Disney buys Marvel

Disney was good back in the mid 1990's.

# Amélie (2001)
# The Others (2001)
# Gangs of New York (2002)
# The Hours (with Paramount Pictures) (2002)
# Chicago (2002)
# Cold Mountain (2003)
# Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (with 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios) (2003)
# Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
# The Aviator (co-production with Warner Bros.) (2004)
# Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
# Infernal Affairs (2004)
# Hero (2004)
# Finding Neverland (2004)
# Cinderella Man (with Universal Pictures) (2005)
# The Brothers Grimm (2005)
# Clerks 2 (2006)
# The Queen (co-production with Pathé and Granada Productions) (2006)
# Gone Baby Gone (co-production with The Ladd Company) (2007)
# No Country for Old Men (with Paramount Vantage) (2007)
# There Will Be Blood (with Paramount Vantage) (2007)
# Blindness (2008)
# The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
# Doubt (2008)
# Adventureland (2009)

these all seem to be adult-oriented and/or good mature films released by disney in the 90s

Miramax had no involvement on Clerks 2. That was a co-production between The Weinstein Company (producer) and MGM (distributor).

sobriety edit: nevermind

The vast majority of the marvel films are not much more adult than Pirates of the Carribean. I can easily see the Marvel family fitting in well with Disney's offerings.

I am still not sure how this will change things. I am concerned that the more violent Marvel titles will be watered down but the Spider-man type heroes would suit their tastes. And money helps buy FX which are necessary for comic books movies.

well lets hope that after the last punisher they learned their lesson about the violent movies.

The Punisher was exceptionally bad, but it wasn't due to the voilence. This also presents a problem in the way of only a few small companies owning EVERYTHING. This is exactly how shit gets watered down.

mfrendo wrote:The Punisher was exceptionally bad, but it wasn't due to the voilence. This also presents a problem in the way of only a few small companies owning EVERYTHING. This is exactly how shit gets watered down.

It's called an Oligopoly... FYI

I dont think you would have to worry about anything being "watered down" (hmm, brain burp, but what was that animated movie with the scary rabbits called? for some reason this conversation keeps reminding me of that movie)

anyways, as i understood it, one of the reasons, that disney had for buying marvel, was to appeal more to the male 15 to 25 crowd.

watership down, good stuff

lol, i knew there was a 'water' in it, thanks nspan

Saw this today and thought it was worth a re-post to here:

BarcaRulz wrote:Saw this today and thought it was worth a re-post to here:

lol

That was quick. Happened a few days ago and the cartoonist is already making that comparison.

i think they should have a death match. Marvel's Beast would trounce that princely pussy.

I don't think so, Donte. He's cursed and his burden weighs heavy.