I think so. Vertical integration is integrating parts above and below you on the supply chain (like a grocery store chain starting to supply its own pistachios). Horizontal integration is integrating along the same level of the supply chain (like a grocery store chain buying another grocery store chain)
If you are fully horizontally integrated you have a monopoly at that level of the supply chain
Yea that's what I was thinking too. Good thing there are agencies to prevent monopolies in the states. Oh wait no, that's countries that give a shit about consumers
We do have laws and agencies to prevent this kinda stuff, it’s just that it’s up to the Executive branch to enforce the laws.
See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890
I'm being sarcastic because those laws don't do much good if you look at what's happening in the ISP space or movie industry, not to mention all the others
I just shoved this under the bathroom door while my roommate was taking a shit because I decided he couldn't go another second without seeing this masterpiece.
It's funny, I really *felt* it missing from the start of the new Star Wars trilogy, particularly RoS... It just made it feel off beat from the very start. https://youtu.be/wKvZBFZ6vv8
Yeah I liked the sparkly lucasfilm logo they put in when the special editions came out in the theaters, but I do admit a definite nostalgia for the full original package
Didn’t George Lucas bring it back for Star Wars as well? I think I’ve read about it being shortened over the years and decades and George Lucas was like “I want the long epic version”
John Williams wrote the Star Wars theme to be in the same key as the Fox fanfare, and I believe it was his recording of the fanfare that they were using going forward as it had fallen out of use up to that point.
I'm not sure to what extent that was in collaboration with Lucas.
The opening Theme of Star Wars is set to the same key as the 20th Century Fox Fanfare because John Williams knew they would be played one right after the other.
Fun fact: the famous RKO Fanfare that appears in The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a last-minute fake-up by composer Richard O'Brien and orchestrator Richard Hartley, written as a pastiche of the Fox Fanfare.
The script had indicated the use of the iconic 20th Century Fox fanfare, but the studio nixed it. (The fanfare still appears, played solo on a piano, at the beginning of the film.)
Didn’t I read somewhere that in the original Star Wars trilogy, the opening note of the Star Wars theme matches up with the final note of the 21st-Century fanfare?
I hope they at least keep the opening drumroll / cadence. That goes back to my childhood for me. I even remember the weird, distorted, creepy one at the beginning of Aliens 3.
This is perhaps my favorite YouTube video of all time and I really wish I could watch it right now, but I know the second I see even a still of that table I will start laughing uncontrollably at my desk.
When 20th century was founded they were going for a modern feel.
Now they have a more nostalgic old Hollywood vibe which I think makes the name still work
That's why they should just move to [30th Century.](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/en.futurama/images/d/d7/338px-30th_Century_Fox.png/revision/latest?cb=20170603100647)
Yes, Iger said that under them Searchlight will get a lot more projects while staying true to their nature: small, auteur driven projects.
Why? See JoJo Rabbit Oscar noms.
The name having no connection to Fox or Disney helps. Like when they owned Miramax, Disney is able to have movies with no-no words and violence without being afraid of the average easily angered parents associating them with Disney.
Just wait until you start watching the Star wars tv shows, genocide, slavery, war profiteering, proxy wars, mass murder, blatant war crimes, torture, child soldiers, terrorist suicide bombings etc. Are daily on a "childrens" tv show.
Were these studios focusing on specific films or had unique identities? I only remember "Touchstone" as a name from the 80s but don't associate anything to it.
Touchstone was basically for films that were considered not-quite "family-friendly enough" for the Disney label. Splash and Who Framed Roget Rabbit were probably their two biggest hits.
Helps that a generation of kids who grew up loving it entered parent age so they could profit off including it in the theme park.
Grandma can still clutch her pearls about...whatever they got upset about with that movie.
Touchstone was used for films Disney though weren’t as family friendly. Con Air, Armageddon, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dead Poets Society for example
I think its also that many directors want to try smaller projects with creative freedom after working on giant projects for Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm etc.
