Disney Buys Marvel Entertainment

[Halochief89]

The f***s happpening! Disney just bought Marvel!? Oh f*** now everything marvel will be filled with hannah montana!

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.co...market-dispatches.aspx?post=1241188&GT1=33002

 

[Goosebot 5000]

i just saw this on my ghostbuster forums. ill just copy/paste...





just because disney owns them doesnt mean marvel is going to get a kid overhaul.



disney also owns (or holds marjority shares) in things like ESPN and Miramax. and if you dont remember, Miramax has pumped out a ton of non kid friendly media. reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, all the kevin smith movies, kill bill and there will be blood are just a few. and NONE of those are even remotely safe for a disney aged kid to be a part of.



this is just an uninformed opinion because i havent read up on this, but i think its just business. disney probably just saw an opportunity to make more money and jumped on it. i probably would have done the same if i had 4 billion lying around. comics are just like movies and tv shows as far as fans go. if you go and mess with something that you shouldnt, the fans will riot and sales will drop, and i think disney probably knows that. so i dont think that they will come in with the censor bar. they will just be putting some of your comic money in their pocket now.



also, with a company like disney backing marvel, that means projects that were shelved previously might have more of an opportunity to have the dust brushed off of them.

 

[Halochief89]

i just saw this on my ghostbuster forums. ill just copy/paste...





just because disney owns them doesnt mean marvel is going to get a kid overhaul.



disney also owns (or holds marjority shares) in things like ESPN and Miramax. and if you dont remember, Miramax has pumped out a ton of non kid friendly media. reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, all the kevin smith movies, kill bill and there will be blood are just a few. and NONE of those are even remotely safe for a disney aged kid to be a part of.



this is just an uninformed opinion because i havent read up on this, but i think its just business. disney probably just saw an opportunity to make more money and jumped on it. i probably would have done the same if i had 4 billion lying around. comics are just like movies and tv shows as far as fans go. if you go and mess with something that you shouldnt, the fans will riot and sales will drop, and i think disney probably knows that. so i dont think that they will come in with the censor bar. they will just be putting some of your comic money in their pocket now.



also, with a company like disney backing marvel, that means projects that were shelved previously might have more of an opportunity to have the dust brushed off of them.

True but it also allows small advertisements for certain things inside the comics and movies also, such as a hannah montana poster or even a special guest comic (like they did with obama and spiderman) with spiderman and hannah montana or any other super hero.

 

[Goosebot 5000]

well yeah. marketing is marketing. they will advertise wherever they think will be clever. but thats nothing new. activision and marvel both have been advertising like crazy in the spiderman games. billboards from various sponsors are all over the place. and that was just marvel, no disney.

 

[CommanderFluffy]

i doubt much will chang in terms of the marvel buy. disney when they get new things they really do keep some company brands and dont intergrate alot of this or that into it. its mostly legal and management that will change not the storys, characters, and so on that everyone loves so much.

 

[pooper]

I'm a huge comic fan and this is a shock to me... Hopefully nothing will change to the characters I know and love.

 

[kensai111]

i just saw this on my ghostbuster forums. ill just copy/paste...





just because disney owns them doesnt mean marvel is going to get a kid overhaul.



disney also owns (or holds marjority shares) in things like ESPN and Miramax. and if you dont remember, Miramax has pumped out a ton of non kid friendly media. reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, all the kevin smith movies, kill bill and there will be blood are just a few. and NONE of those are even remotely safe for a disney aged kid to be a part of.



this is just an uninformed opinion because i havent read up on this, but i think its just business. disney probably just saw an opportunity to make more money and jumped on it. i probably would have done the same if i had 4 billion lying around. comics are just like movies and tv shows as far as fans go. if you go and mess with something that you shouldnt, the fans will riot and sales will drop, and i think disney probably knows that. so i dont think that they will come in with the censor bar. they will just be putting some of your comic money in their pocket now.



also, with a company like disney backing marvel, that means projects that were shelved previously might have more of an opportunity to have the dust brushed off of them.

