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[@SydneyWatson]

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[@criticalthinkingtryit]

you have researched Walt Disney, right? you know what kind of man he was?, thinking you dont, what i mean is Walt was a jew hating nazi loving racist, this craziness shouldnt be unexpected from a company with its history

[@rutessian]

Please unlearn this "like English" and use proper English.

[@33eye33]

you have to realise that all that bad really bad cinema is ON PURPOSE to destroy past culture to implement an insane retarded one we're already in it - marxi---sim 2.0 Have a look at a presentation speech of an mp he hits all nails on their heads at once the metaphor of slowly boiling a frog....we are that frog the video is on odysee its called "what is woke" i'd love to hear your view. also would not hurt if others are aware of his brilliant speech.

[@davidnonya7359]

harvey weinstein did nothing wrong! i would do what jennifer lawrence did for him. because now she has intergenerational weatlh! his "victims" could have said no and walked away! but they did not they endured and make money

[@mattdemo6387]

I think the live-action Pinocchio movie was a little creepy, With a creepy man wishing, "Starlight, Starbright, please give me a little Boy tonight"🥺🤢🤮

[@TurtleChad1]

*Disney used to touch our hearts, now they touch us inappropriately*

[@MikinessAnalog]

stealing that.

[@MephiticMiasma]

"Show me on the Mickey doll where he touched you" 🤣😂🤣

[@MikinessAnalog]

@@MephiticMiasma you owe me another coffee i jus spit out lmao

[@gideondejongh838]

Wow, what a roast damn.

[@gideondejongh838]

@@MephiticMiasma Damn I thought the first one was brutal.😂😂😂😂

[@patrickoehlke9984]

Centuries later, archaeologists will stumble upon the ruins of Disney's parks, thinking the citizens must have worshipped some type of Mouse God!

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

A mouse god, who demanded blood sacrifices.

[@TheAmbientMage]

​@@nocturnaljoe9543 that's not too far from the truth

[@the_unrepentant_anarchist.]

*worshipped. 🙄 🍄

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@TheAmbientMage Then you understood my point.

[@JaKaiMS]

It'll be Urban Explorers, especially if it's in the future.

[@noahhecker6672]

At the end of the day I think the main issue is just that Disney is not making new stories, they’re rehashing old ideas and giving them a modern political spin

[@danielhendricks2576]

Personally, I think the politics is far, far worse than the cookie-cutter nature of their films. If I like something, I'll watch it again, but I can't stand the political cancer.

[@Vyperus69]

I worked out rather quickly that "for modern audiences" meant/means "current day Identity Politics"

[@Wolffman109]

You don't say.

[@marcribaudo1965]

Yup and women are playing leads for men. They'll fold eventually and IMO it's too late to save them.

[@futuza]

The lack of truth in their modern stories is what makes it come off so hollow and tripe.

[@tidusace0721]

The whole “too big to fail” mindset is exactly what is killing them. It’s their own arrogance that will ultimately be their own undoing if they can’t understand where they are going wrong. If entire empires can fall, then they can too.

[@HeartInLight]

Brings to mind Sears. The juggernaut that once was. They refused to change, and get with the times. And give their customers what they wanted too. And they are gone. Innovation is good. But pushing politics and ideologies on your customers, only serves to alienate 50% of your customer base. Anyone in business knows this. They are definitely not doing it for the money. They're doing it because they're being told/forced to by someone else. Or paid to do it. Im fairly sure its Blackrock. They have a video of the ceo talking about how he wants to push this crap and companies will have some kind of "social credit score" or something. Sears failing was just bad management. But I feel like disney, and others, it is much much more nefarious in its origin, and purpose. And parents would be smart to alienate their children from this crap as quickly, and completely as possible.

[@rhysoneill7399]

Twice the pride double the fall-count dooku

[@AdrianMaunder]

they own so many companies that they could produce millions of shit movies and still make a profit

[@starmnsixty1209]

Hopefully there will be more of these companies these perverts own will be sold off in the near future.👍

[@claudeagle271]

If they start really failing the government will probably just bail them out.

[@sweethistortea]

As someone who grew up on movies like Mulan, Hercules, Hunchback, Beauty and the Beast, and more, it makes me said those pioneer in animation is now a soulless company that doesn’t care about telling that many good stories anymore.

[@G2Bryce]

We were truly spoiled in the 90s. Disney, Nickleodeon, Cartoon Network, Pixar, Kids WB. I swear I could live 50 lifetimes in the 90s and still not have done everything I wanted to, and to me that's a good thing. Unlike the modern stuff where I can't even think of a movie that's coming out because it's all so bad.

[@KT-83]

Now the only thing they care about is indoctrinating children...

[@PaulAllen786]

FernGully, Fox and The Hound, Robin Hood( with the Fox and animal characters), and The Little Mermaid were all movies I would watch today and enjoy. Beauty and The Beast had amazing songs and is also something I would enjoy even as an adult. These are examples of how timeless the creativity was back then. EDIT: I just checked and FernGully(1992) was going to be released by Disney but it was released with 20th Century Fox. Still my favorite movie as a kid! I just watched the trailer and it’s hilarious, and Aladdin! I forgot to mention Robin Williams was both the voice of the Merchant and Genie. Good Memories being a 90s kid

[@sweethistortea]

@@G2BryceI was born in 2003, so I was lucky to have all the classics. Those movies felt unique and had great music.

[@sweethistortea]

@@PaulAllen786Robin Williams did great as the genie. I listened to the soundtrack in Italian, the actor was was able to get William’s personality.

[@poofoosaz]

My dad died the same year the Lion King original came out - I was a kid and it HELPED me seeing a cartoon character deal with a similar thing. So I can only imagine Bambi has done the same for others - why change it. 🤦🤦🤦

[@TommyDee-ei5cp]

My grandpa died just as the lion king came out and it helped me the same

[@codinghusky5196]

I suppose the new generations are to be raised in denial of reality and face everything unprepared. I guess we are actively cancelling reality on all fronts: men can become women, women can want anything except a husband and a family, and parents are immortal.

[@sigmaK9]

Why change it, this guy says. It’s called evil, son!

[@DeathKitta]

@@codinghusky5196 Dangit I almost agreed with you and then read the rest.

[@PM-lz5gs]

Cause the angry blue haired person said so!

[@houseofhas9355]

let it die at this point. They are terrible for our culture and for the arts. Imagine all of the great smaller studios that would fill the void. Disney deserves their earned distrust.

[@Dadkvar]

It's not just Disney. It seems like Hollywood has slowly lost the ability to produce anything worth watching. A trend that has drastically accelerated over the last ten years.

[@MrJeffcoley1]

The problem is the money men who run the studios don't know or understand the franchises they buy; and the writers they employ are ideological hacks who butcher the source material in the misbelief that dressing up their propaganda in a familiar costume will give them an avenue to brainwash the masses.

[@bluestrike01]

Because its all about politically dictating new generations to complicated weakness and less simply sharing a good story with healthy development in entertainment anymore.

[@anitadarling4592]

So much to the point of it becoming increasingly popular to turn to animated entertainment from other countries!

[@nathanperquin9910]

its due to bad incentives. companies are no longer inclined to care about the customer, because that's not their source of real revenue anymore. with companies like blackrock funneling amounts of money that no customer base could ever live up to. companies are effectively driven by greed to accept that. all they have to do to get this money is continueously push out progressive propaganda wether there is an audience for it or not. then these giant investement firms give them money for pushing the line using their platform, audiences get garbage and fall off and eventually once the platform is destroyed due to this process the investors move on to the next platform to destroy using this. this has affected almost all levels of entertainment, from movies, to cartoons to gaming, board and card games.

[@TwoWolves]

Hollywood has forgotten the lesson of the late 60's/mid 70's "message movies" which tried to push a number of social messages...all of which were box office bombs. Fifty some years later they started doing it again...and they've been box office bombs.

[@magicalgirlmelo]

I'm so sick and tired of Disney trying to erase our childhood and rewrite it to their own agenda! Bambi is a movie that introduced most kids to death, grief, and loss. These people are playing Thanos with the infinity gauntlet. They think with a snap of their fingers, they can just change everything. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@aldunlop4622]

I started fishing with my dad when I was about 5, catch a fish, cut it’s head off and rip it’s guts out. Modern people are snowflakes…

[@lemsip207]

They are based on children's fairy stories written by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, and other European novelists.

