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Rastamus Prime wrote:Marvel was better of going down the firey pits of recession than have Disney ruin its name.

I have spoken!

Shadowman wrote:

Rastamus Prime wrote:Marvel was better of going down the firey pits of recession than have Disney ruin its name.

I have spoken!

I'm with CB on this one. Could people PLEASE actually read the thread before posting your comments? It's one thing to have an opinion, but a lot of people are posting opinions based on only the thread title, rather than the actual thread.

Dead Metal wrote:I've been trying to think of Spider-Man for the past hours but damn all I can see in my mind is Mickey in a Spider-Man costume fighting Doc Ock who's trying to steel Christmas presents.

I know they did this to charter to an older audience but f**k I just can't imagen Spider-Man or the Hulk as now being Disney.
Please tell me this is just a bad dream?

Hotrod wrote:

Convotron wrote:I totally understand! Yeah, it doesn't take much to get things off track and then trouble brews.

Back to the topic, I wonder what, if any, affect this new ownership will have on Marvel's animated work. I mean, Disney is a premiere entity in the world of animation(though I'm not a big fan of its work within the last decade or so).

If there's one big advantage that DC has over Marvel is the quality of their animated media. DC has produced better quality animation and have amazing development staff like the legendary Bruce Timm. The worst of the DCAU rivals the best of the Marvel animated works. People will cite X-Men Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men, which are good but nowhere as great in my opinion as Justice League and JLU in terms of animation and story.

Superman The Animated Series and Batman TAS both tapped into the essence of the title characters while bringing them into contemporary settings(though both contain graphic elements that hearken to past periods such as the use of art deco in BTAS). All of the Marvel animated efforts seemed to be on the same path of kind of knowing the core of the source material but tries to re-invent without a strong sense of direction. The X-Men series always go on the mutant vs human thing, which is a vital element of the comics but it's the single note that every X-Men cartoon plays over, and over, and over again. Justice League and JLU had variety in their stories and were able to work single episodes as well as multiple episode story arcs, dealing with a fair variety of plot ideas.

The only recent animated work by Marvel that stands out in my mind as an equal to DC efforts is the Hulk vs Thor and Hulk vs Wolverine animated features. I really enjoyed both on the animation and story sides. They really got to the center of the characters' origin and gave them a nice current twist. They're recognizable but fresh. Now with Disney's ownership, backing, and resources not only financially but in terms of animation studios...will we see a Marvel animated renaissance?

I hope so. But I also have to admitt Lionsgate has done a great job with the animation projects. I really liked Doctor Starange and Iron Man. I have not seen the Hulk vs Movie yet but I hope to soon.

Cyberstrike wrote:I can't wait for the Iron Man anime from Madhouse Studios

I might check out Wolverine even though the designs are kind of weird.

Cyberstrike wrote:I might check out Wolverine even though the designs are kind of weird.