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Bloomberg: Disney Is No Longer Building an Empire, But Selling Its Asset In a "Yard Sale;" Bob Iger in Damage Control Mode as Employees Freak Out About Fire Sale
Bob Iger Shifts From Building an Empire to a Disney Yard Sale Netflix just had its best month in years and Disney is looking to sell its TV assets. What does that mean for the future of Hollywood? Bob Iger built Disney into the world's most powerful entertainment company by acquiring Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. Now he's looking to downsize. Iger put roughly a third of the company up for sale this week, declaring Disney's linear TV assets noncore. That includes TV networks ABC, FX and Freeform. He also said Disney is looking for a strategic partner for ESPN -- though he's not willing to sell the whole thing -- and the company is already looking to sell or restructure its TV and streaming business in India. It's a stunning if inevitable turn of events for an executive who spent so much of his career working in TV, and for a company that relied on cable networks for the majority of its profit. Before the pandemic, Disney's media networks generated 35%, or $24.8 billion, of company revenue and more than 50%, or $7.5 billion, of its operating income. Yet the accelerating decline of cable TV has limited Iger's options. He thought he'd solved this problem with Disney+ and Hulu, his two mass-market streaming services. But his streaming business is expected to register a loss of about $800 million in the company's just-ended third quarter. ... Rumors have long swirled that Iger will end up selling all of Disney to Apple. It's still hard to imagine Iger selling Disney to anyone. He was always a builder -- not a seller. But Bob the builder is doing a lot more cutting this time around.The Wall Street Journal reports that Bob Iger reports that he's "stressed" at the task of saving Disney from his own catastrophic choices. But actually he blames everything on Bob Chapek, who barely did anything in the two years he was nominally CEO, with the former CEO Iger sitting on the board overseeing his decisions. (And demanding that Chapek reverse his first instinct of staying out of the Gay Culture War fight with Ron DeSantis.)
A YouTuber said that the official wait times reported by Disney's own app over the Fourth of July weekend were only five minutes for many of the parks' rides -- and "five minutes" includes the time to just walk to the ride and get seated on it. In other words, many rides had no wait times whatsoever. And that's unheard-of in Disney parks. Iger's doing alright for himself, though:
Iger has described himself to associates at recent private gatherings as stressed from cleaning up a mess that is more extensive than he realized. At the office, he joked in one meeting that it was the wrong time to come back, according to people familiar with the matter. Since returning, Iger, 72 years old, has strained to put out fire after fire, from accumulating losses in the streaming segment to a steep decline in Disney's traditional television business. He has clashed with the company's CFO and an activist shareholder. The company is in the midst of painful layoffs and budget cuts. Crowds at Disney's Florida theme parks thinned during summer holidays. Its Pixar animation studio continued a yearslong box office slump.
... Since returning to the CEO's office in Burbank, Iger has shown visitors a model of one of his yachts and enthused about the new superyacht he is building. The boat is expected to be 30 feet longer than Iger's first superyacht, the 180-foot Aquarius, and built by the same Dutch custom shipbuilder Royal Huisman. Superyachts of that size and level of luxury can cost tens of millions of dollars, according to yachting experts and published sales listings.You know who's really stressed about Bob Iger selling off parts of Disney so he can conceal the destruction of value in the units he purchased -- Marvel, LucasFilm, and Pixar? The employees who will be terminated in a sale.
Disney's Bob Iger was forced to do "damage control" after spilling plans to possibly sell all or part of money-bleeding channels ABC and ESPN, The Post has learned. Iger, who last week got a two-year extension to run the company after retaking the reins last year, huddled with senior leaders of Disney's TV properties on Tuesday, according to a source with knowledge. "Iger met with senior leaders of the television group and reaffirmed his commitment to the value of the business and also ABC News," the source said, adding that he was doing some "damage control" and "reverting back to the previous talking points." The meeting came days after the Disney boss made some uncharacteristically candid remarks to CNBC's David Faber, in which he said Disney's traditional TV business "may not be core" to the entertainment giant. Among his comments was that Iger would be open to finding a strategic partner for ESPN.Here's a strategic partner for ESPN: My dick.
Because it's the leftwing, Marxist-and-yet-incredibly-self-centered-and-greedy "news" media that will make the most noise, Iger reassured ABC "News" that they're super-important.
Rumors have also swirled that he may spin off ABC. ... The source said Iger's "undisiplined, off-message" remarks last Thursday sent "shock waves" through Disney, which along with ABC and ESPN also owns FX and National Geographic. The head honcho told CNBC last Thursday that he did not anticipate the degree to which legacy television networks would be struggling, and that he would be open to selling or spinning off Disney's cable networks.
"I'm ridiculously passionate about news," Iger said, according to the person familiar with his comments. "It's important to this company," he added, citing the importance of ABC News to Disney. "We need to figure out how it makes the transition into streaming. And I happen to believe we will endure. It's too good, it's too important, and it's really fun." ... "It's great to say he loves the jewel. It's great to say that the jewel is important. It's great to say that the jewel is fun," the insider said. "But he has revealed the truth: He wants to get the highest price he can for the jewel because he can't afford it anymore." ... "Everybody has known for some time that the linear TV networks [I think this means non-streaming TV networks] were declining," the source said. "I think he gave voice to something. He has to transform the business and get rid of parts that are not performing or that are dragging them down."I'm loving hearing that all broadcast networks are "struggling" and "declining."
Update! WDW_Pro notes that an analyst estimates that LucasFilm has lost 75% of its purchase value under Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Iger.
Oh wait -- he's just quoting me for that 75% figure. That was just an guesstimate. But I imagine that's close to accurate. And this is a bit of circular reporting, to be honest. I got the idea that Iger could not sell the units he drove into the ground because it would demonstrate that they had declined so much in value, and this in turn would reduce Disney's value as a whole, from WDW_Pro. The 25-50% valuation is just a guess. What could LucasFilm be worth now? Its assets are 1, its IPs, and 2, its employees and the contracts with them. But its IPs are now very damaged, falling from A-tier to B-tier at best for Star Wars. The Mandalorian fell apart season 3, Boba Fett was a joke, Obi-Wan was a joke. Andor was apparently okay but I hear it was also pretty boring and besides, almost no one watched it. And what is Indiana Jones worth now? It's no longer an A-tier franchise. The time to recast and set a movie in the 30s again was when people still liked the franchise. Disney can try that at some point in the future, but who will still care? I was the world's biggest Indiana Jones fanboy. I still love the trilogy. But I can't get excited for a new, schlocky Disney exploitation of the franchise. I don't know that I'd bother to see it when it becomes free for me on Amazon. What would someone pay for these IPs, which costs a huge amount of money to make content for, but which don't 't deliver proportional returns? Disney hasn't made a Star Wars movie since 2019. You don't let an IP lay fallow for years if it's still a money-maker. If Disney doesn't have confidence in the Star Wars IP generating income in movies, that's a sign that it's an IP in crisis. They know the value of their own IP, and they're signalling that value is not high. Kathleen Kennedy keeps talking up the Hypothethical Star Wars films "in development," but development is a relatively cheap thing. Pay some scribblers to write scripts, maybe pay a few artists to come up with some designs. The real costs come when you go into production -- and Disney, wisely, is avoiding putting an actual movie into production. But they'll pay people $100,000 to write a script. That's folding money for Hollywood. How much of Star Wars licensing value is left? And how much money is there in licensing out the IP for comic books and cheap genre novels? No one has ever thought those as huge revenue-streams. As for the value of its employees -- they're trash. They're an impediment to value. You'd have to fire them all before you could even contemplate a turnaround, but you can't fire them because they're Wokies who would start leaking to the press about how LucasFilm is now Racist and Hates Women and is Literally Erasing Trans People. So they damage your brand if you keep them, and they damage your brand if you fire them.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:17 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 20, 2023 02:18 PM (u73oe)
But since THAT company died years ago, I can rejoice at it's zombie-shell finally getting destroyed.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:18 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hulu at July 20, 2023 02:18 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: MJR at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (5ewfc)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: bed head at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (LvTSG)
But since THAT company died years ago, I can rejoice at it's zombie-shell finally getting destroyed.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:18 PM (N1DT3)
Black Hole, Black Cauldron and the Sword in the Stone era might have had problems, but they were all decent enough movies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (iayUP)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (zZu0s)
And nobody said "You know what would make this movie better? Lots of gay kissing, that's what."