[@denisemckinney3973]

I am an older person with adult kids. I showed my kids Bambi and Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, etc. We enjoyed the movies together and talked about them, which gave me as a parent wonderful conversations with my children and the opportunity to answer their questions. We were sad that Bambi’s mom was killed, but we talked about it and the fact that Bambi learned from his dad and survived through his own bravery the perils he faced. Modern Disney is annoying.

[@samr.england613]

I'm glad to hear that you're not a younger person with adult kids! (Just messin' with you bro!) But seriously, was 'Bambi' a buck? At any rate, death is a part of life, and I"m sure you'll agree with me that the young need to be taught, through experience, like going to funerals, that death is a fact of life.

[@JanelleWaz]

I think one of Disney's problems is that they acquired franchises and fan bases that they don't understand and then try to mold them into something they're not.

[@Otokichi786]

Disney: "We are Borg Disney. Resistance is irrelevant. We will add your distinctive culture to our own, stripping it of what makes it good, and replace it with our own reality." :(

[@saymyname2417]

They bought these and other franchises for no other reason than to deliberately destroy them while pushing their various agendas. And probably laundering vast amounts of money through "expensive" films. All the while the company is being bankrupted so it can be sold to Steve Job's foul fruit or Blackstone or the likes for a minimum. Yeah, it's about yard sale time. It's that easy.

[@brianmays4366]

If a company owns Star Wars, Marvel, and Snow White and cannot retain the fans and be successful they have lost the plot and direction. They are deluded in their thinking and only have themselves to blame

[@victorcates9330]

When their business was kids movies and bunches of direct-to-video sequels, they had more predictability. Star Wars and Marvel had established fans who would pore over the law and consume faithfully, but I'm not sure you can make everyone a nerd. If you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars per tv show or film, you have to hit a mainstream audience - where adults are hopefully more critical. Mainstream audiences were assumed to go through phases. A lot of genres would burn themselves out after a few years. The zeitgeist moves on. Then you add in the streaming service and investors. They don't have the option of retreating and seeing what the next fad is going to be.

[@asnierkishcowboy]

This!! Yeah, I agree.

[@majin0buu]

The new Bambi movie will have Bambi's mother shoot back because she was always dreaming about being the powerful deer that knows she can be.

[@Silversmith70]

The mother deer dying had a huge impact on me as a kid. It made it more important for Bambi to find family/friends. I think it was important to the story, at least for me.

[@chadthunderstroke]

100%

[@MissGreenTeaLady]

My grandmother died when my mom was in her 20s. She went to watch Bambi at the movie theater and it was actually what helped her process her mother's death in a healthy way.

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

2023... Little girl: what happened to bambi's mum? Disney: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! 😂

[@lisacondell6043]

Simba's father, Mufasa, also died in The Lion King (and a live-action remake has been made of this film too), but is anyone jumping up and down about that?

[@bvoyelr]

I guess it's been a while since I've seen it, but I felt like it was an inciting incident in the film. Like, the film would have to literally have a different plot/threat if mom hadn't died.

[@Michael-ur5qb]

You hit the nail on the head. Disney used to reflect culture in their works. They now want to dictate culture. Two different things

[@MrSpartan993]

That’s not ART. That’s fucking POLITICAL propaganda!

[@christophertaylor9100]

They live in a tungsten steel bubble, they think this IS the culture

[@JO-qn8gy]

They want to force DIEversity. Their wish to D1E is coming true 😂

[@sheffi01008631]

You meant to eradicate culture.

[@TheJeep1967]

Disney has forgotten how to entertain people because they have focused on their woke political agenda too much. Disney used to teach what were, at the time, nearly universal life lessons like don't lie, don't cheat, be kind to others, etc. Now they are sending messages that are not universally accepted and many just find it insulting to pay for something you hoped would be entertaining and uplifting only to be lectured to and chastised instead.

[@kainenable]

I am no longer a fan of Disney. Even though I am down with people being who they want to be. The stories re more about following trends and reaching a certain social equity score, rather than entertainment.

[@vidmasterK1]

You're so lazy.

[@tarantulasarecool]

Pretty much what the 10 commandments say, now that I think about it…ties in with the good values of catholic religion. 😊

[@EnlightenedMinarchist]

Lol. Wut? Who watches Disney movies to learn? Tf? Movies, all movies, Disney movies included, are about being entertaining. Im sick of people acting like there is supposed to be some deeper meaning to this stuff. If you want meaning, go to philosophy or science. Art, music, and movies are about entertainment. Nothing more.

[@BLAQFiniks]

@@EnlightenedMinarchist Lol. Wut? Story-times (through any means) has *always* been a tool to teach kids universal values in a FUN form for kids to understand (through showing how a good character acts in different situations), fyi. I'm sorry you hadn't learned any, apparently... but if you only consumed latest Disney releases & TickTock, I'm not surprised~

[@tymeofdivision5501]

I get that the death of Bambi’s mother is sad, but that’s the reality of death. There are many kids that unfortunately lose their parents at that young age & trying to sweep that under the rug & pretend like it doesn’t happen is not going to change that fact.

[@M1SSC0RPSE]

I'm almost 25 with older parents who are 65 and I dread the day when I'll lose them....but I know that it WILL happen eventually. Pretending something doesn't exist won't make it disappear. You can't raise kids who have no idea how the real world works. A bit off track here but I'm currently re-reading Pet Sematary and Rachell's approach to her daughter Ellie discovering that all alive things will one day inevitably die actually pissed me off soo much. I know she had past trauma but that doesn't mean you can nor should shelter the kids. Kids are kids but they won't be kids forever. And it's easier to teach them different things, values and appropriate behavior when they're still at a younger age cuz they still don't have much of an attitude yet, they aren't into their "rebel phase" and they're still "tabula rasa" - a clean slate so they'll absorb much more without being prejudiced about stuff. I'd definitely show the original Bambi to my little niece and nephew and would do so to my kids as well (when I have any) and I see nothing wrong with that. And would make sure that they avoid 99% of the Disney live actions like the plague.

[@TheSulross]

the Woke want to snowflake shield children from the death of a parent depiction but then expose them to all manner of degeneracy with groomer intentions

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

By removing those stories entirely from children’s media, you just make the kids who do live through such things feel more excluded and alone.

[@redneckroy8947]

Hate to say it, but the Bambi death scene is kind of the most pivotal point of the movie. There is literally NO story without the death scene.

[@MrSpartan993]

Yup. Once again Disney doesn’t even understand their own properties anymore.

[@williammaxwell1919]

Maybe the "pivotal" moment in the "new re-imagined" Bambi will be Bambi coming out identifying as Trans wolf with weird pronouns?

[@bvoyelr]

I barely remember the movie, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like this. It's being treated like it's just a scene that happens and can be cut, but I don't remember it being that way at all.

[@ScrappyXFL]

Thumper teaching Bambi about ice was incredible for me!

[@thomaspinney4020]

Disney is no longer family-friendly. And it is nice to see you back, Sidney.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Disney has always been for adults

[@danielhendricks2576]

@@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme That's weird, because I seem to remember a lot of people loving Disney as kids.

[@kanthanesankandiah760]

They are Anti Christian, Anti human , neo marxist lgbt subhuman numbskull. Hopefully they Will not visit ASEAN country until a decade after Russia Ukraine war. If not, 4chan Will ruin their career.

[@ZeroDarknezz]

@autisticshaneglinesfangirl Nope, Disney used to be for everyone. Don’t take those twisted theories or creepypastas as something real.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

@@ZeroDarknezz I'm not

[@robingreen5289]

If I were Disney, instead of trying to double dip into beloved classics by "reimagining" them, I would go for the ones that had good bones but flopped and ACTUALLY reimagine them.

[@setcheck67]

Still waiting on that Treasure Planet remake.

[@gloriathomas3245]

Disney has every right to with its properties as is please. If you're a believer in free market capitalism like I do then you should accept that fact.

[@06250chris]

​@@gloriathomas3245Yeah we should just watch them miserably fail. That s the last bit of entertainment Disney s good for.

[@kellharris2491]

This! Part of the problem with the remakes is they are gutting what is so beloved. They don't seem to understand why we loved them so much in the first place. The 'writers' have contempt for them even. These cheap knock off's are spiting in our faces.

