The Unfortunate Problem With Disney's Sequels

[@thegreatders344]

The biggest problem with these lifeless sequels is that people keep paying to see them

[@BoereViking]

Not actually....most of them if not all bomb!

[@lukewright9031]

Their excuse is that they're aiming for a new generation and hope no one notices.

[@maritocara]

This right here! After the success of Inside Out 2 they'll never learn

[@Reilly5]

@@maritocara That was a fresh sequel, unlike the rest of that lineup.

[@KingRandor82]

​@@maritocaraaudiences are desperation for a distraction, that's why.

[@eshnd-1]

Hearing Chapek say that no one wanted animation anymore made me realize that he doesn't understand Disney's fanbase at all.

[@Prodigious1One]

Yeah, we want to see new stuff like Luca, Red Panda and Elio.

[@skypangolin8576]

They also don't understand the children's streaming market. Moana has been watched dozens of times by my kids for every movie I've watched.

[@buttscarlton1490]

The fact he doesn't realize they're "live action" movies are 75-100% cgi, let's you know he doesn't even watch their product

[@joelbarron9681]

Is it not the same problem everywhere? Writers want to create an original story but executives don't want to gamble millions on a something without a guaranteed market.

[@12thMandalorian]

id say both have got lazy and just want to make money

[@mctrump957]

And then proceed to flub the adaptation anyway, angering the audience they were hoping to entice.

[@EdWedgie]

I feel like that’s the root of the problem, it’s something that happens even to books that are often used as source material for movies. There are some examples of series being written out ahead but most series and up like Harry Potter with retcon everywhere

[@nicklowe_]

Elephant in the room: the writers are less interested in good stories and more interested in pushing politics

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@nicklowe_ More interested in Inhumans-level writing No amount of agendas or poltical media can succeed with the level writing where only reason to root for characters is that they are protagonists

[@jayngb]

neither Toy Story 4 or 5 were needed tbh, 3 was a perfect ending & 4 was kinda lackluster so im not excited for 5 at all

[@JasonBlaha66]

3 was the perfect ending!

[@redbearddan2000]

And yet people are excited for Shrek 5 which also had an ending in 2010

[@TheECSH]

4 is pretty good. Sequels in and of itself is not the problem. The problem is good story-telling, or lack of. And stop with all the political nonsense. Just my thoughts.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

​@@TheECSH4 is terrible. It disrespects what came before. Undoing a lot of the progress the whole main group had gone through.

[@ButterflyBlossom6415]

@@TheECSH I personally didn't see 4 because I was already satisfied with the ending of 3, but making too many Toy Story sequels is clearly unnecessary.

[@RichardDiazWright]

I very much prefer an animated sequel over a live action remake.

[@kassidychriston1927]

I'm 50/50 about the animated sequels, but I do prefer it to live action.

[@willemdaho3]

Imagine that new Mufasa movie but animated like the new Disney movies (Moana/Encanto/Frozen). I’d be 10x more hyped

[@oilking-bo3gt]

​@@willemdaho3 IT Is'nt animated until IT Breaks a record Like The 2019 one

[@tobiasburrell6055]

​@@willemdaho3 Exactly. Disney is going to be lazy anyways so why not use the medium that put them on the map in the first place. Their live action movies typically suck.

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

I mean, slap me in the face or kick me in the Jimmy. I have a preference, but I'd prefer if you abstained either way.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

"Evil cannot create anything new. It can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made." - JRR Tolkien (I think)

[@JDRusse11]

God is the Creator The Devil is only a manipulator

[@ButterflyBlossom6415]

@@JDRusse11 THATS TRUE

[@TheRelevantUnknown]

@@JDRusse11 I like the quote but the wisest man in the Bible says there is nothing new under the sun

[@voidwarden1413]

​@@JDRusse11 really makes you think, out of all things of the world the devil is out there making children movies just to piss off grown ass men. really doesn't take that much

[@buttscarlton1490]

Ironically that's originally a Walt Disney quote. Tolkien fanbase adopted it to bash Rings of Power

[@waykool698]

They have a greed problem.

[@kropianimation1774]

It's show business. Not show friends. These companies, like any company on the planet, exist to make money.

