Disney General - The saddest fandom on Earth

[Introvertigo]

So the trailer for the Lion King prequel about Mufasa just dropped and it's as awful as it sounds.

“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.

I always joked that if Disney made an actual prequel about Mufasa they'd probably retcon it to make it so that Scar was totally right about Mufasa all along. I didn't actually expect them to be retarded enough to do that shit. For those who are unaware, Taka is supposed to be Scar's real name.

>Music by LMM

Oh great, it is going to be like the scuttlebutt rap from The Little Mermaid remake but for a whole movie...ugh.

 

[Gingervitis]

>Music by LMM

Oh great, it is going to be like the scuttlebutt rap from The Little Mermaid remake but for a whole movie...ugh.

Wait, that was him?
Oh no no no no no

 

[X-avier cuck]

>Music by LMM

Oh great, it is going to be like the scuttlebutt rap from The Little Mermaid remake but for a whole movie...ugh.

Wait, that was him?
Oh no no no no no

Scuttlebutt was created because Jiggerfina used to rap a lot before her big break. Now, conceptually, a song from Scuttle could be intriguing, given his connection to both land and sea. However, the problem arises because this song feels like a last-minute addition, serving mostly as a recap of information we already know.

If this was an introduction to the bird then that would tell you all you need to know about Scuttle and how stupid\naive Ariel is for hearing him out.

LMM, sure, he's the butt of some jokes, but let's give credit where it's due. The man knows his way around musical theater and storytelling, far more than some others out there (*cough* Julia Michaels *cough*). And hey, his Disney work? It's not your run-of-the-mill stuff—it's got layers, (Dos Origitos is a good example)

"You'll Be Back" from "Hamilton"? That's the kind of song "This is the Thanks I Get" dreams of becoming when it grows up. It's like comparing a gourmet meal to a microwave dinner—there's just no comparison.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Its crazy how even without marvel, and fuck all for films this year, disney still might be the highest grossing studio. Deadpool 3, even with the r rating is the biggest film to release this year by a country mile. the latest Ryan gosling film is apparently a flop. word of mouth from the plebs is that "it feels like a streaming film" which is an odd but probably apt criticism. a bunch of famous assholes mugging for the camera with little plot really is what Netflix films seem to all be about.

Paramount,

they've been shit since the internet got popular which makes sense because their entire tv channel demo was catering to the youth: kids (nick), teens (mtv) and young adults (comedy central) its a big reason why they went from one of the biggest studios in the 2000s to fucking nonexistant.

everyone thought they'd vanish first of the big 6

 

[Silence of the Troons]

Disney lasted as much as two (2) days before turning off the comments

 

[X-avier cuck]

the only thing left we need is Jarfa was the good guy.
butler was not bad in Aristocrats/Oliver & Company.
I guess they won't make a hunch back movie.
we need a colonizer movie for Alatanis/Pocahontas. (ignoring their second movies both)

Here's the funny thing.
The actual John Radcliffe was historically a really nice guy who essentially over treated with the natives.

The issue is that he was caught up in a sociopolitical affair between said natives and how they didn't like how the westerners were treating them.

So he and his men were ambushed by the patawan Indians and since he was the governor, the former essentially tied him to a steak and slowly but surely mutilated his body while he was alive.

 

[Cherry Eyed Hamster]

Here's the funny thing.
The actual John Radcliffe was historically a really nice guy who essentially over treated with the natives.

The issue is that he was caught up in a sociopolitical affair between said natives and how they didn't like how the westerners were treating them.

So he and his men were ambushed by the patawan Indians and since he was the governor, the former essentially tied him to a steak and slowly but surely mutilated his body while he was alive.

I hate the Pocahantus animated film. It’s glorified red-man worship that bastardizes actual history and justifies said decisions as depicting it as a fantasy film. Feels really disrespectful. I always felt weird after watching that movie even as a little kid.

 

[X-avier cuck]

I hate the Pocahantus animated film. It’s glorified red-man worship that bastardizes actual history and justifies said decisions as depicting it as a fantasy film. Feels really disrespectful. I always felt weird after watching that movie even as a little kid.

