An interesting note here for Star Wars Fans...

.. apparently, one of the things that has stopped big re-releases, re-do's and broadcasts of the original Star Wars trilogy is that Fox has the broadcast(?) rights to ANH, whereas Disney owns the rest...

... well...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/finance-companies/sources-21st-century-fox-has-been-holding-talks-for-a-deal-disney/ar-AAutOrA

Apparently, there's On-again/Off-again talks between Disney and Fox, in which Fox would be looking to sell everything but their Broadcast (News) and Sports to Disney.. (as both of those would be seen as anti-competitive mergers).

Could really change the landscape if it happene...

The only good I could see of this is adding X-men to the Marvel movies.

Other than that: I have a bad feeling about this...

Luke returns in the next X-Men movie?

12 hours ago, outerrimrebel said:

The only good I could see of this is adding X-men to the Marvel movies.

Other than that: I have a bad feeling about this...

One other good thing.

If Disney gets the rights to the OT, they could, in theory, release the non-special editions.

1 hour ago, ianediger said:

One other good thing.

If Disney gets the rights to the OT, they could, in theory, release the non-special editions.

Yup. Absolutely positively zero reason NOT to do this really.

Every Star Wars nerd in the galaxy would pay for the OT on whatever medium (Bluray etc) is the best at the time.

I'll tell you that I really miss the original TIE fighter and X-wing scenes that show the cutting - so amazing what they pulled off in 1976.

Well, they could release non-special OT now if they wanted, but they'd have to work with Fox and share profits. The fact that they don't want to share is the only thing holding them back now. However, if they bought up this part of Fox, then they wouldn't have to share...and you know they'd fire those out asap.

As for X-men in the Marvel universe...I doubt it. I'd bet X-men would get a reboot, but they'd probably be kept as a separate universe. One universe with supers, one with mutants. Eventually though there would be a series of multi-universe crossover movies.

While I think this would be good for Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney...I'm actually against it. Disney is getting too large. They are already trying to flex their muscle and push their weight around by restricting movie reviewers for bad press and jacking up prices to theaters for Disney movies. They are also forcing movies to run a certain amount of time and to be exclusive to a single screen. Their new rules have a high probability to do long term damage to smaller non-chain theaters that service smaller, more rural areas of the country. They are closing in having too much control of a marketplace and being able to push other industries around because of it.

Fox and Disney are two of the largest movie studios in existence. Combining them together would easily make them #1, and with Disney bankrolling them, they'd have a stranglehold on the industry.

Well, it looks like that was short lived

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-06/disney-looked-at-buying-most-of-fox-talks-now-dead-cnbc-says

11 minutes ago, Megatronrex said:

Well, it looks like that was short lived

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-06/disney-looked-at-buying-most-of-fox-talks-now-dead-cnbc-says

"On Again, Off Again..."

It'll happen again.

1 minute ago, Drasnighta said:

"On Again, Off Again..."

It'll happen again.

I sure hope so I'd love to see the Fantastic Four back with Marvel.

8 hours ago, Megatronrex said:

I sure hope so I'd love to see the Fantastic Four back with Marvel.

Doesn't Sony have those rights? What's the last good movie they made anyways?

As a fan, I'd love to see several of these franchises reunited. As a citizen, I oppose these mergers, simply because I am very concerned the new Disney juggernaut would be powerful enough to actually pull off that attempt at bullying the LA Times they backed off on this week. It wouldn't be a trust in the Gilded Age understanding of the word, but all we have to do is look around us to get a good idea what such a marketplace would look like.

8 hours ago, outerrimrebel said:

Doesn't Sony have those rights? What's the last good movie they made anyways?

No Sony has the rights to Spider-Man. Fox has X-Men and FF.

On 07/11/2017 at 5:05 PM, CaribbeanNinja said:

Yup. Absolutely positively zero reason NOT to do this really.

Every Star Wars nerd in the galaxy would pay for the OT on whatever medium (Bluray etc) is the best at the time.

I'll tell you that I really miss the original TIE fighter and X-wing scenes that show the cutting - so amazing what they pulled off in 1976.

A group of dedicated fans have set about restoring the originals using as much of the original source material as necessary and being creative where it's not available.

If you search "Star wars Despecialized" you can find more info.

EP IV exists and I've seen it. Brilliant work. Not sure what state the others are in.

It's also worth mentioning that the makers highly recommend that you also buy the trilogy on Blu-ray to support it and to counter the argument that you're just trying to pirate the film's for free.

I absolutely do not condone stealing/pirating or using illegally any Disney property. I'm just telling you that they exist.

Personally, I've never really had much problem with the Special Editions, except for the fact that over several releases on digital media, there have been further tweaks and "corrections"....etc. Greedo shooting first never bothered me that greatly, but I do understand why it is a sticking point with some fans.

I was also fortunate enough, at the time they were temporarily released on DVD, to get the original versions of the trilogy. It is a great showcase of history, and it's great to be able to kind of A/B the original and special editions.

I would like to see the original editions get rereleased onto blu-ray. But I believe those original negatives no longer exist, having been "baked" to try and restore them for one more run through to get that footage. I hope that they preserved the digital restorations of the original versions so that they can simply be cleaned up (and maybe upscaled) for blu-ray.

And of course, every Star Wars lover's big dream would be to see a version that had the deleted scenes in each film. (Some of those scenes may not have been completed, at least on a VFX standpoint, so there would likely be some digital sorcery to be had.)

Just some thoughts....

I had originals on VHS.

I backed them up digitally.

I am a happy camper.

4 hours ago, martok2112 said:

Personally, I've never really had much problem with the Special Editions, except for the fact that over several releases on digital media, there have been further tweaks and "corrections"....etc. Greedo shooting first never bothered me that greatly, but I do understand why it is a sticking point with some fans.

Are you telling me that you can sit through the entire performance of Jedi Rocks without cringing at all?

(As an aside, Han didn't shoot first, Han just shot. Greedo never fired, he was executed at the table)

5 hours ago, ManInTheBox said:

Are you telling me that you can sit through the entire performance of Jedi Rocks without cringing at all?

(As an aside, Han didn't shoot first, Han just shot. Greedo never fired, he was executed at the table)

With their sci-fi version of Joe Cocker? How can one not like it?

I could've sworn Greedo at least sneezed.

3 hours ago, martok2112 said:

With their sci-fi version of Joe Cocker? How can one not like it?

We can't hang out any more.

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Awww..... darn. Frak! Felgercarb! Stang! and Karabast!

Apparently a deal was closed and should be announced before the end of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 minutes ago, Visovics said:

Apparently a deal was closed and should be announced before the end of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will hopefully lead to some very good things

On 12/8/2017 at 6:54 PM, Drasnighta said:

Now i want to see their uplifting message about that princess. Probably something along the lines of 'Use people for their bodies'.

4 hours ago, Noosh said:

Now i want to see their uplifting message about that princess. Probably something along the lines of 'Use people for their bodies'.

They can't. One of the rules for Disney Princesses is that the subject must be human. Another is that she must be a lead in a non-sequel/non-prequel movie. . . I think said movie must also be animated, but I don't remember.

So no xenomorph qualifies.

27 minutes ago, GhostofNobodyInParticular said:

They can't. One of the rules for Disney Princesses is that the subject must be human. Another is that she must be a lead in a non-sequel/non-prequel movie. . . I think said movie must also be animated, but I don't remember.

So no xenomorph qualifies.

If they make an animated Thor movie with Jane Foster as Thor is SHE qualified as a movie princess then? Please tell me yes, I'd love Thor being a disney princess