[@kojisan1]

@@kropianimation1774 It is show business. Meanwhile Disney has been just 'business', without the 'show' for too many years now.

[@nathanaele.7738]

​@@kropianimation1774 that's an explaination but not an excuse

[@yahnah9116]

@@nathanaele.7738 kind of the same thing

[@67BigBadWolf]

​@@kropianimation1774 say that to DreamWorks buddy 😂

[@AlexP-dz7ew]

The fact that Disney already experienced what happens when you overdue sequels, just to do it again 15 years later is so sad

[@christianhardtofind6349]

In general, it's not just a Disney problem but something going on throughout Hollywood these days. Everything I hear about these days is a sequel, reboot, prequel, remake, or something else based on existing source material. If only we could get a successful movie or show based on a completely new idea, that would show Hollywood that fresh ideas are what we really want.

[@raze3297]

People *say* they want fresh ideas, but when push comes to shove, they're still going to ignore the Palm d'Or-winning independent film and pay up to see Avengers 26 instead. It's easy to point the finger at studios for pushing out unoriginal slop, shoving down our throat stuff we don't want to see, but the real reason they're doing it is because that's what people are actually paying to see. You'll get fresh ideas when people start putting their money where their mouth is.

[@TheRelevantUnknown]

@@raze3297braco

[@andrewmorris4628]

@@raze3297Angry Birds made more money than The Nice Guys, so Nice Guys never got a sequel

[@arualblues_zero]

The horror genre has also suffered this a lot too.

[@jcohasset23]

@@arualblues_zero Horror genre does it because most of the time the movies are cheap to make so it's far more likely to make a profit even if doesn't do all that well in the theaters.

[@WutTheFink]

Matt Damon described it well. Basically movies are bigger gambles now without the vhs/dvd sales. With everything going to streaming instead of being bought as physical media after it's theater run is sapping probably billions from the industry

[@seed_drill7135]

Interesting, never considered that before.

[@prachikumar1054]

I loveddddd that matt damon video

[@genius179]

You are totally right, and I remember someone said a movie like the Godfather would make Paramount so much money still because of it's VHS/DVD/Blu-ray sales every year and with every format. Now it's just streaming, which I still feel like these companies don't know how to make streaming very profitable.

[@butters1273]

Disney has a Disney problem.

[@chasehedges6775]

Very true

[@Taydar]

Disney has an everyone in the worlds a FUCKING idiot problem.

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

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[@thegreatacolyt1277]

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[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Yeah​@@chasehedges6775

[@Avalon_1991]

Star Wars is a perfect example of this. Instead of doing a new and exciting story they just remade Episode 4 with The Force Awakens. They had literally decades worth of comics and books to draw upon for story ideas but they just made a terrible version of A New Hope.

[@Airjet2582]

That Katherine Kennedy for you.

[@micahcaraballo5917]

Me looking at Bob Iger: “You are a sad, strange, little man…and you have my pity.”

[@the-berries-and-cream-dude]

the only reason they keep on making these movies is because people are paying to see them and the worst part is people know they’re bad and STILL pay. At this point, it’s our own fault that all we’re getting is shitty remakes.

[@meowmachine9147]

I see so many younger people(kids) and older people like 50+ say they're not that bad and continue to see them or take their kids or grandkids to see them. Not that bad? The bar is low as hell.

[@gerawallstar3487]

​@meowmachine9147 Ikr. It's like the moviegoers don't actually caring about creative and original stories. Sad how low our society is becoming with filmmakers making crap.

[@dillona1001]

I feel so validated watching this. Like you put words to my frustrations, context behind these asinine uncreative creative decisions, and a pair of villainous out of touch millionaire executive faces to divert all the blame away from the true heroes, the creatives. _It's almost as if this was a better written Disney film arc than Chapek or Iger could ever cosign..._

[@VTpieface1029]

Dreamworks should go in and make an allegorical film about corporate greed and how it destroys creativity, and base it as close to Disney’s arc as possible 😂

[@ProfessorTakatoPalm]

Kinda ironic that for so many years Disney say they didn’t wanna do sequels and even closed Disney Toon Studios (The direct to video sequels company) and here they are making sequels once again.

