tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post4096552359136339102..comments2023-08-08T11:08:05.830-04:00Comments on Sean's Random Thoughts: August 31, 2009Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805391150810848826noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post-79296430670976361942009-09-03T09:31:33.800-04:002009-09-03T09:31:33.800-04:00About the Disney/Marvel thing. It needn't be ...About the Disney/Marvel thing. It needn't be all that bad. Let's not forget that Warner has owned DC for years and years and DC still manages to put out awesomeness like the last two Batman movies.<br /><br />Also, Disney owns a number of other film distribution companies and releases lots of non-Disney material under these banners. Like Apocalypto, one of the bloodiest films I have ever seen.<br /><br />Finally, the rights to Marvel properties are numerous and complex. It will be at least a decade before Disney actually has the film rights to much of anything. Sony has another two Spider Man films, Fox still has the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, and I think Paramount has the right to distribute the next five Marvel films (eg thor, avengers, iron man 2, etc).<br /><br />And hey, Disney didn't get to be a multi-bajillion dollar company by being idiots. I don't expect them to go to great lengths to alienate Marvel fans. Think about how much better Marvel properties could be with a parent company that is quite accustomed to throwing money around the same way superstitious people throw salt. "Oh please Mr Ghost of Walt Disney, our film needs more funding in order to be good!" "Here you go, tiny artist, have this extra three hundred million dollars of spare change that I found lying in my couch."<br /><br />I'm just sayin'. Might not work out badly after all.<br /><br /><br /><br />caesarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287535895548901963.post-26780286142041562302009-08-31T16:09:03.204-04:002009-08-31T16:09:03.204-04:00Of course there's an economic crisis. Granted,...Of course there's an economic crisis. Granted, we are more than likely on the upswing portion of the crisis, but a crisis nevertheless. The point to be made however (and this was seen during the depression of the 1930s as well), is that people will not give up the things that bring them pleasure just because it is not financially prudent. I can understand this. People may make cuts in other ways so that they can continue to endulge in the things that bring them joy even if it's not financially in their best interest. Words I think, that all of us could heed...... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com