The past few years have seen some lows, highs, and mostly lows for Disney in terms of finances. But as 2024 saw them rediscover their footing, with three billion dollar grossing hits worldwide, this user can't help but ponder what this means for Disney's future. Especially as Disney seems to refocus their strategy into sequels, sequels, and more sequels...
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:30 Disney's Wild Ride
00:02:34 A Surprising Success
00:05:07 How We Got Here
00:09:14 Sequel-geddon: The Eisner Years
00:15:31 The Brand
00:19:18 A Familiarly New Era
00:24:33 That One Time a Worldwide Pandemic Happened
00:26:07 The Strange World of Raya and the Last Encanto
00:29:35 The Pixar Disney+ Trilogy
00:33:19 The Disney+ Conundrum
00:35:25 Elemental, My Dear Viewer
00:39:44 Wishin' For A Better Movie Lol
00:49:35 Sequel-geddon: The Sequel
00:51:53 Sheer Cowardice
00:54:19 A Back-Handed Olive Branch
00:55:54 Short-Range Benefits For Long Range Creative Planning
00:57:47 The Future
00:59:49 The Point
01:02:21 The Alternative
01:06:44 Credits
01:08:44 Chris Pine's Lament
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Works Cited
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