Disney Buys Pixar

BlueDjinn writes to tell us that it appears a great deal of speculation over Disney's buyout of Pixar Animation Studios is in fact true. From the article: "[Pixar] is set to meet tomorrow to approve the company's $7bn (£3.9bn) takeover by Disney. The all-share deal will make Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, around $3.5bn and the single largest shareholder in Disney. Jobs created Pixar in 1986 when he paid $10m for the computer animations division of Lucasfilm, owned by Star Wars creator George Lucas."

Quelle Horreur

[ichin4]

Let me be the first to say...

NOOOOOOO!

Re:yay, i'm a troll

[vistic]

you wanted to get the typical slashdot joke in there... and then you were worried it would just be modded down right away so you TRIED to add some value to your comment, but you sure didn't come up with much with your whole "but seriously why should we care" comment... but you had to submit it because you were worried if you didn't than you wouldn't still have first post. so sad.

my crystall ball...

[Anonymous Coward]

...tells me that pixar is for sale in 10 years for 10m.

on a sidenote, what happens to renderman?

Re:Good luck to Steve J...

[ettlz]

If he manages to pull Disney out of their spiral of mediocrity, he'll have earned every penny...

Yes, because being the owner of the world's largest collection of turtle necks is an expensive hobby.

In other news...

[TheOtherAgentM]

Steve Jobs will begin designing rides at Disneyland. You know there will be an acid trip ride, something Alice and Wonderland style. I can't wait.

Re:In other news...

[gEvil (beta)]

I can't wait to go on the Reality Distortion Coaster...

Re:Lamp

[Shag]

Luxo Jr? He'll survive. But they'll have to alter his image a little bit, so they can make a costume for someone to wear around Disneyworld.

Re:this sucks

[FidelCatsro]

Now that Steve Jobs is the Majority Shareholder I expect iNemo

Re:the parallels are interesting

[Antony-Kyre]

So in other words, Steve Jobs, who owns a plurality of Disney, sold himself his own company? That is pretty funny.

Steve Jobs is

[Centurix]

Loaded. In his house is a giant walk in wardrobe with a long line of turtle-neck sweaters, you fight through it all and at the back is a snow filled landscape where iPods grow on trees.

You see Steve Wozniak talking to a CGI lion on the technical production of blue boxes. In the background is a giant Intel factory, where little orange men are packing new iMacs into crates marked Nigeria...

Re:Might be OK

[jeffehobbs]

...yeah, but how does Walt Disney's cyrogenically frozen head [snopes.com] feel about the merger?

~jeff

Steve Jobs.

[EddyPearson]

You have to hand it to that man. He starts a small IT company, which turns into Apple. Score 1 Jobs.
Microsoft Steal OS, Apple fucked, Windows releases. Jobs decides to do something else. Leaves apple
Forms Pixar. Makes millions.
Jobs decideds that he misses apple, so goes back (obviously at his old position). Makes iMac, iBook, iPod. Makes millions. Everything he touches turns to gold (Once Gates got there before Jobs, and melted down Job's gold and turned it into Windows.)

Re:Ok, what happens to Renderman now?

[ozmanjusri]

CGI is new tool. Some great movies will be made with it

Sure, I can see them now "Perl of the Orient" "Firewall Apache" and the classic "Slashdotted: As the Sun Went Down"

Re:Does not compute

[dangitman]

What now? It's Chinatown!

Re:Good luck to Steve J...

[iphayd]

Not really. I have five, and my collection is considered the second largest.

Re:Quelle Horreur

[Bradee-oh!]

I agree with your sentiment, but disagree with your archaic pronunciation and translation. I believe the phrase you're looking for is -
 
  DO NOT WANT

It is a majority...

[commodoresloat]

for particularly large values of 7.

Re:Might be OK

[vjmurphy]

"...yeah, but how does Walt Disney's cyrogenically frozen head feel about the merger?"

Initially, I suspect he'll be cold to the idea, but I think that will thaw after a while.

Re:bye-bye Minnie

[daeley]

Does this mean that Disney cartoons will only have one mouse?

No, they'll still have many mice, but Mickey's red shorts [amazon.com] will only have one button. ;)

Re:Good luck to Steve J...

[cptgrudge]

Disney could use a little dose of the magic dust Steve's been sprinking around Cuppertino.

By "magic dust" you mean, "reality distortion field", right?

Re:You think the Matrix is creepy

[tepples]

When will our savior come?

All too soon, say Christian analysts. The EU constitution treaty [wikipedia.org] was signed in Rome. Once it passes, the Roman Empire will be back [contenderministries.org], and once it grows to 666 million people, watch out. Read the prophecies of Daniel and Jeremiah and The Revelation of Jesus Christ [wikipedia.org] for details.

But what will happen to Bud Lucky?!?!

[Teahouse]

Gotta bound, bound, bound and rebound.

Re:MOD PARENT +INF INSIGHTFUL!

[Reziac]

Great, now look what you've done... you've just proven that Walt IS preserved in some Disney vault... and will live forever!!

Re:Chairs flying at Microsoft

[ettlz]

...Ballmer over at Microsoft must be pissed over this. They want to take over the living room...

Better nail down the sofa, then!

Re:MOD PARENT +INF INSIGHTFUL!

[spectre_240sx]

Yeah, but that tree already kicked his ass for us so we have to find someone else to be annoyed at.

Re:Lamp

[Highrollr]

Just hire Kate Moss imo.

Re:Might be OK

[johncadengo]

Disney has been evil from the beginning, even when it was being run by Walt himself.

I was a bit in doubt of your statement, but then I went to wikipedia and looked up his biography [wikipedia.org] and read this: Walt Disney is particularly noted for being a successful storyteller, a hands-on film producer, and a popular showman. He and his staff created a number of the world's most popular animated properties, including the one many consider Disney's alter ego, Mickey Mouse.

Anyone with an "alter ego" must be inherently evil.

Re:Super Q

[vonahsen]

And Jobs did it with one thing: Quality. And Marketing. Ok, two things.

and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....

Re:Might be OK

[DieByWire]

Initially, I suspect he'll be cold to the idea, but I think that will thaw after a while.

And then the creative juices will get flowing again.