Kevin Smith Weighs In With His Opinion of The Marvel/Disney Merger

No shit.

..i haven't been a comicbook/video game reader/player.. fan since jr highschool so i guess i should be completely clueless to why some people (fully grown adults) seem to think the world's ending because of disney. hannah montana aint never kill nobody.

"hannah montana aint never kill nobody." she killed me with that new song of hers party now! UGH!!! cant stand it!

I KNEW THAT FROM THE START..KEVIN SPEAKS FROM THE BLUNT AND STRAIGHT UP POINT OF VIEW, AND HE'S BEEN A WRITER IN THE BOOKS..WHO BETTER TO TELL YOU WHAT IT TRULY IS....CURSE WORDS INCLUDED TO PUT SOME STANK ON IT..VERY COOL KEVIN..

now watch. because kevin smith came in here and said positive things, all of a sudden everyone's gonna start changing their minds. what happened to all the haters a few weeks ago?? huh??? did you guys actually start using your brains before saying disney will screw up marvel??

@shaman, now that is funny.

The merger still bothers me. I will just wait and see.

Best part of "Niareha: the turd, the nugget and the floater" was The Turkish Delight. What a piece of shit film that was. Haven't seen Price Crapian, any good?

I have never in my life listened to pop music.

Anyway of course Smith is right on all points.

However all I have ever said is what I am saying now which is that I am going to reserve judgement.

What makes sense to me is looking at the films, not the people that own the characters that the films are about. If there's realistic gore and violence and a strong level of authenticity and reverence for the source material, then there's nothing to worry about period. Those are the only things that are actually at stake here.
Now if in the future we see that there are things amiss and there's some indication that it came from Disney, well that's different. But that's a a pretty big IF.

They would be fools not to realize that they are under extreme scrutiny about all this. If they had the Avengers in a My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Barbie triple threat, we would all flip out.
We would reject it, the people we know would reject it because we do and those lovely numbers would dwindle considerably.

So int he final analysis, let's not worry till we can clearly see there's somehting to worry about. ;)

Haha Teabag so true. Ever see that girl without makeup?

It seems cooler heads have prevailed. Sure, there is fair enough reason for people to worry A LITTLE bit, though Disney hadnt become an entertainment juggernaut by pulling stupid moves like altering previously successful properties. Their kid-friendly methods of operation belong to products of their brands, though as Mirimax has shown us, they are not dumb enough to try to hold all their properties to such standards. I think the backlash was a gut-reaction by fans who woke up and saw 'Disney bought Marvel' in news headlines. If you sit down and think about it, there isnt too much to worry about, but your first reaction probably would be a bit sceptical. Still, there are those (like Leee), whose reaction was a bit prolonged, but I think when the next Marvel movie rears its head and we see its the same, those fears should be put to rest.

@Shaman. 1st Narnia movie was excellent. It earned close to $300mil domestically. Prince Caspian was crap in my opinion.

the first narnia was shit. the special effects were awful, and it was religious jargon. gi joe's special effects were worse, but narnia's were pretty damn bad too

You know you have a bad movie on your hands when even Turkish Delight can't make it better :(

You gotta give it to Kevin Smith, I agree with him.

So so true he hit the nail in the coffin. hahah @Shaman hah ai missed you man lol nice avatar

Set2Fallfirst- Thanks man, missed you too ;) And i dunno if it's just me but seriously the kids in a war thing is so not endearing in the least! As if you'd be watching an afghanistany war film with kids going to battle, saying how good it is while eating pop corn. WTF???

Gotta agree it is just good business the only change I can see is that we will probably not see a R rated Marvel movie ever again. Besides didnt Marvel say no more R rating in any Marvel movie. Money that is all its about.

As far as the r ratings go the following list is tops for r rating:

All Blade Movies
All Ghost Rider Movies
Elektra Movies???????
Punisher Movies...Only with Tom Jane though
Wolverine Movies...Japan Storyline
Magneto Movie...W W 2
Venom Movie!!!!
Gambit....maybe

Thats it for now...got any more

@ phinehas

you just said disney is a money driven corporation. (i would like to hear how this is different from any other company) so how would they be gaining money by driving away the majority of their fanbase? which are adults.

CDB, I was speaking tongue in cheek(I'll re-edit for effect). Why don't you ask Iger! Those are his words up there in quotes, not mine.

@ phinehas

just so you know, buddy, i mean no disrespect. but i read his quote you wrote up there. and it doesn't say "disneyfication".

that was YOUR translation of what he said. he actually said the marvel characters "transcend gender and age". i take that to mean that they are characters that can be used and marketed to boys and girls, and people of all ages. meaning, disney wanted marvel because people don't just stop buying marvel merchandise when they reach a certain age. but marvel has been marketing to both kids and adults since the beginning. Marvel Super Hero Squad is a perfect example. thats something for the kids, that has no impact on the adult material that already exists. i just exect to see more of that type of thing, which i'm fine with.

there's just no real reason to "disneyfy" the adult material, because they would literally lose half of their income that marvel already has. its simple business 101, really. don't fix what already brings in lots of profits :)