This goes back to the age old rivalry between Disney and Warner Brothers. For as long as they've been existence the two companies have been competing against each other. They have without argument the two most famous cartoon characters of all time: Mickey Mouse (Disney) and Bugs Bunny (WB); world class theme parks: Disney World/Disney Land vs. the dozens of Six Flags owned by Warner; and Disney saw all the money that Warner Brothers is making off superhero movies (because Warner Brothers owns DC Comics so it makes all the money from stuff like Justice League, Superman Returns, The Dark Knight); so Disney had to keep up and buy Marvel so they could try and make the profit from Iron Man 2, The Avengers movie, and all the other upcoming Marvel projects

Imagine what this will do to the X-Men ¬_¬
 
Emma will probably turn into Sleeping Bitch
Scott will be Prince Un-Charming. 
Wolverine will be the Grumpy Dwarf. 

That Is interesting. What Is Disney Thinking! Noooo Why do they have to do this

" Listen to the press conference call here:
 
 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129198&p=irol-eventDetails&EventId=2413571# "

I don't like this at all.

" I don't like this at all. "

I'm going to say this.If Marvel starts feeling the affects of Marvel owning them as in things change...I'm reading Image and Udon from then on.

This makes some strange sense to me since Warner Bros already owns DC. Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are out to rule the world. :P

MOTHER******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD ******* **** IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! SON OF A MOTHER****** ***** **** **** **** ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
NOW DISNEY IS GONNA TOTALLY **** EVERYTHING UP
 
I SWEAR TO GOD IF I SEE ANY DISNEY CHARACTERS IN A SINGLE MARVEL COMIC, IF THOSE GREED ****ERS **** ANYTHING UP, IM GONNA ****ING BEAT THE LIVING **** OUT OF THE FIRST ****ING PERSON I SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their taking this its a small world afterall thing a bit to far.Thus this is all wolverines fault.

" MOTHER******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD ******* **** IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! SON OF A MOTHER****** ***** **** **** **** ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
NOW DISNEY IS GONNA TOTALLY **** EVERYTHING UP
 
I SWEAR TO GOD IF I SEE ANY DISNEY CHARACTERS IN A SINGLE MARVEL COMIC, IF THOSE GREED ****ERS **** ANYTHING UP, IM GONNA ****ING BEAT THE LIVING **** OUT OF THE FIRST ****ING PERSON I SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Some Pixar produced Marvel movies would be awesome.

yeah i mean i can understand that they work together to boost they're international appeal but if i see marvel characters singing the mickey mouse march i'll be out for blood
and its not that i don't like disney i like disney but disney now a days does npot care about making movies that enchant us its about them making money and if there going to ruin the image of wolverine to making a quick buck there more evil than i read they better leave marvel out of their disney stuff and leave it the way its been for the past sixty years

I'm going to see this as a positive thing

This is a scar that won't go away

now that ive calmed down somewhat *see above post*  it would be kind of cool if this somehow leads to a kingdom hearts like thing with the marvel U
 
thats about the only good thing i see in this
 
but only if its NOT canon

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

This is surreal. Wow. Uh......well, as long as I don't see any censorship in Marvel titles and the content remains the same, I'll be okay with this. I just don't want Marvel to have to simplify themselves or anything because of Disney. Like other people have said-will I still see Wolverine dicing people up? Are people still going to be getting shot? I know Disney has put out some more adult movies (like the Pirates films), so maybe they'll still be okay with the content in Marvel books. I wonder what the fate of the MAX titles will be?
 
Maybe this will help out their upcoming movies, at the least.

" @inferiorego said:

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

I might be simply a bit hysterical about the whole thing I have to admit but where is the positiveness in this?  (Not trying to hate, really interested in your oppinion on the matter. If you made a joke I simply didn't get it, sorry. lol) "

" @inferiorego said:

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

I might be simply a bit hysterical about the whole thing I have to admit but where is the positiveness in this?  (Not trying to hate, really interested in your oppinion on the matter. If you made a joke I simply didn't get it, sorry. lol) "

" @Risque said:

" @inferiorego said:

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

I might be simply a bit hysterical about the whole thing I have to admit but where is the positiveness in this?  (Not trying to hate, really interested in your oppinion on the matter. If you made a joke I simply didn't get it, sorry. lol) "

