re: They killed Pixar when they took out John Lasseter

Luca, Soul, and Onward were hurt a lot by the pandemic. Those were pretty good films that I think would have been better guided to the finish line had Lasseter stuck around and the world got to see them the way they were intended.

But then you had:

Turning Red (a real WTF movie from the story, characters, and animation)
Lightyear (politicized whether by its own fault or not)
Elemental (hurt by the response to lightyear and the best of these 5 films although still just okay)
Inside Out 2 (the exact same story as Inside Out)
Elio (another WTF disaster)

All of these films seemed to be misguided either from the start or at the finish line. Leadership was the biggest problem.

The upcoming lineup has been gutted of the originals because they’ve been so bad.

Hoppers looks like another flop. The synopsis: After a group of scientists invent a way to "hop" human minds into lifelike robotic animal bodies, a teenager named Mabel uses their technology to embody a robotic beaver and thwart a construction company's plot to destroy the local animal habitat.

Then you have sequels to Toy Story, Incredibles, and Coco. I’m not convinced Gatto gets made.

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More than 50 people have followed Mr. Lasseter to Skydance from Disney and Pixar, including Ms. Holmes (“Secret of the Wings”), whom he hired to direct “Luck.” The screenplay for “Luck” is credited to Kiel Murray, whose Pixar and Disney writing credits include “Cars” and “Raya and the Last Dragon.” Mr. Lasseter and Ms. Holmes hired at least five more Disney-Pixar veterans for senior “Luck” crew jobs, including the animation director Yuriko Senoo (“Tangled”) and the production designer Fred Warter (“A Bug’s Life”).

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I'm not really trying to argue your point because you might be right, but is this the source for the talent they took was mainly white males? Because of the four people mentioned, two are white women, one is an Asain woman, and one white male.

true dat

Cars was fine for what it was. Probably my kids favorite franchise when they were little.

Think you quoted the wrong guy there.

We liked those as well.

I dont think anything they’ve put out in the past 5 years is as good as Toy Story, Up, Walle or Coco, but I have enjoyed everyone of the movies i’ve watched.

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I didn't downvote him, but he's not getting downvoted because he wrong. He's right. He's getting downvoted because he talks about this same exact thing weekly

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Are you telling me this?

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Inside Out 2 was pretty good.

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Although I liked Anxiety being the antagonist and thought it was fine, it was too repetitive of the original.

Inside Out 3 has been greenlit and it better be a major departure from the first two, namely making Pride the main antagonist. It’s the obvious villain and could be one of Pixar and Disney’s best if they do it correctly.

Those who DV really are clueless.

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Which seems like evidence of him being appreciated by many employees in spite of some people occasionally disagreeing.

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I’d say behind Walt Disney and Hayao Miyazaki that John Lasseter is the greatest animator who has ever lived. They should appreciate him because he’s a true visionary and a genius.