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Jobs and Lasseter - Most Influential in Hollywood

The designer of the iPod/iMac according to the BBC is the most influential person in Great Britain, and now the Jobs/Lasseter combo are the most influential people in Hollywood! Who at Apple is next?

I bet Tiger (10.4) will be the most influential operating system! ;)
 
That's Ironic...

They're not *in* Hollywood. They're in Emoryville on the site of what used to be an old Dole factory...when Steve's not in Cupertino, that is.

Get ready for "The Incredibles" coming this fall. Brad Bird, the man who brought you "Iron Giant" (not to mention Family Dog and the Simpsons) will finally get the distribution hoopla he deserves. Another powerhouse year for Pixar...
 
Jobs and Spielberg?

As Disney is pulling out of working with Pixar, will it be Jobs as the most influential by himself? How about an alliance with Spielberg? Dreamworks SKGJ (Jobs)? Dreamworks SKGP (Pixar)? How about Dreamworks SKGAP (Apple and Pixar)? No, the first is best as the initials are people. Or would it be better to issue a Pixar badge to Spielberg? When you're on top, I guess it doesn't matter.
 
pennymonger said:
Does Premiere Mag use a poll to determine the most influential or is it some writer/editors' opinion ?
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I believe it's their editorial staff's call, though I don't have one of the old lists around to check.

Semi off-topic, but generally speaking, at least based on my little-to-none knowledge of the movie industry, their lists seem to make sense, putting more weight on what a person can "get done" than how well known they are--relatively big actors often don't rank well at all, being that they don't have their hand in production, and there are often little-known behind the scenes people near the top.

Good to see Steve and Lasseter (who I've ironically come to dislike reflexively for no reason other than his face pops up in an innane interview every time you try to play one of Disney's Miyazaki DVDs) getting the credit they deserve. And hey, any animation studio who can tell Disney to shove it must be pretty powerful!
 
Wow, that's just nuts. You'd figure they'd have a bigger connection to Hollywood and its Actors.....but hey, great for them! :D

Anyone else read that blurb and see the thing about Mel Gibson replacing Eisner at Disney? :confused: :eek:

D
 
Knute5 said:
They're not *in* Hollywood. They're in Emoryville on the site of what used to be an old Dole factory...when Steve's not in Cupertino, that is.

Get ready for "The Incredibles" coming this fall. Brad Bird, the man who brought you "Iron Giant" (not to mention Family Dog and the Simpsons) will finally get the distribution hoopla he deserves. Another powerhouse year for Pixar...
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What? The article is about them being the influential in Hollywood, not that they own the biggest house in Hollywood or that their driveways are the biggest in Hollywood. Influence does not need an address if you want to be *technical*.
 
oh an I guess there's always one idiot that votes negative on a positive story. I will keep the fight alive to kill that rating crap on the front page.
 
Also if you want to get technical...

If you want to get technical its Emeryville not Emoryville
 
Kid Red said:
oh an I guess there's always one idiot that votes negative on a positive story. I will keep the fight alive to kill that rating crap on the front page.
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bar italia said:
And there's always one idiot who doesn't fail to point that out.
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Just because your opinion on this story is positive doesn't mean that everyone else has to feel that way. Personally, I think Jobs being over Spielburg is rubbish.

****Votes negative*****
 
Oh, Sethypoo, what exactly did Spielburg do this last year that was so influential may I ask? ;)

Props to Jobs and Lasseter. It really will be quite interesting to see what Pixar does when they're released from the Disney partnership...
 
sethypoo said:
Just because your opinion on this story is positive doesn't mean that everyone else has to feel that way. Personally, I think Jobs being over Spielburg is rubbish.

****Votes negative*****
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I don't tend to vote, but I am inclined to agree with you. If Pixars next two movies bomb, Disney will be looking a lot stronger and Jobs wouldn't. Whereas Speilberg has a catalogue behind him that has some of the stongest movies in the last 30 years. He'll still be stronger for longer.
 
sethypoo said:
Not awesome.

Jobs over Steven Spielburg?!?! I think not. I just finished watching Saving Private Ryan.....I strongly feel that Jobs has nothing on Spielburg. Come on! :mad:
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Typically "rankings" like this happen on a yearly basis (like People Mags "50 most beautiful People" happens once a year). It is not an "end all, be all" list. What did Spielburg do last year? You can't deny Jobs' (read Apple and Pixar's) impact on the Industry last year. And it's not like Apple and Pixar are one-trick ponies either. For years both of them have influenced the Industry in their respective fields. Heck, Apple is practically an ingrained part of the Industry.


Lethal
 
sethypoo said:
Not awesome.

Jobs over Steven Spielburg?!?! I think not. I just finished watching Saving Private Ryan.....I strongly feel that Jobs has nothing on Spielburg. Come on! :mad:
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Spielberg, not "Spielburg." For someone so powerful, you'd think that people would know how to spell his name by now...

Premiere runs this list every year. It's a snapshot of who stands where in the industry, who's risen, who's fallen, and who to watch for in the coming months. In the long run, Speilberg is much more powerful because of his track record, but RIGHT NOW, Pixar is in a sweet position. Most of the other studios would love to make a fraction of the amount of money that Disney's made from Pixar movies in the last few years, which puts Pixar in a good negotiating position, and certain members of Disney's board (past and present) would love to replace Eisner with Jobs, who's overseen the rise of Pixar and the resucitation of Apple.

Pixar could very well have overplayed their Disney hand. Their gamble might fail. But right now all of the eyes of the industry are watching them and wondering what they're going to do next. That's why they're more powerful than Steven Spielberg right now, who -- in the estimation of the industry bean counters -- has only got another movie with Tom Hanks coming out in a few months.
 
Like LethalWolfe said, it's an annual ranking. Almost nobody stays on top for more than a year or two, since as with everything in Hollywood, the totally theoretical "most powerful" list is constantly changing at the whims of a whole lot of things.

At this particular juncture in time, Spielberg hasn't done a whole lot to assert or extend the reach of his power (and he's STILL at #2), whereas Steve and co have a running string of the most profitable movies ever made, as well as the confidence to spit in the face of Disney and strike out on their own... and there are people saying it's Disney that's going to be hurting as a result of it. That spells power in Hollywood.

They won't last (nobody does), but right now, they've got the sway.
 
I would find it difficult to believe Pixar would go with Dreamworks. While A Bug's Life was being developed at Pixar, Katzenberg left Disney to join Dreamworks. Rushed out to the market was Antz, a hack of a film and an obviously rushed attempt to beat ABL to the screen.

It's been a huge bone of contention for Pixar. The unwritten word is that Antz was stolen from Disney/Pixar, with Katzenberg holding the bag.

Rich
 
congratulations & celebrations!

congrats, Stevie (& mr. Lasseter)! Wonder when Billy boy gets this title ;) has he gotten it any year in the past by the way?
 
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