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Cythereal posted:I don't remember nearly this much pearls-clutching about Wonder Woman, tbh. Your memory is poor
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Idiot manchildren bitched like crazy about that online, leading to this exchange: 
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Let me say that representation is good and essential (but not, in and of itself, enough), and (again) that being woke is good. My issue is with the literal historical revisionism and the power structure being presented here.
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bushisms.txt posted:I don't think he's saying it's evil, he's just pointing out the Disney playbook of garnering praise via social issues. Black panther was the first black movie. Coco is the first Mexican production. Captain marvel looks like the next step, especially with wonder woman taking some of the wind out of their sails. As a Mexican, I'm still pissed about Coco. Especially after they had the gall to try and trademark the loving holiday during its development. Sadly, I'm in the minority, most people in the country happily swallowed Disney's PR.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:As a Mexican, I'm still pissed about Coco. Especially after they had the gall to try and trademark the loving holiday during its development. Sadly, I'm in the minority, most people in the country happily swallowed Disney's PR.  lmao wait what???
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Fart City posted:
I misremembered, they didn't try to trademark the holiday but the phrase "Día de Muertos" but still. https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/10/us/disney-trademark-day-dead/index.html  http://www.pocho.com/walt-disney-inc-wants-to-trademark-dia-de-los-muertos-toon/
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Not that Disney's attempt to trademark the phrase "Día de los Muertos" wasn't gross, but the basic idea of trademarking a common or cultural phrase isn't that unusual. There's an active trademark for the use of the phrase in selling beer owned by a Mexican company, a Rhode Island company has an active trademark for using the phrase to sell lottery tickets, etc. Disney is such a cultural behemoth, and tried to trademark the phrase across such a massive swath of possible products, that I do think it's good they didn't pull it off, but it's worth noting why they thought they could get away with it: because it happens all the time, just not quite so boldly.
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Sir Kodiak posted:Not that Disney's attempt to trademark the phrase "Día de los Muertos" wasn't gross, but the basic idea of trademarking a common or cultural phrase isn't that unusual. There's an active trademark for the use of the phrase in selling beer owned by a Mexican company, a Rhode Island company has an active trademark for using the phrase to sell lottery tickets, etc. Disney is such a cultural behemoth, and tried to trademark the phrase across such a massive swath of possible products, that I do think it's good they didn't pull it off, but it's worth noting why they thought they could get away with it: because it happens all the time, just not quite so boldly. In the US probably, but is an entirely different beast in Mexico where is the actual name of the holiday and is even marked as such on our calendars. It would be akin to trademarking the word "Christmas"
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Coca-Cola has no doubt tried to do that.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:In the US probably, but is an entirely different beast in Mexico where is the actual name of the holiday and is even marked as such on our calendars. It would be akin to trademarking the word "Christmas" There are currently four active trademarks for "Día de los Muertos" in Mexico. There are three active trademarks in the United States for just the word "Christmas" by itself.
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Sir Kodiak posted:There are currently four active trademarks for "Día de los Muertos" in Mexico. Four? I had only heard about another animated film developed by a mexican studio that has yet to see the light. I had no idea about Christmas being trademarked, I did knew about "Merry Christmas" being trademarked. My bad.
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The Mexican trademarks are for, like, beer and alcohol, not movies. The US "Christmas" trademarks are for, if I recall, slot machines, frozen vegetables, and a brand of religious pamphlets.
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And Luke Cage's catchphrase!!!!
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Cythereal posted:Marvel's also said Silk is another female superhero they have plans for in the MCU, though with no further details. Are they trying to beat Sony to the punch on that? I thought it was Sony that announced they want to make a Silk movie, after Venom made bank. Still waiting on those Black Cat and Silver Sable movies from the ASM days, personally
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Aces High posted:Are they trying to beat Sony to the punch on that? I thought it was Sony that announced they want to make a Silk movie, after Venom made bank. Yeah, it was Sony who announced plans for Silk, not Marvel. Marvel doesn't have access to Silk in films anyways. Also, not that it means much these days but critics are not impressed by Glass.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:Also, not that it means much these days but critics are not impressed by Glass.  God, I want this to be good.Any links?
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Crows Turn Off posted:Really? Here https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/glass_2019
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it looks tepid to me but i didnt care much for Split. Unbreakable was great and remains a potent antidote to the Marvel/DC films
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Are we going to have a new thread for 2019? Any suggestions for thread title?
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Are we going to have a new thread for 2019? Any suggestions for thread title? Disney Bought Fox
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Comic Book Movie making GBS threads Thread '19: Disney Killed 100% of Comic Book Super Heroes
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I said come in! posted:Comic Book Movie making GBS threads Thread '19: Disney Killed 90% of Comic Book Super Heroes
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Are we going to have a new thread for 2019? Any suggestions for thread title? Something related to New Mutants, imo
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Ammanas posted:it looks tepid to me but i didnt care much for Split. Unbreakable was great and remains a potent antidote to the Marvel/DC films I enjoyed Split, but it fizzled out at the end.
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Sir Kodiak posted:There are currently four active trademarks for "Día de los Muertos" in Mexico. Capitalism is a disease.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Are we going to have a new thread for 2019? Any suggestions for thread title? MonsieurChoc posted:Capitalism is a disease.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:As a Mexican, I'm still pissed about Coco. Especially after they had the gall to try and trademark the loving holiday during its development. Sadly, I'm in the minority, most people in the country happily swallowed Disney's PR. Yep. They also ran into this recently trying to trademark "Hakuna Matata".
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Idiot manchildren bitched like crazy about that online, leading to this exchange: I hope someone who is afraid of clowns was tricked into attending this.
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A CORPORATION WILL DIE!
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