it is a typical stan lee type of superhero movie.such a demand for these bigger than life characters, that we feel that we are really doing the public a favor by giving them what they want. >> there is a lot of new technology out there. facebook, company you know, but another company called oculus, which makes virtual reality technology. when you hear about the rise of things like virtual reality technology, what does that mean for the future of the comic book industry? >> the comic books as comic books may not remain as big as they had been, because pretty soon you'll be able to get -- now you can get those comic book stores on your computer screen and many other places. but if you come up with the right project, with the right superhero and the right atmosphere and the right power and with a good story, it almost doesn't matter whether it is on the screen, on a big screen, a 3-d screen or in a comic book or in a novel, a good story is a good story. people have always wanted good stories. >> you are now 91 years old. you're as busy

the legendary stan lee when we come back. and he was once the ceo of ibm. milano. ♪ >> it is 26 minutes after the hour. that means bloombergtv is on the markets. i'm julie hyman. let's look at where stocks stand today. we are coming back from the record high. yesterday we had worst than estimated numbers in the service sector as well as the weekly jobless claims. in terms of stocks we are watching, we're watching two different stocks. class a shares and the class b shares. the class a shares are now the ticker googo. the b shares are trading under goog. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. we are also streaming live on tabletrg.com and your and your smartphone. i'm adam johnson. firefighters in brazil battling a massive lays in san paulo. fire officials say the blaze may have been started by a short circuit or possibly a cooking gas canister that exploded. in china, rescuers are trying to reach a dozen workers who became trapped when part of the high-speed rail tunnel collapsed. they are trying to build a tunnel for the actual rescue. the rai

the legendary stan lee when we come back. and he was once the ceo of ibm. milano. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. we are also streaming live on bloomberg.com and your tablet and your smartphone. i'm adam johnson. firefighters in brazil battling a massive lays in san paulo. fire officials say the blaze may have been started by a short circuit or possibly a cooking gas canister that exploded. in china, rescuers are trying to reach a dozen workers who became trapped when part of the high-speed rail tunnel collapsed. they are trying to build a tunnel for the actual rescue. the rail tunnel is in a province in northeast china. four people were treated for nonlife threatening injuries after their suv collided with a train on wednesday. houston metro police released surveillance video of the driver trying to beat the train. don't do that. two adults and two children were taken to the hospital for treatment. the suv driver was ticketed for running a red light for -- by the houston metro police. michael lewis has created a stir across wall street

we are talking to stan lee, the man behind marvel comics. ♪ >> welcome back to "the best of bloombergm emily chang. marvel's ninth film adaptation, "captain america - the winter soldier" hits theaters this weekend. >> "the avengers" was the third highest grossing movie of all-time. that is good news for disney. marvel's superhero success and the people behind it is a cover story of this week's "bloomberg businessweek." our senior west coast correspondent jon erlichman sat down with stan lee, former president and chairman of marvel, and talked about the continuing success of films based on marvel characters. >> i remember when i was a kid, everybody wanted to see "king kong." everybody wanted to see "frankenstein." people love things that are bigger than life. they didn't make that many until recently, when the producers discovered that the superheroes are just the most popular things ever with the public. >> sometimes ask the question is there superhero fatigue? take this year. we will see "the amazing spiderman two," that will be followed by the third one in 2016 and a fourth one in

. -- stan lee type of superhero movie.we are really doing the public a favor by giving them what they want. >> there is a lot of new technology out there. facebook, a company you nobody another company called oculus that makes virtual reality technology. and you hear about the rise of things like virtual reality technology, what does it mean for the future of the comic book industry? comic looksks as may not remain as big as they because soon you can get those comic book stories on your computer screens and many other places. but if you come up with the right project, with the right superhero, the right atmosphere and the right power, and with a good story, it almost doesn't screen, ait's on the 3-d screen, a computer screen, or in a comic book or novel. a good story is a good story. people have always wanted good stories. >> your 91 years old, you're coming up with new characters. you are on twitter. i think a lot of people would like to know what stan lee eats for breakfast. >> i have the same breakfast every morning for

we spoke to stan lee.d why it has such an enduring popularity. >> i remember when i was a kid, everybody wanted to see "king kong" and "frankenstein." people like things that are bigger than life. they did not make that many until recently when the producers discovered these superheroes are just the most popular things ever with the public. >> we sometimes ask the question, is there superhero fatigue? we will see "the amazing spiderman" and a second one will be followed by the third one in 2016 and a fourth one in 2018. do you think at a certain point, moviegoers get fatigue? >> think about "james bond," i do not know how long it has been going on but it is still strong. i think it will be the same thing with marvel. >> let's compare spiderman and that is released by sony and x-men to the many felt that is being distributed by disney now. the latest one being "captain american." some of the numbers suggest that the marvel films under disney are bringing in more bugs than others. -- more boxoffice than othe

