Both companies have the same management team. And Lassseter "allegedly" fired all of the do-nothing creative executives?

Some of the folks at Disney are veterans trained by the masters who worked on all of Walt's films. Some of the Walt-era people are still milling about.

Shoot, they even get paid more than Pixar. And they have union benefits.

And their campus isn't located in the middle of the ghetto.

What is wrong? Is it that the people at Pixar are just more talented? Is it the Pixar Hawaiian shirts and segues? Is it Disney's pressure to live up to a legacy they haven't lived up to since 1994?

Maybe it's their inability to diversify. They tried in the early 2000s; didn't go too well for them.

Maybe it's that they're also-rans and latecomers to CGI, and their hand-drawn tradition is considered "outdated".

Maybe, just maybe, the Pixar folks really are more talented? But who taught them _how_ to make animated movies?

Personally, I think it's the stupid Sorceror's Apprentice hat on the Animation building.

http://www.latinoreview.com/images/user/DisneyAnimationBuilding.JPG

I think it's a lightning rod for uncreative ideas.