[@DAMOVIENERD]

In Avatars defense, James Cameron genuinely wants to continue the story. He's not doing it just for money and just for a quick buck. He cares about the world and characters and wants to have their stories unfold in unique and engaging ways.

[@prachikumar1054]

was it just me or avatar 2 just felt like the exact same plot as avatar but in water and shot better

[@olleselin]

Yeah, Walt Disney himself had a huge problem with sequels. Because he didn't think a follow-up could be as impactful as the OG

[@Guigley]

The fact that we live in an age with so many sequels, reboots, reimaginings, prequels, midquels, and remakes is completely on the audience at this point. These pointless films would not be made if audiences supported original films. Also, Pixar is an entirely separate studio. It is owned by Disney, but is not the same as Disney.

[@M33PSTER]

It’s not all on audiences. It’s also because if an original isn’t immediately a blockbuster then the company will lay off the staff. That’s what happened with Elemental (which actually cracked a market Disney was previously very unsuccessful with in East Asia). Same thing happened with DreamWorks with The Wild Robot. That is not the audiences fault, it’s the fact that companies are prioritizing money and numbers over creating art. I understand staying competitive is the only way companies survive, but Disney has more than enough money. They really shouldn’t be stifling their creatives the way that they do. And that is also not the audience’s fault.

[@Guigley]

@@M33PSTER Audiences are the ones paying hundreds of millions of dollars to see all these remakes, reboots, sequels, prequels, midquels, and reimaginings. The audience has basically said, "If it's a brand I know and like, I'll see it no matter how bad it looks," and Disney has responded accordingly. The audience is rewarding Disney's laziness, which in turn gives them free reign to stifle their creatives. They prioritize money and numbers because the audience gives it to them time and time again for churning out lifeless, mediocre, unoriginal products. Yes, it is the audience's fault.

[@jeffreyquinde6707]

This isn’t exclusive to Disney. All movie companies prioritize sequels and remakes because they make more money

[@KajiCarson]

People will look back at these remakes in decades and shake their heads in disbelief. Oh, wait, we're doing that already.

[@seanrowe6973]

1. Kids don’t care. 2. A kid goes with another kid and at least 1 adult. Great model for ticket sales. 3. Most keep making $$$$ 4. No incentive to stop

[@martsartsfarts]

Kids need better stories to see, both old and new.

[@Bartholomule01]

Not surprising it's like this. Lot of their classics weren't original stories so they were eventually going to eat themselves.

[@madhukarg8052]

Eisner - straight to DVD Iger - live action remake What's the difference

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Nothing…. only difference is Eisner was a creative, Iger is a broker.

[@fireaza]

I think the problem exists deep within Disney's DNA. The company has technically been doing "remakes" since it's very inception, with the VAST majority of its movies being adaptations of existing stories and properties.

[@tonybeayno]

We need a new Disney renaissance, it takes only making ONE great new fairy tale musical.

[@LordOffal]

It's when people get blinded by data without understanding the long term soft implications.

[@Kate-c2h]

I honestly don’t see Avatar as part of Disney. I’m stoked that James Cameron is doing more of those and don’t see this as part of Disney or their sequel problem (which is definitely a problem)

[@kropianimation1774]

5 of the last 7 Pixar movies were original movies, the last 4 DA movies before Moana 2 were original movies. You won't see that at any other major animation studio. Not Dreamworks, not Sony, not Paramount, not Illumination. You just won't. The reason Disney is making sequels now is that have barely made any for the last 5 years. And Inside Out 2 shows: You make a sequel, You make money. It's mainly audience's fault!!!