they are taking their cues from the imaginations of a guy like stan lee. >> there's that and there's also the fact that -- i used to dream i could fly. i used to dream i could breathe under water and all that kind of stuff. i the wanted to do it really badly. now i put on that costume and i fall into that marvel playground and i'm like i'm in heaven. this is happening. i put my eye patch on and i walk out there and i'm invincible, man. >> jon: they create it realistically. in the old days like hulk they find the biggest guy they could and paint him green and that would be -- >> yeah. >> jon: but the effects now and everything else that surrounds it. is it -- when you are doing it, when you are making it is it tedious? is it -- do you feel excite or you in spandex in front of a green flat and they are like now the monster is coming? >> in the beginning you sort of felt that way. in the beginning when i first started doing star wars there was a green room and i had a light saber and george would say there's a thing attacking you. i would say how big is it? he would say as big as an s.u

we will also hear from stanley from stan lee.redevil wowed a crowd in paris with a tightrope walk. a 500 foot walk in half an hour, 82 feet above the water. at one point, joslin stops to put on a blindfold. take a look at this as we go to break. ♪ ♪ "lunch money" on bloomberg, streaming live on bloomberg, your tablet, and your smart phone. we have your weekend box office winners. "captain america: winter soldier " ranked in 96.2 million on its first domestic weekend, for $300 million globally. "noah" dropped to second place. the biblical epic has our and $72 million domestically. "divergent," just $30 million over the course of the past couple of days. the movie has earned 136 million dollars worldwide since debuting in march. marvel, the magic behind captain america, and it has plenty of other sequels coming up. "amazing spiderman" and "xmen" -- in early 2015, you have the avengers. the avengers are going to get sequel fatigue. morgan stanley says superheroes are like a james bond franchise. >> i do not know how long that has be

jon erlichman stand -- erlichman sat down with stan lee.ers, marvel 50 years or older, have such an enduring popularity. >> when i was a kid everybody wanted to see king kong. everybody wanted to see frankenstein. people love the things that were bigger than life. they didn't make that many until recently when the producers discovered that these superheroes are the most popular things ever with the public. >> i sometimes ask the question if there is superhero fatigue. this year we will see the amazing spiderman. the second one will be followed by the third one in 2016 and a fourth one in 2018. do you think at a certain point people get fatigued? >> i don't know how long james bond has been going on and it is still a big event when a new movie comes out. i think it will be the same thing with these marvel superheroes. >> let's compare spiderman, which is released by sony, and x-men, which is released by fox, to the many films that are being distributed by disney now, the latest one being the new captain america movie. some of the numbers at

. >> you can see john's full interview with stan lee on bloomberg west tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.ew york time and again at 6:00 p.m. and be sure to check out the latest edition of bloomberg businessweek. it hits newsstands and your tablet today. stay with us. >> breaking news. the senate intelligence committee voting 11-3 for the declassification of an interrogation report. they say that the cia made serious mistakes during the teixeira interrogation techniques. we will have more on that story erang up -- during the bush interrogation techniques. we will have more on that story coming up. >> it is 56 asked the hour. let's look at where stocks are trading. an hour until the closing bell and we still have declines. aey have deepened at least little bit. the nasdaq is now down about a quarter of one percent. in terms of individual shares, pandora is one of them. it announced an increase in listeners last month. shares initially rose more than 7% on the news but have turned around. the stock now down more than 5%. we are also looking at google, class a and class c shares moving higher

we do have the full interview with stan lee tomorrow.story of this week's edition of bloomberg " business week" on stamps tomorrow. you can download it tomorrow. >> week after week, thus coverage. >> i will take my scotch on the rocks, please. >> to get through it. all right. from captain america to the supreme court. the supreme court voting political contributions constitute free speech. that means the government cannot impose limits on how much you give. so get ready to open the checkbooks. our washington correspondent, phil mattingly, joins us. 2015dvocates more ahead of -- 2016? >> bottom line him of both. if you are a traditional party committee, powerful member of congress or potential presidential candidate, yesterday a big friend -- a big win for your party. who are the losers? believe it or not, likely super pack, the dark money area. the aggregate limits. cutting away the max that people can provide. that will funnel more money into the party committees, as opposed to the dark money groups. people who do not benefit for sure,

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