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Okay understood, then that is already damage reduction anyway. Sucks though that so much work goes to the shits.Pretty much. Anything written off for a tax deduction cannot ever make a penny in profit.
Okay understood, then that is already damage reduction anyway. Sucks though that so much work goes to the shits.Pretty much. Anything written off for a tax deduction cannot ever make a penny in profit.
I couldn't tell if Peacemaker was incredibly expensive or incredibly cheap. Loved it though.eedHe only wants those pillars on the big screen.
I wonder if he's going to cancel Peacemaker, even though the first season got all those Emmy nominations.
Unpopular opinion, but I applaud Zaslav for having the balls to make moves like this. This is a complete rejection of the previous regime's vision, which I think we can all agree was bad (to be generous), or moronic (to be blunt). It doesn't necessarily mean the future is bright for DC, but at the very least they're ridding themselves of a lot of the baggage from the previous regime.
If this is really just a tax fraud scheme I cans ee them holding on to this until they get a quarter they KNOW will lose subscribers, dump this thing out, blame it for the loss, and then say "seee, we lost MILLIONS MORE for a second dip in the tax deduction.That's one narrative being spun, when the Deadline article paints it more as a way for him to cut costs from the $3B debt they have without those losses needing to be carried on the books due to a HOLLYWOOD ACCOUNTING loophole that closes in a couple of weeks.
If this is really just a tax fraud scheme I cans ee them holding on to this until they get a quarter they KNOW will lose subscribers, dump this thing out, blame it for the loss, and then say "seee, we lost MILLIONS MORE for a second dip in the tax deduction.
How can any streaming only film "make money" anyway?
the filmmakers were told that it came down to a “purchase accounting” maneuver available to Warner Bros Discovery because the company has changed hands, and also changed strategy from the previous regime. This opportunity expires in mid-August, said sources, and it allows WBD to not have to carry the losses on its books at a time when the studio is trying to pare down $3 billion in debt across its divisions.
Yeah, but a lot of that is because they did great casting, they found the right Spider-Man and the right Batman. But now, if you notice, the casting of the new superhero movies is weak. And if they keep leeching weak content, at some point, the bottom will fall out. Who the fuck is supposed to be in these new movies in phases 5 and 6? budget no-name actors no one cares about.
Also, people are stupid and watch stupid things.
Yep, Mahershali Ali is certainly a budget no name actor.
"Batgirl" Tied Up, Release Unlikely
let me write your thread titles from now on
That's one narrative being spun, when the Deadline article paints it more as a way for him to cut costs from the $3B debt they have without those losses needing to be carried on the books due to a HOLLYWOOD ACCOUNTING loophole that closes in a couple of weeks.
The Butthole Cut was never released. The internet has no power.Do your thing internet. Make them release it.
Was probably going to be crap anyway.
It is a joke referencing The Rehersal, Nathan Fielder's new show.
Yet he cancels Batgirl (with Batman) and Scooby-Doo, 2 pillars of the DCEU?
Synergy, man!
Holy Wokery Batgirl! Why was new $90million superhero movie axed?
TOM LEONARD: Batgirl, an apparently 'woke', big-budget film featuring a female version of the Caped Crusader, has been ignominiously scrapped - shocking the film world.www.dailymail.co.uk
WB's handling of the DC library continues to be beyond shambolic. That said, how insanely bad was this movie, if it gets canned after half a Waterworld's budget has been sunk into it? As already stated, putting it on the streaming service is cheap. The production is the costly part. This film might have been "leave an indelible stain on our brand" levels of awful. If it was anything like Batwoman, then it would totally shit up the brand. I have no idea how that show has an 83% critic score on RT, when it very much deserves the 23% audience score (or much lower).
WB will never sell the DC brand to a more capable studio, because it still has the Batman printing press. In case of emergency, break Batglass. Can't fast track those sequels fast enough now. Something's gotta help recoup this huge L.
The article does make a good point that people are getting sick and tired of Hollywood's wokeness but other than that's a lot of words for something that could have been a quarter of its length. Btw I had no idea that the film also had a trans character, that's fucking hilarious.
Yes. I'm sure as soon as the producers realised that there was a black person in the lead they immediately canned the movie. That's what happened.The article does make a good point that people are getting sick and tired of Hollywood's wokeness but other than that's a lot of words for something that could have been a quarter of its length. Btw I had no idea that the film also had a trans character, that's fucking hilarious.
The movie's not been shit-canned because it had a brown person or a trans woman in it. It's because it's clearly a piece of absolute crap, and it's better to take the tax write down than pump more cash into it. I doubt the diversity aspect had a thing to do with the decision.
Woke and absolute crap usually go together, the cult is always making decisions not based on merit or quality but on their dogma. It's one of the main reasons Hollywood is so goddamn terrible nowadays.
They thought Wonder Woman 1984 was good enough for theatres but this can't even make it to a sub sevice?
Dear lord....
The main reason why Hollywood is so terrible is because they are all chasing maximum revenue from minimum effort, and are all constantly trying to churn out more and more content for their streaming services.
Wokeism is a negative factor, but to claim it’s anywhere close to the main reason for the current malaise in Hollywood is ridiculous. It’s poor writing, laziness, greed and risk aversion.
