So. News broke yesterday that Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is being acquired by Disney to the tune of $4 billion.
Predictably, Twitter and the blog’verse exploded. This morning, I ran across no less than ten separate posts with “funny” Marvel/Disney crossovers. Guys, Mickey Mouse fighting alongside Wolverine is only slightly funny the first time.
So, I’m not going to wail and gnash my teeth just yet, and I’m certainly not going to post my own top ten involving Minnie Mouse being inserted into the Wolverine/Jean Grey/Cyclops/Emma Frost love quadrangle. I’ve got to admit that I’m slightly worried about what will happen to both the comics and the movies if Disney decides to assert creative control over Marvel, but there’s been no solid indication of that so far, so I’m just going to sit here with my fingers crossed and hope that my beloved Wolverine remains as pissy and violent as usual.
I think RichL1 said it best: Please stop talking about Marvel and Disney now.
In other news, Fox is planning to reboot the Fantastic Four movie franchise.
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Dear god, why? I mean… okay, confession time. I actually liked the first Fantastic Four movie. Sure, it was ridiculous and why in god’s name would anyone cast Jessica Alba as Sue Storm? but it knew that it was silly and played that up. It wasn’t great cinema, but it was fun. (I make no comment on the second film, though.)
I just get the feeling that Hollywood is peeing their pants with excitement because the Star Trek reboot did so spectacularly. In an ongoing attempt to not have to create anything original, they’ve now decided to reboot everything.
Oh boy.
…er, I appear to have woken up grumpy this morning. I’m going to go load up on hot tea and finish reading some stuff for class tonight. The new semester started yesterday and the inundation of reading for class as begun.
TDF Pamela
The Discriminating Fangirl, who is more likely to answer to Pamela if you shout it at her, is currently working on a MA in English, focusing on children's/young adult literature and popular culture. She reads voraciously, loves geeky movies and tv shows, reads comic books as often as she can buy them, and when she's procrastinating, she enjoys playing video games. She can be contacted at t.d.fangirl @ gmail.com and followed on Twitter at the link below.
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Pixar has managed to keep putting out awesome flix. Here’s hoping Marvel is able to run the same way under Dinsney. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I don’t really see what all the hubbub is over the Disney acquisition. Disney is a multibillion dollar corporation, with tentacles in everything. It’s not all Mickey Mouse. Disney owns everything from ABC to Miramax to ESPN. In the publishing biz, it’s also put out titles like Generation Dead by Dan Waters and Hero by Perry Moore – both are ambitious and decidedly not PC or dumbed down (heck, Hero is about a gay superhero, using the superhero as an extended metaphor). Did I mention both are Young Adult titles?
And more food for thought. Under the Disney Corporation, gems the likes of LOST and No Country for Old Men have been put out – these are decidedly not dumbed down or involve Mickey Mouse in any way. So…I don’t think Marvel fans have too much to worry about.