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We really are in an age where record companies, big movie makers and even game companies are failing because people just don’t want to support the lackluster contact being made anymore. It should be very interesting to see how Indie companies and even Indie developers will be raising the fame soon because they’re making the stuff we actually want to see.

Disney’s motto: “Can’t beat them? Buy them.”

the hunchback was the only Disney movie i liked as a kid because it was more dark and sophisticated emotionally. I think adults severely underestimate the intelegence of children.

Dinosaur was the single best thing that ever happened when I was a little dino nerd. It looked so impressive.

It is sad to say that we truly live in an era of media monopolies that buy up their competitors and end up killing historic properties

Fun fact: DreamWorks Animation would try compete by copying the Disney formula but would always fall flat with the Prince of Egypt being an exception. Ironically a movie that would poke fun at fantasy troupes and became somewhat a Disney satire would end up becoming their biggest animated film and that is Shrek.

Disney buying up their more successful competitors and dragging them down from their success is literally the best example of "If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me"

I was already an adult Hollywood news junkie when Aladdin was released, and although there were some low murmurs about general stereotyping in the movie, I assure you that there was zero mainstream controversy in the 90s about Robin Williams being white.

I wouldn’t care less about Disney falling to ruin, the only thing I feel bad for are the people who are treated poorly and genuinely wanted to create good products.

Disney is the perfect example of how greed destroys a business.

It isn't the matter of Ariel being black now, it's the fact that nothing original was made instead. I promise if they had come up with another mermaid movie with the lead being black nobody would have an issue

As an animator and extremely passionate storyteller, this situation is aggravating. The way an amazing company could go from caring for their characters and stories to this is beyond me. Toy Story 5, Frozen 3 & 4, among other sequels being in the works? Disney’s only card is sequels we don’t need. Profiting off of characters whose stories were finished a long time ago. Where’s the character development and genuine story in that? No where. However, I am glad people are praising other companies now like Dreamworks and indie studios. Godzilla Minus One performed amazingly versus the high budget bland ones we’ve been getting, and their 15m budget showed for it. This makes me sad, but at the same time excited. We as a community of movie lovers get to shed light on smaller creators with much bigger passions, rather than big companies with money as their only priority. Screw Disney. The 20s are looking to be about indie animation.

I really believe Disney has become one of their own villains: a comically uncaring, grasping, money hoarding, “I am always right and if you don’t agree I’ll snuff you out“ - villain.

even years later it's still baffling how disney fumbled the whole star wars situation. the fact that they didn't even bother to plan the entire trilogy and just started winging it is insane.

No matter what each person’s sexual orientation, identity, religious belief or minority, people love inspiring stories.

Kind of a shame Princess and the Frog didn't even get a mention. I know it was a dud financially speaking, but man I love that movie!

Fun Fact: When Pixar was creating Toy Story they were having trouble with character movements and they actually called Big Idea Productions and asked them about certain techniques they used on Veggie Tales.

If Disney really wanted to represent communities that historically have not been properly represented in the past, then they should write a good plot around these characters. It feels like they’re just saying “Hey look there’s a (insert minority here) character in this movie, give us money.

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If your angry with robin williams as the genii that’s insane, that was one of the most iconic roles ever

Ziegler is the embodiment of what Disney has become. The only reason she made those comments in the first place is because she’s reflecting the attitude Disney seems to have about its own work as well. She’s not saying anything new, these talking points have been repeated in mainstream for years. She’s just more blatant about it and yeah, it’s embarrassing Disney cause they try not to say the quiet part out loud.

Disney was also well known for keeping the “Short film before the feature” tradition alive. They were one of the last studios to still do the tradition of putting a short film or cartoon short before the main movie.

to be fair, soul kinda got screwed by covid and has an excellent plot

I can't believe that out of all things mentioned in this video, the main thing that blew my mind is the fact that Ralph Breaks The Internet is apparently critically respected. That movie was AWFUL.

The ironic thing here is that Disney does not care about inclusion and diversity at all, they are just trying to hit that damn high score. I would say if they are really succesfull at the box office that could shield them just enough from outside investors and influences.

