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I think Star Wars was fumbled, but she also produced/exec-produced ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, The Sixth Sense, Twister, War of the Worlds, Back to the Fu

I think Star Wars was fumbled, but she also produced/exec-produced ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, The Sixth Sense, Twister, War of the Worlds, Back to the Future, Lincoln, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Gremlins, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Seabiscuit, Shindler's List, The Color Purple, The Goonies, The Land Before Time and much more. I don't think you can have a track record like that and be bad. There's something else going on. This is a post about Pixar, and you're calling for Kathleen Kennedy (who has nothing to do with Pixar) to be fired? You may not like them, but the Star Wars projects she produced made a ton of money. The layoffs aren't because of her.

bordercases 3y ago
Spielberg perhaps?
- gkoberger 3y ago
  Sure, but he wouldn't keep her around if she was a bad producer. Producers don't write or direct. They produce. And her Star Wars movies, even though not creatively great, made a ton of money – way more than Disney put in. She did her part of the job. (And the reason the money argument is relevant here is because OP brought her up out of nowhere on a thread about layoffs at a separate entity)
itsoktocry 3y ago
Most of those good movies listed are from 20+ years ago. Perhaps she's lost the touch. Hard to stay sharp forever.
- mixmastamyk 3y ago
  If "losing the touch" is a euphemism for disrespecting the audience. Yes, that's what appears to have happened.
stonogo 3y ago
I'm not sure I buy that being a good producer translates into being a good CEO. When I read your first sentence my thought is not "well she must be a good CEO then" but is instead "wow I hope she goes back to producing, these are some all-time greats".
dehrmann 3y ago
> she also produced/exec-produced... That resume falls off a lot towards the end. Quoting Abe Simpson, > I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore and what's it seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!
ekianjo 3y ago
> I don't think you can have a track record like that and be bad. As financial advisors say, past returns are no good predictors for future performance

bordercases 3y ago

Spielberg perhaps?

gkoberger 3y ago
Sure, but he wouldn't keep her around if she was a bad producer. Producers don't write or direct. They produce. And her Star Wars movies, even though not creatively great, made a ton of money – way more than Disney put in. She did her part of the job. (And the reason the money argument is relevant here is because OP brought her up out of nowhere on a thread about layoffs at a separate entity)

itsoktocry 3y ago

Most of those good movies listed are from 20+ years ago. Perhaps she's lost the touch. Hard to stay sharp forever.

mixmastamyk 3y ago
If "losing the touch" is a euphemism for disrespecting the audience. Yes, that's what appears to have happened.

stonogo 3y ago

I'm not sure I buy that being a good producer translates into being a good CEO. When I read your first sentence my thought is not "well she must be a good CEO then" but is instead "wow I hope she goes back to producing, these are some all-time greats".

dehrmann 3y ago

> she also produced/exec-produced... That resume falls off a lot towards the end. Quoting Abe Simpson, > I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore and what's it seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!

ekianjo 3y ago

> I don't think you can have a track record like that and be bad. As financial advisors say, past returns are no good predictors for future performance