Petition for Fox to Sell Rights to Marvel

[Willie Lumpkin]

I was just thinking, "There must be a petition for this" and so I did a quick search and found this:

https://www.change.org/p/everybody-group-people-make-fox-sell-the-rights-to-fantastic-four-back-to-marvel-studios

*Edit* For some reason that I don't understand people seem to be taking this way too seriously. Neither I nor the petition (as far as I can tell) are proposing legislative action. But I think it's Funny that people would sign a petition saying: "WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER SEQUEL!!!!!" and I'm all for getting as many people to sign it as possible.

If change.org has political pretensions, that's their problem, and I think it just makes it all the more funny that a petition like this would get traction.

Change.org is a for-profit corporation and things like this are what keep them going.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

1531 at the moment, but you can see it growing if you hit refresh.

Share with your friends.

 

[TheVileOne]

Meh, petitions are stupid, and that's a measly amount of signatures anyway. Plus they are e-signatures.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Meh, petitions are stupid, and that's a measly amount of signatures anyway. Plus they are e-signatures.

1569 at this rate it won't stay measly for long.

 

[InJustice]

Why in the hell would any petition for a business to sell their rights? Do people seriously think that the IP holding company gives a **** about how many people demand they sell the IP back to Marvel?

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Why in the hell would any petition for a business to sell their rights? Do people seriously think that the IP holding company gives a **** about how many people demand they sell the IP back to Marvel?

If I was a shareholder and the company I owned stock in was making a film that the fans have demanded not be made, I'd give a ****.

 

[Aztec]

These don't do much, but for the sake of the argument I signed.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

I would have preferred the wording to be something like: "Please, for the love of God Fox, don't make any more FF movies. You suck at it."

But I think the concept of a petition with people asking a company to NOT make a movie is funny no matter what the wording.

If the claim that Fox was actually surveying people after the film was correct, this should get the point across if it can get to 100,000 signatures.

 

[lordofthenerds]

I signed it.

 

[Drz]

Why in the hell would any petition for a business to sell their rights? Do people seriously think that the IP holding company gives a **** about how many people demand they sell the IP back to Marvel?

Yeah people really have missed the point of Change.org

 

[KDM1986]

1901 signed, I was the 1 lol.

 

[Tony Stark]

If I was a shareholder and the company I owned stock in was making a film that the fans have demanded not be made, I'd give a ****.

And those are the folks who are pretty upset right now and probably will want change.

I can't speak for what's going to happen to the rights but right now Jim Gianopulos' job is in jeopardy, anyone who doesn't think so is in serious denial. You don't take the no. 1 studio from 2014 where this is the biggest film on your schedule for 2015 and strike out like this without consequence.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

And those are the folks who are pretty upset right now and probably will want change.

I can't speak for what's going to happen to the rights but right now Jim Gianopulos' job is in jeopardy, anyone who doesn't think so is in serious denial. You don't take the no. 1 studio from 2014 where this is the biggest film on your schedule for 2015 and strike out like this without consequence.

It will be interesting to see how quickly the "We want to make a sequel" line changes once the film's out of theaters. It may make potential film-goers slightly more likely to see the film and/or it may make Marvel think they still have some interest, but it has to have shareholders asking: "What the hell are they thinking?!?!"

 

[TheVileOne]

1569 at this rate it won't stay measly for long.

Yes it will, and that number is not impressive.

 

[Quasar]

I signed, for fun.

 

[socool]

I signed. Really no reason not to, lol

 

[third3ye]

I signed it even though I expect it won't do jack

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Yes it will, and that number is not impressive.

It's not the number, it's the growth rate. I'm betting it will be at 10,000 and just getting started before the end of the day.

It more than doubled in less than three hours.

 

[TheVileOne]

It's not the number, it's the growth rate. I'm betting it will be at 10,000 and just getting started before the end of the day.

It more than doubled in less than three hours.

Those numbers are not even a kite dancing in a hurricane. They are less than a drop in the bucket.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Those numbers are not even a kite dancing in a hurricane. They are less than a drop in the bucket.

Personally I think it's funny if two people would sign a petition telling a studio NOT to make a film.

 

[InJustice]

If I was a shareholder and the company I owned stock in was making a film that the fans have demanded not be made, I'd give a ****.

What does that have anything to do with petitioning to force a company to sell the IP back to Marvel? That's more to do with Fox's inability to do market research.

 

[Tony Stark]

What does that have anything to do with petitioning to force a company to sell the IP back to Marvel? That's more to do with Fox's inability to do market research.

Nothing, other than adding to the already immense backlash that the shareholders are more than likely really pissed off about after Fox announcing a 200M year over year decline in revenue.

 

[The Infernal]

Nice sentiment, but Vile is right. This won't send them a message.

 

[Thundercrack85]

If they keep running this franchise into the ground, won't it become so unprofitable that they'll just let the rights expire?

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Some of you just need to step back and enjoy the humor of this. Yesterday Fox made it known that they intended to make a sequel. Within a couple more hours there will be over 10,000 people saying "NOOOOOO!!!!"

That's funny.