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    :monster: So Marvel got the Film rights back for X-Men and Fantastic Four...

    I'm really surprised no one has made a thread about this yet. Disney bought Fox's Film Rights, which means Marvel now owns X-Men and Fantastic Four, meaning we may finally get a decent X-Men movie and Doctor Doom can finally appear in Avengers. As a bonus, Anastasia can now technically be made into a Disney Princess.

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    I'm not sure it's a good thing for one company to own everything.

    Also, we already have three or four good X-Men films!
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    Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi View Post
    I'm not sure it's a good thing for one company to own everything.

    Also, we already have three or four good X-Men films!
    More like two and even then, they kind of feel blah nowadays compared to some other comic book films. Frankly most of the X-Men films fail to capture what makes the series so compelling for me.

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    Wait a minute this trout is official? I thought it was a rumor.

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    I think it still has to be approved by all the governmental bodies, but it has been officially announced as happening. They've even agreed to a breakup price if the government shoots it down.

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    So they not only got the rights back to the movies they bought Fox? Like the movie studio, tv channels, and their news company? That's insane!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
    So they not only got the rights back to the movies they bought Fox? Like the movie studio, tv channels, and their news company? That's insane!
    They would get the movie studio and some of the cable channels like FX but not the main Fox broadcast channel or Fox News. Fox News is Murdoch's baby, I don't think he would sell it.

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    It's weird. In this modern day I'm seeing less of an advantage to competition and more of a hassle. Sky Sports and BT Sports (and potentially more in the near future) broadcast the Premier League and that means if I want to see all of my team's games, I have to spend craploads to both options. The solution? I pirate. smurf 'em. There's even a stipulation in the way they sell the games that one broadcaster can't have 'em all. It's frustrating. I don't want competition anymore. Competition means if I want to watch everything and anything, I can no longer get it all on one deal. I have to spend twice as much (or more) to get what I had before. Games? I mean that hasn't changed much but I loved that generation where Sony PS2 owned the world, because it meant I didn't have to worry about all the different consoles either.

    Bring on the monopoly, I say. I want more bang for my one purchase, not having to pay two or more times.

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    Now even less chance to see TV MCU Quake alongside the big cinema MCU. Honestly the worst news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    It's weird. In this modern day I'm seeing less of an advantage to competition and more of a hassle. Sky Sports and BT Sports (and potentially more in the near future) broadcast the Premier League and that means if I want to see all of my team's games, I have to spend craploads to both options. The solution? I pirate. smurf 'em. There's even a stipulation in the way they sell the games that one broadcaster can't have 'em all. It's frustrating. I don't want competition anymore. Competition means if I want to watch everything and anything, I can no longer get it all on one deal. I have to spend twice as much (or more) to get what I had before. Games? I mean that hasn't changed much but I loved that generation where Sony PS2 owned the world, because it meant I didn't have to worry about all the different consoles either.

    Bring on the monopoly, I say. I want more bang for my one purchase, not having to pay two or more times.

    The way of the world, though, really. I'm a greedy bastard.
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