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It certainly helps that Disney's library continues to grow, and Netflix's has generally shrunk every year. That and the exclusive D+ content is better than what Netflix has been putting out for awhile.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It certainly helps that Disney's library continues to grow, and Netflix's has generally shrunk every year. That and the exclusive D+ content is better than what Netflix has been putting out for awhile. That was part of HBO Max's problem. They'd put stuff that they already own the rights 'back in the vault' to enforce artificial scarcity.
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# ? Aug 11, 2022 04:43 |
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Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? I've been thinking about this for a while, because I love the guy and my answer is Ted Kord (aka the Blue Beetle) but I wanna hear what you guys think.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The problem is that Disney+ has never been profitable on its own and likely won't be for some time. It's not clear if Disney+ is intended to be a loss-leader/value-add component of the business or not. CapnAndy fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Aug 11, 2022 |
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? Marvel: Beast DC: Wally
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muscles like this! posted:So not only are they still planning on releasing The Flash WB has been doing reshoots over the summer with Ezra Miller. "So why is Flash wearing this green suit over his face in this scene?" "Oh no reason Ezra, no reason at all..."
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? Johnny/Jakeem Thunder's Thunderbolt in a JSA movie. Or Tawney Tiger in Shazam 2.
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? Punisher
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? Reed. I want him for Reed.
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Seriously get him for the (DC?) character who’s power is doing cocaine,snowflame or something?
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Seriously get him for the (DC?) character who’s power is doing cocaine,snowflame or something?
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Based on the new reporting about the OTHER cult compound Ezra was running in Iceland, it seems less like an issue with alcohol/drugs specifically and more that a combination of "mental health issues" + "rich and powerful person believes they are untouchable and entitled to do anything" are the likely sources of this behavior. Drugs and alcohol can certainly cause these behaviors, but it really seems like it has been a mental health situation + shielded from all consequences combo that has been enhanced by drugs and alcohol rather than being caused by it. Obviously, you can't diagnose someone from just press reportings, but this seems like it goes beyond drugs/alcohol and being a groomer. quote:New Details About Ezra Miller's Cult Leader-Like Behavior Surface quote:However, not everyone who visited Miller's house was enamored by them. A 23-year-old woman reported witnessing Miller fly easily into a rage over trivial matters, swearing and screaming at one group of friends for trying to pick which song to play over a speaker, telling the group to get out of their "sanctuary." The woman also recalled a time when Miller confronted her and her friend about wanting to leave the house. "You don't like my hospitality," said Miller, who warned the pair that they could read minds. When she eventually left the house, she stated that it felt like escaping. "I was a bit traumatized for a while," she admitted. "It was one of the weirdest days I've ever experienced." quote:Another woman, an 18-year-old musician, also shared her experience with Miller, recounting to Insider that "she had sex with Miller three times [in a hotel] and communicated sparsely with friends and family." She also stated that the actor became fixated on her breeding capabilities and worshipped her "perfect" womb while telling her that her family was holding her back from a better life. "Ezra was super manipulative. They kind of had us all under their finger," she said. "They were able to twist and pull everything that I thought I knew about the world." quote:Miller being called a cult leader is the latest in a long string of accusations against the actor. They had previously been reported to the police for engaging with a German woman in threatening, abusive behavior while visiting her home in February 2022. The actor has also been accused of grooming an 18-year-old woman by her parents. Another incident involves Miller housing a mother and her three children at a cannabis farm with loose firearms in June 2022. Despite all the allegations and accusations against the actor, Warner Bros. is still expected to release The Flash, which stars Miller as the titular speedster, in theaters in 2023. https://www.cbr.com/ezra-miller-cul...campaign=CBR-TW
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? Multiple Man.
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-fate-ezra-miller-problem-worsens-warners-1235196919/quote:Warner Bros. Weighing Fate of ‘The Flash’ as Its Ezra Miller Problem Grows
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cartoons123 posted:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-flash-fate-ezra-miller-problem-worsens-warners-1235196919/ Welp, scrapping the film entirely is now on the table, something I'm pretty sure WB sources have consistently denied in reporting on the Miller clusterfuck until now. Granted, most of us probably knew that was a possibility if the Miller situation continued to deteriorate, but that they're now willing to say so to industry reporters, even off the record, is a fairly notable shift.
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Barry Convex posted:Welp, scrapping the film entirely is now on the table, something I'm pretty sure WB sources have consistently denied in reporting on the Miller clusterfuck until now. Yeah, they are still saying that there is a 0.01% of it ever happening, nobody is planning for it, it is just a theoretical possibility if something so insane we can't even predict it ever happened, etc. But, it is a notable shift from "full speed ahead no matter what" just a week ago.
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https://twitter.com/uzionmain/status/1557735946132783106?t=Ikg2uQumKQiNJ6q65-7AMw&s=19
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Strontosaurus posted:Pop quiz: Who would you use Richard Ayoade as in a comic book movie? H.E.R.B.I.E. for my top pick. If not, Doctor Doom.
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There's no way option 2 is viable. If Miller gives a mea culpa and gets help, then yeah, I see a way to finesse them into sliding. But you can't just hide "oh yeah our massive summer tentpole is starring an accused felon" under the carpet and hope nobody mentions it.
