>>127186410>Princess and the Frog was an attempt to see if the market for hand drawn character animation was viableIt was destined for mediocrity at very best and they knew it.
It was about American black people, which connects in no way whatsoever to anyone living in Europe or Asia. White kids aren't going to dress up as princess Tiana and anyone with any sense knows this even without market research.
But had Frozen been made in 2D it would have still made a retarded amount of money.
They put out a movie that was going to fail so they could say "ok we tried with 2D, now fuck off it's 3D from this point onwards"
>>127189799You know there are an absolute fuckton of people who routinely go to Disney parks every month, just because it's Disney and "magical". Then they complain about how expensive and shitty the parks are and go there again month later to experience the same shit.
Most corporations have been kicking the consumer in the head regarding product quality all over the place, but still people keep on buying based on the previous success.
Remake of the Lion King could have been them filming a real life lion sleeping for 2 hours and it would have still made at least 500 mil due to the name only.
