Not worried about it. Disney doesn't own ideas, they recycle other people's these days. My favorite moment for Disney will be the late 70'sthrough the mid-late 80's: oddly enough, when it was not doing well but was desperate enough to throw anything at the wall and see what would stick. We get true oddity's like Black Hole, Tron, even Brave Little Toaster (a curiously engrossing animated film based on a book by the underappreciated Thomas Disch, and unfortunately treated like the red-headed stepchild by Disney)
When the content generator lists go for something negative about they always bring up films from this period as if it were their Malaise days but I think it was their most creative period. They just found that sticking with the formula sold better. Generally when Disney has tried to go beyond the norm, at least in the more modern era, it's brought trouble (Treasure Planet, Black Cauldron) and the corporate culture e is naturally risk adverse.
Why not spend a few years cranking out live action films? They're going to make money. They will hit stockholder expectations. And is it any worse than DTV sequel number 10 of Pocahontas, or whatever number they are up to? They don't even have to be that great. And if you can paint over a few sins with them like Dumbo, that's extra cool points. Why not crank out more MCU films till the end of time: they keep their hand lightly on the tiller for that, as long as production schedules are met, smart people are keeping that franchise effervescent.
I'm not worried about them destroying franchises. I don't think they well. But here's the funny thing: I actually wish they would.
I loved Marvel since I was a kid. I spent my tiny collection of spare change and allowance for titles like Psy Force, West Coast Avengers and Spiderman. I got my star wars toys from garage sales and Goodwill. I love those franchises probably more than I should and I would honestly like them to die. For awhile. Because they'll come back, under a new company perhaps, and they'll have a bit of what we used to like about them and something new, if they're done right and then the'll still be worth revisiting. And it will be worth the decade or two wait. Or the rebirth will fail or like the attempted (by Disney!) resurrections of Oz, hardly anyone will care and they will be past their prime and picked up by Dynamite Comics and that will be that. Because new things will come and that's really more important. Star Trek spent its time periodically in the wilderness and for the most part, that's been good for it. and the time will come for it to go back in the bin as well, sooner than later.
When the content generator lists go for something negative about they always bring up films from this period as if it were their Malaise days but I think it was their most creative period. They just found that sticking with the formula sold better. Generally when Disney has tried to go beyond the norm, at least in the more modern era, it's brought trouble (Treasure Planet, Black Cauldron) and the corporate culture e is naturally risk adverse.
Why not spend a few years cranking out live action films? They're going to make money. They will hit stockholder expectations. And is it any worse than DTV sequel number 10 of Pocahontas, or whatever number they are up to? They don't even have to be that great. And if you can paint over a few sins with them like Dumbo, that's extra cool points. Why not crank out more MCU films till the end of time: they keep their hand lightly on the tiller for that, as long as production schedules are met, smart people are keeping that franchise effervescent.
I'm not worried about them destroying franchises. I don't think they well. But here's the funny thing: I actually wish they would.
I loved Marvel since I was a kid. I spent my tiny collection of spare change and allowance for titles like Psy Force, West Coast Avengers and Spiderman. I got my star wars toys from garage sales and Goodwill. I love those franchises probably more than I should and I would honestly like them to die. For awhile. Because they'll come back, under a new company perhaps, and they'll have a bit of what we used to like about them and something new, if they're done right and then the'll still be worth revisiting. And it will be worth the decade or two wait. Or the rebirth will fail or like the attempted (by Disney!) resurrections of Oz, hardly anyone will care and they will be past their prime and picked up by Dynamite Comics and that will be that. Because new things will come and that's really more important. Star Trek spent its time periodically in the wilderness and for the most part, that's been good for it. and the time will come for it to go back in the bin as well, sooner than later.