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (eOEVl)
But actually he blames everything on Bob Chapek, who barely did anything in the two years he was nominally CEO, with the former CEO Iger sitting on the board overseeing his decisions. (And demanding that Chapek reverse his first instinct of staying out of the Gay Culture War fight with Ron DeSantis.)
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I need to remind everyone that Disney+ was Iger's idea and was supposed to lead Disney into the future of streaming and all home video domination.
Disney+ has turned into a money pit with no serious ROI to speak of leading to massive cuts this year that Iger himself had to sign off on.
The movie failures are bad, but they are a sideshow to the financial dumpster fire that is Disney+.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (BhqnE)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (bA3Ln)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (Q4IgG)
'Because everything must go.'
-that kid from a bad Die Hard movie that does not exist
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (eSg7d)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (zZu0s)
I love old Disney. I have small children. I should be THE target audience for Disney minus.
But, since I know these people hate me and want to pervert my children, I'll NEVER use that filthy streaming service.
Good job, Eye-ger! Brilliant moves!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (e4fEA)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (cMXNt)
Gotta go with Goofy. His mannerisms were always a little sus (as the kids say).
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: mps at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (3PM4g)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (BhqnE)
Goofy .. No one knows what Goofy is anyway
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (LPQra)
And nobody said "You know what would make this movie better? Lots of gay kissing, that's what."
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (eOEVl)
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But they were all copies of copies of stuff, representing corporate thinking at some of its lowest forms, while leading Disney to nearly declare bankruptcy in the 80s.
So while they may not be terrible of political, they were still bad decisions that ended up poorly for the company.
Disney has been a failing company that gets momentary reprieves of a few years for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (LvTSG)
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Laughed out loud at that one.
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (eSg7d)
It's that Neocon clown show cruelty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ace at 02:17 PM
I don't care if the networks are struggling...*hic*
Posted by: Joe Namath at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (FVJNG)
I'm very disappointed that Poo Tin has not confiscated, or better yet sunk, any of our oligarchs' yachts.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (llON8)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (PCK5/)
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America was more America before Disney was a symbol for America.
Disney can die. I'm fine with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: mps at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (3PM4g)
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Someone slipped him a Mickey... he's getting Goofy!
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (eSg7d)
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (Jk9SN)
Black Hole, Black Cauldron and the Sword in the Stone era might have had problems, but they were all decent enough movies.
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They were awful.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (bA3Ln)
Watched the teaser for.that.
Gawd!
I'd rather chew.aluminium foil.with a mouth full of fillings.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (e4fEA)
Posted by: Ladies of the View at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (bzPN7)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (bA3Ln)
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Barbie's a WB joint.
And yes, it's going to make a lot of money because America is yearning for original filmmaking untied to popular IP and studios are just conspiring to keep that from them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (aD39U)
America was more America before Disney was a symbol for America.
Disney can die. I'm fine with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (LvTSG)
Well that is good, because it is…. they have some wonderful plans for our viewing pleasure in the not too distant future, TJM..
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2023 02:24 PM (gmo/4)
The employees who will be terminated in a sale.
one presumes they're touching up their resumes and learning to code.
Posted by: peasant scum anachronda at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (LPQra)
Glenn Beck was blocked from buying Algore's cable channel way back when, I wonder if he could buy a network some day? That would be funny.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (xhaym)
It was worth it to get Kathy K out of my hair. Let The Rat deal with that biyotch.
Posted by: George Lucas at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (n+4am)
Correct. Programs on linear broadcasts just happen when they happen, as opposed to on-demand or streaming programs.
Y'know, the way it used to be, before VCRs, DVRs, and all that new, fancy shit.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (DmtxH)
Oh, now you're talking MY language. If the ESPN thing falls through, I have an opening your investment can fill...
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (JCZqz)
Caveat: Do I believe that Disney is so desperate it has sell off its assets on the cheap? No. I don't believe that. But it's fun to pretend its true. Ya know, kinda like mental masturbation.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (iFTx/)
Enough with the giant mega-conglomerations.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (WhX4C)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (aD39U)
Go woke, go broke.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (CgVac)
They took down all the episodes featuring black face.
That's the line. That show has shit on everyone and everything under the sun, but blacks and hispanics can't be messed with.
And I haven't heard a peep from those brave creators of said show.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (lCaJd)
Enough with the giant mega-conglomerations.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (ou9hh)
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Mega corporations always end up falling apart because they get too top heavy and run by bureaucrats, losing their ability to effectively do much of anything, especially their core competencies while purposefully ignoring innovation.
I remember when IBM was going to rule the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
I never saw Black Hole. I saw Black Cauldron once later in life. I watched Sword in the Stone a lot as a kid. I love that movie very much.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (0N1h0)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (JqMqI)
Cancel anything flogging THE MESSAGE that they're not contractually obligated to finish and distribute.
While that's going on, raid the vault - both the Disney vault and especially the Fox vault. Anything that's decent but unreleased (there's a bunch of that from the Fox acquisition), release it. Send movies to theaters and experiment with the post-theatrical windows to dial in a profit-maximizing schedule. Dump any TV programs onto D+. For stuff that *has* been previously released, remaster the most popular things (like the original Princess movies, Roger Rabbit, etc.) and re-release them to theaters to gain a few bucks and build some goodwill.
Take some of the cost savings to offset an impairment at the parks to get people back through the gates. It will still be profitable.
Keep selling assets to raise money to buy out Comcast.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (oiNtH)
The employees who will be terminated in a sale.
Learn to code bitchez!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (CgVac)
They took down all the episodes featuring black face.
That's the line. That show has shit on everyone and everything under the sun, but blacks and hispanics can't be messed with.
And I haven't heard a peep from those brave creators of said show.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (KbCG3)
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All the Lethal Weapon episodes?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (ou9hh)
Kids, there was a time where commercial breaks were few and far between.
Then they bid an insane amount for broadcast rights.
And then every break in the on-feild action was a commercial break. That is, there used to almost never be a break after a kickoff. But not anymore. And now there's commercials for every break in the action. Even in-screen commercials between plays.
And that's not just killed the flow but the announcers-- they're duds, boring, because they no longer have to have the wit and intelligence to fill between the action. Madden never would have been in the booth today.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (buptu)
Posted by: InZona at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (insHU)
Struggling, like Joe Biden trying to find his way off stage.
Posted by: Disney Imitates Joe Biden, who will also soon spin off non core relatives at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (sh1GZ)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2023 02:25 PM (ou9hh)
That is not THE main problem in America today, but it is ONE of the main problems.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (N1DT3)
It's German. No one who speaks German could be bad.
Posted by: InZona at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (insHU)
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I understood this reference.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (eSg7d)
Mickey: "I didn't say Minnie was crazy, I said she was fucking Goofy!"
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (WhX4C)
All the Lethal Weapon episodes?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
Bingo.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (xTRSc)
Dumbass godless commie leftist perverts just refuse to learn.
It is amazing these Top. Freaks. are still in positions of power.
Let all of the Mouse burn.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (NaH5I)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
I remember when DEC was rich enough to have bought IBM outright.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (H8Ewh)
Black Hole, Black Cauldron and the Sword in the Stone era might have had problems, but they were all decent enough movies.
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They were awful.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (lCaJd)
The only kinda cool part of The Black Hole is when the evil Doctor was floating in space and he merges with Maximilian the Evil Red Robot to rule Hell.
Of course, it's also painfully homoerotic.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (n+4am)
If she is not the very definition of dragging asset, what is?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (sYErV)
I remember when IBM was going to rule the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
Long periods of mergers and then long periods of break-ups.
Alibaba is going to spin-off and restructure to be several smaller firms, so maybe the break-up cycle is finally here.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (eYoxG)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (FQmDC)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (D8Izn)
WDW Pro on Utoob
https://tinyurl.com/yc68pjmh
Breitbart
https://tinyurl.com/yrxjuk3x
He may amount to something yet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (guGkK)
If she is not the very definition of dragging asset, what is?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (sYErV)
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According to Doomcock (so...who the fuck knows if this is true), she's been placed on permanent leave and the "five horsemen" are now in charge of Lucasfilm. I dunno.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (LvTSG)
it's going to make a lot of money because America is yearning for original filmmaking untied to popular IP
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Barbie is highly popular IP. This is typical Hollywood unoriginality ala The Transformers, GI Joe, Legos, etc. Some of those franchises have been successful, obviously. If this Barbie succeeds, I'm expect there will be more.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Regular joe. Not just mad, Samuel L Jackson mad at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (nnp+f)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (KbCG3)
That was an FX joint, which is now owned by Disney, right? Very on-brand for Disney.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (WhX4C)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (PCK5/)
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Any company Headquartered in NY is on a death watch list. Its only a matter of time.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (bA3Ln)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (0N1h0)
Black Hole was competing against Star Wars, and was more like Forbidden Planet than anything else. Actually, plotwise, it was similar to The Event Horizon, but with a much nicer treatment.
