# Disney Acquires Marvel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350 "2009-08-31T13:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/41 "2009-09-01T00:28:12Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Dunno, but it doesn’t keep ABC from broadcasting stuff that isn’t strictly G-rated, does it? And Disney frequently releases PG-13 and R-rated fare under its Touchstone and Miramax banners. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/42 "2009-09-01T00:36:53Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > And Disney frequently releases PG-13 and R-rated fare under its Touchstone and Miramax banners. Shush. Quit bringing facts into this. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/43 "2009-09-01T01:11:22Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Dunno, but it doesn’t keep ABC from broadcasting stuff that isn’t strictly G-rated, does it? > [@mobo85](#): > > And Disney frequently releases PG-13 and R-rated fare under its Touchstone and Miramax banners. I mentioned that. The average American does not immediately associate Miramax, et al, with Disney. Depending on how the acquisition goes, people in the future may or may not associate Marvel with Disney, but as of this moment, it’s news. And if you think anything on ABC compares to Marvel MAX . . . ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/44 "2009-09-01T03:11:03Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new overlords and hope for a She-Hulk comedy movie. Yes please! Any casting ideas for Jennifer? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/45 "2009-09-01T03:50:20Z")
I’m thinking Pinocchio can take Magneto in the Disney vs Marvel video game ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/46 "2009-09-01T03:53:51Z")
> [@Apollyon](#): > > Yes please! Any casting ideas for Jennifer? 😃 Demi Lovato IS Teen She-Hulk! Just think! Ultimate Goofy! One Mouse Day! Wolverine’s new catchphrase: “Let’s Get Dangerous!” And imagine the songs! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/47 "2009-09-01T08:49:58Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > And Disney frequently releases PG-13 and R-rated fare under its Touchstone and Miramax banners. Damn Disney for sanitizing Pulp Fiction & the Jay & Silent Bob films! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/48 "2009-09-01T08:52:47Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I’m not sure, but I think X-woman get pregant. We need to do way with instain X-mothers who kill their X-babby because X-babby can’t fright back… OOPS, they can! Watch out for the adamantine claws, Instain X-mothers! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/49 "2009-09-01T09:55:55Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > And Disney frequently releases PG-13 and R-rated fare under its Touchstone and Miramax banners. Touchstone was specifically created for the purpose of letting Disney branch out to non-kiddy stuff. But just because Disney can and has let production companies simply continue to do what they do doesn’t mean that Disney will do so in this case. It might just be a purely financial deal. Buy while the buying’s cheap. But it might also have come to be due to some specific long-term business strategy. In that case, it’s just a question of whether Marvel already fills the role Disney has pegged for it, or whether it is going to have to morph over to something a bit different than its current incarnation. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/50 "2009-09-01T12:25:00Z")
Something occurred to me that made me hopeful for this buy out. I have three words for you: Essential Uncle Scrooge Failing that I’ll take a Visionaries: Carl Barks. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/51 "2009-09-01T12:33:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Essential Uncle Scrooge They’ve been republishing the classic Barks Uncle Scrooge stuff for years. Unfortunately, it ain’t cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/52 "2009-09-01T12:45:08Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > They’ve been republishing the classic Barks Uncle Scrooge stuff for years. Unfortunately, it ain’t cheap. Actually, they haven’t. The last proper reprint of Carl Barks material was in the mid-90’s and that stuff is so expensive now you might as well put your kids through college instead of getting it. There have been a handful of “best of” collections but those are several years old at this point. They have started reprinting Don Rosa’s stuff very recently (as in the first ones were solicited in the past month or two) which I can’t complain about either since I’ll finally be able to afford a copy of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck which I missed on the last printing. Besides, an essential means it’ll be cheap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/53 "2009-09-01T13:39:47Z")
What? There’s at least one or two Carl Barks stories in _Uncle Scrooge_ every month, and it’s only $6.95. Hell no to Essential, because it’s black and white. I want all 4 colors, damnit! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/54 "2009-09-01T13:44:51Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Hell, I would like to see new (_slightly new_ - I’m not talking _Loonatics_ new) takes on Mickey, Donald, Goofy, et al. Those characters are in big danger of becoming irrelevant. Donald Duck meets Howard the Duck maybe ? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/55 "2009-09-01T13:53:08Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Donald Duck meets Howard the Duck maybe ? No. I know that’s a joke but just no. Heh. I would just like to see updated, well-written, not “edgy” by any means but just slightly less than 100% how-could-this-possibly-be-any-more-sanitized stories with these characters. Especially Scrooge. The Life and Times was great. I’d like to see more like that but with an art style leaning just slightly more towards what Marvel does. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/56 "2009-09-01T14:49:45Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > What? There’s at least one or two Carl Barks stories in _Uncle Scrooge_ every month, and it’s only $6.95. BOOM! Studios is taking over the Disney license, and since their Muppet comics (which I highly recommend) are only $2.99, I wonder if the Disney comics will be the same. (They’re also doing a number of trade paperbacks, including a two-volume reprint of _Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck_.) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/57 "2009-09-01T16:04:09Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned what this really means: Pixar-animated Marvel-character movies. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/58 "2009-09-01T16:08:05Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I can’t believe no one’s mentioned what this really means: Pixar-animated Marvel-character movies. Andy could be getting a lot more action figures for his toy collection. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/59 "2009-09-01T16:52:59Z")
[Thank you, Mr. Milholland.](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08312009.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-acquires-marvel/508350/60 "2009-09-01T17:53:47Z")
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