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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 12:18:52
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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Honestly the most exciting thing about that is we might see Deadpool's version of Colossus and Negasonic in a proper X-Men movie if Marvel choose to make those(and Deadpool might get access to more X-Men to take the piss out of), rather than them being locked away in R-rated land while the "proper" X-Men movies get lost up their own arse with all the timey-wimey stuff.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
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"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 12:21:19
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Who knows!
With Dark Phoenix already in the can and awaiting post-production then release, it strikes me that Disney may not be rebooting X-Men any time soon.
But, if they can do for FF4 what they did for Spider-Man, I'd be right up for that. Whilst I'm not exactly up on my FF4 lore, they have always struck me as the most 'family friendly' of Marvel's stable. That could be how Disney choose to explore?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 13:34:05
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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H.B.M.C. wrote:Remember that Constantin did make an F4 movie just to keep the rights, so it's not outside of the realm of possibility.
Not sure what you mean by that?
Disney's press release specifically mentions having the FF back now, so...?
And yes, The Incredibles The Fantastic Four *could* be the most 'family friendly' property, but their best use is as a high-tech exploration Science Heroes type of thing, as well as being a family.
SO much awesome in the FF catalog...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 13:40:35
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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So now Disney will own the distribution rights for all 3 of the original Star Wars movies. They better release remastered versions of the original theatrical cuts. Lucas' tears will be delicious when they outsell his "NOOOOOO" inserting, Hayden Christensen retconning, Ewok music replacing abominations by a bucketload.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 14:49:15
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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ZergSmasher wrote:Does no one worry that House of Mouse will have a monopoly on entertainment at the rate they are gobbling up other companies? That would not be a good thing, believe me.
They don't own Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Sony, Lions Gate or a dozen smaller companies, so no, not really.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 17:13:08
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I stole this from elsewhere on the web: Since Disney now own Fox, and Fox owns the Alien franchise, and Xenomorphs are hatched from a Queen, are Xenomorphs now part of the pantheon of Disney Princesess?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 17:40:16
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Maybe we'll get Alien sequels wot aren't bobbins?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 17:42:06
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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I think Ripley or the Newborn are more likely candidate for Disney Princess...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/15 17:49:21
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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feeder wrote:I stole this from elsewhere on the web: Since Disney now own Fox, and Fox owns the Alien franchise, and Xenomorphs are hatched from a Queen, are Xenomorphs now part of the pantheon of Disney Princesess? 
Not Xenomorphs.
Facehuggers. For Facehuggers are begat of the Queen, and thus legally Princesses.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 04:00:26
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
Vigo. Spain.
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It is completed guys...
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Crimson Devil wrote:
Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 06:28:44
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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H.B.M.C. wrote: ZergSmasher wrote:Does no one worry that House of Mouse will have a monopoly on entertainment at the rate they are gobbling up other companies? That would not be a good thing, believe me.
They don't own Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Sony, Lions Gate or a dozen smaller companies, so no, not really.
They don't own them yet, but in the future, who can say?
I do like the idea of the X-men going into the MCU, although the MCU is already glutted with characters as it is. That and maybe a good Fantastic 4 movie. I didn't hate the first one, but I haven't seen the Silver Surfer one or the reboot one, which I've heard were awful.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 14:32:30
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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FF2 (Silver Surfer) is a bit better then FF1, so you should defintiely check it out.
The re-booted FF movie should be avoided at all costs.
And bringing the X-men into the MCU can help in terms of upping the level of the overall cast, rather than having too many low B and high C level characters showing up!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 14:42:08
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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After having thought about it, I think I agree with the idea that mutants really don't have a place in the MCU, generally speaking. They're going to have to do a lot of retconning to make it happen at a minimum.
I think they really have 2 options: they can either abandon the current X movies after New Mutants, which wouldn't be a bad idea since they've gotten pretty lame outside of Hugh Jackman and do a full, integrated reboot; or
They can go the Spider Man: Homecoming route, pretend they were there more or less all along, and (please) do no origin stories at all.
I don't think either applies to Deadpool since his schtick can be slid into the current movies pretty easily.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 14:50:35
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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ZergSmasher wrote:Does no one worry that House of Mouse will have a monopoly on entertainment at the rate they are gobbling up other companies? That would not be a good thing, believe me.
I think if you're worried about this you don't realize just how enormous Time Warner is.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 15:24:50
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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M'kraan Crystal, Gateway, Magik... Cable.
Dr Strange, Adam Warlock, Scarlet Witch
There's plenty of ways to allow crossover travelling while keeping the universes separate.
Heck, I really want Cable from Deadpool 2 to end up being the thread that connects all the various X-universes together. - EG, have a scene of him meeting Laura from 'Logan' and bringing her to James McAvoy's school...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 19:48:17
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
Curb stomping in the Eye of Terror!
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Here's an interesting article regarding this merger:
https://stratechery.com/2017/disney-and-fox/
It's possible that Disney is going the Netflix route and offering their won streaming services with their own properties.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 19:56:23
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Norn Queen
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They are. It's been in the works for awhile. Set to release next year with a live action series set in the starwars universe.
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These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 21:09:22
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Archmagos Veneratus Extremis
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I'd be shocked with this if they didn't just redo hulu. There is no reason to create something brand new when you own 66% of a major distributer.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 22:48:49
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Ouze wrote:After having thought about it, I think I agree with the idea that mutants really don't have a place in the MCU, generally speaking. They're going to have to do a lot of retconning to make it happen at a minimum.
I think they really have 2 options: they can either abandon the current X movies after New Mutants, which wouldn't be a bad idea since they've gotten pretty lame outside of Hugh Jackman and do a full, integrated reboot; or
They can go the Spider Man: Homecoming route, pretend they were there more or less all along, and (please) do no origin stories at all.
