monetise their merchandise. Adding value to boxed products is one way of drawing in the dollars and fighting off the swashbuckling 'pirates'. Free action figures, PC games and the inevitable DVD extras have all bolstered sales to a limited degree. But these are premium products for people willing to pay, and to wait. Today's consumer, however, wants it now. And he wants it cheap. And he doesn't want any stupid copy protection shenanigans messing with the innards of his precious PC without
had as much slashing action as any Wolverine comic. DC is more or less safely in the hands of Warner Bros. - has been since 1969. It's a common misconception that DC characters are tamer, brighter, more family-friendly, and Marvel's are dark and angsty. Both have a wide range of characters and titles with different tones. I have similar concerns about the Disney-ification of Marvel, but overall, I'm waiting before I count Spidey and company out for good. I don't think something like Civil
shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration. Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion. "This transaction combines Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned
girls to turn anorexic to look like her. The others are turning into beanpoles. This isn't necessarily a jab at Disney, since the story existed well before the movie, but Beauty and the Beast always bothered me. Not because of how Belle is presented, but because the story involves her essentially being enslaved by someone who is angry, and abusive. But then, of course, just by getting to know him better and being nice to him, she changes him and falls in love. That's a pretty twisted message
their respective systems -- movies would not be downloaded. On the bright side, if a content provider went out of business you would still have access to your films elsewhere. The proposed solution would work with Blu-ray disc purchases too, since BD players are internet-enabled by design -- DVD keys would have to be manually typed in by the user. So in effect, you'd now be paying once for ownership rights to the film, not to the physical media. If it sounds similar to DECE it is, but Disney
on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney's global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel's properties. As I understand it, Pixar bought Disney some time back. I think it'll be a good move for both The House of Ideas and The House of the Mouse.
Matthew Broderick said that he originally thought he had been cast for a remake of Kimba, "the white lion in a cartoon when I was a kid". Shawn Keller, top Disney animator, wore a Kimba costume (that he had made himself) to The Lion King 'cast' party and photo session. During planning sessions for The Lion King, Simba started out as a white lion until one of the animators spoke up: "Not even OUR lawyers are THAT good!" Maybe so, but notice how both characters have a tuft of hair in the middle
of visitors entering the country. But surprisingly, after the Sept. 11 attacks the federal government sought out Disney?s advice in intelligence, security and biometrics, a tool that teaches computers to recognize and identify individuals based on their unique characteristics. The federal government may have wanted Disney's expertise because Walt Disney World is responsible for the nation's largest single commercial application of biometrics, said Jim Wayman, director of the National Biometric
the calm cool and collected, evil genius type. He's maniacal and treacherous, with everything all planned out (until it goes wrong). Jafar takes different forms: a vizier, and old man, to a sultan, to a sorcerer, to a cobra, to a genie. This is about the scariest villain of them all. He has no humor to him whatsoever. We often see the villains in their hideout with a sidekick and a lot of humor. Not so with this guy. We don't know why he does what he does; we don't know his motive. We only