boomboom234 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, Fullbuster said: That's not very convncing... I don’t have time to write a full consumer theory paper for why a monopoly is bad, read into the LA times controversy this year for a brief description or read about the movie theater issue with Disney. But beyond that this deal gives far too much power to one entity, in terms of sports Disney is now the only game in town in NY and other areas, in terms of TV it will own 42% of the market that’s obscene and a similar amount for movies. This will create costs that will be past down to consumers Disney can jack up rates as it had no competition the other studios will have to merge to compete and then what 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Darth Suburious said: I wish people could see beyond comic book movies on how bad this is for Hollywood. Hollywood deserves its own fate for supporting people like Weinstein for decades. The days of people spending 10-20 bucks to see any film has passed. The model will switch to big films in theatres and other films through streaming and likely will be for the best as more people will see smaller or original films through streaming services. It is rather telling when some random original film from Netflix likely has had more people watch it than many award films. The model right now does not work. Edited December 14, 2017 by Lordmandeep 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Dude from the Omega Underground site who have been quite legit on their production news: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) I am against this deal (fuck monopolies not to mention they’ll be a shitton less diversity) but I think there is some anger at Disney purchasing Fox rather than if some other studio got it. Edited December 14, 2017 by YourMother the Edgelord 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Lordmandeep said: Its called a meme Shows you what I know. I still don't know what it means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Lordmandeep said: Hollywood deserves its own fate for supporting people like Weinstein for decades 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJaros Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) 19 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said: This is basically a decision that is sad for the sake of diversity in the movies landscape. You may think that I am taking this too seriously but I dont think it is irrational to think that Disney may do more such "deals" in the future seeing how much they dominate the market right now and how basically only WB and Universal can fight for the second place. In the long run, this move probably enhances diversity. It's not going to be long before Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook start producing huge-budget movies of their own, and the latter have incredibly deep pockets. Disney realized it needed to get bigger to survive in that environment, and they may yet not be big enough even with FOX. And swallowing FOX might end up being like that snake that swallowed the centipede and ended up being split in two. It's a hugely risky play by Disney, evidence not of dominant monopolistic strength but of their perception of grave strategic dangers coming. Expect Comcast and WB to try and acquire Paramount, and Sony has decisions to make. Really, 10 years from now the Big Three movie studios might be Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Edited December 14, 2017 by SteveJaros 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom234 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Lordmandeep said: Hollywood deserves its own fate for supporting people like Weinstein for decades Do we deserve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 19 minutes ago, Walt Disney said: I can't figure out what that picture means. Good smile though. It means confused, "I got questions", "How in the world?". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Walt Disney said: Shows you what I know. I still don't know what it means. Why would anyone be happy about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, boomboom234 said: Do we deserve it? Maybe the government should step in and ensure we get a quota of Wes Anderson movies each year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said: but I think there is some anger at Disney purchasing Fox rather than if some other studio got it. Pretty much this. I wasn't angry at all when Fox made an attempt to purchase Time Warner a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Vision Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 54 minutes ago, Darth Suburious said: It time for Columbia and Paramount to sell. Universal acquires Paramount and reboots Transformers. Sony will run itself to the ground. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 LOL Reminds me of a certain historic basketball team acquiring another superstar basketball player thereby pissing off basketball fans everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Just now, YourMother the Edgelord said: Why would anyone be happy about this? I already gave you multiple reasons. You probably know the answer to this question. If you really don't, then I'll gladly answer the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said: Why would anyone be happy about this? Why not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom234 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, SteveJaros said: In the long run, this move probably enhances diversity. It's not going to be long before Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook start producing huge-budget movies of their own, and the latter have incredibly deep pockets. Disney realized it needed to get bigger to survive in that environment, and they may yet not be big enough even with FOX. Expect Comcast and WB to try and acquire Paramount, and Sony has decisions to make. Really, 10 years from now the Big Three movie studios might be Amazon, Facebook, and Google. The other studios will try to survive this which will lead to more consolidation and more and more but beyond Hollywood these are media empires sports, tv, video games. Disney in sports is now untouchable that’s bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, ecstasy said: It means confused, "I got questions", "How in the world?". Thank you. Glad to have you back, Ecstasy!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Vision Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 44 minutes ago, Mojoguy said: HOLY SHIT! SO this happened. The evil Empire has won. WB/DC is pissing their pants right now. The DCEU is on its last legs now that Disney controls the X-men and F4. Time Warner is still bigger........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 LMAO Fantastic Four are trending on Twitter. But from what I've read, Fox doesn't have their movie rights but a German studio called Constantin Films, who hire Fox to produce and distribute the FF films for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
