Disney Pixar Discussion

Post by **Meg** » January 31st, 2006, 7:37 am

Wow...Look at us, sitting here arguing about Barbies.

Post by **Dacey** » January 31st, 2006, 1:39 pm

Yeah, we're pathetic.

Post by **ShyViolet** » January 31st, 2006, 5:18 pm

The "middle manager" types that everyone has been grousing about.

And there's more: Just head on over to:

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1829

Post by **Jens** » January 31st, 2006, 5:40 pm

Jim uses a lot of "According to", "reported" and "allegedly" in this article, but it's a good read

If it IS true, I'm VERY excited.

Go Big John!

Post by **ShyViolet** » January 31st, 2006, 6:45 pm

Is Tom Schumaker still at Disney Theatrical?

Wonder if his days are numbered, too....

Post by **Christian** » January 31st, 2006, 6:50 pm

JL might not care so much what happens with the theatrical division.

Post by **ShyViolet** » January 31st, 2006, 10:09 pm

In all honesty, I'm willing to bet that Pixar and Disney stay together. I'll eat my Incredibles movie poster and send you all the video if they don't.

Good thing they stayed together!

Nobody really has an idea yet of exactly what the cost is of killing off the Disney Feature Animation Studios yet, but I think we'll see it in the next 10 years when somebody in management gets the big idea in their head to really re-start the DFA division. It'll be interesting to see how much money was squandered by shutting it down in the first place!

Now this will definetely be interesting to see.

Post by **Dacey** » January 31st, 2006, 10:34 pm

Next thing you know, John will be CEO of the company.

Post by **Ben** » February 1st, 2006, 12:57 pm

We got this email in about Jim Hill's latest column:

"I like your site a lot, but I have to warn you about the Jim Hill story. I can assure you that the incidents he mentioned about John visiting Circle 7 are simply not true...so I have to question the validity of the rest of the article. Unfortunately this kind of stuff just spreads out all kinds of misinformation that simply doesn't benefit anyone. Just thought I'd pass on that info to you. All the best."

Post by **PatrickvD** » February 1st, 2006, 1:43 pm

Ben wrote:We got this email in about Jim Hill's latest column:

"I like your site a lot, but I have to warn you about the Jim Hill story. I can assure you that the incidents he mentioned about John visiting Circle 7 are simply not true...so I have to question the validity of the rest of the article. Unfortunately this kind of stuff just spreads out all kinds of misinformation that simply doesn't benefit anyone. Just thought I'd pass on that info to you. All the best."

no big surprise... Hill has all kinds of sources and uses all kinds of words, but all he does is spread rumours. I'm sure Lasseter is very busy trying to get a good view of where to start and with what. I doubt he's already out there firing people.

Post by **Sullivan** » February 1st, 2006, 4:01 pm

As I've said before "Jim Hill doesn't always have the best info."

Post by **Dacey** » February 1st, 2006, 4:03 pm

Ben wrote:We got this email in about Jim Hill's latest column:

"I like your site a lot, but I have to warn you about the Jim Hill story. I can assure you that the incidents he mentioned about John visiting Circle 7 are simply not true...so I have to question the validity of the rest of the article. Unfortunately this kind of stuff just spreads out all kinds of misinformation that simply doesn't benefit anyone. Just thought I'd pass on that info to you. All the best."

Where did that email come from?

Post by **Ben** » February 1st, 2006, 5:28 pm

Unfortunately, we never quote or credit email submissions without the sender's expressed request, so am unable to say.

Post by **Dacey** » February 1st, 2006, 9:52 pm

Ah, okay.

Nevertheless, this is very interesting.

Post by **ShyViolet** » February 10th, 2006, 7:07 pm

Until the Pixar aquisition is complete:

http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ulti ... 1;t=011097

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