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.
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.