Does anyone think that the DCU is a better fit for Disney than the MU?

[FIFTY-TWO (52)]

Yeah, WB owns DC and Disney now owns Marvel, but I'm of the opinion that Disney would have better toys to play with in the DCU than the MU.
Never mind that Superman and Batman are the biggest toys in both companies, but the fantastical structure and story mode of the DCU is a much better fit for the kinds of stories Disney likes to tell. DCU projects like Teen Titans and JLA under the Pixar umbrella would be phenomenal. Even 2D animation featuring characters like Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman would be a massive sell. You can't tell me Captain Marvel couldn't be a face for the Magic Kingdom. And that's another thing. Disney knows how to market to girls, and DC has a nice crop of warrior princesses (Amethyst, WW, Donna Troy, Starfire) and queens (Mera) they could market to girls.
WB doesn't seem to think women can head up solo projects, which kinda fits Marvel's mode of thinking these days.

Had things been different, I believe Disney could have gotten more bang for its buck had they purchased DC as opposed to Marvel.

[Reginleif]

but Disney is evil...

[Mr. Holmes]

I really wish Warner Bros. would learn how to market the DC properties the way Disney would. I know Grant Morrison described his take on Captain Marvel to be like a pixar movie, and that's pitch perfect. There's also a thread on the Wonder Woman forum on how you could do a Disney-esque animated series. There's no reason WB couldn't do that themselves.

[vampiric_cannibal]

Pixar Captain Marvel? Were that to eventuate, I'd mildly nerdgasm.
I don't think it matters too much about the company, but DC needs to get itself some good marketers to appeal to other demographics, and a bunch of writers and artists who's style suits said markets, and get them to do their thing.

[Badger1701]

but Disney is evil...

Yeah, they're not a benevolent corporation like Warner Bros.

[comicboy53]

Yeah, they're not a benevolent corporation like Warner Bros.

Is this sarcasm?

[MajorHoy]

Yeah, WB owns DC and Disney now owns Marvel, but I'm of the opinion that Disney would have better toys to play with in the DCU than the MU.
Never mind that Superman and Batman are the biggest toys in both companies, but the fantastical structure and story mode of the DCU is a much better fit for the kinds of stories Disney likes to tell. DCU projects like Teen Titans and JLA under the Pixar umbrella would be phenomenal. Even 2D animation featuring characters like Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman would be a massive sell. You can't tell me Captain Marvel couldn't be a face for the Magic Kingdom. And that's another thing. Disney knows how to market to girls, and DC has a nice crop of warrior princesses (Amethyst, WW, Donna Troy, Starfire) and queens (Mera) they could market to girls.
WB doesn't seem to think women can head up solo projects, which kinda fits Marvel's mode of thinking these days.

Had things been different, I believe Disney could have gotten more bang for its buck had they purchased DC as opposed to Marvel.

But, where would that leave Bugs Bunny and the other Looney Tunes?

[vampiric_cannibal]

Is this sarcasm?

Naa, of course not:wink:

[Jabare]

Is this sarcasm?

if you have to ask than general yes.

In this case definitely yes.

[comicboy53]

if you have to ask than general yes.

In this case definitely yes.

Ok I understand

[Cavemold]

Mickey Mouse is evil !

[ShaggyB]

You can't tell me Captain Marvel couldn't be a face for the Magic Kingdom.

yes I can. The only face of the Magic Kingdom is Mickey. (if you prefer symbols..... The castle is the poster child of that park)

[Mr. Holmes]

yes I can. The only face of the Magic Kingdom is Mickey. (if you prefer symbols..... The castle is the poster child of that park)

I don't think he meant Captain Marvel could be the face that Mickey Mouse is. Just one of many faces, possibly (like how DC has various pillars).

[Hulk_Is]

The DCnU is an attempt to copy Marvel alot. DC's characters are no longer fantastical (a shame really). Disney made the right decision by buying the originators of "realism". ;)

[Lee-Sensei]

But think of all the Mickey Mouse meets Spider-Man cartoons they could put out.

[LoneNecromancer]

The DCnU is an attempt to copy Marvel alot. DC's characters are no longer fantastical (a shame really). Disney made the right decision by buying the originators of "realism". ;)

Any examples or do I just have to go wave Demon Knights and Justice League Dark at you?

[Outside_85]

The DCnU is an attempt to copy Marvel alot. DC's characters are no longer fantastical (a shame really). Disney made the right decision by buying the originators of "realism". ;)

Not sure if MU classifies as fantastical.

[FIFTY-TWO (52)]

The DCnU is an attempt to copy Marvel alot. DC's characters are no longer fantastical (a shame really). Disney made the right decision by buying the originators of "realism". ;)

That's my point. Disney's not about whiny, emo characters who play at superheroes. They're about the fantastical element you experience when you see an immortal Amazon princess having brunch with intelligent albino apes from Gorilla City in a city park where the people don't think such a scene is abnormal. Marvel couldn't ever give you anything like that.

