting over things like this.

[@JeffCaplan313]

​@@StreetPreacherr Do you think representation in stories matters?

[@andrewsallee6044]

I would love to see either Disney CEO answer the question, "What is entertainment?" and the followup question, "Why do you think your movies don't entertain?"

[@RichWhiteUM]

They can't even figure out what a woman is or what race a Dutch mermaid would be...

[@jackass123455]

​@@RichWhiteUM um considering shes the daughter of a GREEK demi god. and that shes fictional i think that the race of a fictional creature would be irrelevant. but since she's supposed to be the daughter of triton who represents the RED SEA she would likely be of middle eastern descent you know like the region she's supposed to represent. but hey that would only matter if you didn't consider MERMAID to be it's own race or species. the little mermaids race mattered less to the movie than her hair color so long as the hair is RED she could have been green for all that it mattered.

[@randomcheese1719]

@@jackass123455 imagine if Maui, from the movie Maui, was white

[@jackass123455]

@@randomcheese1719 considering MAUI is a Polynesian demigod from a culture that has no concept of what a Caucasian is then that would be weird but its fairly comon knowledge that the greeks had contact with cultures and other races outside of their own.

[@randomcheese1719]

@@jackass123455 but it's fiction, so nobody should mind, gotta think of dei. Not enough white representation in Polynesian culture.

[@harukaharuka2818]

If the Disney board isn't replaced by creative people passionate about Disney's original values, I think Disney will go bankrupt.

[@truenorth9508]

Well said!!!

[@ABanRocks]

They will not. Disney has some of the biggest brands in the world. They just have to reduce cost. They are getting a lot of sales but the costs are too high to make a profit.

[@animejanai4657]

If the four most vocal and widely seen anti-disney youtube channels had their principal host commited suicide all at once, then Disney might avoid a lot of constantly-stimulated public backlash that has harmed their bottom line.

[@chadelz]

Dude what you are seeing was Disney's values all along, it just became blatant.

[@harukaharuka2818]

@@chadelz You mean Walt Disney had these values when he and his crew were making those first feature-length animations?

[@ConfettiExplosion]

Disney is the epitome of “the bigger they are the harder they fall”, and I love watching it happen.

[@lilgingy75]

i personally don't how you could be happy that something that Walt Disney made so big is crumbling. literally modern day Disney is destroying Walt's name they are slamming his name in the dirt and it makes me so sad. that one man and his dream are about to be gone forever.gone forever as in their names will be lost (because i know Walts dead

[@mitchtherevolution]

​@@lilgingy75 Walt Disney didn't create shit. All of Walt Disney's original characters are blatant rip-offs that would've been sued into oblivion with the intellectual property laws that Disney lobbied for. All of his classics movies were dumbed down rehashes of public domain fairy tales. Walt Disney was a shitty person, Disney has always been an evil company that's only interested in money. Missing the "Good old Disney" is just stupid nostalgia, and isn't based on reality at all.

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

Disney is the picture example of 'You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain'.

[@AlmostSaDiK]

Nah disney aint no villain its that gay cuck npc that cant do shit right

[@Under_Your_Bed_]

Fr exactly

[@ihavetubes]

no one stays on top forever; they had a good run.

[@tangobang2642]

Wrong. Disney has been evil since the 80's. They always been the villain they've just been lying about it and people are fucking stupid they're finally waking up.

[@EyeOfThePhi]

imagine rooting for a company to fail because they want to include the downtrodden and amplify their voice. you republicans make me sick.

[@magicmanbran54]

To quote George Carlin "I hope Mickey dies alone and forgotten with his hand in Goofys pants"

[@NathanCassidy721]

If you think Disney has a chance to turn this around, rest assured, they just renewed Bob Iger’s contract for him to be the CEO until 2031.

[@treek10k]

Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross. Repent and believe in him or you will be separated from God The Father for all eternity and face hell forever, for all eternity, never ending.

[@stanclare7758]

Iger Being somebody who sits on the board I knew it was going to be hard to get rid of him but to renew him I didn't think they were going to do that .. wow .. and for so long , what the hell ..

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@stanclare7758 I think he's just a forever CEO as he never left in the first place. Chapek was just his fall guy for the Lockdowns. And I don't want him gone personally as I want him to go down with the ship he punched a hole into.

[@bentonrp]

@NathanCassidy721 Yup. Personally, I think it's more reasonable to assume Iger and Kennedy work as See Eye Aye assets at this point than to assume they are making these decisions via their own personal judgement.

[@harryv6752]

Yes! 🤟😄

[@redent84]

One point that you didn't mention and I think it's relevant. When a company starts to focus more on shareholders and quarterly earnings reports instead of delivering actual good content for your actual customers, you won't please any of them.

[@SilverAxe13]

General audiences have finally caught on to Disney’s BS. The box office is proving that.

[@frankgesuele6298]

Can't wait to not go to the Marvels😂

[@jamesdenofantiquity]

As I was watching this I was reading a news site and to quote them, "Abigail Disney, the heiress of the Disney fortune, was arrested in New York on Friday, 7/14/23, after she and several climate activists blocked a small airport..." I have a feeling that things will be worse, before they are better.

[@biffbutowski2447]

Wow. That makes sense, the heiress daughter of Disney is super feminist and wants Kathleen Kennedy at the helm of Disney. That’s why it’s loosing, she doesn’t care what her grandfather built

[@jimmysandonato3403]

It all makes sense now

[@AddisonTaylorArtist]

Legitimately one of the best critiques of modern cinema and pop culture I’ve heard this year. What a great video.

