So what happened here?

oh boy, another pixar drama thread
having ten in the catalog today wasn’t enough

>>149236431 (OP)
Eve sexo.

They should have shut down after Wall-E

May I be the contrarian here and say that, in retrospect, the cracks in Pixar came pretty early? After the release of Toy Story 2, they quickly began leaning on the same formula: 2 buddy characters go on an adventure, plus a bunch of overly sentimental scenes. There are exceptions of course, but I was honestly stunned how bored I was watching Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, etc, as an adult. I still love Toy Story 1 and The Incredibles, but I've deeply questioned to myself how good Pixar actually is. For my next contrarian opinion, I think Bug's Life is one of Pixar's bests, and I absolutely do not understand why more people don't like it.

Time wears away at all things.

>>149236431 (OP)
Disney

>>149236431 (OP)
For a time pixar bled into disney, but now disney has taken over fully.

>Luca
>Turning Red
>Elemental
>Elio

Personally, I like the original movies we have been getting since Docter took over

>>149236566
>I absolutely do not understand why more people don't like [A Bug’s Life]
It’s in the name anon, it’s filled with bugs (which are gross) that the movie expects you to care about and that’s too big of an ask for a lot of people to bother with
>inb4 "But they barely look like bugs"
Correct but that’s irrelevant. Most people today are incredibly lazy when it comes to movies and of there’s even the slightest a little bit of friction involved in accepting the premise then they won’t bother, no matter how kino it is or isn’t.

>>149236603
Disney always played a role in Pixar. Hence why Toy Story 1 had the Mickey Mouse clock and Hakuna Matata. Disney were the ones who were funding and distributing the films. Plus Lasseter had a background in Disney too.

>>149236702
A different time, a different disney. Eisner would have stopped greenlighting the stuff they are currently putting out 3 films ago.

>>149236431 (OP)

You tell us.

>>149236521
Toy Story 3 would’ve been the perfect finale for the studio, it truly was the final film of Pixar's always hit, never miss era.

Though I will admit Up and Toy Story 3 are where some of the cracks began showing. Up's opening was amazing, but it’s what caused Pixar to become known for tugging on people's heartstrings, this lead to most emotional moments from the Pixar films that came after to feel forced or cliche, there were some moments that landed like the ending of Toy Story 3 and that scene from Coco but that’s pretty much it. Toy Story 3 is also where Pixar learned how profitable sequels are, the film that released after was Cars 2, which showed a jarring drop in quality.

I should also mention that Pixar films these days feel too geared towards kids, they have child protagonists, sappy messages for kids, and not to mention how oversanitized they are, ffs The Incredibles had story beats involving stuff like mass murder and attempted suicide, modern Pixar's films are too childish. All of Golden Age Pixar’s output felt like films made for everyone rather than just kids, it’s why they were a huge cultural phenomenon throughout the 2000's.

>>149236431 (OP)
Despite the belief that Pixar has been bad for only a few years, the formula has been stale for at least a decade. The running joke even in the early 2010s was that Pixar's whole deal was "what if ____ had feelings" to the point that when Inside Out came out it was "what if feelings had feelings". It's only gotten worse and Pixar hasn't been able to shake out of it, relying on sequels and prequels to keep bringing money in. At some point, that well will also dry up.

>>149236677
Entomology is keyed (even THOUGH real ants would fucking kill any non hymenoptera or non termite insects in 2 seconds. it's a fable first and foremost)

>>149236431 (OP)
They’re a victim of their own success. They’ve been so dominant and influential in CGI animation for so long that everyone’s fucking copied elements of their visual style, from actual movies studios like Dreamwork and Illumination, to CGI ads like those ones for Kleenex and yes, that fucking GrubHub one. Even Disney puts a ton of Pixar DNA in their movies now. That’s made their movies feel less special as a result. Also their tenancy to put cartoony characters next to realistic textures it’s kind of uncanny when the textures are THIS realistic while characters still look so goofy, nor is it as impressive to people who are watching your movies on their fffffffUCKING telephones and thinking they’ve seen your movies (get real), like a lot of kids do now.

>>149236431 (OP)
YAY!!!!

YET ANOTHER “PIXAR IS DEAD” THREAD.

AS IF WE NEEDED ANOTHER ONE!

HOW FUCKING ORIGINAL!

>>149236431 (OP)
Lightyear 2022 bombed due to enough controversy over pic related and other unethical factors the studio refused to go over through.

>>149237650
is this ai generated?

>>149236984
>people who are watching your movies on their fffffffUCKING telephones and thinking they’ve seen your movies (get real)
You had a point until you veered into bitter old man thinking. So I'm just going to dismiss every single other thing you've said.

Apologize.

>>149237755
I’m sorry have you never seen that David Lynch clip?
https://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0

>>149237779
Sorry, but "those types" have already filed him as a rapist, republican, and never good (he made cars!!!). Just ignore the fact that he built Pixar for a decade even before Toy Story.

>>149236566
>: 2 buddy characters go on an adventure, plus a bunch of overly sentimental scenes.
Out of the classic era that's literally just Toy Story, Monsters Inc and parts of Nemo.

>>149237779
His case was pretty surreal, all he did was hug a few people. Sounds like a South Park skit.

it's just full lenght feature cartoons, dont overthink it

>>149236566
>>149236677
or maybe it's just because bugs life is a very boring liar revealed story, the only memorable thing being the villain's couple scenes which still gets recognized

>>149236431 (OP)
Well you see at some point every cartoon fag on the planet became a massive retard with no filter control and felt they needed to make a new thread for every passing thought that enters their goddamn moronic cesspit of a mind even if we already have a dozen threads talking about the same subject! FUCK YOU!

>>149236431 (OP)
>pixar, whatever happened there?

>>149236431 (OP)
Joe Ranft died

>>149236431 (OP)
Remember how they used to be popular?

>>149237779
No

>>149238173
Being gassed up as "The New Walt Disney" and the Disney company's messiah in spite of being the guy who's proudest achievement is Cars gave him a huge ego and there were clashes with other directors constantly with several people leaving for Dreamworks and other companies specifically because Lasseter drove them away. The hugs and "Can't be left alone with fairy and princess actresses" thing was just a convenient way to get rid of him.