What Shall Become of Marvel's Earlier Works?
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Posted on April 28, 2018, 8:39 a.m. by DemonDragonJ
Marvel is now a major company, a giant in the world of entertainment, largely due to the massive success of its cinematic universe, which has been hugely influential to movies and cinema. However, in view of this almost unbelievable success, it is easy to forget that Marvel was a minor entity up until very recently, and was actually struggling financially, very nearly declaring bankruptcy and needing to sell the rights to its properties to remain active, which is why Sony and Fox own the film rights to Spiderman and X-Men, respectively.
Before Marvels acquisition by Disney and subsequent success (which may or may not be coincidental), it produced a number of movies and television series from the 1960s to the 1990s, works that ranged in quality from amazing (including the 1990s Spiderman and X-Men animated series, Spiderman Unlimited, and X-Men Evolution) to hilariously awful (including the 1990 Captain American film, the 1994 Fantastic Four film, or the 1998 Nick Fury television special; actually, that last one was not too terrible, and could have been great, if the studio had had greater faith in it).
Therefore, I am wondering what shall become of Marvels older, pre-fame, works, if they shall be reissued on home video for the enjoyment of consumers, or if they shall remain obscure. I myself would very much like to have the aforementioned animated series on home video, as they are definitely worth owning.
What does everyone else say about this subject? What shall become of Marvels older works?
brandonsperry25 says... #3
All of the works you used in the examples from the nineties have dvd or blu-ray available. You can probably find any of them on Amazon or other websites like that.
Older tv shows get put on dvd all the time. I have multiple seasons of I Love Lucy, for example. I dont expect Marvel would be any different. Especially the way Disney has been working to convert all the animated movies they made in the past to blu-ray.
April 28, 2018 10:32 a.m.
SliverKing90 says... #4
you do realize this is a site about Magic: the Gathering right? this isn't really the place to ask questions about marvel.
April 28, 2018 1:32 p.m.
Lost_Ascendant says... #5
The Blind Eternities forum is specifically for questions like these.
This is indeed a mtg site but people can talk about what they wish.
Argy says... #2
How do you think of anyone of us can answer this question?
Rather than asking us something we can't possibly answer, why don't you make topics that state your position, then we can discuss with whatever we agree or disagree with?
eg. "I think the 1998 Nick Fury television special might have a resurregence, whereas I think the Captain American film, and the Fantastic Four film won't, because they were so bad".
By posing your topics as questions all the time you are asking us to defend a position, without first stating what you think about it.
April 28, 2018 10:14 a.m.