Movie production. Maybe more 3d Animated films, most likely NOT with Pixar, but Disney's 3d design team is pretty great. More funding for everything Marvel without the fear of failure since their backed by one of the top entertainment companies of all time.  Comics will not change. The biggest difference you may see is a few more (yes, there are some already) Disney comics on the shelves by some notable writers and artists. (I'm not talking about big names at Marvel, more entry level guys)  I honestly don't know why everyone is assuming the worst. Time Warner owns DC and you don't see any of the Looney Tunes breaking into a Batman book. "

mickey vs wolverine 
 
lol

Way to much over reacting on the boards this morning.
 
I mean it hasn't even passed yet, the Marvel Shareholders have to agree to it, and they have to pass an antitrust review by the government. So unless the shareholders started to hate money during the middle of the night and Disney lost all those lovely little politicans it has in its pockets. But I'll hold of judgement till I actually see a negative impact on the comics themselves. Disney owns alot of things, and I really doubt they are going to force themselves onto the Marvel comics.
 
They are doing this because Marvel has an audience they want, young men. Disney puts almost nothing out for the young man to enjoy. Unless they like Hannaha Montana and the Jonas Brothers. Disney is smart I doubt they'll mess with this new cash cow, until it starts losing money.
 
Plus I would wager we're goign to get a ton more Marvel Animated movies of lesser known characters.
 
Also Marvel MAX should end for one simple reason, they did an Eminem crossover, MAX is dead to me.

" @Risque said:

" @inferiorego said:

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

I might be simply a bit hysterical about the whole thing I have to admit but where is the positiveness in this?  (Not trying to hate, really interested in your oppinion on the matter. If you made a joke I simply didn't get it, sorry. lol) "

Movie production. Maybe more 3d Animated films, most likely NOT with Pixar, but Disney's 3d design team is pretty great. More funding for everything Marvel without the fear of failure since their backed by one of the top entertainment companies of all time.  Comics will not change. The biggest difference you may see is a few more (yes, there are some already) Disney comics on the shelves by some notable writers and artists. (I'm not talking about big names at Marvel, more entry level guys)  I honestly don't know why everyone is assuming the worst. Time Warner owns DC and you don't see any of the Looney Tunes breaking into a Batman book. "

Will Mickey Mouse fight Wolverine???

" @inferiorego said:

" @Risque said:

" @inferiorego said:

" I'm going to see this as a positive thing "

I might be simply a bit hysterical about the whole thing I have to admit but where is the positiveness in this?  (Not trying to hate, really interested in your oppinion on the matter. If you made a joke I simply didn't get it, sorry. lol) "

Movie production. Maybe more 3d Animated films, most likely NOT with Pixar, but Disney's 3d design team is pretty great. More funding for everything Marvel without the fear of failure since their backed by one of the top entertainment companies of all time.  Comics will not change. The biggest difference you may see is a few more (yes, there are some already) Disney comics on the shelves by some notable writers and artists. (I'm not talking about big names at Marvel, more entry level guys)  I honestly don't know why everyone is assuming the worst. Time Warner owns DC and you don't see any of the Looney Tunes breaking into a Batman book. "

You may have a point there. I think the biggest trouble that I'm worrying about is that the whole thing goes Pixar style. Pixar made some really good movies and after Disney bought them their movies drastically decreased in quality (at least in my eyes the first Pixar movies were the best, the newer ones are kinda weak). But maybe we should see what comes out of the ineveitable and not scare ourselves too much. Marvel is not Pixar. We'll see. "

" isnt waltdisney and Warner Bros connected business wise in some way? "

Although I have no love for the cultural Marxists that have taken over Disney since the '80s, I'm not worried about it affecting Marvel's comic production. What I am concerned about, though, is their movies. Having Marvel Studios and, before that, the freedom to select production studios and distributors was a huge benefit, unlike DC who was locked in to Warner Brothers. Marvel seems to be setting itself up for the same thing.

I dont see a problem, Disney are a company like any other...  
 
they are not stupid they wont rework anything Marvel is doing as they are too big a money maker, Disney will not start making it more child friendly... why would they? they would loose readers and ergo loose money, people are freaking out for nothing.

