You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I don't know my Disney history, but from what I heard, Eisner ruined everything and Katzenberg um, whatever.
Someone in the know please elaborate.
In 1984, Walt Disney Productions had become so poorly-managed that the corporate raider Saul Steinberg launched a hostile takeover of the company, with the intention of selling off its assets (like its back catalog, which includes things rival studios would have killed for, like the Animated Canon and the rights to the related character likenesses - moychandising) and dissolving the company. Roy E. Disney, however, was able to convince Robert Bass to fend Steinberg off, on the condition that Disney overhaul its management.
Out was CEO Ron Miller, in was Michael Eisner, an executive from Paramount, along with fellow Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, who became the head of the company's movie studio. Completing this troika was Warner Bros. executive Frank Wells, who became President of the company.
There was a time when Disney considered shuttering the animation studio entirely and just outsourcing production, but they didn't, as Roy offered to head the division himself. It was Katzenberg, however, who decided to make his mark on the division and was the rudder leading it to the Disney Renaissance: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King...
Frank Wells died in a helicopter crash in 1994; Katzenberg wanted Wells's old position, but Eisner didn't give it to him, so he left Disney un-amicably and co-founded DreamWorks SKG. It turns out, however, that Eisner and Katzenberg kind of needed Wells to function properly as executives. In 1994, Eisner was considered a wunderkind; in 2004, he was considered a bozo destroying one of the most prominent companies in America.
And Katzenberg is presently running DWA into the ground; he is WAY past his prime and should have retired ages ago.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
For the record, Eisner no longer runs Disney; he golden-parachuted out of his contract in 2005 and was replaced by his second-in-command Bob Iger, who is Disney's CEO now and who plans to step down in 2016.
The year before he left, Disney was the target of a hostile takeover attempt by Comcast, who wanted to buy it mainly for its 80% stake in the very profitable ESPN business; however, Roy Disney fended Comcast off too.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Now? I don't think Disney could be outright dissolved without people noticing; it would more likely than not just become a cog in some other corporate machine.
Disney's pretty much impossible to take over now; their market cap is gargantuan and they're VERY well-managed now. But Disney's slumps seem to be almost cyclical now; we're due for another in about a decade's time.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Personally, I think Marvel's kind of a time bomb for them. They paid billions for it, they got spoiled early on with the massive success of The Avengers, and if superhero movies/the MCU does turn out to be a fad, the marketability of the Marvel characters will take a hit.
There's also ESPN, which is basically the life support machine to which the cable TV industry is hooked up.
I have to say I admire the heck outta the Nine Old Men (especially Kahl) and the Innumerable Disney Workers Back In The Day Who Did't Get Enough Credit. I mean, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang, those old films took a lot of effort (regardless of quality or anything else, I will admit that it took a ton of effort).
Not that that necessarily translates to liking the corporation itself, or its cultural clout, or anything.
I'd probably say Reign in Blood since I am a conformist
It's not a bad album, but it could never hold my attention all the way through, which is saying something when the album is only 30 minutes. I usually only listen to "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood" and skip everything in between.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
one of the questions on this physics assignment is about "a coyote" chasing "a roadrunner" and running off a cliff
You own a lot of brands, and it's crucial that you protect them from horrible, awful textbook publishers. They dilute your brands, and also they're textbook publishers. Awful, awful people. Even if one of those DID sell you the building in which you live, and the TV station that operates from it.
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Someone in the know please elaborate.
"And almost 100 of them aren't Flappy Bird clones!"
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
at least that has some games i might have actually enjoyed playing
or NOTHING since i'm an ADULT
is this what being an adult means
bluh bluh
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i hope it happens within my lifetime at least
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I mean, between the two of them...
Not that that necessarily translates to liking the corporation itself, or its cultural clout, or anything.
"Raining Blood" and skip everything in between.
they know better
they know better
No soldering or old movies allowed.