thee big buy

Welp sad face today..

The Walt Disney Co. is punching its way into the universe of superheroes and their male fans with a deal announced Monday to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion, bringing characters such as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and "Toy Story."

The surprise cash-and-stock deal sent Spidey senses tingling in the comic book world. It could lead to new rides, movies, action figures and other outlets for Marvel's 5,000 characters, although Marvel already was aggressively licensing its properties for such uses.

The Disney park will get better, but if the Marvel movies are all going to be kid friendly, dark movies like Batman won't be around much longer. What makes a good comic book movie to me is of course the characters, and usually superheros always have some type of dysfunction or life altering event that makes them human to us as we watch them. I hope Disney ups their game and doesn't make all Marvel characters "kid" friendly. *crossin my fingas for now* that Disney will surprise me and deliver some creative movies.