However it was directed like The Computer Wore Tennis shoes or That Darned Cat.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (xhaym)
I'd love to see that and I'm not a big fan.
Posted by: logprof at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (Ofu2c)
-that kid from a bad Die Hard movie that does not exist
I like it. It's 2 and 5 that don't exist.
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (KRtlO)
that one was fantastic! they better not take it down
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (AcWfM)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (PCK5/)
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They distributed three Narnia movies. Walden Media made them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (LvTSG)
Includes a discussion of a John Nolte article on Breitbart that quotes Ace. They amusingly gloss over a "Groomer Bob" reference by saying they don't wanna be too spicy even if many folks will secretly agree with the characterization.
https://youtu.be/P8N811XwuTU
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Regular joe. Not just mad, Samuel L Jackson mad at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (nnp+f)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (AcWfM)
-that kid from a bad Die Hard movie that does not exist
I like it. It's 2 and 5 that don't exist.
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (KRtlO)
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4 is the best Die Hard movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (LvTSG)
All the Lethal Weapon episodes?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
Bingo.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:28 PM (KbCG3)
https://tinyurl.com/2p84y3p7
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (KbCG3)
They took down all the episodes featuring black face.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
But if they had any episodes of men pretending to be women, that would be A-Okay. The trans movement is the new blackface and thoroughly approved and encouraged.
Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (oiNtH)
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Well, I mean, I like the show and they are funny.
But they're solid libs.
And 1000% in on trannie rights; even if they've made some jokes on it
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (buptu)
Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (gmo/4)
Bring back Space Mountin'.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Ace at 02:17 PM
A dying industry / business model. And they are pissing on many of the remaining consumers. The market speaks.
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (2pH9T)
Struggling, like Joe Biden trying to find his way off stage.
Posted by: Disney Imitates Joe Biden, who will also soon spin off non core relatives at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM
Good night! Uhm, this, this....also me, maybe....understand. Future better. Re, re....recovery!
Posted by: Senator John Fetterman at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (KbCG3)
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All the Lethal Weapon episodes?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
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Good thing I have them all on DVD, then...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (17s+e)
Of course, it's also painfully homoerotic.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (n+4am)
You just unlocked some kind of horrific core memory in me, thanks for that.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (WhX4C)
Posted by: In my best Seinfeld voice at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (NBVIP)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (AcWfM)
Bring back Space Mountin'.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM
Release the original, unedited Star Wars Trilogy and Song of the South on DVD. Should get lots of interested collectors buying!
Posted by: Senator John Fetterman at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (guGkK)
The Iger Sanction
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (gmo/4)
The Pirates movies were money makers…
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (PCK5/)
Beat me to the link here, but I did mention it last thread! And smart investors sold their Ace stock two weeks ago and went on Lamont.
*taps his nose*
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:26 PM (KbCG3)
That was an FX joint, which is now owned by Disney, right? Very on-brand for Disney.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (WhX4C)
FX show being censored by Hulu.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (5e0cQ)
I'm informed they're coming out with a new season very soon. Eldest daughter is a yuge fan and we plan to watch together.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
I'm moving to a new house in PA and the cost of getting cable installed and into all of the rooms that would need it is astronomical and I won't be doing it.
I'll be getting a high speed hookup and basically add hocing what I need.
The destruction of Disney does affect me as we are in the process of planning a mega facility for them at their new headquarters in NYC and there are rumors swirling that they may be "value engineering" the build.
Time will tell.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (rc3Z7)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Sears & Roebuck at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (NBVIP)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (k1Qly)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (guGkK)
*taps his nose*
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (k1Qly)
My entire portfolio is in dildoes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (b+YaX)
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (KRtlO)
And of course, this is the last thing Iger & Co want to address -- the fact that owning the multiple delivery streams is not the problem; the retarded propagandistic shit streaming OVER those platforms is the problem.
And if he can't see that, fresh off the Indiana Jones vs Child Smuggling movie debacle, he really is as stupid as they come, and the enterprise deserves to fold.
Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Why did Goofy wear clothes and talk, but Pluto didn't?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (CgVac)
Of course, it's also painfully homoerotic.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (n+4am)
I remember getting freaked out when they pulled the mask off of one of the androids and it was one of the dead crew members of the Cygnus.
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (OgrpQ)
"... the Park is Closed. Mouse out front shoulda toldja!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (e6UQI)
What possible reason could there be for Disney to be in NYC? It's enormously expensive. Walt wouldn't have made that mistake.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 20, 2023 02:34 PM (k1Qly)
My puts on Chuy haven't moved.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (aD39U)
"But no, the idiots have to live action everything or create derivative garbage, and destroy the good memories people have of Disney fare." His quote.
Posted by: Moki at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (JrN/x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:23 PM (lCaJd)
Black Hole was peak boy-cool. That ship. I loved it. Gothic beauty that she was. I kept asking for construx sets for christmas and my birthday until I could construct a three foot model of that ship. I'd pour over the movie on VHS to be able to get everything just right (or as close as you could do with construx.)
Sword in the Stone I liked a lot. The scene with the squirrel was heartbreaking as a young lad. The scene where Wart pulls the sword is wonderful and also boy cool. 'This boy is our king...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (CgVac)
Racism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (PCK5/)
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They distributed three Narnia movies. Walden Media made them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (LvTSG)
Yeah, but got progressively further from the plot with each one.
If you haven't read them, the last book is the most important for children living in this age.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Not to mention that they have been working on it for 8 f'ing years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (jzzG8)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks was good, too.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (xTRSc)
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Here's that Breitbart John Nolte article. Was great to see Ace get quoted!
https://tinyurl.com/2rw647br
Posted by: bearski at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM (eOEVl)
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Because the media is addicted to living in NYC because it's the best city in the world you dumb rubes in flyover country?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
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It's only losing a cruise ship per quarter!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
Not as good as Bob's Burgers but enjoy it.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (5e0cQ)
I can imagine Bob Chapek and Michael Ovitz having drinks at the Beverly Hilton right now, and having a big laugh over this.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (/iWhV)
San Diego Union-Tribune buyouts: New owners ‘vulture fund' or ‘transforming media'?
https://tinyurl.com/5y6asrmu
Alden and its subsidiary MediaNews Group have cut a swath across the print landscape, with critics saying its operators gut news operations in a matter of days after purchase. Buyouts are typically offered first, followed by layoffs, cutting already withered newsrooms. With the departures of senior staffers, newsrooms lose institutional knowledge of the communities they cover, contacts acquired over decades of reporting and their brushes with corruption that have led them to know when and where to look to uncover governmental and institutional malfeasance.
Among Alden's targets in California: The Orange County Register, the Riverside Press-Enterprise, the Long Beach Press-Telegram and San Bernardino Sun. Sixteen papers in Northern California were snatched up by the Alden, Vanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo reported, and where once stood 1,000 journalists between their readers and scores of city halls, now there were 150.
Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (MFZ8i)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (5e0cQ)
I'm informed they're coming out with a new season very soon. Eldest daughter is a yuge fan and we plan to watch together.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
According to IMBD it will only be on Hulu.
Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: The Computer wore Tennis Shoes at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (Yl8dY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Not to mention that they have been working on it for 8 f'ing years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (jzzG
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When a third of your subscribers are doing it for less than $1 per month in India, it makes releasing $200 million a few times a month onto the service and no where else feel like the work of a madman who is out to burn a giant pile of money to send a message.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (LvTSG)
>>What possible reason could there be for Disney to be in NYC? It's enormously expensive. Walt wouldn't have made that mistake.
They got a sweetheart deal from NYC and a 99 year lease, so that was their calculation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (rc3Z7)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (PCK5/)
The Annandale/CPB project.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (5pd9T)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (AcWfM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:32 PM (guGkK)
He's not particularly good at reading the room, is he?
Posted by: Moki at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (JrN/x)
It.moved.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:17 PM (N1DT3)
Once again, the appropriate theme song for Disney these days is "Burn the Flames" by Roky Erickson:
https://youtu.be/y-TT3tnFcRQ
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (nRMeC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
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It's only losing a cruise ship per quarter!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:36 PM (t0OGg)
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They're just going for growth! It'll be okay in a few years when they jack up the prices!
