Disney buys Marvel

[rhubarb]

Cartoon law XII

Anyone wishing to run away quickly must first be seen to be running in mid-air whilst bongo drums are played.

[PM-Junkie]

....and don't forget:

Cartoon Law XI
Explosions - no matter how violent - merely result in temporary loss of fur and/or blackening of skin

[EternalOptimist]

I wonder if Marvel will have to fall into line with Disney laws of physics




Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.
Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second takes over.


Cartoon Law II
Any body in motion will tend to remain in motion until solid matter intervenes suddenly.
Whether shot from a cannon or in hot pursuit on foot, cartoon characters are so absolute in their momentum that only a telephone pole or an outsize boulder retards their forward motion absolutely. Sir Isaac Newton called this sudden termination of motion the stooge's surcease.


Cartoon Law III
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.
Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.


Cartoon Law IV
The time required for an object to fall twenty stories is greater than or equal to the time it takes for whoever knocked it off the ledge to spiral down twenty flights to attempt to capture it unbroken.
Such an object is inevitably priceless, the attempt to capture it inevitably unsuccessful.


Cartoon Law V
All principles of gravity are negated by fear.
Psychic forces are sufficient in most bodies for a shock to propel them directly away from the earth's surface. A spooky noise or an adversary's signature sound will induce motion upward, usually to the cradle of a chandelier, a treetop, or the crest of a flagpole. The feet of a character who is running or the wheels of a speeding auto need never touch the ground, especially when in flight.


Cartoon Law VI
As speed increases, objects can be in several places at once.
This is particularly true of tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be glimpsed emerging from the cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously. This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being throttled. A `wacky' character has the option of self-replication only at manic high speeds and may ricochet off walls to achieve the velocity required.


Cartoon Law VII
Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot.
This trompe l'oeil inconsistency has baffled generations, but at least it is known that whoever paints an entrance on a wall's surface to trick an opponent will be unable to pursue him into this theoretical space. The painter is flattened against the wall when he attempts to follow into the painting. This is ultimately a problem of art, not of science.


Cartoon Law VIII
Any violent rearrangement of feline matter is impermanent.
Cartoon cats possess even more deaths than the traditional nine lives, might comfortably afford. They can be decimated, spliced,splayed, accordion-pleated, spindled, or disassembled, but they cannot be destroyed. After a few moments of blinking self pity, they reinflate, elongate, snap back, or solidify. Corollary: A cat will assume the shape of its container.


Cartoon Law IX
Everything falls faster than an anvil.


Cartoon Law X
For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite revengeance.
This is the one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching it happen to a duck instead.

[Not So Wise]

That means Disney will want to produce all the super hero movies.
Not sure Disney can manage to keep them as edgy as they should be.

Doubt they will, the "family friendly/wholesome image" is very important to Disney and many of the more popular Marvel stuff is not compatible with that image (and becoming less so every year as comics "grow up")

They are more likely to run it like Pixar, generally hands off on production and just stick to marketing/distribution, only sticking their name on the safer stuff

[PM-Junkie]

hehehehe - the kiddiewinks would be in for a little surprise when the swan off to orlando to see mickey the mouse...

[DaveB]

In by far the most important news of the week - Disney has bought Marvel.

And to get down to the most important aspect of the takeover, does that mean the spiderman and hulk rides at universal studios will become little bits of disneyworld now? Will goofy and mickey mouse be allowed into universal studios now?

Seriously, I guess there is some sort of licensing thing going to happen - but I bet the lawyers will make a packet out of sorting it out!

I'm guessing there is going to be a lot more stuff like this or this

[PM-Junkie]

That means Disney will want to produce all the super hero movies.
Not sure Disney can manage to keep them as edgy as they should be.

What happens to those in production/post production and pre release?

Not so sure about that - remember that Disney also owns ABC, and some of the stuff they put out is a little on the raunchy side to say the least!

I suspect there's a good chance Marvel will go the same way and will continue making films/comics in much the same way as they have in the past. The stuff sells well, so there's no real business benefit in changing it.

...but then we are talking about Disney of course

[The Lone Gunman]

That means Disney will want to produce all the super hero movies.
Not sure Disney can manage to keep them as edgy as they should be.

What happens to those in production/post production and pre release?

[PM-Junkie]

In by far the most important news of the week - Disney has bought Marvel.

And to get down to the most important aspect of the takeover, does that mean the spiderman and hulk rides at universal studios will become little bits of disneyworld now? Will goofy and mickey mouse be allowed into universal studios now?

Seriously, I guess there is some sort of licensing thing going to happen - but I bet the lawyers will make a packet out of sorting it out!