Disney would have nothing to gain by Disneyfying Marvel. I think they want to expand their portfolio, so it is only logical to leave Marvel as it is. Still, it kinda strikes me that Marvel looses its independency to another comic creator, and such a big and different one.

One can only hope it hearalds the making of some cool Marvel based movies.

A Jack Sparrow meets Wolverine crossover, prolly. LOL.. ok just kidding. XD

Lol, I gotta vision of some reaaaaally weird new Kingdom Hearts Games... FF meets Disney meets Marvel...

Nah, what they said, Disney just probably gonna get the cash and let Marvel be Marvel for the most part.

Originally posted by tryklon

They will buy MArvel, but im sure Disney is not going to interfere in anything about MArvel products and publishings, Disney will just have the financial profits of the company

yeah disney aint that stupid. Everyone saying they will ruin marvel is just speculating the worst that could happen.

There goes the neighborhood!! Wolverine meets the Little Mermaid, Mulan vs Ghost Rider, The Punisher hunts Aladdin!

Disney also owns Touchstone, Miramax, Hollywood Pictures, ABC and ESPN. Nothing with those companies have changed. Touchstone still makes non G-rated movies, like Kill Bill.

the only thing i bet any of will notice is disney will merchandise marvel stuff at their retail stores around the world...

This news makes me skeptical about the future of Marvel, not sure if I want Disney to own Marvel. Oh well.

Don't be silly, this is only a good thing. Everything will stay the same, it just means that now Disney can make more toys, cartoons, whatever... it's only going to end up helping Marvel in the long run as well.

so what does this mean for universal theme park? marvel is deeply involved with them considering the rides: hulk, dr dooms, spider man, there might be some others.

 A company can only become so big before it becomes so bloated it cannot sustane itself. GM is a perfect example. I don't see how this can be a good thing for Marvel OR Disney

This is all a bad dream. It's just a bad dream. Can wake up now.

Now...

Right about now, would be good...

Look, Disney's treatment of Pixar is not that relevant here.  Pixar was never about making anything but family friendly entertainment.  I think the Disney/Miramax relationship is far more interesting. 

Now while it is true that Miramax under Disney made  Pulp Fiction, Miramax (or the Weinsteins) already had a relationship with Tarantino.  The question is would Disney have allowed Mirimax to green-light Reservoir Dogs if they had owned it back in '91??

On a completely different subject, I have always thought Kingdom Hearts would make a good MMO.

 Sadly, when people say things like, 'Marvel would never allow this or that', it shows how naive people are when it comes to what makes corporations work. When you have a corporation with shareholders the ONLY thing that matters  is what will drive profits the most. Years of tradition are irrelevant. Fans' desires are irrelevant. Metallica, while not a corporation, is driven by profits primarily. Anyone that listened to them as dedicated fans from Kill Em All can tell you why the black album sucked. It was the exact point in time when the band realized that watered down music for frat boys would out sell heavy metal every time. 

That doesn't mean that I think current titles in Marvel's lineup will change but it definitely could affect new titles if Disney feels they will make more money towards a general audience. Factoring in public backlash is part of the equation but if increased profits can be expected from watering something down, definitely expect it in the long run. Disney puts their money into things if they can put their logo and image into it as well. Don't expect them to inject cash into anything unless they can reap serious money. I'm hoping this means business as usual but the naysayers here are right in that the worst case scenario could be pretty bad for underperforming or stagnant IPs.

I cant realy say iv have not seen something like this happening just look at Stan Lee he's put's himself in every movies marvel makes.                  Stan Lee is just a shell of his former self iv know this for a long time but Disney WTF.

Originally posted by blackthornn

and the Disney Zerglings absorb even more matter into it's collective.  /mourn

 

Prepare for X4, starring Miley Cirus as Boom Boom, Selina Gomez as Jubilee and the dad from Wizards of Waverly Place as Cable (well, atleast my kids are happy about the merger.........)

Don't forget the Jonas Brothers as the FANTASTIC FOUR!

Wait, there are 4 Jonas Brothers right?

Know what?

Who the hell cares? This eats ass.

As if things couldnt go anymore south, disney is buying marvel *pause* DISNEY IS BUYING MARVEL...

Guessing theyl enforce purity rings on marvel crew and remove any "contreversial content"

Originally posted by Acornia

Something just as a point of intrest, in Marvel comics and Marvel based Champions Online if this sell makes it  through all the legel hoops. 

That is no navel!

Note from back cover of MGM dvd movie  "Beach Blanket Bingo"/"How to Stuff a Wild Bikini".

"Annette Funicello, under contract to Disney, was allowed to make the beach party mivies under one cndition..that she never show her navel."

Just think back and see how many times you have seen an product, movie or drawing that shows a navel in it.  I can not think of much except maybe a swim seen in the Highschool Musical movies.

That's because a navel is a sign of a placental mammal, and Disney is populated by reptiles.

Originally posted by Daffid011

Can't really disagree with you.  I would really like something good to come out of this, but I have to be realistic that mergers don't always work like that.  

Maybe I should have said giving pixar the opportunity to do a marvel animated movie.  They could hardly do worse than the last several marvel movies.

The X-Men, Iron Man, and Wolverine movies were all good.

It is my hope that this will allow more of my comic book favorites o find their way to movies/TV etc.  I think the combination of Disney/Pixar for a 3d animated Marvel movie would be amazing.  Disney doesn't just produce kids crap.  Mirimax and Touchstone pictures are part of disney.  "No Country for Old Men" wasn't exactly Hannah Montana.  And ABC has some good shows like Lost.  Chill out people.  This could end up being a very good thing for comic book lovers.  Just as in the comics there are always multiple interpretations of a character.  Wolverine in the big screen is different from the one portrayed in some of the comics for instance.  What we might get is a variety of characters in multiple genre's/settings/Media types giving voice to many people's tastes.  Let's see what happens.

 Lol; personally, im looking at the good in this merger.

Think about it; Imagine if Disney didnt touch any production, but just funded marvel's movies? i mean, imagine Xmen with the budget that Disney would give them? they must have to have known that with there $$ and the marvel spew of characters, that they could create some pretty bad ass A movies.

I myself would personally love for Jubilee;Gambit etc etc to get more spot light or hell to even get under the light, and now maybe with a corp. with trillions of dollars backing their movies, maybe well see more of our favorite heroes/villains coming out of the clockwerk.