Disney bought Pixar???

I'm getting nervous about Steve Jobs' health. First there was the Intel for Apple announcement. Then the sale of Pixar to Disney. The sudden conformity/safe-road approach from two of the more exciting and rebellious companies in two different industries is disconcerting to me. This would be a frightening trend regardless, but the fact that both of these companies are run/owned/lead by the same guy, makes me a little nervous.

Has rebellion gone out of fashion? The power of being different. Anyone else remember that very cool, misspelled ad campaign? (I always thought it should have been, Think Differently, to be spelled correctly - but my spelling isn't all that good). How is using Intel thinking different(ly)?

Then there is Pixar. Toy Story (and Toy Story 2)were fantastic. There is no explaination about why there was no Dad. We don't need to know. My 4 year old has never asked. And then along comes Nemo, in partnership with Disney, and suddenly my kids' have to be terrorized in the first few minutes with Mom being EATEN by a scary fish in order for there to be "character development" of the over-protective FISH Dad. I get the feeling that that chapter has something to do with Disney. And then there is Cinderella, the worst role-model that I can even dream up for my daughter. Oh, please Steve, don't let Disney and their unnecessary character development and poor role models ruin my beloved Pixar.

That's all I have to say.

Posted at 11:45AM Jan 26, 2006 by sarad in General  |