[@kellharris2491]

​@@gloriathomas3245 What does free market capitalism have anything to do with this conversation? And frankly it's stupid because as much as I love Disney they are one of the companies that have come closest to destroying the free market in the entertainment sector. They actively destroy smaller production companies in illegal fashions(look into Kimba the white lion). Buy up movie theater companies to prevent smaller film studies from showing their movies. Part of the stagnation in movie production is that almost all of the big studies are consolidating into one large conglomeration. Innovation has been completely stifled. I am honestly so surprised the government hasn't sued it for anti-trust and broken them up. But then again Disney is one of the largest lobbyists to the US government so....If you don't understand it's like the point in the Monopoly game where none of the players can move without landing on a hotel. Free Market Capitalism only thrives when their are checks in place that keep several powerful entities from just buying up the whole market transforming the free market system into an oligarchy. Wether it started from communism or capitalism the end result is becoming the same. The US isn't doing well. If we don't change course soon we will all be serfs unable to own are own land or work were we want to work. Disney has been a big contributor to this current situation with it's unethical business practices.

[@martinbebow9190]

I'm a Walt Disney fanatic. I grew up with the first Mouseketters and fell in love with Annette. What most bothers me is how feminists have trashed Aurora. She is hardly mentioned anymore. It's become a crime for a female to be feminine. Disney's parade of princess bosses leaves me cold.

[@sweethistortea]

Aurora was my favourite princess as a little girl. :

[@veronica-mew]

I love Aurora and I honestly think that she's one of the princesses that could have benefitted most from a reboot imo. In her og movie, she is a passive protagonist who gets taken out in the final act. I would have loved to see her get a movie where we learn more about her, she gets a more active role, we see more of her and prince Philip interacting, etc. But instead we got that stupid Maleficent movie that focused on making the pure evil villain of the og into the hero. Disney really doesn't know what potential is smh.

[@martinbebow9190]

@@veronica-mew I liked the original story. The heart of it is Aurora's heartbreak which leaves her vulnerable to Maleficent's influence. It works well emotionally.

[@melancholycollie]

Welcome to "the revolution." 🙄

[@tomidesperes]

​@Straight_Flag I do believe that trying to analyze a movie that's more than 60 years old, which is based on a story older than that, based on today's "standards", is pretty dumb. However, all this accusations seem pretty hateful and nonsensical at the same time. I do believe that sleeping beauty is better storytelling than some of the movies today (still pretty bland for Disney's cassics standard imo), but I don't think any "woke" person give the movie that much thought (aside from actors and people on the film industry, whose work sometimes include commenting on such movies)

[@robskalas]

Another excellent video! The other thing they are doing wrong is what is called "Fan-baiting." Insult the fans who don't like what you are doing to their favorite franchise and call then "trolls and bigots." Why they think this shaming will actually result in ticket sales is beyond me.

[@fritzidachl]

I'm a 56 year old man. It's no overstatement to say that much of my social, romantic and moral education was provided by early Disney films. The same is true of my understanding of life and death. I'm horrified to think what the current generation is ingesting...

[@TheSulross]

everything that is the exact opposite of what you listed

[@Pimp-Master]

No, I won't read anymore. I want PROOF that you're 56. I am very paranoid about lies being told online.

[@JamesAnderson-dp1dt]

@@Pimp-Master​​⁠PROVE to me that you really stopped reading! (just kidding)

[@fritzidachl]

I wish I wasn't 56 - bits are beginning to fall off 🤣@@Pimp-Master

[@ajdene]

I'm shocked you didn't mention the shutting down of National Geographic after Disney acquired it. It's an absolute disaster

[@christophertaylor9100]

To be fair, almost nobody reads magazines any more let alone subscribes

[@albertbresca8904]

is THAT why i have not seen national geographic for years... i never wondered as i couldn't remember the correct queston to ask....

[@samr.england613]

@@christophertaylor9100 I hope you're wrong, but you're probably right. At any rate, people DO still watch the Nat Geo channel, and now it's owned by Devil, eh, er, I mean, Disney.

[@Idengard]

I wondered, someday the demand for ever new wildlife photography would come to an end.

[@Window4503]

Huh. I didn’t hear about that. Sad.

[@AnneettaLife]

Disney used to be a place you could dream and escape through fantasy. now they are set in reality. Who wants to think about politics when they are escaping? We want to get away from all that for a few hours. We want to look back at our childhood movies and reminisce at the simpler times. They’ve ruined it. And now we just feel contempt towards them.

[@beskamir5977]

The worst thing Disney did to our society was extend copyright law to author life's + 70 years. Actually considering them to be a legal company would make more sense then them being a media company.

[@seriouscat2231]

Just like McDonald's is actually a real estate company that has nothing to do with selling food.

[@Xplora213]

This is indeed a tragedy because it is actually hurting them more than it is helping. They have lost the desire to innovate and they aren’t smart enough to do so anymore.

[@claudeagle271]

Which is ironic when you consider how much they profitted on public domain characters/stories.

[@almightycthulhu3651]

I'm going to be celebrating 2024 for Steamboat Willy entering public domain. People have no idea how important this is, because most don't realize that after long enough that IP becomes fair use.

[@rmatty31]

​@almightycthulhu3651 don't hold your breathe tho, it was supposed to originally exipre in 1983 but disney bribed congress for an extention and they got it.

[@ChasingElizabeth]

Disney shelved the movie Sound Of Freedom for five years. Tells you all you need to know about the values of the people that run that company.

[@aldaron1021]

I am 37, I grew up watching disney movies and tv series. I remember waiting the whole week for Saturday morning to watch Chip and Dale, Aladdin, The Gummy Bears, The Little Mermaid etc. My kinds will NOT grow up watching the new Disney animated movies and films but I guess we will re-watch the old ones together.

[@thebaptist5319]

Disney is turning into the definition of insanity: doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

[@sean9448]

It's intentional demonic influence. Destroy that which is good. Disney Corp is now a Globalist organization attempting to destroy God's intended nuclear family. Time to wake up.

[@Mangolorian-je3eo]

that was 20 woke flops ago. This is deliberate social engineering at any cost.

[@thenonexistinghero]

They are hoping to brainwash as many as they can with woke ideas before they go bankrupt, assuming they can easily make it back later. I know there's a lot of woke directors, but there is probably a huge push from the US government as well because brainwashing children will pay off in the long run.

[@colonialstraits1069]

There’s no incentive to do anything differently. Marvel, Star Wars, Disney fans keep lining up at the trough to be fed garbage, so who is actually insane? Creators like The Critical Drinker have built an empire on churning out the same video for 5 years.

[@lareolanKFP]

Iger is an insane person... So no surprise there.

[@davemccage7918]

I had an ultra-leftist, self proclaimed communist, social studies teacher in high school. This teacher would proudly proclaim to the class that “her daughters were not allowed to watch Disney movies because they are anti-feminist”. This was in 2003 so we all thought she was crazy; who knew that in 20 years time that Disney would be making films that only appealed to people like my liberal history teacher.

[@maxwellmccloud5325]

I know isn't it crazy that these people have actually won?

[@linusgustafsson2629]

@@maxwellmccloud5325Well, they are only winning until the money runs out, then they have to find something else to ruin, or I mean win with.

[@EsoxLucius21]

@@linusgustafsson2629it's almost as they don't care about money, they just want to ruin things. Of course that's democrats in general so why am I even surprised.

[@maxwellmccloud5325]

@@linusgustafsson2629 yeah I'm kind of hoping for a long economic depression just to grind these people into dust

[@DJVIIIMan]

I just don't understand why these companies are pandering to people who don't spend enough money to justify it.

[@mogadeet6857]

Charlotte's web was one of the most powerful movies I saw as a child. Removing the 'hard to watch' scenes from Bambi just makes it worthless. Disney seem to be fine with sending SJW politics through their movies, but stumble when it comes to the real life lessons that we all can learn, regardless of our political affiliations.

[@Drag0nvil]

No no no, we're not removing the hard messaging we are modernizing them! You see, getting kids into contact with concepts such as grief is somewhat important... However it is also very depressing! How about we shift the focus to showing the kids that even when the light dims, they have it within themselves to light up the void! What if Bambi doesn't simply lose his mother but he is empowered to become the feminine influence that is now missing from her life? We here at Disney want to show your kid that they have agency in their own life and in the modern world they are only limited by their own imagination!

