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RUmor floating about that Disney wants to buy the publishing arm of DC. WB is holding onto the movie rights. Looks like the actual comic company might be on the block.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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I've heard that, pretty wild rumor...could it be true? So, they wouldn't get the Movie wrights...why would they want to do this I wonder?sigpicComment
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licensing money maybe? I don't know, its still a creative stagnation to put all the eggs in one basket. I am seeing more and more about 5G and sounds like it would kill DC anyway. Just a ton of horrible ideas. If WB were really shopping around the comic arm I'd rather see Dynamite or Dark Horse pick it up.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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Jim Lee addressed these rumors this weekend at C2E2, essentially saying, he will be the sole publisher moving forward and that DC has been around for 85 years and will be around for at least another 85 years.
As for 5G, the idea of aging some of the heroes and putting new characters in classic roles using the identity and powers as a starting point, well that was essentially what Julius Schwartz DC did in the Silver Age and if the internet had been around then it would have been a distinct failure. The difference then was that comic books were still popular but had fallen out of fashion while today, super-heroes are popular but comic book themselves have fallen out of fashion, but the core idea-hey what we had was a good idea but had stopped selling so let's update those core ideas with new characters and see if we can capture a new audience is essentially the same. Even the "hey everything happened but..." aspect of it was there in the Silver Age with the creation of Earth 2.
So it's not about whether the idea behind 5G is good or bad, because it worked before, it will come down to execution, but comics fans as a whole have become so regressive and the internet has given them a mob mentality that most are going to condemn it before it even has a chance.
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yeah, but making Wonder Woman a man and Cassie so thick she makes Squirrel Girl look skinny?You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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As far as I know, nothing has been officially announced or previewed as to what Generation Five is actually going to entail and just about everything has been speculation and panic-mongering by frightened fanboys who can't handle change of any sort, or who have their own agenda to grind.
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Do you have a link to where it says these are happening or previews of pages that show this?
As far as I know, nothing has been officially announced or previewed as to what Generation Five is actually going to entail and just about everything has been speculation and panic-mongering by frightened fanboys who can't handle change of any sort, or who have their own agenda to grind.
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Most youtube channels on comics make Bleeding Cool look like a paragon of responsible comic journalism in comparison, so I wouldn't take anything you see/hear on them seriously unless you can confirm it with an independent source not just other echo-chamber channels and sites.
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That'd never happen...the SJW "Woke" crowd would lose their freakin' minds. See, you can change a male character into a female and they'll praise you...but go the other way and the so called Progressives will be screaming for your head. It's a one way street with that crowd.sigpicComment
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Doubt Disney will buy them.Wouldn't that make them a monopoly? Don't think Disney would risk losing their Marvel movie cash cow over something like that.Comment
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That'd never happen...the SJW "Woke" crowd would lose their freakin' minds. See, you can change a male character into a female and they'll praise you...but go the other way and the so called Progressives will be screaming for your head. It's a one way street with that crowd.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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C'mon Bat, unclench. The last thing I need here is sociopolitical posturing.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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