[@lilytea3]

0:01: Disney has experienced failures in both their Marvel and Lucasfilm divisions, with multiple flopped movies and cancelled projects. 0:42: The firing of CEO Bob Chapik and subsequent rehiring of Bob Iger did not improve Disney's situation, as they continued to face losses and declining stock. 1:02: Disney has also faced criticism for their handling of diversity and the closure of Galaxy's Edge, resulting in further financial setbacks. 5:55: Spider-Man: No Way Home is the only superhero movie to make a billion dollars since Joker. 6:09: Disney still commands 37% of the industry's revenues in 2023, but Universal is close behind at 31%. 7:31: Disney's movies have higher production budgets and marketing costs, making it harder to break even at the box office. 11:30: Disney Plus has been losing subscribers and billions of dollars. 12:34: Disney's other brands, such as Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar, are also tainted. 13:26: Disney's parks business has not fully recovered from the pandemic. Recap by Tammy AI

[@kyleparrish2026]

Disney is hitting the wall so much harder than I ever expected it to, and I am here for it. It's the most entertaining thing Disney is capable of doing for us.

[@RebelInTheF.D.G]

I'm looking forward to the transition into a post-Disney/Hollywood world. It'll be seen as the greatest thing to happen to the entertainment industry since the birth of film itself.

[@allhopeabandon7831]

Agreed! Some crowd funded organization needs to buy land in Texas and build movie studios, then start making movies. The only thing that will fix Hollyweird, is competition...they've NEVER had any.

[@RebelInTheF.D.G]

@monroefisher1288 Nah, support the indie scene. We don't need these giant monolithic companies. It just leads to corruption and gatekeeping. Also, the same thing happens at every one of these mega-corporations, and that's the marketing division running everything. Have you been wondering the last decade or so why everything is so bland and clearly just geared towards marketing and merchandise? That's why.

[@RN1441]

Disney until the 2010's was a brand that resonated most with kids and especially young girls via the various princesses. To connect with boys and young men they bought Marvel, Lucasfilm and Fox then have spent the past decade turning all of those properties in to princess films too, putting women and girls in the central roles of everything and seemingly making a point to denigrate all of the former leading men. It seems like most of hollywood has mistaken ideology for creativity and iconoclasm for creation.

[@savioblanc]

This is pretty much the story of Mattel. Mattel has as its main fan base young girls, through their Barbie dolls. They wanted male fans. So invested in He-Man, to get the boys. Big hit! They get a huge male fan base. Loving the money for a good number of years. And then what do the idiots in charge do? Demand He Man create a toy for girls too. So She-Ra is introduced. Guess wat eventually happens? Literally the story for centuries. Men love something that is not connected to women. Women get mad that men not paying attention to them. Demand they be let into whatever men are enjoying. Men let women in. Women take over. Majority of the men walk out. Go create new thing. Cycle repeats. 🤷‍♂️

[@sillypuppy5940]

@@savioblanc I know, men aren't the same as women. I can't understand why that puzzles some people.

[@bloodlustshiva1]

If you don't agree with the clowns writing their stories nowadays, you're instantly a bigot. Doesn't matter that many movies came out before like alien, aliens, terminator, Terminator 2, and various others that had strong female leads you can capture the audience, regardless gender. Now if you don't agree with them you're in the wrong.

[@samblack5313]

It’s an attack on young male minds. Remove any strong male role models so they have nothing to aspire to. Tell them their natural instincts are something to be ashamed of. Replace them with ‘better’ people in all their stories.

[@CarParts08382]

People in 1910s: _"The Titanic is unsinkable and not even God himself could sink it!"_ People in the 2010s/2020s: _"Disney is way too big to fail!"_

[@Maxi-ne9wf]

i really want to like this comment but it has currently 69 likes. cannot allow myself to ruin it....

[@zeldaprincessgirl100]

​@@Maxi-ne9wfAlready ruined xD

[@angel_of_rust]

you cant make a tower of cards fall without building it

[@TheCreativeCurrentYT]

People in the 1910s never said the titanic was unsinkable, but they started saying it after it sunk

[@LoveratLoves]

When I first started in acting and whatnot way back in my early 20's, a guy who wrote plays said one thing to me: "Give the people what they want and you won't have to TRY to sell tickets". Hollyweird doesn't do that anymore - they do it for themselves and I will NEVER get tired of your video's pointing out their failures.

[@sean7221]

Hollywood hasn't been about entertainment for decades. Its about pushing agendas.

[@tonyruby4467]

They started to think they was more important than they actually are. The bible tells you not to be prideful, and now we see why.

[@bennybranco2905]

Disney: The fall of the libtards

[@theblueoctopus4494]

Back in 2019, every Disney film was grossing $1 billion at the box office or close to it. That seems like a lifetime ago.

[@Nanomano2864]

A life they ended.

[@bentonrp]

Whitney Houston: 🎶 Didn't we almost have it aaaaalll🎶

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

No company is too big to fail. They can be too important (to the economy), but that is not Disney.

[@orrorsaness5942]

This! Reject Disney Embrace The Pensuke Files and The Rippaverse

[@bigbay1159]

Go on and hold your breath there and wait for their "downfall" im sure you won't die from waiting....

[@Niskirin]

@@bigbay1159 While disney is not going to die in the timespan it takes for a person to hold his breath, it IS going to go bankrupt this decade, and most likely before 2026.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@Niskirin This! Reject Woke Modern Marvel Embrace The Pensuke Files

[@corail53]

Disney is literally too big to fail. While certain movies might not break a billion they are still in profit and will cross that billion threshold eventually in markets. It is stupid to think that Disney is going to falter and dissapear. They own a ton of broadcasting subsidiaries and before you say tv is dead and streaming is taking over - it actually is not and TV broadcasting still reigns in terms of viewer numbers globally. They also own a ton of companies in adjacent and not related industries as any conglomerate does.

[@zsmith1273]

At this stage, Disney is giving the weather service a run for their money. They have been paid way to much to get it wrong nearly all the time.

