I had to get some work done on my phone at Best Buy yesterday and while I was waiting I wandered around the different shops in the area and found a comic book store I was t aware of. I bought some back issues and I saw the High Republic comics in the bargain bin.
Still cracks me up to realize that Disney bought Star Wars and Marvel to appeal to boys. I honestly thought that was a joke when I first heard it.
What’s even funnier is that I thought Disney would do a good job with Star Wars and was even holding out hope for a sequel retcon. I no longer believe this and have since cancelled Disney plus
Their first mistake there was thinking their same approach of Disney-ifying these would work. I was never into Marvel as a kid so I have no idea what they've done to their legacy audience, but I guess I could argue their constant releases of mediocre flashy movies have been really a money printer for them. I lost interest about the time of the first Avengers movie. I just don't like superheroes to be honest.
Star Wars I was into as a kid, and in my opinion they totally have no idea why Star Wars even had fans and thought that the same old let's make a shit-ton of flashy mediocre movies would work. They are way too attached to existing characters and drop them in just like they drop the Iron Man into a movie where you're supposed to ooo and ahh over Luke Skywalker showing up.
This all aside to the woke cancer going on at Disney that just makes them even worse.
Or they crap on characters that people care about and act shocked when there is a negative reaction. There is a way to respect the past characters while setting up new characters
Batman Beyond is my go-to example for this. Bruce may be too old to keep going out and being Batman anymore, but he's still Batman. Whether he's coaching Terry from the Batcave, or he actually has to go out and do some work in the field, he's still as awesome as ever, even if a bit more fragile.
And then, of course, Terry wasn't created solely to one-up Batman. A recurring theme for the series is how Terry has a lot to learn, but he's also got his own perspective and talents that bring something new and different to the table.
Of course, it helps that it was made by the same people who made Batman TAS, so they had the respect for their past works by default. That's the missing ingredient that causes everything Disney touches to crumble to dust.
Absolutely.
My favorite part of "The Return of the Joker" was Terry getting flustered by Joker calling him a fake, and having Bruce in his ear saying "Ignore him and power on through" but then realizing "Hey-- I like to talk, too" and mocking the hell out of the Joker.
Batman Beyond is perfect example of how to use "the mantle" of a superhero to introduce a new character and not end up with shit like Fem-thor or Ghostbusters (2016).
Perfect summation.
Remember that Marvel and Star Wars are Disney now, so this most certainly applies.
Yes! I loved Batman beyond. And in comic books Batman is a top 5 character for me. I never thought of that but you are right. A great example of respecting the past while moving forward with new characters. DC could’ve made a ton of money with Micheal Keaton as Batman in a Batman Beyond movie. But having more females is more important
Disney has a habit of taking something you like, and then never letting you escape it. There will be merchandise everywhere. Commercials, toys, candy, shirts, wallpaper, stickers on fruit, etc. And then they drop it like a stone when it's no longer profitable, learn nothing from that, and do the same thing to the next property that makes them money.
I’m hindsight I should’ve been content with the old expanded universe. That’s pretty much the only Star Wars outside the first 6 I deal with. I used to love those forums and are basically the only Star Wars YouTubers I follow. There is always some sequel lover in the comments complaining. I remember I asked one why it bothers him so much that people don’t like the sequels. He is free to enjoy them and follow all the Disney backed sites.
Never understood why people are so obsessed with Disney and this did nothing to engender anything but hate for them. Disneyfying marvel and star wars only made it worse.