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Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment

jaw04005 said:
As I posted above, the Marvel deal would only affect one of Universal's parks. Universal thinks they'll be OK as part of their current licensing deal with Marvel. However, Iger and Disney's management side-stepped the Islands of Adventure question when asked this morning.



They already are. Marvel and Apple announced a deal back in February to sell "motion comics" on the iTunes Store. Additionally, many of their original animated series (X-Men: The Animated Series, Spider-Man, etc) are now on iTunes.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/marvel-to-sell-motion-comics-via-itunes-store.ars
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I meant real comic books. The kind where you flip through pages.
 
Unspeaked said:
To the folks complaining about this: I could be wrong but I think Marvel was owned by Revlon in the 80s or 90s. Do you really think Disney would be a worse corporate parent?
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Disney Corp. Killed free expression in art (At least in the state), so to answer your question, yes they do make a worse corporate parent.
 
Is it true that Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland will be changed into the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building? :)
 
Well, at least we will find out what happen if Spidey takes on Mickey Mouse in the next blockbuster "Spiderman Versus Mickey!"
 
I'll reserve judgment at this point, but let's say "I'm nervous". Stan Lee is the man and the driving force behind Marvel. The only way his vision survives is if Disney let's him "pick his successor" in terms of who takes over after he is gone.
 
I don't get all the Disney bashing.

Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Miramax, and Touchstone Pictures. You don't see any of the following scenarios, do you?

- Minnie Mouse as a co-host on the View?
- Donovan McNabb high-fiving Mickey on the 50-yard line on MNF?
- Donald Duck in the 'Kill Bill' franchise?
- A Fairy Godmother asking that Matt Damon not use the 'f-bomb' in Good Will Hunting?
- Monorail-Spotting instead of Trainspotting?

Disney lets its operating companies do their own thing. Marvel will be no different. Please, go to your happy place and relax!
 
mscriv said:
I'll reserve judgment at this point, but let's say "I'm nervous". Stan Lee is the man and the driving force behind Marvel. The only way his vision survives is if Disney let's him "pick his successor" in terms of who takes over after he is gone.
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Stan Lee hasn't had much to do with Marvel since the 70s, or early 80s at best.

Marvel has either been owned by other large corporations or been its own corporate giant for nearly two decades before the Disney acquisition.
 
Only $4 Billion? How insulting.

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"Many demons may rule Doom...but he is not a cheap date!"
 
So I take it we'll see Pinocchio fighting back-to-back with Captain America in some new, overrated comic.

This sucks. Wtf's Disney's thinking buying Marvel like that..
 
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