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In what appears to be a huge power play for Disney, it seems that they'll be buying out the 21st Century Fox division. The media giant is attempting to bolster its repertoire in order to offer more content when the company gets its own streaming service, to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Disney now owns the rights to certain properties like The Simpsons, Family Guy, Deadpool, Modern Family, Sky TV, X-Men, and the one Star Wars movie that Disney didn't already have in its arsenal; the first Star Wars movie. They'll also get access to Fox's 30% shares of streaming service Hulu, which means coupled with the shares that Disney already owned, they now have 60% stake in Hulu, with the remaining 40% tied to Comcast and Time Warner. While Fox's Rupert Murdoch and Disney's Bob Iger both endorse the deal, it won't be signed and sealed until it passes through the US Government. This does not spell the end for Fox, however, as they will be keeping parts of their empire, such as Fox Sports 1+2, Fox News, and Fox Business Network.

Though it's more speculation than anything, perhaps due to having Disney own some of these franchises, we might see new games created with these IPs, or maybe even remasters of older games, as Disney is no newcomer to allowing their properties to be involved in some beloved games.

 

[Thirty3Three]

*insert picture of a giant symbolic Mickey hovering tyrannically over the Earth with a menacing smile*


was gonna make this picture and post it, but don't want to be late for work haha!

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Ever heard of sarcasm?

in fact I'd go so far as to say Disney probably won't ruin anything. Not a big Star Wars fan or Marvel fan, but they're still going strong.

 

[fedehda]

52 BILLION!?

Wait, i lost while counting zeros, how many Zeros here??

A lot.

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*insert picture of a giant symbolic Mickey hovering tyrannically over the Earth with a menacing smile*


was gonna make this picture and post it, but don't want to be late for work haha!

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in fact I'd go so far as to say Disney probably won't ruin anything. Not a big Star Wars fan or Marvel fan, but they're still going strong.

you definitely HAVE to do that pic

 

[APartOfMe]

Ever heard of sarcasm?

how on earth was that comment sarcastic?

 

[Thirty3Three]

A lot.

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you definitely HAVE to do that pic

Give me time. Remind me Haha!

Also, Simpsons has to stop predicting shit! (That funny ass moment when Greoning is just so powerful that he just sways the ways of the Earth to conform to the Simpsons episodes LOL)

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how on Disney was that comment sarcastic?

Fix'd that for you. They rename Earth to Disney once they buy out the Earth.

 

[GarlicWario]

Capitalism is dying slowly, being replaced by its greedy part "neoliberal economy".

 

[ShadowOne333]

You say "force their liberal views" in what regard?

Really you haven't noticed this at all in Disney related movies?
I think what @the_randomizer is trying to say here is...
The forced liberal views go way deeper, it's almost like a political undertone.

Star Wars has seen its fair share of it, they are trying way too hard to widen the variety of people portrayed in the movies.
WAY too hard.
It almost looks like a Bingo game right now.
Let's see, in Star Wars we have:
African-americans, japanese, british, mexicans, chinese, latin-americans, etc.
Just for the sake of variety. And that's not even mentioning that they are trying to shove LGBT into them as much as they can.
It's not that hard to notice to be honest, and the Marvel movies are doing the same as well, pretty noticeable there as well.

I have no issues with having variety on a movie, nor do I have anything against the LGBT movement, I support it, but this is getting out of hand.
They are focusing WAY TOO MUCH in having variety instead of having a good character first.
Casting should be done with a character in mind, and the actor must mold to that character, that's why they are called "actors".
You don't mold the character according to the nationality or sexual preference of the actor, that's not how acting works.

Aside from this, the only real issue I have with Disney owning Fox, is that they will try to add their stupid sitcom jokes to the upcoming movies, and we might end up losing serious and hardcore movies like Logan or Deadpool to their stupid sitcom comedy they put in everything they touch, just look at the MCU and The Force Awakens, they all have shitty joke-like one liners which make it look like a sitcom at all times.

I just hope they take a hint from Fox's success from both Deadpool and Logan and let those two exist as they are, with their R ratings (at least Deadpool).
With X-Men and Fantastic Four, they can do as they please as those two have been "meh" since the beginning.

 

[Kioku]

Really you haven't noticed this at all in Disney related movies?
I think what @the_randomizer is trying to say here is...
The forced liberal views go way deeper, it's almost like a political undertone.

Star Wars has seen its fair share of it, they are trying way too hard to widen the variety of people portrayed in the movies.
WAY too hard.
It almost looks like a Bingo game right now.
Let's see, in Star Wars we have:
African-americans, japanese, british, mexicans, chinese, latin-americans, etc.
Just for the sake of variety. And that's not even mentioning that they are trying to shove LGBT into them as much as they can.
It's not that hard to notice to be honest, and the Marvel movies are doing the same as well, pretty noticeable there as well.

