Adult Meets Disney Podcast

A podcast by #Disney adults for Disney adults where entertainment and economics converge

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You either retire a hero or stick around long enough to become the villain.

[Alex Sherman @sherman4949]

I hope you’ll budget some time for 12,090 words today.

I’ve been working on this for many months. A fascinating story of succession gone wrong. https://t.co/damcNAh8Ki

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@Savethedmagic Because they can’t, all of the money from the parks is being used to subsidize D+ and the studios. Until those two get resolved capital investments in the parks stand to be incredibly light.

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@JaySherer @OrangeGrove55 Sell/spin off ABC and FOX makes sense. Transitioning live sports (when able) to ESPN+ would make a crap ton of money. IP in parks to a point, but empower WDI to make unique attractions like Pirates and Big Thunder Mountain.

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@OrangeGrove55 While the ultimate “who” is still up for discussion, the tag team Walt/Roy and Eisner/Wells approach is what’s needed, and preferably people from outside the company.

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@SirBrayden Blaming humidity for park issues is like blaming the turf for the Eagles losing the Super Bowl

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Disney failed, miserably, at succession planning while simultaneously failing to correct course with business operations. For all the good Iger did this will sadly be his legacy.

[DSNY Newscast @DSNYNewscast]

BREAKING: Bob Iger has announced that he has agreed to the Board's request to extend his contract as Disney CEO through December 2026. #Disney

When Iger returned in November 2022, it was stated that he would only serve until December 2024. $DIS

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@disneyglimpses

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#IndianaJonesandtheDialofDestiny is a good movie. Is it Raiders or Last Crusade, no, but it’s on par with Temple of Doom. John Williams’ score is amazing and Mads is a quality villain.

Full breakdown and box office figures on next week’s episode!!

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@DSNYNewscast @OrangeGrove55 Totally agree!! Ruby Gillaman, Teenage Kraken is struggling yet Elemental is getting the heat. I’m not trying to say people should taking sides with film studios, but let’s have our praise and criticism equal across the board.

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Disney+ shows are movies with arbitrary cuts, releasing entire shows at once would make the viewing experience so much better

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Happy 4th of July!! Be sure to leave themed cookies out for this guy tonight!! #4thofJuly

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1.02 B through 6 months is great. But when your films cost 200 million+ to make that billion looks so much smaller…

[Luiz Fernando @Luiz_Fernando_J]

2023 distributors race at US #BoxOffice (which ends JUN with 4.5B so far, beating whole 2021’s 4.4B) continues, bittersweet for #Disney which crossed 1B thanks to Indy’s debut!

Distributors Top 5 YTD
#Universal 1.07B
#Disney 1.02B
#Sony 532.5M
#Paramount 398.2M
#Lionsgate 332.9M

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@AllEarsNet Magical Express going…Sadgical Express leaving

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@GrimGrinningNic As the undisputed champion of motion sickness I’d say it really is charming until about half way through #Dramamine

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@OrangeGrove55 @Dragonlawyer11 @mmontuori @matthew85190042 @gatortebowfan15 @disneyglimpses Outside of DCL and ESPN it’s rough for Disney, but it’s rough for everyone (see WB). Just don’t feel like anything changes until the 3x albatross of Fox, D+ and bloated film budgets get resolved. Not to mention the Hulu situation. Have to keep the faith tho!!

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@OOCParks Awe poor Pluto…got a virtual queue for Tron and the phone battery died before he could confirm it

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@ScottGustin So bummed I cannot make it out there for this!! @WaltDisneyCo get this on #DisneyPlus!!

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@AllEarsNet Andor, not only best Star Wars series but potentially best overall series on Disney+

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@Parkeology Feel it’s still there but you have to look for it. Now that the original design team is gone the vibe of AK and Epcot in general has moved to Chapek’s vision of being “more timeless and more Disney”

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@OrangeGrove55 Not going to opine about the context of the letter but will agree that Iger does need to ride into the sunset next year. Disney needs the next Eisner/Wells dream team to bring them into the future.