Wish I had $7.4 billion to spare; I'd buy Pixar, too.
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Aaron Levy
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01-24-2006 13:51
Disney blows their relationship with Pixar. Pixar says, fine, we'll go off on our own. Disney execs shit in their pants. Disney shareholders boot the idiot who ruined the Pixar relationship. Disney's new CEO says he wants to fix the Pixar relationship. Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion. -- I'm split on this. I follow the animation industry pretty closely because I'll soon (like 1-2 years soon) be attending an animation school that places graduates with Pixar and Dreamworks. I don't particularly like Disney any more; everything they've put out in the past 10 years has been crap except for Lilo & Stitch and anything by Pixar. But, I'm somewhat relieved because it means that Disney won't mangle the sequels they were planning for Nemo, Toy Story and the Incredibles, since they had made plans to make sequels w/o Pixar. Anyway, I just read the story on CNN and had to post something somewhere, as my wife isn't home to complain to right now.  |
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Phoenix Psaltery
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01-24-2006 13:58
Hmm... how much is that in L$?  P2 |
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Cocoanut Koala
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01-24-2006 14:04
Pixar rules. I'm glad they bought them back. A non-Pixar Nemo or Incredibles, etc., would be a travesty.
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
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01-24-2006 14:53
I'm rather bummed out by this news. I think breaking free from Disney would have been the best thing to ever happen to Pixar.
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Gabe Lippmann
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01-24-2006 15:02
From: Phoenix Psaltery Hmm... how much is that in L$? P2 Approximately $L2.06 Trillion ($L2,064,156,000,000).
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Chance Abattoir
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01-24-2006 15:21
From: Gabe Lippmann Approximately $L2.06 Trillion ($L2,064,156,000,000). They have no responsibility to pay that out if there's an error and they lose your $L. 
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
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01-24-2006 16:19
From: Chip Midnight I'm rather bummed out by this news. I think breaking free from Disney would have been the best thing to ever happen to Pixar. Agreed. Disney is no longer in the "Imagineering" business. They are run by suits who just put out lots of cookie cutter crap. All they seem to do is recycle classics into new, by the numbers crap. In time, Pixar will be ruined by Corporate Disney. |
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Pantheon Lightworker
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Join date: 22 Dec 2005
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01-24-2006 16:23
the news reports are over stating Job's gains by this move. It's not a move up so much as it is a lateral move. He's changing stocks from one company to another, but the slight gains are not anywhere near what the headlines claim.
The move is fine - as long as Pixar is allowed to develop their films independently. Mike was the root of most issues facing Disney, so maybe the slump is over.
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Aaron Levy
Medicated Lately?
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01-24-2006 21:16
From: Pantheon Lightworker the news reports are over stating Job's gains by this move. It's not a move up so much as it is a lateral move. He's changing stocks from one company to another, but the slight gains are not anywhere near what the headlines claim. Actually, Steve Jobs will now how more Disney stock than any individual in the world. From: Chip Midnight I'm rather bummed out by this news. I think breaking free from Disney would have been the best thing to ever happen to Pixar. That's what I feel deep inside... I was SO happy when Pixar announced they were going their own way -- they would have had studios banging their door down to distribute their films. But this was sort of bittersweet news. Bitter in that it appears Pixar caved to the almighty dollar, and sweet in that at least I know the same people will do the same great work and create great films in the future. I'm just upset it will be "all-Disney" now. |
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Luth Brodie
Registered User
Join date: 31 May 2004
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01-24-2006 21:33
boo. How much of the media does Disney need to own? I was very happy when Pixar decided to leave. Now this. *sigh*
Short list of things Disney owns:
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Caravan Pictures
Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Video
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista International
ABC Family
The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SoapNet
ESPN Inc. (80% - Hearst Corporation owns the remaining 20%) includes ESPN, ESPN2,
ESPN News, ESPN Now, ESPN Extreme
Classic Sports Network
A&E Television (37.5%, with Hearst and GE)
The History Channel (with Hearst and GE)
Lifetime Television (50%, with Hearst)
Lifetime Movie Network (50% with Hearst)
E! Entertainment (with Comcast and Liberty Media)
ABC Television Network
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Satchmo Prototype
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01-25-2006 07:27
One step better would be to use machinima to become the next Pixar and sell it for $7.4B. Selling is better than buying |
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Khashai Steinbeck
A drop in the Biomass.
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02-21-2006 12:31
From: Aaron Levy
I don't particularly like Disney any more; everything they've put out in the past 10 years has been crap except for Lilo & Stitch and anything by Pixar. But, I'm somewhat relieved because it means that Disney won't mangle the sequels they were planning for Nemo, Toy Story and the Incredibles, since they had made plans to make sequels w/o Pixar.
What about "The Emperor's New Groove"? You insensitive dolt. =P |
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Lo Jacobs
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02-21-2006 12:40
Oooooh!! The Incredibles sequel! 
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Burke Prefect
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02-21-2006 12:42
Nemo and Incredibles WAS Pixar, wasn't it?
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Eggy Lippmann
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02-21-2006 13:13
From: Teeny Leviathan Disney is (...) cookie cutter crap.  |
