James gunn fired!!! - Part 2

But again I ask, where is the line? Are we truly a free society if you're basically signing over your soul to a corporate enterprise for scraps? I'm not comfortable with the idea that a company essentially runs your life.

 

Yeah, but really, so what? Does anyone seriously think that people would stop going to Disney films because of something James Gunn tweeted years ago?

 

Pulled from thin air as usual.

 

That just doesn't mean much. Those people make a living off politicizing stuff. Doesn't mean the average person who pays to watch these movies would care.

Edit: there's also nothing to that cyberpunk tweet from what I read. Saying "a number" of people called for a boycott, you be talking about ten people, lol.

 

It was an example of people getting pissed off about little.
This would have been a hell of a lot bigger making newspapers and television. You don't think after all his attacks on trump that fox wouldn't have banged the drum to get him fired?

 

Some probably would or at least boycott guardians 3.

 

Honestly, I don't think the number of people boycotting the movie would have been high ultimately.

 

It's what disney thinks that matters. They didn't want the negative attention and wanted to protect their brand. So they let him go.

Also this would have become a political debate. Why was rosanne sacked and gunn not so? Disney does not want to be seen as taking political sides.

 

So is Dave Bautista essentially begging for Disney to fire him? He is saying that he doesn't want to work for Disney anymore, but with a contract still in place, does he really get to make that decision?

 

Contracts don't really mean anything at the end of the day.

 

So if Bautista want to boycott GOTG Vol. 3, then he'll just walk away without any repercussion?

 

Im pretty confident bautista wont be able to just walk away from disney while under contract. Also is disney someone you really want to fight in a legal battle?

 

Why would Disney even want to go to court with Bautista? They'd sooner cut him loose, write out the character, or even recast him.

 

Bob Iger Talks Disney's Streaming Service, 'Roseanne,' James Gunn and a Coming 'Star Wars' "Slowdown"

Goddamn.

 

Well there you go lol. Still disagree with it.

 

What does that even mean? "...A unanimous decision of a variety of executives at the studio..."

If it's not all the executives, then it's not unanimous.

Where is this variety of executives? And do they come in a pack? Do they work for Variety?

 

That Feige and Horn signed off on it.

 

Plot

Horn for sure. Feige? That's vague as hell, and you know it!

 

Well, how many executives are at Marvel Studios? How many over Feige? Horn is the only person above Feige, and that is because all the executives of the Disney film divisions report to him.

 

He didn't mention Marvel Studios though. That's why it's vague... he said a variety so maybe Kathleen, whoever is in charge of Pixar now... otherwise, he cast a huge net over this to make it vague. But in looking at his statement with Rosanne... he was quick to say it was unanimous. That's a more direct tone.

 

He said the studio. If it was Walt Disney Studios and not Marvel Studios, that would include WDP, Pixar, WDAS, Lucasfilms, their International division and Disneynature. Horn runs WDP. Feige don't want that shade, but he stayed on vacation when Gunn came to talk to the higher ups. He signed off, but no one wants to say it because of the fanboy reaction.

 

True.

I mean... How far Feige went to bat for Gunn during that time remains to be heard. But I can at least take a guess that since Feige was the one that plucked him from his time at Relativity Media. I believe in the end, he had no choice regardless.

 

https://io9.gizmodo.com/james-gunn-is-going-to-dc-and-will-write-the-next-suici-1829631777

 

Well played, WB.

 

Congrates to James Gunn! And good for DC and WB!

I hope Skwad 2 is a massive success if only for Iger, Horn and Feige to receive some comeuppance regarding their truly shameful behavior in firing the director who brought them two wildly successful films, was beloved by his cast his crew, and performed his duties without a whiff of inappropriate behavior.