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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 20, 2019 21:53:04 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. What about Fox Searchlight?
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Post by egon1982 on Mar 20, 2019 21:55:52 GMT
Who thinks The Fantastic Four fits in the MCU? i mean they were better off with Marvel than Fox anyway.
I mean MCU could use Dr Doom and Galactus.
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Post by bud47 on Mar 20, 2019 22:01:15 GMT
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. What about Fox Searchlight? I'm sure Disney will still release films under the both the Fox and Fox Searchlight banners just like they did during the old Touchstone/Hollywood Pictures/Miramax days. Smaller independent films don't really require high budgets, so I'm guessing their output won't be affected, hopefully.
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Post by charzhino on Mar 21, 2019 11:28:51 GMT
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Post by Lord Death Man on Mar 21, 2019 12:52:47 GMT
How does a 39-second clip from a single film made in 2017 typify the entire run of Fox Studios X-Men movies? No worries, the question is rhetorical; however, this Fox Studios highlight reel could have used a few more clips from other entries.
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 21, 2019 16:49:42 GMT
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. But that wasn't an option. They were gonna sell or shut it down. Which do you think is worse: shutting down and everyone losing their job or selling and some keeping their job?
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 21, 2019 16:55:18 GMT
How does a 39-second clip from a single film made in 2017 typify the entire run of Fox Studios X-Men movies? No worries, the question is rhetorical; however, this Fox Studios highlight reel could have used a few more clips from other entries. The irony is that we wouldn't have gotten that "X-men" from Fox again either. We get Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 21, 2019 18:21:09 GMT
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. But that wasn't an option. They were gonna sell or shut it down. Which do you think is worse: shutting down and everyone losing their job or selling and some keeping their job? Fox’s movie division wasn’t in the red, AFAIK. Rupert Murdoch decided to sell off 20th Century Fox because he wanted his company to be squarely focused on its news and sports divisions. I blame him for this. |
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 21, 2019 18:27:37 GMT
But that wasn't an option. They were gonna sell or shut it down. Which do you think is worse: shutting down and everyone losing their job or selling and some keeping their job? Fox’s movie division wasn’t in the red, AFAIK. Rupert Murdoch decided to sell off 20th Century Fox because he wanted his company to be squarely focused on its news and sports divisions. I blame him for this. Again, it's shut it down and lose all or sell and lose some.
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Post by darkpast on Mar 21, 2019 21:35:39 GMT
Mickey wasting no time. Massive layoffs hit Fox today.  |
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Post by Lord Death Man on Mar 21, 2019 22:37:03 GMT
Mickey wasting no time. Massive layoffs hit Fox today. First wave cuts are SVP, EVP, and president level. Those guys will land on their feet. It's second and third wave cuts that will be horrific.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Mar 21, 2019 22:43:41 GMT
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Post by gljbradley on Mar 22, 2019 7:41:08 GMT
Mickey wasting no time. Massive layoffs hit Fox today. DESPICABLE.
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Post by Agent of Chaos on Mar 22, 2019 7:57:25 GMT
How does a 39-second clip from a single film made in 2017 typify the entire run of Fox Studios X-Men movies? No worries, the question is rhetorical; however, this Fox Studios highlight reel could have used a few more clips from other entries. The irony is that we wouldn't have gotten that "X-men" from Fox again either. We get Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. Hey, Dark Phoenix looks goods from production value and action standpoint.
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Mar 22, 2019 8:25:09 GMT
That's just 1 movie out of 11 X-Men movies, the darn best one, but still. Besides, if you take out the Deadpool series and Wolverine series,and focus strictly on X-Men, there's never been a R rated X-Men movie.
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Post by Hitman's Bodyguard on Mar 22, 2019 9:49:27 GMT
What will happen with the action movie Stuber with Batista now? Will the movie still get a theatrical relesease, or its get canceled?
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Post by sostie on Mar 22, 2019 12:55:26 GMT
Mickey wasting no time. Massive layoffs hit Fox today. DESPICABLE. It's not as if they didn't know what was happening. And all those lay-offs were not just Fox employees...a large chunk are/will be Disney employees. It happens in almost all mergers & acquisitions. Had FOX not found a buyer they were going to close down the film studio. Had Comcast bought Fox there would also have been lay-offs. It was inevitable regardless of who did or did not purchase it. The people to blame for this are FOX. They new there would be a significant loss of jobs, but continued to seek a deal anyway so they could invest further and increase the coverage/power of their news organisations.
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Post by Lee on Mar 22, 2019 15:33:19 GMT
I feel sorry for the people who lost their jobs because of this nonsense.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 22, 2019 15:50:45 GMT
Had FOX not found a buyer they were going to close down the film studio. Had Comcast bought Fox there would also have been lay-offs. It was inevitable regardless of who did or did not purchase it. The people to blame for this are FOX. You have no proof that would happen if Disney hadn't bought Fox. It's Disney's greed to have a monopoly that is to blame for those thousands of people losing their jobs.
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Post by sostie on Mar 22, 2019 16:24:37 GMT
Had FOX not found a buyer they were going to close down the film studio. Had Comcast bought Fox there would also have been lay-offs. It was inevitable regardless of who did or did not purchase it. The people to blame for this are FOX. You have no proof that would happen if Disney hadn't bought Fox. It's Disney's greed to have a monopoly that is to blame for those thousands of people losing their jobs. Do you have proof it would not? And if you want to talk greed why are you ignoring Fox themselves? Fox/The Murdoch's sell an asset for billions, but also the major shareholders receive shares in Disney. Fox shareholders are expected to own around a 25% stake in Disney from the deal. And all this they did in the full knowledge that there would be job losses. Stop being a blinkered fucktard and do some reading and perhaps also have an idea of what has and does go on in the real world
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