Oh Disney…I remember when I bought at $150 thinking it was a steal.
Yes. Streaming has been over rated for a long time. It took almost a decade longer to take hold than the industry expected, and now there's too many competitors chasing customers. Disney and Netflix are still
.....Cable really gives you more bang for your buck, and some that opted out are now coming back. But still slowly.
I dont know your age...but all my friends and people I know who are under then me (im 33) all want app. No one young wants cable, and funny enough the things that would make them money...ads are also not wanted by young people hence why Ad blockers exist
Disney just needs to buyout Comcast from Hulu which could happen whenever. It happens in 2024 no matter what so imo, why wait? Get Disney+ to it's fullest potential like the rest of the world has instead of holding it down as a kiddie service with some Marvel/SW content here and there.
Late 20’s…I mainly got cable for sports, because it’s easier to flip channels than to flip platforms when the best games are owned by different conglomerates. I still subscribe to HBO and the Hulu/ESPN/Disney bundle (I mooch Netflix from my parents too) but all of the content I get from a typical Spectrum package includes a little bit of every streamer (Comedy Central/Paramount Channel, Disney Channel/ABC/Freeform, FX, all the ESPN channels, CBS, AMC…those are just a few off the top of my head and it covers just about all of them) for just one monthly price that also includes Internet.
I wish they’d just give it a rest. Give us something new, stop cherry-picking well-likes franchises for a quick content injection. I already hate Star Wars now which I never thought I’d say.
Unfortunately, that's been Disney's MO. The parks are a profit cash cow. But when one of their other businesses lag, they cut the park's to make up for the losses in the under performing divisions....
They're running Disney+ almost in a way that exclusively attracts new viewers instead of retaining viewers or increasing profits. They really need to adjust their metrics on that if their goal is for streaming to be profitable.
Yes....and it's doubtful anyone is going to make meaningful profits unless there's a nearly total shakeout of the industry with only a small handful of services remaining. The business model was overly optimistic
Disenchanted should have been in theaters….period
Having not seen Disenchanted and seen the trailer for Strange World, I feel like they have it backwards. Disenchanted, especially being a sequel to a beloved movie, feels like the type of movie that would do well over Thanksgiving in theaters whereas no one is talking about Strange World and is projected to only make $20-30M on opening weekend and $68M-103M on the high end for its whole run, which would still be well below even Lightyear which was a major disappointment.
They’ve been slow in adding 90’s library content that isn’t extremely popular. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is another show that they need to add. They should’ve added it when Lightyear came out.
When you give a film very little advertising, it's no real surprise that it's not being talked about much. I'm still bumping into folks who didn't know it exists, and those who have respond with "Wait, that's a Disney film?".
They aren't giving it a big advertising campaign on purpose in all likelihood. Test Screenings have probably come back mixed on the film with Disney themselves not even sure how to market it. Disney knows they are probably going to lose money on the film as it isn't seeming like a big hit and it's going to D+ after 30 days anyway so might as well minimize the marketing dollars spent on the film as that minimizes the overall loss.
