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Robtard
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The end is nigh, for Marvel.

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion
Walt Disney Co. will purchase the comic book company behind X-Men and Spider-Man.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase comic book and action hero company Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion.

The deal pairs a comic book publisher that just recently began to produce its own movies with one of the largest international media companies in the world.

"This is perfect from a strategic perspective," Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger told CNNMoney.com. "This treasure trove of over 5,000 characters offers Disney the ability to do what we do best." -end snip

http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/new...sion=2009083115

I smell epic doom for Marvel flicks and general Marvelry.

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Re: The end is nigh, for Marvel.

We will have no Nazi stuff in our movies..... I the red skull, I mean Walt Disney say so!!

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We will have no Nazi stuff in our movies..... I the red skull, I mean Walt Disney say so!!

You'll also turn the Punisher into some pacifist and the Hulk will go Emo on us, **** you, Walt!

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Aug 31st, 2009 11:08 PM

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You'll also turn the Punisher into some pacifist and the Hulk will go Emo on us, **** you, Walt!

When the Punisher kills Bambi's mother, he will turn his back on violence. It's that simple for Frank!

Aug 31st, 2009 11:10 PM

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Oh no! Now Marvel will be reduced to mere Quentin Tarantino levels of violence.

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Oh no! Now Marvel will be reduced to mere Quentin Tarantino levels of violence.

I feel the need for a Mickey Mouse thread in the Vs. forum!

Aug 31st, 2009 11:13 PM

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Oh no! Now Marvel will be reduced to mere Quentin Tarantino levels of violence.

How can you be so glib, sir. This is Marvel, MAR-vel.

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Aug 31st, 2009 11:20 PM

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How can you be so glib, sir. This is Marvel, MAR-vel.

We still have DCU.

And Image.

And Top Cow.

And manga.

And webcomics.

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Aug 31st, 2009 11:23 PM

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^ is glib, glib I say.

I see this was already opened in the Comics section, best to end or merge. So get to it, one of you nigh-useless Mods. Chop-chop!

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Of course it's not nigh.

Why is everyone sh*tting themselves? There's a hands-off policy for one thing. Secondly, look at it like the legalisation of drugs.

If drugs became legal, people not interested in drugs wouldn't then start using. Disney fans who aren't into comics will...probably remain not into comics.

Marvel isn't some underground brand, Spider-Man is as famous or more famous than a lot of Disney characters. Marvel do fine on their own.

There's absolutely no reason for Disney to start messing with the comics, so I don't see why they would. The worst that could happen is that Marvel characters start appearing in Disney animation, but so what? Marvel already has lots of cartoons and a Marvel Kids section to its company.

Everyone needs to relax, and don't do it. Like Frankie said.

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Thank God we still have DCU

Aug 31st, 2009 11:38 PM

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Of course it's not nigh.

-AC

Keep ranting AC, but you'll be the first to scream bloody rape should the Hulk suddenly develop a fondness for cuddling tanks, instead of smashing.

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Marvel already have a Kids wing of their company that has cutesy cartoons.

It has nothing to do with the comics.

If the characters I love remain untouched and uncompromised in comic form, as they always have, I really don't give a shit who buys Marvel.

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Aug 31st, 2009 11:40 PM

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Didn't DC just lose Superman?

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Didn't DC just lose Superman?

WTF? That'd be like Ford losing the F-series of trucks.

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Aug 31st, 2009 11:49 PM

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Nothing will change.
Exept Marvel characters might cameo in cartoons or something.
People have expectations, disney can't afford to mess with that.

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Didn't DC just lose Superman?

No, they lost the rights to use the name Superboy.

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I feel the need for a Mickey Mouse thread in the Vs. forum!

I was the first to start one, but it was immediately locked.

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Disney owning Marvel...We're doomed. Punisher may get toned down and the Marvel Zombies series may come to a halt. You know how Disney always aims for the child audience.

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