"Marvel"ous Disney

Yeah,
for those of you who have not heard, Disney just bought Marvel Entertainment.
And I guess I should explain (Because I've been asked like a hundred times to today)
What this means is Disney now has total access to all of Marvel's 5000 and then some characters along with the power to use them in whatever format. This includes Movies, TV Shows, and Merchandise.

Now, this may seem like nothing to some people, but to me and all of my roomates...yeah...you'd think it was the apocalypse crashing down on us. Some of us were literally yelling about how angry we were with the whole ordeal.

But now the storm has calmed (somewhat) There has been more information posted by the head hanchos of both companies and understanding is taking place of angry confusion.

Apparently Disney is cutting a deal with Marvel that is similar to the one they cut with Pixar. Which is basially, "Do your own thing, stick one of our logos on it, split the profit" which I truly hope Disney will hold true to that.

Also, this deal does not include the comics themselves, so comics will go on being printed the same way they have been for the lovely 70 years that Marvel has been around. No story alterations, and no alterations on the heroes themselves. (Supposedly and Hopefully true)

My only great concerns with this is:
1) Crossovers: I lose all respect for both companies the second they start putting Donald and Iron Man in the same movie or cartoon, or any other combinations of Disney Characters with Marvel Heroes. Not to mention, if they so much as utter the name "Jonas Brothers" or "Hannah Montana" in an animated clip, I will puke repeatedly. It's blasphemy...DON'T DO IT!

AND

2)Alterations: Thor is Thor, Captain America is Captain America, Hulk is Hulk. Any major changes in their personalities, mannerisms, or costume alterations will not be tolerated. I can understand toning them down a bit for the enjoyment of younger audiences, but don't "Disney-fy" them to the point of non-recognition. They should be family AND fan friendly.

There are few other issues that are still not quite settling in me, but I'm still just trying to find the positive in this.

I ended up posting some of the positive effects on Marvel's forum this morning in an attempt to calm my own worries and that of many others. (I kid you not, there must be hundreds of bitter filled posts on that site, all of which, were directed at Marvel and Disney. What can I say? We comic fans are dedicated. Thought there shoud be some positism on there, so here's my two cents...or three...whatever)

"Okay hold on there folks, lets look at what some of the advantages are to this. Disney is one of the leading animation studios in the world practically. So in the event of movies or cartoons being produced, then yeah, you're going to be viewing some pretty nice animation. (Hopefully) And yes I'm pretty sure they're going to have to tame down some stuff, but for a good reason. I'm pretty sure no mother is gonna let her son watch some huge man who crushes people to death under his foot and yells "I'm the juggernaut Bee-otch". You can still have a good story with out mass amounts of gore, swearing, and flamboyant displays of affection. IT IS POSSIBLE!! That little boy deserves to watch juggernaut destroy cities and cars! That chance should not be ruined just because of a swear word here or some blood there. If they made stuff like what DC did with WB or like the old 90's X-men (Only better quality animation and voice casting), then I think that would be pretty damn cool, not to mention they'd gain a whole new generation of fans.

Also, think about it, Disney makes most of its money off of what?...The Disney Princess', which honestly, boys could careless about. And Marvel ships big musclely super heroes, which girls could care for about as much. But if you combined the two, you just got a much broader audience. And to be quite honest, I think characters like Storm, Rogue, and Wasp are much better role models then Sleeping Beauty, Belle, or Snow White.
And Disney has the capacity to make them appeal to little girls. And it works in reverse too. Captain America, Iron Man, and Spider-Man are ten times more alluring then stupid prince charming over there. Once again, regaining tons of new potential comic fans, boys AND GIRLS alike!

Now, I understand that yeah, there is HUGE potential of failure. But look at it this way, if Disney really does screw it up, it's going to have A HUGE MONSTROUS WAVE OF DISAPPOINTED COMIC FANS to deal with. In other words...if they screw up once, once is all they get. They won't dare attempt a second try, BUT in the event that they're stupid enough to do that, they're box offices are going tank, cause we won't give them a second chance. So yeah, lots of potential to be pretty BA, but also has the potential of being a huge heaping pile. Please don't screw this up Disney and Marvel! Make something drop-dead amazing! 8D"


Yeah....I felt slightly better afterwards...slightly...