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Pixar Eaten by Mickey Mouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-so-confused dept.

The rumors went flying this weekend, but Dekortage writes "It is official: Pixar has been sold to Disney. Steve Jobs will join the Disney board, and John Lasseter is now Disney's Chief Creative Officer. So, dear Slashdot, does this mean that Disney's movies will improve, or that Pixar's will become worse?" Also the price of Pixar was $7.4 billion with a b dollars.

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  1. Don't kid yourselves by nagora · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Disney is a supertanker of a company and it'll take more than a seat on the board or even being nominally in charge of animation to turn it around from the pile of crap it has become. Pixar is dead, for all serious purposes, although I'm sure Disney will make a big deal out of exploiting its "brand" on more of its third-rate tat.

    TWW

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    1. Re:Don't kid yourselves by tpgp · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Disney is a supertanker of a company and it'll take more than a seat on the board or even being nominally in charge of animation to turn it around from the pile of crap it has become.

      Kinda reminds of Michael Dell saying (about Apple) "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders"

      I think if anyone can turn around disney, then Lasseter with Steve Jobs backing will be the ones to do it.

      What I think we should be more worried about is the creation of the most vertically integrated entertainment duopoly since paramount case of 1948 broke up the old vertical monopolists.

      I mean we're going to have one guy (Jobs) essentially controlling two companies that will between them produce the content, the distribution network, the playback codec and the playback device.

      The potential for abuse is frightening

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  2. Not hard to see why.... by FalconZero · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...from the box office totals (in millions of US dollars)

    Pixar
    • Toy Story (1995) $191
    • Bugs Life (1998) $162
    • Toy Story2 (1999) $245
    • Monsters, Inc (2001) $255
    • Finding Nemo (2003) $339
    • Incredibles (2004) $261

    Disney
    • Aladdin (1992) $217
    • The Lion King (1994) $312
    • Pocahontas (1995) $141
    • Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) $100
    • Hercules (1997) $99
    • Mulan (1998) $120
    • Tarzan (1999) $171
    • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) $89
    • Atlantis (2001) $84
    • Lilo & Stitch (2002) $145
    • Treasure Planet (2002) $38
    • Brother Bear (2003) $85
    • Home on the Range (2004) $50

    Can you guys spot the trend too?

    (Data from Wikipedia/www.boxofficemojo.com)
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  3. Hi! I am an animator. I am a millionaire. by Shihar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Guys, what happened is GOOD. Disney just made anyone holding stock in Pixar a millionaire. I once consulted at a company where this has happened. You pull up into the parking lot and no one has a car worth under $40,000. Everyone shows up to work because they want to and like working there, not for the salary. If the company goes down the shitter, they just leave.

    IP and equipment didn't make Pixar great. The people made Pixar great. If Disney fucks it up, everyone just ups, leaves, and forms a new company leaving Disney with nothing but a name. Disney shelled out a few billion for the SHOT at using Pixar to do something good. If they blow it, the real 'assets' of Pixar can simply leave and go make another few million each.

    I saw good for Pixar. Way to make yourself horrifically rich and still leave a dozen escape hatches to bail from Disney. Those people deserved a big steaming pile of money. I hope they go out and enjoy it.