I remember when I was 5 years old watching The Lion King, my dream job was to become an animator for Disney. I would spend hours pausing the movie and drawing frame-by-frame what I saw. Then years later they announced they would be moving away from 2D animation and I was devastated. I don't think Disney knows what their audience really wants. And sometimes I worry they also don't care...

This is a blast from the past. My man!

very cool! Goes right through what was gold to what is going on now! ty for this! Next do Nickeloden

The fact Disney was allowed to gobble up so much market share in different industries just shows how little our monopoly laws are enforced.

It's criminal that you didn't mention their Disney Channel division in the 2010s. Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Ducktales, and TOH were great and it ended recently after they cancelled TOH.

TLDR version: The board is more interested in investor dollars than customer dollars

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The first disney villain was power hungry, and wanted to snuff out her competition, she ended up using something else to affect her and make her win, but ultimately made her ugly in the process... Modern disney is power hungry, wants to snuff out the competition, ends up using other properties to affect them to make them more money, but ended up dragging them down and making them look bad in the process...

The hunchback of Notre dame is honestly an iconic Disney movie, where they weren’t shy in exploring ideas such as people being discriminated because of how they look or where they came from. Now, Disney is stuck in a loop hole of “oh it’s too inappropriate for kids! And other stuff like that. Well fun fact Disney, all the “kids” are now mostly grown up. Even if a movie was “too inappropriate” for kids, take the hunchback for an example! I watched that as a kid and didn’t find it inappropriate, instead I found it inspiring. Yes there are some things that may be too inappropriate for kids, like woody having that mean persona, (and I’m glad they changed the story,) but honestly they should explore more in unpopular opinions or things that are not said enough.

4:40 It ain't like you had to zoom in to see them. Lol

Great video! I love the editing!

Disney was literally my childhood. Seeing it fall down is one of the most sad things for me. It feels like they believe movies should be made in quantity not quality. The older movies did so much better because they were teased years before and had been produced for much longer. These newer movies are just quickly put out. Idk if its just the nostolgia or how the world has changed but the cultural impact of the older disney movies is way more than now.

I think it's also worth noting how poorly Disney has treated their animated tv shows lately. Showrunners Dana Terrace (The Owl House) and Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) have come out at length about how difficult it was to work with Disney. Hirsch even made a documentary exposing the troubles he faced and essentially said he'd never work with Disney again. Also super recently there's the Oye Ninos incident (essentially a super offensive Hispanic Loud House) which really shows Disney's lack of effort for making well-made and interesting new TV cartoons.

Disney will always be an unhinged happy-go-lucky, just like Paul Rudish's unhinged version of Mickey Mouse.

So you’re telling me Disney bought 2 sports teams just because they wanted to make a hockey and baseball movie? Nahhh 💀

Are we really surprised that Bob Iger, the man who recently said "We're planning on making these WGA/AGA strikes go on long enough that people start losing their homes and feeling the pain and end the strikes" is the guy who ruined Disney?

I feel like Disney changing original story characters and then trying to frame it as helping racial issues is insane. People with common sense fighting for real racial issues never even asked for this. Disney is just straight up lazy and they did it Because their desperate and is just throwing stuff at the wall hoping it sticks

2:49 - "the disney execs hated it as they felt it may send the wrong message to kids" Compare that quote to what the company is today. Its tear jerking to think about.

One word that comes to mind when you’re looking at Disney’s downfall, “Tokenism” this isn’t representation this is tokenism and they’re getting away with it which is wild.

Disney is a Prime example of 'Either you die a hero or Live long enough to see yourself becoming the villain'.

My only fear is that Disney is going to drag every single franchise that they brought down with them. Imagine losing Marvel, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Pixar, and everything else they had bought just gone bc Disney couldn’t care any less abt it

Movies with LGBT are not failing because of LGBT they were just written poorly

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Small note: The Little Mermaid probably actually lost Disney money because the movie somehow, inexplicably, cost $250 million to make - and that's not considering the marketing costs. The fact that Disney can turn a movie that is making over $500 million into a net loss is quite impressive.

