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[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 66 points 6 months ago

I can't count how many times he "retired".

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 32 points 6 months ago

I don't think there's an age you retire from telling stories.

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmm, I originally posted a joke about his perpetually retired cause his dead. I deleted it now after confirming in wiki his still alive. I thought the guy died from a heart attack or something? That is why his son had to takeover the company.

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

I mean this in the best way possible but I'm glad you're wrong.

[-] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Funny post but that's not really the difference between both studios. One makes movies because they love them while the other (re)makes movies to monetize them. Miyazaki's style and ideas are iconic but that's aslo true of a lot of Disney's movies. It's just corpo greed as always.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Yes, thank you. That is the joke.

[-] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

It didn't read like this was the joke to me. Disney isn't in a creative rut, they're purposefully not trying new stuff.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I don't even know if they're necessarily in a creative slump on purpose either. They made "Elemental" not too long ago that was fairly original. They just know for a proven fact that if they reach behind their back and grab some random IP from 'The Vault', change one of the characters from white to OTHER, maybe make one of them nebulously gay, and change up the animation style, all of the parents who have nothing bigger to look forward to everyday then what's on their DVR at home, will 100% buy movie tickets to go see Will Smith shit all over the memory of Robin Williams.

[-] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah that's pretty much what I meant.

[-] greencactus@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Well - as long as new fancy movies come out from Ghibli, who am I to judge :)

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Image Transcription: Twitter Post


Catherine Tinker, @catherinetinker

disney: we're in a creative rut, i guess

ghibli: we cannot restrain this old man from directing another beautiful film about grief featuring the freakiest little guys

[-] Nikelui@kbin.social -1 points 6 months ago

And raking in record profit with no investment in marketing at all (the boy and the heron).

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

Just announce the movie and people show up.

[-] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I mean Walt is dead to be fair

[-] get_the_reference_@midwest.social 5 points 6 months ago

When did this happen???

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

I think Disney is too big to fail, so they can't really take risks with their story telling. They should probably just buy out Studio Ghibli at this point. That last part was only a joke!!!!!

this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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