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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 19, 2019 21:13:12 GMT
So 5,000 to 10,000 Fox employees could lose their jobs just so MCU Dictator Kevin Feige can get the X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU. That's really sad. Walter Hamada can own all the DC characters, why can't Kevin Feige do the same. Walter Hamada didn't get 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired to get all the DC characters. Kevin Feige is getting 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired just so he can get X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Mar 19, 2019 21:16:46 GMT
For the record I was against fox selling it's studio. Didn't matter if it was bought by Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros, Sony, whatever. This is bad not only for the industry but for everything as well.
The Murdoch's get richer and companies get bigger with the threat of monopolies.
But no one cares about that. No let's worry about movies, let's worry about the things that really don't matter.
Let's just sit by and let these corporations get more bigger and more powerful.
Fuck I need a drink.
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Mar 19, 2019 21:21:14 GMT
Walter Hamada can own all the DC characters, why can't Kevin Feige do the same. Walter Hamada didn't get 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired to get all the DC characters. Kevin Feige is getting 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired just so he can get X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU. Well I got some news for you; Kevin Feige is not behind the firing of thousands of Fox employees. You can blame the Disney stock shareholders for that. And the Murdochs for basically selling the company.
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Post by bud47 on Mar 19, 2019 21:23:19 GMT
Walter Hamada can own all the DC characters, why can't Kevin Feige do the same. Walter Hamada didn't get 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired to get all the DC characters. Kevin Feige is getting 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired just so he can get X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU. That's right. It was all about getting X-Men and Fantastic Four back. 71 billion dollars for two dried-out franchises that are basically on life support and have had their cinematic value stripped away (for now) thanks to Fox. There were no other factors involved. Also, let's forget that it was Fox that decided to sell in the first place. Would you even care at all if it was Comcast that won the bid, resulting in the same amount of jobs lost? You act like this was a hostile takeover by Disney when that wasn't the case at all. Why not direct your anger at Fox for putting themselves in this position?
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Post by charzhino on Mar 19, 2019 21:31:27 GMT
Goodbye to the mature orientated blockbuster. Welcome to the family friendly, 4 quadrant blockbusters. Yes, goodbye to crap like X3, X-Men Origins, X-Men: Apocalypse, and those shitty Fantastic Four films! Not just talking about comic movies but other major productions like The Martian, Planet of Apes, Predators, Kingsman, Alita, The Revenant ontop of the comic properties like Logan and Deadpool. Fox are/were known to produce more edgier, adult orientated blockbusters relative to Disneys stricter family friendly approach. With the merger this will be lost, no way are Disney going to compromise a winning formula and they dont need to.
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Post by bud47 on Mar 19, 2019 21:33:23 GMT
Yes, goodbye to crap like X3, X-Men Origins, X-Men: Apocalypse, and those shitty Fantastic Four films! Not just talking about comic movies but other major productions like The Martian, Planet of Apes, Predators, Kingsman, Alita, The Revenant ontop of the comic properties like Logan and Deadpool. Fox are/were known to produce more edgier, adult orientated blockbusters relative to Disneys stricter family friendly approach. With the merger this will be lost, no way are Disney going to compromise a winning formula and they dont need to. Wasn't it already confirmed that Disney would continue to release adult-oriented films under the Fox/Searchlight logos?
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Post by charzhino on Mar 19, 2019 21:34:51 GMT
Not just talking about comic movies but other major productions like The Martian, Planet of Apes, Predators, Kingsman, Alita, The Revenant ontop of the comic properties like Logan and Deadpool. Fox are/were known to produce more edgier, adult orientated blockbusters relative to Disneys stricter family friendly approach. With the merger this will be lost, no way are Disney going to compromise a winning formula and they dont need to. Wasn't it already confirmed that Disney would continue to release adult-oriented films under the Fox/Searchlight logos? The smaller indy style movies yeh. They wont do it for big budget wide releases
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Mar 19, 2019 21:38:16 GMT
Yes, goodbye to crap like X3, X-Men Origins, X-Men: Apocalypse, and those shitty Fantastic Four films! Not just talking about comic movies but other major productions like The Martian, Planet of Apes, Predators, Kingsman, Alita, The Revenant ontop of the comic properties like Logan and Deadpool. Fox are/were known to produce more edgier, adult orientated blockbusters relative to Disneys stricter family friendly approach. With the merger this will be lost, no way are Disney going to compromise a winning formula and they dont need to. Or Disney will use Fox to create more edgier adult orientated films like when they owned Touchstone Pictures.
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Post by bud47 on Mar 19, 2019 21:40:21 GMT
Wasn't it already confirmed that Disney would continue to release adult-oriented films under the Fox/Searchlight logos? The smaller indy style movies yeh. They wont do it for big budget wide releases And you know that for a fact? Independent films will most likely continue to be released under the Fox Searchlight logo. That leaves plenty of stuff under the Fox logo, including bigger budgeted films. There's plenty of room for those dark/serious/mature films you so desperately crave.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 19, 2019 21:42:43 GMT
Iger already said they would do R-rated Deadpool movies. There is a whole thread about it on this board.
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Post by charzhino on Mar 19, 2019 21:52:52 GMT
The smaller indy style movies yeh. They wont do it for big budget wide releases And you know that for a fact? Independent films will most likely continue to be released under the Fox Searchlight logo. That leaves plenty of stuff under the Fox logo, including bigger budgeted films. There's plenty of room for those dark/serious/mature films you so desperately crave. They will turn xmen into family friendly lightshows with cuddly creatures and cartoony action, colourful lasers pew pew and tame storytelling, oh what grand presents to look forwrd too
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Post by bud47 on Mar 19, 2019 22:07:04 GMT
And you know that for a fact? Independent films will most likely continue to be released under the Fox Searchlight logo. That leaves plenty of stuff under the Fox logo, including bigger budgeted films. There's plenty of room for those dark/serious/mature films you so desperately crave. They will turn xmen into family friendly lightshows with cuddly creatures and cartoony action, colourful lasers pew pew and tame storytelling, oh what grand presents to look forwrd too Yep, tough times ahead for you. Don't worry, you still have Dark Phoenix (AKA The Last Stand 2.0: The Really Last Stand) to look forward to.
