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Eisner clearly changed once Frank Wells died. After that, he surrounded himself with yes-men. As for Disney’s left wing turn, Eisner has a good amount of fault, but he at the very least blasted the Weinstein brothers for releasing Micheal Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” documentary before the 2004 election. As he viewed it as the company taking a public political stance. After Eisner left, things went haywire. The company hasn’t made enjoyable movies in years, and I don’t see any sign of it getting a revival anytime soon. I’ll be honest, I’ve never saw any live-action remake except 101 Dalmatians which I didn’t see in many years. They just make them worse, although some detail changes make sense. Such as clearly showing the Beast getting cursed as an adult rather than implying he was no older than 11. Although having Mulan be this unbeatable badass rather than having her use smarts to beat the Huns was a questionable at best change. I also wonder what Aladdin would have been like before Katzenberg got involved. The only real change I understand is having the Genie grant three wishes instead of as many as you want. [[User:Admiral_Farmer|Admiral_Farmer]] ([[User talk:Admiral_Farmer|talk]]) 10:46, June 29, 2022 (EDT)
Eisner clearly changed once Frank Wells died. After that, he surrounded himself with yes-men. As for Disney’s left wing turn, Eisner has a good amount of fault, but he at the very least blasted the Weinstein brothers for releasing Micheal Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” documentary before the 2004 election. As he viewed it as the company taking a public political stance. After Eisner left, things went haywire. The company hasn’t made enjoyable movies in years, and I don’t see any sign of it getting a revival anytime soon. I’ll be honest, I’ve never saw any live-action remake except 101 Dalmatians which I didn’t see in many years. They just make them worse, although some detail changes make sense. Such as clearly showing the Beast getting cursed as an adult rather than implying he was no older than 11. Although having Mulan be this unbeatable badass rather than having her use smarts to beat the Huns was a questionable at best change. I also wonder what Aladdin would have been like before Katzenberg got involved. The only real change I understand is having the Genie grant three wishes instead of as many as you want. [[User:Admiral_Farmer|Admiral_Farmer]] ([[User talk:Admiral_Farmer|talk]]) 10:46, June 29, 2022 (EDT)
:I know Eisner definitely was to blame for Gay Days. Not sure what else, pre-Wells' demise, I mean, he was to blame for. Quite frankly, 101 Dalmations is the only live action remake I've actually WATCHED. I think the only other definite sensible change to the 2017 remake for Beauty and the Beast besides making clear Adam was an adult when he was cursed rather than a child [too bad Agathe still cursed Chip] was making SURE Belle had actual foils befitting the moral of the tale. Let's be honest, those blonde triplets made for terrible foils for Belle in the original movie, being way too nice with not even a HINT of anything that points to inner ugliness on their part (heck, they don't even participate in the Mob Song later in the original movie, and it's also left ambiguous as to whether they were even AWARE Gaston was trying to blackmail Belle by having Maurice arrested since a pan-away shot just before Maurice's arrival and getting kicked out implied the triplets were going to be in the back preparing orders at that time, unlike the other villagers that were in the tavern, who very obviously knew due to seeing the whole thing). Vanessa in The Little Mermaid, even with her limited screentime (not to mention technically not even being her own character), put her status as a foil towards the main protagonist to VERY good use by comparison where we actually DO see how she's ugly in overall character, even ignoring her role as Ursula's disguise, and that movie wasn't even specifically trying to promote the moral of true beauty coming from within. I'd actually argue that was probably the most damaging part of the movie, more than even the feminist stuff, especially when the triplets were the only ones shown to have any respect for traditional marriage (at least enough that they were implied to actually WANT to give Belle her blessing to marrying Gaston and if anything were shocked that she refused). Belle obviously didn't, and it's extremely unlikely that featherduster had any real respect for marriage given she's sexually loose alongside her boyfriend Lumiere. At least Aladdin didn't end up insulting any girls who DID want traditional marriage. The fact that the triplets are given the kinds of bodies that Barbie, Lara Croft, and the vast majority of Dead or Alive girls possess (heck, Jessica Rabbit as well) yet are implicitly considered uglier than Belle outer beauty wise at least also doesn't help matters either (and also came across as outright DEMONIZING outer beauty. That's another problem with the Disney rendition, one which Katzenberg amplified with Shrek, to be honest, where the film seemed to imply being physically uglier is preferable to being good-looking, and in fact, if you're good looking, you're automatically ugly on the inside.). I think Eisner also deserves chops for avoiding commenting one way or another on the near-attempt at undoing Roe v. Wade back in the 1990s as well (the one Kennedy blew the chance at ending it for the time being). I know if it were Katzenberg or Iger in his stead, they'd be all in on either decrying the Supreme Court for even CONSIDERING removing Roe v. Wade, or otherwise praising the heck out of them for keeping it in. I already have a good idea what a Katzenberg-run Disney would have been like based on Iger's performance (that guy clearly cares more about pushing a message over any profitability). We actually got a sense of that when Georgia tried to push the heartbeat bill TWICE with Disney trying to threaten boycotts both times. [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 15:17, June 29, 2022 (EDT)