I'm on Team DC, but my heart goes out to Marvel fans.

End of an era.

FormlessOne: End of an era.

begining of a new one

Lest we forget this is the same company that released Kill Bill into theatres.

Pixar still does things their way, and so will Marvel. Now they have serious financial backing and the ability to get their stories and characters to more people.

That's goofy.

what is goofy?

so will disney world be annexing universal studios' islands of adventure now?

sprkythdvl: so will disney world be annexing universal studios' islands of adventure now?

Universal has the rights for now
From Wiki:
Universal announced that Marvel's new ownership would not affect Marvel Super Hero Island, and Disney CEO Robert Iger acknowledged that Disney would continue to honor any contracts that Marvel currently has with Disney competitors[5

Seriously Disney, write Genndy Tartakovsky a check to make a Power Man and Iron Fist cartoon.

/hot like things onto iron

KingPsyz: FormlessOne: End of an era.

begining of a new one

Lest we forget this is the same company that released Kill Bill into theatres.

Pixar still does things their way, and so will Marvel. Now they have serious financial backing and the ability to get their stories and characters to more people.

Meh. Marvel had the money before hand to make movies, approximately 525 million dollars in a credit facility. They didn't really get that much out of this deal and as a shareholder, I did actually vote against it.

I guess Disney is not getting enough power off the spinning corpse of Walt Disney and needed to add the spinning corpse of Jack Kirby to the generators.

I'm OK with this for now... but the first time Iron Man is flying over L.A. and has to stop to save a kid from almost falling from The Matterhorn, I'm boycotting that horse hockey.

/Obligatory.

FirstNationalBastard: Since you're on "Team DC", you should be worrying more about DC's reaction to the Marvel deal, how Paul Levitz was replaced as head of DC by some woman who knows nothing about comics, and how WB has brought DC "into the fold" and is remaking the company as DC Entertainment.

A million times this. Warner is going to fark DC up the ass long and hard people won't know which way is up. Nelson isn't there to do anything other than whore out DC intellectual property to turn a profit for Warner and I guarantee you that they will systematically set about ruining the DC brand.

Straight from an interview with her:

But I'm the first one to admit, I'm not by my nature a comic fan. It's not what I'm bringing to the party. We have so many experts who will remain the cornerstone of DC Entertainment. What I bring to the party is a skill at moving properties and brands through Time Warner as a company.

She knows nothing about the IP. Therefor she's not in any way, shape or form qualified to make brand decisions about it. Yet, she's going to be in charge of taking DC's branded characters and turning them into other money making ventures.

How this is not a recipe for disaster I don't know.

I look forward to the Magneto being in Kingdom Hearts III, the search for more money.

TwistedFark: How this is not a recipe for disaster I don't know.

B-b-but, she learned management. You can teach management, dontcha know. It's its own skill and it requires absolutely no understanding about the specific industry that you're attempting to work in. Your MBA is good no matter where you go. It's a step up! It's the future!

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In Marvel's case, this won't be so bad. It looks like Disney just wanted Marvel's distribution network for their own properties. Disney doesn't tend to dilute the brands they acquire. Which is certainly smart on their part.

DC, on the other hand, is going to be farked in the ass by management until the corpse stops pissing quarters.

t3knomanser
It looks like Disney just wanted Marvel's distribution network for their own properties.

lol... i think you kinda switched it backwards there, guy... Disney has the greatest distribution network of any media corporation in the world, and they simply wanted Marvel to BE one of their properties.

The thought of a Pixar Spider-Man movie... drool.

Electriclectic: The thought of a Pixar Spider-Man movie... drool.

The thought of a Disney Wolverine movie... shudder.

ParadisePornoTheater: I'm on Team DC, but my heart goes out to Marvel fans.

Same here. Good luck, Marvel fans.

T.rex: t3knomanser
It looks like Disney just wanted Marvel's distribution network for their own properties.

lol... i think you kinda switched it backwards there, guy... Disney has the greatest distribution network of any media corporation in the world, and they simply wanted Marvel to BE one of their properties.

"Iron Man" was distributed by Paramount, which owns the rights to distribute at least the next few sequels. The "Spiderman" films were distributed by Columbia.

This gives industry ties (through Marvel) between Paramount and Columbia to Disney, Buena Vista, Touchstone, Hollywood, Miramax, Pixar. All will be able to make production and distribution deals with each other in the future, because Paramount and Columbia's ties to Marvel are untouched by this deal. All gain allies. Unless someone decides to exert a powertrip and wrest control of a production or a studio from the independence they now know, this can only be a win for all concerned: if something doesn't fit a certain mold, each has opportunities to find a spot where it might work better.

no more mousekateers

Finally, now we can get that Iron Man/ Gizmo Duck team-up we have all been waiting for.

t3knomanser: B-b-but, she learned management. You can teach management, dontcha know. It's its own skill and it requires absolutely no understanding about the specific industry that you're attempting to work in. Your MBA is good no matter where you go. It's a step up! It's the future!

