Nickname: slick

Review: The real winner here is DreamWorks Animation (DWA). It will be easier to recruit talent away, especially those who want to work for a small company. And DWA still has the advantage of shopping around for the best deal for distributors, merchandise contracts, etc., while Pixar is (still) locked into Disney's distribution.

Date reviewed: Jan 27, 2006 7:12 PM

Nickname: Freddy

Review: Children's films are the true "oil wells" of the film industry. Unlike huge hits such as Titanic or even the Lord of the Rings, which make a lot of money when they are hot, children's films ring the cash registers every year when a new audience is born. How many parents reading this, including myself, have a larger library of kid films than adult films? Raise your hand. Steve Jobs understands this better than anyone. If you are paying attention, you will see that he doesn't care about using Apple to beat Microsoft. That's a total waste of energy. Instead, he wants kids to buy Apple computers so that they can learn to become the next Pixar animators. The iLife suite is the ultimate training ground for future animation "wild-catters." Jobs knows that the next Lasseter is out there right now fiddling with his/her parents' Macintosh building working video projects that would blow you away. Want proof? Take a look at the Apple Learning Interchange (ali.apple.com).

Date reviewed: Jan 27, 2006 2:53 AM

Nickname: Kika

Review: Not only am I an animation student, but I'm a Mac fan, so this deal sounds like a dream to me. I just truly hope that Jobs tries to help turn around the "exportation of jobs" practices that Disney has been doing in the past (no pun intended). Jobs seems to like keeping his work in the U.S. (including tech support, which is rare these days), while Disney exports whatever jobs they can. As a result of this, Disney saturated the job market for animators (which sucks for me) and their animation has been going down hill since everything is being animated in "animation sweatshops" in India and Korea now. I really hope Jobs tries to take that in a new direction.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 11:18 PM

Nickname: digi

Review: "Catmull, who has been with Pixar since it was started by George Lucas in the early '80s, will become president of the Pixar and Disney animation studio." George Lucas has nothing to do with Pixar. I'm shocked to see such a major error in this article.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 10:14 PM

Nickname: siliconvalley

Review: Steve Jobs has little to do with Pixar's success, but he's not shy to claim the credit. You all should read the Second Coming of Steve Jobs to understand him better.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 8:25 PM

Nickname: Hat

Review: Ronald, I just wanted to tell you that the headline on your story made me laugh out loud. You've got a great sense of humor!

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 6:22 PM

Nickname: Unwired

Review: Well, I have mixed reactions about this. Although I would have loved Pixar to remain separate, I think that because Steve has sway he can really make his presence known and keep Disney from sucking. Steve and Pixar bring much needed spark to boring, unimaginative Disney, which has no hand-drawn animation studios anymore and really hasn't produced anything of value since 1991 (Beauty and the Beast). Pixar has produced hit after hit, though, and hopefully it can be the company I (and others) can actually respect again after Eisner ruined it.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 4:41 PM

Nickname: Darioazul

Review: It appears to be a sound business move; though, one wonders how Mr. Jobs will balance his interest at Disney and that of Apple?

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 4:19 PM

Nickname: Jaycen

Review: Awesome! It just didn't seem right to have Pixar release films through anyone but Disney. The culture of the Pixar movies is reminiscent of the Disney classics of old. Hopefully Bob will leave Pixar's Creative genius intact.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 8:42 AM

Nickname: PaulcHsieh

Review: Pixar came up as the winner by cashing in at the peak. All it takes is one bad film, then the honeymoon will be over. Again, too much is riding on the vision of Steve Jobs and that is dangerous for any company.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 7:47 AM