Also, I should tangentially note that the death of Netflix due to their crackdown of password sharing was always oversold. They've received no real backlash and have seen massive increases in subscriber numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:35 PM
Calling Chuy ... calling Chuy ... Chuy, come in ...
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2023 02:29 PM (H8Ewh)
And Brian Roberts will channel his inner Paulie Cicero..."Business is bad? Fuck you, pay me..."
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (NgqoH)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (hG6Vm)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (PCK5/)
The Annandale/CPB project.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:38 PM (9UlRk)
I do not know what that is.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (PCK5/)
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In live-action movies, the rest of the studios.
In animation, probably Skydance but Dreamworks will pull up some of the slack, too.
In TV, the other networks or whoever buys ABC.
In sports, nobody - they're going to keep ESPN and ABC sports to milk it for as long as possible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (hG6Vm)
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Listen, this is just Disney reflecting larger market trends. Also, Biden has saved the economy, baby!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: bearski at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (Bhsk7)
https://tinyurl.com/2zseswuu
Summation:
Some parents have done the truly awful thing of irrevocably harming core elements of their child's body, purpose, function, etc.
Those parents have done this with the promise that their child will be happier and accepted with these changes.
They have ENORMOUS emotional and psychological motivation to deliver on those promises, or to bend reality around them to attempt to deliver.
These people have friend groups and work groups that will, out of politeness or desire to avoid confrontation, adjust their words and actions to protect the person's feelings. This has a ripple effect that will change the character and focus of every group that has one of these people in it.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (0N1h0)
I do not know what that is.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (PCK5/)
They make all the boring shit on PBS or something. Maybe i got the name wrong. I dunno. Those assholes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (9UlRk)
They got a sweetheart deal from NYC and a 99 year lease, so that was their calculation.
Then if I were Disney, I might ask myself "why is NYC giving me a sweetheart deal and a 99 year lease?".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (eOEVl)
For the chilrens.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (8GBH4)
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There's no such thing! - Pete Bootyjudge
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Oh yes there is! - Shep
Posted by: I hate all this sex on the television, its uncomfortable at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (sh1GZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (a3Q+t)
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Well Iger does plan to re-release old (Frozen and older) Disney films at about 1 per month to theaters. Actually a pretty good plan. We'll see if it comes to furuition.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (5pd9T)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (t0OGg)
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In cruise lines: massive competition, so Princess or Royal or someone.
In parks: Universal. Hell, there's a new Peppa Pig park in Orlando.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (LvTSG)
Between the Obama holdovers and the GOPes planted by @Reince and @Mike_Pence the the WH was a "Stop Trump" free-for-all.
There is only one "like" on the comment- General Spalding himself.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (slgIg)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
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Why? Futurama lost some of its creativity and genius when it moved over to Comedy Central. Those seasons were OK, but nothing compared to peak Futurama (Seasons 1-4). I doubt making a new season on Hulu is going to improve it any.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (hG6Vm)
He's a shoo-in for the Jeffrey Immelt Excellence in Management Trophy this year assuming if Jeff Zucker will ever give it up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Senator John Fetterman at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (JCZqz)
I've got both. I'm a geek like that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (guGkK)
Didn't they shut down Splash Mountain and both US parks because of "slavery" and remodeled them into Princess and the Frog rides?
Posted by: Wierzbowski formerly QID at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (5e0cQ
One freaking letter changes the entire meaning of my post.
Not as good as Bob Burger's but I enjoy it.
I I I I I I
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (5e0cQ)
VR believes Kennedy will just go away in a year, since her contract is up. He compared her to Hilary, a talentless hack who fucked her way to power ( her husband is a Hollywood bigwig).
Legal Mindset has been covering the Disney FL and fed lawsuits. He is from the area and actually specializes in special district shit.
Finally, the minimum price Disney has to pay for the final third of Hulu is $9b. Minimum. They are arguing over the value right now. And Disney needs to cough up the money in January.
What is so spectacular is how they DESTROYED such great IP: Star Wars, Indy, Pixar.
This is Shit Midas level destruction.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (Esr1S)
Posted by: bearski at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (slgIg)
Nice get.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:31 PM (5e0cQ)
I'm informed they're coming out with a new season very soon. Eldest daughter is a yuge fan and we plan to watch together.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
Futurama had one of my favorite lines of all time. Crew was visiting a national park and the ranger introduces himself, "Hi, I'm Ranger Park, the Park Ranger."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Fat Dude in Princess Dress grooming kids at Bippidy Boppidy Boo store at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: peasant scum anachronda at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (sGtp+)
Because Minnie was crazy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Minnie wasn't crazy. She was just F'n Goofy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (CgVac)
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Now do the perverse financial incentives in the medical and psychology industrial complex.
Posted by: Follow the money at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (sh1GZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:33 PM (N3zMI)
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Why? Futurama lost some of its creativity and genius when it moved over to Comedy Central. Those seasons were OK, but nothing compared to peak Futurama (Seasons 1-4). I doubt making a new season on Hulu is going to improve it any.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (YIVH2)
She says exactly the same thing. But we're going to give it a try just to see.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (N3zMI)
Best five minutes of the whole experience, usually.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (a3Q+t)
"Who the hell is Mort?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (17s+e)
Curious if they will Bowlderize them for 'modern' sensibilities.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (NgqoH)
Because Goofy wanted into the AoS Sunday Book Thread. Pluto DGF about that.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:45 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: xxx at July 20, 2023 02:42 PM
We get it, Joe, you're running your campaign from home. Don't need to rub it in our faces...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 20, 2023 02:45 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (t0OGg)
Amazon making massive inroads in the sports world.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:45 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:45 PM (CgVac)
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Awesome, saves me some time. Thanks for the review.
Posted by: World's best turd avoidance system at July 20, 2023 02:45 PM (sh1GZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (9UlRk)
Bob Belcher's next door business friend?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (BsqVB)
I have no desire to see that. The original was nearly perfect. Let's just cherish that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (xPJvm)
Disney Fire Sale
You all know it
You all love it
A rejoinder from "Office Space"
https://youtu.be/N9wsjroVlu8
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (CEQjs)
Posted by: Tracy at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (t/whR)
But of course. But they will gaslight you and say they were not. Or "edited for time".
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (slgIg)
I feel there's a Pluto and Uranus joke to be harvested here, but I'm not seeing it...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (JCZqz)
We were better off when the actual owners had to run things.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (brAQZ)
Police: Teen mom tried to hire hitman to kill her 3-year-old son.
youtube.com/watch?v=74v-1XlFgbM
WPLG Local 10
4,287 views Jul 20, 2023
Miami-Dade police say an 18-year-old mother tried to hire a hitman online to kill her 3-year-old son
Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at July 20, 2023 02:47 PM (MFZ8i)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2023 02:47 PM (rJ48h)
Supposedly Lucas made it impossible to release the original theater cut, either by destruction or contract and that double release was the one time way to get it on dvd.
Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (Yl8dY)
Posted by: logprof at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (Ofu2c)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (9UlRk)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (BsqVB)
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Concur. Very disappointing. It was such a high quality show all around. Coasting on the previous fandom like everything else... I suspect Didley's influence in this.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (sI15f)
Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at July 20, 2023 02:47 PM (MFZ8i)
Her body her choice
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: mr tmz
MMA seems to do a pretty good job of it.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (CgVac)
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I don't know but the hot ticket is Women's Basketball.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:27 PM (LvTSG)
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They were getting too old for that sh!t anyways.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (xTRSc)
Someone needs to tell Ralph that his 15 minutes are up and nobody GAS what he thinks about anything.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM
The new Beavis and Butthead is great. The newish HeMan and She-ra are garbage. Anything is possible!
Posted by: Movie Moron at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: ace at July 20, 2023 02:30 PM (KRtlO)
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Agreed. Most will probably disagree, but the chemistry between Willis and the computer kid worked - they were fun to watch bantering.
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (eSg7d)
Goofy is an anthropomorphized dog. Pluto is a dog.
Cartoon logic doesn't have to make sense.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (0N1h0)
Serendipitously, I just wrote about coding in HyperTalk. Listen up, former ABC spokesmodels, it is truly the language of the future!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (5RhKJ)
They remade fucking *Pete's Dragon*!
