Talk:John Lasseter/@comment-25652987-20141221232614/@comment-1672596-20141230000620

Hey, I wasn't particularly happy about the DTV sequels, either (only good ones were Enchanted Christmas, Return of Jafar, King of Thieves, and Simba's Pride in my book. Haven't seen much else, and the two TLM sequels weren't that good, though Return to the Sea was admittedly much better than Ariel's Beginning), but on the other hand, I wasn't particularly happy with the Disney Fairies franchise, either, even before I learned about their role in the Disney Sequels cancellation, and that one was definitely his creation so it bombing was indeed his fault.

And besides, if he were sincere about his views on the sequels, he should have actually made sure they don't get any rereleases at all, NOT simply cancel unproduced sequels, so I can't say he was even that good there. And he certainly would not have allowed Pixar to basically do the same thing with Finding Nemo, Monster's Inc., Toy Story 3, or even The Incredibles 2 (especially when the Incredibles already got a sequel of its own with that Underminer game). Toy Story 2 was excusable, since Toy Story did set up a sequel anyways, but not the other sequels.

And like I said, he definitely should not have released Winnie the Pooh on the same day as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2's premiere, as that was just a bad marketing decision, period. And since he's the head of WDAS, he has no one to blame but himself for that.

Now, he's definitely not the worst thing that came to Disney (That award goes to Eisner and Iger), but he's still coming close to that anyways, especially when it's largely thanks to him that 2D animation is effectively dead right now.