The Cookout

[Sovereign]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/media/disney-bob-iger-ceo/index.html

CNN Business — In a move that shocked Hollywood, Bob Iger, one of the most notable CEOs in the history of the Walt Disney company, is returning to once again run the media empire.

Bob Chapek, who replaced Iger in 2020 as CEO, is stepping down immediately.

“We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic,” Susan Arnold, Chairman of the Board for Disney, said in a statement on Sunday night. “The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the Company through this pivotal period.”

 

[Jay]

Great news because Chapek was ruining Disney. He was penny pinching way too much and Disney started to lose its value. Also we saw them ruin Star Wars under his watch.

 

[Boss Hog]

Hopefully he can intervene before they let that bozo in charge of X-Men change the name to The Mutants. He needs to get all the liberal new age politics out of the company.

 

[RCNAL]

I'm a huge Star Wars fan and they did a good job on The Mandalorean and a few of the movies but they started to f*ck shit up. Andor sucks.

 

[Hell Johnson]

Things are getting too "Woke" at Disney & white people aren't feeling the brand right now. Shareholders probably voted to bring Iger back to get things in line before profits spiral out of control. The Marvel brand isn't bringing in money like usual and the next batch of Disney projects cater to the "woke" narrative. In my opinion, I think this was all planned to make Disney look less racist. Let Iger take a seat for a minute because people were saying the brand was racist. Then after they release some "woke" projects they bring Iger back. Watch the market today,Disney stock is going to pop today.

 

[Jay]

I'm a huge Star Wars fan and they did a good job on The Mandalorean and a few of the movies but they started to f*ck shit up. Andor sucks.

I heard that Andor was actually good that’s interesting. But I also don’t any of the new Star Wars properties other than The Force Awakens or Rogue One. Everything else to me sucks including the Mandalorian. They totally destroyed such a good villain in Kyle Ren, they ruined Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. They need to get Kathleen Kennedy out of there.

 

[Sapphire]

Disney has a lot of problems and at this point, I think it is beyond repair. The company started out with horrific racist cartoons and publications that they want the general public to just forget. They over-saturate their movies and shows with "diversity" which ends up alienating people because the characters only feel like there are in the story because of their skin color or sexual orientation. They make that the prime focus of these characters and they have no substance of depth. It feels forced and insulting to me.

 

[Sapphire]

Disney has a lot of problems and at this point, I think it is beyond repair. The company started out with horrific racist cartoons and publications that they want the general public to just forget. They over-saturate their movies and shows with "diversity" which ends up alienating people because the characters only feel like there are in the story because of their skin color or sexual orientation. They make that the prime focus of these characters and they have no substance of depth. It feels forced and insulting to me.

Bit of an update, I guess they fired the dude because he was talking out against this heavy push in the direction of "woke". Like how they are making more LGBT content and pandering to people. So I expect them to keep pushing this direction where all their movies and shows preach to us about their politics, fat acceptance, etc.

These white people who are in support of this crap are going to ruin everything for everyone.

 

[Jay]

Bit of an update, I guess they fired the dude because he was talking out against this heavy push in the direction of "woke". Like how they are making more LGBT content and pandering to people. So I expect them to keep pushing this direction where all their movies and shows preach to us about their politics, fat acceptance, etc.

These white people who are in support of this crap are going to ruin everything for everyone.

I don't think it would have been an issue if the shares dropped significantly, customers increasingly unhappy with the cheapening of the Disney experience, and the constantly rising prices. Even if he was "anti-Woke" he was the typical American executive that wants to charge as much as possible but give as little as possible. He was bringing the GM/Ford/Chrysler approach to Disney and it was destroying the company. The Galactic Starcruiser hotel they opened charged about $6000 for two nights for a family of 4 or $4800 for a couple.

 

[Sapphire]

I don't think it would have been an issue if the shares dropped significantly, customers increasingly unhappy with the cheapening of the Disney experience, and the constantly rising prices. Even if he was "anti-Woke" he was the typical American executive that wants to charge as much as possible but give as little as possible. He was bringing the GM/Ford/Chrysler approach to Disney and it was destroying the company. The Galactic Starcruiser hotel they opened charged about $6000 for two nights for a family of 4 or $4800 for a couple.

Inflation isn't helping. I think it is mostly down to cost and piss poor story telling. They ruined Star Wars, they are ruining Marvel... They are making people pay heavy costs for things that aren't even worth it. It all factors in. They just need to go back to the baseline they had in the '90s and include more characters to make it diverse WITHOUT forcing it. When they force it, it shows because their entire substance is whatever skin color they have or their gender/sex identity. I don't think they is any coming back from this. Even my dad said Disney is on death's doorstep and he gives them 10 years tops before they crumble. They started out racist and have decades of racism in their bones. The peaked in the '90s. It is all downhill from here.

 

[Troy]

Inflation isn't helping. I think it is mostly down to cost and piss poor story telling. They ruined Star Wars, they are ruining Marvel... They are making people pay heavy costs for things that aren't even worth it. It all factors in. They just need to go back to the baseline they had in the '90s and include more characters to make it diverse WITHOUT forcing it. When they force it, it shows because their entire substance is whatever skin color they have or their gender/sex identity. I don't think they is any coming back from this. Even my dad said Disney is on death's doorstep and he gives them 10 years tops before they crumble. They started out racist and have decades of racism in their bones. The peaked in the '90s. It is all downhill from here.

Disney lost its way because it started to skimp on production value which was basically their entire schtick. I’ve been to Disneyland and Disney World and the rides suck ass it’s the theming and performance that takes you in. When they started cost cutting on theming/performance while raising prices they basically charged you more while giving less of what you want.

On the flip side it’s like Six Flags not investing in coasters. The parks are ran like shit so if they aren’t always coming out with the newest, tallest, or fastest something why even go.

 

[Sapphire]

Disney lost its way because it started to skimp on production value which was basically their entire schtick. I’ve been to Disneyland and Disney World and the rides suck ass it’s the theming and performance that takes you in. When they started cost cutting on theming/performance while raising prices they basically charged you more while giving less of what you want.

On the flip side it’s like Six Flags not investing in coasters. The parks are ran like shit so if they aren’t always coming out with the newest, tallest, or fastest something why even go.

It didn't help that they were doing all that LGBT stuff and promoting it to kids either. I get it if you are a gay parent or whatever but how many people like that go to Disney Land or World? It just seems unbalanced.