Mickey Mouse To Join Seal Team 6!
The Disney Company has made 3 applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office for rights to the name "Seal Team 6." According to reviews of the applications, they intend to use the name for clothing, games, electronics, Christmas ornaments and snow globes.
Hoo-rah!
I know there is room for objection, ranging from anti-capitalists on the left who recoil from all things business to military purists on the right who believe in an almost sanctity of the armed forces.
I like the idea of an iconic American company embracing the military. I was disappointed with the death of Captain America in the middle of the War on Terror in 2007, and Superman recently renouncing his American citizenship. I wonder what he will do with his tag line "Truth, Justice and the American Way?"
So I say "Go Mickey!" I know Pop-eye is the tougher sailor, but Mickey has put in his time in the military too:
And let's not forget the enemy in the war on terror has come after Mickey Mouse himself, so our boy is fully invested.
Hamas made a children's show which made Mickey Mouse a Muslim who was martyred by Jews, in an attempt to inflame Palestinian children to take up arms:
When the world rejected the idea that he would be in liege with terrorists, Islamofascists issued a Fatwa not only on Mickey Mouse, but also on his friends Tom and Jerry. You think I'm kidding? Breathe in the flavor of crazy for yourself:
America's top secret military campaign using cartoon characters against the enemy has been slowly leaking out over the years, so maybe it's time to just declassify it and celebrate our colorful heroes. Who can forget the marvelous job Bert from Sesame Street did when he infiltrated al-Qaeda, shown in this real life (no joke - it's real) photo sitting behind bin Laden himself:
Imagine the awesome fighting force: Mickey, Magilla Gorilla, Bam Bam from the Flintstones, Yosemite Sam, Underdog and Bart Simpson as Seal Team.
And let's tip a hat to the best fighting force America has ever known:
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Apr '11
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The problem is that this will become a live action movie starring Justin Bieber and a troop of sea world rejects, no doubt with a cameo by Air Bud.
May '10
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I love how the Rusty Humpries show uses the Team America theme, which says "Heck Yeah!" for radio. Ahem. But that's neither here nor there.
Terrorists, your game is through, cause now you have to answer to, Team 6 [Heck] Yeah! Not quite sure how you copyright a military codename, but I guess if you're Disney, you got an in. Maybe Rob's script about the Dogs of War is in the pipeline.
Jun '10
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I just perused the pictures on this post before reading it and I thought I was maybe on LSD on in a dream...
Isn't Disney a huge libbie cesspool? I know they are big planned parenthood supporters...
I wonder what they'll do with the SEALS... my guess is a movie with talking SEALS - actual animal seals - being led by Cuba Gooding Jr. - on a quest to show all the kids how G-d does not exist.
Jan '11
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I have very little faith that they Disney/Hollywood will produce anything that bolsters and reinforces American values or espouses our way of life. This looks to be on par will reserving an internet domain name. I have four younger kids and cannot believe how consistently family, Christianity/Judaism, the United States, Western Civilization & capitalism are undermined.
Aug '10
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Tommy De Seno
So I say "Go Mickey!" I know Pop-eye is the tougher sailor, but Mickey has put in his time in the military too:
Actually Mickey largely stayed out of WW2 (was he a Lindberghite?) and Disney's main contribution to WW2 was Donald Duck, as can be seen by perusing their box set of WW2 material.
In addition to various shorts where Donald pays his income tax (yes, really) and joins the airborne, they also had some amazing shorts like "Education for Death" about Nazi indoctrination. Also, Minnie and Pluto learn to save bacon grease for use in munitions.
Aug '10
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Samwise Gamgee: ...
Isn't Disney a huge libbie cesspool? I know they are big planned parenthood supporters...
I wonder what they'll do with the SEALS... my guess is a movie with talking SEALS - actual animal seals - being led by Cuba Gooding Jr. - on a quest to show all the kids how G-d does not exist. · May 14 at 8:57am
You guys do realize that Disney had a multi-film finance and distribution deal with Walden Media for films specifically targeted as evangelical / general-family crossover, right?
Jun '10
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It really bothers me that Disney would have the rights to the name. Am I understanding this correctly -- anyone making a movie or writing a book about the SEAL team will need clearance from Disney??
They'll make a fortune off of the SEALS who remain annonymous and their exploits are never credited, even those who have died in the Middle East.
Oct '10
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I enjoyed your post, especially the last line... for obvious reasons
Jun '10
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anon_academic
You guys do realize that Disney had a multi-film finance and distribution deal with Walden Media for films specifically targeted as evangelical / general-family crossover, right? · May 14 at 9:22am
You mean the Golden Compass?
Aug '10
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Samwise Gamgee
anon_academic
You guys do realize that Disney had a multi-film finance and distribution deal with Walden Media for films specifically targeted as evangelical / general-family crossover, right? · May 14 at 9:22am
You mean the Golden Compass? · May 14 at 11:39am
No, Golden Compass was NewLine (a division of Warner Brothers).
The Walden/Disney partnership gave us the Narnia films and generally most of the films on this list.
Jun '10
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I was just watching Ratatouille this morning. Have you ever noticed now Disney rarely, if ever, has a two parent family in it? I've heard this argument before, I can't remember where.
Jun '10
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You mean Harry Potter?
Jun '10
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anon_academic
The Walden/Disney partnership gave us the Narnia films and generally most of the films on this list. · May 14 at 12:15pm
Did you notice that list includes SEAL Team 7 (2012)? The description:
"When the ancient city of Atlantis threatens to attack the surface, a brilliant grad student joins his father's Special Ops team being sent down to stop the ocean invaders."
The IMDB page says "Updated: 14 January 2011" so I'm guessing this film was already in development before the UBL news broke.
Jun '10
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I think Disney is securing the rights for the sequel to G-Force. They've already got the crack team of Guinea Pigs looking for a new assignment.
Apr '11
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Any resident legal scholars care to tackle the legal issues here? How can one company secure exclusive rights to the name of a military - or any government - entity? Is the situation unique because "Seal Team 6" isn't an official name like "The Marines?" You'd think the names of taxpayer funded entities would remain in the public domain. Suppose Oliver Stone bought the rights to "Seal Team 6" and made a film depicting them as blood thirsty baby killers. Could Stone could then sue anyone who tried to film the true story?
Did the old Chuck Norris movie Delta Force have to gain specific rights to use that title? There was a TV show a few years ago called The Unit, which was based on a book about the Delta Force, yet they did not use the real unit's name. But this could have been a creative decision.
According to this article (note the source is an unlinked news item pasted to a forum), a former Delta Force commander once tried to copyright the Delta Force emblem.
Oct '10
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I figure Disney should create a musical Seal Team Six Christmas ornament which plays "They Came Upon a Midnight Clear".
Aug '10
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I think if the kids in a Disney movie had a stable, two-parent family, they wouldn't NEED to run off on wacky adventures. With two parents to guide them, they wouldn't suffer from the crippling emotional problems that result in imaginary cartoon friends.
;-)