I certainly think its a little bit of both.milojthatch wrote:I've wondered if part of the problem is that Disney bought PIXAR, or if they were going to start running out of good ideas sooner or later anyway?
I definitely think the sequel frenzy is a direct result of Pixar being bought by Disney. I mean, it certainly makes sense from a business standpoint, and while I'd rather see more original films than sequels, I had kinda made my peace with it as long as they stick to that supposed plan of alternating between sequels and originals every other year. The problem, is, though, that they seemingly aren't sticking very well to that plan, and it seems like we've been getting more sequels recently.
That said, outside of Inside Out (which I absolutely loved), their original films have been middling as well. At this point, they've used up all of the ideas from that '94 lunch meeting that they're always talking about, so perhaps they have really run out of their most inspired ideas. They also seem to be having a hard time cultivating directing talent to succeed the original Pixar braintrust (kinda a similar problem that Ghibli has had with cultivating talent to succeed Miyazaki/Takahata). Hopefully they can rebound from here, but their current slate doesn't inspire much confidence.
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