Really enjoyed Sorry to Bother You, it was such a cathartic movie for me. The soundtrack was amazing and consistently adds to the vibe of the film, I also enjoyed the overall pace of the movie, in his WTF interview Boots Riley mentioned how he wanted to movie to be layered and not just feel like it was moving along for the sake of people's short attention span. I'll add more to this later, but I loved the movie.
Might make me a cunt for thinking this, but rape and paedophile jokes seemed pretty standard in 2011
They’re bad jokes and he should apologize but to think this is beyond the pale for someone who made Super and Slither is really really dumb
GamerGate claims another scalp and we’re all dumber for it
GamerGate claims another scalp and we’re all dumber for it
I don't like what he tweeted and think that as a high profile professional he should definitely have known better, but the tweets in question really were just crap South Park humour that fucking every edgelord twat in 2009-2011 was tweeting. Seems thoroughly benign compared to what people tweet these days.
Idk, he should've at least deleted them way sooner.
Idk, he should've at least deleted them way sooner.
Considering the trash that Disney keeps around on ESPN, this is quite extreme. Make him pay penance but he's basically black balled by half the industry now since Disney owns half of the movie studios in town.
By reilo Go To PostConsidering the trash that Disney keeps around on ESPN, this is quite extreme. Make him pay penance but he's basically black balled by half the industry now since Disney owns half of the movie studios in town.
Yeah but disney/marvel stands for kids and families so i assume they are harder on stuff like that. I would be canned in two seconds if i tweeted that stuff.
It's tweets of a sexual nature about CHILDREN, one of which literally talks about giving one a blowjob, in the year of our lord 2018
Disney had no choice
The thing that has me laughing is the fact that everyone is defending it on era, but if it was the exact same situation and involved women, not only would era be agreeing with the firing, but the people defending gunn would be heavily scrutinized for a ban
Disney had no choice
The thing that has me laughing is the fact that everyone is defending it on era, but if it was the exact same situation and involved women, not only would era be agreeing with the firing, but the people defending gunn would be heavily scrutinized for a ban
By Mariosalic Go To PostYeah but disney/marvel stands for kids and families so i assume they are harder on stuff like that. I would be canned in two seconds if i tweeted that stuff.The same Marvel that allowed the Jackson Pollock joke in GOTG?
Don't get it twisted: the "jokes" were bad and not funny, but Disney has known -- these tweets and who Gunn was before they hired him isn't news to them. But it also dismisses that Gunn has changed and improved his character since that decade by all accounts.
It's just that the punishment is seemingly extreme.
It's just that the punishment is seemingly extreme.
"This has been dealt with as an internal matter but Mr. Gunn has been warned about his future conduct" is all they needed to do.
By reilo Go To PostThe same Marvel that allowed the Jackson Pollock joke in GOTG?
Eh. It's a dirty joke but nothing illegal and flies over the head of kids. Spongebob has stuff like that.
By Laboured Go To Post"This has been dealt with as an internal matter but Mr. Gunn has been warned about his future conduct" is all they needed to do.
But there's no reason to do that. Gunn isn't worth it lol.
Shit the sequel was awful. If anything they needed a breath of fresh air with GotG 3.
By Dark PhaZe Go To PostBut there's no reason to do that. Gunn isn't worth it lol.GOTG2 was great
Shit the sequel was awful. If anything they needed a breath of fresh air with GotG 3.
Weird they sacked him now considering they definitely knew about this when they originally hired him. Not that what he said isn’t heinous, but it sets a poor precedent.
Luv 2 live in a world where Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec get to dictate who makes movies and who doesn't
By n8 dogg Go To PostWeird they sacked him now considering they definitely knew about this when they originally hired him. Not that what he said isn’t heinous, but it sets a poor precedent.
the spotlight wasnt on him for old tweets before.
By Dark PhaZe Go To PostBut there's no reason to do that. Gunn isn't worth it lol.
Shit the sequel was awful. If anything they needed a breath of fresh air with GotG 3.
You might think so, but Disney wouldn't have signed him on to do so if they didn't want him to do it.
By domino Go To Postthe spotlight wasnt on him for old tweets before.and the people shining this spotlight come from a bottomless pit of bad faith
By Apollo Go To PostDisney knew about all of those tweets
No outfit worth their salt doesn't check into the brand of toothpaste you use before hiring you on a major contract.
By HasphatsAnts Go To Postand the people shining this spotlight come from a bottomless pit of bad faith
indeed. disney was shook tho.
By Laboured Go To PostEh?I had to google it too. James Gunn insinuated that Jared Leto is a pedophile.
By Apollo Go To PostDisney knew about all of those tweetsDude made Troma movies before, you knew exactly who you signed up.
By Laboured Go To PostHe's not?
Nah but he loves 18-25 year olds
By DY_nasty Go To Posttaika with the come up
YASS
By DY_nasty Go To Posttaika with the come upnow i'm excited again.
By s y Go To PostI had to google it too. James Gunn insinuated that Jared Leto is a pedophile.To be fair, he would be high on my list of suspects.
By Laboured Go To PostTaika seems like he's very booked up, unless they offer unspeakable money and creative control.after thor 3, he was getting the bag anyways
and it was a better guardians movie than the other two anyways lol
By DY_nasty Go To Postafter thor 3, he was getting the bag anyways
and it was a better guardians movie than the other two anyways lol
Aye.
By Apollo Go To PostDisney knew about all of those tweetsYeah firing him over near decade old tweets is disingenuous. If he was still tweeting dumb shit and was a general PR nightmare I'd be all over it.
By Flutter Go To Postdamn