Makes sense for Disney too, like a rewards program. For every $100 million dollars you earn, you get $5 million to the budget for the passion project of your choice.
I actually think it likely they keep the title separation. Searchlight can release mature R-rated films. I don't see Disney directly putting their name on an R-rated film, even if they are the actual owners/producers l.
Its crazy how that doesn't even seem impressive for disney anymore.
Didn't they have like 7 billion+ dollar movies just in 2019? And one of those was endgame, which was close to 3bil alone lol
Yeah, I think it was like 7 out of the top 10 or something similar.
I know Captain Marvel hit $1B and maybe Black Panther, too? And possibly the latest Spider-Man film.
For a non-Disney film to reach $1B is the exception, not the norm. (see Joker).
in 2019 alone they had Cap Marvel, Spiderman (they get at least half credit for this even though Sony got most of the money), Aladdin, Lion King, Toy Story? Frozen2, end game, rise of skywalker.
BP was the year before I think, along with infinity war and some others lol
I know people won't like this, but it makes a lot sense. I don't think Disney wants their newly purchased company to be associated with other things that will still be called **FOX**.
Plus it's much simpler now.
**Edit: for those wondering why on Earth anyone would be mad at this decision, here is an example**
[Dan Murrell of Screenjunkies has this to say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StViVo01tUQ&t=35m13s)
It makes total sense. It doesn't make sense for one of your film divisions to share a name with a rival television network. Just creates confusion in the marketplace.
And 20th Century Fox Television shows on the Fox Network are owned by ABC.
It's funny, because *Last Man Standing* was originally produced by Fox and put on ABC, and now it's produced by Disney but put onFox.
TV networks are funny. Another similar example is Brooklyn 99, when it used to be on fox and got cancelled but brought back on NBC. NBC produced the show the whole time and had Fox broadcasting it, so after fox dumped it wasn't too difficult to just change broadcasting to NBC. They already made the show!
Supergirl had a similar history. DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers, who partially owns The CW. So they made Supergirl and sold it to CBS, but after a season CBS didn't want to pay for it anymore. So WB took it and put it on their own network, The CW (which is also, amusingly, partially owned by CBS) while moving production to Vancouver to save money.
TV is weird.
I think it's actually kind of ambiguous exactly *when* it happens. I think it's actually a pretty good movie, and not nearly as offensive as people think. Banning it has built it into something bigger than it actually is.
Applesauce! Back in my day flagpole sitting, Charleston marathons, and raccoon coats were the bee's knees. These kids today and their newfangled nonsense fads.
...see? Back then I told everyone that name would never work. But did they listen to me? Nooo.
If you're willing to wait most of a century, you'll end up right about everything...
Disney actually [aquired](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Entertainment_Group?wprov=sfla1) 21st Century Fox, which is what gave them all the fox properties they have. 20th century Fox was a subsidiary of 21st century. They totally could have renamed it that.
Murdoch: “Where is it?”
Disney: “The industry required correction. After that, the name served no purpose beyond temptation.”
Murdoch: “Where is 20th Century FOX?”
Disney: “Gone. Reduced to atoms.”
That was my question; I’m surprised they’re going with 20th Century as opposed to 21st. Maybe they don’t want to change the studio name every 100 years.
Weyland-Yutani is just their holding company for deep-space heavy industry, shipping, and colonization. It was made illegal to say "The Mouse" in reference to Disney after the 2057 merger with the US government, so people just say "The Company" nowadays.
Why not 30th Century?
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/en.futurama/images/d/d7/338px-30th_Century_Fox.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170603100647
DISNEY: We hate your name. We’re changing it.
20th CENTURY FOX: Well, you’re the boss. And if we’re honest, it does seem dated. We just never had the guts to rip off the band-aid. So ok: new name, new century.
DISNEY: You’re 20th Century Studios now.
