The Workermonkey

Monday, August 31, 2009

Still in shock: Disney buys Marvel! 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 8/31/2009 06:52:00 PM

wow. um, awesome. didn't see that coming. as much as i fear the disnification of marvel, i'm all for this. i can't wait to see captain america on ESPN, and a new marvel theme park at disney, and more movies and tv shows and more awesomeness out of marvel now that they have disney money behind them. fuck yeah. the possibilities are endless.

as much as i want to nerd out over this, the business side of it takes just as much importance. marvel has been building their own brand and struggeling to get finacing for thier movies and pay for animation and so on. now they have Disney money to do all that. Marvel has a ton of liscenecd products right now that will slow the merger. spiderman and xmen movie rights are owned by others so that won't be touched for awhile, paramount still has distribution rights to the next 4-5 marvel films, universal still has domestic theme park rights for a majority of the marvel characters, there are a ton of licensed goods out there from underwear to yogurt. these all need to expire. nuts. maybe the hulk will be in the next kingdom hearts game. is disney going to let them do the darker stuff? what happens to the creator owned properties at Icon, like Powers?

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i want to go to there. i'm cool with any country willing to do this.

9 comments

Oh thank god your alive! You'd been quiet so long, I thought for sure you'd either kicked the bucket or gone to prison.

Good to have you back.

By  NoBrainRequired, at Monday, August 31, 2009 8:08:00 PM  

speaking of prison. Did you buy that house?

By  NoBrainRequired, at Monday, August 31, 2009 8:08:00 PM  

don't know yet, still haven't heard back on the offer, this is getter rediculous.

how often do you refresh this? wow

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, August 31, 2009 8:10:00 PM  

Did you ever buy Marvel stock?

By  Brancibeer, at Monday, August 31, 2009 10:01:00 PM  

And who the F- is Gundam?

By  Brancibeer, at Monday, August 31, 2009 10:05:00 PM  

I check the blog every 15 minutes or so. If some one doesnt post at least once a week, I always assume the worst.

By  NoBrainRequired, at Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:01:00 PM  

Yeah, buying a house is ridiculous.

By  NoBrainRequired, at Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:02:00 PM  

inever did buy marvel stock, right now i wish i had gone broke doing so. i was waiting for it to go below i think it was 20$ at the time, it never did and now its over 50.

mobile suit gundamn, landmark anime

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:14:00 PM  

Im not a fan of Marvel or Disney... i did like Venom back in the day... but thats it.

Much more into some of the good Image stuff like Spawn or Dark Horse and independent stuff.

By  wyldshaman, at Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:09:00 AM  

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