Posted by: logprof at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (Ofu2c)
The original had Mickey Rooney and... that woman was in a couple 70s movies...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (zZu0s)
The reality is that the Board of Directors of broadly-owned companies like Disney don't have to answer to anyone. That's why they're made up of a bunch of overpaid celebrity "names" that have absolutely no qualifications for overseeing the type of business that their company does.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 02:39 PM (LvTSG)
I need to share this with you. It is about the Netflix password sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hi9E7CDpLs
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:49 PM (zZu0s)
Helen Ready... Singer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: Infidel at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (0zJ6Q)
Iger: What does it say?
Stooge: Um, nothing. Its a Black Hand with the words "Pagare o morire."
Posted by: Regular joe. Not just mad, Samuel L Jackson mad at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (nnp+f)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (bs+z0)
See, my brain said Helen Ready but I thought it was just the energy drink making me stupid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (bs+z0)
That's what the boys used to call me back in '53. 1853
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (BsqVB)
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Concur. Very disappointing. It was such a high quality show all around. Coasting on the previous fandom like everything else... I suspect Didley's influence in this.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (17s+e)
How good was the original Justified? It made Michael Rapaport seem like a legit actor.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2023 02:47 PM (rJ48h)
Since sports is linear, I doubt it. I suppose there is some market for people who want to watch old games/event, but likely not enough to be viable. On the other hand, if the streaming services undercut over-the-air broadcasters by offering sports ball leagues beau-coup $$ for exclusive rights, then yes.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (NgqoH)
Set aside the dumb woke shit you mentioned. The commercials for this looked really dull. The writing did not seem snappy, and it featured the usual dull plotting in which the law enforcement agent's family is in mortal danger because of his day job. It looked and felt like Must-Not-See TV.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (ppBhU)
Watched Thunder Road last evening. Robert Mitchum is one of those actors I like to watch no matter the quality of the movie around him. Sorta like Gene Hackman.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (N3zMI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (oeYLT)
In animation, probably Skydance but Dreamworks will pull up some of the slack, too.
In TV, the other networks or whoever buys ABC.
In sports, nobody - they're going to keep ESPN and ABC sports to milk it for as long as possible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 20, 2023 02:40 PM (t0OGg)
The best animated movies in the past 10 years have been Dreamworks.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (N1DT3)
Oh wait -- he's just quoting me for that 75% figure. And this is a bit of circular reporting, to be honest.
Congrats! You've moved up to "Top Men/Russiagate" levels of authenticity! Ace is going Fed!!!!
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (JCZqz)
youtube.com/watch?v=74v-1XlFgbM
WPLG Local 10
4,287 views Jul 20, 2023
Miami-Dade police say an 18-year-old mother tried to hire a hitman online to kill her 3-year-old son
Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at July 20, 2023 02:47 PM (MFZ8i)
She would have had an abortion if the Supreme Court hadn't overturned Roe v Wade !! --- Leftist with Time Blindness
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (Keyt1)
Unpopular opinion: I don't like Fantasia.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
When the kids coming out of Disney shows universally wound up as traumatized, fucked-up adults, Disney didn't do a single thing to investigate.
That was signal #1 that Walt's family-friendly vision was dead. And it's gotten exponentially worse since Britney & Co.
Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (gdCjN)
Peter Ustinov as Blackbeard's Ghost (and more importantly Suzanne Plechette as Dean Jones' love interest.)
The Cat from Outer Space? I remember Col Potter (Harry Morgan?) in that one, but no one else.
The Computer who wore Tennis shoes- the great Kurt Russell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (zZu0s)
I went to a museum in Mississippi that had that on official DVD for sale in the gift shop.
Almost kicking myself that I didn't buy it. But I did get a cute pair of confederate battle flag earrings that I haven't been bold enough to wear yet.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at July 20, 2023 02:41 PM (xPJvm
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I haven't seen Song of the South since I was a child, but I do recall there were some good songs in it. I'd watch it again if they brought it back.
Posted by: 496 at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (eSg7d)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
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Was filmed locally. People still talk about it. Just had a conversation yesterday about the filling station that they blew up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (oeYLT)
Hey, if it's good enough for the Russia collusion hoax, it's good enough for this Moron.
Posted by: InZona at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (insHU)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (hG6Vm)
Unpopular opinion: I don't like Fantasia.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
*fistbump*
I especially hate what Leopold Stowkowski did with his butchering of the classical scores.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (N3zMI)
Posted by: Kiss My Willie at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (T0tUU)
where once stood 1,000 journalists between their readers and scores of city halls, now there were 150.
Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton
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lol, sure.
Maybe in the good old days, like when the L.A. Times actually reported on the affirmative action nightmare of King/Drew hospital. They did a diligent job over decades documenting the horrors. In 2020, they literally printed an apology for their work on King/Drew because it was racist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (oeYLT)
Zombieland Part V, let's do Disney?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Jim Rose at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (VFl7m)
Disney Freeform is Dirty Disney. Gay sex, F-bombs, etc., and the "adult" entertainment is pretty much the same: lessons diversity, sexuality, hatred of America.
Posted by: PJ at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (G1dq6)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (hG6Vm)
There may have been an illusion of the possibility of profitability during lockdowns, but it was a mirage.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (rc3Z7)
Posted by: Bete, who may know a thing about pirate infested waters at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (Yl8dY)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
Never did anything for me either. I think you have to be high.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (oeYLT)
Cool beans!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (N3zMI)
It's thought that if he sells off LucasFilm or Pixar, it would be at a massive loss compared to what he paid for them.
This would identify Iger as a massive failure and rube that bought numerous pigs in a pokes. This would then, in turn, lead to his shameful dismissal.
Posted by: Every Black Woman in Government at July 20, 2023 02:56 PM (VKCXD)
Watched Thunder Road last evening. Robert Mitchum is one of those actors I like to watch no matter the quality of the movie around him. Sorta like Gene Hackman.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (N3zMI)
After recently watching a crap ton of movies made before I was born, I can say that Gene Hackman may be my favorite actor. Although Hoosiers kinda, sorta, just a little bit, sucked.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 02:56 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
*looks down shamefully* Heavy Metal really isn't that good.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:56 PM (aD39U)
That is some grade-A motherfucking grrrrrrl power right there!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 20, 2023 02:56 PM (IaW6U)
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Yep. Good movie. Too bad they had blacks in it. Nothing upsets blacks moar then movies with blacks in it.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2023 02:44 PM (9UlRk)
Bob Belcher's next door business friend?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:46 PM (5e0cQ)
After watching that show since it started, I just now got the joke that the mortician is named Mort. Thank you.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (JXens)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (Keyt1)
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You get more of what you subsidize & reward (like stupidity & vice) and less of what you tax & punish (like merit & virtue).
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (gdCjN)
The best Disney animated feature was Fantasia. It was all downhill after that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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You didn't like The Little Mermaid? (My favorite is Aladdin.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: spindrift at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (iG1Nf)
Watched Thunder Road last evening. Robert Mitchum is one of those actors I like to watch no matter the quality of the movie around him. Sorta like Gene Hackman.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (N3zMI)
Counter: I HATE Grass is Always Greener. Cuck apologia. Cary Grant and... Deborah Carr/Kerr(?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:56 PM (aD39U)
/Hands G'rump a hit of LSD
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 02:58 PM (oHd/0)
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The market has been filled by restoration projects for Star Wars.
You can go search for things like Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars and find where people have put countless hours into having as close to the original releases as possible.
Disney could release them and lots of people would buy them, but they somehow managed to miss that market, too. And now people don't give a crap about Star Wars, either. Which I can hardly believe I'm writing, and my fifteen to twenty year old self would never have believed.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 20, 2023 02:58 PM (9ULwW)
I say fuck Disney. Iger deserves every second of the misery and I’m glad it will tank his hopes of running for office. He’d be a shitty ambassador as well.
Disney is a political entity - a leftist political entity. I don’t contribute to left wing politics, so I don’t buy Disney ANYTHING. Why contribute to an opponent.
Posted by: Jake Speed at July 20, 2023 02:58 PM (Vu1jV)
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Should have included poverty and prosperity, respectively ...
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 02:58 PM (gdCjN)
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Snort. But this is an improvement on talking wood Gregory Peck.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:58 PM (n+GXa)
I guess I better not watch any of the Beatles movies.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (K58O6)
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This might be the most perfect comment on the topic that I've ever seen.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (9ULwW)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 02:21 PM (BhqnE)
Goofy .. No one knows what Goofy is anyway
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (bs+z0)
Sadly, it will be Bambi. The sicko pervs want to destroy everything normal people loved as children. Kinda demonic, really.
