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*Andrew NDB* · 01-19-2022, 03:24 AM

This strikes me a little bit like when around 2008 there was the big stories everywhere about "Marvel is banking everything, their rights and all on everything we know as Marvel on Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and Captain America succeeding in theaters! This is a huge gambit and they put everything on the line! Everybody better cross their fingers so they don't have to sell!" And then their gambit paid off. They succeeded. Marvel Studios was born. Hurrah!

And then they sold to Disney anyway. Like, "poof." And there wasn't even much blowback. That's always struck me as weird. And this does, too. Except Activision/Blizzard surely weren't even in those originally dire straits.

01-19-2022, 03:24 AM	#5
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,590	This strikes me a little bit like when around 2008 there was the big stories everywhere about "Marvel is banking everything, their rights and all on everything we know as Marvel on Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and Captain America succeeding in theaters! This is a huge gambit and they put everything on the line! Everybody better cross their fingers so they don't have to sell!" And then their gambit paid off. They succeeded. Marvel Studios was born. Hurrah! And then they sold to Disney anyway. Like, "poof." And there wasn't even much blowback. That's always struck me as weird. And this does, too. Except Activision/Blizzard surely weren't even in those originally dire straits. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 01-19-2022 at 03:51 AM.