[@centariprime9959]

Gary, your analysis is so spot on. Logical, reasoned and humorous.

[@orrorsaness5942]

Indeed! Remember, Reject Woke Modern Marvel Embrace The Pensuke Files and The Rippaverse

[@TwoFingerDonut]

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Disney: I’m sorry, did you say something? I’m too busy conjuring up new agendas

[@empiricalsmut9419]

I'm surprised to note that the article did not seem to mention that many of us are a lot more picky about going to the theater, going to DisneyWorld, or engaging in many recreational activities, because everything is so expensive now. I am much more hesitant to buy a movie ticket nowadays, because my groceries are more expensive than ever. Forget going to DisneyWorld -- I've never been there in my life, and I'm unlikely to go anytime soon. Like many others, I just don't have the money to spend on bloated, big-budget movies that are likely to be disappointing.

[@samblack5313]

It’s an outright matter of principal to me. Finances don’t come into it at all.

[@ivanr4300]

Been to Disney twice, I hated it Don’t go, you’re not missing out on anything

[@InvestmentBankr]

@@ivanr4300 Been to disneyland lots, as a kid and again as a father, but that was early 2010s and it was great. However, it's been over run by hoards now 😒

[@sonyslyer9946]

Go find a cheap ass theater then

[@ChrisCarty97]

I have a 30 year old friend who's a huge Marvel fan and is in denial about the state of the Marvel franchise. He also thinks Disney is doing well and isn't woke at all. Its honestly sad because there are plenty of great movies out there but he is adamant that Marvel is the best thing to happen to cinema.

[@jagosevatarion8822]

Why are you friends with a 30 year old baby?

[@mitchtherevolution]

That's almost as stupid as all the 30 year old men who get really violently upset every time Disney releases a woke movie.

[@akamadmaxx8432]

I love the “AND THATS A GOOD THING” series

[@Nanomano2864]

Kinda like the critical drinkers "why modern movies suck" series. Love them both.

[@FORTEtheSECOND]

Ditto! *d(^-^)*

[@bentonrp]

You have to say it with the same lisp people talk with when they say: Adjusting to the New NormaaaL, n' shit like that. :)

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@Nanomano2864Indeed mate! Reject Modern Marvel Embrace The Pensuke Files!

[@tonynussbaum]

Remember "The Lion King" (1994) and how spectacular it was? The animation, the music, the emotion...it's just so damn good. A true masterpiece. WTF happened, Disney? Go back to making that kind of stuff. I want to love you again.

[@kpegc]

And it was made with about half the budget of so many modern movies! Can you believe that gem cost only (relatively speaking) $45 million?

[@robw7676]

There are only 35 feature length cartoon Disney movies in between Snow White in 1937 and Pocahontas in 1995. Within that 35 there are some also-rans, but also an incredible concentration of greatness - Fantasia, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmations, The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, Dumbo, Aladdin etc... Another great film was the next one in 1995 - the very first feature Disney farmed out to Pixar as a fully computer animated movie - Toy Story. Disney released 37 animated features in 58 years before Toy Story, and 100+ in under 30 years since. The balance of quality, impact, and greatness VASTLY favours their first 38 cartoon movies. Toy Story is critically acclaimed as one of the great movies - well written, well voiced, well scored - but it is also the end of an era of incredible quality for Disney that they have never looked like recovering. I guess the technology Toy Story ushered in simply made them lazy.

[@mad-cyantist3159]

Those creative people, retired, some got fired, some moved on to better jobs and got replaced with Untalented "Woke mind" college grads too lazy to come up with anything original. Pretty sure everyone in Hollywood used to know that you never "Remake an Original" pretty sure it was a running joke all the way into the late 90's and seems like it it's true. So yh. The talented people left

[@robw7676]

@mad-cyantist3159 In the 90s we dreamed of what the type of computing power and connectivity that exists now would do for gaming... yet split screen 2P mariokart on the SNES is more playable and addictive than a lot of modern online racing games. When the process is difficult, you have laser focus on quality and maximising return on effort. When the process is easy, you get lazy and indulgent. That's what has happened to Disney.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

We tried to warn them 9 years ago and they refused to listen and what we warned about has come to pass and pride comes before a fall.

[@quailstudios]

You forgot to mention that Disney has lost its moral compass.

[@hgwells35]

The level of gaslighting the access media churns out to convince themselves that all is well is amazing to watch.

[@Barwasser]

Nerdrotic having the time of his life as Hollywood is burning :D

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

I'll bring beer and hotdogs 😂👍

[@Barwasser]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT cool. Just don't bring any pineapple pizza 😜

[@princewellidk]

Let's make this even more fun, The Actors Guild of America is having a strike 🎉

[@deceiver444]

Gary's passion and common sense is what Disney is missing.

[@nobalkain624]

One of the things I always here these Defenders say is 'They dont owe you Anything'. My response is, yes they do. The Customer is basically every Businesses Boss. We pay their Bills, Fans are responsible for creating these Billion Dollar Companies. If not for use they would not exist. So yes they do owe us, they owe us everything.

[@johnkeck307]

It may be fairer to say that they don't owe us anything . . . but we sure as f--k don't owe them anything either.

[@Mr17051963]

I feel bad for the old Walt Disney himself, who dreamed with all those things that the company is trying to bury nowadays. Maybe this “death” leads to a rebirth of the once “magical company”.

[@Ixorpehc]

Disney has become corporate mediocrity at its worst. I agree, it's time for independent artists to be the next Steven Spielberg or George Lucas through a small independent studio or publication, because Disney has lost it all- the culture of imagination, magic, and vision and the loyalty of fans and families.

[@OceanBlooms]

I love how you've adopted the "and that's a good thing" bullshit the media had been peddling and made it a truly beautiful and exciting thing.