Posted by: kathysaysso at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (PvVvQ)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:59 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (lCaJd)
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Lion King
Is probably one of the most successful runs of films for any studio ever until Marvel- and it was one right after another. I cannot think of anything to match it besides Marvel. TJM, right or wrong?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 02:57 PM (n+GXa)
Yeah, when they Dis Gone with the Wind for the Mammy character... which opened doors for Blacks in Hollywood...
Floors me.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (oHd/0)
Supposedly Lucas made it impossible to release the original theater cut, either by destruction or contract and that double release was the one time way to get it on dvd.
Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2023 02:48 PM (Yl8dY)
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This is my understanding as well. Lucas prefers the Special Editions to the original theatrical releases saying the originals were a compromise on his "vision".
You know mercenary Disney would put out the originals on blu-ray or 4K in a heartbeat, especially as hard up for cash as they are, so there has to be a contract saying they can't.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (zZu0s)
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Pixar?
Canon Films?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
I wonder if he was trying to tell us something.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (5RhKJ)
"But his streaming business is expected to register a loss of about $800 million in the company's just-ended third quarter."
Leadership lessons from Bob Iger.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (UCNv1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (FVJNG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (xTRSc)
I plead guilty to my racism, but watching an angry black man or black woman that constitute 13% of the population cast as perfect and heroic is difficult to identify with.
For Asians it's completely impossible.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (j4U/Z)
They should send the original to Industrial Light & Magic to give it the ol' CGI update. Don't they know that it's not finished until the audience goes into epileptic seizures from all the unnecessary background chaos? Or quiet transitional moments are best filled with computer-generated NPCs that pull your attention from the main characters to a never-seen-before alien creature doing something comically violent in the corner? That's REAL filmmaking. Just ask George.
Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (j4U/Z)
Because they are inscrutable.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Alien...remember the show 'Mort and Mindy'?
Uh, wait a minute...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 03:01 PM (TyYgv)
He should sell tickets for vacations on that. I imagine it's miles better than the Galactic Starcruiser experience.
Posted by: spindrift at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (iG1Nf)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2023 02:22 PM (bs+z0)
Goofy has too much screen time in his own movies. He actually gets the girl... by Disco Dancing... besides, he has a Kid.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (Keyt1)
Just saw a meme on Facebook where Melania is sitting with Barack.
Obama asks her, "how could you marry that man?"
Melania replies, "I was hoing tk azk you the same thing."
😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (CgVac)
Canon Films?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
Hmmm. Could be right on Pixar.
Toy Story(s)
Wall-E
The Incredibles
Up! (which is really just the first five minutes being a perfect film. It is like reverse Unforgiven.)
Touché, TJM.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (VKCXD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
*fistbump*
I especially hate what Leopold Stowkowski did with his butchering of the classical scores.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 02:54 PM (N3zMI)
Fantasia is a film many people admire, but nobody watches.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (dGCAG)
It's red meat like that that keeps me coming back.
Posted by: hatethedeepstate at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (3CMv7)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (Yl8dY)
He posited that if they just shut down all production of new movies ...
Posted by: Moki
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I'd love to see them walk away from the dumpster fire of their current productions. As for the stuff that's already out there, like the race-swapped Little Mermaid and Snow Brown, no more support for it. Just leave all that woke talent standing there whimpering and hoping media bookings and red carpets come to them somehow, with the studio leagues away.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (5e0cQ)
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Imma gonna go with Snow White.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (QRdjz)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (BsqVB)
I never liked the Toy Story(s). I really liked the first Incredibles and Wall-E grew on me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (8GBH4)
In a way I almost welcome anything that isn't encouraging little girls to become boys.
But maybe it's doing that, too.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:04 PM (BsqVB)
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There was a 2011 movie release that was about as close to perfect as modern audiences could hope for. I don't know how to spell her name but Zoey Deschanel was involved with the music.
It's charming and so far as I remember completely free of any Pride or woke silliness, and approached the story with the respect and lightheartedness it deserved.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 20, 2023 03:04 PM (9ULwW)
But maybe it's doing that, too.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:04 PM (BsqVB)
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From what I've read, it's boilerplate 90s feminism about the true utopia being the matriarchy and men being dumb and useless.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:04 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 02:53 PM (zZu0s)
The Cat from Outer Space is my favorite. I remember seeing it in the theater. As a kid I was a big fan of Ken Berry. For some reason I thought he was hilarious. Ken Berry, McClain Stevenson, Sandy Duncan, and Roddy McDowell. Awesome cast - perfect for the cheap stupid kid humor that Disney was once known for. Now it’s all the not so secret agenda.
Posted by: Jake Speed at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (Vu1jV)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (5e0cQ)
I disliked the rest of the movie, but the first five was a perfect encapsulation of the Hemingway shortest story:
For Sale:
Baby shoes.
Never worn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (zZu0s)
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Umm, Tarzan could swim.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (5e0cQ)
Worst? I can't say for sure on that but it certainly lost the plot pretty damn quick.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM (0N1h0)
Never did anything for me either. I think you have to be high.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 02:55 PM (5e0cQ)
Disney did a fantasia like movie with Salvador Dali, and the clips I saw were odd.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (xhaym)
Darn it all, Bob, it's "measure twice, cut once," not the other way around!
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (Rbu5d)
Disney has a number of great films, but nothing in the last decade.
Their decline mirrors the overall decline in the quality of movies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (rc3Z7)
Posted by: Mohel at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (us2H3)
A 13 year old girl was cutting herself, giving her arm many scars. Her concerned parents took her to Children's Hospital of New Orleans.
The hospital staff immediately started pushing gender transition. The parents rejected this. The hospital staff ejected them from the room and consulted with the child to move forward with steps to transition the child.
Hospital staff then used emotional blackmail, "Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter." LA also has laws that say minors don't need parental consent to pursue a path of medical intervention. When the parents rejected the doctor's plans, he froze them out. They had no right to see their daughter's medical records.
Apparently the only reason the girl wasn't fully transitioned is she couldn't get to the hospital on her own.
https://tinyurl.com/3n6njfje
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:06 PM (0N1h0)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (xhaym)
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Dali designed the dream sequence in Hitchcock's Spellbound.
It was originally 20 minutes long and got cut down to 1.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:06 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Confused at July 20, 2023 03:06 PM (T0tUU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 03:02 PM (8GBH4)
I'm not going to read up any further in the comments, but I'm assuming people are aware of the abomination that is the live action Snow White.
It starts with Snow White not being white, eliminates the purpose of the prince, and needless to say the... eh, whatever they're calling them, the 7 diverse friends who live in the woods... they're dwarves of a sort, but not in height.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 03:06 PM (dGCAG)
Proposed settlement would be the latest government payout stemming from police behavior at 2020 protests
https://tinyurl.com/z856rttj
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at July 20, 2023 03:06 PM (g2zpy)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (d8qoa)
Miranda Devine:
@ChuckGrassley just dropped FBI FD-1023 in which Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky says he paid Joe & Hunter Biden millions to make corruption prosecutions go away. Says he put Hunter on board to "protect us, through his dad…Hunter will take care of these things through his dad"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (slgIg)
Unpopular opinion: I don't like Fantasia.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM
I can't take either of you seriously without the threat of physical violence to back up your assertions.
Fight me!
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (AmpGx)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (xTRSc)
If you ignore almost any other Pixar movie made, this is true.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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Heh. Greystoke, as NPC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (vNC/Y)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (1Yy3c)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hi9E7CDpLs
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 02:50 PM (xhaym)
Thank you. This was hilarious. Checked out one of their other sketches as well. They look like the real deal.
Much better than SNL.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (/iWhV)
Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (Yl8dY)
But maybe it's doing that, too.
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Mentioned earlier, but parents need to be aware that the Big Nate TV series is very pro-gay. It's subtle at first, then there's openly gay adults and the kids dreaming of being gay.
Recommended for ages 7 and up.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (9ULwW)
Yet...
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (Jk9SN)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (slgIg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (63Dwl)
For Sale:
Baby shoes.
Never worn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM (zZu0s)
Shortest saddest story written. I agree they did that to perfection. Killing Bambi's mom was less sad .
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (5e0cQ)
And why couldn't Disney consider getting writers alive now who haven't written woke novels, or retired screenwriters who still might be quite capable of writing good screenplays? This does not seem like Rocket Science to me..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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There are decades' worth of perfectly good scripts registered with the Writers Guild. A studio could assign a handful of "script scouts" to grab stacks of them and find something family-friendly, exciting, high-quality, and suitable for all times. That would also be an easy solution to the supposed lack of content due to the writers' strike.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (1Yy3c)
S**K It IGER!!!
