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angieh angieh
 
M$1 August 31, 2009 03:58 PM

What are your thoughts on the Disney Marvel acquisition?

The Walt Disney Company announced its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment today for roughly $4 billion. It stated that partner contracts, like for the ''X-Men'', ''Spider-Man'' and ''Iron Man'' franchises, will stay in place.

What are your thoughts on this move? As a Disney or Marvel fan are you concerned? Happy?
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tchachra tchachra
 
 August 31, 2009 06:29 PM
We are in the middle of one of the worst recessions the US has ever seen...however Disney has $4billion to spend on Comic Books? :-)

Seriously though. I feel it is an important acquisition from Disney simply so they can improve their brand image amongst the 15 and over crowd. Disney right now is simply a child brand and has been trying to grow out of that demographic by providing for more teen shows on its TV channels and more dramas in movies. I feel with the acquisition of Marvel they can get into the Teen communities and finally gain some ground/recognition.

Its all about marketing in the end.....
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twotonjack twotonjack
 
August 31, 2009 04:00 PM
I think the Marvel Comics will end up getting homgenized and too safe. It could be worse than when the Comics Code Authority was in full force.

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clamchowde... clamchowde...
 
August 31, 2009 04:04 PM
I'm afraid that commercial value will be given more importance than artistic value and that is just sad for the comics world.

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pauljordan... pauljordan...
 
August 31, 2009 04:11 PM
I think the price of 4 billion dollars for ownership of 5000 characters seems to a steal for The House of Mouse..however I don't know what this will mean for the Marvel Brand as a whole

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
August 31, 2009 04:13 PM
A part of me died inside when I read this on Facebook. I'm really hoping Disney stays true to their word and doesn't ruin their comics or the movie franchises. Especially with Iron Man 2 coming up and the upcoming Avengers movie in 3 or 4 years.

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cheapgamer cheapgamer
 
August 31, 2009 04:16 PM
It depends, if disney gives a fresh influx of addvertising and creative talent Marvel could benenefit.

Personally I know that people worry that Disney will make existing titles more kid friendly, however Disney will not want to alienate existing fans, so I am not expecting big changes in this.

The big change I expect is we might start to see more disney specific comics and graphic novels.

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m2master m2master
 
August 31, 2009 04:29 PM
As a Marvel fan I would like to express my disappointment. I can foresee them damaging all the franchises they touch. I am no fan of the way Disney adapts things. The hidden dinger is that then now will have the rights to all the comic properties in the Marvel line up. I can also see them getting rid of a lot of talented artists and writers.

I vote no on this, but the Marvel people will get their long overdue payout.

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spielguy spielguy
 
August 31, 2009 04:56 PM
I haven't read comics or graphic novels for years but I have enjoyed the movies made from Marvel properties. I'm concerned about the move because Disney is not good at making movies. They have been rather good at purchasing and distributing movies, but there are only a few movies out of their studios that I have thought worthwhile for many years.

Generally, the acquisition of a smaller media company by a larger one doesn't bode well for the properties of that company. Autonomy, creativity, and passion are often lost.

Looking forward to the Avenger movies.

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lobo7922 lobo7922
 
August 31, 2009 07:48 PM
At first I couldn't believe it, but while more and more people started talking about this, I had to realize this was true.

I'm afraid that this will mean a change for bad in the Marvel Universe.
Disney has made very good stories and content, but they are way too different from Marvel, I'm afraid that they'll make that difference disappear.

And for the people that thinks that this is impossible that something like the Twitter joke "Namor will marry Ariel" it's impossible, you must remember kingdom hearts...
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