Overload: Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion. Did You Hear Disney Bought Marvel? Disney+Marvel = BFF
Delaying a time-sensitive blog post is never a good idea. This, almost never, stops us from doing just that. One week and a day later, we’ve amassed a monster list of everything Disney/Marvel related from that time. More posts on the matter will follow. For now we offer fair warning, this is a biggun’.
“Face it, Tigger, you hit the jackpot!” –@BrianReed
It was all anyone remotely associated with comics could/can talk about. Our TweetDeck’s ‘comics’ filter can attest to that. Some fanboys and comics professionals greeted the news with bear hugs of love or at least their facsimile of this. The rest jumped out of their knickers.
Now that the dust has settled a bit, creating a Link Overload of the Disney/Marvel related conversation seemed like the thing to do.
Mr Joke Funny People
so I got this phone call from Joe Quesada and it was just the sound of him rubbing himself with money and now I am confused–@WarrenEllis
Jokes were made. So many jokes. People just wouldn’t stop with the jokes. Then came the many, many image mashups.
Opinions
Matt Cuthbert shares a strong “Don’t Panic” vibe:
Don’t get your Spandex in a wad: The Disney-Marvel merger is going to be OK
Disney isn’t going to destroy Marvel. They’re not going to make the movies more tame. You’re not going to see Mickey Mouse / Wolverine crossovers (Marvel would have done that, but Disney won’t — trust me).
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Disney isn’t a kiddie theme park or a producer of only family films. They make all kinds of movies, TV shows, vacation resorts, apparel, etc. They own ESPN and ABC. They own record companies like Hollywood, Mammoth, and Lyric Street. They’re a huge corporation, and corporations like to make money. Hannah Montana isn’t going to show up in the next Punisher series. Disney wouldn’t be doing themselves any favors by tainting characters and storylines that have drawn a loyal fan base for well over 40 years. And they’re not that stupid.
His friend Daniel Horton begs to differ:
Disney’s Secret invasion of Marvel
I’m willing to make a bold claim at this point. Marvel will lose all editorial control. The lawyers or paperwork may not say so at this time, but it will inevitably happen. Disney is going to see the superhero genre and comic medium as something that should inherently remain childish or juvenile, and ensure that it remains so. They’ll water it down for the masses and take every opportunity to tell you that this will be the way you’ll like it from now on. A lot of apologists such as Matt are talking this morning about how Disney does produce complex, unchanged, or mature content, as evidenced by movies produced by Pixar or Miramax. And again, I’m here to tell you that this isn’t the case.
[Full article]
The Official Word
PRESS RELEASE
Burbank, CA and New York, NY, August 31, 2009 —Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.
Did we mention there were mashups?
A Little Bit of Everything Else
Articles rained down like life giving rains after a long apocalypse.
The Beat
- Breaking: Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion
- Disney buys Marvel — Analysis
- More on Marvel/Disney as reactions unfold
Wolfram|Alpha
Not to be outdone by artists’ imagery. The W|A team brought charts to the party.
The Art of Mergers
Returning to complete the circle of opinion and insanity: the art mashups.
The Mickey Mouse/Punisher mix seems to be the popular trend. The extremes of their personalities more than likely being the foundation for this.
MTV’s video journalist, Gideon Yago, was kind enough to teach us that Super Punch existed.
Spiderman with Mickey ears by Emilio J.Lopez. Super Skrull Mickey by Christian. Please note: this SuperPunch post grows as new images are found.
Lastly, @BeaucoupKevin discovered that @Zardsky “got his hands on the Disney/Marvel memo.” That’s worth the click if only for the image of Spidey swinging about without pants. And by “worth it” we do mean “dream damaging.”
Groonkly Thoughts
The initial shock of the news pushed the Groonk Nation to side with the hardcore fanboys who see that all is doomed. Disney has never had stable relations with their creators. The documentary DREAM ON SILLY DREAMER provided proof that Disney can create wonderful works of animation and creativity. Yet, on the flip-side, the success of these works signaled executives to capitalize on this success and begin the direct-to-dvd movies we all know and despise. If memory serves, THE LION KING‘s insane profits was the tipping point. All of this transpired during the Michael Eisner years. A man of which Pixar was not a fan. In 2005, he stepped down and there was much rejoicing.
Disney is a corporation. They do corporate things. Buying money making properties and micromanaging said properties to the point of losing money would be counter intuitive. We have a hope this is not their plan. Given that we don’t have billions in pocket to give Marvel to make movies to their heart’s content, we’ll have to sit back and watch what happens. Just like everyone else.
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