If I took over Star Wars today, I would fire most if not all writers or anyone working for Lucasfilm and do open hiring for people who actually care about good stories. My first target would be people who endlessly discuss race/representation in interviews because they have little to no interest in stories. I wouldn't hire anyone that has pronouns or any self described activists. I would have the EU/legends continue in a separate continuity and start from scratch with canon content. Also my main rule would be "you get the fans you get" so there would be no catering to people who don't actually watch or read the product.
Because I'm in a specifically vindictive mood at the moment, I'll pick a lesser option;
Games Workshop.
First thing; I get rid of that fucking paid streaming service and release all those Warhammer animations for free on the official youtube, with a personal apology to the guy who did Astartes and TTS, with an open letter encouraging any and all newcomers to do whatever the fuck they want with fan animations into perpetuity.
Second; I track down whomever is incharge of the various tabletop minatures and punch him in the throat. I then viciously encourage him to start looking into cheaper 3d printing methods to cut down on costs to encourage others to get into the tabletop miniatures.
Third, I order our publishing company to cut atleast 5 dollars off the cost of our novels. I shouldn't be paying somewhere close to twenty bucks for a fucking paperback novel, for fucks sake.
Fourth, I release a public statement saying that there will never be female space marines, and people demanding such will never be part of our core market. Get fucked, cope, seeth, dialate.
Fifth, release some new Sisters of Battle stuff.
Sixth, fire anyone whom encourages us to voice public opinions on anything remotely political.
After that... I don't know. Watch the fallout and drink whiskey, I suppose.
I honestly do not know. I hate what the left did to animation and IPs but it did wake a lot of people up.
I've seen it with strange world, as soon as parents found out it was about a gay guy no one wanted to go watch it except for one mother that is an insane single mother, wine drinking depressed leftist.
Same with Star Wars and even marvel. People have been so put off by modern Marvel movies. To hear people being upset about woke stuff is something I've never thought I would hear from my center left group of friends.
If it was something I would take over CNN, it still has a lot of influence over seas and it can lead to significant change.
The problem is even if I'm CEO, I'm stuck with the same staff, I just have full IP control. I mean, I could outsource it all to more based studios but that only buys time as all these companies need MASSIVE restructuring.
Does amazon count as then I can use my billions to make a Bond villian lair and then just refuse to fund any diversity hire crap on Prime.
Fire 100% of "decision-making and management staff." Give the technical production staff a chance to prove they're worth keeping. Incorporate HEAVY budget-regulating rules.
Disney. They have amazing IP and squander it. The best comic book theme park with marvel characters is at Universal. I don't know what's happening internally, but I would put a hard boot to it. If anything, I would rent out anything we had IP for, except the actual Disney made stuff, and see what else can be made.
Take over Disney. Immediately call up all the senators i own, get them to abolish Intellectual Property laws, keeping only Trademark. As a move to allay investor concerns, lay off most of the creative staff, all of HR, and every employee with an unnecessary bachelor's. Hire George Lucas to take over Lucasfilm, give him a support staff of people he respects who can follow his vision but rein him in from going full Prequels. Make a deal with Brandon Sanderson that would create the Mistborn series, with his direct oversight over story and casting. Turn the company into one which makes money by going directly to the creators of interesting stories, and turning those stories into visual media faithfully.
Take-Two Interactive. Apologize for their past hostile stance to modders and promise to start supporting the modding community. Open up all their previous games and game engines for easier mod support. I'd use company resources to start a new mod site to compete with NexusGames.
If I took over Star Wars today, I would fire most if not all writers or anyone working for Lucasfilm and do open hiring for people who actually care about good stories. My first target would be people who endlessly discuss race/representation in interviews because they have little to no interest in stories. I wouldn't hire anyone that has pronouns or any self described activists. I would have the EU/legends continue in a separate continuity and start from scratch with canon content. Also my main rule would be "you get the fans you get" so there would be no catering to people who don't actually watch or read the product.
Because I'm in a specifically vindictive mood at the moment, I'll pick a lesser option;
Games Workshop.
First thing; I get rid of that fucking paid streaming service and release all those Warhammer animations for free on the official youtube, with a personal apology to the guy who did Astartes and TTS, with an open letter encouraging any and all newcomers to do whatever the fuck they want with fan animations into perpetuity.
Second; I track down whomever is incharge of the various tabletop minatures and punch him in the throat. I then viciously encourage him to start looking into cheaper 3d printing methods to cut down on costs to encourage others to get into the tabletop miniatures.
Third, I order our publishing company to cut atleast 5 dollars off the cost of our novels. I shouldn't be paying somewhere close to twenty bucks for a fucking paperback novel, for fucks sake.
Fourth, I release a public statement saying that there will never be female space marines, and people demanding such will never be part of our core market. Get fucked, cope, seeth, dialate.
Fifth, release some new Sisters of Battle stuff.
Sixth, fire anyone whom encourages us to voice public opinions on anything remotely political.
After that... I don't know. Watch the fallout and drink whiskey, I suppose.
I applaud this.
You could do all this without Games Workshop as well. RCP to SCP for example.
I honestly do not know. I hate what the left did to animation and IPs but it did wake a lot of people up. I've seen it with strange world, as soon as parents found out it was about a gay guy no one wanted to go watch it except for one mother that is an insane single mother, wine drinking depressed leftist. Same with Star Wars and even marvel. People have been so put off by modern Marvel movies. To hear people being upset about woke stuff is something I've never thought I would hear from my center left group of friends.
If it was something I would take over CNN, it still has a lot of influence over seas and it can lead to significant change.
ExconMobil. We will continue to pump the black goo out of the ground and sell it to you while I collect my paycheck.
Haha, I’m pretty sure that’s not what you meant by etc.
The problem is even if I'm CEO, I'm stuck with the same staff, I just have full IP control. I mean, I could outsource it all to more based studios but that only buys time as all these companies need MASSIVE restructuring.
Does amazon count as then I can use my billions to make a Bond villian lair and then just refuse to fund any diversity hire crap on Prime.
CEO doesn't mean owner. It's just the highest manager.
Fire 100% of "decision-making and management staff." Give the technical production staff a chance to prove they're worth keeping. Incorporate HEAVY budget-regulating rules.
And then proceed to make money on consumer faith.
Blizzard so I can 'Un-Woke' their games
I'd rather have capital to start something new. I don't want to be a warden for zombie IP's in a company infected by marxists.
Disney. They have amazing IP and squander it. The best comic book theme park with marvel characters is at Universal. I don't know what's happening internally, but I would put a hard boot to it. If anything, I would rent out anything we had IP for, except the actual Disney made stuff, and see what else can be made.
Take over Disney. Immediately call up all the senators i own, get them to abolish Intellectual Property laws, keeping only Trademark. As a move to allay investor concerns, lay off most of the creative staff, all of HR, and every employee with an unnecessary bachelor's. Hire George Lucas to take over Lucasfilm, give him a support staff of people he respects who can follow his vision but rein him in from going full Prequels. Make a deal with Brandon Sanderson that would create the Mistborn series, with his direct oversight over story and casting. Turn the company into one which makes money by going directly to the creators of interesting stories, and turning those stories into visual media faithfully.
Take-Two Interactive. Apologize for their past hostile stance to modders and promise to start supporting the modding community. Open up all their previous games and game engines for easier mod support. I'd use company resources to start a new mod site to compete with NexusGames.