[@oilking-bo3gt]

I dont think you can compare Disney or Pixar with a Studio Like DreamWorks or Sony i mean walt Disney Animation only Released 4 sequelse before 2020 i mean you could say taht for Pixar and waht the did in 2010s but Still even tehn WE Had original movies Like coco in Side Out and brave Not all of tehm Were master pices Bit the Had some and taht IS waht i think Disney IS mosimg a healthy balance bitween ogs and sequlese i mean If the did'nt took the risk and Released in Side Out in 2015 the would'nt have the sequel taht Made 1 Billion o

[@M33PSTER]

I’m gonna copy paste a comment I made because it’s super shortsighted to place the blame on the audience. -It’s not all on audiences. It’s also because if an original isn’t immediately a blockbuster then the company will lay off the staff. That’s what happened with Elemental (which actually cracked a market Disney was previously very unsuccessful with in East Asia). Same thing happened with DreamWorks with The Wild Robot. That is not the audiences fault, it’s the fact that companies are prioritizing money and numbers over creating art. I understand staying competitive is the only way companies survive, but Disney has more than enough money. They really shouldn’t be stifling their creatives the way that they do. And that is also not the audience’s fault.

[@kropianimation1774]

@@M33PSTER It's the audience's fault that these film studios don't get the return on their investment on original movies. Animated movies are very expensive to make, especially at Pixar & Disney. The layoffs are happening to bring that cost down. Otherwise you end up in a situation like at most animated studios, that are outsourcing their animation to 3rd parties. They need to get the budgets down, because audiences don't come to see their original movies in high enough volumes. When you see what Inside Out 2 made over Elemental, than you see that making original movies at all is a consession. Pixar's next two movies are originals. If people want to ensure that they keep making them, they need to go to the cinema I'm afraid. Complaining on social media isn't gonna cut it.

[@mcurran6505]

The problem Disney is having is that it keeps relying on awful live action remakes and sequels rather than making something new, original, and fresh, like what they used to during its Renaissance years.

[@kropianimation1774]

The last 4 Disney Animation movies were original movies. 5 of the last 7 Pixar movies were originals.

[@jandm4ever716]

@@kropianimation1774*good original movies. Films like Wish or Strange World do not count

[@kropianimation1774]

@@jandm4ever716 What about Encanto, probably the most-watched original film in the last 5 years? Does that count? Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Elemental. Not to mention that classifying how original Disney is by one man's personal opinion seems weird...

[@activeobjectx]

Nearly all of the original Disney classics were remakes of existing stories. Besides being a adaption of an existing story, there were 3 snow white movies before the disney animated snow white.

[@redbearddan2000]

It's funny for me that when Shrek 5 was announced, no one complained about how that sequel was unnecessary (like they did with Frozen 3 and Toy Story 5). And when the trailer of the How To Train Your Dragon remake dropped, no one complained about how that remake was unnecessary (like they did with Disney's remakes)

[@TomWDW1]

It's a problem all over. Not just in Disney [though they are an obvious example given how big they are]. Look at Broadway. It's all 'based on the hit film!' or jukebox musicals featuring a band's catalog. There are very few original pieces being allowed to be produced.

[@GrizlyWizard]

The myth is that Disney was creative to begin with. All of their most iconic stories and movies are ripped off of books and sanitized for the whole family. Most of these books didn’t have sequels.

[@Carloszavalalol]

*Kimba The White Lion flashbacks*

[@redbearddan2000]

But at least Disney tried to create new versions of book characters or even franchises based on some unexplored property (Pirates of the Caribbean) instead of milking to death what they already brought to screens before.

[@CLDJ227]

Ummm most Hollywood movies are based off pre-existing literature lol.

[@RalphJr-xp3hp]

So true. I had said that earlier today while going on a walk. I started to compare how original Disney animated characters do not make a lot of original movies in the taking the risk department. I looked at how Warner Brothers have did it with The Looney Tunes. Whereas they made two live action and animated crossover films that revolved around the brand of Space Jam itself. They even had a secret spy movie called Looney Tunes: Back In Action. And then they have two other movies the studio took a risk with. Well, actually one took a risk while the other was shelved as a tax write off. The two movies are “The Day The Earth Blew Up” and “Coyote Vs. Acme.” Disney is so afraid of making original movies and discovering new IPs to give it the big screen treatment and it has been showing since the mid to late 2010s. Don’t get me wrong I love to revisit the Toy Story film series but at some point it has to be left alone to progress forward. But The Pixar brand has been utter and mid since John Lassiter was let go. And one of the other directors who helped direct Toy Story 4 recently went over to Paramount Pictures and directed the Transformers prequel film entitled “Transformers: One” which turned out being a damn good film. But this should be a valuable lesson for Disney to learn.

