Thread: How well do you think Disney's streaming service will do?

I have not kept up with anything related to the news on it. I know it is going to launch sometime this year, that is about it. I remember reading about their Fox network deal to scoop up all the rights to those shows so Netflix can't use them. I am sure there will be some competition here for Netflix for a bit but I don't know how long it will last. When someone thinks "Disney" they think "kids". At least I do.

Thoughts?

It could go either way, depending on who jumps ship and how many of them follow.

Personally I wouldn't sign up for it, on the basis that Disney today is just the worst sort of all-consuming, IP-fucking monster (look what it did to Star Wars almost immediately, followed by pointless remakes of its own material, now with rumours of a Die Hard reboot). It just wants more, more, more, with the absolute minimum of effort, and unfortunately it can afford to be this way and will continue to be so until everything starts tanking.

Originally Posted by BaronOfStuff

It could go either way, depending on who jumps ship and how many of them follow.

Personally I wouldn't sign up for it, on the basis that Disney today is just the worst sort of all-consuming, IP-fucking monster (look what it did to Star Wars almost immediately, followed by pointless remakes of its own material, now with rumours of a Die Hard reboot). It just wants more, more, more, with the absolute minimum of effort, and unfortunately it can afford to be this way and will continue to be so until everything starts tanking.

I raise my drink to you good sir. Disney is the most souless, corporate by the numbers studios out there. Well, most studios are but Disney takes it to a whole other level. Now that they own 20th Century Fox, they have the rights to movies like Die Hard, Alien, Commando, and Predator, movies that I wouldn't want Disney to so much even look in the general direction of. They are even planning a reboot of Alien and I dread to see what Alien under Disney would turn out to be. Don't even get me started on the remakes that Disney is doing of their older movies. It's depressing that people still give them any attention. Honestly, this is the only good thing to come out of Disney in awhile.



For their sake, they better hope that their streaming service succeeds. Sure, they had some box office hits but their park attendance is low and the new Star Wars theme park is doing poorly. Hell, the way they've been treating Star Wars is so horrible that some people are expecting the new movie to under perform. Marvel is still successful but considering some of the plans they've had for future movies, who knows how long they are going to keep that up. The streaming services better have some really special fucking shit because if it doesn't, that's gonna be another huge financial blow to them.

Originally Posted by Starwind55

Welcome to Walt DinduLand! Where dreams get stolen!

That video is so embarrassing. How anyone can be proud to act like this in public is beyond me. I never went to Disneyland or Disneyworld and I never will. It seems like both are such trashy places that only look to milk parents dry from their kids.

I didn't even think about all those movies either that Disney now has the rights to. The future of movies is a grim one.

Originally Posted by KorinKitty

I didn't even think about all those movies either that Disney now has the rights to. The future of movies is a grim one.

I'm excited for the anime future, can't wait for movies and cartoons to die off so they stop indoctrinating people and I can stop hearing about Hollywood's latest trash.

Originally Posted by Zemekis

I'm excited for the anime future, can't wait for movies and cartoons to die off so they stop indoctrinating people and I can stop hearing about Hollywood's latest trash.

I can't see them ever not having power over people. I never understood the obsession with famous people. I think because of a lot of famous people on Youtube, it kind of shook their reality and they are now seeing a rise in younger people not even paying attention to them. Likely why they keep hitting repeat on everything just hoping to milk people for money while they can.

Originally Posted by KorinKitty

I never understood the obsession with famous people.

Seconding this, especially when it comes to flash-in-the-pan "reality" "stars". Bunch of fucking nobodies famous for being famous! How the fuck does that work?!

Drowned-in-a-flash-flood would be an ideal way of sorting that problem but it's difficult to engineer something like that and oh no I've done it again and told everyone.

Originally Posted by BaronOfStuff

Seconding this, especially when it comes to flash-in-the-pan "reality" "stars". Bunch of fucking nobodies famous for being famous! How the fuck does that work?!

Drowned-in-a-flash-flood would be an ideal way of sorting that problem but it's difficult to engineer something like that and oh no I've done it again and told everyone.

What is funny... And maybe even downright depressing is that most famous people have to go through a period of letting their real self die. Some do some of the sickest stuff behind closed doors too. Like things, we can't even imagine, yet they are idolized. I just look at them as zombies with a lot of money anymore. So many have dead eyes unless they are acting in a movie or show.

Originally Posted by KorinKitty

What is funny... And maybe even downright depressing is that most famous people have to go through a period of letting their real self die. Some do some of the sickest stuff behind closed doors too. Like things, we can't even imagine, yet they are idolized. I just look at them as zombies with a lot of money anymore. So many have dead eyes unless they are acting in a movie or show.

The contact lenses, lighting, makeup, and editing make them almost look human. Technology is amazing.

I don't care if people want to be scummy or whatever, and i don't care if a shitbag gets famous. The problem i have with it is if they do a bunch of moral grandstanding despite being a shithead and people eat it up. It terrifies me that the average person is so easily fooled and shepherded. It's cult-like the way these dead eyed "celebs" can direct public opinion. So many people are empty and looking for direction and meaning, so they listen to the words coming out of the TV.