I suppose poor taste is subjective. GamePolitics reports that Disney (!) has applied to trademark the phrase SEAL Team Six for – get this – “entertainment and education services, toys, games, and Christmas stockings, ornaments and snow globes.” Because nothing rounds out your snow globe collection like a team of optimized killers putting a cap in Osama bin Laden from deep inside a liquid-filled globe of yuletide cheer.
Commercialization is apparently a cornerstone of Democracy, though, and if the Walt Disney Company wants to try and build a market for SEAL Team Six stockings, well, I guess that’s their right. Maybe they’ll use actual socks worn by SEALs during missions, all grungy and swampy and stuff. Hang that shit by your chimney with care.
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Armand you’ve been waiting forever to use those special characters 😉
Anyway, laugh out loud Matt. Some say LOL but me? I just laugh out loud.
That about sums up what I thought when I heard about that madness yesterday. Capitalism will always find a way to make money out of misery.
Go team USA.:(
Sony, along with a dozen others, tried to trademark “Shock and Awe” back in 2003.
I use them all the time Gregg! Whenever they’re called upon!
So… what you’re saying is that a totally unrelated private company should NOT profit on a brand name linked to a government’s team of trained assassins?? Why, that’s just… cold. Those people have kids to feed too, you know, and Hannah Montanna, while awesome, won’t retain her innocent childish charm for much longer. Fresh IPs, this is what we keep hearing all the time, fresh IPs are what’s needed to keep the industry exciting (and profitable) instead of periodic rehashes of Hannah Montanna merchandise. And when Disney stands up and sees the opportunity, posts like this, posts using laughing sea mammals to illustrate their cruel point, are there, ready to crush the optimism and energy and faith someone invested into preproduction of designs of those snow globes featuring armed men and… snow… in Pakistan??? Wait, what???
You know it, Meho! I am a violent torpedo of truth!
Disney does need to think about the future with Hannah Montana’s star fading. But dammit, they never adequately exploited the Kim Possible brand! They don’t need seals!
I do concur. Kim Possible IS awesome. Our national TV gives us one episode of Kim Possible and one episode of Hannah Montana every Sunday morning and I could not be happier. OK, I could, if they gave us maybe two episodes of each every Sunday. But the point still is, even with Disney branching out and all, how does SEAL Team Six even fit into their portfolio??? I mean, sure, they ARE behind the flicks such as Kill Bill but they never tried making games or snow globes out of those… It does strike me as a bit outside of Disney’s usual hunting ground.
I’m picturing literal seals. Like when they made The Mighty Ducks in to actual ducks, for a cartoon, this is going to be Seal Team Six with cartoon seals.
I’m still trying to decide whether to applaud Meho and Steerpike’s knowledge of the awesomeness that is Kim Possible or be afraid.
You remember that CG Guinea pig film from a while back? Seal Team Six. You heard it here first.
Hehe, love the seal picture you posted alongside your rant, Matt. Really drew me in …