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Disney bets on sequels and password crackdown for profit growth

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5npdzj8dzo

Boss Bob Iger says sequels are cheaper to make because they save on marketing costs.

Disney bets on sequels and password crackdown for profit growth

Disney is banking on a password crackdown and spate of sequels as it pushes to make its streaming business profitable.

The company, which is under pressure as audiences move away from traditional pay-TV and cinema, said it was on track to meet its goals after new subscribers and price rises helped to narrow losses in its streaming business.

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Larry

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What original properties? Not a rhetorical question, I'm curious

No_Change_Just_Money

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I assume they mean "Wish", also known as "how many Disney references do I need to make for them to count as a movie"

MeekerThanBeaker

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I wouldn't have minded the references if the movie was good. It wasn't and the songs were subpar.

In the past ten years, I thought Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, and Encanto were good. Raya, Strange World, and Wish were not for me... and those were three of the last four Disney animated original movies.

For Pixar, they've been hit or miss for me too. I liked Inside Out, Coco, Soul, Luca, and Elemental. Didn't care for The Good Dinosaur, Onward, Turning Red, or Lightyear.

But sequels can be hit or miss too.

One of the best animated movies I've seen in recent years (apart from Spider-Man) is The Mitchells vs. the Machines. It's completely hyper, but original and funny.

NoSpiritAnimal

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The ones you didn't like my kids loved, so maybe you're just not the target audience anymore?

MeekerThanBeaker

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I definitely am not the target audience for Turning Red. I admit that. And kids probably didn't like Soul as much as adults. But if Disney/Pixar wonders why they aren't getting the numbers they used to, they need to target the four quadrant audience, but more importantly have better writing overall.

Kids like a lot of things... sometimes things that are truly awful. I used to be a kid who liked awful stuff growing up too. You can have a monkey character who says "poop" every other word and kids would find that hilarious. Doesn't make it good. I'm not the target audience for Bluey, but I can tell it's better than most things out there.

Also, it's definitely subjective. I've watched a lot of movies and television so I can see more unoriginality than others. I used to like the Knock Knock joke about the banana and orange... and the chicken crossing the road. But now, what else is new? How many stories about a character turning into an animal to learn a lesson do we need?

Doof

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There is plenty of things Ioved as a kid that I can look at objectively look at now and say if it was good or not. I’m not sure if a kids enjoyment says much about quality; I used to think Gex was better than Mario.

NoSpiritAnimal

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I think kids enjoyment of a kids movie says quite a bit. Disney adults are weird.

Doof

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Where did I speak on Disney? Just had nothing original to say?

NoSpiritAnimal

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Your first comment on this thread, after I remarked that the Disney movies that OP didn't like are the Disney movies my kids liked, and you responded that kids are not a good judge of quality.

You were speaking on Disney, apparently not knowing what you're speaking about.

Doof

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No, I’m speaking on kids not being the best case for taste, they/you used the Disney example. I did not. That’s how discussions work, you dork. I mean you seem to be able to follow along until you add your own narrative, so I think you can figure it out.

Son_of_dad

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So again, they make an original and you shit on that too. Wtf?

Son_of_dad

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Wish, soul, onward, elemental, Luca, reya, strange world, Ron's gone wrong. I would add Encanto and turning red but those actually became popular, at least Encanto did