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CapnAndy posted:There's no way option 2 is viable. If Miller gives a mea culpa and gets help, then yeah, I see a way to finesse them into sliding. But you can't just hide "oh yeah our massive summer tentpole is starring an accused felon" under the carpet and hope nobody mentions it. Based on the Variety report on the same subject from earlier this week, WB believes that Miller is low-profile enough a figure that (at least in this scenario) audiences would associate the film more with the Flash character and other DC superhero IP than with Miller and the scandals surrounding them. I'm extremely skeptical of this, to put it mildly, but apparently that's a big part of their current thinking. quote:In the past, actors who found themselves in hot water but did not get scratched from the call sheet have effectively been hidden on press tours in the hopes that the general public won’t notice their absence. Recently, Ansel Elgort, who played Tony in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake, took that route in the wake of a sexual assault allegation levied against the actor in 2020. Ditto Armie Hammer, who starred in Disney and 20th Century’s “Death on the Nile” and faced sexual abuse allegations after filming was wrapped. For “West Side Story,” Elgort’s co-stars Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno successfully steered the film’s press tour. With “Death on the Nile,” there was a sense Hammer (who did not do any press for the ensemble-heavy movie) wasn’t enough of a household name for people to know about the allegations.
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Love the idea that media outlets will just sort of say "oh nah let's not eat for years on a bunch of articles about this, Miller is just too low profile to bother with." I'm sure the less scrupulous ones won't spend that whole year trying to track Miller down to just wait and see if they do anything crazy near a camera or anything like that. Why bother? That's just the smallest potatoes.
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You can promote a film without the star, it's just harder and awkward. But to their point about EM being under the radar for most people, that means Miller wasn't going to be a big draw for the movie anyway.
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quote:“The thing about superheroes is… it doesn’t really matter who is under the mask,” Bock says. “You can plug and play different actors in those roles.” Though Miller’s take on the character has appeared in several DC-mashups, like “Justice League,” Bock argues they’re not “the face of The Flash yet.” In other words, “Ezra is not Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.” And WB execs wonder why they can't a cohesive film universe put togather.
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well, they're right that even in the better justice league ezra was not remotely as interesting or charismatic as rdj
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Soonmot posted:And WB execs wonder why they can't a cohesive film universe put togather. That quote's not from anyone who works at DC or WB
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Lobok posted:You can promote a film without the star, it's just harder and awkward. But to their point about EM being under the radar for most people, that means they weren't going to be a big draw for the movie anyway. You are probably gonna get probated if you keep misgendering Ezra. They're a dangerous creep, but they're also nonbinary. Both of these things can be simultaneously true! Somebody fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Aug 11, 2022 |
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SlimGoodbody posted:You are probably gonna get probated if you keep misgendering Ezra. They're a dangerous creep, but they're also nonbinary. Both of these things can be simultaneously true! Was not intentional. I try to use their name so I have fewer opportunities to screw up by forgetting.
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I'm actually surprised that right-wing media has been ignoring the whole Miller debacle You would think that's a perfect target for them considering their obsession with trans people recently
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https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1557837209763340288 https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1557837530929647616
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FlamingLiberal posted:I'm actually surprised that right-wing media has been ignoring the whole Miller debacle They probably would if the movie didn't keep getting delayed and it increasingly looks like it might get canned. If it comes out they might start some poo poo when it's closer to release
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Lobok posted:Was not intentional. I try to use their name so I have fewer opportunities to screw up by forgetting. Yeah it has happened to me but then I realize my mistake and edit the post. Editing does exist!
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theironjef posted:Love the idea that media outlets will just sort of say "oh nah let's not eat for years on a bunch of articles about this, Miller is just too low profile to bother with." I'm sure the less scrupulous ones won't spend that whole year trying to track Miller down to just wait and see if they do anything crazy near a camera or anything like that. Why bother? That's just the smallest potatoes. This is my thinking too. Miller might be low profile enough right now, but if they're still out comitting crimes by the time marketing for The Flash starts ramping up it's going to be feeding frenzy in the media.
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Shageletic posted:Yeah it has happened to me but then I realize my mistake and edit the post. Editing does exist! I did edit it if that's what you're saying. I can't change SlimGoodbody's quote of the post though, obviously.
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Lobok posted:I did edit it if that's what you're saying. I can't change SlimGoodbody's quote of the post though, obviously. No worries, I took care of it.
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Just so I'm clear, Ezra Miller is entirely unusable at this point, right? If they show up for a premiere or try to start filming Flash 2 or something, are they just gonna get immediately arrested? Like, is this Hollywood star bullshit crime that means they have to maybe go to rehab or something, or would they actually be in no-poo poo prison if they weren't on the run? Phenotype fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Aug 11, 2022 |
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Phenotype posted:Just so I'm clear, Ezra Miller is entirely unusable at this point, right? If they show up for a premiere or try to start filming Flash 2 or something, are they just gonna get immediately arrested? Only if they are in a jurisdiction with a warrant out for their arrest and someone snitches on them.
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Flash 2 will be a reality TV show filmed from prison
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A while back I saw someone float the idea of recasting Flash with Elliot Page and I'm honestly really down with that idea.
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Jamesman posted:A while back I saw someone float the idea of recasting Flash with Elliot Page and I'm honestly really down with that idea. That was me!
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Release the movie before they kills someone!
Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Aug 12, 2022 |
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