[@sinistersaint]

It's so sad. My family lived in Orlando, Florida when I was a kid, so my life was entrenched in the movies, shows, and the parks. After moving away, I went to Disney World for a 10 day vacation with my friends right after graduating high school in 2004, and it left such a positive impression that I dreamed of going back and re-living those magical moments as an adult. Now, however, the parks are SO DAMN EXPENSIVE, and the entire culture has changed into something I no longer enjoy. I guess I'll always have the memories 😔

[@reijishian2593]

Nah, the park culture is the same, it's the other parts of the company that have changed.

[@sinistersaint]

​@reijishian2593 glad to hear the culture is the same, at least. Now if only it was affordable 😢

[@JohnDoe-qw4gc]

@@reijishian2593 Is it? Men dressed up like princesses isn't the same.

[@reijishian2593]

@@JohnDoe-qw4gc ...since when?

[@Guyfield20XX]

@@reijishian2593Maybe you should actually do your research, instead of just saying source? Nah trust me bro. The truth is Disney has not been the same for a long time.

[@Kendro311]

We try to cry out telling them where they are screwing up, they scream back calling us terrible names... All we can do is shake our heads and watch the trainwreck. Disney was a positive and wholesome part of human history, sad to see it snuff itself out in such an ugly way.

[@terrymeadows1827]

They know, unfortunately, what they are doing.

[@TheSulross]

but the trainwreck is excellent popcorn-eating entertainment - lightyears more entertaining than anything Disney pumps out

[@Kendro311]

@@TheSulross Yeah, I'm at the point where the more cringe, off the mark and absurd... The better heh. And with no one being held accountable for this stupidity, it just gets more ridiculous as time passes.

[@clintmurphy72]

You’re 100% correct.

[@Alex-ru4rv]

History of media and storytelling, perhaps, but I wouldn't go so far as to say "human history"

[@jessechristensen6028]

The thing that helped Disney from its slump in the 80’s was its renaissance in the 90’s and home video sales of older properties same with DVDs in the 00’s and to a lesser degree to 3D blu rays in the early 2010’s. But with streaming there’s no extra wind or breath after a film goes out of theaters it’s just digital noise with everything else.

[@NorkelFjols]

Modern Disney feels like what happens when you hire a bunch of "young, college educated women", but you're also afraid of "young, college educated women".

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Black liberals, lgbt and liberal women are Disneys most pandered to audience and Disneys worse enemy. So the very people they are catering to, are the very people eating them from the inside out.

[@jasonmckenzie2835]

And young feminized men

[@M-S_4321]

Not 'afraid of' more bored by. Young and attractive, 'college educated' women aren't as interesting to listen to their ideology when their 'charms' fade. Talent is lost (or ejected) when female social justice gains to much power.

[@rrmackay]

Its not fear of that generation, it is an agenda driven by the investors who sit on the board of directors.

[@OtterloopB]

I feel "college" and "being educated" no longer equates.

[@richardb6609]

Message to Disney from Albert Einstein: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

[@MrAndyBearJr]

Your comparison of Disney to a cockroach is quite apt in a number of respects. As well as being survivors, they also are vectors for a number of diseases brought into homes, as well as leaving their waste everywhere. The cockroaches do that too.

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

Except that its not a "small" cockroach but a HUUUUGE one!

[@TheAmbientMage]

Disney: "Lets hire a whole bunch of narcissistic marxist activists to be in charge of all these billion dollar franchises!" Also Disney: "Why is our company failing?"

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

In the words of the Simpsons Comic Book Guy:"worst idea ever".

[@houndofculann1793]

How are they Marxist though? As far as I know none of their content has been anti-capitalist or pro-socialist, just riddled with identity politics. And sure, that's of course part of an ideology but I don't think it's enough to pinpoint any one direction. To me it has seemed much more extreme _capitalist_ to try and squeeze as much profits from as many avenues as possible as quickly as possible. They've fortunately for us of course failed to make the profits but not in a way that feels like it was planned to fail.

[@jsmith3946]

Also last earnings showed Disney profit was up not down

[@TheAmbientMage]

@@jsmith3946 do you mean for the day? Because they're at a 5 year low last I checked.

[@rmlb36]

I grew up with Disney. I remember as a small boy the scene in Bambi when his mother got killed I cried but my mom said everything dies and one day you will, too. I think Bambi helped me to deal with loss of loved one and pets. If she were alive today she’d disown Disney. I’m sure Walt is spinning in his grave.

[@DemonKingBadger]

Need stories like that to toughen up for adulthood. Though, for Disney mother deaths, my first was the Fox and the Hound.

[@chriskucia8348]

We could have limitless free power if we could just harness our ancestors spinning in their graves over our idiocy.

[@quinn4091]

Great analysis. There are no inspirational comic creators anymore at Stan Lee's caliber, and the result is carbon copies of old successes. Bambi's mother's death and Mufasa's death are events that teach children empathy and the importance of parents. Wonder why Disney would want to remove that? hmmm

[@ThomasPommes]

What? There are so many good comics out there and every year new very good comics are released. Woman of Tomorrow, Wonder Woman Historia or Riddler Year One to just name a few in the superhero genre. But there just so much more good stuff thats not superhero stuff.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@ThomasPommesLOL yea right, comics from the old big wigs suck these days. That’s a _fact,_ given how the comic book industry has been on its knees for years and now more aptly qualifies as a zombie. The only reason it’s still alive is because money is artificially pumped into it. Sure, independent comic book companies unaffiliated with marvel or DC are doing fine or even great, but marvel and DC are decidedly _not._

[@DakotaJones-nn2oi]

I will never forgive Disney for how they butchered the ENTIRE Star Wars Expanded Universe. All the lore, all the hard work of hundreds of devoted artists just cast to the wayside. It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Well done. LOL

[@dwightgrant6360]

They said there was no source material, granted not all of it was always great. Most of it was pretty good.

[@carlosbelo9304]

@@dwightgrant6360 no source material?? jeez what about the entire script George gave them? xD No they just wanted to have it their way

[@kurraz]

Well, they disgrace official SW lore, so what they did to EU not surprise at all

[@MrJeffcoley1]

@@carlosbelo9304 More accurately - Kathleen Kennedy wanted to have it her way. A talentless hack who resented the success of her mentors Lucas and Speilberg, and thought she could do better. She couldn't.

[@RaeGaia]

After Bambi's mother died, he went off to be raised by his dad. Who was a strong male character. Disney can't have that in 2023.

[@krakoosh1]

Huh? I didn’t know Bambi had a dad in the movie. Never heard about him. But i didn’t watch the movie either. So sad the father was never talked about by anyone

[@RaeGaia]

@krakoosh1 yeah. After Bambi's mom died, the stag stands before Bambi and nods at him. He doesn’t speak but you assume that he is Bambi's fathers. Bambi follows him, and when you see Bambi again, he's grown up. It implies that Bambi went with his father after his mom died and was raised by him.

[@krakoosh1]

@@RaeGaia ahhh ok thank you

[@burieddreamer]

One thing about Disney+ that I don't understand: why couldn't they just put up all the old cartoons from Mickey, Donald, Pluto, etc? They have this massive amount of content and the first time I opened Disney+ I was certain these things were there, but they were nowhere to be found. Just a few episodes here and there.

[@houndofculann1793]

This especially. I was so looking forward to seeing the heaps of stuff that has never broadcasted in my country but it wasn't there.

[@David_Drums]

Disney: Bambi's mom dying is too much for children Also Disney: here's Nemo's mom dying, the first 10 minutes of Up, and Nani raising Lilo.

[@draketheduelist]

That's the funny thing. Disney has this reputation of being about as edgy as a ping pong ball (see Kingdom Hearts) that I have no idea how they earned given that, in reality, Disney stories are brutal charnel houses of death, pain and heartache. (...Also see Kingdom Hearts.)

[@dallasreynolds2962]

That was just before Disney's cancer became terminal. They're just a dead corporation being held up by piles of unearned money now.

[@equalizir1]

I'm a 70's baby. I saw the original Star Wars trilogy in theater's. I went to Disneyland many times growing up and was able to take my wife and kids when they were younger. The thing is with things like Disney, the love for this company is passed down from generations. When they killed Star Wars those parents stopped loving it and in turn didn't pass that love to their kids. My kids don't give a crap about Disney and it's because I don't give a crap about Disney anymore. They've essentially lost a generation of kids. The magic is dead and they can't just get it back. Disney is just another big corporation trying to tell us what to believe and how to feel. I'm loving what's happening to them and hope it continues until they are gone. Good riddance.