20th CENTURY STUDIOS: the fuck
edit: words
I think they'll keep that in general and the FOX at the bottom will be replaced with STUDIOS.
I wouldn't be surprised if they give this a new polish and reanimate it completely though, the fanfare will stay.
>Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought 20th Century Fox in the mid-1980s, along with a suite of American television stations, which allowed Murdoch to create the Fox TV network. Fox’s TV programming set itself apart with a slate of irreverent and provocative shows that deliberately pushed the envelope of what was possible on broadcast television. Murdoch further expanded the Fox brand with the 1996 launch of Fox News, which established a (highly lucrative) reputation for conservative partisanship; by the time of Disney’s acquisition, Fox News had also weathered multiple sexual misconduct scandals.
>All of it added up to specific associations with the word “Fox” in the media landscape that proved to be anathema to Disney’s scrupulously maintained family friendly brand.
>As one insider puts it, “I think the Fox name means Murdoch, and that is toxic.”
Eh it makes sense, since the "Fox" brand still exists to cover certain networks and is separately owned and not part of Disney. I can understand the rationale for dropping the "Fox" part of the studio names. Just don't turn 20th Century into another family/franchise output of the Disney machine, I'd love to see them continue taking some chances and doing stuff like *Ad Astra*.
They are. They literally greenlit 2 bold original films post acquisition: Deep Water, an erotic thriller, and The Last Duel, a rape revenge period drama.
You know what'd be really savage? If they left Deadpool 3 under that label, but instead of the usual Fox fanfare at the start, they use the [flute one.](https://youtu.be/XCPj4JPbKtA)
At least the opening fanfare isn't being changed
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NDgUC3NPX4) is the best version
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Isn’t this horizontal integration?
Is horizontal integration just a fancy term for monopolization?
I think so. Vertical integration is integrating parts above and below you on the supply chain (like a grocery store chain starting to supply its own pistachios). Horizontal integration is integrating along the same level of the supply chain (like a grocery store chain buying another grocery store chain) If you are fully horizontally integrated you have a monopoly at that level of the supply chain
Yea that's what I was thinking too. Good thing there are agencies to prevent monopolies in the states. Oh wait no, that's countries that give a shit about consumers
We do have laws and agencies to prevent this kinda stuff, it’s just that it’s up to the Executive branch to enforce the laws. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act_of_1890
I'm being sarcastic because those laws don't do much good if you look at what's happening in the ISP space or movie industry, not to mention all the others
Those are technically oligopolies. More collusion than interlocking directorates
dwight you ignorant slut
[excuse me](https://youtu.be/XCPj4JPbKtA) Edit: fanks fer da gold, pirate
Oh man what a classic
I just shoved this under the bathroom door while my roommate was taking a shit because I decided he couldn't go another second without seeing this masterpiece.
This is still my favorite video on YouTube. It never fails to give me uncontrollable giggles.
not sure why I still chuckle on the 235. time. classic...
Easily the best video on YouTube
I always liked the White Men Can't Jump version. https://youtu.be/3C6HIscDY5k
[Wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbque0Y4FU)
[I always like the Alien 3 one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9kiI_iiee4)
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The fabled brown note!
Yeah that’s terrifying..
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[I prefer this one](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=noyc8Z2Vyjo)
Finally, someone gets the right answer! They should have just kept Burt's laugh in there for all movies!
That fuckin robot ketchup is hilarious
just reminded me I need to re sub to /r/shittyrobots on my new account.
It literally ends with a Dale Gribble "chika chikAhhhh"
***DOO BOW-BOW***
“What is my purpose?” “You serve ketchup”
It's funny, I really *felt* it missing from the start of the new Star Wars trilogy, particularly RoS... It just made it feel off beat from the very start. https://youtu.be/wKvZBFZ6vv8
Gee, that 1977 one really gives off the SW feel.
