Jubenhimer
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The Walt Disney Company had been through a variety of changes over the decades following Walt's death. After a rough period for much of the 80s, Michael D. Eisner took over the company, and brought it back into the forefront with the Disney Renaissance, and a series of strategic acquisitions and expansions to expand the company's reach beyond family friendly films and theme parks. Before preceding to sabotage it at the turn of the millennium with a decaying vision. Eisner was booted out in 2005, and Bob Iger assumed his position, which he still holds on to today.
Under Iger, Disney doubled down on acquisitions, finally making the move to buy out Pixar after a long 10 year relationship with the company, acquiring Marvel Entertainment, which brought them into the superhero market to compete with Time Warner. And more recent acquisitions such as LucasFilm, Maker Studios, and just now 20th Century Fox.
As the longtime leaders of the Mouse Corporation, which era did you prefer? Eisner at the begining did a lot of great things. He revitilized Disney's relevance with the Disney Renaissance, and made smart expansions into areas the company was lacking in such as TV animation. As we moved into the 2000s however, his leaderships skills began deteriorating. With a string of terrible Direct-to-Video sequels to films that didn't need sequels. The struggles that ABC was facing at the time, the unnecessary move to buy out Fox Familly Worldwide from Hiam Saban and Fox, and more recent movies that simply didn't preform to the output of the 90s, as a result of his decision to give more creative power to the executives. He simply lacked a clear direction by this point, and thus was rightfully shown the door when he left.
Bob Iger I feel has followed a similar trajectory, though not quite as bad. While he started off a bit slow in the late 2000s, he went full force in the early 2010s, with a series of successful hit movies rivaling the Disney Renaissance, and building on relationships with companies like Pixar and Marvel. However, recently, I feel he's starting to follow down the same path as Eisner. Under him, the Star Wars franchise was decimated into an over commercialized, overly PC mess. The Dark and Edgy Live-action remakes of animated films are completely unecesary, almost as bad as the DTV sequels, and the move to buy 20th Century Fox was an even bigger waste of an acquisition than Fox Family Worldwide. Disney had always been known for acquisitions in recent times, but under Iger I feel that it just became too much. I feel Iger's reign was where the "Disney owns everything" meme really became more prominent.
Under Iger, Disney doubled down on acquisitions, finally making the move to buy out Pixar after a long 10 year relationship with the company, acquiring Marvel Entertainment, which brought them into the superhero market to compete with Time Warner. And more recent acquisitions such as LucasFilm, Maker Studios, and just now 20th Century Fox.
As the longtime leaders of the Mouse Corporation, which era did you prefer? Eisner at the begining did a lot of great things. He revitilized Disney's relevance with the Disney Renaissance, and made smart expansions into areas the company was lacking in such as TV animation. As we moved into the 2000s however, his leaderships skills began deteriorating. With a string of terrible Direct-to-Video sequels to films that didn't need sequels. The struggles that ABC was facing at the time, the unnecessary move to buy out Fox Familly Worldwide from Hiam Saban and Fox, and more recent movies that simply didn't preform to the output of the 90s, as a result of his decision to give more creative power to the executives. He simply lacked a clear direction by this point, and thus was rightfully shown the door when he left.
Bob Iger I feel has followed a similar trajectory, though not quite as bad. While he started off a bit slow in the late 2000s, he went full force in the early 2010s, with a series of successful hit movies rivaling the Disney Renaissance, and building on relationships with companies like Pixar and Marvel. However, recently, I feel he's starting to follow down the same path as Eisner. Under him, the Star Wars franchise was decimated into an over commercialized, overly PC mess. The Dark and Edgy Live-action remakes of animated films are completely unecesary, almost as bad as the DTV sequels, and the move to buy 20th Century Fox was an even bigger waste of an acquisition than Fox Family Worldwide. Disney had always been known for acquisitions in recent times, but under Iger I feel that it just became too much. I feel Iger's reign was where the "Disney owns everything" meme really became more prominent.
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