I have no issues with having variety on a movie, nor do I have anything against the LGBT movement, I support it, but this is getting out of hand.
They are focusing WAY TOO MUCH in having variety instead of having a good character first.
Casting should be done with a character in mind, and the actor must mold to that character, that's why they are called "actors".
You don't mold the character according to the nationality or sexual preference of the actor, that's not how acting works.

Aside from this, the only real issue I have with Disney owning Fox, is that they will try to add their stupid sitcom jokes to the upcoming movies, and we might end up losing serious and hardcore movies like Logan or Deadpool to their stupid sitcom comedy they put in everything they touch, just look at the MCU and The Force Awakens, they all have shitty joke-like one liners which make it look like a sitcom at all times.

I just hope they take a hint from Fox's success from both Deadpool and Logan and let those two exist as they are, with their R ratings (at least Deadpool).
With X-Men and Fantastic Four, they can do as they please as those two have been "meh" since the beginning.

I guess that's where we differ. Variety and diversity have nothing to do with liberal stand points. If they were more so focused on being "politically correct" then maybe. However, the way you worded your post makes you come off as slightly racist.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I guess that's where we differ. Variety and diversity have nothing to do with liberal stand points. If they were more so focused on being "politically correct" then maybe. However, the way you worded your post makes you come off as slightly racist.

Oh sorry if I sounded racist, I am not at all.
It's just that I find it aggravating that they are trying way too hard to force diversity in every movie while they are not focusing on having good character portrayal instead. You don't need to have 5 ethnicities portrayed within a frame to carry out the movie's plot as it should.

But yeah I guess the right term would be "politically correct"

 

[Kioku]

Oh sorry if I sounded racist, I am not at all.
It's just that I find it aggravating that they are trying way too hard to force diversity in every movie while they are not focusing on having good character portrayal instead. You don't need to have 5 ethnicities portrayed within a frame to carry out the movie's plot as it should.

But yeah I guess the right term would be "politically correct"

I can agree with that. A lot of these actors (of all ethnic culture) are really subpar at best.. And it seems they're there to fit some image. I can't say Disney is the worst offender in that regard though.

 

[SomeKindOfUsername]

"I don't have a problem with diverse casts."
*Something is released with a diverse cast*
"I have a problem with the diversity in this cast."

I mean, I get the complaints about molding established characters into something else (either through reboots or retcons) because that's just stupid. But when they do make new characters people complain anyway, mainly about the nefarious liberal agenda to turn everyone gay and multicultural because there's just too much diversity, just like in the real world.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I can agree with that. A lot of these actors (of all ethnic culture) are really subpar at best.. And it seems they're there to fit some image. I can't say Disney is the worst offender in that regard though.

Yeah that's actually my point.
To me, the character portrayal is the most important piece of a movie.
You can have 100+ ethnic cultures portrayed in your movie, but if the character's they portray are subpar at best, then the movie loses its appeal.

As I said, the actor should mold to the character, not mold the character according to your actor's ethnic race or sexual preference.
It stops being an "actor" then lol

 

[WhiteMaze]

I'd just like to announce, that my dignity is now for sale as well.

Give me a call Disney.

 

[ToonGoomba]

WOT. I mean its cool, but...doesn't that mean they will have the rights to Blue Sky? Ice Age? Rio? Ferdinand? I have a feeling that Disney will buy Universal next, but I really doubt it, thats basically like Disney buying another Disney

 

[matpower]

I wonder what happened with the USA, two/three decades ago and a company like that would be in an antitrust case, but nowadays we have massive corporations like Google, Comcast, Disney, etc.
Anyway, this is going to be interesting for MCU, but it might spell doom for Deadpool to be honest.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Welp, 21st Century Fox is ruined forever.

 

[Axmand]

Those Disney guys sure know how to play Monopoly...

 

[SonicfanCEMUTesting]

At this point, Disney will own the entire world in a couple of years.

 

[Spectral Blizzard]

No.
Nononono...

 

[SomeKindOfUsername]

I wonder what happened with the USA, two/three decades ago and a company like that would be in an antitrust case, but nowadays we have massive corporations like Google, Comcast, Disney, etc.

We can't have the government interfering with the free market. You have a problem with corporations (who are people), you are labeled a communist...wait, are the companies involved left leaning? Hmm...we might have to look into that then.

Anyway, this is going to be interesting for MCU, but it might spell doom for Deadpool to be honest.

Iger said they "can manage that (Deadpool) just fine," so long as they "let the audience know" what they're getting into.
Also, fun facts - Disney owned Miramax from 1993 to 2010, during which time they distributed films like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Clerks, and Trainspotting. This also included the studio Dimension Films who made films such as Scream and Bad Santa. And if you think Disney was hands off, they specifically prohibited the distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Dogma.
So personally, I'm not too worried about it.

 

[Taffy]

Diznee buys everything