[inovica]

I think it depends on the culture. If you look at what Iger has done with Disney then it could be that he can genuinely add something in a similar way that I believe Steve Jobs added to Apple products. In some corporate culture then yes, it could be detrimental, but from what I have read about Iger and what he has achieved I'd say that it would be positive him being involved

[whywhywhywhy]

I'd consider Apple an example of exactly why this sort of input is bad for entertainment, Tim Cook personally cancelled their first scripted show after supposedly wasting two years making it [1].

With companies like Apple and Disney at the helm you're only going to get milquetoast film and TV.

Not saying TV needs sex and violence to be good, but once creators are limited through the lens of a wider production company brand, they're always going to be limited.

Typical case of the person writing the cheque thinking they're way more important to the creation of the work than they actually are, Disney and Apple execs live in a world where they have convinced themselves we'd watch their movies and at the end think "Wow, Disney/Apple did a great job on this" rather than the director or actors.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-sex-please-were-apple-iphone...

[inovica]

Good points. I was referring to Steve Jobs at Apple rather than Apple itself. Prior to him coming back and post his death the company has been ran by people without the same vision and capability. I suspect the culture has changed at Apple dramatically with Cook in charge and that shows in the products I feel.

[heartbreak]

> Not saying TV needs sex and violence to be good

Apple’s new show See isn’t much if not sex and violence.

[samsari]

Indeed. For all we know he only watched it to "give some notes" because he was actually invited to do so by the producers.