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Aceldamor:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 31, 2009, 12:01:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: Aceldamor on August 31, 2009, 11:59:17 am ---haven't they even killed one of their biggest attractions, Back to the Future?

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All that was was a shaky seat and a domed movie screen, though.  Not much "ride" there.

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Heh..hence the expression attraction vs. ride.

ChadTower:

The way I see it this probably doesn't mean much to their existing properties.  They will allow Marvel to keep on exploiting the great licenses they have.  What it does probably mean is that there will be no more good new work coming out of Marvel.  Disney is good at exploiting existing stuff.  It also tends to squeeze the life out of artists such that nothing new of any quality will ever come out of them again.  We have seen the last worthwhile new Marvel comic franchises.  I don't care about the movies, that makes me very sad that Disney just killed a huge part of the world of comic books.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 31, 2009, 02:31:43 pm ---
The way I see it this probably doesn't mean much to their existing properties.  They will allow Marvel to keep on exploiting the great licenses they have.  What it does probably mean is that there will be no more good new work coming out of Marvel.  Disney is good at exploiting existing stuff.  It also tends to squeeze the life out of artists such that nothing new of any quality will ever come out of them again.  We have seen the last worthwhile new Marvel comic franchises.  I don't care about the movies, that makes me very sad that Disney just killed a huge part of the world of comic books.

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I was under the impression that comics were pretty much dead anyways...

shardian:
http://profile.myspace.com/thecomicbooklady

My father-in-law is a comic nerd. He is friends with the people that made this stupid ass movie. Alas, I had to cancel me and the wife's personal invitation to see the premier... ;)

The lady really does run a comic shop in Huntington. I had the misfortune of riding with F-I-L on his comic run day one time. Holy crap, the movie isn't too far off from reality. There were some real nut jobs that just hung out in there talking to the lady, and you could tell she couldn't give a crap less what they said. I could only stand about 5 minutes in the place, then went and stood outside.

P.S. My F-I-L is the "what do you think about that" guy at the end of the preview. In reality, he's one of the 'normal' comic book people...

saint:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 31, 2009, 02:31:43 pm ---
The way I see it this probably doesn't mean much to their existing properties.  They will allow Marvel to keep on exploiting the great licenses they have.  What it does probably mean is that there will be no more good new work coming out of Marvel.  Disney is good at exploiting existing stuff.  It also tends to squeeze the life out of artists such that nothing new of any quality will ever come out of them again.  We have seen the last worthwhile new Marvel comic franchises.  I don't care about the movies, that makes me very sad that Disney just killed a huge part of the world of comic books.

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Here's a guy who's got a different opinion on it:

http://robio.livejournal.com/369767.html#cutid1

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