This was more of a trip down memory lane. You never answered why Disney is happy with losing money

So many implications that inclusiveness and going "woke" is what is causing Disney's failures, yet we almost completely dismiss other strategic and creative factors that made it difficult for Disney to maintain its amazing run. First, why are we minimizing the effects of the pandemic and Disney's response to it by investing into Disney+? Soul, live-action Mulan, Raya, Cruella, Luca, Jungle Cruise, Turning Red, Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers, and live-action Pinocchio all either opened exclusively on Disney+ or concurrently opened on Disney+ along side their box office debuts. All of those films either tanked at the box office or squeaked out marginal profit. I don't know why Soul & Luca were cited as flops when neither had traditional openings. As for Marvel & Star Wars, both are suffering from the same issues: having poor game plans, little continuity, and bad storytelling. Note that when Disney had a long-term storytelling plan with Marvel - take its most iconic characters, create big self-contained blockbusters with a thread of continuity that were nice but unnecessary to get emotionally involved in the story, and build to a huge climax in Infinity War & Endgame - it worked. Had Disney focused on telling one overarching Star Wars trilogy with that same level of detail in mind, they would've been much more successful. Instead, they haphazardly threw out cameos from the original trilogy, making for interesting viral KZfaq promos but ultimately undermining the new characters they should have been investing in as the future of Star Wars. Marvel's post-Endgame mistake was investing too much in the Marvel Streaming Universe and not the Cinematic Universe (notice the Disney+ trend?), so instead of being able to enjoy self-contained blockbusters where continuity was more for die-hard fans that casuals didn't need to understand to enjoy, now you HAD to watch the Disney+ shows to get emotionally invested in the characters on the big screen (ex: watching WandaVision to get invested in Scarlet Witch in DS:MoM, or watching Ms. Marvel to get invested in Kamala Khan in The Marvels). Now we both agree that Disney has been guilty of some bad storytelling. But I would add that "wokeness" is not the cause of bad storytelling: it's just a scapegoat for right-wing bigots who are looking for an excuse. Encanto, Black Panther, the Miles Morales Spiderman films, Everything Everywhere All At Once are all woke AF, yet their wokeness isn't criticized because all those films tell GREAT STORIES that got the audience invested in the characters immediately: no prior reading necessary. Turn the queer characters hetero, turn Ms. Marvel white again, give Rey a penis, none of those things would've saved those films because the scripts gave the audience no reason to get emotionally involved with those characters. It's Disney cynically slapping on "wokeness" onto factory-generated stories and poorly written characters and expecting audiences will like them is what's wrong. It's quantity over quality at Disney, hence the burnout. All that said, Disney's demise is greatly exaggerated. They still have all the cash in the world to survive multiple flops, they'll control costs, and eventually they'll find another brilliant creative director to lead Disney into another renaissance.

A very complete recount of Disney's debacle. Good job, man!

2 things to note for Disney from this. If you're remaking a much loved classic, make sure the cast actually liked the original & if you want to have a diverse roster of leads, don't introduce them to remakes of old classics, give them their own movie.

The last Disney movie I cared for was Coco. Yes I’m Hispanic, and the movie was amazing and heartwarming. I’ll never not tear up hearing Miguel and his grandmother singing together in the end of the movie. It will always remind me of my grandma.

shrek and disney was trembling was not a sentence i was anticipating

Great video, and your last sentence says it all, how its even possible with their endless resources. All the eggs are in the wrong basket.

As a Disney fan, it hurts seeing a company I spent a majority of my childhood with has turned into this.

Disney's problem isn't greed or a lack of soul, it's creativity. Pixar did this well. At Pixar, anyone could pitch an idea, regardless of rank. That's why their films were so successful. Disney needs good IPs to make money, and good IPs are born from good ideas. But good ideas don't come from corporate hierarchies, they come from an open and equal environment.

Disney Lived long Enough as they became the villains themselves.

Sir, recently i felt an urge to watch one of these videos about deranged celebrities/companies and I went through a dozen of channels that make such videos and I gotta tell you, these titles and thumbnails are outstanding amongst most of them, imho

Can't wait to tell my grandkids about Disney. A company who made inspiring and beautiful movies, but then got blinded by money and went bankrupted. Edit: People are replying saying Disney is still doing well. I meant in the future. I know they are still doing well. This was supposed to be more of a joke comment.

