Inside Out 2's Success Feels Wrong

This video dives into the bittersweet success of Inside Out 2, celebrating its record-breaking box office while reflecting on the layoffs of many of the artists who made it possible. I discuss how this trend impacts the future of animation and what it means for original storytelling at studios like Pixar and beyond.

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[urbanlp]

Hi! I’m one of the pixar employees affected from this. This article was really validating and relieving as some of us were unsure if these stories would see the light of day. It was tremendously sad and the animation industry absolutely should try to learn from it.

[cosmicspacething]

The dumbest part is that this was also a personal movie. THE FIRST ONE was a personal film too! They were both based on the director’s experiences as a parent!!!

[neilhannan]

It like the gag from Spongebob where Mr Krabs celebrates his million's dollar and the customer says: Wow so what do i win
Mr Krabs: Nothing now get out

[Catpuff]

The people who have the audacity to say that animators should be ok with being exploited because it's the job they want to have are insane.

The animation industry is a scam. What's it going to take for people to respect art? Everyone wants to be entertained but they don't want to pay the creatives what they're owed. It's disgusting.

[CarolCastrillonFernandez]

Disney literally did a Collab with spicy chicken wings and have the audacity to credit the voice actors but NOT the animators like... what? 💀

[Incognito]

This is sad, but alsowhy im happy that indie studios like Glitch is booming. I hope this results in a revolution in the animation industry. Could you imagine if all the artists quit and created their own indie studios? Like **** these toxic executives. The artists are truly the victims and its heartbreaking.

[quesadidi]

As a young animator that hopes to turn my art into a career, the state of the animation industry is discouraging. I just hope that more awareness is spread about this topic, and I’m really glad people like you are helping with that

[canislunaticus]

2:47 honestly the only reason these "personal" movies weren't as successful was because, 1: lack of advertising (inside out 2 had A SHIT TON of advertising.) and 2: they were disney+ exclusives....

[germainelowpt]

I think the financial gain is not even what most people fight for. Instead, it's stuff like "being able to work in normal conditions", "having a decent pay for all the work done" and, the most outrageous : "being treated like a human being". Crazy right ? 😭
(This is ironic people. I don't understand how it's okay to treat people like that, no matter what they work in)

[JordanWilliams-vhem]

It really scares me. I don’t want to grow up and not have an opportunity to pursue my dream job

[emeraldhamster]

"Wow, you guys made one of our best movies! Your fired btw!"

[bluefox]

maybe some of those amazing animators could make their own indie projects for youtube since Spindlehorse, Glitch, and many many others have started making youtube their new home for not just money but art in a more comfortable and satisfying way that's both realistic and fair versus going off persistent threats from big head studios about to lose their jobs.

[wizardoferror]

This really broke my heart reading this article as a Pixar stan since chidlhood. I 100% think both Disney and Pixar should vote to unionize.

However, I would like to point out the comments here saying that indie animation is the future. That alone isn’t going to save the industry. What REALLY will save the industry is the unionization of animation as a whole as well as an alliance between the indie side and the industry side, akin to how A24 is allowed to showcase their films in Hollywood’s old theaters.

[camrionr]

"We don't want to make nuanced stories that mean something to the creators that audiences can resonate with, that doesnt make as much money and sell as many plushies; let's make movies that will make heaps and loads of money and sell trucks full of plushies instead."

Unfortunately this is how corporations think and it's sad. Movies like Turning Red and Luca had such strong emotional cores and while Inside Out 2 did a great job of being emotionally poignant, I think a shift towards franchise movies feels creatively bankrupt and lazy. I think they executed this movie well btu that doesnt mean that they always will. More live-action remakes anyone?

[AsongD]

What sucks is that independent indie animators have little chance of succeeding as much as big name animations do because they dont have the resources to garner as much attention to their works. I love animation and would like to see more than just Disney and whatnot, but I don't even know a place I can do that other than Youtube.

[kashmirwillwin]

"When Stanley came to a set of two closed doors, he sat down and started giving commentary on the state of Pixar"

[owenjenkinsofficial]

Honestly Disney and Pixar have been making some really low moves lately. This is one of the biggest reasons I have stayed freelance and never actually got into working in feature films. I just refuse to risk my livelihood for an executive to lay me off right before my work goes out and lose my bonus for making they thing they just released.

[canislunaticus]

10:13 I can't believe people have this mindset, artists are so incredibly important to just about any culture, all music, colour, pictures, movies, series etc only exist because of artists and animators. How incredibly boring and depressing the world will be without artists and animators to put some light and joy into our lives.

[TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

Inside Out 2 success is leading to more Pixar sequels & less original movies which has me worried for the future of animation especially by the horrible way the studios treat their hardworking animators!