Walt Disney Surrenders to Navy's SEAL Team 6

[Swede]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?


Less than a month after a daring raid on Osama bin Laden's secret hideout, the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 6 notched a victory over the Magic Kingdom.

Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it would pull an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in which the entertainment giant sought the exclusive right to use the term "SEAL Team 6" on items ranging from toys and games to snow globes and Christmas stockings.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576345752703592770.html

[nebenaube]

1. good

What they did in doing that was despicable.

[Atman]

2. I hope the middle-management dick who proposed this gets sacked.

Nut-sacked first...tea bagged. Then fired. What the fuck were they thinking?

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[Shagbark Hickory]

3. Yay! nt

[KansDem]

4. Maybe the Disney folks realized...

...it may not be a good idea to tangle with organizations that maintain highly-trained commandos...

[jwirr]

5. Good. These heroes do not need to be exploited.

[ehrnst]

6. Seal Team 6 Christmas stockings? Seriously?

And what the hell would a Seal Team 6 snowglobe look like?

[douglas9]

7. Operation Hollywood

To keep the Pentagon happy, some Hollywood producers have been known to turn villains into heroes, remove central characters, change politically sensitive settings, or add military rescues to movies that require none. There are no bad guys in the military. No fraternization between officers and enlisted troops. No drinking or drugs. No struggles against bigotry. The military and the president can’t look bad (though the State Department and Canada can).

“The only thing Hollywood likes more than a good movie is a good deal,” David Robb explains, and that’s why the producers of films like “Top Gun,” “Stripes” and “The Great Santini” have altered their scripts to accommodate Pentagon requests. In exchange, they get inexpensive access to the military locations, vehicles, troops and gear they need to make their movies.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2004/09/operation-hollywood

Disney must have been reminded by DOD on which side their bread is buttered.