Are stock owners playing dumb, or actually dumb?
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Are Stock Owners Playing Dumb, or Actually Dumb?
Picture this: Pixar, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox - Hollywood’s crown jewels - churning out brain-tickling, soul-stirring stories.
Then, poof! Disney swoops in, buys them up, and suddenly, these studios start spitting out cinematic mashed potatoes.
What gives? Were stock owners asleep at the wheel, or is there a wilder plot at play? Let’s unpack this with a grin, because the truth is too grim for a frown.
Disney’s not just tripping over the high-IQ intellectual property (IP) of Pixar, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox - they’re treating it like a sack of spuds. Skill? Nope. Care for fans or quality? Zilch.
Pixar, once the maestro of philosophical sci-fi like Wall-E, now churns out glittery, mindless fantasy. Star Wars under Lucasfilm? A disjointed mess that laughs at canon and leaves fans sobbing. 20th Century Fox, the visionary behind bold, brainy films, now pumps out forgettable fluff.
Disney’s motto seems to be: “Why craft art when you can sell fries?” So, why didn’t stock owners scream “Stop!” before handing over these studios? Were they genuinely clueless?
Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Fox were Hollywood’s top dogs - wildly popular, raking in cash, no need to sell. (Marvel? Sure, they were broke. Different story.) Disney’s track record of flattening IPs into soulless cash cows was no secret. Yet, shareholders greenlit the deals. Are they that out of touch?
Or - hold onto your popcorn - is this a conspiracy? What if Disney’s acquisitions were a sneaky plan to torch intelligent storytelling and flood screens with low-IQ drivel?
These studios were the best, not struggling has-beens. Squashing their cerebral spark could be a masterstroke to keep audiences hooked on safe, brain-numbing content. Stock owners either missed the memo or signed up for the scheme, trading art for profits.
So, are they playing dumb, or actually dumb? The jury’s out, but one thing’s clear: when Disney treats IPs like potatoes, and shareholders shrug, we all lose a slice of Hollywood’s soul.
