Not Marvel-lous news

[hackersanonymous]

This is probably already known to everyone else here, but:

uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090831/tts-uk-disney-marvel-a8bf950.html

Disney to buy Marvel for £2.5 billion

Walt Disney on Monday agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion (2.5 billion pounds) in the biggest media deal of the year, banking on Marvel's roster of superheroes to broaden its lineup of movie franchises that appeal to boys. Skip related content


Uh-oh?!

[trashcanman]

My wife just ran in and told me this right before I came to this thread. Dark, dark fucking day. As long as they go hands-off, I can deal, but if it starts affecting the content I will be seriously bent. After all, Disney will soon own us all, like it or not.

[The Curmudgeon]

Must be family news; my dad told me over the phone.

I dunno, as soon as I heard about it I imagined sanitised, neutered versions of our beloved characters. In short, I thought of this



But it may not necessarily be a bad thing. If it a joint partnership along the lines of "we can promote and produce shows and merchandise" (which I think it will be) then that can only be a good thing, right?

[trashcanman]

Has Marvel EVER needed help with getting their stuff out there? Disney already owns more the people think they do and thankfully they usually let the companies they own do their thing. Maybe now they'll release all of the 90's Marvel shows that Disney has held onto forever.