[@grimb8kn748]

On the writing front I have an opinion. I’m in my late 40’s and have been in education for over 20 years. I have had to deal more and more with parents challenging grades I have given their kids and school administration being afraid of them. We have had an entire generation grow up being told their special and never having that idea challenged, or when it has been they were told the challenger was “wrong”, biased, or some type of phobic. Now these same people, now adults, are writing stuff that is getting rejected by the consumer and they can’t handle it. Their special in their mind and all they know is to say their critics are wrong, racist, or a phobic because that’s what they’ve heard their entire life. They never had to confront the limitation of their own talent or just been told to abandon something because they are simply not good enough to succeed. Their entitlement mindset is showing and it will be the downfall of entertainment unless someone’s has the courage to tell them the truth and make them listen.

[@Mrch33ky]

Same. I quit teaching because I had to educate the parents first and no one pays enough to deal with all that noise from a generation of ignorant and entitled "adults".

[@SarisChannel18]

Common core is too monotonous to keep the creative kids onboard with the curriculum until it's time for college, or university. The edgy kids are writing on 4Chan, and/or trolling the internet, and the drones who couldn't find boredom in the disappointing mess that is the current state of education are getting their certificates to make today's cultural garbage. I can pluck writers to create a hit comedy show from 4Chan any day of the week. Good writers are out there.

[@worborkborflop6989]

Sad times, indeed.

[@QisforQadim]

To be fair, most of the people I've met in academia have been chuckleheads. I can understand parents not wanting to accept the decisions of people with a jumped up sense of their self worth and societal clout.

[@bobdeslob8768]

“They’re” exists. I hope you don’t teach English lol. Do agree with the theory however.

[@thetabo8648]

It's sad seeing a studio who's movies you grew up watching is falling apart, and I'm still really hoping they can somehow turn 180° and start trying to make good ones like they used to... But when I genuinely can't tell if they're even trying or not, it might be time to start looking elsewhere

[@sylance777]

Some people don't understand why we celebrate Disney's demise; the answer, it's the same reason we celebrate when a child predator is convicted. We love our children.

[@wbass243]

while there is that i think the reason is more core. The reason we celebrate Disney's downfall is because it tried to shove an agenda down our throats. They think, the old metric of the youth: goes to see movies at the expense of the parents, so they have to promote "woke" culture because teens identify with this. They are being taught this more and more in our educational system. But the backlash has been, parents teaching the next generation about what they used to love and introducing old classics like batman the animated searies and its stylized art. Music: did you know many teens can identify classic rock greats because the people producing movies add them to the sound track because it is the music they grew up with. This identifys the problem for Disney. Remember when you didnt have opinions about music or movies as a child and you only liked what your friends did ? But as you aged into an adult, suddenly you started liking the music and movies your parents made you watch with them? It is because lessons that start as acorns grow into mighty oaks. Meaning, we don't realize as our brains are developing that the greatness we were introduced to suddenly has meaning when our mature brains realize how monumental the messages in the greats were. We must mature and look back at the wealth of culture our parents taught us. It only becomes prolific and profound when we fully integrate those old lessons. My personal opinion is that profound ideas must gestate and grow and become intertwined with life experience till we understand the lessons our parents were trying to teach us. Disney used to understand this and told classic allegories. But the new narrative of Disney is the almighty Dollar. We see it in their market anylists whom follow the current cultural identity and forget those which made our nation the strongest on Earth. We were the envy of all other nations because our culture was predicated on a dream sold in the form of Americana. This is different to everyone, but Disney used to sell the core tennants: A middle class family, with loving parents who made time for their children and embraced that side of youth that kept us feeling optomistic Anything was possible if you believed. Remember Disneys own intro music? "When you wish upon a Star" .."Dreams will come true". Now its girl boss and men cant be toxic. Some bean counter put it into Disneys head that females make 76% of purchasing decisions in the household. But they didn't understand that men/ Dads/ Fathers decide if the children should be exposed to political, synical, controversial, woke, subcultures. They failed to understand while women buy the familys clothing and groceries, buy the tickets for the movies and decide when its time to get a new car. Its the man who makes majority of the money (in traditional values) that protects the family from those fore-mentioned ideas. While I wouldn't go so far as to say all these ideas are predatory, They are for sure not educationg the family unit with the right messaging. Men as protectors limit exposure to this kind of garbage by teaching the youth about the greats from long past. You cant just brain wash the youth when the parents create strong roots. It only worked in the past because Disney was "Family Friendly" and parent could trust the messaging" Conservative parents realize creating a "Princess" girl who thinks she deserves her prince was allowed in an era when the middle class was strong and people had a more likely chance of seeing their child find a mate who kind of fit that prince/ princess ideal. This is now long gone with the destruction of the middle class. Now its every man for themselves and its even more important to shield your child from rogue ideas that can lead their children into chaos and distruptive family values. I hope this new hallow shell of a corporation named Disney falls apart. It doesnt resemble anything from my chilhood. My mother would have written her congressman if she saw a "She Hulk Twerking" TLDR: Disney used to promote Family values and even if the massaging was off tilt they still promoted a princess should find their prince. America accepted this in an era of plenty, when a strong middle class had expendable cash. But now times are tough It's a families obligation to protect children from Disney's rogue ideas that are predicated on "the current: you can be anything culture". Most aware Parents realize this is a dead end and shield their family from this new way of thinking. This is why Disney can't sell this new agenda. And blaming their fans for not accepting this garbage was the final straw.

[@Fvckerovhope]

@@wbass243well said

[@Grivehn]

Disney is full of people who ARE child predators. So this is correct in more ways than one.

