Disney rumored to buy Time Warner (and thus DC and Cartoon Network?)

[ZariusTwo]

I would not be surprised to see something as big as these giants in my lifetime be completly centralized.

[CyberCubed]

I'd love to see the DC and Marvel universes combine. It will be a fanboy dream come true. Disney might save the comic book market too as a result.

We can have Batman appearing in the Avengers, we can have cartoons where Superman meets Cyclops and they both shoot their red eye lasers at the same time, we can have Wonder Woman go to Asgard, etc.

[Wildcat]

Mickey meets Bugs

Donald meets Daffy

Scooby Doo visits Gravity Falls

Make it happen

[Slade]

The comic market is not dying.

[MisfitKraang]

If this happens....then it's true...Disney is the Anti-Christ

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'd love to see the DC and Marvel universes combine. It will be a fanboy dream come true. Disney might save the comic book market too as a result.

We can have Batman appearing in the Avengers, we can have cartoons where Superman meets Cyclops and they both shoot their red eye lasers at the same time, we can have Wonder Woman go to Asgard, etc.

No, because that means we'll get really terrible DC Cartoons in the Future.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

No, because that means we'll get really terrible DC Cartoons in the Future.

Like that not already happening now with "Beware the Batman"

[Leo656]

Monopolies are pretty terrible, so that'd be a pretty bad worst-case scenario, once the fanboy afterglow and the novelty of "JLA vs. X-Men" or whatever wore off. Nothing "good" could ever come from one conglomerate basically "owning" the entire entertainment industry, which is exactly what it would amount to. People who follow wrestling are well aware of that, for example, as only having one major company present the product in 95% of the world for the last many years has resulted in an oftentimes bland, sterile, unimaginative, predictable, and boring product. They have no reason to innovate or take risks, because there is no one to compete with them.

I'd hate to see one corporation like Disney own everything, ALL the major super-heroes, ALL the major cartoon characters, ALL the major film franchises... that'd be awful. I don't think it'll happen. There's bound to be several dozen laws in place to prevent exactly that kind of thing from happening. I hope.

[CyberCubed]

Disney owning all the major superheroes is a good thing. DC has difficultly getting live-action movies out, all their cartoons are canceled by Cartoon Network after one season, and we get the crossovers we always dreamed of.

DC animation has been in a slump since the end of the DCAU back in 2006, with the only exceptions being Teen Titans and Young Justice. Brave and the Bold was also good for what it was.

[Leo656]

You are not a Big Picture person, sir.

[CyberCubed]

The big picture doesn't really matter at this point. DC had a 75+ year run so far, which is good, but what difference would it make now?

DC has trouble getting live-action movies in theaters, (and their extensive plan now can be helped with Disney backing), DC cartoons have been just as bad as recent Marvel cartoons, and comics...well, comics have always been a jumbled mess for years that it makes no difference.

I think its just fanboy bias at this point, that seeing Batman work together with Spiderman would feel wrong to people. Let alone that Blue Beetle is basically DC's Spiderman and we already see Batman working with tons of off-the-wall heroes.

[Leo656]

The Big Picture is ALL that matters, because one company should not own everything on planet Earth, regardless of how the cross-over cartoons and toys would turn out.

Monopolies = Bad. It has nothing to do with anything besides that. One group of people cannot be allowed to make all the money and own everything. No sane person thinks that leads to anything good. It never has and never will. That's why unions and anti-trust laws exist.

[NinjaPug]

I have no desire to see Disney purchase Time Warner if they aren't going to run it as a separate entity with no crossovers whatsoever. Having Batman pop up in an Avengers movie is ridiculous (and wouldn't happen under the current regime anyway even if Disney had all the rights).

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Monopolies = Bad. It has nothing to do with anything besides that. One group of people cannot be allowed to make all the money and own everything. No sane person thinks that leads to anything good. It never has and never will. That's why unions and anti-trust laws exist.

What would there be a monopoly over? There are still other superhero comics not from DC or Marvel, those would continue to exist.

