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albinopenguin |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 4:47pm |
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Been Around I got dipping sticks.
LocationLos Angeles Posts785 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
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Kip |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 4:58pm |
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New At my signal, unleash Hellboy
LocationSt Albans, England Posts74 Posts Per Day 0.02 |
Where the hell do they go from the end of the Return of the Jedi???
And now they'll own the Indiana Jones franchise too. Harrison Ford must be getting on for 70 now so watch out for "Indiana Jones and the Zimmer frame of peril."
Unreal. |
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Electric Dreamer |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 5:22pm |
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LocationLos Angeles Posts2740 Posts Per Day 0.55 |
Well, at least Disney will release the original goodness on BluRay. The Big Mouse leaves no dollar uncollected.
Other than that. I don't see much good coming from this...
Nope.
E.D. |
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wonkavite |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 5:30pm |
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...yeah - "there's substantial pent-up demand"?!?
I'm a huge original Star Wars fan - spent half of my girlhood pretending to be Han Solo (no judgements from the peanut gallery, please. Han was way cooler than Leia.)
But the implications of that quoted statement make me *cringe*. |
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B.C. |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 5:48pm |
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LocationParts Unknown Posts240 Posts Per Day 0.05 |
Joss Whedon's all over this quicker than Garfield eats lasagne...
The internet's nerd-imploding. It's fun to watch. |
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leitskev |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 5:55pm |
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Quoted Text I'm a huge original Star Wars fan - spent half of my girlhood pretending to be Han Solo (no judgements from the peanut gallery, please. Han was way cooler than Leia.) |
No peanut gallery?! That's gonna be hard. |
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leitskev |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 5:56pm |
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I think Chris Nolan could bring life into Star Wars. There will always be a market for it. |
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ABennettWriter |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 6:43pm |
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Been Around
LocationSan Francisco, CA Posts864 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
As someone else, on another board said, Disney hasn't changed Marvel and ABC Studios is still pretty much the same.
I'm really curious to see what happens in Northern Cali. Lucas wanted to make a studio in Marin but the neighbors said no. I'm wondering if they'll feel differently about Disney running it.
I'm also excited for any internships that may come out of Disney owning property up here. |
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Zack |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 7:20pm |
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LocationErlanger, KY Posts4499 Posts Per Day 0.69 |
I'm pumped! Bring on a new Star Wars trilogy. ~Zack~ |
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dogglebe |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 7:21pm |
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albinopenguin |
Posted: October 30th, 2012, 7:59pm |
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Been Around I got dipping sticks.
LocationLos Angeles Posts785 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
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Andrew |
Posted: October 31st, 2012, 4:34am |
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See nothing but win here.
New bunch of kids will love it; shareholders will love it; those who work on it will love it; those who complain will go and watch it, therefore popcorn counters will love it; but best of all? Film puritans will hate it. Boom.
Lot more going on in the world requiring concern, rather than the chorus of inevitable righteous indignation that meets this announcement. |
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George Willson |
Posted: October 31st, 2012, 7:08am |
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Of The Ancients Doctor who? Yes, quite right.
LocationBroken Arrow Posts3591 Posts Per Day 0.51 |
What I suspect we're in for here other than (finally) the full Star Wars series that was promised to us thirty years ago (for better or worse). Leia is now an official Disney Princess so we'll probably see her pop up in Season 3 of Once Upon a Time. Brace yourself for the Jar Jar Binks cartoon franchise, as he has always seemed like a cute talking animal from a Disney movie. And yeah, more toys. So many, many more toys. The mouse does leave no dollar uncollected, so if there is something that can be milked out of the franchise (and Star Wars is a huge and profitable universe), then Disney will do it. The 4 billion they paid? They'll make that back in no time at all.
Love the Darth Mouse pic.
EDIT: The true untold horror: The Donald and Howard the Duck crossover. |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: October 31st, 2012, 7:58am |
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Electric Dreamer |
Posted: October 31st, 2012, 9:21am |
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LocationLos Angeles Posts2740 Posts Per Day 0.55 |
The mouse does leave no dollar uncollected, so if there is something that can be milked out of the franchise (and Star Wars is a huge and profitable universe), then Disney will do it. The 4 billion they paid? They'll make that back in no time at all. |
Agreed on that. Especially, if it's anything like the Pixar franchises. "Cars" toys pull in about two billion a YEAR in sales. It seems everything three years the Big Mouse absorbs a major player... 2006 - Pixar. 2009 - Marvel. And now this. Regards, E.D. |
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