O_o

" I dont see a problem, Disney are a company like any other...   they are not stupid they wont rework anything Marvel is doing as they are too big a money maker, Disney will not start making it more child friendly... why would they? they would loose readers and ergo loose money, people are freaking out for nothing. "

 This is a epicly bad idea. Next thing you know Warner Brothers will buy DC and You'll have a Green Lantern/Bugs Bunny Crossover. Whats gunna happen Deadpool will he start says "oh gosh". instead of finding out how to say "OH S^@T" in skrull. all will be wrong in the universe because of this. The end of the comic world as we know it. DC may have finally won the big brand war..........It's a sad sad sad sad sad sad sad day in thew world if this happens

Just the other day I was thinking of DCs ownership by Warners, and thought of who might own Marvel if it ever came to that. Disney was at, or very near, the top of that list. 
 
Disney has produced some of the pinnacles of entertainment in the last couple of decades alone, never mind since Walt and Roy and the bunch started it all. They are also tops in CG animation productions. That they don't already invest in Marvel in some way would be a surprise. 
 
Why did Marvel feel they had to sell themselves to Disney? Marvel is on a roll. Disney has certainly noticed Marvels upswing. Disney might have made them an offer that they pondered and liked, and they felt enhanced their own position, particularly when they have so many productions happening. 
 
The only thing that would increase the value for Disney of their Marvel acquisition is for them to just let Marvel be Marvel. Keep off the goods. Stay out of the kitchen. Hands off. And Disney should know why perfectly well, being Disney and not. The moment they mess with the method, the way, the rules of the Marvel House Of Ideas, is the moment Disney has lost their investment in Marvel, and the moment Marvel loses all credibility as a productive and money-earning investment property for Disney.
 
It's an excellent fit. Maybe much better than when Warners bought DC. Maybe much better. 
 
 
 

Will Mickey Mouse fight Wolverine?

I totally didn't know that warner brothers owned DC already. Hmmmmmmmm, but I don't want them to make kid friendly comics again. does anybody remember the horrible campieness when they had to fallow the comicbook code. I see this happening again and it truely saddings me,

Hehe, I want to see a Howard The Duck/ Donald Duck crossover... "You're a cheap copy!" "No, you are" "No, you!" "No, you!" "No..."

" Just the other day I was thinking of DCs ownership by Warners, and thought of who might own Marvel if it ever came to that. Disney was at, or very near, the top of that list.  Disney has produced some of the pinnacles of entertainment in the last couple of decades alone, never mind since Walt and Roy and the bunch started it all. They are also tops in CG animation productions. That they don't already invest in Marvel in some way would be a surprise.  Why did Marvel feel they had to sell themselves to Marvel? Marvel is on a roll. Disney has certainly noticed Marvels upswing. Disney might have made them an offer that they pondered and liked, and they felt enhanced their own position, particularly when they have so many productions happening.  The only thing that would increase the value for Disney of their Marvel acquisition is for them to just let Marvel be Marvel. Keep off the goods. Stay out of the kitchen. Hands off. And Disney should know why perfectly well, being Disney and not. The moment they mess with the method, the way, the rules of the Marvel House Of Ideas, is the moment Disney has lost their investment in Marvel, and the moment Marvel loses all credibility as a productive and money-earning investment property for Disney. It's an excellent fit. Maybe much better than when Warners bought DC. Maybe much better.     "

this scares me greatly. however, i feel censorship may not be a big deal when it comes to films. reason being that disney owns miramax and they still continue to release movies that are for mature audiences (pulp fiction and many quentin tarantino films) in fact i think they will release better films for marvel. on the other hand, if they do decide to keep a strong grip on comic releases, which im hoping and thinking they wont, we may see some very "kid sensitive" material. i do believe that disney is looking for an adult audience and i hope thats what they use this deal for. it has been mentioned that the history of the characters will stay the same though, so thats just a tiny plus.
 
As for cartoons well i dont think the amount of limititations and rules that are already on them will change...im pretty happy to see a fox free marvel though.

Wow! Did anyone see this coming? It seems so out of the blue.

I always just assume the worst. Hopefully things will not change to dramatically

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