Scintillae |
Heard the rumor that Disney would like to buy Hasbro. Interesting. I hope it happens. Although I couldn't see a deal like that going through for at least another year or two. Disney just shelled out $4 billion in the Lucas deal. Another such significant outlay of cash would probably have to wait.
Doesn't Hasbro own WotC?
Aberzombie |
Aberzombie wrote:Heard the rumor that Disney would like to buy Hasbro. Interesting. I hope it happens. Although I couldn't see a deal like that going through for at least another year or two. Disney just shelled out $4 billion in the Lucas deal. Another such significant outlay of cash would probably have to wait.Doesn't Hasbro own WotC?
Yes. Yes they do. And Transformers. And G.I. Joe! And a slew of other s##&.
Scintillae |
Scintillae wrote:Yes. Yes they do. And Transformers. And G.I. Joe! And a slew of other s$##.Aberzombie wrote:Heard the rumor that Disney would like to buy Hasbro. Interesting. I hope it happens. Although I couldn't see a deal like that going through for at least another year or two. Disney just shelled out $4 billion in the Lucas deal. Another such significant outlay of cash would probably have to wait.Doesn't Hasbro own WotC?
I know they've got My Little Pony as well, making innumerable crossovers all the more hilariously (im)plausible.
Scintillae |
Scintillae wrote:Disney and Dragons: Donald Duck has to be a bard just because I want to see a player RP out a perform: sing in that voice.The you should watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Anytime they have a fantasy themed episode, Donald is a bard.
That's less fun. A trained voice actor isn't going to break character and start laughing/swearing the same way someone at the gaming table would.
Aberzombie |
Aberzombie wrote:I know they've got My Little Pony as well, making innumerable crossovers all the more hilariously (im)plausible.Scintillae wrote:Yes. Yes they do. And Transformers. And G.I. Joe! And a slew of other s$##.Aberzombie wrote:Heard the rumor that Disney would like to buy Hasbro. Interesting. I hope it happens. Although I couldn't see a deal like that going through for at least another year or two. Disney just shelled out $4 billion in the Lucas deal. Another such significant outlay of cash would probably have to wait.Doesn't Hasbro own WotC?
It would essentially give Disney majority control of a large portion of the entertainment that comes through to children of either gender.
Aberzombie |
Aberzombie wrote:That's less fun. A trained voice actor isn't going to break character and start laughing/swearing the same way someone at the gaming table would.Scintillae wrote:Disney and Dragons: Donald Duck has to be a bard just because I want to see a player RP out a perform: sing in that voice.The you should watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Anytime they have a fantasy themed episode, Donald is a bard.
You underestimate the entertainment value of the Mouse at your own peril.
Scintillae |
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Scintillae wrote:You underestimate the entertainment value of the Mouse at your own peril.Aberzombie wrote:That's less fun. A trained voice actor isn't going to break character and start laughing/swearing the same way someone at the gaming table would.Scintillae wrote:Disney and Dragons: Donald Duck has to be a bard just because I want to see a player RP out a perform: sing in that voice.The you should watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Anytime they have a fantasy themed episode, Donald is a bard.
The Disney Channel sadly does not provide the requisite schadenfreude for my purposes.
Kajehase |
When I was about 8 or 9, Swedish public service TV finally managed to shake up enough money to show Disney stuff more than once a year and started a weekly 1-½ hour Disney program. It was marvellous - several classic shorts with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and/or Goofy, an episode of either Duck Tales or the ...Bumbi Bears(?), and most glorious of all - an old black and white live cast TV-version of Zorro.
That last one got so popular they even started issuing a Zorro comic book for the first time since before my dad was a kid.
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Bluh. I'm going back to bed.
Stupid phone, waking me up for a sub job...and then hanging up before I can get to you...and then falling on the floor when they call again...and hanging up when I pick you up because it's too dark to see the end call button.
This is why rotary-dial phones rock(ed).
It is known.
Aberzombie |
When I was about 8 or 9, Swedish public service TV finally managed to shake up enough money to show Disney stuff more than once a year and started a weekly 1-½ hour Disney program. It was marvellous - several classic shorts with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and/or Goofy, an episode of either Duck Tales or the ...Bumbi Bears(?), and most glorious of all - an old black and white live cast TV-version of Zorro.
That last one got so popular they even started issuing a Zorro comic book for the first time since before my dad was a kid.
If you can ever find it, the Disney channel made a TV miniseries back in 1963 called The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, staring Patrick McGoohan. He plays a preacher who masquerades as a rebel (The Scarecrow) against the British King. AWESOME flick. I've got it on DVD.
Edit: That and the movie The Black Hole. If you've never seen it, you're missing out.
Aberzombie |
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Scintillae wrote:Bluh. I'm going back to bed.
Stupid phone, waking me up for a sub job...and then hanging up before I can get to you...and then falling on the floor when they call again...and hanging up when I pick you up because it's too dark to see the end call button.
This is why rotary-dial phones rock(ed).
It is known.
It is known.
Kajehase |
Kajehase wrote:When I was about 8 or 9, Swedish public service TV finally managed to shake up enough money to show Disney stuff more than once a year and started a weekly 1-½ hour Disney program. It was marvellous - several classic shorts with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and/or Goofy, an episode of either Duck Tales or the ...Bumbi Bears(?), and most glorious of all - an old black and white live cast TV-version of Zorro.
That last one got so popular they even started issuing a Zorro comic book for the first time since before my dad was a kid.
If you can ever find it, the Disney channel made a TV miniseries back in 1963 called The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, staring Patrick McGoohan. He plays a preacher who masquerades as a rebel (The Scarecrow) against the British King. AWESOME flick. I've got it on DVD.
Edit: That and the movie The Black Hole. If you've never seen it, you're missing out.
That sounds Fawesome!