Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to its creator Ron Gilbert

Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by rangibaby on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:25AM (#17064816)

I don’t think so. Someone would make a better one and the original would eventually fade into obscurity (cf. the original fairytales that were made into Disney movies)

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Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by rdlecler1 on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:56AM (#17065020)

Who is going to make a better one if no studio can accumulate enough capital to make large big-budget bets? Last I checked, very few small budget studios can make big blockbuster movies. The reason Disney can is because they have accumulated capital with their IP and are backed by investors who recognize the value of that IP.

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Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by oblio on Monday May 14, 2018 @11:39AM (#17066395)

So you're saying that in a free market no one could get the capital without the IP? I'm sorry, but I feel that's ridiculous. They could still have access to popular actors, directors, screenwriters.

Franchises aren't everything. Otherwise the highest grossing movies wouldn't be Avatar and Titanic :)

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Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by qbrass on Monday May 14, 2018 @12:36PM (#17066893)

Fox didn't gamble $250 million on Avatar or $200 million on Titanic without something else paying the bills.

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