OK, I am making a joke to cover my concern about the news that Disney is purchasing Marvel for $4 billion. Sure, it means that we will probably see an X-Men theme park in the future. And yes, Disney has an impressive history of not injecting their own products into their subsidiaries (i.e. we haven’t seen Miley Cyrus giving commentary on SportsCenter — as far as I know).
Still, it just seems like Marvel has lost some of its innocence in a weird, twisted kind of way. Yes, Disney is supposed to be the juvenile innocent one, but Marvel’s purity was its humble beginning and its fanboy attraction.
My one and only fear is that Marvel will become more of a commodity than it already has. Disney is all about pushing merchandise. The cash register goes cha-ching for Disney like every millisecond (note: I have no actual proof of this, but you get the point). My hope is that Marvel does not become too commercialized. I shutter at the thought of Disney characters dominating Comic-Con, but technically it could happen.
I’m just going to keep hoping that all will turn out for the best. After all, our favorite superheroes have faced greater odds, more sinister plots, and villains with bigger speech impediments than Donald Duck. We will live to fight another day.
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According to Blackfilm.com, the new A-Team film will feature The Game playing B.A. Baracus. I actually feel kind of sorry for The Game. Maybe he is a good actor. Maybe he will even get the attitude down and have the perfect mohawk and over-the-top jewelry. Maybe he will drive the van like he was made for the job. But the bottom line is I PITTY THE FOO WHO THINKS HE CAN PLAY B.A. BETTER THAN MR. T!
Racism in Social Media
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Anytime I read an article, blog post, or watch a video, I browse through the comments, just to see how people react to various media. Many comments are absurd and not worth reading, but I occasionally find worthwhile insights.
One interesting phenomenon that I have noticed, however, is that racism is alive and well within social media. Although some people would have us believe that racism has faded from our societies, the truth is that most racist people just do not have the audacity vocalize their hatred. But in the anonymity of the Web, they feel quite comfortable expressing their lewd and bigoted opinions.
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