[@dontgiveinfo]

The good Lord has had enough of the devil going after his little ones. He's forcing it to fail

[@Cooldudewhotellsamazingjokes]

Well said. Disney is no longer family friendly. They are a creepy company.

[@baelphagor2664]

But Gary, why oh why is this happening? They cannot figure out why they aren't making money, because if they acknowledge reality they become an istaphobe.

[@benpace8860]

The Dow Jones index is up 38% over the last 5 years and Disney is down almost 20%, that tells you everything about their decisions over this time.

[@spacetragedy]

Just a simple heart felt thank you man, keep telling it like it is.

[@thedumpingground305]

Watching Disney go down like this is like watching an old childhood friend slowly keep on ruining their own life with bad decision after bad decision. It hurts and you wanna help but after a while you just gotta cut your losses and move on. Sooner or later Disney has to realize their shills alone aren’t gonna keep them afloat, but even if/when they do it may already be too late.

[@gloriathomas3245]

Except Disney isn't MGM

[@TraditionalAnglican]

ESG & DEI might get Disney some financing, but it isn’t going to put paying customers in the theaters or parks, or pay the bills! I hope BlockRock’s investors sue the living daylights out of BlackRock & Disney for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, because they insulted the customers rather than trying to entertain them!

[@Jake_Bars]

I've never been happy about the misfortune of others, but I'm so glad to see Disney fail.

[@SunnyV3official]

Amen brother. Amen

[@cactiguide]

I hear you. There is even a proverb about not being happy when your enemy suffers harm. However, I think that has to do with an individual, not a mega corporation.

[@knabdank]

well you have been and are happy about the misfortune of others. its ok to be happy about the misfortune of others, you are about disneys misfortune, its ok. i am too we all are. its natural.

[@onepunchbud1472]

Schadenfreude ! 😃👍

[@daveroche6522]

Epicaricacy - the English word for Schadenfreude. You're welcome.

[@LukimusPrime]

I’ve been watching lots of old but gold movies and movies made in Asia and they’ve all been millions of times better than whatever the hell Disney have recently made.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Hell, there are KZbin videos of men ranting in their bedrooms that are more entertaining than most Hollywood films.

[@JohnSmith-sb2fp]

Russian movies have been getting better too.

[@brianthomason5022]

Could you give me an example of time are you talking like Wu-Tang clan type flicks?

[@brianthomason5022]

​@@JohnSmith-sb2fpgood one haha

[@IntoDeathandTheBuddahMatrix]

Glowing

[@lonepop1]

This is the first video I have watched from you. It definitely will not be the last. I was impressed and surprised. You seem to have gotten this right. For years we have heard the information outlets try to soft-report and dowright lie to support a company or an agenda. And they are horrifed if anyone just flat-out says "the emperor has no clothes." I am a grandfather. I have always wanted my children and grandchildren to see WHOLESOME, family shows. I like to watch for entertainment, not indoctrination. Hollywood, and Disney in particular, have gone the other way. It is tragic and puzzling that the company that for years stood for family and children now seems to oppose both.

[@zackattack7103]

Its so crazy I use to love Disney back in my childhood. Now I just think of them as a corporation of perverts and political activists. I don't even picture them a entertainment company anymore.

[@marywrobel3781]

Absolutely agree!

[@henkhenkste6076]

uhm theyve always been satanic perverts

[@ujust326]

Disney Parks have a much larger issue right now than "OMG pandemic". They drove a lot of visitors away with changes, costs and flat out money grabs. Their parks were always expensive, but now it's not about the Disney experience. It's about seeing how far you can push to squeeze money out of people. So. the average family that would go, aren't. Hopper passes, ruined. Magical Express to and from the airport, gone. Magic bands with your package, gone (might have changed back). Extra magic hours, changed for the worse unless you stay at a deluxe resort. Fast pass system, ruined. Counter service food, sub par. Park cleanliness, declined. Staff friendliness, declined. Rides are broke more often. Merchandise and souvenirs are noticeably worse quality. They started charging for resort parking, and back tracked on that quickly. They have driven the Disney experience in the ground and people aren't going. I used to go every couple of year, but have zero desire to go with all the recent changes.

[@josephbrown9685]

I recently went to WDW after 4 years due to a couple of family members wanting to go, and the Genie+ attraction reservation system is a disaster that is very unfriendly to guests. The newer attractions are good and the Cast Members do their best overall, but the experience has suffered.

[@mattcorley9811]

Same boat here. Love the nostalgia, not the blatant money grabs and squeezing of consumers for every penny. Every new "innovation" rolled out over the last serval years is entirely for the Mouse's benefit, not the park goer, no matter how they try to package it. We last went in 2018, and don't foresee another trip unless there is a swift turnabout.

[@alantasman8273]

And what about those Trans-fluid Disney employees hanging around children. How family friendly of Disney.

[@jthorsen3315]

I went to Disneyland recently, it had been 10 years since the last time I was there. Let me tell you I was sorely disappointed with how much worse things had become. The rides were breaking down frequently. I spent two hours in line for the cars land racers only to be told over the loud speaker that it was down, yet again. My kids and I had to walk off Monsters Inc because the ride halted halfway through. Indiana Jones had a broken snake, and the boulder didn't roll down. Half the animatronics on Splash mountain were frozen in place. Waited an hour for Rise of the Resistance and it broke down once we got on. Of course in 10 years ticket prices have gone through the roof. So glad I spent that much for less of an experience

[@nathansolo2605]

And guys wearing dresses.

[@EnzoVinZ]

If you're a company who thinks you're too big to fail, try going political to test that theory.

[@budthechud9795]

Great comment and very apt.

[@thomas_armour83]

The problem is, they’ll go to the US government for a bailout and they’ll get it. Look at the big 3. Too big to fail failed and got bailed out how many times?