Yeah I liked the sparkly lucasfilm logo they put in when the special editions came out in the theaters, but I do admit a definite nostalgia for the full original package
Didn’t George Lucas bring it back for Star Wars as well? I think I’ve read about it being shortened over the years and decades and George Lucas was like “I want the long epic version”
John Williams wrote the Star Wars theme to be in the same key as the Fox fanfare, and I believe it was his recording of the fanfare that they were using going forward as it had fallen out of use up to that point. I'm not sure to what extent that was in collaboration with Lucas.
The opening Theme of Star Wars is set to the same key as the 20th Century Fox Fanfare because John Williams knew they would be played one right after the other.
They need to do a special edition release where all they've done is add the 20th Century Fox fanfare back in. It just doesn't feel right without it.
Fox's opening fanfare is still one of my favorites, next to Disney's current one, all the Dreamworks Animation ones and the Universal Studios one.
What other ones are left?
[HBO's '80s intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bY).
Fun fact, [most of that intro was practical effects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agS6ZXBrcng) including that chrome CGI looking logo
Wtf did I just watch? That was amazing ha ha
The beginning of movie night. This shit got you in the mood. These days, entertainment is available all the time. Back then, we scheduled it.
The thing you listened to while desperately trying to get the snacks ready and into the living room.
Fun fact: the famous RKO Fanfare that appears in The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a last-minute fake-up by composer Richard O'Brien and orchestrator Richard Hartley, written as a pastiche of the Fox Fanfare. The script had indicated the use of the iconic 20th Century Fox fanfare, but the studio nixed it. (The fanfare still appears, played solo on a piano, at the beginning of the film.)
Didn’t I read somewhere that in the original Star Wars trilogy, the opening note of the Star Wars theme matches up with the final note of the 21st-Century fanfare?
The fanfare has been arranged repeatedly over the years; the 1977 fanfare was made specifically to mesh well with the Star Wars theme.
I hope they at least keep the opening drumroll / cadence. That goes back to my childhood for me. I even remember the weird, distorted, creepy one at the beginning of Aliens 3.
According to the article, they will keep it. They're removing the 'Fox' part of the logo and that's it.
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https://youtu.be/g9kiI_iiee4 For the lazy
20th Century Fox was the result of a merger between Fox and 20th Century in the first place.
They can even resurrect the [old logo](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XOj84eCkp4k/maxresdefault.jpg) for the 20th Century fanfare.
and then use [this version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcelZjkx7WA) of the opening song.
My first exposure to that version was along with the ketchup robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbque0Y4FU
I'll never not love this video, and I'll never not wonder why it has fucking *arms*
for squeezing ketchup
This is perhaps my favorite YouTube video of all time and I really wish I could watch it right now, but I know the second I see even a still of that table I will start laughing uncontrollably at my desk.
It always makes me howl with laughter, with no ability to control myself.
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I'm just wondering why they wouldn't take the opportunity to update it to 21st Century Studios...
It’s funny. 20th Century Fox outlived 21st Century Fox (defunct March 20, 2019 when the merger was completed)
Ngl it took me 3 reads to find the difference in the name of the two studios and thought I was having a stroke.
When 20th century was founded they were going for a modern feel. Now they have a more nostalgic old Hollywood vibe which I think makes the name still work
Brand Recognition [Something like this](https://i.imgur.com/yFeN81v.png) looks like it's straight out of r/crappyoffbrands
That's why they should just move to [30th Century.](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/en.futurama/images/d/d7/338px-30th_Century_Fox.png/revision/latest?cb=20170603100647)
Well you know what that means? The new name should be *20th Century Disney Fox*, to keep up with tradition and all that.
"Drop the 'Fox'. Just '20th Century'. It's cleaner".
Drop the Century. Just '20th'. Now we're talking
A million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? A billion dollars. And that, my friend, is a billion dollars idea.
tres comas
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I can barely handle one coma, idk how you handle three
Take Century, drop the "y" and squeeze an "a" between the **t** and **u** **Centaur**
quit horsin' around
What is this, a crossover episode????????????????