[@jamesbrown3239]

Great comment. I’ve been saying this for years now. Disney struggled financially for many decades until the late 80’s. Some of their worst mistakes were devaluing their own creative work by means of poor secondary films. But they had strong investing into other properties and they had theme parks. Those investments kept them afloat. The single thread that has kept them going though was Nostalgia. Their theme parks and disney channel as well as their VHS, DVD ect “vault” released had a possibly unintended but brilliant affect of creating lifelong consumers. Consumers who shared their love with their children and their children’s children. Nostalgia is funny that way. We grow to love something and we want to share those intangible moments with our children and loved ones. Disney has been great with that, Disneyland and Disneyworld provide a means for us to shared moments and memories. Their use of creative licensing and branding of various products has also allowed their IP’s to be shared and modernized effectively in fashion ect ect. Younger generations today may not know or watch Cinderella, but they may love a cute backpack with the characters on it. And over time those types of inroads have a lasting effect. The problem with Disney is that it has been biting people for at least a decade now that do not love their properties. These people tend to be ego centric and want to create self insert characters who are typically one dimensional as is their plots. Disney has mostly Just given their biggest properties to these people and it’s taken peoples love of nostalgia in nearly every form and shipwrecked them. The result has been the opposite of the last workings of Disney nostalgia. Rather than having people want to shared their love of special memories (tied to various content) with their kids, they now move to newer properties and enjoy them instead. But even worse, Disney has always relied on their theme parks to save them from poor film choices. And that has only accelerated in the last 7 years or so. Now, post Covid, you have a world where they charge an exorbitant fee to take your kids to the park and you have poor films. Aside from some creative licensing choices for merch, they don’t have much of a generational appeal and it’s showing in lower theme park attendance and people moving away from Disney brands, in consumption of movies and especially toys. Disney only had one option. They will continue to raise theme park pricing and gouge their current consumers until even those fans realize that they have a better value attending other parks or even (gasp) just going on regular family vacations. If you were to price a current family’s vacation for 4, for 4 days at Disneyland, with hotel, you would spend $3250 for hotel and tickets. That’s not including food, transpiration, parking, and merch. Which would easily end up around $5k. Now, looking at four to five days vacation. Would you rather spend $5k at a theme park or take your family to Hawaii or France or Japan or a cruise? Disney has simply lost its ability to be a value proposition anymore. So if you essentially drive off your hardcore fans, and you drive away the parents by ruining their favorite properties they grew up with, what is left to appeal to the younger generations? Maybe Disney will be the new “playboy” a brand that is only known for its logo and what it represented, but is essentially just a dead property that has passed its creative prime and meaning.

[@equalizir1]

@@jamesbrown3239 You hit the nail on the head with all your points.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

METAL...

[@KenzieNakamura]

damn 70s that must have been a crazy time to live in!, a 20s baby here ;P@@TheDylanJoyce

[@WillFredward7167]

The collateral damage is brutal and tragic, but the corporation is getting what it deserves

[@Matt-dk3wl]

Bambi's mom getting killed had NOTHING on Star Lords mom passing away in front of him, only wanting to hold his hand... That hit hard.

[@Roadiedave]

The last time Disney was on the rocks, the "Black Cauldron" era, they were at least still trying new things, and even the flops were testing new directions, and innovating, and telling timeless stories with good role models, lessons, messages, and morals. They made things that people are fans of. Now...now they're just acquiring and iterating. They make "content" now. And they've turned to divisive politics, moralizing, and messaging. They're antagonizing fans for not liking their product. As if it's our fault!

[@danielhendricks2576]

I don't mind the cookie-cutter nature of their movies nearly as much as I hate their politics being constantly shove down my throat. "Hate watching" doesn't interest me. I only want to watch things that I enjoy, and it's not Disney.

[@MrFro89]

That's exactly right. They stopped making ART and started making "content". We got YT for that crap, we don't need streaming services and theaters for it.

[@BoleDaPole]

Disney isn't on the rocks, and much of it's value is due to owning large portions of property.

[@lapniappe]

it really makes you wonder what the "Little Mermaid" movie will be to refresh the company and start another golden era.

[@amandap9332]

This is the influence of our incentive system. Money is that incentive. We change the incentive to change the behavior that results. The only way to change it is to end the monetary system entirely and permanently. Which we could literally do tomorrow. If only we are aware enough to do it. Aware of our ability to end money and aware of the necessity to do so. Awareness that the general public just doesn't have. Not yet, anyway.

[@huhhuhhuh4069]

Last summer, I started watched the Star Wars saga with my 5 year old son as I was hoping to share a common interest with him. I loved Star Wars growing up and was a big Star Wars nerd. We watched it chronologically starting with Ep 4. By the time Luke had completed the hero’s journey and saved his father in RotJ, he was fully invested. He loved Luke and looked up to his character. He wanted to fully immerse himself in the Star Wars universe. We watched the prequels next, which were fine. We continued immersing ourselves in George Lucas’ world. We bought toys, books, Lego, lightsabers. Then we watched Disney Star Wars. As a 5 year old, he seemed to have found the movies very off putting and upsetting. Han and Luke were not the characters he knew. He was upset when they died pointlessly. And he did not care for the new characters one bit. As soon as Ep 9 was done, he was not interested Star Wars anymore. His love for Star Wars vanished immediately after watching the crap that Disney and Kathleen Kennedy sharted out. He then moved onto Pokemon, Ninjago, and other non Disney properties. His response to Disney Star Wars is an accurate reflection of the job Disney is doing to all their properties. They are a completely incompetent and ideologically possessed company. And as we can see, the market will eventually leave them in the rear view mirror while they continue screaming into the sky about feminism and diversity. The worst part about all this? All that wasted money I spent on Star Wars toys which are now sitting in a box in the basement.

[@nicolas277]

Your mistake was to show him the disney movies 😅 You should have followed with Clone wars and Rebels and told him the rest doesn't exist, it's just bootleg material. Then you could have shown him the expended universe with the books like rogue squadron and the likes.

[@sparking023]

Yeah, it would have been beat to save the kid of this blight

[@ricorosson5752]

@@nicolas277Rebels IS Disney.

[@samr.england613]

@@nicolas277 The only Star Wars movies worth watching is the Original Trilogy! You must be out of your mind if you think "Revenge of the Sith", or any of the two latter films are worth a damn.

[@xipheonj]

@@ricorosson5752 Infinity War is Disney too, but as she showed in this video that was back when they gave a shit, when they let the creators tell good stories.

[@SemperFidelisFreedom]

I'm not sure how this is possible but you have captured nearly every emotion and thought that I've had about the decline of Disney over the recent years and why as a parent that's almost 50 years old I will not allow my children to watch any of the Disney catalog of the new titles without my first previewing it

[@rastaboogie]

Disney's "kid friendly" means that Bambi will have 2 moms that encourage Bambi to explore their gender.

[@vidmasterK1]

It appears you have watched too much msm culture war nonsense, ma'am.

[@BoleDaPole]

Bambi will be raised gender neutral so that it can choose its own gender once it can talk.

[@mathewmoore1476]

Then his uncle identifies as a hunter and murders both mothers then identifies as a MAP (minor attracted person) and ra...I mean loves Bambi in the most extreme fashion possible. Updated for modern audiences.

[@vidmasterK1]

@mathewmoore1476 it seems you spend too much time on internet, bro Who talks like that and says things like that?

[@Eddie616]

no one @@vidmasterK1

[@upStomp]

I'll never forgive what was done to Star Wars. I don't care if Disney survives.

[@MrSpartan993]

Same here.

[@bvoyelr]

It wasn't as good as the original trilogy, but I could have lived with The Force Awakens being carried through. But them switching directors completely ruined any chance that had of working. Although they brought Abrams back for Episode 9 and he clown showed that one into oblivion (beyond even what was required to recover from TLJ), so it may have been doomed from the start and VII was just a fluke.

[@ScrappyXFL]

Star Wars has only 3 episodes. Fite me 😂

[@seriouscat2231]

@@bvoyelr, if you watch Critical Drinker, he has episodes on rewriting the final trilogy into real stories with real characters.