False: Miramax was acquired in 1993 by Disney however Harvey Weinstein maintained much control over Miramax as possible until it grew to such a breaking point of Disney butting in it's head that he seperated in 1995 to create the Weinstein company.

Resevoir Dogs - 1992 by Live Entertainment (later to become Artisan and then Lionsgate)

Pulp Fiction - 1994 (Weinstein pre-approved)

Clerks - 1994 (Weinstein pre-approved)

Mallrats - 1995 Gramercy Pictures (the year Weinstein leaves)

Chasing Amy - 1997 Miramax (True!)

Dogma - 1999 Lionsgate (Originally Miramax, Disney threw it out though because it was too controversial and sold it to Lionsgate, Kevin Smith never comes back to Miramax.)

Clerks TV Series - 2000 ABC

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 2001 Dimension

Clerks 2 - 2006 Weinstein Company

Zach and Miri Make A Porno - 2008 Weinstein Company

Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 - Miramax (True!, although this is the last time he ever works with Miramax.)

There Will Be Blood - 2007 Paramount



That list the ghostbusters forum gave you is utter and total crap with the exception of 3 films I pointed out, although, Tarentino/Kevin Smith are in their own field.. they can walk up and sell their films to anyone and the company would be stupid to not buy them, also that's the last time they ever worked with Miramax again.





Back on topic:

To say Disney will leave their movie companies alone is a ridiculous claim as there has been numerous occasions where they've tampered with the movie or outright sold it if it had the slightest hint of something they didn't stand behind (see Dogma). Sam Raimi seems to be doing a good job killing the Spiderman series by himself.. paired up with Disney I believe Marvel has sealed their fate.



Cheers,

Kensai

 

[pooper]

False: Miramax was acquired in 1993 by Disney however Harvey Weinstein maintained much control over Miramax as possible until it grew to such a breaking point of Disney butting in it's head that he seperated in 1995 to create the Weinstein company.

Resevoir Dogs - 1992 by Live Entertainment (later to become Artisan and then Lionsgate)

Pulp Fiction - 1994 (Weinstein pre-approved)

Clerks - 1994 (Weinstein pre-approved)

Mallrats - 1995 Gramercy Pictures (the year Weinstein leaves)

Chasing Amy - 1997 Miramax (True!)

Dogma - 1999 Lionsgate (Originally Miramax, Disney threw it out though because it was too controversial and sold it to Lionsgate, Kevin Smith never comes back to Miramax.)

Clerks TV Series - 2000 ABC

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 2001 Dimension

Clerks 2 - 2006 Weinstein Company

Zach and Miri Make A Porno - 2008 Weinstein Company

Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 - Miramax (True!, although this is the last time he ever works with Miramax.)

There Will Be Blood - 2007 Paramount



That list the ghostbusters forum gave you is utter and total crap with the exception of 3 films I pointed out, although, Tarentino/Kevin Smith are in their own field.. they can walk up and sell their films to anyone and the company would be stupid to not buy them, also that's the last time they ever worked with Miramax again.





Back on topic:

To say Disney will leave their movie companies alone is a ridiculous claim as there has been numerous occasions where they've tampered with the movie or outright sold it if it had the slightest hint of something they didn't stand behind (see Dogma). Sam Raimi seems to be doing a good job killing the Spiderman series by himself.. paired up with Disney I believe Marvel has sealed their fate.



Cheers,

Kensai

IN BOLD: That's what scares me.



And you've pointed out interesting things there too Kensai. I never knew Disney had a say on how Dogma was being made. Thanks for post that.



But I'm going to have to see what happens before I can saying anything really bad about this... I'm really hoping that Disney does not tamper the way marvel presents the characters and such.