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Post by kleinreturns on Mar 20, 2019 0:51:01 GMT
Welcome home X-Men and Fantastic Four! You're back where you belong.
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Post by sostie on Mar 20, 2019 12:27:33 GMT
As Disney absorbs much of Fox's film and TV units — Fox Broadcasting, Fox News and TV stations will be spun off into New Fox, headed by Lachlan Murdoch — repercussions will be felt not only in Los Angeles but worldwide. In fiscal 2018, Fox had 22,000 employees across the globe (compared with about 201,000 for Disney). Roughly 7,000 are expected to become part of New Fox. Disney has promised $2 billion in cost savings, so more than 4,000 layoffs are expected (though Disney-skeptic analyst Rich Greenfield puts the number at 5,000 to 10,000 over time). It's harder to predict potential layoffs within the Fox film studio itself, which has about 3,200 employees, but cuts are expected to be especially deep, particularly in overlapping divisions such as marketing, distribution and home entertainment. www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-disney-will-make-21st-century-fox-disappear-1182704 So 5,000 to 10,000 Fox employees could lose their jobs just so MCU Dictator Kevin Feige can get the X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU. That's really sad. How many acquisitions/mergers can you name where there were zero losses to the workforce? Then if you can find any compare that to the number where there are losses. Once again showing a lack of understanding of what goes on in the real world. Oh the mock outrage! And only a week before Shazam is released...you know Shazam...the character DC were able to purchase because they bankrupted a whole comic publishers over some petty dispute. And as for those that do lose their jobs. I feel additionally sorry for them, because any job they get in the Industry will be treated with suspicion, because as we have seen with the Fandango accusations/conspiracy theories, once you work for Disney, you stay loyal to Disney and become a crooked employee of any company you join.
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Post by sostie on Mar 20, 2019 16:16:18 GMT
Walter Hamada can own all the DC characters, why can't Kevin Feige do the same. Kevin Feige is getting 5,000 to 10,000 employees fired just so he can get X-Men and Fantastic Four into MCU. You are seriously suggesting Kevin Feige is to blame! Disney paid $50+ BILLION to add some characters to a franchise that was already performing better than any comparable one...because Kevin Feige wanted them! Mental
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Post by sostie on Mar 20, 2019 19:26:13 GMT
It's being completed at midnight. So yeah it's news. But the merger was announced several months ago so this is old news. Yet you are happy to comment on it numerous times
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 20, 2019 19:31:07 GMT
The big thing that bothers me about this merger (other than all the people who got laid off) is that it means there will inevitably be less variety for the kinds of movies we’ll be seeing moving forward. I get that Disney is supposedly going to continue to release films under the 20th Century Fox banner, but there’s no way we’re going to be seeing the same amount of films in theaters as we used to when 20th Century Fox and Disney were separate.
Anyway, I’m predicting that this merger will have negative ramifications for the film industry as a whole. A single studio owning 40% of the market share is not good for business.
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 20, 2019 20:58:38 GMT
The big thing that bothers me about this merger (other than all the people who got laid off) is that it means there will inevitably be less variety for the kinds of movies we’ll be seeing moving forward. I get that Disney is supposedly going to continue to release films under the 20th Century Fox banner, but there’s no way we’re going to be seeing the same amount of films in theaters as we used to when 20th Century Fox and Disney were separate. Anyway, I’m predicting that this merger will have negative ramifications for the film industry as a whole. A single studio owning 40% of the market share is not good for business. Fox was gonna sell anyway. What's the difference between any other movie studio getting Fox. You'd still get less movies.
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Post by bud47 on Mar 20, 2019 21:24:23 GMT
The big thing that bothers me about this merger (other than all the people who got laid off) is that it means there will inevitably be less variety for the kinds of movies we’ll be seeing moving forward. I get that Disney is supposedly going to continue to release films under the 20th Century Fox banner, but there’s no way we’re going to be seeing the same amount of films in theaters as we used to when 20th Century Fox and Disney were separate. Anyway, I’m predicting that this merger will have negative ramifications for the film industry as a whole. A single studio owning 40% of the market share is not good for business. Isn't that a good thing maybe? Being more selective leaves less room for crap like The Predator, Alien Covenant, Independence Day Resurgence, X-Men Apocalypse, Fant4stic, those lousy Die Hard sequels, etc. Besides, they never really had that high of an output of movies anyway, releasing anywhere from 15-20 movies a year at most, half of or most of which were crap.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 20, 2019 21:52:17 GMT
The big thing that bothers me about this merger (other than all the people who got laid off) is that it means there will inevitably be less variety for the kinds of movies we’ll be seeing moving forward. I get that Disney is supposedly going to continue to release films under the 20th Century Fox banner, but there’s no way we’re going to be seeing the same amount of films in theaters as we used to when 20th Century Fox and Disney were separate. Anyway, I’m predicting that this merger will have negative ramifications for the film industry as a whole. A single studio owning 40% of the market share is not good for business. Fox was gonna sell anyway. What's the difference between any other movie studio getting Fox. You'd still get less movies. Oh, believe me, I would’ve had a problem with this merger if any other major studio got Fox as well. That’s why I wish that Fox wasn’t selling to begin with.
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