Why Disney character lists include Pixar, not Power Rangers?

[memnv]

Power Rangers is a joke always has been and always will be

[milojthatch]

Power Rangers is a joke always has been and always will be

Thank you.

[Escapay]

Edit: This is kinda random, but thought some might get a kick out of this. Its a home video of my reaction to opening up the Power Morpher in 94.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FjF0mbRos8

That's classic. Almost as good as the Nintendo 64 kid!

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albert

[milojthatch]

Edit: This is kinda random, but thought some might get a kick out of this. Its a home video of my reaction to opening up the Power Morpher in 94.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FjF0mbRos8

That's classic. Almost as good as the Nintendo 64 kid!

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albert

LOL! That was awesome!

[PatrickvD]

wow..... that was... interesting.

And sickening.

[411314]

If Pixar has always been part of Disney, then how did Disney buy Pixar? How can a company buy something that's already part of it? Also, the purchase was done through an all stock transaction, meaning the two had seperate stock untill Disney bought Pixar. Seems like they were once seperate entities to me. As far as I know, Disney mostly just approved Pixar's screenplays, distributed the movies, and made and sold merchendise related to the movies, but it didn't invent the characters or develop the stories.

Here's how I see it...

When Disney agreed to distribute the first Pixar films they gained the rights to everything. The characters, the story, the music, the likeness, the merchandising, EVERYTHING. While Pixar still got credit for their creation Disney became the sole owner of their franchises, therefore giving them the right to claim that the Pixar characters are their own.

Understand?

I understand, but isn't everything you just said true of the Power Rangers as well? Consider another example. According to wikipedia: "All films released by Dimension Films (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_Films) prior to October 1, 2005, remain the property of The Walt Disney Company." This results from Dimension Films being an alternate label for any Bob Weinstein movies made by Disney subsidiary Hollywood Pictures. This means that Disney owns, for example, the film "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween: ... hael_Myers) but Michael Myers will almost certainly never be listed as a Disney character, and neither will Eric Draven from "The Crow" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(film)) which is another film Disney owns the rights to through Miramax/Dimension films. Also strange, characters in some films Disney made and released under its alternate label Touchstone Pictures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchstone_Pictures), such as the title character of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit), are occasionally counted as Disney characters while most, such as Edward Felson from "The Color of Money" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Money) are not.

[Escapay]

I understand, but isn't everything you just said true of the Power Rangers as well?

The difference is that Pixar has always been closely associated with the Disney name. Power Rangers has always acted as its own brand, even after Disney acquired it. Same with your examples for Dimension Films, Hollywood Pictures, etc.

Does it really matter if Power Rangers now be officially classified as Disney characters anyway? If Disney were rebrand everything they acquire to become Disney, then as you said, we'd have to call Michael Myers a Disney character, simply because Disney owns the rights to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. And I guess daytime television fans will be delighted to hear that Erica Kane from "All My Children" is now a Disney character since Disney owns ABC, who produces the soap (as well as "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital"). A line has to be drawn somewhere, and simply acquiring a franchise doesn't really change the franchise's official status as something or another.

The way I see it, Pixar and Disney have always been too closely associated together and unlike other acquired franchises, is often mistaken as being one and the same, that it's the only acquired franchise that could get away with their characters being considered "official" Disney characters.

albert

[milojthatch]

I understand, but isn't everything you just said true of the Power Rangers as well?

The difference is that Pixar has always been closely associated with the Disney name. Power Rangers has always acted as its own brand, even after Disney acquired it. Same with your examples for Dimension Films, Hollywood Pictures, etc.

Does it really matter if Power Rangers now be officially classified as Disney characters anyway? If Disney were to rebrand everything they acquire to become Disney, then as you said, we'd have to call Michael Myers a Disney character, simply because Disney owns the rights to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. And I guess daytime television fans will be delighted to hear that Erica Kane from "All My Children" is now a Disney character since Disney owns ABC, who produces the soap (as well as "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital"). A line has to be drawn somewhere, and simply acquiring a franchise doesn't really change the franchise's official status as something or another.

The way I see it, Pixar and Disney has been so closely associated as being one and the same, that it's probably the only acquired franchise that could get away with their characters being considered "official" Disney characters.

albert

I agree. While the Muppets are kissing cousins, they are still their own franchise and NOT Disney Characters.

[Little Red Henski]

Power Rangers is just a hack job of a Toei show.

[disneyboy20022]

Oh speaking of Power Rangers....it's a blast from the bandai past in the toy store shelves...

http://sanjose.dbusinessnews.com/viewne ... 5048r1.xml

and I saw this at Wal-Mart and its a Walmart Exclusive.....wasn't sure of the price their....but I was almost tempted to get it..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mighty-Morphin-Powe ... 23040f16d1