[@emilybaker8184]

Ruining ron desantis shitty career is beautiful. Thank god for disney, we may never see that shitstain in office over again.

[@miskatonic6210]

Would work everywhere but in the toxic US, where uneducated sheep citizens are easily instrumentalized by the media.

[@BenjerDaMan]

Disney has been takin over by Child predator hippies sadly I don’t think we’ll ever see a Decent family friendly Disney movie again.

[@mechaman7818]

Hulk started the downfall. Don't forget it. When Thanos punched him out and he spent the rest of the movie crying, they turned Hulk from being the STRONGEST THERE IS to a literal crybaby bully who throws a fit the first time someone stands up to them.

[@alejandroc7357]

It’s almost like they didn’t want to add more time and money into animating a hulk fight 😂

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@alejandroc7357Which is stupid because they could have had him turn into Worldbreaker Hulk (who was so strong his steps were causing the Earth's tectonic plates to shift) and had a massive throwdown.

[@alejandroc7357]

@@BiggieTrismegistus 😂 nope. They focused more on their girl power scenes

[@HerculesBallsInc]

I felt the same way about Loki's scene a few seconds later. The guy is literally one of the sneakiest snakes in the multiverse, and his grand plan is, 'Say hi and stab him in the gut'? No. That is NOT Loki's sneaky plan. That is NOT Loki, just as it was NOT Hulk. I'm a little disappointed any time someone says they loved 'Infinity War'.

[@Predilus]

Agreed, the failing of disney is fertile ground for independent creators. Same can be said for failing legacy media and independent journalists online that actually do journalism. Legacy media is worse than ever, but I never was so well informed like now thanks to independent journalism! I wish the same would happen in films.

[@rhys5958]

Evil corrupts, and Disney has corrupted every franchise it’s acquired

[@rideon6140]

Never give the audience exactly what they want - one has to aim higher than that. If they get what they want soon they will despise you.

[@jt1559]

The box office landscape hasn't changed, it's the movies produced by Disney that have changed and people are not interested in their garbage.

[@liamphibia]

"You know what almost immediately killed any comic book, book, game, movie, film, show, KZbin channel, intellectual property or brand? (And I'm looking at you, Disney) It's betraying the core ideals and values of your established brand! And in turn, you betray the audience." - Gary 2023 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@corail53]

And in reality no one cares. The core audience to disney is the average movie go'er that has no skin the game and is not going because of their fandom of the IP. The folks who are hardcore about these universes are small in numbers compared to the volume of average movie go'ers.

[@imyoursuperbeast8220]

​@corail53 Well, they're not attracting the average movie goer either. Like Riorozen is talking about, Disney had a brand of being a family oriented company, creating family oriented content. And that's not what Disney is anymore. And people are waking up to their bullshit

[@darlingtonohazurike]

@@RiorozenDisney has been damaged so badly that can’t even sell itself because nobody wants it traditional cable is gone in like 5-10 years

[@devinhigoy221]

​​@@corail53 agree most people aren't watching it because the reviews are saying the movies suck. Most people could care less about the political side of things as long as the story is good people would watch it.

[@OhNoTheFace]

@@corail53 They say, like disney has not lost money on all streaming and films for like 10 years

[@Rishi123456789]

"Disney is FAILING, and That's A Good Thing" You are correct and I completely agree with you. Stay based.

[@mermadone6465]

Gary, definitely keep pimping the independent artists and film markers. They need your support and exposure. Glad to see you do this. Now do more!😊

[@TheBrainSquared]

The sad thing is that Disney will only double down, it's not about the quality of their films, they expect their woke agenda to be what brings people to the theaters. It's all about the message rather than just making a good movie.

[@Socrates21stCentury]

Bingo!

[@ferideylmaz6114]

no, disney always made mediocre movies

[@och70]

Every Disney fail is a win for the fan bases they have been shitting on.

[@Bobbyjonesyrrr]

If Disney self destructs, nothing of value will be lost.

[@AlmostSaDiK]

We will get the star wars back

[@JosephNowlin]

The only thing I'm looking at is Disney's going to blame Florida for the downfall that's only after they blame all the Marvel fans Star Wars fans Pixar fans and Fox Studios fans and whatever else Studios they bought out fans

[@GuxTheArtist]

Disney is doomed. For what it pretended to become, betryaing its original genuine value and identity, it will be dismantelled and sold piece by piece eventually

[@crawdaddyy]

Harrison Ford is one of the few Hollywood actors that hasn’t filled his face up with Botox and other cosmetic chemicals and has just allowed himself to age gracefully

[@SiGUYE]

That's right.

[@EverymanNoSix]

Agreed. It's just a shame his personality lets him down.

[@mjwchapman]

his personality hasn't aged quite so gracefully as the rest of him

[@danieln6700]

Guys don't normally do that compared to woman.

[@LeonV777]

@@danieln6700 Guys in Hollywood certainly use all that BS, just not as much as women.

[@carcerharlson9767]

Media when a movie with artifical diversity fails: "Istaphobia!" Media when a movie without artificial diversity fails: "It needed more diversity!"

[@maximustrolleus9860]

conservatives when a movie fails regardless if its woke or not: "its cuz it was woke" conservatives when a movie succeeds regardless if its woke or not: "it wasnt woke"

[@razor6552]

​@@maximustrolleus9860 Yes, but that is true. Most people are sick to death of decades of woke preaching. It will ruin a movie

[@maximustrolleus9860]

@@razor6552 the point i was making was that woke is now a buzzword lol. like mario was originally called woke but since its successful its no longer woke now lol

[@davidwestreynolds]

Thanks for saying straight that the root cause of all these problems is Disney betraying the core ideals and values of their established brands. You said it, brother. Amazing that Variety et al manage to avoid seeing (or at least admitting) that giant monumental truth.