[Lee-Sensei]

^I disagree. In pretty much every Disney movie, the main character(s) goes into some serious angst before fighting the main villain(s).

[MajorHoy]

But think of all the Mickey Mouse meets Spider-Man cartoons they could put out.

And don't forget Donald Duck and Howard the Duck team-ups.
(Why haven't we seen one yet? :biggrin: )

http://images.wikia.com/donaldduck/no/images/4/40/30183.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/14483-2859-16190-1-howard-the-duck_super.jpg

[Lee-Sensei]

And don't forget Donald Duck and Howard the Duck team-ups.
(Why haven't we seen one yet? :biggrin: )

http://images.wikia.com/donaldduck/no/images/4/40/30183.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/14483-2859-16190-1-howard-the-duck_super.jpg

Definitely. Maybe have Goofy meet the Hulk and Disney and Marvel's Hercules' team-up.

[MajorHoy]

Definitely. Maybe have Goofy meet the Hulk and Disney and Marvel's Hercules team-up.

And why not Namor meets Little Mermaid?

(Or, being quirky, Deadpool and Captain Hook?
Hulk and Remy, the rat from Ratatouille?)

[Lee-Sensei]

And why not Namor meets Little Mermaid?

(Or, being quirky, Deadpool and Captain Hook?
Hulk and Remy, the rat from Ratatouille?)

Hulk and Remy? Now that's random. Lol.

Robin Hood and Hawkeye and Chernabog (Fantasia) meets Mephisto.

[bobbyraw]

And Iron Man could do his rounds through the Disney princesses.

or is that not G-rated?

[Lee-Sensei]

^Yeah. Maybe Marvel will get their own place in Disneyland or one of their other amusement parks.

[Dark-Flux]

Wont be seeing any Marvel parks at Disney til Universal gives up the license. Disney also recently removed all Marvel merch from their themeparks.

[Lee-Sensei]

Wont be seeing any Marvel parks at Disney til Universal gives up the license. Disney also recently removed all Marvel merch from their themeparks.

Wow. I'd have thought Disney would be selling Marvel merchandise like crazy. What with the Avengers and Spiderman coming out this year, and Spidey's 50th Anniversary.

[MajorHoy]

Wow. I'd have thought Disney would be selling Marvel merchandise like crazy. What with the Avengers and Spiderman coming out this year, and Spidey's 50th Anniversary.

But if another company still has the rights to use any of that for movies and other live-action uses, they may be getting used at that company's competing theme park. (And promoting those Marvel characters at a Disney park may sort of be like advertising that other theme park in Disney's mind.)

[Silver_Leopard]

Did this thread slowly turned into a Marvel and Disney thread and yet it is a DC Comics forums. Way to go off-topic guys.

[Lee-Sensei]

But if another company still has the rights to use any of that for movies and other live-action uses, they may be getting used at that company's competing theme park. (And promoting those Marvel characters at a Disney park may sort of be like advertising that other theme park in Disney's mind.)

But doesn't Disneyhave the rights to the Avengers?

[MajorHoy]

But doesn't Disneyhave the rights to the Avengers?
For the comic books or for movies?

[twincast]

For the comic books or for movies?

Owns them either way. (Unlike Spidey, though.) Which I'm rather sure Lee meant.

Anyway, who ever knows by what twisted logic corporate execs are thinking?

[This]

I say have Warner and Disney switch the comic characters they own for three years and see what happens.

It will look kind of awkward for my collection to have no D C books for that period and my Marvel list
to go from a couple to over 30 titles and then revert back to over 30 D C titles and a few Marvel
books, once Disney gets there claws back on the Marvel Universe....

[Guicho]

I'm fine with Disney + Marvel

And I like WB + DC. I think they fit great! - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7XUr1r1VNKo/TnrZ-5Lm-rI/AAAAAAAABM4/ziuDamw9nS4/s1600/WB%2BMural.jpg

and - http://www.animationartwork.com/artwork/imagery/l.Scooby-Doo+Meets+Batman+&+Robin.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/7666/1107881-287054_72477_bugs_bunny_super_super.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/DingleDootie/TinyToons2.png

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--DmFbKr-UQU/TW3EDBqo_dI/AAAAAAAACNQ/mSNpZi0RlKU/s1600/mcdlooneytoones.jpg

My only gripe is they don't exploit the cross over potential enough!
Green Loontern was fun, but why haven't Martian Manhunter and Marvin the Martian ever shared a comic or cartoon? Have Hawkman and Henry Hawk ever met? Lex Luther and Elmer Fudd ever teamed up? Tweety & Black Canary?

Throw in all the WB owned Hanna-Barbera created heroes, I can't see those at Marvel, but they fit DC - http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9104/capturepx.jpg

And while WB has dropped the ball on a few DC live action franchises, Catwoam, Green Lantern, they tend to do right by DC in their Animation dept.