That's because Kassenberg was inspired by Romeo and Juliet and possibly West Side Story which would be nice if it wasn't based around real people and racial groups.

 

[Betonhaus]

Looks like Disney is finally getting around to finding a replacement for Epstein's position.

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

4 outta 5 biggest flops of 2023 were Disney movies. Only Ezra Miller Flash flopped harder.

 

[ShitLurker]

Here's the funny thing.
The actual John Radcliffe was historically a really nice guy who essentially over treated with the natives.

The issue is that he was caught up in a sociopolitical affair between said natives and how they didn't like how the westerners were treating them.

So he and his men were ambushed by the patawan Indians and since he was the governor, the former essentially tied him to a steak and slowly but surely mutilated his body while he was alive.

That can't be! That's not how the heckin noble savages are supposed to behave!

 

[X-avier cuck]

That can't be! That's not how the heckin noble savages are supposed to behave!

Yeah he's not only spared in the actual movie lives on in the sequel to basically antagonize Pocahontas as some sort of bully.

Anyhow, https://twitter.com/thevscooper/status/1670853961371521028?s=46

It seems that certain people have already seen an early version of mufasa and of course you take this with a grain of salt but allegedly it's actually fairly good, but supposedly the final act was a mess which led to the film being delayed to presumably fix it.

I only managed to find one tweet that talked about the music and allegedly there's one song that's very similar to The Circle of Life so it seems like there's a bunch of parallels between what mufasa went through contrasted with what Simba and by extension scar went through.

 

[starborn427614]

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4 outta 5 biggest flops of 2023 were Disney movies. Only Ezra Miller Flash flopped harder.

I don't think The Marvels is as bad as some people say, but it wasn't good either. Lots of issues, kind of deserved to flop.

 

[Terrifik]

terrible earning call.
fake news of depp in Pirates 6
Saying - Disney says streaming is nearly breakeven

https://www.barrons.com/articles/walt-disney-earnings-stock-price-fecf902e

Walt Disney
DIS

-10.38%
stock was falling hard on Tuesday after management offered guidance for its streaming division that left investors disappointed.

Disney stock was down 10% to $104.86 in late morning trading, on track for its largest decline since Nov. 9, 2022, when it dropped 13%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The company had posted gains after each of its last three earnings reports.

Within its combined direct-to-consumer streaming business, combining its entertainment DTC business and ESPN+ in sports, it reported a loss of $18 million, much narrower than the loss of $659 million a year prior. The company posted operating income of $47 million within its entertainment DTC business and an operating loss of $65 million for ESPN+.

Paid core subscribers to Disney+ in the second quarter were 117.6 million, topping expectations.

“We’re pleased with the progress we’re making in streaming although as we said before, the path to long-term profitability is not a linear one,” Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said on a call to discuss earnings. “On that note, we are forecasting a loss for entertainment direct-to-consumer in the third quarter. The vast majority of which is due to Disney+ Hotstar’s ICC Cricket rights.”

“We also do not expect to see core subscriber growth at Disney+ in the third quarter but anticipate sub-growth will return in Q4,” he continued. The company still expects its combined streaming businesses to be profitable in the fourth quarter and plans to build on that in the following fiscal year.

For its second quarter, ended March 30, the entertainment company reported a loss of one cent a share, compared with earnings of 69 cents recorded a year prior. The company recorded a $2.05 billion charge related to its Star India and entertainment linear networks in the latest second quarter.

Adjusted earnings in the quarter were $1.21 a share, better than analysts’ forecasts of $1.10 and up from 93 cents a year earlier. Revenue rose 1% to $22.08 billion but missed the consensus call for $22.12 billion.

For the full year, Disney now forecasts adjusted earnings-per-share growth of 25%, up from a prior call for at least 20%.

The company has plans to start cracking down on password sharing this summer.

Netflix
NFLX

0.98%
, one of the strongest players in streaming, made a similar decision last year. It gained more net new subscribers than expected in its most recent quarter, but management said that it will stop reporting subscriber totals altogether next year.

BofA Securities analysts reiterated their Buy rating and price target of $145 on Disney in a Tuesday report.