[@1979cavsfan]

I saw the trailers for TFA back when it "Coming soon" and was very apprehensive....I was really concerned they were going to "Disney princess" the whole S/W universe. I never bothered to see the movie until a few years later, and even then, I fell asleep midway in and never bothered to finish it. I stopped there and never saw Ep 8 or 9, and yet TFA was supposed to be the "good one" in the sequel trilogy. Even now, in 2023, I haven't watched those movies, but I did try Ahsoka, and my God the writing is abysmal. Truly, Star Wars is dead.

[@NateTheScot]

Honestly the execs in that leaked zoom meeting straight up bragging about their "not so secret gay agenda, putting queerness into every project they can get their hands on" was kind of eye opening for a lot of the normies. Most of us knew this has been going on since the mid twenteens, but especially so after 2016 with the election AND the unfathomably awful Ghostbusters remake that really sparked the fuel of the culture war into a raging fire with the Mainstream media and corporate studios on one side and the fans on the other... studios using the media to label fans racist and sexist and phobic etc, until the words lost all meaning. They're still running that "you're all just bigots" defence almost 10 years later, except now people just laugh at them and tell them to f*ck off. Even the normies aren't falling for it anymore, and the "Family entertainment brand" of Disney, became the "Anti family brand" especially after they picked a fight with the state of Florida, inserting themselves into the Parental Rights in Education Bill discussion as smoothly as a fedora wearing twitch moderator trying to pick up girls at comic con. Families no longer trust Disney, and the legacy fans from the franchises they bought, are not interested in Disney repeatedly r*ping the corpse of the thing they once loved, whilst also insulting them for not wanting to watch Disney continue to r*pe the corpse, which is now basically a rotted husk whose arms and legs are falling off and whose head rolled off into the gutter somewhere long ago. Disney spit in the faces of fans time and time again, then bring out the istaphobe buzzwords when fans say that's not what they wanted and they'd rather not be spat on thanks. All whilst doing a whole lot of key jangling and memberberrying in order to gain some momentary fleeting praise from the few Disney shills still huffing the copium hard enough to convince themselves that the rotten, fetid remains of the thing they once loved, are still as fresh and beautiful as ever, and that we're all just haters and bigots for not appreciating Disney's genius!

[@jesustovar2549]

Man, you have masterfully put into words what I thought, it has been downhill since the feminist remake of Ghostbusters was released in 2016, I would say even 2015, with all the anticipation generated by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the President Kathleen Kennedy wearing "The Force is Female" shirts, at that time I did not give much importance to that, I can assure you that I was one of those normies who enjoyed entertainment and did not care about the political and manipulative messages from a agenda that tried to target an audience whose existence I already knew (strange when it was nothing more than called LGBT), in other words, I was happier when I didn't knew what all these woke b******t was, and I'm not even homophobic, I want to go back.

[@nactrumofficial5450]

The ONLY "political messaging" in any story medium I've ever actually cared about was in the X-Men, with the Mutants just wanting to live in peace and acceptance. This new "messaging" is absolutely unwarranted and should have never been allowed to take root. With the indoctrination and implementation of "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" being the SOLE basis for stories, especially in the hiring process, Disney has destroyed what legacy they could have had, in favor of pushing political and sexual agendas rather than good story-telling.

[@Helliconia54]

all part of Mao's agenda to change a society , you must first destroy the old that also means movies.

[@goffe2282]

That and the fact that Magneto is pretty much the only likeable villain in existence. He's at least thought things through and can elaborate his point without the "I'm evil because I'm evil" trope.

[@kellharris2491]

There are a lot of stories that teach good themes. The problem is they are all in your face about it these days. I mean even the old "have you tried not being a mutant? " From a nervous Mom In X-men 2 was alluding to trying not to be a homosexual. The X men came out during the civil rights movement. I think Storm may be one of the first, if not thee first black female superhero in comic book history.

[@mateuszmierzejewski1355]

X-men situation is also very nuanced, like in one comix there was the one kid that awakened the power to literally disintegrate all life in like a 10km radius or something like that , just one day in the morning his power awakenes and his whole town goes poof, people have VERY GOOD reasons to want mutants exterminated , its not an unwaranted fear, so its not like you cant sympathize with the human side.

[@clancydowrca]

This DEI is so blatantly in your face that it takes you out of what little story their is!

[@MikinessAnalog]

All for the sake of rewriting history and "sparing feelings". Those that can not (or choose not to) remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

[@Otokichi786]

"Made/re-made for modern audiences" is now a curse and propaganda aim than a viable way to reinvigorate an "out-of-date/culturally offensive" IP.

[@lauriebryan9130]

I try, in my mind, to separate the beloved Disney of my childhood from the nightmare train wreck that it has become. It's how I can still enjoy the nostalgia.

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

It's pretty easy to do. I watch Lady and the Tramp because that's real Disney. I will not be watching the live action Snow White because it's not real Disney.

My kids lost interest in Star Wars and Marvel after recent releases. Imagine making movies so trashy that even the least demanding audience turns their backs on them. And even some of their most known actors don’t want to work with them anymore. I find it very telling.

[@RB01.10]

Guardians 3 was phenomenal though

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@RB01.10yea, but at this point most people (my family included) didn’t care enough to see it. We don’t want to give money to a company that hates us. I personally didn’t feel the need to watch the conclusion to a troop of characters that, though endearing, weren’t the main focus of the franchise anyway. Furthermore, the director left promptly after finishing guardians 3 and works for the opposition now. The movie, no matter how good it is, isn’t pivotal at all.

[@Ms.AisforAwesome]

​@@RB01.10it wasn't really that 'phenomenal'... It was just better than anything we've seen in the last several years.

[@andrewturner2354]

My children lost their mother when they were five years old (twins). I thought Disney were keen on children seeing them selves on screen. If they remove this part my children will not have that aspect of their lives portrayed . They will not have the messaging on the fact that this is a fact of life and it happens. This company has became a place to avoid. That makes me sad.

[@Owlr4ider]

Disney, like the rest of modern day Hollywood, have in their infinite wisdom decided to declare war on their customers. No longer does Disney try to give their customers what they want, instead they choose to give their customers what they want to give them, regardless of whether their customers want it or not. It doesn't take a business genius to understand just how messed up this stance is...

[@IvanYurdec]

Disney Plus MCU cutting back on thinly veiled parody cameos (Doomcock in She Hulk) to "quite the noise"

[@jayquillin9214]

I'm kind of confused by the phrasing of this but that's not how it works no matter how much you tell yourself that. A Studio could not run in profit if it produced something no one wants to see and an audience will definetly tell you if they don't have interest by simply not caring enough to watch. The audience single handedly decides the movie culture and at the moment they want to see IPs, Remakes, sequels with a touch of diversity here and there. I get that you don't like that but unfortunately a lot of people do watch all of that. No one bothers to watch original projects anymore which makes it such a difficult time for original ideas.

[@Owlr4ider]

@@jayquillin9214 You're simply wrong... You can look at any viewership metrics you want anywhere in Hollywood, from the Nielsen Ratings to the ratings individual streaming platforms provide for their own content to any other and see the massive decline in viewership for most content, especially the woke stuff. You see, the studios are simply no longer profitable. Disney itself is still profitable mind you, as they own a whole lot of other things like National Geographic, ESPN, etc, and those still make some profits but even almighty Disney is in a massive negative growth, as in they're earning less and less profits with every passing quarter(3 month period mind you). Disney movies and TV shows haven't made money in a while now, barring a handful of examples, so they had plenty of time to change course if they wanted to, which they haven't until recently. It's only now they're finally beginning to wake up and try to course correct. Too little too late but Disney is still big enough and owns enough other ventures to keep them above water for this course correction to be a possibility.

[@Chrysalysalise]

A couple of quotes from the movie Never Ending Story: "People who have no hopes are easy to control. And whoever has the control, has the power." “When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.” Maybe Disney does have a plan...

[@josephabraham4058]

Damn.

[@private_citizen]

Their master plan to control the world... to sell more churros.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

“Like a cockroach that no matter you stomp, it doesn’t die.” That’s, surprisingly the best way to describe Disney in a nutshell! 😅

[@Otokichi786]

Try using a Flyswatter.

[@PChazman1]

​@@Otokichi786Why do you think a fly swatter will do? Hell, in some places the roaches will take it away and use it on you!😂😂😂

[@Otokichi786]

@@PChazman1 Because, I have used metal mesh fly swatters successfully on several kinds of cockroaches over the years. My brother-in-law suggested this tool, and a solid hit from a fly swatter will do the job.

