Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by tigertron

I sure hope so, but Disney have said they're going to focus on social games more now...but fingers crossed we do get BFIII, because I loved the second one.

I'm not a fan of any of the games disney has put out or the games associated with marvel movies... But if they allow other publishers to use the star wars name that could be awesome

[Ryan0503]

Originally Posted by The Edge

Now that Disney owns Star Wars and LucasArts, maybe we can finally get a Battlefront III on the video game consoles.

Or Republic Commando 2!!!!

[Blu Warrior]

Wow, what a great week its been since the announcment! The Disney acquisition has got me in a huge Star Wars mood. I've finished the Clone Wars Vol.4 blu-ray, watched Ep. III, re-read "The Truce at Barkura," and I'm currently re-mixing and sequencing my extended Ep.III soundtrack. Life is good! Carry on complaining and whining, I'm enjoying Star Wars!!!!!

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Blu Warrior

Wow, what a great week its been since the announcment! The Disney acquisition has got me in a huge Star Wars mood. I've finished the Clone Wars Vol.4 blu-ray, watched Ep. III, re-read "The Truce at Barkura," and I'm currently re-mixing and sequencing my extended Ep.III soundtrack. Life is good! Carry on complaining and whining, I'm enjoying Star Wars!!!!!

Holy sheep dip man! What is this I'm reading....positive comments towards Star Wars?

I don't care what people complain about, I just dig everything Star Wars.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Just how ignorant do you think Americans are? Of course everyone KNOWS Disney owns ABC and ESPN that is not some top secret that only the elite on here know about.

Never called the American people "ignorant", never said Disney's ownership of ABC or ESPN was a "top secret". I think most Americans have much more important things to think about, such as their day to day lives, which is why so many entertainment shows love doing those "man on the street" interviews with people who don't know who the Vice-President is, or who the Speaker of the House is, or what's covered in the 1st Amendment, or who won the last Superbowl or who played Batman.

Also saying Disney was hands off with ABC is a JOKE, did nobody notice all the shameless Disney World plugs suddenly thrust upon the world in every single ABC show in the mid 90s?

That's hyperbole. Disney didn't buy ABC until 1996, and their management didn't really kick in until 1997. Regardless, I don't remember Disney World plugs on NYPD Blue, The Practice, Sports Night, etc. But Disney, under Eisner, did use ABC to push the Disney brand, there's no mistake, especially by bringing back The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, starting in the Fall of 1997.

[Ryan0503]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Never called the American people "ignorant", never said Disney's ownership of ABC or ESPN was a "top secret". I think most Americans have much more important things to think about, such as their day to day lives, which is why so many entertainment shows love doing those "man on the street" interviews with people who don't know who the Vice-President is, or who the Speaker of the House is, or what's covered in the 1st Amendment, or who won the last Superbowl or who played Batman.



That's hyperbole. Disney didn't buy ABC until 1996, and their management didn't really kick in until 1997. Regardless, I don't remember Disney World plugs on NYPD Blue, The Practice, Sports Night, etc. But Disney, under Eisner, did use ABC to push the Disney brand, there's no mistake, especially by bringing back The Wonderful World of Disney on Sundy nights.

I didn't know Disney owned ABC until DIRECTV almost lost all Disney channel ... before that it just wasn't something important to me ... I think they own FX too but I may be wrong

[Scorpion Soldier]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

I didn't know Disney owned ABC until DIRECTV almost lost all Disney channel ... before that it just wasn't something important to me ... I think they own FX too but I may be wrong

No FX is owned by Fox.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Never called the American people "ignorant", never said Disney's ownership of ABC or ESPN was a "top secret". I think most Americans have much more important things to think about, such as their day to day lives, which is why so many entertainment shows love doing those "man on the street" interviews with people who don't know who the Vice-President is, or who the Speaker of the House is, or what's covered in the 1st Amendment, or who won the last Superbowl or who played Batman.



That's hyperbole. Disney didn't buy ABC until 1996, and their management didn't really kick in until 1997. Regardless, I don't remember Disney World plugs on NYPD Blue, The Practice, Sports Night, etc. But Disney, under Eisner, did use ABC to push the Disney brand, there's no mistake, especially by bringing back The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, starting in the Fall of 1997.

Are you kidding me? Every single prime time sitcom that ABC made in the 90s had a stupid "lets go to Disney World" episode. So what if they didn't do that with every show, they did it plenty enough to notice.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Are you kidding me? Every single prime time sitcom that ABC made in the 90s had a stupid "lets go to Disney World" episode. So what if they didn't do that with every show, they did it plenty enough to notice.

Every single ABC sitcom made in the 90's? That would be some feat, since Disney didn't acquire ABC until 1996, and it wasn't until Fall 1997 that their influence was felt.

[legendarymatt92]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Are you kidding me? Every single prime time sitcom that ABC made in the 90s had a stupid "lets go to Disney World" episode. So what if they didn't do that with every show, they did it plenty enough to notice.

I'll just let you work out where the mistakes in that sentence are.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

I'll just let you work out where the mistakes in that sentence are.

