So, yesterday was a big day in the worlds of these two companies. Their strategic alliance, which soured a few years ago has done a complete turnaround – Pixar is now a part of the Disney (you can read more about this rollercoaster history here) More than what the stocks do, more than what the box office does, I will be interested to see what happens within the next five to ten years now that there is no new bar to try and exceed; the bar has been reigned in by the previous holder of the standard.

It’s encouraging that Lasseter will still be in charge, at least on paper. I just truly hope that politics and traditional mindset does not cause the originality and creativity which oozed off the screen while a Pixar film was shown to be lost. Because of the past. Because of what "Disney" stands for. I know, I know – this didn’t happen before, so why should it happen now…well, because Disney had nothing to do with the writing/producing/editing parts of Toy Story, The Incredibles and Monsters Inc. Now they do.

All I have to say is if Pocahontas II: Back to Civilization is released using computer animation, I will consider that a sure sign that all is lost.