[@Phenomanon]

As someone that has lost both parents, I appreciate scenes like this being in children's movies... It by no means is remotely similar, but it still is a stepping stone to something you will eventually have to accept in your life.

[@JustinTrudeau1971]

A lightsaber kills characters, a Disneysaber kills franchises

[@whatduck943]

Not anymore, haven't you heard? a lightsaber wound is now something that can be walked off. 😢

[@JustinTrudeau1971]

@@whatduck943 That’s my point. Disneysabers don’t kill characters.

[@whatduck943]

@@JustinTrudeau1971 My bad, I sometimes mix them up!

[@MHKing03]

For a company that rocketed to fame on children's stories, they've forgotten a lot of the lessons those stories teach. The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs comes to mind in particular.

[@257shooter9]

I grew up with Disney and so did my kids. It saddens me to watch the direction Disney has gone.

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Antiwhiteism has been absolute poison to our entertainment industry, Disney has bought fully into the ideology

[@G2Bryce]

Disney embraced it and then mandated it. They STILL haven't acknowledged their anti-white issues.

[@Cold_Cactus]

Which is funny considering walt Disney's attitude towards people's who aren't white... lol😅

[@theaxehandle1]

Bought? Disney is satanic they helped create it

[@LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl]

Antiwhitism is Cainism, the hatred of the Race of Abel, who was godly.

[@tonyrmathis]

@@Cold_Cactus And the solution for that is to swap who's hated, right?

[@Michigan_Tactical]

Disney's best products were when Walt was alive. Disney now is now remaking their classics and acquiring new franchises that nobody really cares about in an attempt to stay relevant.

[@coreymckee4844]

Id say most of their quality content died after the 2010s. Anything before 2009 was great. Not all but mostly great. But best of all, little to no political pandering and preaching wokeness.

[@Grubnar]

12:53 "... and it was a hit!" Flawless editing there!

[@vegasdutch]

I worked at Disneyland in the 80s when i was in college. It was awesome. One of the perks was free admission and I could bring 3 people. Needless to say, thats where I took first dates, hehe. I last went to Disneyland in 08 with my second wife, and for two days admission to both parks, Disneyland and California Adventures, it cost us about $400. Just admission. Now, i wont spend a penny on ANYTHING Disney.

[@llamasugar5478]

We have millennial friends that spend $8K to $12K for a five-day trip to Dizney with their kids. Every two years. I want to shake them until their eyeballs rattle. As Grandad would say, “Some people don’t have sense enough to spit downwind.”

[@trishburke2845]

Having grown up in Orange County, CA I grew up going to Disneyland pretty regularly. As an adult I worked there. I took a bit of pride being envoled in a family friendly organization. It’s sad to see the changes in their philosophy. I now try to disassociate my work history from them.

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

Walt Disney meant for it to be a happy family recreational park, not a place for lgbt to prance around.

[@robertfarrow5853]

Very wise. It's not a good career move to be associated with a bearded man latching on to little girls while dressed as a Princess 😂

[@glengardner4126]

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[@phantomstarlight1366]

I had a baby blanket that had a young deer on it, according to my mom, before I could talk, I'd call it my "B". I carried that thing everywhere until I was probably 8. I called it my "bambi blanket" by the time I could actually talk. I actually just found it for the first time in about 20 years. Anyway, as you might expect, Bambi has a special place in my heart, even if it isn't because of the movie itself.

[@13lood13ath]

Red Letter Media touched on this a bit where they talked about the importance of having different emotional situations in films and TV shows for kids. It's important for kids to experience and express these emotions earlier in life so they know how to cope/deal with them as they grow into adulthood. Having everything goofy and happy all the time gives kids a false sense of realty.

[@eveilwolf]

I was a Disney kid. I have been there 22 times with my parents. YES A LOT!! But I have fallen out of love with them. They have pushed so hard and lost their core values I once loved. Now as a kid I didn't understand most of the values, but as a 40 something year old I know them all too well. They lost most of them. I don't wish to see them faille, but I wish they would re-evaluate their values.

[@G2Bryce]

The hilarious thing is a LOT of investors still think Disney stock is a solid buy. For the Disney hardcore, they will just keep doubling down harder, which is the only thing keeping Disney afloat right now. But even those fans are starting to burn out, as is showcased by the closing of the galactic star cruiser. Disney drove away HALF the domestic market, priced out the bottom half of earners, and somehow people think this will work out in the long run.

[@WyndeeClara]

When I started homeschooling my now 26 year old son, Disney was celebrating 75 years in the business. They had just gotten congress to pass copyright laws to increase the expiration time on copyrights from 25 years to 75 years. Everyone knew it was so Disney could keep their catalog from going into public domain. Since that time, they have had to come to grips with the reality that their time is up. I have always contended that their push to create new live versions of their classics was/is to keep some semblance of control on their copyrighted material.

[@SummerSun-sg3wf]

They changed the characters and changed their races

[@JDB1991.]

This is what kills me. One company/entity shouldn't have the ability to change the law to protect their best interests like Disney did regarding the copyright laws. It's one thing to say, "hey, there's too much pollution/congestion here, we need to make a law to fix this", but it's another thing to literally extend a law entirely for one's own profit. I definitely wouldn't put it past Disney to do things like that though. Living in Florida for 32 years, I've seen how Disney has a monopoly on the state.

[@barneymiller4088]

People say that when Disney create a lot of movies/shows then quality suffers. This assumes that they have a limited number of people, but they really don’t and that they must restrict the capital for each one. The fact was that each movie and show had bloated budgets. Disney has almost a quarter million employees, not to mention subcontractors and people contracted just for the movie. With these resources they can easily create dozens of movies/shows.

[@jmnimahelr]

I'm old. I watched "The Wonderful World of Disney" on Sunday nights. This BS coming out now has Walt wiggling in his cryogenic tube wondering "what the hell happened and what the hell is happening to my legacy?"

[@timothylogan3525]

I remember watching every sunday night as well. But we are not "old" we are "mature".

[@jmnimahelr]

@@timothylogan3525 Thank you for the clarification. I'm mature. 👍

[@KynaruHelio]

the whole point of stories like bambi are to introduce death to kids, or other such lessons. they are scary but so is life. at least stories are safe, that's why we have them.. i mean there is a lot more to it but i am lazy and don't care THAT much

[@NotAdultingToday]

I think this is an interesting point to bring up. Life is difficult regardless of age. If we stop showing that in kids movies and show them how to deal with it in a healthy way, how else are kids supposed to deal with life? Lord knows way too many in gen z have a meltdown over even normal adversity.

[@AN-ri6nc]

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[@davidchambers44]

The older movies are regarded as classics because they have timeless lessons and characters we can look up to. They were made to entertain us. Unfortunately disney now makes cheap remakes and sequels strictly for profit while bashing their own fans with politics.

[@Talon17]

The only lessons Disney wants to teach everyone with their remakes is to show how woke they are while destroying the life lessons the original films taught.

[@samr.england613]

@@Talon17 But WHY are they doing this? What's in it for them? Losing money?

[@samr.england613]

If they were interested in profit, one would think that they would still be concerned with telling good stories, without the preaching and politics!

[@rodiusmaximus]

@@samr.england613 At this point, they probably aren't technically losing money. By pumping out so much (lower quality) content, they have comparably little marketing, only a handful of high calibre actors, and probably only a handful of animators. Instead of paying someone X hours to make 1 film, they work the same hours but produce 5 films.

[@Talon17]

​@samr.england613 the people doing this in disney don't care about making the company money. If they did they would not be cramming controversial political messages in everything. All they care about is promoting their agendas, even if it destroys disney. It's the same with teachers that are more concerned with indoctrinating children with their agendas than teaching them.

[@deadfishbob1]

My wife and I have been talking about this, that it is mindboggling that they are willing to lose so much money for the sake of a political agenda. How long can they keep going on this trajectory. I had not considered Disney+ and the constant push to offer something new, as being a contributor to the decline of storytelling, but it does fit. At this point, I'm not looking forward to anything that they are putting out in IPs that I loved as a kid.

[@tobiasnexus4391]

2016 was the release of the final good Disney film, Zootopia. After that, I'd consider the downfall as truly hitting. Plus, Deadpool is technically owned by Fox, so they aren't 100% beholden to Disney whims

[@Diver1991--]

I hated the monopoly that disney was becoming. I hate the idea of a company that thinks it can just buy everything and claim other's intellectual and creative property. It seemed like disney was just going to go on and on until it bought every themepark, studio, production company until the only media that could be consumed was disney. I don't worry about that anymore.

