Marvel Dies
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Written by Thom McGrath on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 3:01 AM (-05:00)
Categories: Rants (6)
Tags: Disney (1), Marvel (1)
Marvel has agreed to be bought-out by Disney. Need I say more? I imagine everybody else already has, but I'll say it as well.
This is a very sad day. After a few rounds of trial-and-error, Marvel has figured out how to tell a good story in their movies. They've done it for years in print, and have started doing it on video as well. We've seen a few kick-ass movies come from Marvel recently, and plenty more in the pipelines.
But the honeymoon is over.
Enter Disney, a company which lost its touch many years ago. Aside from a couple lucky hits, Disney produces nothing but utter trash. Disney is only kept alive by it's forced-popular teen "sensations" and most Pixar movies. They produce a large handful of movies each year, most of which receive some of the worst reviews possible.
Future "Marvel" movies will likely follow a simple formula: Marvel's compelling hero + Disney's hefty dose of racism + dull screenplay with no real conflict = more Disney. Just like Microsoft's acquisition of Bungie and Rare, Disney will turn Marvel's intellectual property into an abomination.
Luckily, Iron Man 2 is already deep into production, so we'll likely get that one mostly unaltered. But Wolverine 2, Magneto, Deadpool, Green Lantern, Captain America, and Avengers... too bad. Though in all honesty, who on Earth cares about Green Lantern and Captain America?
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Quoting the prophet, Fargo:
Green Lantern is a DC title, just FYI. So far as I know they aren't part of Marvel or Disney yet.
Honestly I can't say the acquisition upsets me much. Marvel has churned out such a high noise to signal ratio over the years that it might not even be noticeable. Iron Man (the movie) was great, the comics, whenever I've tuned in over the last few years, not so much. The Wolverine movie was bad. It was Ghost Rider bad.
Just wait until the cross-overs start. That's when you'll want to poke yourself in the eyes.
[ September 2 2009 | E-Mail ]
Taking a break from wasting time, Thom McGrath came by to say:
I'm not a comic expert, so thanks for correcting me about Green Lantern.
You're right about the signal to noise, which I why I said a few trial-and-errors. I think the movies have been better recently.
[ September 2 2009 | E-Mail ]
Quoting the prophet, Fargo:
The movies have definitely been better, and that was a direct result of Marvel ceasing to simply license titles out but instead actually forming a studio division, so that's certainly a concern. Especially after getting such a gem in Iron Man, and even a watchable Hulk movie.
There's always the chance Disney will be hands off.
Whoo. Sorry. Almost fell off my chair laughing there.
If we're lucky, however, Disney will cause Garth Ennis to be fired. The man has exactly one story in him, and it was all told in the first like half of Preacher.
[ September 3 2009 | E-Mail ]
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