Disney to Buy Marvel for $4 Billion

[yitbos96bb]

There will more than likely be Marvel involvement at WDW just not the 4 characters already in place over at Universal. Since Universal already has 4 attractions based on 4 Marvel characters Walt Disney World cannot base experiences around those particular characters; however, they can use the many other Marvel characters in the WDW parks.

Exactly... I just hope they limit WHERE they use it....

I mean you could do a Character experience for the Black Panther at Animal Kingdom in Africa, but it wouldn't be high on my list.

Since Tommorrowland now is Alien and Monster land, instead of just dedicated to the future (boy I miss some of the old rides like the Delta Dream ride), you could do a ride with one of the Aliens... Silver Surfer seems to me the best idea; maybe the Fantastic Four... I still think an Incredibles ride like Spidey would be HUGE, but you could do it with any superhero.

DHS would be the most likely place. Given how down hill that park has gone and the closing of some of the shows (plus the over reliance on too many shows) some marvel attractions would fit perfectly... Ironman, Thor, Captain America... any of the Avengers really since they all have upcoming films. I'd vote Ironman personally...Maybe a tour of Stark industries and something goes wrong but Iron Man or the Anengers save the day. Could be a very cool E ride if they do it right. Love to see some new visions... TSM is a great start... more like that please... less plain old Dark rides.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I'm not worried about it. Disney didn't make Pulp Fiction, The Piano, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting, Gangs of NY, No Country for Old Men, Con Air, or Apocalypto family friendly. Disney is more than capable of divorcing their brands from the Disney image if they want to. If they want to make a darkmovie or R rated movie of a Marvel character they will just release it through Miramax or Touchstone.

As far as a park presence goes I still think that they will fit better into a 3rd park in CA than anywhere in FL. I still think a thrill based park in CA with a mix of Marvel characters and Disney characters (like the Villains park that has been talked about) would fit into the demo of locals better than they would in FL. If you are east of the Mississippi and want thrill rides come to Cedar Point.

Yes, but that involves us going to Ohio... SHUDDER... ;-)

 

[Geef]

He never said they were... he said if Six Flags goes belly up another company could bid on them. Read a little closer ;-)

I understand... Kevin said Batman in the Podcast, and when I saw this, I just thought I would point it out for those who might not know the difference.

 

[Decorated_Dust]

Batman is by far my Fav Character, but Iron man, Daredevil, Spidey, wolverine are WORLDS more interesting than Superman or Wonderwoman, as is Original Hulk. The movies of Xman 1 and 2, Spidey 1 and Ironman are tons better than any of the Superman movies (2 is the closest) and the original 4 Batman Movies... although the new Christian Bale ones are better than any of the previous movies.

But Superman makes FIRE with his EYES!!

I do agree with you though. The new Batman movies were DC's finest hour. While I liked the Richard Donner Superman movies (well, the first two), they are not the great bits of cinema many people hail them as. The Marvel movies make better movies, mostly because more of their characters have for great cinema. However, I think the Fantastic Four was enough to make DC and Marvel even.

Let's hope Marvel becomes a new Pixar or Walden Media rather than a Disney Channel when it comes to the movies.