Tim Allen says Disney would not be making "Toy Story 5" if it was just about the money.
Riiiiight.
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Disney CEO Michael Eisner, in an internal memo in 1981
Yeah but Eisner was a shit CEO for Disney.
He presided over some of their most successful years. In terms of profitability he was at least as good for Disney as Balmer was for Microsoft.
He presided over ESPN taking in billions for Disney.
I mean. In all fairness he's not the current CEO and he is very much malighned as Disney's CEO. He's the main Blame for Disney's worst years.
But also I can't find the actual source for that quote your referencing anywhere. Just a bunch of other posts, memes, and comments saying he said it. In 1981 he worked for Paramount. He didn't work for Disney until 1984. So I'm a bit skeptical he even ever said that. Though it's obviously absolutely possible.
disney would fire mickey if the mouse dared ask for a 25 cent increase in pay.
That's what they said about the last 3 movies
Real Jim Carrey retirement vibe here!
Imagine having a net worth of $180M and still feeling like it isn't enough.
What even is the point of money if you'll never feel secure or satisfied?
As your wallet gets bigger, so does what you spend money on.
he's also been divorced a couple times, alimony may have something to do with it.
That's a very strong possibility. Smart thinking.
The only things you can't buy with $180M are very expensive businesses. Hell man, Musk bought a president with $100M, so even a government is in the cards with that kind of wealth.
Power resting? Tell me more.
"Resting" here is likely the industry term for "I have asked my agent not to book me auditions in the following period."
I just finished a 9 month comedy residency, followed by a Christmas show nov-dec, I have asked my agent to reste me in January.
It's not about the money snorts a line
If you're coming out to say that pre-emptively, I'm gonna say you're a liar.
The series ended with the third movie. The last 2 movies never happened.
TBH, the third was sorta pushing too.
Says terrible actor who wouldn't know a good script
I would be happy to pass on his entire catalog but Galaxy Quest is pretty cool and he wouldn't have landed that role without being an established leading actor.
The role was of a washed-up lead who chewed through ever set he'd ever been on. Of course he was perfect for it.
By all accounts Tim was an insufferable cunt on set too, talk about zero self awareness given the character he played.
Broken clock blah blah blah.
correction/addendum: says former coke dealer who only escaped prison by snitching like crazy and also wouldn’t know a good script
That was like 30+ years ago.
Hate to break it to you, but he still doesn't know a good script.
Lol! Touche
Yup. The 200 billion dollar company doesn't care about money. Makes sense, good work everyone.
I think the script moved him. To a bigger house!!
I don’t think so, Tim.
When Andy left his toys with the little girl and played with them 1 last time .... That was the end of this story. Period
(guess it's a cash grab then)
In completely unrelated news: Disney Recaptured Its Dominance in 2024 as Family Films and Sequels Ruled the Box Office
The film isn't a cash grab, the script does a really good job of grabbing my cash - I mean, attention!
Whoa, what a weird Freudian slip
Toy story 4 was pretty good 🤷♂️
I do agree. I thought 4 was great way to wrap it up. Probably because we all thought it was over.
Toy Story 4 didn't really wrap anything up, in my opinion. It feels like its own detatched thing.
I say it's still a decently good film, it definitely didn't "ruin" anything by existing like so many sequel-queasy people like to screech. Woody had an arc that developed him in a direction that felt natural for the character and I was pleased by Bo Peep's return.
But the themes explored in this film definitely don't feel core to the overarching narrative the original trio had. The toys' relationship to Andy was the point. The passing of the torch to the new kid was the bookend. Yes, playing with the question of how toys come to life in the Toy Story universe is neat and all, and I think they handled that tastefully. But that didn't seem like a question that really needed a spotlight on it.
Every narrative issue explored in Toy Story 4 felt like a solution looking for a problem. The hallmark of a phoned-in story. It was phoned in quite well, all things considered, but it was still phoned-in.
I thought Disney cancelled Tim Allen? Has twitter lied to me again?
So about Twitter...
Unfortunately I've seen his conservative comedy series (my in-laws are obsessed with it) and it's as unfunny as conservative comedy usually is. It's mostly plots designed to just gently but not explicitly poke at various pointless culture war nonsense, like an episode where they all bitch about not being able to buy 50w incandescent lightbulbs anymore and completely miss the obvious comedy angle of becoming lightbulb rumrunners or illicit lightbulb dealers and toy with the imagery and instead just a whole lot of nothing happens except more bitching and moaning