Nolan's Batman wouldn't do well to cross over into a world with super-powered aliens, mystical Amazons, Atlanteans etc. It's a trilogy that opened and closed well, no need to mess with it.
GL, that was a horrendous pile of crap and it's best to at least go with another actor for Hal, if they're still going to keep what happened in the first film a canon.
Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
just perusing through the hollywoodreporter.com...won't say anything , but just read, can you imagine if this actually happened...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-chinas-richest-man-could-724889
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=106023#comments
Time Warners not selling up. And they don't need to be sold to get their DC movies in order Lol.
They just need to formulate a plan and follow it through. The worst thing about the Green Lantern movie wasn't that people hated it. It was that WB just froze all their other DC movie plans until MOS.
They should have just carried on with their plans for a Flash movie and a Wonder Woman movie, but took away lessons from what went wrong with GL.
Originally posted by Firefly218
There are monopoly laws against Disney owning both DC comics and Marvel comics.
Not sure that would apply there.
But I'm not sure I'd mind if Disney owns both, even if Disney was founded by a racist guy who didn't even really come up with the character who made his company explode.
Originally posted by Robtard
Because it wouldn't be a monopoly if Disney owned both DC and Marvel as there are other comic-based companies
But DC and Marvel are the biggest. Marvel buying DC would look like taking out the biggest competition. It would be like Coke buying Pepsi.
Originally posted by Robtard
and even then, not sure antitrust laws extend to all manners of companies.
Any company being anti-competitive through mergers and acquisitions is illegal. Doesn't much matter what business the company is in.
Really no different than one of the major auto companies (eg Ford, GM, Volkswagen) buying another auto company, which happens. Volkswagen alone owns around 11-12 brands. GM has many as well.
edit: I also suspect that with the lawyers Disney can afford, they'd not be considering it if it was some antitrust breach.
Originally posted by Robtard
Really no different than one of the major auto companies (eg Ford, GM, Volkswagen) buying another auto company, which happens. Volkswagen alone owns around 11-12 brands. GM has many as well.edit: I also suspect that with the lawyers Disney can afford, they'd not be considering it if it was some antitrust breach.
Yeah, but it's about market share. One car company buying another is fine, as long as the purchase doesn't lead to an overwhelming monopoly on the market of cars. There are lots of major car companies - even if GM buys Ford, it won't have a monopoly on the market. There will still be stiff competition, like Honda, Lexus, Toyota, Volkswagen, BMW etc...
In the business of comics, there are very few companies that hold a candle to Marvel and DC. If Disney owns both Marvel and DC comics, they will undoubtedly own the monopoly.
There is no official indication that Disney lawyers are even considering it.
Originally posted by Firefly218
Yeah, but it's about market share. One car company buying another is fine, as long as the purchase doesn't lead to an overwhelming monopoly on the market of cars. There are lots of major car companies - even if GM buys Ford, it won't have a monopoly on the market. There will still be stiff competition, like Honda, Lexus, Toyota, Volkswagen, BMW etc...In the business of comics, there are very few companies that hold a candle to Marvel and DC. If Disney owns both Marvel and DC comics, they will undoubtedly own the monopoly.
There is no official indication that Disney lawyers are even considering it.
Even owning the two and not the rest doesn't constitute a monopoly, just a large market share.
The article made it seem like Apple, Disney and Google have serious potential about bidding, but okay.
Originally posted by Robtard
Even owning the two and not the rest doesn't constitute a monopoly, just a large market share.The article made it seem like Apple, Disney and Google have serious potential about bidding, but okay.
So if Coke buys Pepsi, it still doesn't have the monopoly? There are many other soft drink producing companies, like Perrier, Cott etc...
The point is, if Coke bought Pepsi it would own an overwhelming majority of the market share for soft drinks. Therefore, the government can block the transaction.
Now, Disney could still aquire WB. They just wouldn't be able to keep both Marvel comics and DC comics. They'd have to sell one of them, so they don't have a monopoly. At least I think.
Originally posted by Firefly218
So if Coke buys Pepsi, it still doesn't have the monopoly? There are many other soft drink producing companies, like Perrier, Cott etc...The point is, if Coke bought Pepsi it would own an overwhelming majority of the market share for soft drinks. Therefore, the government can block the transaction.
Now, Disney could still aquire WB. They just wouldn't be able to keep both Marvel comics and DC comics. They'd have to sell one of them, so they don't have a monopoly. At least I think.
Yeah, courts can decide that a given sale or merger would be harmful to competition and block it even if it isn't an actual monopoly. If that's what you're saying, then sure. The courts could. I thought you were saying "That sale could never happen".
To get on the 'what if', not sure that Disney owning both would be a terrible thing, we could get two better products if there's intelligence sharing between both groups of writers and artist.