 

[kensai111]

pooper It's actually quite a funny read, I won't get into the religious aspects, never ends well.. but Kevin Smith even had some fun with his own movie being protested and joined in on the fun:

It won't directly affect the Marvel films but Disney/Miramax is also notoriously famous for severely editing and cutting foreign imports usually losing the message in the process, the funniest of those stories being the import of Princess Mononoke where they were going to cut parts to make it more marketable and Studio Ghibli sent a katana to Miramax with the words "No cuts."



Cheers,

Kensai

 

[Spartan 343]

Disney = Fail





That's my 2 cents..

 

[DogWizard]

I wonder what this will mean for Universal Studios Orlando? There is a MAJOR Marvel presence in IOA - will Disney kill the rights? I wonder what the deal with Marvel/Universal was? Hmmm......

 

[ironkamakaze]

wow guys this is horrible! a marvel and disney team up i smell trouble. this could be fatal to the fan bass if they try to mess with things. i for one hope that disney will not put there two cents in on the over all world of marvel and how it evolves. i would literaly have a nervous brake down if that happed. but i dont think that would happen disney is in it for the money and thats that. i think they know some thing that we don't as far as new projects. marvel may have really big plans and had to get disney involved to see it though. who know this could be a good thing. we could get more p.r. better merchandise better movies and maybe even a t.v. show if the whole marvel and disney thing goes like a perfect world should. but it's not a perfect world is it? bad things happen to good people and smart people do dumb s!$t and for marvel to let disney in on there cash cow i think was bad mistake for one reason. "anybody that would side against kevin smith and his work does not need to be any were around comic books " he's the comic book hero of our generation. for the love of god he's one stan the man lee's good friends. i don't man i'll shut up about this i'm just saying i smell trouible.

 

[ACDCrockr209]

I hope they still keep all of the good stuff(guns, sex(Iron Man,)and blood and gore). Just look at how cool the movie Punisher: Warzone was. It had poeple getting shot up, heads being blown off, and neck braking. I sure as hell don't want disney taking that away, shoot they didn't even show how that fish's wife in Finding Nemo got eaten.



They should've bought DC since the hardly ever show death. The good guy never kills anyone, all he does is beat them up, put the guy in jail, and start the cycle all over again.



Please no stupid Hanna Sucktana or her stupid songs in marvel movies.!! I would march into their studios and kick the writer's ass for let her not funny ass into those movies.



-Pony

 

[SNIPER 118]

Its got me a little freaked :unsure if I was in the middle of it and had the say I would likely turn it down But thats just me I really hope that there is very little change

 

[Eled]

Disney owns Marvel, Marvel is publishing Halo comics, Master Chief in Kingdom Hearts 3.



(I know that wont happen, I'm just being funny)

 

[Das Brutus]

Just remember, the Mouse owns alot of companies... a rather large umbrella... hell, they backed ICP for a while... Walt's frozen head gets the cash, and various production companies get the heat... all should be fine... but they had better not f with Dead Pool or Wolverine, or Halo for that matter!!!!!

 

[Haven923]

If they make Wolverine try to save a princess.... So help me.....

 

[Shade88]

Disney owns Marvel, Marvel is publishing Halo comics, Master Chief in Kingdom Hearts 3.



(I know that wont happen, I'm just being funny)

lol. I would play it.

If they make Wolverine try to save a princess.... So help me.....

Or Spider-Man crying like a little school girl in every other scene... Oh wait that happened in Spider-Man 3.

 

[Kiyoshi Nobuyuki]

Disney owns Marvel, Marvel is publishing Halo comics, Master Chief in Kingdom Hearts 3.



(I know that wont happen, I'm just being funny)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-



I'd hunt down the guy who Ok'ed it.



on topic, I think now that disney is in control or Marvel, they will ruin it, make their own "heroes" that are pre-teen based and ruin everything marvel is. Next thing you know, Hulu will buy DC and Youtube, and it will only be a matter of time till one of them (Hulu or Disney) buys the other off and Monopoly ensues D:

 

[dung0beetle]

Ironman fights Hannah Montana in the new flick.