Comments on: MAJOR Nerd News: Disney Buys Marvel? http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/ We do dorkdom Big Apple style. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:28:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-94 David Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:16:12 +0000 http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=650#comment-94 Oh crap, that's right! The hulk coaster and the spiderman 3d ride. Hmmm. Oh crap, that’s right! The hulk coaster and the spiderman 3d ride. Hmmm.

]]> By: Erin http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Erin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:37:48 +0000 http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=650#comment-91 It also really screws over the Universal Studios park, right? They use a lot of Marvel characters. It also really screws over the Universal Studios park, right? They use a lot of Marvel characters.

]]> By: David http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-89 David Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:36:12 +0000 http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=650#comment-89 I wonder if this is at all a challenge to Warner Brothers, who owns DC Comics? I wonder if this is at all a challenge to Warner Brothers, who owns DC Comics?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Andrew Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:07:54 +0000 http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=650#comment-88 Kingdom Hearts IV to have SpiderMan, et al? Kingdom Hearts IV to have SpiderMan, et al?

]]> By: David http://www.nygeekcast.com/2009/08/major-nerd-news-disney-buys-marvel/comment-page-1/#comment-87 David Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:39:14 +0000 http://www.nygeekcast.com/?p=650#comment-87 This actually kinda makes me sad. Marvel was really starting to come into it's own in terms of movies - part of Disney's main focus. I shudder to think of what Iron Man would have been as a Disney film ("let's replace Robert Downey Jr. with oh, I dunno... Zac Efron. Genius!") While Pixar remains a hopeful example of a genuinely artful part of the Disney empire, the remaining Disney whores cause me some concern. Tread lightly, Joe Quesada. This actually kinda makes me sad. Marvel was really starting to come into it’s own in terms of movies – part of Disney’s main focus. I shudder to think of what Iron Man would have been as a Disney film (”let’s replace Robert Downey Jr. with oh, I dunno… Zac Efron. Genius!”)

While Pixar remains a hopeful example of a genuinely artful part of the Disney empire, the remaining Disney whores cause me some concern. Tread lightly, Joe Quesada.

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