[@katelyng1019]

Exactly. I’ve been saying this for years…

[@austinclement2943]

The glory days weren't Iger they were EISNER!😂

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

indeed!

[@null6634]

Eisner did do a great turn around, but also set the stage for what it has become today. That's not necessarily his fault, but he is the genisis of it.

[@cyndiebirkner704]

There was a lot of carp from Eisner too! People get nostalgic and remember things better than they actually were.

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

@cyndiebirkner704 it wasn't just Eisner. it was Eisner, Katzenberg, Wells, and Roy O the nephew. there was a team that fell part when Wells died. Wells died, Katzenberg left, Roy's health was in decline, Eisner did the best he could to keep Disney together

[@FireMadeFleshII]

A quick remedy to the live-action remakes & sequel problem...the audience. Simply put, people have to respond with their dollars & stop seeing these movies. In many ways, the culture wars are used to drive & manipulate Disney's shortcomings. The company manufacturers some sort of controversy, the Internet does what the internet does. Rinse. Repeat.

[@erickmaverick3128]

I know this isn't mentioned in the video, but the way I see it is this: in recent years, everytime Disney themselves makes an original animated film, it isn't well received. What do they do in an attempt to bounce back? Make sequel or live action movies of the existing properties to compensate for the losses. Don't even get me started with their reliance on Star Wars and Marvel.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

I love how people forget that apart from “Encanto”, every recent Disney animated film has been terrible. Like pure and irredeemable garbage. Even Pixar has not had anything decent since “Coco”.

[@codyeasonBGR]

I literally blamed Bob Cheap for the slump and you named Bob Cheap wow! You are right about the board

[@Miqbtn]

I blame it more on Iger. Chapek wasn't great but he was just Iger's puppet.

[@Jose04537]

Moana 2 is on its way to be the biggest animated release of all time, higher than Inside Out 2, also a sequel. Disney is giving people what they actually pay for, garbage in, garbage out.

[@swirlystrawstudios5465]

Its because we didnt take the original films in the past 4 years seriously

[@jandm4ever716]

Most weren’t good tho except for Encanto.

[@matrix-5466]

7:48 Now people won’t look at me so weird when I say Michael Eisner was my favorite Disney CEO. At least all the movies during his time were original and full of heart!

[@tskmaster3837]

Here's a hot take: Disney has an audience problem. "Why don't they make some original IP?" They do, people don't watch them. "Why are there so many sequels and remakes?" Now those ones people watch but I'm not sure why if there's so many people complaining about them. "Why is all this new stuff so WOKE??! I hate it." It's all "woke", you're just older so you're more aware of it now?

[@h0minid25]

Inside Out 2 is a good sequel. Its a concept theat has natural progression.

[@marcomoncayo3877]

I agree with fewer sequels but what happens when they gamble with original projects? - Wish = failed - Strange World = failed - Elemental = barely made its money back They’re probably tired at looking at the money pile burn

[@patrickaker4380]

They were not good, that is why.

[@marcomoncayo3877]

@ definitely could add “fumbles new projects” to the reasons why they stick to sequels

[@yosefdemby8792]

Walt Disney took risks. To make Steamboat Willie he had his car sold. For Snow White and the Seven Dwarves he mortgaged his house and took out a massive loan from the Bank of America. For Disneyland he even borrowed on his life insurance.

[@valalava1]

Sish was not only bad but also extremely underwhelming considering it was the 100 year celebration, the original ideas for that movie were exciting, but the execs sucked the life out of them. The other 2 suffered from their marketing, strange world cuz it barely had any, and elemental cuz they simply made it look like a new zootopia skin

[@nonamy2012]

I loved elemental, didn’t know why people didn’t like it.

[@Stexen]

Disney, just make good movies!

[@gamestation2690]

Why is it okay when DreamWorks does sequels, but not when Disney and Pixar do them?

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Is this even question? Obviously yes. Disney is currently in a creative block where they're unable to come up or create anything that's brand new and original, they just relying heavily on their past successful films to make sequels of and while they is nothing wrong about that it's the fact that half of theirs Upcoming Films are just sequels.