Woke and absolute crap usually go together, the cult is always making decisions not based on merit or quality but on their dogma. It's one of the main reasons Hollywood is so goddamn terrible nowadays.
Maybe he hates the current state of Hollywood but loves cinema and want it to be decent again? Maybe?If you hate Hollywood so much why do you keep infesting every thread about a Hollywood production? Move on with something else.
Wokeism is a negative factor, but to claim it’s anywhere close to the main reason for the current malaise in Hollywood is ridiculous. It’s poor writing, laziness, greed and risk aversion.
If you hate Hollywood so much why do you keep infesting every thread about a Hollywood production? Move on with something else.
The main reason why Hollywood is so terrible is because they are all chasing maximum revenue from minimum effort, and are all constantly trying to churn out more and more content for their streaming services.
Wokeism is a negative factor, but to claim it’s anywhere close to the main reason for the current malaise in Hollywood is ridiculous. It’s poor writing, laziness, greed and risk aversion.
Agreed. 99% of people could never even name him.Yep, Mahershali Ali is certainly a budget no name actor.
Hollywood was always greedy. Gee, I wonder what happened the last 10+ years that made it so ridiculously terrible. It must be a coincidence that the rise of wokeism happened exactly as Hollywood was becoming absolutely incompetent, creatively bankrupt, humorless and boring.
Those two are not mutually exclusive. A lot of products produced by Hollywood are shit because that are too busy checking boxes, instead of telling good stories. And that's not so much to do with the actors, but the people behind the scenes. It doesn't help that they look at what came before them with disdain, so it must be changed, regardless of how good it may have been.The movie's not been shit-canned because it had a brown person or a trans woman in it. It's because it's clearly a piece of absolute crap, and it's better to take the tax write down than pump more cash into it. I doubt the diversity aspect had a thing to do with the decision.
I really liked Man of Steel so I want a Man of Steel 2 with an awesome villian. I can't believe they just wasted 90 Million on this shit and all of their other CW crap
Where is Brainiac? They could also do Martian ManhunterYou got Man of Steel 2, that was BvS, and the villain was Lex Luthor...again.
As far as WB is concerned; Superman only has TWO villains: Lex Luthor and Zod.
As far as WB is concerned; Superman only has TWO villains: Lex Luthor and Zod.
Here's the thing, most roles are gender and race neutral. It shouldn't be surprising, but people of color and homosexuals do the same shit as 90% of the rest of the population. Their lives are as droll and mundane as everyone else's. So, putting someone who is a PoC or LGBTQ person into a random role shouldn't elicit any reaction whatsoever.....Those two are not mutually exclusive. A lot of products produced by Hollywood are shit because that are too busy checking boxes, instead of telling good stories. And that's not so much to do with the actors, but the people behind the scenes. It doesn't help that they look at what came before them with disdain, so it must be changed, regardless of how good it may have been.
Here's the thing, most roles are gender and race neutral. It shouldn't be surprising, but people of color and homosexuals do the same shit as 90% of the rest of the population. Their lives are as droll and mundane as everyone else's. So, putting someone who is a PoC or LGBTQ person into a random role shouldn't elicit any reaction whatsoever.....
...yet, it does. I want to be careful, because I'm concerned the mods might think I'm being mean here. ....
I went to a super-diverse high school that is even more exaggerated in diversity than the most diverse shit you'd see on the CW. In the middle of Little Haiti, Miami. If I was a writer, should my art resemble a more monochrome setting, or the one I grew up in?.....Compare it to my elementary/middle school, where my little sister and I were exactly 2 of 3 minorities in a catholic school of 250+.
Agree 100%.Totally not mean.
I agree with almost all of what you said, just what to highlight a point. You mentioned a hyperdiverse public high school and a very not diverse private school (gonna assume the other kids were white but doesn't really matter). The point is that the SETTING dictates the CASTING, those things shouldn't be independent. A public high school in Miami, I'd expect a ton of hispanic kids with a heavy Cuban emphasis as well as other Caribbean groups. But the problem is that casting then gets imported to a public high school in MAINE, which is like 95% white and it just doesn't fit. Same with a private catholic school, it would be immersion breaking if it was depicted as 80% black and the other 20% was hindu unless it was set someplace like Africa. So the setting and the story needs to drive the casting, this color wheel (or "color blind" as the pleasant way to say it) casting is just bad in many cases.
An afro-latina girl with a whitey white dad J.K. Simmons? Was Barbara Gordon adopted in this story? The mom an afro-latina herself to try to keep some biologic sense? Just hand wave it away? Does her ethnicity make it easier or harder to hide her identity? Casting needs to support the story.
As for sexuality, the problem is that sexuality is invisible unless it is signalled. I could say that every extra in a police station is actually LGTB+ so it is SUPER DIVERSE but unless they signal it in some way, how do you know? So instead every LGBT character has to be REALLY LGBT (hence all the danger hair these days) or have a very specific comment or scene for the sole purpose of highlighting their sexuality "for the diversity points". It's even worse when the ACTOR now must match the sexuality of the character (at least for LGBT, no one complains when a gay actor plays a straight character) because the sexuality becomes the defining characteristic instead of their cool card tricks, ability to go without sleep, secret love of avocado toast, or whatever.