Marvel Vs. Disney

Disney got bored last weekend and had $4 billion dollars sitting around, so the mammoth company bought Marvel.  The move is sure to shake up the international entertainment industry for years to come.  DC Comics maintains a healthy level of irrelevance and simply pointed to a Dark Knight movie poster when asked for comment.

Disney artists and developers suddenly find themselves with 5,000 new characters to play with.  Get your creativity hats on because the crossover possibilities are swirling.  Marvel holds onto a healthy level of autonomy, but their shareholders will be cashing in.  The price tag isn’t as hefty as some might expect.  This year’s Ice Age film made $600 million outside of the U.S. alone.  Nevertheless, I don’t care about business ramifications.

This story’s mostly interesting for all the fun mashups floating around the internet.  Since it’s a holiday weekend I’m gonna go ahead and let random strangers be witty for me. 

Super Punch has a ton of these artistic interpretations over at his blog.  You’ll also get a kick out of The Little Amazing Spiderman by Jeremy Bernstein. 

Maybe we’ve just been jaded for too long.  After Joe Pesci made the jump from Goodfellas to Home Alone, everything else was just child’s play.

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