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Disney to buy 20th (21st) Century Fox? (Disney has now bought them - 14 Dec '17) — Page 13

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Ryan said:
there really is NO MORE EXCUSES for not releasing the unaltered versions on Blu-Ray and/or 4K.

Except the excuse we were just given

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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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Mike O said:

crissrudd4554 said:

When can we expect Disney to buy Paramount so the next Indiana Jones Film has the Paramount logo?? 😉 KIDDING, kidding!

I’d settle for Paramount finally cooperating with Movies Anywhere…

Expect that to be a term of Disney’s negotiation.

I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.
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ADigitalMan said:

Mike O said:

crissrudd4554 said:

When can we expect Disney to buy Paramount so the next Indiana Jones Film has the Paramount logo?? 😉 KIDDING, kidding!

I’d settle for Paramount finally cooperating with Movies Anywhere…

Expect that to be a term of Disney’s negotiation.

What do the two have to do with one another?

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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MaestroDavros said:
Either way I REALLY hope Disney actually let 20th Century Fox still exist as a separate brand once the transaction is complete, but I’m not holding my breath knowing their history.

You mean their history of not sticking their name anywhere on Marvel or Star Wars?

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Pablo Hidalgo said on Twitter that one man is responsible for the original versions not being released, so it’s possible Lucas had some clause in the contract with Disney that prevents them from releasing the originals.

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BobbyDigital said:

Pablo Hidalgo said on Twitter that one man is responsible for the original versions not being released, so it’s possible Lucas had some clause in the contract with Disney that prevents them from releasing the originals.

This horrific thought has kept me up many a night. When I asked him, he replied “I think they respect his wishes,” which hopefully means that’s why and not a contractual clause.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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The middle finger clause, apparently.

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Where were you in '77?

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The deal is expected to take a year until it actually closes, so I’m assuming the rights to I-VI won’t formally pass to Disney until then.

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Fang Zei said:

The deal is expected to take a year until it actually closes, so I’m assuming the rights to I-VI won’t formally pass to Disney until then.

There’s still apparently a lot of work to be done and tons of opposition politically and legally. I’m not saying Disney won’t do it, but it sounds like it’s a long, uphill battle for them.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

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DuracellEnergizer said:

Nothing short of the complete and utter collapse of Hollywood will bring Disney down to size and allow newcomers to ascend.

Media is changing and Disney is late the game on streaming. I could see them losing ground as in home media grows.

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Tobar said:

MaestroDavros said:
Either way I REALLY hope Disney actually let 20th Century Fox still exist as a separate brand once the transaction is complete, but I’m not holding my breath knowing their history.

You mean their history of not sticking their name anywhere on Marvel or Star Wars?

Have you ever seen Star Wars toys at the store? It isn’t hard to find the Disney logo on them.

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Yeah, but they have kept their name off the movies for the most part, at least so far.

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Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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There have long been movies by Disney that weren’t labelled as Disney, but were distributed under the label of Touchstone Pictures. Disney can, and does, successfully have a hand in things without them being directly associated with Mickey Mouse. It’s just that LFL’s acquisition by Disney was a high-profile sale, and so people attach the two as though everything Disney touches is colorized with the same Disneyfying brush, so to speak.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Any hypothetical positives which may come with Disney purchasing 21st Century Fox are grossly outweighed by the negatives. I want Disney to lose this deal.

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It’s not necessarily bad for Star Wars. Universal, (which is owned by Comcast) could release it on video. Disney and Universal have a bit of a working relationship as well. Universal still has rights to The Incredible Hulk, but the big green guy gets to be in the Avengers movies. That could bode very well for all the Marvel characters Fox has the rights to.

In 2006 Universal gave Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, a character Walt Disney created before Mickey but was never able to retain the rights to early in his career, back to Disney in exchange for an ESPN sportscaster!

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