“DIS has a collection of best-in-class premiere assets (in content/intellectual property as well as Theme Parks),” BofA wrote. “Near term catalysts include: 1) additional updates on strategic priorities for DIS, 2) an inflection in profitability in [direct-to-consumer].“

Despite Tuesday’s stock decline, shares are still up 16% this year, boosted by CEO Bob Iger’s victory in a proxy fight against Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund Trian Partners last month.

 

[Fartificial Insmelligence]

@Terrifik

WDWPro is an interesting Youtuber to me, he’s not overly hyperbolic, he’s relatively well-spoken and he covers topics others usually don’t, but on the other hand, most of the time he has guests on he just asks them loaded questions to make them agree with him, and he has weirdos on like the guy with the puppets and Tom Connors…

 

[Milkshake Sniffer]

Saying - Disney says streaming is nearly breakeven

They are headlining streaming being profitable using the $47m profit figure for the last quarter. This is important to them as they have repeatedly promised that streaming will be profitable by end of fiscal 2024.

As usual with Disney, it's not that straightforward. The Barrons article calls it operating income. That's wrong, it's operating profit the difference being that income does not take account of the costs of generating the income. The significance of the limiter "operating" is that they are ignoring the $11Bn+ losses already accrued. Even taking account of the interest attributable to that debt annihilates any prospect of a real profit. To put the significance of that debt and the correct operating profit into context; assuming that debt to be interest free, it would take 234 quarters (19.5 years) of $47m quarters to pay off $11Bn of debt. Add any sane interest rate and the debt increases faster than it can be paid off. 5% per annum of $11Bn is $137.5M per quarter and that's without considering compounding

Having said that; Disney's original commitment (they've fudged since) was that D+ would be profitable by end of fiscal 2024. The $47M that Disney now trumpets is attributed to "entertainment streaming". In Disney speak that means D+ and Hulu but excluding EPSN. They have to exclude ESPN as that had an operating loss of $65M. i.e. Disney's streaming is still losing money even on the operating basis.

They also warned that even the $47M (for D+ and Hulu combined) will revert to an operating loss next quarter. But it'll get better after that. Trust me bro.

This is just surface scratching. The shenanigans go deep with the Rat.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

So the trailer for the Lion King prequel about Mufasa just dropped and it's as awful as it sounds.

“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.

I always joked that if Disney made an actual prequel about Mufasa they'd probably retcon it to make it so that Scar was totally right about Mufasa all along. I didn't actually expect them to be retarded enough to do that shit. For those who are unaware, Taka is supposed to be Scar's real name.

Even more reason to why Scar did nothing wrong. His father was a typical Boomer who would rather leave his inheritance to some random outsider instead of his son Scar / Taka.

I hate the Pocahantus animated film. It’s glorified red-man worship that bastardizes actual history and justifies said decisions as depicting it as a fantasy film. Feels really disrespectful. I always felt weird after watching that movie even as a little kid.

As a kid I liked the 2nd one more because I was more interested in seeing Stewart England than some half naked savages in the Forrest.

 

[fatcock burgerking]

I hate the Pocahantus animated film. It’s glorified red-man worship that bastardizes actual history and justifies said decisions as depicting it as a fantasy film. Feels really disrespectful. I always felt weird after watching that movie even as a little kid.

Had a professor that opted out of doing effects for Colors of the Wind to work on Be Prepared+the elephant graveyard, and the final fight. For all the posturing on how Pocahontas was going to be the bigger success by Disney in old promo materials, internally a lot of the animators seemed to know it was kind o a weird movie and when given the option would switch off of it. It's beautiful visually, yeah, but who was it for?

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

https://archive.ph/B11Xi

Disney has revealed that during production of its upcoming live action remake of Snow White, women occupied just 30% of the highest paid jobs but had 48% of the lowest paid positions despite the movie being hailed as a showcase for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Studios filming in the UK have to make detailed disclosures about staff pay and the filings for Snow White reveal that in April 2022 women’s average hourly pay was 11.8% lower than men’s. Likewise, taking the middle number when hourly pay was ranked from highest to lowest shows that women got 8.5% less than men.

The filings show that just 34% of them were female so women weren't widely represented overall or in the upper pay segments.

LOL. LMAO even.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

Just say all the highest paid men are trannies. Bam, now women are represented!