Todd Vaziri

I read the piece again and became even more disappointed.

2026: "Docter said Pixar found some parents didn’t want entertainment to force them to have a conversation they weren’t ready for with their children. “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy,” he said."

2009:

Mar 9 at 6:01pmIvory for Mac
Show threadTodd VaziriMar 9
apple news link:
https://apple.news/ApTh-esEtQp-Ah-LvHzc40A
Disney Needs Its Next Hit Franchise. Can Pixar’s Reluctant Leader Deliver? — The Wall Street Journal

The ‘Toy Story’ studio used to print money for Disney but hasn’t made an original blockbuster in nearly a decade. Its top creative executive admits he’s made mistakes.

Show threadLouie Mantia, Jr.Mar 9

@tvaziri I gotta say it: I dislike how Christian he is. He may think he’s not wanting to push any agenda with Pixar films but he does it when he guides the studio away from telling stories about humans that he disagrees with. He once said that people go to movies to see themselves in it, not to be preached to. So why does he not want everyone to see themselves?

It’s awful. I do not like it. He’s not right for this job.

Show threadAutistiCriticMar 9
@tvaziri Pixar was always at its best doing unconventional, original storytelling that children could understand - WALL-E, Up, Inside Out, etc. If they intend to dumb things down again, we end up with dross like Cars 2 🤮
Show threadElGranjMar 9
@benjamincox @tvaziri Two of the movies you cite (Up & Inside Out) were made by Docter 🤷🏽‍♂️ For better or for worse, being 'just' a director is different than being the leader of the studio. Different metrics to be graded on.
Show threadRick BaumhauerMar 9
Man, I miss the days when a Pixar movie was an opening weekend must-see. I haven’t even seen most of the recent releases at all.
Show threadFuture SprogMar 9

They have new releases???

Haven’t seen anything since, um, Red?

@rick_baumhauer

Show threadmathewMar 9
@futuresprog @rick_baumhauer “Inside Out 2" is a fantastic movie, one of Docter’s, and released in 2024. Best depiction of anxiety I have seen in any movie. Which makes it even more obvious that his “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy” line is a bullshit excuse.
Show threadRick BaumhauerMar 10
We did see “Inside Out 2” in the theater.
Show threadThe Penguin of EvilMar 9
@tvaziri Just imagine if Star Trek had led to "We've stopped including Uhura because parents didn't want to have a conversation about why there was a black woman in an important job"
Show threadJoakim MelinMar 9
@tvaziri Indeed. Pixar, Like Apple, used to stand for something. Quality and taste, to name two examples.
Show threadThe Orange ThemeMar 9
@tvaziri
Show threadAnthony SoraceMar 9
@tvaziri “Hey, y’know the thing that makes Pixar movies interesting, emotionally resonant, and genuinely loved? We’re going to stop doing that because some shitty parents told us in a focus group they’re afraid of feelings.”
Show threadAndrew SnareMar 9
@tvaziri That sequence from Up is so powerful, amazing storytelling and not a word was spoken. It’s one of my favorite pieces of cinema. I cry every time.