I don't think either applies to Deadpool since his schtick can be slid into the current movies pretty easily.
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I suspect the X-Men will be integrated once the current phase is over for the MCU when the film franchise will probably be getting a soft reboot anyway. A lot of the actor contracts are running out by then and the major narrative of the current phase concludes with the end of Infinity War. Automatically Appended Next Post: Hulksmash wrote:I'd be shocked with this if they didn't just redo hulu. There is no reason to create something brand new when you own 66% of a major distributer.
This. Why make a whole new service when they can repurpose one they have a majority share in?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 22:58:35
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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If they integrate the X-Men into the MCU I'm not expecting them to keep the current crop of films as canon at all. I'm guessing Deadpool will be considering the money it makes, and the Mouse loves money, but it's been pretty removed from the X-Men films anyway. If they keep them separate they may continue with that's happened and just roll with it.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/16 23:03:10
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Interested to see how it all works but the MCU is already pretty crowded unless they are going to use Thanos to cull some characters
I really liked most of the Xmen films, they had some great stuff and hope their universe stays in some form rather than trying to crowbar them into the MCU.
I am also hoping they will keep Deadpool seperate so i never have to watch him.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 00:19:31
Subject: Re:Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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LordofHats wrote:
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Hulksmash wrote:I'd be shocked with this if they didn't just redo hulu. There is no reason to create something brand new when you own 66% of a major distributer.
This. Why make a whole new service when they can repurpose one they have a majority share in?
So Disney can keep up appearances. Their own-brand streaming network gets Star Wars and all the other "family friendly" stuff, and they can keep producing anything more violent or raunchy than the House of Mouse is known for under the Fox brands and shunt it over onto Hulu so they don't have to pay Netflix a cut.
As usual, it's garbage for consumers but the commercial logic will probably work for them.
EDIT: Re the MCU - I'm fairly sure they'd always planned to cull some characters with Avengers 3 & 4. They got a lot of solid bargains in terms of talented unknown actors or existing names looking to kick their career back into gear, but the Marvel movies have turned them all into big names and now their initial contracts are coming up for renewal they'll be able to demand a much bigger piece of pie this time. Plus some of the actors have made rumblings that they're keen to move on and do something different, so even if Disney did offer to cough up bigbucks to keep them around I suspect Cap and Thor will be riding off into the sunset regardless. I think they might keep Stark around as the new Nick Fury, have him pop up like he did in Homecoming, since smaller parts will cost them less while still letting them stick RDJ on the poster for anything they think is a bit risky. Others might end up getting the chop too, and Thanos is an easy way to deal with all that in a way that doesn't completely reek of corporate maneuvering.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 01:48:59
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Well I was more thinking they'll explain it via the Infinity Gauntlet. Reality warping and all that. The comics do something like it every couple of years.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 02:25:23
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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I could see a total reboot of the X-Men where the mutant gene starts popping up post Infinity War.
Shifting public opinion when instead of 8 guys all the way over in New York have super powers the kid down the street who used to beat up your son suddenly starts combusting things. Plus some mutants are ugly, and people hate that. Port all the characters over to that. Then they can move all their current expensive guys into mentor/bit roles and bring up a whole new cast of unknowns.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 15:46:44
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Just don't do anything the comic side has done story line wise in recent times and everything is good. If only DC did the opposite.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 19:35:01
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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The FF can *easily* be inserted into the MCU - they were just off 'exploring' up until....'now'!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 20:46:07
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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Alpharius wrote:The FF can *easily* be inserted into the MCU - they were just off 'exploring' up until....'now'!
I quite like the pitch Moviebob did in one of his videos a while ago - do another "period piece" for FF set in the 60's that culminates in some kind of timey-wimey anomaly with the big final sequence being them splash-landing a retro space shuttle in a river in a major American city in the modern day; not an origin story per se since the 60's stuff would just have them already as their hero team dealing with some baddie, but an "explanation story" for why there's an old-timey nuclear family-analogue wandering around in the 2020's-ish. Plus it sets up some fun "Mad Men meets modernity" shenanigans for future movies in the same vein as Cap's interactions with the Avengers(which I suspect will be missing going forward).
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.
"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 22:33:48
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Alpharius wrote:The FF can *easily* be inserted into the MCU - they were just off 'exploring' up until....'now'!
Doesn't need to be something as exotic as exploring. While I'd hesitate to make it a Stark subsidiary, pretty much any company could have hired or contracted Reed (and Ben as a pilot?) to do some tests on an anti-alien satellite, Chitauri tech, weird rock or whatever. Cue Sue introducing Johnny, and something something superpowers. I think it would be amusing if rather some convoluted (and ludicrous) scenario to get the Sue and Johnny into direct exposure to 'cosmic rays' (particularly if in space), they get their powers from secondary exposure to Reed and Ben.
Dr. Doom could actually end up being introduced as a background character in a Dr. Strange sequel- a sorcerer Strange rescues from Mordu's murder spree, having openly manifested his power in a lab accident he blames on someone else...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/17 23:39:16
Subject: Disney Completes Deal - Acquires FOX Studios properties
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Point of order: Disney did not purchase Fox.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2017/12/18 02:18:17
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I would want a FF movie where the FF, as teens in the 60s/70s, do their experiment. Doom is there, but does not come along. Accident happens. Doom gets his cut on his cheek. They end up in the negative zone. Bad guy is Annihilus.
Time functions differently in the Negative Zone, they come back and it's the modern day. Doom has fully established himself in the modern day as full doom with all the magic and and tech and running Latveria. Post credit scene of Doom watching news reports of their return, shakes his armored hand "Richards!"
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These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
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