I was watching The Brave Little Toaster for the first time in years, and was surprised to see John Lasseter's name show up in the opening credits. I had completely forgotten he was involved in that movie.
That made me think of all that was unjustly done to him, which forced him out of Pixar, and it occurred to me: Pixar movies, Inside Out notwithstanding, have gotten significantly worse after his ousting.
You could also say it started when Disney bought Pixar outright in the mid-2000s, which is fair, given what we know about Disney now. Hell, it probably led to Lasseter's false accusations years later.
Anyway, just some thoughts springing from ignorance of the whole situation. You guys taught me to be skeptical of any such accusations, unless the guy in question is already known to be an asshole, which I have no evidence Lasseter is.
Getting laid is a huge motivator for ambitious, creative men so when you take that option away you lose a lot of potential talent that you can't ever get back.
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True, but I doubt things would be much different without it. Things were already heading this way. Add in Trump and Saint Floyd and Hollywood was going to be fully woke regardless.
Pixar has become such a joke that people have been using AI to copy their style for fake films.
For a few seconds I was worried Disney WERE making a Metamorphosis film as it sounds like the kind of shit they would do! I think the nail in the coffin for them was Toy Story 4, at that point you knew they lost their creativity because they sacrificed a great wrapping up of a story for a sequel cash in than start something else.
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Anything Disney owns is on borrowed time at best.
Even if some guy is an asshole, it doesn't mean allegations against him are true. It just means you have less reason to care if, for example, he acted like a hypocrite and happily cancelled others himself before his own cancelling.
The actual CEO of Pixar wrote a great book about organizing and working in the offices. Disney literally tore all of that down while ousting Lasseter. The CEO had retired by then.
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The Brave Little Toaster holds up incredibly well, by the way. It's just as great today as when I first saw it when I was ten.
It started when one of Pixar's execs and head writers, back when they were their own studio, held out on a vote to sell to Disney and ended up flying off a cliff in the California hills when his car's brakes somehow failed. With the obstacle gone, Disney immediately bought them out and they've been sliding further into Hollywood's butthole ever since.
Holy shit. Got a link for this?
As Google goes, you have to piece it together because of course no outlet would allege this out loud, but it's easy enough to find the accident itself. Disney swooped in and finalized the deal in early January 2006, less than 5 months after this event.
Luca was good, but it stands out as an oddity. A gem in a sea of ashes....
Luca surprised me. No politics or globo homo garbage. I kept waiting for the two boys to be gay or something but thankfully that never materialized. I just pray there's no sequel to ruin it.
It had the usual poorly presented message of "CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?!" before magically resolving the situation. The story didn't need the sea creatures, and it was clear that all the director had for a concept was the location of a setting with nothing interesting to say.
I'm not saying it was a masterpiece by any means but it was a cute little movie that I wouldn't mind my son watching. Might as well be a masterpiece by current standards.
The whole point of the MeToo movement was to create a weapon by which to replace the top dogs in the film industry who got there by making good shit.
Started when Steve Jobs died.
The board was looking at Lasseter to be the next Leader. They wanted another Walt in charge. But the villains in the mix made sure that didn't happen.
It started before Lasseter was ousted. It definitely got worse after he left, but it was clear that Pixar was in a malaise.
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Disney settled with the name "Coco" for the new franchise; they originally wanted to copyright Día de los Muertos, and the Mexicans weren't having it.