[@dandanjordan]

I feel the same way

[@JDB1991.]

It's funny how it took this "movement" to make it happen. Disney has been screwing over people for decades and no one gave a shit until they replaced Mermaid with a black girl (it's a fictional fish, who cares?) Shows how little people actually prioritize real issues. A company pandering is as old as time. Conservatives were fine with Bud Light pandering to them until they gave a little attention to a trans person lol. Again, talk about priorities. They claim they hate companies that pander, but in reality, we can see that they only hate companies that pander to the left lol. Then it's not "cancel culture", but different... somehow lol. I am genuinely happy to see Disney taking the hit though as I despise companies pandering. It's worse than if they just didn't do anything at all. "Honda stands by the troops for a month and then they're on to supporting gay people the following month. Oh cool." lol.

[@kidcaramba2392]

I am an 80s kid and i loved Disney deeply for most of my life. My first cinema movie was a Disney film and i remember those movies bringing entire families together or me and all my childhood friends, neighbors kids all watching those together singing along to all the songs. Nowadays i do not give a shit about anything they put out but will forever cherish the classics.

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

Their Soulless straight-to-DVD was one issue but now what their doing is Idiotic. They're only biting the hand that fed them this whole time

[@sirvilhelmofyonderland]

I’m an OTR truck driver. 48 years old with two great kids 15, 13. I’m not up on all pop culture but I have been up on Disney/Star Wars/Marvel. Because I loved Star Wars and Marvel. Over the last 5 years I’ve been watching Disney DESTROY everything! We can’t fix it. But we can BOYCOTT. If enough of us BOYCOTT changes will come. Let’s start today by BOYCOTTING The Marvels.

[@chickginger]

Yep, you have to be a certain age to be able to relate to the death of someone you love...

[@RainSpitter]

9:35. Inside out was a surprisingly deep movie. I remember being disappointed with it because a was expecting a comedy judging by the trailer we’re the mother and father are arguing while we see what’s going on in their heads. What it ended up being was a weird allegory of how the mind works, growing up and how all emotions play a part.

[@Tyrs_Finox]

Really on point for everything. I'd say that even the politics in their shows is the same, what's different now is the quality being so low and the disrespect of the fandoms. I can see Disney coming back from the lack of quality, but if you tell people that you don't want them as fans... they're never coming back completely. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the magic of Disney is probably gone forever.

[@havanafayre]

2 things: First, Disney really hit rock bottom when they decided to start making live-action remakes...and they've been descending into hell ever since. Second, I fully believe the conspiracy theory about Walt Disney's mom. On November 26, 1938, Walt Disney’s mother Flora died… and some would argue not only that it was inadvertently his fault, but that it also influenced Disney’s creative efforts for decades to come. Bambi's mother died, that's one example. Missing/dead mothers/parents off the top of my head: The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Cinderella, Snow White, Lilo and Stitch, Frozen, Tarzan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Finding Nemo, Beauty and the Beast, The Fox and the Hound, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Pocahontas, Mulan...and on and on.

[@bvoyelr]

Do you think it was the live action remakes themselves that doomed them, or just their general cultural shift that occurred at roughly the same time? I feel like it's the latter. Live action remakes will always be a little weird, but they could have worked had they honored the source material.

[@havanafayre]

@@bvoyelr I think it's a bit of both. But it signaled that the brand was going in a new direction, one that didn't fare very well, and only continued to get worse. And instead of course correcting, they doubled down and went full woke (because reasons?) Either way, good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@SamwiseLovesJesus]

I want a time traveler to show Walt Disney what his studio has come to today.

[@josephsheranda]

Why do you want to make a grown man cry?

[@gideondejongh838]

@@josephsheranda 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@survivordave]

Someone did. Why do you think he died so young?

[@redneckroy8947]

He was a eugenicist and social engineer. He would be all for it.

[@josephsheranda]

@@redneckroy8947 Walt Disney died in 1966. The eugenics movie was produced in 1967 and released in 1968. Check your sources.

[@baldbeardedbassist]

And on top of all the greed and crappy messaging, i think it's worth mentioning the loss of visual style. When they remake these old movies in live action, the art style completely disappears, and we're just left with soulless CGI and mediocre (at best) acting. The art and animation is a HUGE part of what makes these movies feel so magical to me.

[@whytho1690]

Gross but helpful fact!: You should stomp and twist to make sure you end the cockroach. They can flatten themselves extremely thin. And because that wasn't terrible enough, I decided to look up the specifics and found the following info: "...can squish their bodies to one-tenth of an inch -- the height of two stacked pennies." "Roaches traversing crevices, Jayaram found, can withstand forces 900 times their body weight without injury." So the twist technique is definitely important.

[@LuckyBogCat]

Good to know!

[@Otokichi786]

Or just use a Flyswatter.

[@sweetiespoon5150]

​@@Otokichi786And deprive oneself of that satisfying crunch of doom? Never!

[@GenXfrom75]

I grew up in the 80s... I loved the original Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Disney was fantastical... beloved... sparked joy for a sad, lonely only child that I was. Now, I am glad I have sons who really don't give a whip about anything Disney related.

[@onemanarmy36]

What Disney is too short sighted to see is that if you have younger generations that already don’t care for them and the older generations don’t bother to introduce them to Disney due to their betrayal of us then they are a company without a future. They just don’t realize it yet.

[@jesustovar2549]

The Fox and the Hound is still one of my favorite animated movies.

[@everythingthrice2582]

Walt Disney would be very disappointed with how the company is treating their creations now

[@matthewtanous7905]

The quality definitely is harmed by the sheer quantity needed to maintain their own streaming service, but it dropped off way before that because the writers want to push THE MESSAGE™ instead of tell meaningful stories.

[@Nemo-Nihil]

The death of Bambi's mother never bothered me. Now Little Foot's mother: her death got to me.

[@rachelhimes7715]

Same at least Bambi had his father😢

[@danielfisher6275]

If Bambi’s mom get shot and slowly died in front of Bambi while he plead with her to get up, then he temporarily believed she miraculously came back to life only to have his hopes dashed seconds later before spending the rest of the film depressed about her death, you would get the absolute sadism Don Bluth inflicted on children with Land Before Time 😆

[@peteschaub7561]

If you watch an old Disney movie, even a 2nd tier one like The Unforgettable Journey or Pinocchio, you will be shocked to see how much has changed. I have 3 kids and I basically don't watch anything made in the past 10 years by this studio.

[@zarahchristensen1147]

I really cannot fathom how they could wreck Bambi like that, despite it not being the most popular apparently, Bambi is definitely my favorite Disney film of all time. It is one of their most visually beautiful films imo, animating four legged animals like that is difficult in general and they pulled it off so perfectly. Even the backgrounds are so detailed and beautiful. So as an artist I appreciate the technical skill but I also love the themes and messages of the story. They’re not showing just a fantasy version of a wild animals life, but rather there is some truth to it, because an animals life in the wild IS very traumatic. I love that they didn’t water down that fact just because it’s marketed as a children’s movie. The death of Bambi’s mother is a necessary part of the plot and Bambis character development. It is also a big part of the emotional impact of it, and I think it is wrong to water down and make everything ‘babyish’ like that. Most of these older Disney movies have some dark themes like death, loss, abuse, betrayal, jealousy, etc. But rather than it just being traumatizing, they show the characters strength and how they stay positive despite all of the hardships. I think that’s a really important message for children, especially in this generation of snowflakes 😅. It helps with emotional maturity, because the world is a dark place, and it will never to help to shelter people like that. I really don’t understand what there going for at all, it makes no sense. Maybe they think that including sad parts will make kids not watch it repeatedly, thus losing streaming money? It’s obviously going to have the opposite effect anyways, and they are losing money streaming in general. I truly cannot understand anything they do anymore even from a purely financial standpoint. The only thing that seems to pop into my mind is that there may be something else going on involving money laundering and these movies are just a cover for something much darker… but who knows? 😅

[@PnC_GameZnThingZ]

Just because they have the money to buy all these different studios, they also need to have the talent to actually do anything with them. It would be like buying every box of cake mix off the shelves at the store but then not getting any eggs

[@tablescissors]

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