Disney To Acquire Marvel Entertainment For $4 Billion

[JesRey]

But comic book movies are a very tricky prospect. More resources don't necessarily mean a better movie. A lot of people (not saying you, I mean industry types) think as long as you pack in cool special effects and lots of action, it's a good comic book movie. People don't realize how discerning comic book fans are and that they do actually pay attention to story and plot development.

Very true, i don't remember reading Spider-man going Emo in any of my comic books :( and Venom lasted a lot longer than 5 mins

[Rockman]

But comic book movies are a very tricky prospect. More resources don't necessarily mean a better movie. A lot of people (not saying you, I mean industry types) think as long as you pack in cool special effects and lots of action, it's a good comic book movie. People don't realize how discerning comic book fans are and that they do actually pay attention to story and plot development.

If they keep Marvel Studios as a separate entity and let them do their jobs with more resources and no interference, yeah, should be a good thing. If they try to absorb Marvel and put out Marvel movies with another studio and just go for blockbusters, it won't be good.

I've said before how much I hate CGI and big explosions for the sake of having CGI and big explosion. Hence my distaste for Michael Bay.

Don't get me wrong, I hope Disney leaves the Marvel division alone for the most part. Marvel has a history of financial problems, and the movie industry is a hard industry to survive in, this sale gives them a huge safety net. Plenty of terrible comic book movies will come out, but it wont necessarily be Disney's fault, most movies are bad. Now when Marvel does have a serious dud, it won't be the end.

Another thing I remembered while falling asleep last night....

Right now Marvel superheros are spread out through different studios. Sony has Spider-Man, Fox has Daredevil etc. Hopefully this deal would allow for more crossover (in movies and T.V). I'd love to see The Kingpin in a Spider-Man movie.

Just for the record, Daredevil needs another chance.

[angel0430]

I think the one of the main issues with Marvel movies is their choice of actors to portrait those superheros.