In recent years, they purchased Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo etc.), they purchased LucasFilm (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), they got Marvel (Every movie and comic) and they just got 20th Century Fox and Hulu (which include X-Men and The Orville among many others).
Pixar was purchased at a time they started running out of steam. Their old and most famous franchises had already played out for the most part. The Disney "Pixar" releases (they keep the names of what they consume merely to bait fans that aren't aware their favorite "indie" doesn't exist anymore) seemed more like rehashes for a money grab from old fans and the selling of toys.
Marvel wasn't exactly that but it has some of that element. For the last ~10 years (exactly the number of years Disney is in control), most Marvel movies seem cookie-cutter. It's like watching almost the same movie every single month with small variations. They are not usually terrible but most of the time you end up feeling "haven't I watched that?" and few things stick in your mind for more than 2 months.
LucasFilm was purchased at a time Lucas probably had no more ideas. The Star Wars prequels were not totally terrible because at least they were canon and different but the franchise seemed to not be what it used to be. Disney's most major attempts on that franchise was a rehash of A New Hope (Force Awakens), which was cute and comfy but ultimately a shadow of the franchise's old self for a money grab and a movie that was total nonsense in the saga (Last Jedi) since, among other things, they turned a character that refused to give up on Anakin (Luke) to someone that almost killed a child only on the suspicion he would be like Anakin (the polar opposite of what the heart of the saga used to be, hence it was total nonsense).
Now that they just got 20th Century Fox and Hulu, I expect the same treatment for X-Men and The Orville (even though The Orville is more or less a shadow of TNG already). Some milking of old fans without changing the names of parent production companies to fool old fans their favorite franchise isn't consumed by Disney).
Disney appears so obsessed in that trend of milking old franchises until they completely die that they started doing it to their own children. The Lion King 2019 appears to be the milking of an old franchise.
There is also a lot of HYPOCRISY about the entire thing. If you truly want "new", then support NEW franchises, don't milk old ones just because you know the old fans will flock unquestionably.
That means they often destroy old stories to make them "new" but turn them to nonsense because the old story no longer makes sense. It would be best for everyone to make a new franchise entirely, but that wouldn't fool the old fans their franchise still exists intact.
The best alternative for Disney is to do that they always did best: Soft reboots of very old stories that turn comfy but never revolutionary. Hell, that's what they always did, most of their iconic old movies are very old stories soft-rebooted to something comfy.
At the end of the day Disney appears best at the role of someone that takes dying franchises and soft reboots them to something comfy but never truly new. If you want new, better look at new stories entirely, because Disney never was good at that.
At their worst they don't even do that but try to change them to something that doesn't even make sense. That turns them not only weak but also annoying.
Pixar was purchased at a time they started running out of steam. Their old and most famous franchises had already played out for the most part. The Disney "Pixar" releases (they keep the names of what they consume merely to bait fans that aren't aware their favorite "indie" doesn't exist anymore) seemed more like rehashes for a money grab from old fans and the selling of toys.
Marvel wasn't exactly that but it has some of that element. For the last ~10 years (exactly the number of years Disney is in control), most Marvel movies seem cookie-cutter. It's like watching almost the same movie every single month with small variations. They are not usually terrible but most of the time you end up feeling "haven't I watched that?" and few things stick in your mind for more than 2 months.
LucasFilm was purchased at a time Lucas probably had no more ideas. The Star Wars prequels were not totally terrible because at least they were canon and different but the franchise seemed to not be what it used to be. Disney's most major attempts on that franchise was a rehash of A New Hope (Force Awakens), which was cute and comfy but ultimately a shadow of the franchise's old self for a money grab and a movie that was total nonsense in the saga (Last Jedi) since, among other things, they turned a character that refused to give up on Anakin (Luke) to someone that almost killed a child only on the suspicion he would be like Anakin (the polar opposite of what the heart of the saga used to be, hence it was total nonsense).
Now that they just got 20th Century Fox and Hulu, I expect the same treatment for X-Men and The Orville (even though The Orville is more or less a shadow of TNG already). Some milking of old fans without changing the names of parent production companies to fool old fans their favorite franchise isn't consumed by Disney).
Disney appears so obsessed in that trend of milking old franchises until they completely die that they started doing it to their own children. The Lion King 2019 appears to be the milking of an old franchise.
There is also a lot of HYPOCRISY about the entire thing. If you truly want "new", then support NEW franchises, don't milk old ones just because you know the old fans will flock unquestionably.
That means they often destroy old stories to make them "new" but turn them to nonsense because the old story no longer makes sense. It would be best for everyone to make a new franchise entirely, but that wouldn't fool the old fans their franchise still exists intact.
The best alternative for Disney is to do that they always did best: Soft reboots of very old stories that turn comfy but never revolutionary. Hell, that's what they always did, most of their iconic old movies are very old stories soft-rebooted to something comfy.
At the end of the day Disney appears best at the role of someone that takes dying franchises and soft reboots them to something comfy but never truly new. If you want new, better look at new stories entirely, because Disney never was good at that.
At their worst they don't even do that but try to change them to something that doesn't even make sense. That turns them not only weak but also annoying.
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