The last part of this video was truly insightful. A corporate-ruled consumeristic cesspool of a world is the last thing any sane society would want.

Mulan And Freaky Friday! Two of my favorite! I’m a new subscriber and I love your channel!

Disney didn’t make Morbius, they also didn’t make Deadpool 1 & 2. The fact you get so many details like this wrong makes it seem like you don’t do any research.

crazy how Disney back then shot down an early version of Toy Story for being "too mean spirited" and "sending out the wrong message to kids" how lucky did we all used to be that companies actually cared about stuff like that. Particularly Disney.

I would argue Disney as a company has always been cold and cynical. Like most companies. It's only now that it's gotten so big and popular that they think they can do whatever they want and control the artists more. That people will watch anything they make. They've become essentially a monopoly, as legally as possible. At least back then, they let the artists do their jobs.

Thanks for giving me a glimpse of the big picture

Cool,as a gen z twards the end of the gen, who also went to disney many times, all i remeber from my childhood was that hat, and i loved it, and as a stubborn child i refused to belive it was going to be removed until the day i saw it gone, i dont miss it that much but i do miss it for the nostalgia ❤

Great video - just wanted to point out though that Disney did not produce and had no affiliation with Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Venom, New Mutants, Kingsmen, or Morbius. Those movies were made by Fox, and while Disney now owns Fox, these movies were produced before the acquisition took place.

I feel like Disney is making the actual effort to shut down the things that could save them. Gravity Falls, The Owl House, any of the original star wars content that they had no control over, amongst others.

This was fantastic. I just wish it had a little bit more of an ending. Thanks again.

The real truth is that many of the stories being told don't hold up to the realities of the world. And people have become overstimulated and bored of the same stories told over and over.

We honestly deserve better as consumers (the paying customers). If everyone could take the time, you’d find many well-made and well-written stories from smaller film studios and independent filmmakers. Disney has become absolute trash and they’ve destroyed everything that made them. I hope they go broke and under, and that the people who work there that still has real passion and want to create good stories, find good/better jobs in their respective fields.

Disney struggled in the 70s. I think if Disney wants to stay relevant well into the 21st century they need to find someone who cares enough about the company to save it.

Disney owns gopro? Well you learn something every day.

When you choose to pander instead of creating good content your company is going to suffer. Yes you are being inclusive, but not for the sake of a good story. It's basically giving out awards for a participation trophy instead of anything of actual merit

I really miss seeing their 2D animated films. I know it takes more effort and time to make, but they were amazing. I could rewatch all of them. As for the 3D animations, I would only go for the really good ones that released a decade or two ago or so.

The funny thing is I accepted Halle Bailey as Ariel since like... she seemed grateful about the role? It was like a dream come true for her, which I guess I was fine with with her living out something she's been wanting since she was a little girl? The Snow White one like you said was infuriating when the chick outright trashed the original and being arrogant. I hope they DO axe her film.

How the hell are they a human rights group but seem to only cater to one group? That is not equality!

Aristocats was the Disney film I grew up with, watched that like five times over. Also I remember the music from that film being pretty good.

"I'm the mascot of an evil corporation" I just love this quote. It perfectly describes the current state of Disney

Disney has turned into a business, they aren’t a film production company anymore. They make advertisements (films) to sell merchandise and their brand. And people have figured it out

I think that if walt Disney saw disney today he probably wanted to gave up his company so this shit does not happen

*Honestly each time i see those old Disney Cartoons, my heart skips a beat in excitement and nostalgia*

I'd remember that almost the entirety of the 70s and 80s were considered Disney's "Dark Age." Almost 20 years, that's a long time to be in a "low." The fact they had a renaissance and period of relative stability through the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s shows these things can turn around. Large companies can take a long time to pivot and work though these problems. Maybe shorter attention spans make that more dangerous in current times, but I think people talking about a permanent downfall of the company aren't taking a long enough view and may be a bit prone to the sensational. Businesses cycle, it's not really that abnormal. When you're as dominant as Disney, it can reach a point where overindulgence, bloat, etc can leave you with nowhere to go but down. Sometimes that kick to the teeth wakes you up. Hopefully they can learn from their recent mistakes and pick up the pieces.

