The Rebooted "Keep Hope Alive" (that the rights can revert back to Marvel) Thread - - - - - - - - - - Part 19

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Spider-Fan said:
Sadly where I currently live, not easy to get a Walgreens without driving 40 mins and crossing the Maryland border :csad: Up until I moved in November, I lived near like 10 Walgreens, LOL! I had to get someone back home to find Reed for me locally and ship him to me.
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Bummer. If I can find one, do you want me to snag it for you?
 
Willie Lumpkin said:
Yeah, it's cool that they actually have one, but I'm not thrilled with the design. It's better than a lot of other ones, but for some reason the action figures always seem off to me. I've seem some really cool busts and other more expensive, limited edition statues, but they just never seem to nail it on the action figures.
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They never nail it in the movies either. All they need to do is scan one of these busts or statues for the head sculpt and it would look perfect. Instead, all the movies look like they were designed by someone who can't draw the Thing properly.
 
Dark Raven said:
They never nail it in the movies either. All they need to do is scan one of these busts or statues for the head sculpt and it would look perfect. Instead, all the movies look like they were designed by someone who can't draw the Thing properly.
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Yeah, and I can understand with the first one, there are some limitations regarding what you can do with a suit, but the CGI version in Fant4stic could have looked like anything... and they chose to make it look like a pile of poo.

And that was such a dumb missed opportunity, because even with all the other flaws, if the Thing looked like the Thing, I would have enjoyed watching it just for that.

I hope Marvel uses something like this for their design:

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Zarex said:
"Comcast is reviewing all options, including coming back with a substantially higher offer or whether to continue the hunt at all, the people familiar with situation say."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/comcas...pursuit-of-21st-century-fox-assets-1530103147
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"Comcast, which is bidding for the coveted media assets against rival Walt Disney Co., has no immediate plans to tap such funding sources. But it may look to do so should the bidding reach extremely high levels—in the $90 billion range or so, the people said."

I don't think a bid lower than $85 billion even gets anyone's attention. So if they need to tap those funding sources to get to that range, they better tap the resources or give up. I don't see any other options for them.

And by extension if they don't have "immediate plans to tap such funding sources", that means they don't have immediate plans to offer another bid.

The fat lady may not be singing, but I can hear her warming up.:woot:
 
Willie Lumpkin said:
Yeah, and I can understand with the first one, there are some limitations regarding what you can do with a suit, but the CGI version in Fant4stic could have looked like anything... and they chose to make it look like a pile of poo.

And that was such a dumb missed opportunity, because even with all the other flaws, if the Thing looked like the Thing, I would have enjoyed watching it just for that.

I hope Marvel uses something like this for their design:

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That would be perfect. I wish we even got an action figure that looked like that statue. How difficult can it be?

Also, Fox managed to do a perfect comic-accurate representation of Deadpool, so why not for the Thing? I hope Marvel don't mess him up now too.
 
Dark Raven said:
Again, I still can't see what the WSJ says because I'm not a subscriber. Nor are many others here.

Please post the text of the article here for people to read.
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I am not a subscriber, either, but I was able to read it at first before it was blocked.

The gist of the article is that Kabletown is not under any pressure to put forth a higher bid soon due to the vote being delayed from July 10. They are looking for a partner, most likely a private equity firm, upon which to unload the studio, RSNs and other domestic assets and reduce the company's overall debt burden in case its final bid is successful.
 
If you try opening it in an Incognito mode, you should be able to read it. It resets the free article limit.
 
Hedge funds push regulator to set higher Sky price
Investors seek revised valuation to reflect Disney’s move to outbid Comcast

https://www.ft.com/content/04734d86-796f-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d

Comcast may have to pay more for Sky as the higher Disney bid implies a higher valuation for the 39% of Sky and - therefore - the whole. If Comcast bids higher for FOX (let's say an insane 90B), that means Sky's price will also go up accordingly.
 
Bloomberg: Disney Is Said Set to Win Antitrust Approval for Fox Today
 
Detective Conan said:
How much will this throw a wrench in Comcast’s plans to out-bid the Mouse? It’s still to my understanding that the deal in its entirety still has months left to fully close.
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Comcast would have to really scramble and offer a SUBSTANTIAL bid to derail it if they get approval.

Fox will likely call a vote very soon and even though it may take a few months to close, that's guaranteed money in shareholder's pockets vs. "maybe you'll get more in another year and a half... or maybe it will all fall through and be rejected by the DOJ or Comcast shareholders."
 
Keep in mind Disney's original $52 billion offer was attractive enough that there was little doubt Fox shareholders would take it.

Now they've got a $71 billion deal in front of them that they can take in cash or Disney stock. That's a damn good offer and shareholders aren't going to want to let it slip away. If they reject Disney's offer for a better-sounding Comcast bid, they take the risk that a year from now they could have nothing.

And since Comcast will need to raise their bid to crazy levels, that greatly increases the likelihood that Comcast shareholders could rebel and reject it.
 
Bloomberg:

*U.S. SAYS COMBINING ESPN, FOX'S RSNS WOULD HURT COMPETITION
*U.S. REQUIRES SALE OF FOX REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORKS
 
As expected, these are terms that Disney will gladly agree to since they really don’t need Fox Sports(they already own ESPN). So Disney will no question oblige to these terms.
 
Detective Conan said:
As expected, these are terms that Disney will gladly agree to since they really don’t need Fox Sports(they already own ESPN). So Disney will no question oblige to these terms.
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Yes. And hopefully doing so will be all that is required for full approval. It is a significant thing to give up to appease regulators and I'm sure Disney will be willing to.
 
So... I know I've probably asked this before (too excited to even try to remember!!!), but approval from the DOJ doesn't exactly mean the deal is completely finalized yet, right? People are talking about "regulatory checks" that could take four months, but I can't find a source. What sort of regulatory checks are needed even after approval for the ink to dry?
 
DOJ approval is one step. The sharholders also still have to vote on the bid. It's still going to take a while.
 
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