Disney Buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion - Page 3

Ghoulish Delight · 10-30-2012, 03:50 PM

I find the ILM part of the deal far more interesting than the Star Wars part. Takes out a Pixar competitor and gives Disney a stake in just about every big effects movie out there.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-30-2012, 03:51 PM

I don't know what to think about any of it. Though already it's starting to seem inevitable.

I knew an Ep 7 would eventually exist, as eventually Lucas would die and someone else would be sitting on the rights and unable to resist.

As for whether all this bodes well or not....I'm unable to parse any of it.

Strangler Lewis · 10-30-2012, 03:59 PM

Since at least 80 percent of the Star Wars saga is unforgivably bad, experience teaches that it won't make a difference who makes it.

As for Howard the Duck reprises, I was an extra in Howard the Duck, so I guess it's time for a comeback

Gn2Dlnd · 10-30-2012, 04:07 PM

Hoping this at least results in Star Wars Land going into Hollywood Studios instead of Cars Land, and maybe, just maybe, the dropping of Avatar Land.

innerSpaceman · 10-30-2012, 04:14 PM

I'm with SL. Empire and Jedi are fun, but as films - they are crap. They would never have been hits as standalone movies.

I'm sure I need say nothing about the quality of the prequels.

I think ILM is the prize in the package (but how it it a competitor of Pixar, Ghoulish Delight?)

Star Wars still has lots of merchandising potential, especially if they make new films - which would, like the prequels, be excuses to generate merchandise sales. Still, the film library of two good franchises, one of which still has potential legs, is not worth 4 billion as I see it. Neither is ILM. I really don't understand this deal, but there's nowhere to go for the Star Wars franchise but up.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-30-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I think ILM is the prize in the package (but how it it a competitor of Pixar, Ghoulish Delight?)

They aren't. I had Rango in mind, which while flawed was quite good and beautiful. But that's all they've done in terms of animated feature, so not exactly a competitor. Consider that aspect retracted.

Alex · 10-30-2012, 04:50 PM

50 years later we are surprisingly getting good Bod movies again, so who know.

That said, what interest I've ever ha in Star Wars (always preferred Star Trek) has long since crumbled to dust. Maybe it can be revived but I don't care if it isnt.

innerSpaceman · 10-30-2012, 05:18 PM

I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan, but I wish this sleeping dog had just been let lie.

Morrigoon · 10-30-2012, 05:48 PM

Disney's seriously angling for the geek market these days, aren't they? Seems to me their next best move would be to go after Blizzard.

(But forms a protective human barricade around the BBC headquarters just in case)

€uroMeinke · 10-30-2012, 08:46 PM

Maybe we'll get a Star Wars or Raiders ride out of the deal?

10-30-2012, 03:50 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I find the ILM part of the deal far more interesting than the Star Wars part. Takes out a Pixar competitor and gives Disney a stake in just about every big effects movie out there. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I don't know what to think about any of it. Though already it's starting to seem inevitable. I knew an Ep 7 would eventually exist, as eventually Lucas would die and someone else would be sitting on the rights and unable to resist. As for whether all this bodes well or not....I'm unable to parse any of it. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Since at least 80 percent of the Star Wars saga is unforgivably bad, experience teaches that it won't make a difference who makes it. As for Howard the Duck reprises, I was an extra in Howard the Duck, so I guess it's time for a comeback __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm with SL. Empire and Jedi are fun, but as films - they are crap. They would never have been hits as standalone movies. I'm sure I need say nothing about the quality of the prequels. I think ILM is the prize in the package (but how it it a competitor of Pixar, Ghoulish Delight?) Star Wars still has lots of merchandising potential, especially if they make new films - which would, like the prequels, be excuses to generate merchandise sales. Still, the film library of two good franchises, one of which still has potential legs, is not worth 4 billion as I see it. Neither is ILM. I really don't understand this deal, but there's nowhere to go for the Star Wars franchise but up.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	50 years later we are surprisingly getting good Bod movies again, so who know. That said, what interest I've ever ha in Star Wars (always preferred Star Trek) has long since crumbled to dust. Maybe it can be revived but I don't care if it isnt.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan, but I wish this sleeping dog had just been let lie.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Disney's seriously angling for the geek market these days, aren't they? Seems to me their next best move would be to go after Blizzard. (But forms a protective human barricade around the BBC headquarters just in case) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Maybe we'll get a Star Wars or Raiders ride out of the deal? __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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