They even talk about it in the commentaries on the dvd's it's not like I am making this up, Disney made a BIG push in the 90's AFTER they bought ABC, no shit they didnt do that BEFORE they bought ABC, duh, I never claimed they did.

[legendarymatt92]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

**** off, the point is they DID do it, and I never said EVERY damn show i said EVERY SITCOM you dumb ass. They even talk about it in the ****ing commentaries on the dvd's it's not like I am making shit up, Disney made a BIG push in the 90's AFTER they bought ABC, no shit they didnt do that BEFORE they bought ABC, duh, I never claimed they did.

Whoa, relax. Ernest has said that they didn't acquire ABC until 1996, so there couldn't have possibly been a push on Disney's part before that because they didn't own the company. You seemed to ignore that. He just wanted to let you know so that, in the future, you could make claims and back them up with facts.

I don't know which direction this thead's heading in now, though

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

**** off, the point is they DID do it, and I never said EVERY damn show i said EVERY SITCOM you dumb ass. They even talk about it in the ****ing commentaries on the dvd's it's not like I am making shit up, Disney made a BIG push in the 90's AFTER they bought ABC, no shit they didnt do that BEFORE they bought ABC, duh, I never claimed they did.

I believe calling people names is against forum rules.
Were I you, I'd tone it down a bit.

[segagamer12]

I said in the 90's last time I checked 1996 was IN the 90's. Your the one who mistook what I said I never said it was EVERY show, nor was it the entire damn decade. It is a FACT that can not be disputed that IN the 90's AFTER the acquisition they DID too in fact push Disney World in MOST of their primetime sitcoms, I can amend that part fair enough but everything else I said was true they did to make a push, that is not a secret. They didn't do it the entire decade DUH I never said they did.

[legendarymatt92]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

I said in the 90's last time I checked 1996 was IN the 90's. Your the one who mistook what I said I never said it was EVERY show, nor was it the entire damn decade. It is a FACT that can not be disputed that IN the 90's AFTER the acquisition they DID too in fact push Disney World in MOST of their primetime sitcoms, I can amend that part fair enough but everything else I said was true they did to make a push, that is not a secret. They didn't do it the entire decade DUH I never said they did.

Alright, it was simply a case of misunderstanding your post then. I'm not arguing against what you're saying and can believe it whole-heartedly, because that's what Disney are like, but we just got confused on what constituted as most of the decade.

Anyway, why was this originally related to Star Wars? I've lost my way.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

Alright, it was simply a case of misunderstanding your post then. I'm not arguing against what you're saying and can believe it whole-heartedly, because that's what Disney are like, but we just got confused on what constituted as most of the decade.

Anyway, why was this originally related to Star Wars? I've lost my way.

Sorry I got in a huff defending myself I forgot to explain why I brought it up. A few pages back someone claimed Disney would be totally hands off, I was saying that I doubt it, with comic books yes they are hands off mostly but their only precedent was that with the ABC take over they did make their presence known. They could do that here was what my original point was but I get carried away when talking Star Wars.

[legendarymatt92]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Sorry I got in a huff defending myself I forgot to explain why I brought it up. A few pages back someone claimed Disney would be totally hands off, I was saying that I doubt it, with comic books yes they are hands off mostly but their only precedent was that with the ABC take over they did make their presence known. They could do that here was what my original point was but I get carried away when talking Star Wars.

Ah right, now I understand. I'm in two minds about whether they will be hand-off: they should be, considering that is the approach they have taken with Marvel and it has proven very succesful. That said, Star Wars is a HUGE brand and Disney knows that - it definitely won't be allowing Lucasfilm complete reign because it knows that a situation may arise like with the prequels, and the fans might react angrily to it. Disney'll be there in the background, watching and not making its presence known until a slip-up occurs.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Sorry I got in a huff defending myself I forgot to explain why I brought it up. A few pages back someone claimed Disney would be totally hands off, I was saying that I doubt it, with comic books yes they are hands off mostly but their only precedent was that with the ABC take over they did make their presence known. They could do that here was what my original point was but I get carried away when talking Star Wars.

Well, then we agree, because like ABC, if things go south with LucasFilm, Disney will make their presence known. I don't know what you're arguing about, but not with me, because I don't believe for a second Disney will be "totally hands off". They know they have to get Episode VII right, the whole foundation of the film franchise rests on it.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

Ah right, now I understand. I'm in two minds about whether they will be hand-off: they should be, considering that is the approach they have taken with Marvel and it has proven very succesful. That said, Star Wars is a HUGE brand and Disney knows that - it definitely won't be allowing Lucasfilm complete reign because it knows that a situation may arise like with the prequels, and the fans might react angrily to it. Disney'll be there in the background, watching and not making its presence known until a slip-up occurs.

I do apologize, you know how us Star Wars fans can get.

I think what prompted it was I made a comment about how the fans would react if they just hired Lucas to direct it. Personally I am still in shock my brain is catching up with my emotions. After all it is a new STAR WARS film, how can I NOT get excited.

[rickah88]