only be good news. I always thought of Disney as more of a DC kind of company. Mickey Mouse, Superman, you can't get more American that that. Marvel is angsty and complex. Makes me wonder about the future of Marvel characters at Universal Studios Orlando. Now we can look forward to YouTube video clips of some poor slob dressed as Wolverine getting kicked in the nuts by kids at Disneyworld. Well, that'll make the licensing around all the Marvel rides at Universal parks interesting. You should
character in a film of this length, is ever going to have many real interests. I note that Aladdin’s real interests seem only to be pretty girls and money, with the occasional good deed to other street kids. I think this was the most intelligent response I’ve seen. Women of the past (and present) have had to use what society allows them in order to survive. The story of Snow White was written eons ago during a time that a woman’s only purpose was to marry and bear male children.
American", but quite the opposite, championing free speech and new ideas. Stan Lee is a legend to those into the comic book field for he "Cracked the Code" by publishing a "Drug" story without code approval. As soon as he cracked the code, he put out comics that had been forbidden for years, Marvel's "Horror" line of characters. And Marvel even now with 40+ years of plots they have to account for or re-hash still manages to make entertaining stuff. Hey, Kid! Wanna draw a cool picture of Spiderman
would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0. Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. Under the deal, which has been approved by the boards of both companies, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its portfolio of over 5,000 Marvel characters. That portfolio includes many familiar names like Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor. Says Disney CEO Robert A. Iger in a statement: We believe that adding Marvel to Disneys
will remain status quo at the House of Ideas. Just a larger parent is now skimming from the till (and footing the bill). Disney knows a thing or two about brand recognition and fan base. It's why they shelled out 4 billion for Marvel. They're not gonna go in and mess with that 4 billion. It seems everyone is afraid they will make it Disney, but Disney itself admits the purchase is to diversify their demographic wallet-share. Besides, Marvel already makes a kid-friendly line of comics called
and with Marvel it just got interesting. Games, clothing, action figures, and more with a Disney/Marvel relationship will be amped to the highest. I keep hearing all this is bad and such but think it over Marvel has got a great deal with this merger. Disney just put the whole film and theme park deals on notice. I think in the weeks ahead Disney will unveil the list of what we can see coming from this deal. I expect that through this Disney will air all Marvel films on ABC Family, Disney Channel,
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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