In terms of movies? How often do we get comic book movies other than DC and Marvel? TMNT and what else?

In terms of cartoons? What's the difference?

[Megchan]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Mickey meets Bugs

Donald meets Daffy

Scooby Doo visits Gravity Falls

Make it happen

Mickey and Bugs have already met. A few Disney and Warner Brothers characters appeared together in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

What would there be a monopoly over? There are still other superhero comics not from DC or Marvel, those would continue to exist.

In terms of movies? How often do we get comic book movies other than DC and Marvel? TMNT and what else?

In terms of cartoons? What's the difference?

It's pretty laughable to think any other comic book company or animation company or film company would even matter anymore if Disney/Marvel and Time Warner/DC became one big company. They would over-saturate the market with so much of their own product, even moreso than they already do now, to the point where anyone else may not even exist. And a lot of it wouldn't even be good product, it would just be "If we put out a ton of our own stuff, nobody'll even care about the other companies and their stuff." If they could, eventually they would just come in and buy out Dark horse or IDW if they felt like it. Who'd stop 'em? People are already complaining that the products coming out of these companies are stale, rushed out and cookie cutter. Could you honestly imagine if it was all one giant company? Ooof. Awful awful scenario.

Again, Big Picture.

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by Megchan

Mickey and Bugs have already met. A few Disney and Warner Brothers characters appeared together in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

Oh really. Didn't know or remember. I saw Roger Rabbit a very long time ago. Anyway I meant in full cartoons.

I don't see the problem with Disney owning all these franchises. They already appear everywhere anyway. Plus we could get some awesome Disney theme park stuff aswell as the crossovers.

Does Universal Studios have cartoon based rides? I don't think they do. I know they have special attractions for promoting stuff sometimes right?

I think if your against it it's because you prefer companies to rival each other. Not that they hate each other...just the separate element. Its not like Disney will buy every newcomer from here on out.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Monopolies are pretty terrible, so that'd be a pretty bad worst-case scenario, once the fanboy afterglow and the novelty of "JLA vs. X-Men" or whatever wore off. Nothing "good" could ever come from one conglomerate basically "owning" the entire entertainment industry, which is exactly what it would amount to. People who follow wrestling are well aware of that, for example, as only having one major company present the product in 95% of the world for the last many years has resulted in an oftentimes bland, sterile, unimaginative, predictable, and boring product. They have no reason to innovate or take risks, because there is no one to compete with them.

I'd hate to see one corporation like Disney own everything, ALL the major super-heroes, ALL the major cartoon characters, ALL the major film franchises... that'd be awful. I don't think it'll happen. There's bound to be several dozen laws in place to prevent exactly that kind of thing from happening. I hope.

Completely agree Leo this would be horrible for the comic industry.
WWE was never the same after they bought WCW. I stopped watching it shortly after the WWE VS WWE war.

[Slade]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Oh really. Didn't know or remember. I saw Roger Rabbit a very long time ago. Anyway I meant in full cartoons.

I don't see the problem with Disney owning all these franchises. They already appear everywhere anyway. Plus we could get some awesome Disney theme park stuff aswell as the crossovers.

Does Universal Studios have cartoon based rides? I don't think they do. I know they have special attractions for promoting stuff sometimes right?

I think if your against it it's because you prefer companies to rival each other. Not that they hate each other...just the separate element. Its not like Disney will buy every newcomer from here on out.

Ugh, yeah, not at all.

[Cryomancer]

The biggest issue I see here is that anything Disney owns is gonna be completely held back from public domain as long as possible, including changing the laws of the nation to let it continue. Disney is specifically why public domain currently takes forever. But that's the long term view.

Short term, I guess it would be good if this meant good DC movies and good Marvel cartoons, since those seem to never happen while the inverse continues to, or at least did re: DC cartoons. This also makes Rodger Rabbit a much more simple process to continue! But of course Mario is dead now so that makes it harder.

The weird part would be that this means Disney would own stuff like Space Ghost, Aqua Teen etc.