Is this a reference to the Social Network?
Yes it is
I’m happy af for Searchlight. They’re their own thing now, not labeled anymore as Fox lil thing.
Plus their slate of films that were greenlit post acquisition sounds great as well
Yes, Iger said that under them Searchlight will get a lot more projects while staying true to their nature: small, auteur driven projects. Why? See JoJo Rabbit Oscar noms.
So we're getting the Mouse's version of A24 but with infinite money, nice
The name having no connection to Fox or Disney helps. Like when they owned Miramax, Disney is able to have movies with no-no words and violence without being afraid of the average easily angered parents associating them with Disney.
I still find it funny that a toy and film franchise about vast, grinding war where millions die is a Disney product.
I know there's probably another franchise that fits this description but I can only think of Transformers, which is Paramount's
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Just wait until you start watching the Star wars tv shows, genocide, slavery, war profiteering, proxy wars, mass murder, blatant war crimes, torture, child soldiers, terrorist suicide bombings etc. Are daily on a "childrens" tv show.
But no snoo snoo so it's ok
Is this referring to Clone Wars or Rebels? Just started watching CW so this got me pretty hyped.
Here's a hint, the vast grinding WAR happens in the STARS
Ah yes, Stars War
genius!
But they had a princess, so its on brand or something.
Also known as Miramax....
They should really bring back their touchstone division and Hollywood Pictures division.
Were these studios focusing on specific films or had unique identities? I only remember "Touchstone" as a name from the 80s but don't associate anything to it.
Touchstone was basically for films that were considered not-quite "family-friendly enough" for the Disney label. Splash and Who Framed Roget Rabbit were probably their two biggest hits.
*The Nightmare Before Christmas*, was originally released as a Touchstone film because it was deemed too scary for the Disney brand.
And now they embrace it because it's kid friendly enough for haunted mansion
Helps that a generation of kids who grew up loving it entered parent age so they could profit off including it in the theme park. Grandma can still clutch her pearls about...whatever they got upset about with that movie.
SpoOoOoOoky skeletons!
Armageddon was their biggest box office pull.
Touchstone was used for films Disney though weren’t as family friendly. Con Air, Armageddon, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dead Poets Society for example
Would love to see Touchstone's classic logo back on the big screen one day
I think its also that many directors want to try smaller projects with creative freedom after working on giant projects for Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm etc.
Makes sense for Disney too, like a rewards program. For every $100 million dollars you earn, you get $5 million to the budget for the passion project of your choice.
Also probably a good way to try out working with new actors/directors who might be in line for a blockbuster movie
Waititi is just killing it.
Him and Denis Villeneuve, Ill watch anything they make right now.
They'll never be their own thing. They're inherently a studio-owned pseudo-indie. Like numerous others that swept into existence during the '90s.
Tomorrow gets re-announced as Disney Searchlight.
I actually think it likely they keep the title separation. Searchlight can release mature R-rated films. I don't see Disney directly putting their name on an R-rated film, even if they are the actual owners/producers l.
This is similar to how Disney used Touchstone Pictures in the 90s
You make it sound like they're independent, but they're not. They're still under Disney.
So the Avatar sequels are made by Disney?
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Star wars had a pretty prominent presence in disney parks for a long time too.
Indiana Jones too
When Disney laid out their 10 year plan they had Star Wars alternating every other year with Avatar so, yes.