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I could had a $100 milion movie!
Posted by: Bobby Iger at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (VKCXD)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (lCaJd)
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"A Gay Romp With Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden"...it has potential...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mohel at July 20, 2023 03:05 PM
We'll let you keep all of your tips.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (FVJNG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (slgIg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM
I really like Elastigirl...and all the Rule 34 art she inspired...
Posted by: Perv Moron at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM (5e0cQ)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 02:52 PM
Cynda was hot when she was young
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:03 PM (n+GXa)
Snow White is in every sense of the word, a masterpiece of art. The fact they're butchering it now is absolutely the last straw.
Who cares what they do to the "modern classics," like Mermaid, B and B, Aladdin, but Snow White? Go eat a poison apple, Dinsey. And die!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM (N3zMI)
I love everything about that movie.
Posted by: polynikes
Bolt is an absolutely forgotten gem.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (LvTSG)
S**K It IGER!!!
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I could had a $100 milion movie!
Posted by: Bobby Iger at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (17s+e)
Sound Of Freedom proves there's still a market with grown up movies with grown up sensibilities for grown ups.
Right now it's all super hero schlock and self-serving Oscar bait.
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Regular joe. Not just mad, Samuel L Jackson mad at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (nnp+f)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (RqMSv)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (BhqnE)
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:11 PM
That's ridonkulous!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (FVJNG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (xTRSc)
This is a QANON conspiracy theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (slgIg)
I liked Rammstein's version, Sonne.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Perv Moron at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (JCZqz)
Dat ass...
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (1Yy3c)
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Have you seen The Exception yet?
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 02:43 PM (BsqVB)
I won't say "sucks" -- yet. I was disappointed in a few things. Not saying what because I don't want to spoil anything. Having read the book which inspired this current series (as I know you have too), I'm looking at it from the perspective of what is faithful to the book story and what isn't. Does the series enhance the book story, or does it detract from it? Can't pass that judgment until the full series has aired.
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (2pH9T)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
I prefer the 'hey fat lazy people addicted to screens if you dont get off your fat ass this is want you will turn into' angle
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (RqMSv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: scottst at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (ojBxe)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
GO AHEAD DISNEY. I DARE YOU.
Make Tarzan a black man raised by apes.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (CgVac)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (n+GXa)
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I recognize the poster, at least. It seems to be on Paramount+.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (LvTSG)
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Fuck!!
- Democrat Pedos
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM
Q-Anon Trumpers are fooling dumb Americans with their adrenochrome blood libel lies! Wake up sheeple!!!
Posted by: Daily Kos, probably at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Perv Moron at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (JCZqz)
Dat ass...
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (1Yy3c)
Never could figure out why, if she could make herself ANY shape she wanted, she didn't make herself smokin Hawt.
or maybe she did, but only in the bedroom?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Azathoth at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: Perv Moron at July 20, 2023 03:10 PM (JCZqz)
Dat ass...
When she sighs looking at her butt in the original Incredibles....
I'm thinking "Oh baby don't apologize."
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (AmpGx)
S**K It IGER!!!
I am not even going to say what I thought you typed. I am tired.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (RqMSv)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (BhqnE)
They simply don't want to.... all their media must push the marxist society destroying message.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (RqMSv)
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The Lion King is dumb.
Kid runs away. Lazes about for a few years. Comes back because the girl needs help. Automatically becomes king in one fight despite having lazed about for years.
It's Shakespeare for dummies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
I prefer the 'hey fat lazy people addicted to screens if you dont get off your fat ass this is want you will turn into' angle
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (CIS44)
There's an old Mad Magazine strip that PIXAR ripped off that was exactly this.
Personally I feel Wall-e was a great film. It's preachy, yes, but in a generic 60s kind of way.
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:08 PM (slgIg)
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The original porn movie was great!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: Azathoth at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (wb1YC
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Yeah.
- Bud Light.
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (BhqnE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:12 PM (xTRSc)
I liked the tone. Lonely duty. Job to do for no one. Purpose.
Considering how little dialogue is in it, it is remarkable story telling.
Yes, the enviro shit is annoying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Robert
Its also visually stunning.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Illumination
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:18 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM
I did like those.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2023 03:18 PM (FVJNG)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:13 PM (n+GXa)
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I recognize the poster, at least. It seems to be on Paramount+.
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Watched it last night. Interesting to see Kaiser Wilhelm being the good guy finally. The chick has a great ass. Other than that it is an unbelievable fantasy. But I did watch it all.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 20, 2023 03:18 PM (n+GXa)
Posted by: Azathoth at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (wb1YC)
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Unfortunately, future history will be written by female mediocrities (and trannies) with daddy issues and penis envy.
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2023 03:18 PM (gdCjN)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (RqMSv)
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The Lion King is dumb.
Kid runs away. Lazes about for a few years. Comes back because the girl needs help. Automatically becomes king in one fight despite having lazed about for years.
It's Shakespeare for dummies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:16 PM (LvTSG)
It's Hamlet with lions but ole Bill Shakespeare gets no credit.
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (1Yy3c)
there is a world out there and a lot of it's free
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (us2H3)
https://tinyurl.com/2w3tca8j
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (0N1h0)
Posted by: Ex GOP at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (ExFoQ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 20, 2023 03:09 PM (VKCXD)
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Pixar had the greatest run any studio ever had. It started stumbling after Toy Story 3 with a Car 2 cash grab (not necessarily a bad movie though).
Pretty much around 2015 you could tell it was losing the mojo after Inside Out which is a great movie.
I have 4 kids, the first born in 2000 and the last in 2011 so I've seen pretty much everything up Pixar put up until about 2016 or so.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (cMXNt)
"I sense you favor the gangly youth."
I also like The Jungle Book (the cartoon, not the live action - blech).
And the Black Cauldron. Which is only one part of Lloyd Alexnder's great young adult book series.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: InZona at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (insHU)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (1Yy3c)
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Hamlet didn't run away and eat bugs.
He killed Polonius like a boss cause he thought he was Claudius, then he talked to a skull before killing everyone else.
Simba should have gotten the hyenas to eat Timon and Pumba: it's the only way to fix The Lion King.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (LvTSG)
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What did you expect from a jumped up weatherman?
Posted by: BTW predicting the weather is so cal is pretty easy at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (sh1GZ)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (17s+e)
I liked that one, oddly enough.
https://tinyurl.com/5n6barh7
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (BhqnE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (MoZTd)
Considering how little dialogue is in it, it is remarkable story telling.
Yes, the enviro shit is annoying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:17 PM (zZu0s)
Wall'E was a Stalker.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:21 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Azathoth at July 20, 2023 03:21 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (BhqnE)
Got locked in a Luca trap for awhile. Encanto got me out of that. Sadly, Coco did not gain the same traction in my household.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 03:21 PM (KbCG3)
The first novel set in the High Republic sold quite well. It was the fifth highest grossing novel since Lucasfilm did away with the Expanded Universe, selling over 100,000 copies. The novels that outsold it were Chuck Wendig's novel, and three new Thrawn novels by Timothy Zahn. So it was in good company.
Subsequent High Republic novels haven't done so well. The most recent ones IIRC have sold less than 8000 each.
In comparison, Zahn's original Thrawn trilogy has sold over twenty million novels since their original release.
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2023 03:22 PM (sqPJv)
Posted by: scottst at July 20, 2023 03:14 PM (ojBxe)
Oh, it's an actual sailing yacht! Very nice.
I wonder where he keeps the small children chained up.
Posted by: spindrift at July 20, 2023 03:22 PM (iG1Nf)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2023 03:19 PM (1Yy3c)
Yeah, it basically is, but Dinsey made Rosenkranz and Guildenstern into comic relief... and had them live through to the sequels. And they were gay.
I also just can't get over an adult lion eating bugs. Sorry, no. The warthog would have been breakfast, and the meerkat the toothpick to remove hooves and tusks.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 03:22 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (sX1BW)
I liked that one, oddly enough.
https://tinyurl.com/5n6barh7
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
Both Megamind and the first Despicable Me were in 2010
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (CIS44)
Kid runs away. Lazes about for a few years. Comes back because the girl needs help. Automatically becomes king in one fight despite having lazed about for years.
It's Shakespeare for dummies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It's biblical. Prodigal son returns.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (CgVac)
And the Black Cauldron. Which is only one part of Lloyd Alexnder's great young adult book series.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at July 20, 2023 03:20 PM (xPJvm)
I did like the Live Action Jungle Book they did in 1994.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (oHd/0)
They lost points for wokifying it.