[@Weeniewarrior15]

It’s a bit ironic to say they had a lot of original ideas, Snow White, Cinderella, beauty and the beast, Lion King et al are all just folklore and fairy tales redone and animated towards the 20 & 21st century. Pixar has carried Disney in the aspect of original stories. Besides that point Hollywood itself is having an issue with gambling on new IP as they would rather flop on a blockbuster film than to put out a indie like movie that is meant to be enjoyed and watched rather than marketed for toys and spin offs

[@kropianimation1774]

The creative block consists of 9 of their last 11 animated movies (since 2020) being originals? That's the creative block??? Can we please stop this bullshit narrative, that's clearly just massively inaccurate. They are just coming from a period where almost all their animated films were original movies.

[@joons3707]

they need someone who is younger and imaginative to run disney. they lost the disney magic and now its just a money grab company.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Their never ending ruining of Toy Story is just unforgivable to me.

[@thegreennoise533]

Chapek is the disgusting virus that spread the message of Disney animation being children's films. Meanwhile during Walt's reign he marketed his work as an all ages entertainment. And this even seemed rather true during the revival era. But then, once the studio went through a scandal in 2018, nothing has seemed like its been working out as an all ages entertainment, whether it's marketing, storytelling or at all appeal. From Raya to present, their movies have been very divisive, and the scandal at the studio & pandemic is the culprit here. Raya was clearly intended to be an epic, but was instead targeted and dumbed down towards little kids during the pandemic, with one of the worst morals presented in their canon so far. Encanto on the other hand has a wider appeal to its release and not just for a kids demographic. Strange World would have most likely been a good film if it hadn't been developed around the scandalous years at the studio and the clear lack of confidence in their work. Wish also suffered being developed at the same time while having the 100 anniversary with a stressful deadline. And now Moana 2 is the most (for only little kids) movie they have released since Ralph 2; and before that was Home On The Range as the most geared toward little kids, which was back in 2004. Their future looks very bleak from now on. I don't have much faith in Zootopia 2 not even in what new they are developing, cause it's clear their output now is dumbed down towards audiences with these barbie looking CGI characters. And as soon as they announce Moana 3 I will be done with their animation department. Is this really what they want to be remembered by? Short lived baby sequels and new movies they have no confidence in. Instead of all ages entertainment in their Canon. Say what you want about Strange World, cause that at least had some creativity put into it during its world building and just had the unfortunate situation of executive meddling. It could have easily been improved on if they actually had been bold

[@astraldirectrix]

At this point, I only rock with Disney for Kingdom Hearts. Otherwise, they’re a soulless self-destructive dinosaur corporation that can go to hell.

[@stepper997]

Has no one here ever heard of Direct to Video? There is an Aladdin 2, Lion King 2, Little Mermaid 2, Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World, Lady and the Tramp 2, Brother Bear 2, Cinderella 2. While live action remakes are relatively new to Disney, the idea of sequels as cash grabs is nothing new. And this is not a Disney-specific problem. Audiences also want known properties. Top 10 movies of 2024 were ALL SEQUELS. 9 out of 10 top grossing movies of 2023 were all sequels or known properties. And of those, only Oppenheimer can be considered new. 2022, same thing. This is audiences speaking very clearly about what they want to spend their money on.

[@jonathanirvine2147]

One thing that’s not often talked about is that they are doing their remakes to hold to copyrighted material that they don’t think they can hold on to with further legislation. See DC vs the family of the creatures of superman

[@MrKodiKash]

It hurts. Everything hurts and i wish it would stop. Disney needs someone with a soul.

[@Locadel2003]

A Monsters & Co sequel would be interesting

[@Mariofanaticanimations]

The animation guild should better be on strike for less sequels and also deal with the toxic fandoms

[@willemdaho3]

very ironic coming from an illumination Mario movie account

[@Mariofanaticanimations]

@ did anybody ask you

[@boyzinthewood1]

Disney started up from one man's passion of wanting to tell great stories, which is why it grew. Now it's just a business trying to strangle every cash cow possible especially with its customers. Stop subscribing and stop watching their rubbish, or carry on being a part of the problem.