You used "it's" and "its" properly. Your argument is valid.

I wouldn't mind if Disney used Marvel's comic distribution network to sell Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge reprints.

t3knomanser: TwistedFark: How this is not a recipe for disaster I don't know.

B-b-but, she learned management. You can teach management, dontcha know. It's its own skill and it requires absolutely no understanding about the specific industry that you're attempting to work in. Your MBA is good no matter where you go. It's a step up! It's the future!

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In Marvel's case, this won't be so bad. It looks like Disney just wanted Marvel's distribution network for their own properties. Disney doesn't tend to dilute the brands they acquire. Which is certainly smart on their part.

DC, on the other hand, is going to be farked in the ass by management until the corpse stops pissing quarters.

They should have done what Marvel did and have their own internal film studio to produce the film/television shows based on the character brands. It appears that Warner, by appointing this paper pusher, is attempting to do things almost exactly the opposite of Marvel - which is mind boggling because Marvel has 4 or 5 successful franchises based on their characters in film and television while DC has all but ruined superman and spent years sitting on the Batman property after they buttfarked it to death with the movies in the 90's. Both of the DC fiascos were Warner led initiatives while nearly all of the Marvel successes came from inside the company.

Warner doesn't have to appoint a comic book geek to head the DC Entertainment unit, but they should make sure that the person doesn't have the authority to launch any initiatives on moving the brand/characters to media. Let the internal units develop these strategies, then the head of the Entertainment unit can decide which ones get the green light. Driving this from the top down is a recipe for farking disaster because you know someone will go, "Oh hey we have this Aquaman property... how come we're not doing anything with that?"

That Rooster sure knows how to give a person nightmares...

T.rex: Disney has the greatest distribution network of any media corporation in the world

Not in print, which is Marvel's primary line of business. Disney has their own line of comics, but it's never had the penetration of Marvel.

Disney has the broadest distribution network in the world, and for TV and film, clearly one of the most powerful.

And let's be honest: Disney doesn't mind having another successful movie studio either.

TwistedFark: which is mind boggling because Marvel has 4 or 5 successful franchises based on their characters in film and television

It's extra funny because Marvel did what DC's trying to do now with Sony. And it didn't work. We got Daredevil and Elektra. Ang Lee's Hulk. The exception was the first two Spiderman films- they were successes anyway. Kind of like how Warner's attempts to exploit DC properties have met with failure aside from Batman.

I'm telling you people, the only thing that will come from this is action figures of Spider-Mickey, Incredible Hulk Donald Duck, and Iron Goofy. Oh, and Marvel will get extra finance and distribution power. That's it.

RoosterCogburn: On the plus side, does this mean the next Kingdom Hearts game is gonna include the Avengers and Magneto?

Magneto was Ansem the Douche's twin brother Carl's evil master. Sora will take him down in an elaborate song and dance routine taking place during a heavily cut down House of M.

brashhulk: I'm OK with this for now... but the first time Iron Man is flying over L.A. and has to stop to save a kid from almost falling from The Matterhorn, I'm boycotting that horse hockey.

what about if he drives by in his Audi?

or stops at Burger King first?

lolmadillo: brashhulk: I'm OK with this for now... but the first time Iron Man is flying over L.A. and has to stop to save a kid from almost falling from The Matterhorn, I'm boycotting that horse hockey.

what about if he drives by in his Audi?

or stops at Burger King first?

It doesn't bother me if there's occasional product placement in a movie. That's just a part of the business. If someone's eating at Burger King or driving a Audi, it doesn't pull me out of the movie because those are everyday things that people do - even superhero people. However, it crosses the line into shameless shilling when someone owns a property and then flogs their assets in everyone's faces as a constant reminder.

I'd say this could be the ultimate alliance.

Does this mean Disney owns a portion of Axel Asher (Access)? Thus, giving them a minute toehold in the DC Universe?

Electriclectic: The thought of a Pixar Spider-Man movie... drool.

Welp. I guess now you know that this HAS to happen. At least Pixar would probably get him right.

Disney won't do too much because Marvel is violent. They will tarnish Disney's image if they let too much cross-over happen.

What is going to happen to Universal Studios now? They have rides and attractions based off Marvel characters.

am i the only one wanting a kingdom hearts marvel universe?