I would take the pedestrian writing and flat character portrayals to an extent but the wokifying means I give it no quarter. There is no reason on God's Green Earth that his daughter has to complain about being taken to "conversion therapy" (even though she isn't) in the first five minutes of the show. Just dumb lib shit. Libs are the only people who even THINK about conversion therapy.
Wifey and I sat there gobsmacked at how tired the whole thing was. No snappy writing other than what came from the book. The dialog should be singing, the characters jumping out of the screen. As of now it's basically Law and Order.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (BsqVB)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (YqDXo)
Simba's a young lion. They establish early in the movie that Scar is physically weak and unimpressive, and that's when Simba's a young cub. By the time Simba challenges Scar, everyone's ready for Scar to be deposed because he's a terrible leader. They're just waiting for someone take action.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (0N1h0)
Posted by: Cheri
No. Be ause people have gone thru what the actors are going thru. But the actors could care less at the time.
Automation. Jobs shipped overseas. Closures.
There are some folks like set builders, artists, etc who will truly be hurt. Writers stuck by the actors. And now the actors will stick by the writers.
The rest of America has gone thru "AI" (and will continue to do) but this is a challenge to their "creativty." Which has never happened before.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (FxH7T)
I am not even going to say what I thought you typed. I am tired.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop
You aren't the only one.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2023 03:24 PM (63Dwl)
Never could figure out why, if she could make herself ANY shape she wanted, she didn't make herself smokin Hawt.
or maybe she did, but only in the bedroom?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2023 03:15 PM (oHd/0)
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I assume it took energy to morph out of her normal shape.
I have an idea that if magic existed that it would drain the exact amount of energy from the magician that is needed to move an object or whatever he is trying to do.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:24 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2023 02:37 PM (/iWhV)
Bob Chipeska > Bob Chapek
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 20, 2023 03:24 PM (b+YaX)
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As Ace has noted, he's not selling the companies he bought. He's selling the ones his predecessors bought.
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (sqPJv)
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (0N1h0)
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So presaging Joe Biden
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (9ULwW)
Pretty much around 2015 you could tell it was losing the mojo after Inside Out which is a great movie.
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Pixar was a victim of the Mee Too movement.
Sucks when your top producer is a perv, but I think his perviness was just that he liked the ladies.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (sX1BW)
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Well, the way to save NatGeo is obvious. Just create a show Queer Animals of the Serengeti and spin off from there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (FVME7)
The Mouse Trap
The Iger Sanction
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (YqDXo)
the Rat Patrol
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 03:26 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:26 PM (xTRSc)
Sucks when your top producer is a perv, but I think his perviness was just that he liked the ladies.
Posted by: SH (No more Roe) at July 20, 2023 03:25 PM (sX1BW)
From what I understand, not pervy, he just liked to hug people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (BhqnE)
@ChuckGrassley just dropped FBI FD-1023 in which Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky says he paid Joe & Hunter Biden millions to make corruption prosecutions go away. Says he put Hunter on board to "protect us, through his dad…Hunter will take care of these things through his dad"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (slgIg)
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This will only prove how corrupt DC is when everyone has a collective sigh and gets back to reporting what flavor ice cream Biden had today.
Posted by: WisRich at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:24 PM (cMXNt)
Naruto does a pretty damn good job showing that, how chakra is a finite commodity, and when you run out, you're basically immobile until it rebuilds.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 20, 2023 03:28 PM (dGCAG)
Simba's a young lion. They establish early in the movie that Scar is physically weak and unimpressive, and that's when Simba's a young cub. By the time Simba challenges Scar, everyone's ready for Scar to be deposed because he's a terrible leader. They're just waiting for someone take action.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:23 PM (0N1h0)
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Simba is a terrible protagonist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
You'll remember that when you're making your "six figures in trade school" and teaching yourself ancient philosophy out of the back of a comic book in your spare time. Simmering in an Airstream is still a form of burning in the camps.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 20, 2023 03:28 PM (4PZHB)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 20, 2023 03:28 PM (xTRSc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (CgVac)
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (z3WCn)
Posted by: REDACTED at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (us2H3)
@ChuckGrassley just dropped FBI FD-1023 in which Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky says he paid Joe & Hunter Biden millions to make corruption prosecutions go away. Says he put Hunter on board to "protect us, through his dad…Hunter will take care of these things through his dad"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (slgIg)
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This will only prove how corrupt DC is when everyone has a collective sigh and gets back to reporting what flavor ice cream Biden had today.
Posted by: WisRich at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (G0vdT)
"It's this type of information that shows why we must commit to protecting and defending Ukraine at all costs!" - Everyone in our government and media
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (KbCG3)
In India, two Christian women were set upon by a Hindu mob. The mob stripped the women naked, paraded them through the street, and gang raped them. When their family tried to intervene, the mob bludgeoned them to death.
https://tinyurl.com/45kze6y4
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2023 03:30 PM (0N1h0)
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Oh absolutely. Reminds me of an old interview with Bobcat Goldthwait about Police Academy 2.
"So you're in the next movie, right?"
"Yeah, we had to make another one because there was so many unanswered questions from the first one."
Posted by: Azathoth at July 20, 2023 03:30 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 20, 2023 03:28 PM (LvTSG)
Are you in your depressive phase now? That was quick.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2023 03:31 PM (BsqVB)
@ChuckGrassley just dropped FBI FD-1023 in which Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky says he paid Joe & Hunter Biden millions to make corruption prosecutions go away. Says he put Hunter on board to "protect us, through his dad…Hunter will take care of these things through his dad"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 20, 2023 03:07 PM (slgIg)
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This will only prove how corrupt DC is when everyone has a collective sigh and gets back to reporting what flavor ice cream Biden had today.
Posted by: WisRich at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (G0vdT)
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The FBI simply does not have the tools to prove anything. We need to send them a couple of extra billion dollars and give them more ability to spy on Americans.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2023 03:31 PM (cMXNt)
"It's this type of information that shows why we must commit to protecting and defending Ukraine at all costs!" - Everyone in our government and media
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 20, 2023 03:29 PM (KbCG3)
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Ukraine made a good investment in Joe: He stay's bought.
Posted by: WisRich at July 20, 2023 03:33 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 20, 2023 03:33 PM (FVME7)
There's only two ways that LucasFilm can make any money right now.
Full digital restoration and re-release of the original THEATRICAL cut of the first three films, to include a 4K restoration for home video, and a theatrical run.
Write a whole new trilogy with Jar-Jar as the true secret Sith Lord in a struggle with Palpatine for control of the Sith Legacy.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2023 03:36 PM (n+4am)
And the whole thing went to help the instant Walt was not there to run things.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 20, 2023 03:37 PM (B7rlW)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (BhqnE)
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The solution is clear: WNBA+.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 20, 2023 03:38 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Montec at July 20, 2023 03:27 PM (BhqnE)
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Remember the patriotic shows/movies? The Alamo, Davy Crockett, The Swamp Fox, the various Revolutionary War shows?
Pffft. Gone
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 20, 2023 03:39 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: hurricane567@gmail.com at July 20, 2023 03:44 PM (A0ykX)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 20, 2023 03:46 PM (4PZHB)
Most of them are turd pushers; they get what they fucking deserve.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at July 20, 2023 03:47 PM (QMNdN)
What horseshit. He didn’t “build” anything. Buying something (with money you inherited) that someone else built isn’t the same as building it yourself. Buying it with money someone else made, and then destroying the value of what you bought (by running it into the ditch through horrible decision making)) is the opposite of building it. It’s called value destruction.
Bob Iger’s only talent is for self-promotion. Sadly it’s the most helpful talent one can possess in this age where great marketing trumps actual accomplishment.
Posted by: Rusty Trawler at July 20, 2023 03:47 PM (s9UQq)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 20, 2023 03:51 PM (Wy1BU)
Posted by: SteveF at July 20, 2023 05:09 PM (bbPGk)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 20, 2023 05:13 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2023 02:51 PM (oeYLT)
Remake KISS meets the Phantom!
Posted by: Introverted Elephocentric Hypochondriac at July 20, 2023 05:17 PM (xiLt6)
This is wrong. Disney's brand will be damaged with the 5% of the population that considers themselves "woke" (plus the 1% that now pretends that no one knows what woke means). 30-35% are oblivious, and something over half of the population would be pleased. So you would piss off a small fraction, and at the very least stop the bleeding with the majority of America.
Posted by: JT at July 20, 2023 09:22 PM (O8ftN)
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