Disney buys Marvel Comics.......

[Scarey]

I read this news this morning and just thought it was the shits.I grew up on marvel comics.With a bit of a shitty childhood, it was great escapism.Over the last few years I've started reading a few"Graphic novels" again(See, it's not a comic anymore.It's a "Graphic Novel").

Marvel took control of their movie division with "Iron Man "and you could see a noticable difference in the quality without some Movie Studio douchbag putting their spin on it.Disney is a bad fit.They'll end up giving the future movies the"George Lucas-Phantom Menace" treatment .Where it looks like it was made for a 6 year old.

So do we have any former(current) collectors in here? Bonus points if your favourite SP knows your TERB handle and you still fess up to being a comic geek
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/index.htm

 

[pimpin_civic]

This is terrible. All you'll ever see is Mickey Mouse as the Hero.

Spiderman and Wolverine will be put to shame =(

 

[Frosty]

I agree. These movies are gonna end up PG.

 

[Manji]

It shouldn't effect the Marvel and its creative content (I hope)....
What worries me is that it may slow down production of movies or effect the quality (too many interested parties who may want to go in different directions)...

 

[Hammerstein]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo say it isn't so

 

[tribunus]

What worries me is that it may slow down production of movies or effect the quality (too many interested parties who may want to go in different directions)...

Agreed. It looks as though the key properties (Spiderman @ Columbia, X-Men @ Fox, Iron Man @ Paramount) will stay where they are at least until the contracts expire. But Disney will look to consolidate them all at some point, like how Warner Brothers has all the DC properties.

 

[Mongrel4u]

that fucking blows...now even my comics will be censored up the wazoo

 

[Mongrel4u]

I agree. These movies are gonna end up PG.

or worse yet G....


fuck me

 

[gardener_27]

Now we can expect Miley Cyrus to show up singing in an X-men flick. Or the cast of HSM goes mutant.

Oh joy.

g_27

 

[Scarey]

Quick note on this.I wonder how some of the "old hands" feel about this new deal.I know for a fact Stan Lee had to sue a few years ago to get a share of the pie he helped build due to some legal rangling from the corporate big wigs.

 

[Gyaos]

Disney will buy Six Flags, throw a Spiderman attraction in it and no one will go to see it. Don't like the deal. Shutdown YouTube, it's Google's fault, f'n up the media industries by bootlegging, cheating and spitting on copyrights, those bastards.....forcing this media M&A due to the recession Google helped cause.

Gyaos Baltar.

 

[islandman4567]

yep , this blows.

I think their gonna turn all the characters into pussies.

Wolverine and Mickey Mouse in the same house...uuuggghh.

Conan the Vegetarian is their new hero.

 

[goldfinger]

Well At least the comics we have now in collections , the value will go up as they will be more collectable.

17 longbox plus

All different publishers Marvel, DC ,Darkhorse, Epic etc

Now which SP will take comics as payment..............................