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Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by philwelch »

afterburner wrote: post #55
philwelch wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fortunately, corporations are pretty shitty at deliberately pushing a cultural agenda. I dare you to find a consistent agenda in any media conglomerate's output.

Sarcasm? I can think of one... EDIT: News Corp was what I was thinking.

Really? I'm not being sarcastic at all. Please share.

EDIT: Despite Fox News, the Fox network broadcasts left-leaning shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad, which regularly mock Fox News. 20th Century Fox distributes a lot of films without any discernable agenda[1], even backing films like Avatar, or the Wall Street sequel. I'm convinced that News Corporation is entirely mercenary in its agenda and only started Fox News because right-wing cable news was a wide open opportunity in the late 1990's.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th_Century_Fox_films

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by zem »

noonespecial wrote: post #15
robbiet480 wrote: post #2

Star Wars Episode 7 will come out in 2015. They also acquired all of the assets including Indiana Jones, Star Wars, ILM, LucasArts and Skywalker Sound

I feel a great disturbance in the force, as if... Sigh. I can't even make the joke. I fear the Jarjification of all I held dear as a child. Sad panda.

the way i see it, jar jar binks and the associated atrocities marked a sharp drop in the quality of the series anyway. there's nothing worse disney can really do to it, and they might just do something better.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by [deleted] »

tectonic wrote: post #23
robbiet480 wrote: post #7

This means that Disney now controls Marvel, Pixar, LucasArts, ABC, ESPN, A+E, Disney Channel plus all their own original content and of course the parks and merchandising rights for everything stated above. Those businesses most likely control the top 10 film franchises of the last few years. This is a pretty insane acquisition.

Therefore, it should be noted that they directly, or via tacit gatekeeping, have a huge amount of influence on our public dialog and cultural messaging.

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Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by m_d »

demione wrote: post #31

Wonder if they'll get a seasoned director for Star Wars 7, or if they'll go with a controllable newcomer like Sony did with Amazing Spider Man.

As much as the idea of Ep. 7 pains me, I wouldn't mind seeing Brad Bird direct it. He took another classic franchise that I had grown to hate (Mission: Impossible), and made it fun again. He also has close ties to Disney/Pixar.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by mixonic »

stcredzero wrote: post #10
antr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm no media/film expert, but this sounds like a great acquisition for Disney. The current library/brands and Disney's distribution can squeeze any cash left from past movies/brands. Going forward this can be a true money-printing machine. Lets just hope they acknowledge the internet is the retail distribution channel of today. Also, funny how life works. Pixar, a spin-off of Lucasfilm back in the 90's "acquires" Luc…

What about a Pixar animated Star Wars movie?

Upvoted for comic genius. I appreciate you stcredzero.
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