[@christianhardtofind6349]

At this point the only reason I subscribe to Disney+ is to have access to the myriad of classic content out there. The new stuff holds no interest for me anymore.

[@boyzinthewood1]

@christianhardtofind6349 that's fair enough 👍

[@FitzyyLives]

Im a shareholder of disney, and the executives definitely dont have my interests in mind.

[@graefx]

Line must go up. No risk, all reward. Bubble will burst eventually when the audience theyre catering to either gets bored or dies off.

[@terrello321]

Idk what it was about seeing that line up of Disney's newest movies that just infuriated me so much

[@Housewarmin]

Bring back Michael Eisner for some fun!

[@lightingmcqueen522]

What do they mean freaky Friday 2 there’s already like 2 more

[@tylerseese2407]

The Pixar sequels are actually pretty good. Most of the direct to video Disney sequels suck

[@chasehedges6775]

Some of the DTV sequels are decent.

[@chasehedges6775]

IDK, Lion King 2 and Cinderella 3 were good.

[@joeking88]

We’re seeing this happen in multiple industries where sequels are seen as the safer bet. With the increasing budgets comes increasing risk. I think Pixar have the right thinking (even though I’d like to see more original films) as yes you’ll get a sequel to Toy Story but then you’ll get something new in the same year.

[@SourRobo8364]

Hey I will defend the live action Jungle Book. All three of them.

[@brandonr2906]

Honestly a great movie. Mostly because it wasn't a shot-for-shot retelling like Lion King or Beauty and the Beast

[@jeebs621]

Disney used to make live action “prestige” films every other year! I miss when they’d make movies like saving mr. banks

[@Gettinsketchyonbourbon]

‘Daredevil’ seems promising if it does well at continuing a televised story. Putting out more than one movie a year can be daunting.

[@Headpfones]

This is why I loved Wish, it was a great story with characters, songs and felt like Disney was being Disney again

[@brunollamas1684]

If the OG Disney could see this. He'll be like "Where's the magic in all this?"

[@redbearddan2000]

Disney's DVD sequels that were popular in 90s- early 2000s are slowly making their comeback to the big screen

[@lane1536]

Ironic how I got an ad for Moana 2 while watching this.

[@gerardoangel6]

It’s ironic how this video points out Disney for putting soulless content but this channel has been accused of doing the same

[@andramontgomery326]

Your talk of Chapek sent me into a wild ride of upvote vs downvote. You landed the plane at the end though.

[@ktventertainment9816]

Disney is so out of ideas when it comes to sequels out of their biggest hit movies and franchises!

[@vixiliannebrightsun81]

The irony of me seeing a Moana 2 trailer before this video started is astounding

[@TheYodelingViking]

I mean sequels and original movies from Disney are both equally hit or miss over the last years and the best were sequels like Inside Out 2. Live Action remakes are the real issue since they're not new stories or even expanding the verse.

[@mechajay3358]

5:29 Hit take but Chapek eas the only one at Disney that was focused on making the company "money." And that the creatives were the ones that are responsible for were Disney is at now. Also it was Iger that was undermining him throughout his tenure as CEO.

[@wizardoferror9942]

I am once again going to ask you to *SUPPORT ELIO AND HOPPERS!!!*

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Except, both look and sound terrible. Pixar has not had a great film since “Coco”.

[@wizardoferror9942]

@@ChienaAvtzon Um…Soul? Luca?

[@ChienaAvtzon]

@@wizardoferror9942 - Both forgettable mediocrity. Like I said, “Coco” was the last great Pixar film.

[@wizardoferror9942]

@@ChienaAvtzon Whatever Mr. Cinema Snob.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Chapek is far from a scapegoat. He was such a terrible CEO, the he may have permanently destroyed Disney’s reputation. Iger is uncreative and more of a broker than anything else. There were plenty of problems during his tenure. However Chapek embodied all those issues, but in an amplified form. Which is why the dam outright broke during his tenure as CEO. Since, even the original content greenlit during his tenure was irredeemable garbage.