Seeing what Disney is now hurts me, even as a minority. I don’t give a shit if a character is the same gender as me or a different race, I care if the character and the story they’re in is fun and entertaining. If I feel empathy for them, or if they make me laugh or have a fun song.

feel comfortably and happily.

I feel like Walt Disney would be heartbroken to see what is happing to his company and all his hardwork anyways love the video❤

It’s honestly amazing just how mass shareholders like BlackRock & Vanguard are able to completely dismiss the wants, needs and desires of both the large and average Disney stockholders as well as their audience/fans (now denominated as simply consumers). And even after several years of MASSIVE financial failures Disney continues down the same unprofitable path paved by their stakeholders focused on DEI/ESG narratives. A choice that has cost them not just financially, but culturally. Honestly I don’t think Disney realizes just how tarnished their brand has truly become. Like seriously, how do they basically put a stop to novelty and actual creativity in-house wholesale only to just regurgitate their live-action, soulless versions of their classics as well as dropping billions purchasing other creator’s IPs only to not just be horrible stewards of said IPs, but actually and utterly destroy both the financial and cultural value of those highly valued IPs but their legacy as well? It’s honestly shocking just how poorly Disney has performed in the last 8-10 years. I just wish that they’d get back to making classic, beautifully animated adaptations of worldwide fairy tales and myths. There’s plenty of unexplored stories for which they could adapt to animation or live-action. But it seems like they’ve got no interest in creating novel projects that would truly bring the cultural representation they constantly preach about. Seems like their corporate mindset is simply set on poorly made remakes of those who came before them. And it doesn’t seem like there’s going to be any change coming anytime soon.

Disney has become way too comfortable with themselves. The reason they thrived in the first place was because they strived to outdo their competitors. Now they simply just “buy” their competition whenever they feel like it. Someone once said *”without criticism or pressure from others, there can be no improvement.”* And that really is true, Disney has become lazy and comfortable with themselves and everyone sees it. They may believe for now that they are invincible, but eventually they will find out they’re not and the cycle will start all over again. This is a season that will eventually pass and believe it or not I want Disney to succeed by making changes.

You should edit in the costs of each film Disney made as well, as it really hits home how much is/was being lost in the final chapter of movie releases and solidifying their downfall further.

Well this video has actually another use! A good list of my childhood movies. I am going to go watch a few of them now :)

Honestly being born in the mid 90s and growing up with Disney at their peak, a lot of these timelines hit home for me. Especially when seeing DreamWorks with banger after banger that I loved as a kid and it happening alongside Disney. And when Disney just got weaker and weaker. I'm that person who personally hates the new Disney, but will rave about them from my childhood and remembering just binge watching most of their movies on VHS. I really liked this video, talking about the 90s and early 2000s was super accurate for how I felt as a kid growing up with those films and shows

Whoopsie! I’m sure someone else has mentioned it by now but Deadpool and venom or not Disney Marvel productions. Those were made by Sony and Fox, trying to get in on the action.

Disney lost the magic, disregarded their fans and fed into the wrong trends. I can see Disneyland failing eventually.

Disney's "classics" (the 2D era) aren't even originals... They are family friendly retellings of stories _🙃_

That final detail about Disney is something I think everyone needs to be aware of. The fact there is an agency made to practically blackmail big companies to write stories that aren't genuine is going to continue hurting them in a long while. Bonus: I think you should be weary of Rotten Tomatoes scores nowadays especially in the case of The Little Mermaid remake when even larger publishing media outlets pointed out that they were hiding negative/middle reviews from the audience under the unverified tag.

I think the real shame of all of this, is that our media is really controlled by one company and when they fail to tell great stories everyone suffers. Marvel became the defacto movie theater experience for billions of people. Pixar and Disney's originals made movies that impacted young peoples entire lives, and as they fail to deliver anything of value, life just feels more empty, there's nothing to look forward too, we're all a bit more cynical and disengaged. Its a pandemic nightmare that we can't get away from.

Bro this is the coldest most ice cold video ever I think u took it to far with the coldness