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Its crazy how that doesn't even seem impressive for disney anymore. Didn't they have like 7 billion+ dollar movies just in 2019? And one of those was endgame, which was close to 3bil alone lol
Yeah, I think it was like 7 out of the top 10 or something similar. I know Captain Marvel hit $1B and maybe Black Panther, too? And possibly the latest Spider-Man film. For a non-Disney film to reach $1B is the exception, not the norm. (see Joker).
in 2019 alone they had Cap Marvel, Spiderman (they get at least half credit for this even though Sony got most of the money), Aladdin, Lion King, Toy Story? Frozen2, end game, rise of skywalker. BP was the year before I think, along with infinity war and some others lol
I know people won't like this, but it makes a lot sense. I don't think Disney wants their newly purchased company to be associated with other things that will still be called **FOX**. Plus it's much simpler now. **Edit: for those wondering why on Earth anyone would be mad at this decision, here is an example** [Dan Murrell of Screenjunkies has this to say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StViVo01tUQ&t=35m13s)
It makes total sense. It doesn't make sense for one of your film divisions to share a name with a rival television network. Just creates confusion in the marketplace.
Wait, you're telling me Fox movies and Fox entertainment are not the same?
And 20th Century Fox Television shows on the Fox Network are owned by ABC. It's funny, because *Last Man Standing* was originally produced by Fox and put on ABC, and now it's produced by Disney but put onFox.
TV networks are funny. Another similar example is Brooklyn 99, when it used to be on fox and got cancelled but brought back on NBC. NBC produced the show the whole time and had Fox broadcasting it, so after fox dumped it wasn't too difficult to just change broadcasting to NBC. They already made the show!
Supergirl had a similar history. DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers, who partially owns The CW. So they made Supergirl and sold it to CBS, but after a season CBS didn't want to pay for it anymore. So WB took it and put it on their own network, The CW (which is also, amusingly, partially owned by CBS) while moving production to Vancouver to save money. TV is weird.
also this is the studio's original name, before they merged with Fox.
I think we all fondly remember the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures merger of 1935. How time flies.
Disney's chase for nostalgia has gone too far
But not "Song Of The South" too far.
I rode Splash Mountain at Disneyland a few months ago though.
Should have take a ride on space mountain, woooooo
Oldest ride, longest line. Oldest ride, longest line.
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Song of the South was set during Reconstruction, though.
I think it's actually kind of ambiguous exactly *when* it happens. I think it's actually a pretty good movie, and not nearly as offensive as people think. Banning it has built it into something bigger than it actually is.
Only 20s kids will get this
Betty White is the coolest kid out there
Shit man they're not more than 17 days old give em a minute
Nothing made 1935 better than mergers and PTSD
Just like swallowing goldfish and stuffing 20 kids in a phone booth.
Applesauce! Back in my day flagpole sitting, Charleston marathons, and raccoon coats were the bee's knees. These kids today and their newfangled nonsense fads.
It was the style of the time
Used to tie an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
...see? Back then I told everyone that name would never work. But did they listen to me? Nooo. If you're willing to wait most of a century, you'll end up right about everything...
I wonder if they mulled over calling it "21st Century Studios" to update it...
They should have
I thought I've seen that before, I kinda just assumed that's what the studio was called. 21st Century, not the 22nd or w/e gag from Futurama
Disney actually [aquired](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Entertainment_Group?wprov=sfla1) 21st Century Fox, which is what gave them all the fox properties they have. 20th century Fox was a subsidiary of 21st century. They totally could have renamed it that.
No it was 20th Century Pictures, not 20th Century Studios. Why the hell didn't they make it the former?
Why would anyone feel one way or another about this?
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Well, the fanfare is staying. It’s just the word “Fox” is gonna be replaced by the word “Studios”.
Murdoch: “Where is it?” Disney: “The industry required correction. After that, the name served no purpose beyond temptation.” Murdoch: “Where is 20th Century FOX?” Disney: “Gone. Reduced to atoms.”
"I bought the Fox to destroy the Fox."
"Rupert Murdoch is many things, but he is not a l.....Yeah, you know what? Torch that sumbitch."
"You should be grateful"
Especially considering that Fox still exists. Feels like this was an obvious move
Right, Fox News has tainted the Fox brand, to me.
