This should be called “Reputation Rehabilitation of a Sex Pest.”
Pete Docter is now Chief Creative Officer at Pixar, having taken over from Lasseter. He's been there since 1990, employee number 10. I think Pixar is still Pixar.With John Lassiter heading up SkyDance animation and Apple now promoting their stuff, is Pixar even really Pixar anymore?
I remember when Steve Jobs heavily promoted Pixar movies.
Whatever you think of Lasseter and his involvement, the movie was already in pre-production before Skydance hired him.Created by a team founded by a guy fired from Pixar for sexual harassment
How so? From what I can see, they're using characters from a movie to advertise hardware. (EDIT: And/or their front page to advertise a movie they released on their streaming platform.) That seems to be perfectly legal to me.Hmm. Isn't this leveraging your position in the hardware market to prop your other businesses? I.e. competition abuse?
Looking past the controversy around Lasseter for a moment, it doesn't necessarily seem to be an outright bad movie – it's just that Pixar's best films have set the bar very high by creating family films with a surprising emotional depth. This, by comparison, looks like a competently-done Pixar clone that doesn't seem to bring much new to the table. (Which, to be fair, also goes for a lot of Disney's non-Pixar releases and even some of Pixar's own creations.)A lot of negativity in here.
Does Pixar even make decent movies anymore? I think the last one I watched was Toy Story 3.With John Lassiter heading up SkyDance animation and Apple now promoting their stuff, is Pixar even really Pixar anymore?
It's a bit of a mixed bag, and there have been a few misfires, but some of the more recent ones are definitely worth a watch. Especially Soul and Inside Out are (IMHO) just as good as their earlier efforts.Does Pixar even make decent movies anymore? I think the last one I watched was Toy Story 3.
Being dead might prevent that from happening...Wouldn't it be wild if Jobs started a "Pixar" for Apple TV+, personally funding it with the sale of the Disney shares he got from the sale of Pixar to Disney in the first place...
Good luck with that!It’s a shame there are so many here who have to add a toxic comment to any post… can’t you all go and moan on Truth Social?
You forget to mention gun violence and endless scenes of death and destruction. As a European I’m fare more shocked by this than some vulgar language or nakedness.This has been my frustration. I don’t understand why all adult oriented content needs to be TV-MA these days. As an adult, I have no desire to have my ears assaulted by overly vulgar language or to watch soft porn. Sure I occasionally watch things I wouldn’t want my young kids to see, but most of the reasons I wouldn’t want my kids to watch something apply just as much to adults who just want to watch a good story without any indecency.
I was under the impression that when he sold Pixar to Disney he became Disney’s largest shareholder.I wonder, if Steve Jobs was still alive would he try to form a new "Pixar" to make animated films in house.
Hmm. Isn't this leveraging your position in the hardware market to prop your other businesses? I.e. competition abuse?
I would expect more from a user since 2010, long absence from Macrumors or have you just been off the Internet for a while?Looking forward to seeing!
It’s a shame there are so many here who have to add a toxic comment to any post… can’t you all go and moan on Truth Social?
Yes there is...A lot of negativity in here.