Originally posted by jaden101
I wouldn't know. I don't read them anyway. Just making the point that the same people who have contributed to the financial undervaluing of Marvel due to their piracy have no right to moan when a company like Disney take them over and, if they do, make changes (which they probably wont anyway.
oh, ok, totally with you on that 🙂
and ya, I think disney would be foolish to make any substantial changes.
Originally posted by Robtard
I thought 4 billion seemed a very low price considering the 5k+ characters and whatnots included.
I assumed that $4 billion was more than Marvel could possibly be worth.
For example, in Japan where far more comics are sold than in the US the entire yearly market is less than $5 billion. The US market is smaller (and shrinking) with Marvel having only a part of the total market.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Actually I just looked it up. Marvel profits about $63 million a year (that much coming on the heels of Iron Man) and had an estimated total worth of $2 billion.
Yes, had Walt let me negotiate we'd have got Marvel for far less. Remember 10 years ago through mismanagement Marvel went bust!
Just by having the Disney name above Marvel, on the comics, figures, posters etc. is going to look bad for a franchise I believed was getting more serious with its artwork and stories.
AC, you say they won't interfere and that you say there is proof of that but what the point in owning a company like Marvel and not being able to make decisions? Disney, unfortunately, has a main reputation for directly making things aimed at children, Marvel has been trying to break away from that in its main oulet- the comics.
Pixar, I believe, has made several movies since Disney completely took over that I think Pixar would not have made if they did't have to. The fun went out of it for me and they are churning out faceless garbarge now to appeal to any kid high on sugar.
There is always going to be jokes about this because it is so unreal; take the game Kingdom Hearts, a merger of two entirely different universes and its still open to ridicule when you have the likes of Sephiroth with Donald Duck and Goofy. What next? Disney buy the rights to Preacher and that lovable goofball Herr Starr.
Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
Just by having the Disney name above Marvel, on the comics, figures, posters etc. is going to look bad for a franchise I believed was getting more serious with its artwork and stories.AC, you say they won't interfere and that you say there is proof of that but what the point in owning a company like Marvel and not being able to make decisions? Disney, unfortunately, has a main reputation for directly making things aimed at children, Marvel has been trying to break away from that in its main oulet- the comics.
Pixar, I believe, has made several movies since Disney completely took over that I think Pixar would not have made if they did't have to. The fun went out of it for me and they are churning out faceless garbarge now to appeal to any kid high on sugar.
There is always going to be jokes about this because it is so unreal; take the game Kingdom Hearts, a merger of two entirely different universes and its still open to ridicule when you have the likes of Sephiroth with Donald Duck and Goofy. What next? Disney buy the rights to Preacher and that lovable goofball Herr Starr.
Disney won't interfere in comics for so many reasons. The reason I believe that is because they said so, clearly, and I'm not so ignorant as to ignore that.
Since they took over Miramax they haven't interfered, same with Wall-E.
-AC