DBWI: Should Disney be stopped?

Back when Disney bought Marvel Comics in 2008, and helped start the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they dominated the superhero genre, This dominance was further cemented in 2012, when they bought DC Comics, whose own attempt at at a Cinematic Universe failed terribly, giving Marvel utter control over the superhero genre, alongside a good 50% of the comic book market, and bring about the final unification of the duel giants of the comic world at lats. Recently, the news came out that Disney has made another major acquisition: They've bought MGM Studios, giving them ownership over a large swath of classic movies and TV, something which will surely help further speculate dbid for a streaming service to compete with the now-Apple-owned Netflix. This merge has been somewhat overshadowed, of course, by that news, alongside Amazon's buy-out of Target and NBCUniversal's buying of Dreamworks. Still, it's big news. Should Disney be stopped? I don't think so. Can it? Maybe. What do you think?
 
Given my political & economical leanings, not really. Given the insane rising costs needed to produce large scale entertainment (blockbuster or whatever they're called) it's inevitable that corporations in the entertainment industry would end up clumping together. As for the dangers of monopoly, well entertainment isn't a necessity, not to mention the sheer amount of substitution goods* available even when there are only a couple of entertainment conglomerates in the US. Of course the biggest fear with the rising costs is the same as the era of epic movies: companies betting the farm with every project simply to survive, and one mistake means everything goes down in flames. Not exactly looking to the day when the whole thing collapse due to one miscalculation on what consumers want (and given the amount of cash flowing in the entertainment industry, I would not rule out a mild recession to the overall economy).



*either from foreign film industries as the Chinese are finally becoming a force to be reckoned with, and let's not forget the established guys like Bollywood and various European countries. Moving away from direct substitution there's always the horde of low cost/quality content. While the barriers to entry for blockbusters & AAA games have never been higher the barriers for entry for indie films & games has never been lower, and I can't help it if consumers can't be arsed to search other entertainment if they're discount with the current mainstream selection.
 
Not exactly looking to the day when the whole thing collapse due to one miscalculation on what consumers want (and given the amount of cash flowing in the entertainment industry, I would not rule out a mild recession to the overall economy).
Entertainment is notoriously recession proof.
 
I just read that Disney is going to buy WB. So now they will own the rights to almost every iconic cartoon character. The only ones left will be Viacom's characters and we all know its only a matter of time before they buy them. And I just got a notification that Disney is in talks to buy Nintendo. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.
 
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Entertainment is notoriously recession proof.
I'm seeing more of a bubble though, much like the epic movie bubble of the 1960s, where studios & companies bet the farm on the next big blockbuster, it's only a matter of time before they produce something akin to Cleopatra. The scary thing about monopolies is also one of its greatest assets: the ability to marshal insane amount of resources to projects. The downside of that is if it didn't pay off then not so good times will follow.

Also the market is very different from the 1930s, then it was a number of major studios competing, which a lot of established rules and framework. Today it's one big guy (Disney) and million of specks of dust (everyone else by this point), and while Disney has been a lot more cautious then it has been I fear their very success might make them make less than optimal choices.
 
They could have bought DC without buying Time Warner.
OOC: From who? The beginning post says DC was bought up after failure with movies. I do not see them as being fully independent at that point, and they would probably be managed by Warner Brothers Studios. Besides, a cinematic DC universe is just an inheritable bad idea. For Marvel everyone live she in New York, so why the hell not?

OOC: I hope AT&T does a better job with their movies, then.
OOC: They will prevent people form recording movies with their phones by having you only see new movies on said phones. You just need a good monthly plan.
 
OOC: From who? The beginning post says DC was bought up after failure with movies. I do not see them as being fully independent at that point, and they would probably be managed by Warner Brothers Studios. Besides, a cinematic DC universe is just an inheritable bad idea. For Marvel everyone live she in New York, so why the hell not?
IC: Didn't you hear? After the mega-disaster that was the AOL/Time-Warner merger. Time-Warner was forced to spin-off both Cartoon Network and DC.
 
I just read that Disney is going to buy WB and Viacom. So now they will own the rights to almost every iconic cartoon character. The only ones left will be Viacom's characters and we all know its only a matter of time before they buy them. And I just got a notification that Disney is in talks to buy Nintendo. I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.
OOC: Disney killed their own videogame division, not chance going a full hardware maker
 
OOC: I won't say 'ASB', but this one doesn't really ring true. I don't see any way a Japanese company would be bought out by a Western one.
IC: They didn't have a choice. After imports to the US of electronic hardware and media from Japan were banned^H^H^H^H^H^Hsubjected to extra inspections in the wake of the whole "hentai panic", and the US industries thus came to dominate technologically, the writing was on the wall for Nintendo. It was either sell to the Americans or go bankrupt competing with them.

(And of course, who was screaming the loudest about the "perversity" of Japanese media?)
 
IC: They didn't have a choice. After imports to the US of electronic hardware and media from Japan were banned^H^H^H^H^H^Hsubjected to extra inspections in the wake of the whole "hentai panic", and the US industries thus came to dominate technologically, the writing was on the wall for Nintendo. It was either sell to the Americans or go bankrupt competing with them.

(And of course, who was screaming the loudest about the "perversity" of Japanese media?)
That would be Disney preparing there next acquisition by making their stock price collapse
 
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