Disney buys Marvel?

[nolapenguin]

One word: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion

Well, there goes the rest of the Avengers series. Disney's the kiss of death for superhero movies. Unless it involves a teenage Kurt Russell. In tennis shoes.

Comments

[amicablebitch.livejournal.com]

haven't the marvel movies been less than stellar anyway?

not that i mean disney can necessarily do them better. but i didn't think they'd been that great yet anyway.

yay computer who wore tennis shoes!

[nawlins-penguin.livejournal.com]

Depends on which movie you're talking about. They finally got things right with Ironman, and their plans to expand the Avengers universe is fabulous.

Disney just wants the dollar signs. Unless they establish a Marvel division with the same autonomy as Pixar, I see a future with many, many, many straight-to-video sequels.

[amicablebitch.livejournal.com]

ahh okay...i was thinking xmen and spiderman. i liked ironman.

i think disney has potential with it. there's more money to be had in better movies, so it's in their best interest to actually do a good job. guess it just depends who's running the show.

[nawlins-penguin.livejournal.com]

Well, the X-men and Spidey movies did really well financially, though their allegiance to the Marvel canon was less than impressive. Indeed, the recent Wolverine movie didn't even stick with the history of the first X-men feature. Regardless, money was made.

There's an interesting reference to the Pixar folks being excited, though. I imagine Pixar special effects would go a long way in improving the line.