[@checocartoons342]

Why is it that being a Sequel is Automatically Bad? Sure, I’m not horribly Excited for Moana 2, but that’s what most People are Excited For! And I certainly can’t say I’m any more excited for Elio Next Year just because it’s not an established property. Just because it’s “Original” doesn’t automatically mean it’s better. Some Years you only have ideas for Sequels & sometimes you have Big New Ideas that people gravitate too. But let’s not forget that when they put out an Original Idea, like Wish or Hoppers, it still gets Crapped on! There’s no winning with some People, so you might as well keep an Open mind & take what you can get 🙄

[@tolstukha]

The sequels and the remakes are two different things. They are made by different studios and the results are different. Pixar’s and WDAS’ sequels are (mostly) creative enough and are worthy on their own. Remakes, on the other hand are born out of creative bankruptcy and their makers need to go an extra mile to add anything new to the stories they tell, which they usually fail to do

[@dshaf7]

Using innovations in animation to retell classic stories, seems like producing remakes has always been the business model.

[@davidanieland]

Technically, of the first 20 feature length productions Disney ever produced, only 6 were original. And even some of those six were still directly inspired by cultural lore. All the other movies were based on existing material or "IP" that anchored audience awareness.

[@davehandelman2832]

Just insane. You have all the resources in the world. You have an overabundance of creatives. You can't start new stuff????

[@CaveFreediving]

They're creatively bankrupt, that's why they regurgitate the same things over and over until they stop making money off them.

[@ak_hoops]

Getting Moana 2 ad the instant you mention how all these new movies are sequels is is comedy.

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Yeah. I'm glad things like Moana and zootopia are getting sequels but not everything needs a sequel/live action remake

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

What about Moana was ripe for a sequel?

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@JonSmith-hk1bq nothing specifically. Just seems fun

[@Historybluff1986]

The best sequels are ones that are designed to be part of a larger story (ie LOTR or HP). Except t2 that’s just brilliant.

[@ccannon1]

I’m still trying to figure out why there’s a Moana 2 movie and a live action Moana movie being made at the same time

[@TheGrizzlyBox]

No way a Moana 2 ad played before the video 💀

[@samfeldstein4498]

In my lifetime I'd love to see Disney revive Reynard the Fox for the first time since the 1940s and do an original animated film centered around a polar bear that is much better than Norm of the North.

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Zootopia hasn't even been made yet and Inside Out 2 was a very decent follow-up.

[@oftenspanx]

Regardless of whatever else, it's wild that you left out chapek's statement of not tasing the price of disney plus, and in fact he desired it to be and remain one of the cheapest, most accessible streaming service. Obviously, Disney didn't much care for that.

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

the incredibles 2 shouldn’t have been that bad

[@Iamrooq]

It’s not a sequels problem, Disney just can’t stop stroking their own egos and have creatively bankrupted themselves. Also they’re too scared to take risks in genuine storytelling rather than focusing on social marketability

[@ana-wk4dg]

The data they based their theory that sequels do well is probably from the exponential success from Toy Stories 2+3. Which are anomalies bc it really does follow the same characters we know and love through different stages of a toy’s life/career/relationships. But when you give us the same story with worse visuals, big name actors (instead of talented voice actors) , and the same character disregarding the growth and change they went through in the first film… rather stay home and read a nonfiction book

[@maxordman4100]

I definitely don’t want a lot of these sequels and remakes. Moana and Zootopia are probably the only two sequels that I would like to see because at least they feel somewhat fresh but everything else I’m totally skipping especially live action Snow White! Not my thing!

[@ChienaAvtzon]

This comment did not aged well at all.

[@derpboy8904]

Why?​@@ChienaAvtzon

[@derpboy8904]

​@@ChienaAvtzonbec of the live action Moana?

[@ButterflyBlossom6415]

If they had tried even more to create original movies depending on the story, instead of sequels and Live-Action Remakes, Disney might change something, but that's what I think.

[@DamnZtar]

They tried that couple years ago, it backfired on them.

[@Jmpaul26]

Maybe the saddest Nerdstalgic video ending :(

[@alexgyongyosi5774]

Skin in the Game Principle: If there are no consequences to the decisions you make or the actions you take, you won’t receive the necessary feedback to learn from your mistakes.