[@nonamesplease6288]

I looked into taking the family to Disneyworld. The prices are eyewatering, and that's not including meals and snacks (except dinner), transportation to Florida and the parks, and the overpriced souvenirs the kids are bound to want. No wonder the parks aren't reliable cash cows anymore. They were expensive when I went as kid, but my parents didn't have to take out a freaking second mortgage to go.

[@rbowdenscipio3408]

Try Universal! The rides are more fun, although most of them are geared toward older kids. They also have specials like buy 2days of tickets and get 3days extra free. Plus, it's a LOT easier to find a place to eat at Universal.

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

I remember annual all-parks passes were $600 when I was a kid

[@cosmictreason2242]

Prices are cheaper for the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum. Family friendly and actually more engaging for the adults than mere entertainment in a defiling environment. Consider taking your vacation in Kentucky.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

@@rbowdenscipio3408 Nah, Universal was super lame. Your local pop-up county fair carnival is way more fun!

[@StreetPreacherr]

@@cosmictreason2242 Is that the place that's built to look like a 'full size' Noah's Ark? I hear they even have a VR ride!

[@a_8850]

Jesus, Gary, you know this industry so much better than the analysts and even the industry knows itself. Another killer commentary. You skewered them! Thanks for what you do!

[@hemaccabe4292]

Keep in mind, each movie bomb does not just lose a huge sum of money for Disney. As Disney has been a past master of capitalizing on hits, as a failure, Disney loses the revenue from successful merchandising as well as reduced interest in park attendance. As Disney must pay for merchandising and having parks in advance, movie failures are all tripled. An occasional flop is expected, but this relentless drumbeat of failure is catastrophic. This doesn't even include the massive damage to the IP each huge failure inflicts.

[@cameronjames3499]

Yeah, it's all about momentum. It's easy to keep success snowballing into further successes. Conversely it is near impossible to get the whole thing moving again once it's ground to a halt.

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@cameronjames3499 Making good content would be a good start.

[@jscotthamilton5809]

Not to mention the spillover effect of getting political and/or getting less family oriented. Disney+ may be written off as where bad IP goes to die, but if families are pulling the plug altogether to protect their children from percieved harm, the aftershocks will echo throughout the entire Disney-verse. That's really going to be harmful to the bottom line when you have so many top line failures in the Profit & Loss statement.

[@jamus3457]

This is basically it. I may watch Guardians 3; but I gave up on the greater MCU after Dr. Strange: MOM. I can deal with them cheapening on the special effects or better, take the viewpoint of less is more. They haven't been able to tell a good story since before Endgame. Star Wars is even worse. VII was ok, I guess, besides needlessly killing off Han. After Rian Johnson atrocity I was wishing for the days of the prequel trilogy; literally within the first 15 minutes (gravity bombs....in space...Yeh, ok) I've taken to just re-watching or finding movies I missed that were made 15 years ago or longer. At least I typically don't have to worry about some overt political message being pushed for 2+ hours.

[@stanclare7758]

Better than going to McDonald's and I'm loving it

[@RavenclawFtW3295]

I think Bob Iger unknowingly set the stage for Disney's collapse. Instead of having the company create new things, he just bought the competition and had the company feed off of nostalgia. Michael Eisner is, in fact, the best CEO Disney has had in the last 30 or 35 years.

[@FreeFree-ur4zq]

Just watched DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE for the first time, since seeing it in the theater as a kid. There was a time when Disney made some truly magical films.

[@marychocolatefairy]

I've never seen that one, but I do love a lot of their films from that era, like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mary Poppins, and The Parent Trap. Walt Disney was a creative himself, so he understood that aspect very well. Iger, not so much.

[@glyniscoleman4813]

That was a wonderful movie

[@autisticlegionnaire3624]

Know and respect your audience. Beautifully simple and yet something Disney has consistently failed to do.

[@theequalizer9154]

Given the movie products that are being shown to customers, and the present WGA strike, I do believe that it is time once again for independent filmmakers to rise to the top. There's a lot of good talent out there, that isn't given a chance. Let the independant film makers and talents have the chance. Look at Sound of Freedom, an independent film. We need more independent films, given what Hollywood has failed to give the public. Entertainment, interesting films, films that we can discuss intelligently and appreciate.

[@aneilaseyiekeretsu]

I wish Disney wouldn't change their present CEO so that he can fully usher in the demise of the brand.

[@dadocta5168]

Let's add WB of studios failing being a good thing: They betrayed Zack Snyder, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, and all their fans like Disney & Lucasfilm. and James Gunngan will not solve their problems.

[@_Luluko_]

Sure but Henry only had like one decent movie under them. Nothing people get too attached to either. Ruining Star Wars and especially Luke Skywalker is something you dont come back from without selling the ip to someone else who decanonizes Disneys/KK hubris.

[@jscotthamilton5809]

I would rather see WB turn around before Disney-plex of studios. AT&T was notoriously bad about mismanaging brands they acquired that were not their core competency. I don't expect a telecommunications company to "get" entertainment media; they're just the plumbers. But Discovery had a good thing going with documentaries, so it's not a stretch to hand them over the caretaking of a movie studio and a broadcast division. Discovery was profitable, and while they inherited a lot of AT&T's debt with the spin-off, they can slowly but surely pare down that debt while rehabilitating the WB franchise. Disney has no excuses, they've been in this business for generations. And they seem to have a talent for taking good franchises and running them into the ground.

[@leargamma4912]

James gunn isn't even that good

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Oh please. They fuked up when they fired Snyder and now Gunns gonna rebuilt.

[@danielhenderson8316]

Can we stop pretending Zack Snyder was great just because he made a Justice League movie better than Joss Whedon? For even Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot was an Ezra Miller or Jesse Eisenberg trashing any positive gains.

