Mickey Eats the World

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For a long time now, Disney has given up on creating anything lasting and original and instead has left Pixar to deal with movie audiences while they exploit little girls. In that vein, they have purchased Marvel Comics for 4 billion dollars. Now: some may say that’s a good thing and that it will let both brands expand their markets. Let me assure you it is not.
Let’s say you like Marvel Comics. You like Wolverine, but you didn’t necessarily like the Wolverine movie. It was too watered down for you. Now what do you think is going to happen when Disney produces a Wolverine movie? Remember when Wolverine had Jubilee as a sidekick? It’ll be like that, but much worse. Jubilee will be played Hannah Montana, and they’ll let Hugh Jackman sing and dance like he did at the Oscars.
A  lot of Marvel’s characters are already as kid-friendly as they can get, with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. They’ll be made sappier still with crossovers involving Mickey and Goofy. Howard the Duck will meet Donald Duck.
If you think Disney is going to sit back and let Marvel do it’s own thing after their hugely successful string of movies, then you’re forgetting what Disney is. Do you remember when they took over Times Square and turned it into one big Disney Store? Do you remember what they did to ABC? Disney thought that shows like, “Rosanne,” and Ellen Degeneres’s sitcom were too edgy.
As for the Punisher? Gone. Marvel Zombies are now Marvel Babies. Marvel Max is now Marvel Minnies.
They’ll even mess around with Marvel’s history. Instead of the Green Goblin throwing Gwen Stacey off a bridge, she’ll now be thrown into a ball pit.
And you can forget about any future DC/Marvel crossovers.You think Disney is going to let Marvel work with a company owned by Warner Bros.? Hell no.
They’ll try to shut down the Spider-Man attraction in Universal Studios, and instead have guys in Spider-Man and Hulk costumes running around Disneyland with Captain Jack Sparrow and Cinderella. Dr.Doom will take over Cinderella’s Castle.
In summation, if you think Joe Quesada was bad for Marvel, Mickey will be worse.