{"id":15671,"date":"2009-08-31T20:48:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T02:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15671"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:27:22","slug":"marvel-disney-hilarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/marvel-disney-hilarity.html","title":{"rendered":"Marvel + Disney = Hilarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All sorts of fun on Twitter today about the Disney acquisition of Marvel. A variety of folks weighed in with various mash-ups (mostly tagged with #<a class=\"twt\" title=\"disneymarvel\" onclick=\"tsearch('','disneymarvel');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"highlight\">disneymarvel<\/span><\/a> and #<a class=\"twt\" title=\"disneymarvelcrossovers\" onclick=\"tsearch('','disneymarvelcrossovers');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"highlight\">disneymarvelcrossovers<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;&#8212; the following is a small sample, and several of the ideas below were independently arrived at by other people as well).<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>theblairbutler<\/strong>: Escape from Scarlet Witch Mountain. Song of the South Coast Avengers. Lady Bullseye and the Tramp.<br \/> <b>jimmyjaquino<\/b>: Honey, I Blew Up the Rawhide Kid<br \/> <strong>the_afterlight<\/strong>: &#8220;Who is the monster and who is the man?&#8221; sing the bells of Xavier&#8217;s School for Gifted Youth!<br \/> <b>Earth_2_Comics<\/b>: Finding Zemo<br \/> <b>DanxMcGowan<\/b>: Pirates of the Caribbean : Iron Man&#8217;s Chest.<br \/> <strong>theblairbutler<\/strong>: The Nutty Professor X.<br \/> <b>Grimloche<\/b>: Snow White Queen and the 7 X-Men<br \/> <b>Grimloche<\/b>: Finding Namor<br \/> <b>khaosworks<\/b>: &#8220;Behold&#8230; MODUCK!&#8221;<br \/> <b>chrisu<\/b>: After lots of Disney\/Marvel jokes, I still think @mattraub&#8217;s &#8220;Herb-E&#8221;, &#8220;Deadpooh&#8221; and &#8220;Finding Namor&#8221; are the best so far.<br \/> <b>Polisurgist<\/b>: Don&#8217;t forget the one they&#8217;ll keep under wraps: Song of the Skrulls<br \/> <b>k<\/b>: Other ideas: Mick Fury, Lilo and Snikt.<br \/> <strong>scrubninja<\/strong>: &#8220;Dances with Wolverine&#8221;<br \/> <b>braingoblin<\/b>: Honey, I transported the kids to the Negative Zone<br \/> <b>Unmature<\/b>: That&#8217;s So Kraven<br \/> <strong>openczun<\/strong>: Since Disney owns ABC, how about &#8220;Jean Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&#8221;&#8230;. hmmm<br \/> <strong>onimonkii<\/strong>: Beauty and Beast. That would actually work, Belle and Hank seem like a great pair.<br \/> <b>MackReed<\/b>: This is probably the best of all (from my friend Sam Whedon): Spider Pan<br \/> <b>SeattleOtaku<\/b>: Escape to Wundagore Mountain, Wasp the Love Bug, and She-Hulk Origins: The Green D.A.<br \/> <b>Positron_CoH<\/b>: High School Musical 4: Xavier&#8217;s School for Gifted Youngsters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brian Bendis weighed in.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BRIANMBENDIS\/status\/3671926469\">BRIANMBENDIS<\/a><\/strong>: bravo to @BrianReed for: &#8220;Face it Tigger, you just hit the jackpot!&#8221; now everyone can stop.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BRIANMBENDIS\/status\/3672050940\"><strong>BRIANMBENDIS<\/strong><\/a>: no, i did not kill the wasp to make way for tinkerbell. but she would be a kick ass avenger<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BRIANMBENDIS\/status\/3672091784\"><strong>BRIANMBENDIS<\/strong><\/a>: RT @shurwitt: I&#8217;m looking forward to the @BRIANMBENDIS &#8220;House of Mouse&#8221; series. (Wanda: &#8220;No more ducks.&#8221;)<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BRIANMBENDIS\/status\/3673094130\"><strong>BRIANMBENDIS<\/strong><\/a>: THIS MAN, THIS HEFALUMP<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BRIANMBENDIS\/status\/3673573512\"><strong>BRIANMBENDIS<\/strong><\/a>: congrats to bambi&#8217;s mother on joining the cast of marvel zombies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And of course, there was Warren Ellis&#8217; contribution:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenellis\/status\/3673785670\">warrenellis<\/a><\/b>: Hm. Have been instructed to make Bambi a member of the X-Men.<br \/> <b><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenellis\/status\/3673816268\">warrenellis<\/a><\/b>: I&#8217;m sure my new corporate overlords will enjoy the forthcoming graphic novel ASTONISHING X-MEN: DOE-EYED MEAT GEYSER.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"> And for my own contribution?<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>\n<div>Emma Frost: The Snow White Queen <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Incredibles Hulk: Jack-Jack Gamma Attack! <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>101 Mutations <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>Fantasia Four <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Alicia in Thingerland <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li> Mutants, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"> Good night, everybody!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twt\" title=\"disneymarvelcrossovers\" onclick=\"tsearch('','disneymarvelcrossovers');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"highlight\"><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All sorts of fun on Twitter today about the Disney acquisition of Marvel. A variety of folks weighed in with various mash-ups (mostly tagged with #disneymarvel and #disneymarvelcrossovers&nbsp;&#8212; the following is a small sample, and several of the ideas below were independently arrived at by other people as well). theblairbutler: Escape from Scarlet Witch Mountain. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/marvel-disney-hilarity.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marvel + Disney = Hilarity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,35,11,263,525,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-cartoons","category-big-business","category-media-comics","category-disney","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-moguls"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15666,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/disney-buys-marvel-what-the.html","url_meta":{"origin":15671,"position":0},"title":"Disney buys &#8230; Marvel?!  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