[@Gormfeld]

Thank you, Gary, for my daily dose of Disney schadenfreude.

[@danieljensen7333]

You guys know what Schadenfreude means??

[@grooveman90]

​@@danieljensen7333 In my home country it is known what it means, and it is the right spirit here.

[@angel_of_rust]

@@danieljensen7333 laughing at the demise of others, most befittingly if it is deserved.

[@mathewmoore1476]

It warms the cockles of my heart to see the raging dumpster fire that is Disney. I rejoice in the lamentations of corporate shills that have sacrificed my childhood heroes at the alter of corporate wokeness. Great times are ahead for us all. Great opportunities often show up amongst great destruction and upheaval.

[@josephnjuguna1986]

💯

[@NietoShure]

Disney is a ship headed to Woke-Broke Mountain with a huge leak on its hull. Bob Iger is the Captain who says "leak? i don't deal with leaks! I'm the captain dam it! My job is to steer the ship and make sure we're pointing towards Woke-Broke Mountain!" 😂

[@kornelkalksztajn3883]

Seing Disney crashing and burning is more satysfing than any movie they Relased recently

[@The-Whole-Enchilada]

I grew up with the Parks and movies in the 70s, 80s and 90s. What a magical time!! Near everything that the Company does today has an in your face agenda and gets an F Grade. How did Disney become a complete dumpster fire and Universally hated?? Who could have ever imagined that they would turn on their fan base over a mindless and soulless woke cult??

[@joshw1253]

I appreciate that you ended this video with a hopeful note. I do miss the days where Disney movies were made with love and joy, and not born out of anger or vitriol directed at a certain group. I think independent creators can fill that void because there are so many of us who need those messages of hope, born out of love, in our lives.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

*"There's no better time than now, to be an independent creator."* - Based Nerdrotic

[@corail53]

Unless you making movies - then it will be like it has been for the past 50 years. It is actually one of the worst times because it is so heavily saturated that if you don't know how to market yourself, sell and brand yourself you will just end up in the void. Most creators have to spend upwards of 100hrs a week when starting out to get traction of any kind and on average it will take about 2-4 years in order to get tagged enough in the algos to shoot up in sub numbers - then you are at the whim of google (if on youtube) not changing the monetization practices like they do every other year, you have to cater to sponsors if you are lucky enough to get involved with one etc.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

@@corail53 Yes, it is extremely hard. Angel Studios' "Sound of Freedom" is doing great on a mere $15M budget.

[@J4yydee]

Disney needs a slap BACK to reality. At this point we NEED a full remake of every single movie/show that flopped that is ASSOCIATED with disney.

[@Zackrifice]

Man it’s sad seeing MARVEL becoming increasingly underwhelming and just terrible storytelling. Stan Lee would be very ashamed of what’s going on. Fire them all and make a public apology to us fans is the very LEAST they could do now.

[@tonyruby4467]

It's amazing how they was eager to waste so much money on horseshit.

[@trevorpom]

I would also like to point out that "the message" as the drinker would put it is off-putting as well. I don't go to the cinema anymore as I'm completely sick of being lectured to by people that are so far removed from normal everyday life that they're almost their own separate species, and not in a good way. edit: I made this comment about two minutes in...

[@dub2459]

You see that wall behind him covered in toys, that’s called a “consumer” and it’s the only thing a business should focus on instead of an audience that doesn’t buy their product.

[@jackrogers5712]

It's fascinating watching Disney cling to ESG guidelines to the point where theyre going to crater the whole company. I wonder how much money they need to lose before they change direction?

[@Dannymiles1987]

Running Americas most prestigious film/art company into the ground. Seems planned

[@Peppersdady72]

@@Dannymiles1987 I was thinking the same thing...Disney, Levis, coke was key to our soft power

[@germanmartinez1650]

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but what does ESG stand for?

[@SC-ce3vp]

​@@germanmartinez1650 EStroGen?

[@argylleagen]

Is ESG the final boss?

[@jackslaughter3233]

Disney has been locked in a slow agonising death spiral for many many years now. We have all suffered who have watched this debilitating consumption of our misplaced expectations. But as the blood rises in the water and the spectacle draws to a close all I feel is relief. When the beast is dead and there is only silence may our voices finally be heard.

[@gnomeresearch1666]

Was playing with some vintage Star Wars action fleet toys with my four year old today and he said he just doesn't really care about Star Wars anymore... a story and franchise I was obsessed with as a kid. Disney has truly burned itself down.

[@hemaccabe4292]

Imagine for a moment, Disney SW had released a tour de Force (pun intended) of awesome great SW movies and TV series resulting, particularly in the current environment of many entertainment franchises committing suicide, SW being white hot. Then they opened a SW themed hotel that would create an experience that made one feel closer to SW without being hokey or too crazy expensive. They could have kept that thing filled forever. Would have driven business to the parks, sold merch, etc. etc. etc. Instead, here we are and only the dumbest (Disney management) doesn't know why.

[@TheRogueJedii]

Do you really think they don't know? I'm certain they know exactly what's up

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@TheRogueJedii I was writing for flourish there. Presumably, if they knew, they would have done things less F'd up.

[@TheRogueJedii]

@@hemaccabe4292 Its all about pushing the agenda bro. They want to shove their woke religion down our throats. That comes before profits, before anything

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@hemaccabe4292 Somewhere along the line, making money took a back seat to promoting "the agenda" and "the message", and wokeism took over full force (no pun intended). We can now see the results, and they're reaping what they've sown... and deservedly so...

[@corsalino07]

As an Animation Director for 20+ years, I saw this woke destruction coming, and made artists aware of it. Fighting the "woke community" of artists and ceo's wasn't easy... they wanted to destroy every value and ethic that defends the pillars of our societies... "The FAMILIES" !!!!!!!