Integration

Trivial Psychic · 05-08-2018, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

1. Fox already accepted Disney's bid.
2. Marvel gets their characters back regardless.
3. Comcast is stupid if they think they can out bid Disney.
4. If anything, Disney will let Comcast have Fox's TV division. However, I personally think a cable company owning a studio is crap because it's a conflict of interest. Remember what Paramount was trying to do with Direct TV several years ago? Or Time Warner was doing with the Fox stations?

1. The government still has yet to sign off on it. Until they approve, it doesn't matter what Disney and Fox agreed to, someone else can swoop in and make an offer. This sort of thing happens in sports all the time, where trades and signings are agreed to in term, but end up nullified because there was no approval by the league and whatever their CBA was.

2. Why would Marvel get their characters back? Fox owns the media rights, and until Fox relinquishes them, or is purchased, they are owned by Fox. Is there something in the terms of the original arrangement that says that Marvel would retain in the event of a Fox Media collapse or sale? Michael Jackson owned the rights to the Beatles for years, but Paul McCartney didn't just magically get them back when he died. MJ's estate did, who in turned used them as collateral to pay off Michael's debt and ensure his charities and children were taken care of.

3. Comcast is already willing to front 8 billion more than Disney, and up it's bid to 100 billion dollars should Disney wants to start a bidding war for it. And in cash no less. Say what you will, but that's not chump change. This aggressiveness by Comcast says to me that there could very well be some stake in the Marvel franchises, because why the hell someone would want to put up that kind of money for Fox's news and sport networks (which Disney was planning to scuttle anyways after the acquisition) is beyond me. They're certainly not interested because they see a goldmine in the Alien and Predator franchises.

4. I'm not sure what happened in the cases of Paramount or Time Warner, but lots of network providers (cable companies, as well companies like Hulu and Netflix, which can be loosely affiliated as such) are creating their own studios in order to brand their own original programming. Just the way the world is going. Why pay someone to do something for you when you can just as easily do it yourself.

We'll see. This news dropped yesterday, so I'll wait till more info comes out on it before I make any more assumptions.

Bushmaster/Power Master as the new villian in Cage? Interesting...didn't see that one coming, although I wish they would stop picking obscure villains who carry the same name as various Serpent Society members. It's confusing.

Glad to see Luke, Claire and Misty (or all of New York for that matter) was part of that surviving 50%. So much for an interconnected MCU...

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Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Kain 1. Fox already accepted Disney's bid. 2. Marvel gets their characters back regardless. 3. Comcast is stupid if they think they can out bid Disney. 4. If anything, Disney will let Comcast have Fox's TV division. However, I personally think a cable company owning a studio is crap because it's a conflict of interest. Remember what Paramount was trying to do with Direct TV several years ago? Or Time Warner was doing with the Fox stations? 1. The government still has yet to sign off on it. Until they approve, it doesn't matter what Disney and Fox agreed to, someone else can swoop in and make an offer. This sort of thing happens in sports all the time, where trades and signings are agreed to in term, but end up nullified because there was no approval by the league and whatever their CBA was. 2. Why would Marvel get their characters back? Fox owns the media rights, and until Fox relinquishes them, or is purchased, they are owned by Fox. Is there something in the terms of the original arrangement that says that Marvel would retain in the event of a Fox Media collapse or sale? Michael Jackson owned the rights to the Beatles for years, but Paul McCartney didn't just magically get them back when he died. MJ's estate did, who in turned used them as collateral to pay off Michael's debt and ensure his charities and children were taken care of. 3. Comcast is already willing to front 8 billion more than Disney, and up it's bid to 100 billion dollars should Disney wants to start a bidding war for it. And in cash no less. Say what you will, but that's not chump change. This aggressiveness by Comcast says to me that there could very well be some stake in the Marvel franchises, because why the hell someone would want to put up that kind of money for Fox's news and sport networks (which Disney was planning to scuttle anyways after the acquisition) is beyond me. They're certainly not interested because they see a goldmine in the Alien and Predator franchises. 4. I'm not sure what happened in the cases of Paramount or Time Warner, but lots of network providers (cable companies, as well companies like Hulu and Netflix, which can be loosely affiliated as such) are creating their own studios in order to brand their own original programming. Just the way the world is going. Why pay someone to do something for you when you can just as easily do it yourself. We'll see. This news dropped yesterday, so I'll wait till more info comes out on it before I make any more assumptions. Bushmaster/Power Master as the new villian in Cage? Interesting...didn't see that one coming, although I wish they would stop picking obscure villains who carry the same name as various Serpent Society members. It's confusing. Glad to see Luke, Claire and Misty (or all of New York for that matter) was part of that surviving 50%. So much for an interconnected MCU... Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 05-08-2018 at 09:24 AM..