Comments on: The Movie Blog Podcast: Episode 348

By: akene

akene — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:33:03 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about Disney changing Marvel’s content.

Disney has owned Miramax, which put out Pulp Fiction. Disney has no problem making money off of R-rated stuff. It’s not like the “Disney” name or the mouse-ear logos are going to be put on any R-rated comics.

I don’t think the average target age-group is all THAT different, though. Over the course of the last decade or so, basically everyone under 40 are all into the same things, for the most part. Comics are read by 35-year-olds, but many of the same comics can be read and are read by 15-year-olds. Same with Disney movies: films like Cars and the Incredibles reach ages 6 to 40, easily. Of course, there are different median ages for the average audience member or whatever, but you’re still talking about hitting the same very broad demographic. We’re talking about THE demographic for everything pop culture, basically. Most profitable franchises on earth are able to connect with anyone under 40 without too much trouble. The generation entering their forties now (basically the Gen-Xers) are just BIG KIDS, basically. They’d watch a Marvel movie, they might read a comic book, they would watch a Pixar movie, they would watch a Miramax movie.

By: townes

townes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:47:01 +0000

is that THE christina, who frequently posts here??

By: LAgirl

LAgirl — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:32:22 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this Thor thing for awhile also. I really don’t see how the concept will work for big budget marvel film. He may work on the comic book pages, but how will he relate to the general public and make millions? If they do make this film, I think they should seriously consider if they need to focus on his being a god with parents who are gods. People like me, who don’t exactly read alot of comic books, I really don’t see how this will work. But if they do it in a crafty way that is more universal, like he is from an alien world living here on earth, I could see that working.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:50:59 +0000

My guess is we won’t see any joint productions between disney and marvel for at least a decade. I don’t think that’s even a stretch at all either, considering most properties are already tied up with other deals for another 8 years or so.

By: JAlexM

JAlexM — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:44:26 +0000

One of the reasons Disney bought Marvel is because pre-teen boys don’t watch Disney cartoons, or go to most Disney Movies.

By: Mikano94

Mikano94 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:02:13 +0000

Ditto

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:02:31 +0000

Thor is an existing deal already in motion. Nothing will change.

Disney will have input on deals set after the acquisition but will have no ability to change deals already in place.

By: AARON

AARON — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:15:35 +0000

Yeah, but personally I still like it. American Dad is NOT funny though.

By: Mikano94

Mikano94 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:28:20 +0000

When she talks she makes me feel really stupid. The funniest thing is that she can talk the longest sentence imaginable without any pauses or stops.

By: Mikano94

Mikano94 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:25:42 +0000

Yeah, but after he did that at 3 different times in one episode and how many other times in the whole series, it gets annoying and doing a stupid flashback every minute and a half to stupid shit that has nothing to do with the plot. And how they parody movies, it’s not even clever like in South Park or the Simpsons, its basically just, “Hey, remember this scene from the Godfather, we’re just gonna totally rip-off that entire scene in the most obvious way possible.”