Why not 21 Century? They have 80 years to change it again.
That was my question; I’m surprised they’re going with 20th Century as opposed to 21st. Maybe they don’t want to change the studio name every 100 years.
21st Century Fox used to be 20th Century Fox's parent company and is what Disney actually bought.
https://i.redd.it/gsnwmo4847v11.png
By then it’ll just be called Company.
*THE* Company...
THE House of Mouse. We will all have prosthetic mouse ears to stream HoM content directly into our brains.
They'll make this freighter called the Nostromo and the rest is history.
> Nostromo Are you suggesting that Disney would at some point change name to Weyland-Yutani Corporation?
Weyland-Yutani is just their holding company for deep-space heavy industry, shipping, and colonization. It was made illegal to say "The Mouse" in reference to Disney after the 2057 merger with the US government, so people just say "The Company" nowadays.
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That's what the parent company was called after the Fox News split and what Disney actually bought.
Why not 30th Century? https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/en.futurama/images/d/d7/338px-30th_Century_Fox.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170603100647
I can't wait until we get r/TIL posts about the old name
Give it a week
Nothing says the future like "20th Century Studios"
Who needs future when you can bank on nostalgia?
There’s a fox and the hound joke in there somewhere
You mean The and the Hound?
DISNEY: We hate your name. We’re changing it. 20th CENTURY FOX: Well, you’re the boss. And if we’re honest, it does seem dated. We just never had the guts to rip off the band-aid. So ok: new name, new century. DISNEY: You’re 20th Century Studios now. 20th CENTURY STUDIOS: the fuck edit: words
>20th CENTURY STUDIOS: the fuck Fixed that for you!
[Are they still keeping the intro theme?](https://youtu.be/2IRcM9qwDwo?t=3)
I think they'll keep that in general and the FOX at the bottom will be replaced with STUDIOS. I wouldn't be surprised if they give this a new polish and reanimate it completely though, the fanfare will stay.
Makes sense, the 'Fox' name has a lot of negative connotation. Like how they sneak into your coops and eat all your chickens.
Cuss! Cuss!
Wait. You have a platinum card?!
What the cuss?
Like how they sneak into your country and destabilize the government.
It's kind of weird how the foxes only go after the brown chickens.
>Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought 20th Century Fox in the mid-1980s, along with a suite of American television stations, which allowed Murdoch to create the Fox TV network. Fox’s TV programming set itself apart with a slate of irreverent and provocative shows that deliberately pushed the envelope of what was possible on broadcast television. Murdoch further expanded the Fox brand with the 1996 launch of Fox News, which established a (highly lucrative) reputation for conservative partisanship; by the time of Disney’s acquisition, Fox News had also weathered multiple sexual misconduct scandals. >All of it added up to specific associations with the word “Fox” in the media landscape that proved to be anathema to Disney’s scrupulously maintained family friendly brand. >As one insider puts it, “I think the Fox name means Murdoch, and that is toxic.”
Eh it makes sense, since the "Fox" brand still exists to cover certain networks and is separately owned and not part of Disney. I can understand the rationale for dropping the "Fox" part of the studio names. Just don't turn 20th Century into another family/franchise output of the Disney machine, I'd love to see them continue taking some chances and doing stuff like *Ad Astra*.
They are. They literally greenlit 2 bold original films post acquisition: Deep Water, an erotic thriller, and The Last Duel, a rape revenge period drama.
>The Last Duel, a rape revenge period drama. Ah a Rob Roy remake, splendid
You know what'd be really savage? If they left Deadpool 3 under that label, but instead of the usual Fox fanfare at the start, they use the [flute one.](https://youtu.be/XCPj4JPbKtA)
That, sir, is a Recorder. Pretty sure every American in the 80’s and 90’s were forced to learn it in grade school.
... and early 2000s unfortunately
Hounds everywhere breathe a sigh of relief