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Post by pitbulllady on Jan 6, 2006 7:13:11 GMT -5
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Post by lizardgirl on Jan 6, 2006 11:33:48 GMT -5
This is quite strange, because just a couple of months ago Pixar were talking about partnering up with a whole new company entirely, and now they're talking about completely merging with Disney...? I don't like the idea, really- I'm sure there are a lot of pros to it, but I've come to really dislike Disney now, so to see Pixar merge with them would be a little disappointing.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jan 6, 2006 15:01:34 GMT -5
Cool? Didn't you see?
In that case, Jobs, also CEO of Apple Computer, would become a major Disney shareholder and possibly the company's chairman
Alright...here's the deal....
Jobs SEEMS to not want an M.I. sequel....but Disney DOES...profit for or not....
But Pixar is better on Disney for animation....
It's confusing...
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Post by pitbulllady on Jan 6, 2006 16:13:24 GMT -5
Yeah, it IS confusing, and it almost seems that us Randall fans who want a sequel are in a no-win situation, either way. If Disney makes the sequel without Pixar, it will most likely be garbage, while if Pixar calls the shots, there won't BE a sequel, period.
On a positive note, though, Steve Jobs has done a fine job of taking care of the financial and business end of his company, while staying out of the creative/artistic end, and leaving that up to people like John Lasseter. That's where Eisner really messed up, by trying to control the creative aspect of Disney animation, and putting more business-oriented people in charge of making movies, while cutting back of creative people. Bob Iger seems to be leaning towards letting business people handle business, and creative people handle movie-making. "Chicken Little" did quite respectably at the box office, and "Narnia" is simply blowing everything else away, so it goes to show what a difference in leadership can make in how movies turn out, or at least how they are marketed. Even though Jobs himself doesn't like the idea of sequels, I don't necessarily think he'd stand in the way if his own creative team wanted to make them.
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jan 6, 2006 16:23:55 GMT -5
All they need is some encouragement....
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Post by fairlyoddnewyorker on Jan 6, 2006 20:34:02 GMT -5
I found out Bob Iger was impressed by "Cars" and they're thinking about making another deal. Nothing settled yet though.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jan 6, 2006 20:38:27 GMT -5
And just how did you find THAT out?
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Post by fairlyoddnewyorker on Jan 6, 2006 20:56:22 GMT -5
I found an article in the business section of the New York Post. ;D
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jan 6, 2006 20:57:42 GMT -5
Ah.
So this is a good thing I hope.
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Post by lizardgirl on Jan 7, 2006 10:08:35 GMT -5
Thing is, each company wants the deal that ends up best for them, and this usually means that the other company needs to make sacrifices. It's so hard to say at this moment in time exactly what's going to happen.
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