'A monopolistic blob': what the Disney/Fox merger means for cinema

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This cartoon-like demonstration of alpha-capitalism will lead to stricter, safer and blander entertainment – and with each acquisition, the stakes get higher

The mouse just ate the fox – and created a monster. Or rather, an even bigger monster than the two separate ones already in existence. The Walt Disney Company’s $71.3bn takeover of most of 20th Century Fox is a gigantic deal, the business equivalent of a sex scene between Alien and Predator – and Fox’s Alien and Predator products are included in the purchase, along with James Cameron’s Avatar franchise and many other lucrative properties.

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d'ya remember when murdoch was happily married was gonna fight the man b4 he ran off with his daughter's age but now married to jaggers ex. has disney stopped financing porn? taken off their mason symbols from kid's viewing and stopped the story lines of possession.

f u c k

Means cinema is dead and Netflix is wining!

When is Disney going to announce it's merger with the animated Porn Industry. From de facto to de jure.

This is a bad idea

The end of none Hollywood films been shown

Thinking we might see the 'Soylent Green Era' of Cinema...🎬🤮😨

Same 'family'.

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